Chapter 24: Previous Mission 2: Mouth-to-mouth tutorial begins

Uchiha clan extinction???

After confirming that the system was not joking with him, Zhenyan couldn't help but ask: [Do I need to stab myself first? ]

[…No need.] The spiritual system said that although it was an unorganized wild system, it had its own bottom line and would not abuse the host.

[Was I not included in the Uchiha clan extermination?] Zhenyan asked again.

[According to the comic author's imagination, not all Uchiha will be destroyed. Uchiha Sasuke will stay in Konoha Village as the survivor of Uchiha. The host can also stay, but please note that when the official main storyline begins, the host should not show up in the main storyline. ]

[I understand.] Shingen nodded in understanding. According to the system, and referring to the completion conditions of the previous task, the so-called extermination of the Uchiha clan means that the Uchiha clan members should not appear in the main storyline later...

[Come on, host!] The inspiration system encouraged. Although the previous mission was very difficult to complete, Zhenyan's serious attitude still made it feel a little relieved.

[Leave it to me, I guarantee I’ll complete the task!] Zhenyan patted his chest and promised.

After communicating with the system, Zhenyan went out and took a walk around the Uchiha clan's territory to get a general understanding of the current situation.

Now Sasuke and Naruto have grown up, and not long ago, both of them entered the Ninja School.

As for the development of Konoha Village in the past two years, with the guidance of his original plan, Konoha has now established a commerce department, and the people in the commerce department sell Konoha's products to various parts of the ninja world as merchants.

In addition, there is an escort team to ensure the safety of product transportation. Originally, the Third Hokage wanted each family to send someone to be responsible for product escort, but Danzo Shimura stepped forward and took over the escort mission. The Third Hokage did not want to have a complete conflict with Danzo Shimura, so he gave Danzo Shimura another chance.

The Third Hokage made this decision for another reason, which was that the Konoha merchant group was disguising itself as a caravan from the Land of Fire. If the people in charge of escorting them were all from Konoha's internal families, it would inevitably attract attention over time, so it would be better to let the Root ninja, whose origins were unknown and who only had a code name, take charge.

However, the Konoha Merchants Department and the escort team had only just started operating, and the situation outside the Konoha Village was not very peaceful, so it was inevitable that there would be omissions. Not long ago, two batches of Uchiha goods were robbed in the Sound Village...

After investigation, the Root responsible for the escort concluded that the two incidents were caused by the defecting Orochimaru. However, although the Root found out the culprit, they were unable to catch him because Orochimaru was very cunning and hid in the dark base and refused to show up.

Konoha has been hunting for Orochimaru for years, but to no avail, so this time Uchiha can only admit defeat.

But Shingon felt that they couldn't just let it go like that. How could the Uchiha ninjas just let others take away what they had worked so hard for?

After some consideration, Shingen first went outside the village to find Zabuza. After the Konoha Business Department was officially established, Zabuza felt much more relaxed. However, due to his previous relationship with Uchiha, Zabuza and Bai still lived in the Uchiha clan's land outside the village, serving as resident guards.

Shingon came to find Zabuza mainly to meet Byakuzetsu. He wanted Byakuzetsu to help investigate the whereabouts of Orochimaru and recover the goods robbed by Uchiha.

Shingon thought that it would take some time to track down Orochimaru, but he didn't want to listen to him. Bai Zetsu said directly: "Orochimaru now knows the organization."

"Ah?" Zhenyan looked at Bai Jue and confirmed, "Are you saying that Orochimaru has joined the Akatsuki organization?"

"Not long ago, Tendo Pain and Scorpion met Orochimaru and took advantage of the situation to recruit him." Bai Jue explained.

Originally, Orochimaru had no intention of joining the Akatsuki organization. He just had his eyes on Tendo Pain's Rinnegan, but since he couldn't defeat Pain, he had no choice but to join.

The Akatsuki organization basically recruits rebel ninjas, each of whom has their own pursuits. As long as Orochimaru does what he should do, Tendo Pain will not care about Orochimaru's little thoughts.

On the surface, the Akatsuki organization is led by Pain, but in reality it is controlled by Obito, and both Obito and Madara were misled by Black Zetsu, so it can be said that Black Zetsu is the real leader of the Akatsuki organization.

Now that Orochimaru has captured the Uchiha organization, it will be easy to deal with it.

"Why did Orochimaru steal Uchiha's goods? Does this have anything to do with the Akatsuki organization?" Shingen asked Bai Zetsu.

"Did Orochimaru steal Uchiha's goods?" Bai Jue had not heard of this matter, so he decided to send a message back and ask.

The way that White Zetsu delivers messages is very convenient. Thousands of years ago, Otsutsuki Kaguya once used the Divine Tree to launch the Infinite Tsukuyomi. The roots of the Divine Tree are almost spread throughout the entire Ninja World. To deliver a message, White Zetsu only needs to find a place with the roots of the Divine Tree nearby, connect to the roots of the Divine Tree buried underground, and send out the signal. It is as efficient as making a phone call.

Soon, there was a reply from Hei Zetsu: "Orochimaru did not steal anything from Uchiha."

In fact, in order to support Shingon, Black Zetsu used public funds to buy many products produced by Konoha, and the food of the members of the Akatsuki organization depended on what Black Zetsu bought. The most purchased items by Black Zetsu were the radishes grown by Shingon and the sugar boiled by the Uchiha ninjas. Although the Uchiha also produced Fire Style smoked bacon in the past two years, the range of choices was still very monotonous.

After a few years of eating, the members of the Xiao organization are about to vomit. If any member dares to rob these things back, the other members will definitely join hands and drive that person out of the Xiao organization...

Shingon believed in Black Zetsu. If this incident was not caused by Orochimaru, then the Root's investigation results were wrong. Since there was an error, he would of course report it to the higher-ups. However, for safety reasons, he decided to go to the clan leader's house to meet Uchiha Fugaku first and learn more about the details.

Although he had just met Itachi not long before the time jump, he felt like he hadn't seen him for a long time because he had suddenly grown up. He didn't know if the grown-up Itachi had become estranged from him. And Sasuke, he didn't know what he was like now.

Thinking about these questions, Zhenyan rushed back to the village from outside.

On the way, he observed carefully and found that the architectural layout of the village was still the same as before, without any major changes, but there were more bicycles parked on the street. It seemed that his efforts were not in vain, and bicycles had become popular in the village.

Shingon was very pleased. After returning to the Uchiha clan, he went directly to the clan leader's house. As soon as he entered the door, he saw two people standing on the porch under the eaves. They were Itachi and Sasuke.

"Brother clearly promised to train with me..." Sasuke puffed up his cheeks, expressing his dissatisfaction at being left out.

Seeing Sasuke like this, Itachi raised his hand and waved, and Sasuke immediately stepped forward, but was poked on the forehead by Itachi.

"Next time, Sasuke, I have something to do today." Itachi said.

"What's the matter?" Zhenyan walked over and asked casually.

Seeing Shingon, Sasuke's eyes lit up, and he rushed over to complain, "Brother Shingon, I clearly promised me before..."

Shinon looked at Itachi, not knowing whether it was because he worked too hard. At such a young age, Itachi already had wrinkles under his eyes. He really didn't pay enough attention to skin care.

"Work should be done in moderation, and how can you go back on your word to your brother?" Shingon said to Itachi.

While Shingon was speaking, Sasuke beside him kept nodding his head in agreement.

Facing two people at the same time, Itachi looked helpless. He could only explain: "It's about the Anbu."

Shingo noticed that Itachi was wearing the uniform of the village's Anbu, a special unit directly under the Hokage. Thinking of Itachi's age, Shingo couldn't help but frown: "Itachi, do you want to change jobs? You are so busy all day, the wrinkles under your eyes will become deeper and deeper, and we won't look like people of the same age."

Itachi: “…………”

"There are a lot of things to do in the village, and someone has to do them." Itachi's workaholic nature was ignited at some point, and Shingon couldn't keep him.

After Itachi left, Shingon wanted to ask about the robbery of Uchiha's goods, but learned that Uchiha Fugaku was not at home at the moment, and now only Sasuke, who was as angry as a little pufferfish, was left at home.

Shingen remembered that when he first came to the ninja world, Sasuke was still a baby lying in swaddling clothes. Looking at Sasuke's appearance now, he couldn't help laughing.

"What does Sasuke want to practice?" Shingon asked.

"Turariken." Sasuke was still unhappy.

"Let's go." Shinyan waved to Sasuke, "Brother Shinyan will accompany you to practice."

Sasuke was a little skeptical: "Can Shingo-nii also use the shuriken?"

Shingon thought about it and thought that since he had the Sharingan, aiming shouldn't be a problem, so he said, "Although your brother Shingon has never been to school, I still know how to use the shurikens."

"Yeah!" Sasuke was happy again and followed Shingon, and the two went to the Uchiha training ground together.

On the way, Shingen asked Sasuke about his experience in the Ninja School. Sasuke answered very seriously and said that when he was practicing in class, he could throw out three shuriken at the same time.

"Sasuke is awesome!" Shingon praised sincerely.

Sasuke said, "My brother can throw out six dice at the same time when he is in school. I want to be like him."

It seems that Itachi, his brother, has set a very good example.

Shingon thought of Naruto, who was the same age as Sasuke, and asked, "Did Sasuke make friends at school?"

Sasuke shook his head. He had just entered the school and was not familiar with his classmates yet.

"Then do you know Naruto?" Zhenyan asked again. The two of them had played together when they were children.

Sasuke suddenly pouted.

"What's wrong?" Zhenyan asked.

Sasuke: "The teacher asked us to spar before, and I was in a group with Naruto."

True Words: "And then?"

"I won, but that guy said he would definitely beat me next time." Sasuke looked up at Shingon, "Brother Shingon, I will never lose to Naruto."

Shingon smiled and nodded. Although Sasuke said he had no friends yet, sometimes friendships between boys start with fighting and competition.

As they were talking, the two soon arrived at the training ground. Shingen looked at the target on the training ground and remembered that Sasuke said he could throw out three shurikens at the same time, so he also took three shurikens in his hands.

Sasuke stood beside him, his dark eyes full of anticipation. In his expectation, the truth would be as accurate as Itachi's.

And Shingon was indeed well prepared. He first opened his Sharingan, firmly memorized the location of the target, then held his breath and concentrated, and with a flick of his hand, he threw out three shurikens at the same time...

Swish, swish, swish——

Sasuke hurriedly dodged the flying shuriken, then looked at Shingon in disbelief...

Mantra: “…………”

Zhenyan looked at his hands in disbelief. He also reviewed the situation in his mind, trying to find out what went wrong.

Eyes: I've already seen it.

Brain: The command has been issued.

Hand: Got it, but aiming is the job of the eyes, I'm only responsible for throwing.

To put it simply, the Sharingan can accurately capture the target's position, but if you want to hit the target, it also depends on the performance of the hands...

After confirming that he didn't have the talent to throw the shurikens, Shingon cleared his throat and tried to save face: "Ahem... it's like this, Shingon-nii-san is actually not good at physical attacks."

"Brother Zhenyan is best at magic attacks..."

Sasuke was still a little shocked: "Magic attack?"

"Generally speaking, magic attacks have a wider range and greater destructive power." Zhenyan briefly explained, and then said, "Brother Zhenyan has a unique mouth-to-mouth trick that I can teach you."

"What is mouth-to-mouth combat?" Sasuke couldn't help but ask.

"It's a very powerful move. It can subtly influence the enemy and make them convinced by your ideas." Zhenyan explained, and gave an example, "I used this move to fight a fox as big as a mountain three times."

As if he was very powerful, Sasuke blinked his bright black eyes and said, "Brother Shingon, I want to learn how to talk!"

...

After Shingon taught Sasuke the secret of mouth-to-mouth combat, he went to the Fourth Hokage's house to visit Naruto. After all, he had promised Kushina before that he would teach his skills to Naruto. Now was a good opportunity for Naruto and Sasuke to learn from the basics together.

I just wonder what kind of memory his character left on Naruto? Does Naruto still remember his brother Shingon like Sasuke?

Before leaving, Shingon took two radishes he had taken back from Zabuza, and then knocked on the door of the Yondaime's house as if he knew the way. However, after waiting for a while, no one answered...

They're not moving, are they? Shinyan couldn't help thinking so. He raised his hand and knocked again. This time, there was finally movement from the door. Soon the door opened, and inside was Kakashi wearing an apron. Kakashi glanced at Shinyan and turned back into the house.

Shingon followed him in and found Kakashi busy in the kitchen. He put the carrots on the table and followed him to the kitchen.

Kakashi turned the fish over in the pot and asked Shingen, "Are we going to eat here today?"

Shingen was stunned for a moment, remembering that before the time jump, he stayed here except for eating at the clan leader's house. The only difference was that Kushina was still there at that time, but now there is only Kakashi.

Thinking of this, Zhenyan looked at the empty room and asked, "Where is Mingren?"

"Not back yet." Kakashi said, "If you want to stay for dinner, bring out another set of bowls and chopsticks."

Zhenyan nodded and took out the dishes. At this moment, there was a noise at the door. Zhenyan turned around subconsciously and saw a little cat named Mingren, wearing goggles and with a lot of paint on his clothes and face, walking in...

Seeing Naruto like this, Shingon couldn't help but be surprised, and Naruto was also stunned for a moment, and then a look of joy appeared on his face: "Brother Shingon!"

Mingren ran over and saw the three sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table, and asked again: "Brother Zhenyan, do you want to eat with us?"

Zhenyan responded and asked Mingren: "How did it become like this?"

"No, nothing..." Naruto's eyes were a little evasive. He sat down at the table, twitched his nose and asked, "Are we having fish today?"

Kakashi came out with the fish, and when he saw Naruto's look, he couldn't help but frown. At this moment, an Anbu carrying a paint bucket came in and reported the situation to Kakashi.

It turned out that Naruto had just gone out to play mischief and had smeared paint all over the rock statue of the Fourth Hokage. He came back after the Anbu had cleaned up the mess.

Hearing the ANBU complain, Naruto stuck out his tongue. Noticing the gazes of Shingon and Kakashi, he lowered his head again, his hands unconsciously clenched. When he raised his head again, his eyes were actually red: "You guys won't accompany me!"

Naruto thought about how after school, everyone else was picked up by their parents, but he was alone, and because he was different from others, everyone else avoided him and didn't want to play with him.

Thinking of this, Naruto felt more and more wronged. He turned around and ran back to his room, closing the door behind him...

Shingon was a little confused and looked at Kakashi. Kakashi sighed helplessly, put the fish on the table, and asked the Anbu ninja to leave. Then he said to Shingon: "Minato-sensei has recently tracked down a mysterious organization. That organization is likely related to the masked man. Because the situation is serious, he has not been back for some time."

Zhenyan understood instantly. He had seen children like this before in Honghua Village. Because their parents were away from home all year round, the children left behind in the village either became withdrawn and isolated, or became naughty and wanted to attract their parents' attention and company.

It seems that the children in the ninja world are facing the same problem.

"Naruto." Shingon walked over and knocked on the door. "Brother Shingon came here this time to teach you his original ninjutsu."

There was no response from the room. Shinyan thought for a moment and said, "I heard from Sasuke that you two had a sparring match? How about a competition to see who can learn the art of talking first?"

The door suddenly opened a crack, and Naruto poked his head out, and asked hesitantly: "Has Sasuke also learned to talk nonsense?"

"Well, Sasuke also started learning today."

"I want to learn mouth-to-mouth combat, too!" Naruto said immediately, fearing that he would be left behind.

"Okay." Zhenyan agreed with a smile, "Then you have to eat first. Only when you are full will you have the energy to study."

Kakashi looked at Shingen who had successfully persuaded the man to come out, and didn't know what to say for a moment. All he could think about was, if Naruto learned the art of talking, then did he need to buy a pair of earplugs?

At the dinner table, Kakashi was still daydreaming, while Naruto took two bites of his meal and suddenly asked Shingon, "Brother Shingon, what is a demon fox?"

Naruto's words brought Kakashi back to his senses instantly. He looked at Naruto and asked, "Who told you that?"

"Everyone in school is saying..." Naruto felt depressed again when he thought about what everyone was saying in school and the strange looks they gave him.

Kakashi frowned, and Shingon looked at the two of them, put down his chopsticks and said, "Isn't this a rumor?"

"Naruto, after dinner, come with me to meet the Third Master." Shingon felt that spreading rumors could not destroy the harmony of Konoha.

Kakashi looked at Shingon, he opened his mouth to say something, but when he thought of the content of the rumor, he closed it again.

After dinner, Shingen led Naruto all the way to the Hokage's office.

"Grandfather of the third generation." Zhenyan greeted politely first.

"The third generation master." Naruto followed up with another sentence.

The Third Hokage shook his beard. Compared to a few years ago, he had more age spots and wrinkles on his face, but he looked pretty good. When he saw the two people, he asked, "It's Shingon and Naruto. What are you doing here?"

"It's like this, there have been some rumors about fox demons in the village recently, and I think those rumors are too much!" Zhenyan explained the situation directly.

The Third Hokage was very surprised. He had never thought that such a rumor would spread in the village. Thinking of the Fourth Hokage and his wife who were traveling outside, he immediately said seriously: "I will have someone investigate this matter and give the Fourth Hokage an explanation."

"Why should we tell Uncle Minato?" Shinon looked at the Third Hokage in confusion, "Shouldn't we tell the Nine-Tails?"

Nine-Tailed Fox is the one who was slandered!

The Third Hokage: “…………”

The Third Hokage was choked by Managao's words and almost couldn't breathe. He took a deep puff of cigarette to suppress himself. When he looked at Managao, there was obvious worry on his face.

In Zhenyan's opinion, the Nine-Tailed Fox was born from an alien sacred tree and should be considered an alien fox, but now it has been passed down as an evil demon fox.

Although the alien fox Jiuwei had made mistakes before, he has now been imprisoned and is currently undergoing reform. If Jiuwei hears those rumors, how can he sincerely reform? Or does the alien fox not deserve the opportunity to reform?

"What is the Nine-Tailed Fox?" Naruto suddenly asked, not knowing the situation.

"It's a big orange fox. Brother Zhenyan will take you to visit it if you have the chance." Zhenyan first answered Naruto's question, and then thought about the rumor.

Rumors are always easy to spread but difficult to clarify, especially since the fox in question was not present, making it even more difficult to explain clearly.

Thinking of this, Shingon looked at the Third Hokage again: "I think everyone may have some misunderstandings, why not let the Nine-Tails come out and clarify it personally."

"Cough cough cough cough cough cough..." The Third Hokage was suddenly choked by a mouthful of old cigarette and was almost killed by these words...!