Chapter 30 Prequel Mission 2: Two Ways to Destroy the Clan
After leaving the room, Shingon met up with Scorpion who was waiting outside the door on guard. Just like when they came, the two of them relied on Scorpion's familiarity with the Sand Village and left quietly again.
On the way back, Shingon had a question: "Brother Scorpio, why didn't anyone protect Gaara?"
As far as he knew, as a Jinchūriki, Naruto was protected by ANBU, so at least when he was at home, no one could easily get close to him.
"Because of absolute defense." Scorpion said, "Maybe it's because of the Jinchūriki. When attacked, the sand will form armor and automatically protect Gaara."
"So that's how it is." Shinon quickly accepted this statement when he thought of how Gaara could manipulate the sand at will.
During this trip to the Sand Village, Mangon gained a lot. First, he got back the One-Tails' chakra. Second, Mangon discovered that the Ten-Tails could also use the Tailed Beast Ball.
This means that if he wants to study the Tailed Beast Ball, he doesn't need to consult other Tailed Beasts at all, he can just learn from his own Ten-Tails...
But the most important thing right now is to complete the system task first. As for the chakra drink, we can study it after the system task is completed.
After returning to Konoha, Shingen exchanged identities with Bai Zetsu just like last time.
Zhenyan found that it would be very inconvenient if this happened every time.
Because the White Zetsu's disguise technique is not perfect, although it can easily deceive sensory ninjas, it cannot deceive familiar people, because this kind of disguise cannot include memory, and familiar people can easily see through it as long as they communicate.
Zhenyan felt that he couldn't keep going like this, as he would have to go out of the village frequently to collect debts in the future. The best way was to learn the Shadow Clone Technique and use his own Shadow Clone to replace himself, so that he would not be easily discovered.
Previously, Shingon had complained that the Shadow Clone Technique was used for overtime work, but she never thought that she would have to use it now...
Although he had to work overtime, Shingon quickly figured it out, because he originally worked two jobs, one for the system and one for Konoha, and for Shingon, it was his own work that he had to complete seriously.
After careful consideration, Shingon decided to learn the Shadow Clone Technique from Itachi.
Itachi has been very busy recently, and Shingo thought that he would not be able to find him easily like last time, but he was very lucky this time. As soon as he walked into the clan leader's house, he saw him...
Itachi was sitting on the porch under the eaves, looking like he was in a daze, and didn't even react when he came in.
Shingon walked to Itachi's side and looked in the direction Itachi was looking. Only then did he realize that Itachi was looking at the Uchiha clan emblem on the wall.
Shingon followed Itachi's example and sat next to him. He also looked at the family emblem and said, "I think our family emblem looks like a table tennis racket."
The Uchiha Sharingan has a good ability to capture motion, and is naturally suitable for playing table tennis. So the design of the family emblem is quite suitable...
"It's a round fan." Itachi said.
"Yes." Shingen nodded. Regarding the Uchiha clan emblem, he had heard the old ninjas in the family talk about it when he was strolling in the clan territory. The Uchiha's most proficient ninjutsu was fire escape, and the fan could fuel the fire.
Itachi retracted his gaze and turned to Shingon: "What's the matter with you coming here today?"
"It's nothing, I just want to learn the shadow clone technique." Zhenyan said frankly.
Itachi paused and asked, "You want to be a ninja?"
Zhenyan shook his head: "I just learned it because I thought it was useful."
In Shingon's eyes, there is not much difference between ninjas and ordinary people. They are all villagers of Konoha, just with different professions.
"By the way, is this ninjutsu easy to learn?" Shingon asked again, "You also know that I don't have any talent."
Itachi looked at Mangon and suddenly remembered the time when Mangon awakened Wood Release. In fact, just based on the fact that he awakened Wood Release, it cannot be said that he has no talent. After all, since the founding of Konoha Village, the only one who could use Wood Release was the First Hokage.
Also, before that, Shingon had learned the Rasengan from the Fourth Hokage, and he also learned it in a blink of an eye...
"It's easy." Itachi said. He was suddenly very sure that if Shingon wanted to learn, he would be able to learn it easily.
"That's great. I was afraid it was too difficult to learn." Shingon was very happy. He blinked, opened his Sharingan, and waited for Itachi's teaching.
And Itachi stared into his eyes: "You..."
"What's wrong?" Shingon tilted his head in confusion, and at the same time saw his own reflection in Itachi's black pupils. The abnormal capturing ability of the Sharingan allowed him to see his appearance clearly. It turned out that his Sharingan had been upgraded and turned into two magatama at some point.
Zhenyan thought about it and realized that he hadn’t been stimulated by anything recently, so how come his eyes had improved?
Could it be because of the recent incident with Shouzuru regarding the Beast Ball?
Zhenyan couldn't figure it out, but seeing Itachi's worried look, he still explained: "Maybe it's because I met a fat cat not long ago. You don't know how excessive that fat cat was! It actually bullied the children. I couldn't stand it, so I taught the fat cat a lesson..."
Itachi: “…………”
Listening to Manabu's vivid description of how he fought with a fat fox cat, Itachi's mouth curled up unconsciously. When Manabu stopped talking, he formed seals with his hands and demonstrated to Manabu how to use the shadow clone.
The Itachi in front of him suddenly became two. Shingon looked around and said in surprise: "Even the Sharingan can't tell which one is the real one."
"But in actual combat, if the shadow clone is attacked, the technique will automatically break." Itachi said, and a kunai appeared from nowhere. The kunai turned around at his fingertips and flew directly to his shadow clone...
Shingon was unable to stop it, and watched helplessly as Itachi's shadow clone was attacked and turned into a puff of smoke and dissipated...
"Didn't you say that the experience of the shadow clone will return to the original body?" Shingon asked. Then the original body should also be able to feel the pain when the shadow clone is stabbed by the kunai.
Itachi couldn't help but be stunned, the shadow clones were originally created for the purpose of spying, and spying has always been a dangerous mission. It can be said that most of the shadow clones do not die well, which is why the multiple shadow clone technique is listed as a forbidden technique, because if a large number of shadow clones are injured or die at the same time, those feelings will return to the original body together, which is difficult for ordinary people to bear.
But for most ninjas, the injury or death of one or two shadow clones is commonplace.
Just as Itachi was about to say "I'm used to it", he was interrupted by Shingen, "Besides, how can you do this to your own face?"
Itachi: “…………”
At this point, Shingon couldn't help but look at Itachi's face. He asked, "Itachi, did you and Shisui use the eye cream I gave you?"
Itachi suddenly became silent, but he usually didn't talk much. Shinon didn't notice this change, but continued to ask: "By the way, why aren't you with Shisui-san today?"
Shingon waited for a while but got no response. He looked at Itachi and found that Itachi was staring at the family emblem on the wall in a daze again.
Even though Shingo was slow to react, he noticed Itachi's absent-mindedness, and he also looked at the family emblem.
At this time, Itachi spoke again: "What do you think is the most important thing for the village?"
Itachi asked the right question, because this is exactly what Shingon is best at, he can talk about it endlessly...
"Our village is just starting out, and what we need most at this time is stable development. We can't be impatient for quick success. If we take big steps, we will easily fall."
"As long as we can maintain the status quo, our village will definitely be ahead of other villages in three to five years, and then we can consider the next step of development."
"When the village becomes wealthy, I want to propose to the Hokage to open a junior high school, so that the children of the ninja school can study for a few more years, and what they learn is not just ninja knowledge."
"Of course, the admission requirement is no longer limited to 'whether or not you have ninja talent'. As long as the child is of the right age, they can go to school. The school will teach a variety of courses, such as mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, etc., so that children who graduate from the school can have a skill. Even if they cannot become ninjas, they can shine in other fields."
"All walks of life will flourish as a result. If communications are developed, perhaps we can invent handheld devices that people can carry with them. As long as we turn on the device, we can make calls anytime and anywhere, even if we are thousands of miles apart. If transportation is developed, perhaps we can build manned machines that can travel at speeds of over 100 kilometers per hour, or even airplanes that can fly in the sky..."
"Of course, in addition to these, everyone's entertainment activities will also become very rich, such as amusement parks, tourist attractions and the like will definitely be very popular... By the way, I think the Valley of the End in our village is very beautiful and can be developed into a tourist attraction. When the time comes, I will sit at the entrance of the attraction and sell tickets..."
Zhenyan spoke freely, describing the future world he imagined. His eyes fell on the present and he saw the "ping-pong racket" on the wall, and his thoughts diverged again.
"We can also hold a sports meet, and there must be table tennis at that time." At this point, Shingon looked at Itachi and said with a smile, "Itachi, when the time comes, let's participate in the table tennis competition together."
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Zhenyan immediately shook his head: "No, no, we can't join together..."
If they joined together, he would definitely not be able to beat Itachi, and then he would not be able to win the championship...
"The sports meet can be held every year. This year I will participate, next year you can participate, and the year after that you can let Shisui participate, as well as Sasuke. By then, Sasuke will have grown up..."
As he spoke, Shingon smiled again, "This way, we Uchiha can win many championships!"
Itachi looked at Managao, his eyes falling into Managao's eyes that were always bright and always full of hope. He seemed to really see such a world.
And the choice that he had been unable to make finally had an answer at this moment.
"The championship will be left to you and Sasuke." Itachi said suddenly.
"Eh?" Shingon looked at Itachi in confusion, "Is Itachi not going to participate in the competition?"
"I suddenly remembered that I have some things to deal with." Itachi stood up from the porch and was about to leave.
"Then let's go together." Zhenyan stood up, "I also have some things to deal with."
Enough chakra to activate the teleportation array has been collected. Next, he only needs to draw a formation in the entire Uchiha clan territory to teleport everyone to the moon.
He will wait until all the main missions are completed and then bring the people back. By then, they should be able to attend the sports meet.
Shingo and Itachi left together, but went in different directions after leaving the door...!