Chapter 4 Preface Mission 1: Developing Mouth-to-mouth Ninjutsu

According to Shingon, although there have been many wars in the ninja world, now is a peaceful period with all countries signing an armistice agreement. This can be seen from the relatively stable lives of the villagers. So, as the head of the village, the birth of the child of the Fourth Hokage should not be a surprise.

However, just in case, he still needs to pay more attention and eliminate possible dangers.

Thinking of this, Zhenyan turned to the fourth generation couple and asked, "Sister's baby should be born soon, right?"

Kushina and Namikaze Minato looked at each other, then touched her belly and said, "Yes."

Shinyan looked at the two of them and felt that their expressions just now were a little unnatural. He was about to ask something else, but at this moment, the ramen was served.

Seeing the hot noodles, his hungry stomach started to make noises. Zhenyan smiled shyly and said to Uncle Ichiraku, "Uncle, your ramen is so delicious!"

Uncle Yile narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "Dear guests, please have your meal."

Of all things, eating is the most important. Shingon decided to eat first and then think about other things. But when he finished the noodles, the fourth generation couple had already left. But it didn’t matter. Through the previous chat, he was sure that Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto should have a good relationship. He decided to go back and ask Aunt Mikoto first.

Shingon put down his chopsticks with satisfaction and said to Uncle Ichiraku, "Uncle, this is the best ramen I have ever eaten!"

Uncle Ichiraku said with a smile: "Welcome to visit us next time."

After leaving Ichiraku Ramen, Shingon headed straight to the Uchiha clan territory. On the way, he ran into the Third Hokage who was taking a walk. He even greeted him warmly: "Third Master, have you eaten?"

The Third Hokage: "..."

"Man, don't be rude. This is the Third Hokage." Uchiha Fugaku walked over from the other side.

"Hello, Uncle Clan Leader." Zhenyan looked at the Third Hokage again and changed his words, "Third Hokage, what did you eat today?"

"Please forgive me, this child hurt his head some time ago." Uchiha Fugaku explained on behalf of Shingen.

"Hehe, no problem." The Third Hokage still looked like a kind old man, "This child is very good."

This kind of outgoing and lively personality is rare in the Uchiha clan. He is somewhat like the teacher's clan member. Thinking of this, the Third Hokage looked at the rock statues of the First Hokage and the Second Hokage in the distance, feeling a little emotional. When his eyes turned to Mana, he actually saw the shadow of the First Hokage in Mana...

This cannot be blamed on the Third Hokage, because Shingo has black pupils and long black hair. At first glance, he does look somewhat similar to the First Hokage.

However, if you look closely, there are still big differences. The first Hokage has a handsome and clear appearance, while Shingon's facial features are very bright and elegant in the Uchiha style.

The Third Hokage pinched his brows and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: I'm getting old, my eyesight isn't working well anymore...

After bidding farewell to the Third Hokage, Uchiha Fugaku took Shingon back to the Uchiha clan. On the way, he asked Shingon about his strange behavior over the past few days: "I heard that you have been patrolling the village recently?"

Zhenyan raised the armband on his arm and replied seriously: "I am a member of the police department now, so I want to do something within my ability."

Uchiha Fugaku lowered his eyes and looked at Mangon. Mangon looked very similar to his father, with only some of his mother's shadow in his eyebrows and eyes. Looking at such a familiar face, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He and Mangon's father were close friends. He was able to become the clan leader thanks to the support of Mangon's father. Now Mangon's parents are gone, and he can't just leave Mangon alone for both public and private reasons.

Originally, he let Zhenyan enter the police department just to take care of him, but he didn't expect Zhenyan to misunderstand his meaning.

After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Fugaku spoke again: "There is nothing going on in the village recently. If you want to do something, why not take charge of managing the clan land outside the village?"

"Clan land?" Zhenyan was a little confused.

The clan land that Uchiha Fugaku was talking about was not the place in Konoha Village where the Uchiha clan lived, but a piece of land outside Konoha Village that belonged exclusively to the Uchiha clan. Those lands could be used for farming, but because the Uchiha clan had the Sharingan, most of them became ninjas, and those lands had been abandoned. Now he proposed to let Mangan manage it, not to let Mangan farm, but to give Mangan a title so that he can feel at ease and doesn't have to patrol the village all day.

"It's a piece of land outside the village. You can go and take a look occasionally, and make sure it hasn't been occupied by others." Uchiha Fugaku explained simply.

Zhenyan nodded to show that he understood, and then he walked a few steps and asked again, "Is the tribe far from the village?"

If the distance was far, he might need a means of transportation, but during the few days he had lived in Konoha, he had seldom seen any means of transportation, not even a bicycle. This was a very strange phenomenon.

"It's just outside the village. I'll let Itachi take you there." said Uchiha Fugaku.

After returning home, Uchiha Fugaku called his eldest son and explained the situation.

Perhaps because he was a genius and different from others, Shingon seldom saw changes in Itachi's expression. On the way to the clan land outside the village, he looked at Itachi's back as he ran silently and couldn't help shouting, "Wait a minute, it's too fast!" He could hardly catch up.

According to his age, Mangon should have gone to the Ninja School with Itachi, but from what Mangon had inquired about, when the Ninja School was recruiting students, Mangon's father said that Mangon did not have the talent for a ninja, so he did not enter. So strictly speaking, although he is an Uchiha, he is not a ninja, and he cannot use chakra to enhance his physical strength.

In front, Itachi heard the voice of Shingon, stopped where he was, turned around and waited for Shingon to catch up.

"I said...how far is it..." Zhenyan asked, panting.

Itachi looked back at the road ahead and said, "Four fifths left."

Zhenyan's eyes widened: "You are not kidding me, are you?"

Itachi looked at me indifferently, as if saying: Why should I joke with you?

"Do we have to run like this for the rest of the way?" Zhenyan asked again.

Itachi couldn't help but frown when he saw Shingo's expression.

"Why is there no car in the village..." Shingon couldn't help but mutter. He looked at Itachi and asked, "How do ninjas usually go on missions?"

"Run." Itachi replied with one word concisely.

Zhenyan found it incredible: "Why not use a car?"

"It's not convenient to hide, and it will expose your whereabouts." After saying this, Itachi turned around, bent his knees slightly, and said to Zhenyan, "I'll carry you."

Shinon looked at Itachi's not very broad back and waved his hands repeatedly: "No, don't do it..."

Although Itachi is a few months older than him physically, he is an adult psychologically. How can he let a child carry him?

Zhenyan looked around and saw an old man driving a bullock cart coming from behind. His eyes lit up with joy and he walked over to greet him: "Old man, where are you going?"

"Go outside the village and get some dry grass."

"We both want to go out of the village, old man, can you give us a ride?" Zhenyan asked again.

The old man looked at the two of them and nodded in agreement: "Come up."

Sitting on the ox cart, Shinyan looked at Itachi, whose breathing remained steady, and asked, "How did you do that?"

Itachi: "Chakra."

Shingon knew about the existence of chakra, but he had only heard about it and had never seen it with his own eyes. He had always been curious about this magical power, so on the way, he took Itachi aside and asked him many questions about ninja training.

Thirty minutes later, the two arrived at their destination. After saying goodbye to the old man, Shinyan looked at the vast expanse of barren land in front of him and couldn't help asking, "Where is the Uchiha clan's land?"

"Here it is." Itachi said.

Zhenyan looked at the ground under his feet, where there was nothing but wild grass, and suddenly felt very sad - how could such a large piece of land be left uncultivated? The clan leader asked him to manage it, did he mean to open up the wasteland?

"I understand." After thinking about it, Zhenyan said to Itachi seriously, "Go back and tell the clan leader uncle that I will manage this land well."

Itachi didn't know what his father's arrangement was, he just thought that what Managa said was what his father meant, so he just nodded and agreed.

Itachi took Managao to roughly check the scope of the Uchiha clan's territory. When he reached a piece of land in the north, he suddenly stopped and turned to look to the right.

"What's wrong?" Zhenyan was a little confused.

Itachi made a gesture, and before Managao could understand it, Itachi had already rushed out. Suddenly, a figure appeared not far to the right. Seeing that he was exposed, the man did not hide anymore, but took out a flute and started playing it.

In an instant, a strong air flow, mixed with a sharp sound wave, hit directly towards the direction where Itachi was.

Itachi's figure flickered for a moment, and he had already changed his position. At the same time, the shurikens in his hand were thrown out. The man playing the flute was caught off guard, and the sound of the attacking flute was interrupted for a moment. Itachi took advantage of this opportunity and quickly formed seals with his hands.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

A huge fireball burst out of Itachi's mouth, and the battle ended quickly...

Itachi found a forehead guard from the invader with a musical note pattern engraved on it. In addition, he also found a scroll. When the scroll was opened, it contained a B-level ninjutsu.

Shingon also came over. He had just witnessed Itachi using ninjutsu with his own eyes. He became more and more curious about the magical chakra in the ninja world. He looked at the content on the scroll and couldn't help asking: "Phantom interference? Is this the move that the man just used?"

"They are different." Itachi said, and seeing the puzzled look on Shingon's face, he continued to explain, "The attack just now was a physical attack based on sound waves, while this one is an illusion attack assisted by sound waves."

"Can you show it to me?" Shingon also wanted to learn ninjutsu. If he could learn one, even if he became unemployed in the future, he could still perform on the street with the magical effect of chakra.

Itachi handed the scroll to Shingon and said, "It's time to go back."

"What should we do here?" asked Zhenyan.

"The ANBU will handle it." Itachi said.

There was no oxcart on the way back, so the two walked and rested for more than an hour before they reached Konoha Village. Itachi handed the ninja forehead engraved with musical notes to the Fourth Hokage and explained the situation. After he finished speaking, he glanced at Shingon and saw Shingon put the surrendered scroll into his pocket, so he did not mention the spoils.

Upon hearing that other ninjas had arrived in Konoha, the Fourth Hokage immediately sent the Anbu to investigate the details.

After leaving the Hokage's office, Shingon and Itachi returned directly to the Uchiha clan's territory in the village, and Itachi reported his findings to his father, the head of the Uchiha clan.

"A forehead guard with musical notes engraved on it?" Uchiha Fugaku obviously knew more than the two children, and he quickly figured out the direction. "When the third generation's disciple Orochimaru defected, he seemed to have gone to the Land of Sound. I wonder if these two things are related..."

"Orochimaru?" Shingon was a little curious. Why would the disciple of the third generation defect?

"Orochimaru conducted illegal experiments in the village and defected after the incident." Uchiha Fugaku gave a simple explanation.

Shingon nodded and did not ask any further questions, but went to visit Uchiha Mikoto.

"Sasuke, I'm Brother Manga." Manga first greeted little Sasuke who was lying on the tatami.

Sasuke stared at Shingon with his big dark eyes, not knowing whether he was recognizing him. Shingon looked at his fair and tender little face and wanted to poke it, but before he could take action, Itachi followed him in from outside.

"Hey, why did you take Sasuke away? I haven't seen enough." Shingon caught up with Itachi, wanting to continue watching little Sasuke.

Itachi did not respond, but lowered his head and said to his brother seriously: "I am the older brother."

True words: “???”

Uchiha Mikoto couldn't help laughing: "Makoto and Itachi are both Sasuke's brothers."

I never thought that Itachi, who looks so cold and aloof, is actually a brother-con?

"Aunt Mikoto." Shingon turned to Uchiha Mikoto and told her the purpose of her visit. "Do you know anything about the Fourth Hokage?"

"Why does Shingen ask this?" Uchiha Mikoto was curious.

Shingen briefly recounted the story of how he met the fourth-generation couple at Ichiraku Ramen and expressed his doubts.

"So you want to know about Kushina..." Uchiha Mikoto seemed a little worried.

True Words: “What’s the problem?”

Although the matter of the Jinchūriki was kept secret, the senior leaders in the village were all aware of Kushina's identity. After all, since the previous generation, the candidate for the Jinchūriki was the Hokage's wife, and Kushina, like the previous Jinchūriki, was a member of the Uzumaki clan, so this matter became almost an open secret.

But the situation is different now. Kushina is pregnant, and the seal will loosen when the Jinchuriki gives birth. If the sealed Nine-Tails is allowed to come out, not only will the Jinchuriki die, but the Nine-Tails will also pose a threat to the village. Therefore, in order to prevent accidents and people with ulterior motives from taking the opportunity to attack Konoha, the specific date and location of the Jinchuriki's birth should be strictly sealed by the top management.

"Don't ask about this matter in the village." Uchiha Mikoto, who was always gentle, rarely spoke the truth seriously.

"Why?" Hearing this answer, Zhenyan wanted to know the reason even more...

Uchiha Mikoto recalled Shingon's recent changes and was worried that he didn't know the interests involved, so she revealed some information about the Jinchūriki.

"Now that you know the reason, don't mention this matter in the village anymore, Konoha's top leaders..."

Uchiha Mikoto's words suddenly stopped, but Shingen didn't notice because he was thinking about the task issued by the system.

If there are no other crises, then Jinchūriki is likely to be the one we need to pay attention to in this mission...

I didn't expect there was such a thing as Jinchuriki. It seems like he knows too little about the ninja world.

Shingo turned to Itachi, who was holding his brother, and said, "Itachi, can you lend me the history textbook from the Ninja School?"

Itachi was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Shingen looked at Itachi and found that Itachi was easy to talk to as long as his younger brother was not involved. He was really a brother-con.

After Shingon left, Uchiha Mikoto asked Itachi, "Did anything happen when you went out today?"

Itachi repeated the story of encountering ninjas outside the village.

"No wonder he suddenly became interested in ninja matters. It's a pity that Zhenyan has no talent for cultivation..."

...

Two days later, Shingon came running to Itachi excitedly.

"Itachi... Itachi, do you think I can use ninjutsu like this?"

Itachi had already walked out, but when he heard the truth, he suddenly stopped where he was, frowned, and raised his hands to cover his ears, but covering his ears didn't work...

The words that Zhenyan had just spoken were like a runaway train, crashing into his mind and circling around in his head non-stop... Not only that, because Zhenyan's words were too long, after a few circles, the sounds began to overlap, creating a chain of rear-end collisions in his mind...

“Itachi… Itachi… Do you think I can use… Can I use ninjutsu… Can I use ninjutsu… Itachi… Do you think I can use ninjutsu… Can I use ninjutsu… Itachi… Do you think I can use ninjutsu… Can I use ninjutsu… Itachi…”

Itachi shook his head vigorously, as if trying to get rid of the car accident scene in his mind...

Shingon didn't know the power of his words. He ran to Itachi's side and asked expectantly, "You said before that the fire-breathing ninjutsu was fire escape. I decided to name this ninjutsu 'mouth escape'."

"What do you think, Itachi?"

Itachi: “…………”!