Konoha's task master

About ten minutes passed.

Uchiha Itachi returned from the outside. At this time, he was dressed in black clothes, and his cuffs were lined with patterns woven from gold thread. His posture was upright and somewhat majestic, but the warm smile on his face was much less.

He has changed a lot.

In temperament, he is more like Uchiha Fugaku.

But between his eyebrows, there was a bit of well-hidden sadness. It was very sad, but very pure, as if he was sad about something, but he tried his best to hide it in order to take care of other people's emotions.

When Uchiha Itachi saw Yakumo, although there was a smile on his face, the sadness between his eyebrows did not dissipate at all.

"Master, father." Uchiha Itachi saluted the two of them.

"I just told your father that you don't need to take over anything from the Uchiha clan in the future, just do what you like wholeheartedly."

After hearing Yakumo's words, Uchiha Itachi couldn't help but feel a little excited on his face, but these emotions quickly disappeared. He looked at Uchiha Fugaku cautiously as if to test.

"Really? Father." Uchiha Itachi asked.

"Really, Saosuke will take over the affairs of the Uchiha clan from now on."

Uchiha Fugaku said directly, but he did not notice that Uchiha Itachi's eyes were losing light. He knew that his younger brother had no interest in succeeding the Uchiha clan.

In addition... my younger brother's talent is somewhat average, and he may not be able to shoulder the important task of taking over the position of leader of the Uchiha clan.

In the original work, Uchiha Sasuke is known as the invincible little strongman. The main reason is that during the beating process, Indra's chakra continues to play a role, which in a sense constantly raises his upper limit.

But now... as Uchiha Madara did not die, but left the ninja world with the chakra of Indra, this resulted in Uchiha Sasuke not being able to obtain the power of reincarnation.

The result of this kind of thing is Uchiha Sasuke's talent. After being tested by many powerful people, the conclusion is that... although it is stronger than ordinary members of the Uchiha clan.

But there is a big gap between him and Uchiha Itachi, and he may not be able to shoulder the responsibility of the Uchiha clan leader.

Uchiha Itachi also asked Uchiha Sasuke if he was willing to serve as the leader of the Uchiha clan, but the answer he got was indeed negative.

He is actually a young man with no ambitions. He just wants to live with his parents and brother forever.

Such a person is destined to be unable to control the already extremely large Uchiha clan, and for his father's expectations and the efforts of his ancestors... Uchiha Itachi must take over that position.

What's more, as an elder brother, he didn't want Zuosuke to take on this responsibility and lose all the happiness in his heart.

"It's okay, father, I am willing to accept the responsibility."

Yakumo noticed that Uchiha Itachi's eyes only fluctuated for a moment, so he gave up his thoughts and decided to shoulder the responsibility of the Uchiha clan.

"This is such a sensible and heart-warming young man."

Yakumo sighed softly in his heart, picked up the tea cup next to him with his hand, took a sip of tea, and swallowed slowly, still with a faint smile on his face.

In the courtyard, Uchiha Fugaku's expression changed continuously. He knew that Uchiha Itachi's words were equivalent to rejecting Yakumo-sama's kindness.

But how can one easily refuse Yakumo-sama’s gift?

Cold sweat broke out on Uchiha Fugaku's body. He seemed to be standing on the edge of a cliff. The two completely different choices in front of him represented great danger. If he was not careful... the Uchiha clan might lose everything.

I don't know how many people covet the title of the strongest ninja village in the ninja world. Originally, there were Senju and Hyuga clans in Konoha, plus the Yozuki clan, the masters of Kumogakure Village...

These ninjas are all strong competitors to the Uchiha clan.

The thought kept rising in Uchiha Fugaku's mind that he must reduce the impact of Uchiha Itachi's rejection before Lord Yakumo became angry.

"Yakumo-sama, I..." Uchiha Fugaku said.

"Okay, since it is Itachi's own choice, I will not interfere, nor will his choice affect the Uchiha clan, but as my disciple, there is no problem in putting down all work for the next month and practicing with me, right?

"

Yakumo waved his hand indifferently to stop Uchiha Fugaku's next words. His voice was still so gentle that one could not feel any joy or anger.

"Thank you Yakumo-sama for your magnanimity." Uchiha Fugaku immediately bowed.

"Actually, you don't need to be so polite. I don't intend to make any meaningless interference with Konoha... or the ninja world. As long as you... do what you should do, then I won't have any objections.

"Yakumo put the tea cup back in its place and quietly looked at the surrounding environment, as if he wanted to imprint everything around him into his mind.

"I understand, I understand." Uchiha Fugaku replied, but his bent body leaned further forward.

Maybe...this time will be Yakumo's last visit to Uchiha Fugaku's house.

Originally, the relationship between the two was more like equal friends, but as the Uchiha clan became more and more dependent on him, and as his own strength surpassed the ninja world.

This originally comfortable friendship gradually evolved into a superior-subordinate relationship. This feeling... is what makes Yakumo feel a little depressed.

At this moment, he understood what it meant to be cold at a high place.

"Let's go, follow me to the secret base."

Yakumo stood up and put his hand on Uchiha Itachi's shoulder. As he spoke, the two bodies disappeared directly in the courtyard.

After the two left, Uchiha Fugaku slowly straightened his back, touched his back and found that it was wet with sweat. For some reason... Yakumo-sama made him feel extremely terrible today.

Although the smile on his face is amiable, it also carries a bit of frightening indifference, as if that expression should not be that of a human being, but that of a deity enshrined in a high hall in some temple.

That kind of look is like looking down at the world from a very high position.

"well."

Uchiha Fugaku sighed softly. In fact, he didn't want to meet Yakumo. After all, his identity was usually the uncrowned king of Konoha or even the ninja world. Only in front of Yakumo... he needed to lower his arrogant head and play the role of a servant.

He pinched his stiff cheeks and returned directly to the study. The originally messy documents had been rearranged very neatly by the servants, and then he returned to the soft wooden chair and continued to process the documents.

His whole body temperament changed, like a low-key and restrained king. The pen he waved in his hand was like a king signing his name on an edict declaring war. From then on, this thin piece of paper had great power.

"Senju, Hinata, Yeyue... are all unwilling to be mediocre... There will still be a long time to come, it depends on who is the real winner."

Uchiha Fugaku spoke softly, his expression becoming colder.

On the other hand, Yakumo brought Uchiha Itachi to the platform on the second floor and began to provide guidance and teaching on the application of energy.

After he mastered the changes in many energies, he roughly understood the essence of the so-called devil fruit. It is like a transformation, transforming the human body into a state of affinity for a certain energy, and showing a very fixed

Posture, or appearance.

For example... the fruit Uchiha Itachi ate made Uchiha Itachi more friendly to the fire energy between heaven and earth, and the revealed state was the control of temperature, which cannot be changed.

In a sense, it is an inevitable result.

Uchiha Itachi did not learn to control fire energy, but gained part of the power of fire manipulation through this transformation, just like the cut-off authority of a fire god.

Because it was not self-learning, Uchiha Itachi could not learn to turn this high temperature into a burning flame, nor could he increase the level of high temperature beyond the upper limit of this transformation.

It gave Uchiha Itachi an extremely powerful talent, but it also deprived Uchiha Itachi of the space provided upwards, unless... someone helped Uchiha Itachi break the current limit and let him understand the true changes in fire energy.

"Itachi, how high can you raise the temperature to now?"

Yakumo did not start teaching immediately but asked patiently. After all, in a sense, he had not cared about the changes in Uchiha Itachi's strength for a long time. Only by... first clarifying the strength can he teach students according to their aptitude.

【Five thousand six hundred and eighty-five degrees Celsius.】

Suddenly, black text appeared in front of Yakumo's eyes. The text appeared very abruptly, but it answered Yakumo's question.

This is - the all-knowing eye.

"Probably close to 6,000 degrees Celsius."

Uchiha Itachi replied with some respect, but the smile on his face was obviously more sincere than before. Compared to dealing with those meaningless documents, or scheming with people with evil intentions, he is still more willing to follow the master to practice and improve what he currently has.

The limit that can be reached.

"It's quite close..." Yakumo asked.

Immediately, he began to think in his mind, but he suddenly remembered the existence of the omniscient eye. Maybe he didn't need to think, he just needed a simple inquiry.

Immediately, recite silently in your heart.

"The training method that best suits Uchiha Itachi?"

After a few seconds, black text reappeared in front of his eyes.

The text this time was very long, about eight or nine lines, but it perfectly answered Yakumo's question.

[The first step is to improve his perception of the fire energy in nature. Only when he can feel the energy can he proceed to the next step. 】

[The specific method is to use fire energy to build a high-energy zone around his body to facilitate his learning of all this. 】

[The second step is that after he senses the fire energy, he can start manipulating the fire energy so that he can use the devil fruit's ability more skillfully. 】

[The third step is to break the bottlenecks and limits, make him accustomed to the existence of fire energy as much as possible, and then strengthen his practice to let him feel the emotional changes of fire energy, and finally achieve single-attribute energy manipulation. 】

All in all, it took Yakumo several thousand years to master the energy of all attributes, while Uchiha Itachi naturally did not have that long time, so all he needed to do was to develop a single attribute.

"Maybe... Devil Fruit is a good starting point."

Uchiha Itachi himself has strengthened his control of fire energy, and naturally has more understanding of the advanced training of fire energy, as well as those talents that cannot be specified in detail.

"Sense the surrounding fire energy."

With a wave of his hand, Yakumo drove away all the energy in the secret base, creating a space where no energy existed at all, and then filled the space with pure fire energy, achieving the current result.

From his perspective, there were countless red light spots around him, which were as beautiful as dancing elves. In his perception...the characteristic of these light spots was that they had some kind of burning ability.

Due to the existence of Yakumo, these light spots are more around Yakumo, while the light spots around Uchiha Itachi are pitifully few.

Yakumo covered his body with soul energy, reducing his own influence.

The surrounding fire energy began to move closer to Uchiha Itachi, constantly dancing around him, looking very happy...

Obviously, these fire energies like Uchiha Itachi very much.

Uchiha Itachi closed his eyes and began to quietly feel the energy in the surrounding space. He could vaguely feel the existence of certain things around him that made him feel extremely close, but these things... seemed to be unable to be

What the eyes detect...is just the feeling of Mohu.

Time keeps passing.

One day, two days, three days, four days, five days...

Two weeks later, Uchiha Itachi finally felt the fire energy between heaven and earth, began to enter the second level of practice, and began to understand the meaning of these energies.

Feel emotions and realize life.

Uchiha Itachi began a boring training, but for him, the process was extremely happy. He seemed to have become friends with the fire energy between heaven and earth.

He could feel the emotions of these friends, understand their happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy, and could even feel a somewhat low voice, which was something Yakumo had not expected.

Until one day, Uchiha Itachi lightly snapped his fingers, and many black flowers appeared in the empty space in front of him. The black flames inside kept churning, but it did not affect the integrity of the black flowers at all.

This kind of black flame is extremely familiar to Yakumo.

This is the Fire of Amaterasu. Does Uchiha Itachi himself have some connection with this flame?

Yakumo discovered that the only fire energy that Uchiha Itachi could control was the black energy particles that could be fused into Amaterasu's fire. As for the rest of the energy, although it could be sensed, it could not be manipulated.

It has to be mentioned here that fire energy is also divided into three, six or nine grades, which can be roughly classified by temperature. The higher the temperature when fused into a flame, the higher the energy level of the flame.

The grade of fire energy that makes up the flame is also higher.

Yakumo can control all seven levels of fire energy, while the black flame mastered by Itachi Uchiha is around level five, which is equivalent to the ninja world...above the shadow level, but slightly weaker than the six realms, but

It has been able to sweep the super shadow level.

It lasted for twenty days in total, and Uchiha Itachi completed the task perfectly.

This was something Yakumo didn't expect, but he was still very happy.

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