Starting the fourth generation Hokage

Yakushi Kabuto's polite refusal made Uchiha Itachi slightly startled.

Then there was a moment of embarrassment, because for the first time this Uchiha genius felt defeated...

He had always been able to achieve results easily in any field, but he suddenly found that interpersonal communication was not as simple as he imagined.

It's strange, why is the other person so cold when he should be very enthusiastic already?

Uchiha Itachi thought deeply and muttered silently: "Sure enough, making friends is not as easy as it seems."

"Perhaps I should ask someone for advice..."

But then he thought about it, how could he ask anyone for advice on such a thing? Perhaps it would be more appropriate to check out relevant books.

Just as Uchiha Itachi was deep in thought with his hands on his chin, making up his mind, several boys came over aggressively from behind. A brown-haired boy at the front said provocatively: "Uchiha Itachi, you are a man. If so, come outside with me now.”

"Go to the training ground and continue the last competition in the actual combat class!!"

Uchiha Itachi frowned slightly and looked up.

It turns out that this boy seems to be Kamano-san who was easily defeated by him in that sparring class. It seems that the other party is still unconvinced, so he initiated this childish behavior of private challenge.

Why does life always like inexplicable battles? What's the point of such a fight?

Suddenly, Uchiha Itachi's mind was once again haunted by these philosophical issues that had been troubling him recently. Therefore, he refused without hesitation: "Sorry, I don't have this interest..."

"What did you say?!" Kamano went crazy after being rejected.

In the last initial sparring class, when he faced off against Uchiha Itachi, the guy who stole the spotlight in the class, he was full of confidence and planned to give Itachi a good show. However, Itachi's movements and skills were too fast, and he was defeated before he could react.

Because of this, Kamano always felt that he had not exerted his full strength, and if he had to do it again, he might not lose.

"What? Don't you dare to accept it? What a cowardly guy you are."

"I didn't expect Uchiha Itachi to be a coward, hahaha..."

Kamano's two followers, as if they had finally seized the opportunity, started taunting him wildly.

However, facing this situation, Uchiha Itachi chose to turn his head indifferently and ignore them.

No matter how much they ridicule, they still turn a deaf ear...

This weasel-like aloofness and indifference was his usual style.

However, although Uchiha Itachi didn't care about the provocation of Kamano and the others, it didn't mean that everyone didn't care.

"How dare you harass Itachi-kun, Kamano is really annoying..."

"I mean, boys who are not polite like this are the worst!!"

"Go away quickly, don't hang around Itachi-san!!"

"..."

The girls' condemnation soon overwhelmed the three Kamanos, leaving them at a loss.

Although a large part of the reason why they attacked Itachi was because Itachi was too arrogant and attracted the attention of almost all the girls, which made people jealous, but no matter how hard they said it, being annoying was not the result they wanted...

As a last resort, Kamano and the others had no choice but to leave angrily. At this moment, beside Uchiha Itachi, Kabuto Yakushi, who was reading quietly, suddenly closed his book.

A whisper came from Itachi's ears, and Kabuto's first words made Uchiha Itachi's heart tremble.

"It is indeed very difficult to maintain a shadow clone for a long time for the first time, but with Itachi-san's strength, you shouldn't have to worry about being defeated by the shadow clone. Why not accept their challenge?"

Seeing Kabuto reveal the fact that he used shadow clones to learn in an understatement, Uchiha Itachi was really filled with surprise.

The Shadow Clone Technique is not an ordinary clone. It is a clone technique that even the Sharingan Byakugan cannot see through. How did Kabuto-san see through him? Could it be that there are obvious flaws in the shadow clone technique that I just learned? But apparently not even the teachers at the ninja school noticed it.

After Uchiha Itachi was briefly shocked, his awareness of the strength and talent of his deskmate became much higher again.

He had long observed that this newly transferred classmate was an ordinary genius on the surface, but his talent and abilities in all aspects were extremely terrifying. Now it seemed that he was already a blockbuster without making a name for himself.

But no matter what, Kabuto's initiative to strike up a conversation still made Itachi very happy, and he soon gave his own answer: "I just don't like such meaningless fights..."

After hearing this, Kabuto Yakushi frowned slightly, then habitually raised his eyes and said seriously: "Struggle is human nature and it is impossible to avoid it.

unless……"

When he said this, Yakushi Kabuto suddenly paused, as if he recalled something.

Then he continued: "Unless fighting is used to quell the fight..."

After that, he opened the book in his hand again and returned to a quiet reading state.

Uchiha Itachi silently chewed on what Kabuto had just said about fighting to end fights, and the tragic scene when he first saw the battlefield could not help but reappear in his mind.

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In the evening, the Konoha Shimura clan was stationed.

In Danzo's house, a root ninja was kneeling outside the shoji door, reporting the news.

"Hmm. The Yondaime has finally returned to the village, I understand."

Inside the house, Shimura Danzo's deep voice came, and he could be seen through the window. Under the candlelight, Danzo's hunched back was sitting at the table as if he was reading a scroll.

Then, soon another voice came out: "Wu, what's going on now? Has the news been sent back?"

The root ninja outside the door immediately replied: "Danzo-sama, Wu's last information transmission is still a week ago, and his psychic beast Ophiopod is also confirmed to be alive..."

After Danzo in the room heard this, the shadow in the candlelight suddenly threw away the scroll in his hand.

A gloomy atmosphere suddenly filled the air, and it was obvious that this news made him extremely dissatisfied. After noticing this invisible sense of silence and depression, the root ninja outside the door subconsciously lowered his body closer to the ground.

"Send someone to look for it immediately! Wu is carrying important confidential information. Even if there is only one body left, it must be recovered!!"

After a long time, the figure under the candlelight in the room finally gave the order again.

When the root ninja on standby heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and responded as if he was being amnesty. Then his figure flashed and disappeared.

"The time to step on stage is finally coming. I have been waiting for this moment for a long time."

With a clatter, Shimura Danzo, neatly dressed and holding a cane, murmured and walked out slowly.

After checking the time, he set off on the way to the Hokage Building.