This Uchiha Itachi is very lonely

As the first ninja village in the world, Konoha Village occupies a very large territory of the Land of Fire.

Within it, it is divided into three areas, the peripheral area, the inner area and the core area.

The outer area is usually filled with people who have recently moved to this village. This area has many hotels and other places where businessmen traveling from various places and mission clients can live.

These people do not have the conditions to join the Ninja School, nor are they allowed to enter the core area of ​​Konoha.

You can only do business and live in the outer and inner areas of Konoha...

The inner area is relatively populated by people who have lived in Konoha for many years.

Some are small families that already existed during the Warring States Period, such as the Shiranui Clan, the Kurama Clan, the Hatake Clan, the Mitomon Clan, and the Tensho Clan... After the establishment of Konoha, they slowly moved in by voluntarily moving in, being recruited, etc. Into the leaves.

But in terms of number of people, ordinary families still account for the majority in the inner areas.

With the right to live in the inner areas of Konoha, you can enjoy many benefits of Konoha.

For example, orphans affected by war can receive compassionate payments, consolation payments, etc.

But the most important point is the qualification to register for the Ninja School!

Only those who have obtained the right to reside in the inner circle can register for the entrance examination of the ninja school.

Like many people who moved to Konoha from all over the Land of Fire, their lives in the outskirts of Konoha were not comfortable.

High rents, commodity prices, and low wages are all their difficulties.

But those who moved to Konoha still insisted on staying in the village by opening shops or working as helpers.

Their goal is to one day move into the inner area so that their descendants will have the opportunity to enter the ninja school to study.

Among them, those with relatively outstanding talents will gradually change their status as civilians in the process, and develop their families into a ninja family or a family, such as the Haruno family, the Mizuzu family, the Mitarashi family, Gekko...

As for the most important core area, it is where the high-rise offices of the village are located.

At the same time, there are many families in this area that have been established since the Warring States Period, such as Shimura, Sarutobi, Hinata, Nara, Akimichi...

As a hero in building the village, Uchiha of course also lives in the core area.

"Mother……"

Follow the team to the gate of the Uchiha clan.

From a distance, Itachi could see a large group of people standing in the open space in front of the clan, eagerly looking forward to something.

Among them, he immediately saw the figure of his mother, Uchiha Mikoto.

Likewise, his mother also saw him.

Itachi clearly observed that his mother's initially agitated expression calmed down the moment she felt his gaze.

"Itachi..."

As the team disbanded, Uchiha Mikoto slowly stepped forward.

She had a gentle smile on her face, just like the one she had when she left a few months ago, "Welcome home."

This long-lost gentleness caused some fluctuations in Uchiha Itachi's calm heart.

Although he was moved in his heart, he remained calm and polite on the surface, and solemnly replied: "I'm worrying you, mother."

"You kid, why are you still so..."

It seemed that Mikoto was a little disappointed because she could not see her son crying and calling his mother.

But when she saw her son's clothes stained with mud and traces of blood, she couldn't help but feel distressed, "Go home first, I've prepared the bath water for you."

"I'll have something to eat when I get home later, then take a shower and have a good sleep."

As she said that, she stretched out her hand to grab Itachi's backpack, "I'll help you..."

The instinct developed on the battlefield allowed Itachi to avoid Mikoto's grasping hand. After facing her stunned look, he replied apologetically: "No, mother, I can do it myself."

Mikoto clenched her fists and put them behind her back, with a gentle smile on her face, "...Then let's go, let's go home."

Faced with the fact that her son, even after returning from the battlefield, did not show any sign of being attached to her as a mother, she felt a little resentful towards her husband.

[With the next child, I will never allow my husband to act so randomly.]

Before leaving with his mother, Itachi saw from the crowd that Teru Uchiha was being slapped on the back of the head by a fierce-looking man like him.

The man was fanning and opening and closing his mouth, as if he was teaching something.

He is a really strict father...

Itachi looked away calmly.

"Your mother seems to want to communicate with you."

On the right, Artoria suddenly spoke to remind Itachi.

Um?

Itachi looked to the other side blankly.

Immediately afterwards, he saw his mother holding her face and looking worried.

Want to talk to me?

Itachi hesitated for a moment, then shouted to Mikoto, who was trying to find a topic next to him: "Mother."

"Um?"

Uchiha Mikoto, who was still trying to think of how to talk to her son who had not returned home for a long time, turned her head in confusion.

After turning her head and looking around to make sure it wasn't someone else's voice, she stared at Itachi in surprise, suppressed the excitement in her heart, and asked warmly: "Itachi, what's wrong?"

My son, who has been educated by his husband since he was a child and does not know how to communicate with other people, has transitioned?

Itachi took a deep breath, controlled his inner struggle, and asked: "Mother...does she know Uchihaji?"

"……Um!"

Mikoto, who was still expecting Itachi's voice, stiffened, "Your father, me, and him, the three of us grew up together."

Noticing the expression on his mother's face when he heard this man, Itachi knew clearly. It seemed that she also knew the news of Uchiha Temple's sacrifice.

Immediately, his heart sank, he stopped walking forward, and stared at his mother's face seriously.

"He was killed by me."

Um?!

Uchiha Mikoto's already stiff expression also darkened...

…

As the clan leader, Uchiha Fugaku naturally owns a large mansion.

Within an area of ​​nearly 400 square meters, there are three small courtyards surrounded by an antique courtyard.

In addition, there are also wonderful buildings in the courtyard such as rockeries and garden ponds.

"You think it was you who delayed the team's half-day trip and caused the team to be ambushed?"

In the main courtyard at the center,

in the living room,

Uchiha Mikoto looked at Itachi sitting opposite, "So... you think you killed Temple?"

Itachi nodded stiffly, "Without me, the ambush would not have occurred, and Captain Temple would not have died, not to mention the other clan members who died in the battle."

He struggled all the way in his heart, and no one mentioned this matter.

Back in the tent, my airy words of "Father, I need to calm down" killed so many people!

After receiving his affirmative reply, Uchiha Mikoto stared at Itachi blankly.

After a long time, she stood up and came to Itachi's side, and gently hugged her son, who had never shown any unnecessary emotions since she could remember, "Itachi, you are really a very gentle child."