Chapter 36: Uchiha Itachi Comes Looking
Naruto also roughly understood what Shino meant and sighed, saying, "Your Aburame Clan all work with insects; you could totally raise some bugs with healing effects."
Shino thought about it carefully for a moment, then nodded and said, "Thank you!"
After saying that, he turned around and left to train.
Over the next year, things were very peaceful for both Naruto and the Village.
Naruto's daily life was very disciplined: he would sign in early in the morning, then send a Shadow Clone to the Ninja Academy, and in the evening, he would take Hinata, Ino, Shikamaru, Shino, and Choji to the riverside Wooden Hut to train together.
During this year, Hiruzen Sarutobi would come to find Naruto at the beginning of every month to give him some living expenses.
However, the monthly living expenses were still five hundred Ryo, which made Naruto want to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Now that Naruto was nearly seven years old, let alone his daily meals, even buying clothes, shoes, and socks made five hundred Ryo feel tight; even if he didn't buy clothes every month, it still wasn't enough for his daily expenses.
Fortunately, Hinata, Shikamaru, and the others often bought things for him, which made Naruto's material conditions slightly better.
In this year, the strength of Naruto, Hinata, and the other six had clearly improved.
Once, when Hinata used Tai Chi Fist to spar with Hiashi, she actually knocked him off balance, which terrified her.
Hiashi was shocked; he could clearly see that Hinata wasn't using the Thirty-Six Palms of the Eight Trigrams, but a new style of boxing that was very compatible with the Hyuga Clan.
Seeing Hinata's timid and nervous look, Hiashifrowned slightly. After adjusting his emotions, he asked about the origin of the boxing style.
When he heard that Naruto had taught her Tai Chi Fist, Hiashi became even more certain that his choice was correct.
So he instructed Hinata that she must train well with Naruto, but she absolutely could not come back too late.
Having received her father's permission, Hinataexcitedly gave Hiashi her word that she would never return too late.
The others were no exception; Inoichi Yamanaka of the Yamanaka Clan had actually developed the Ninjutsu of Secret Telepathic Communication.
However, it wasn't widely spread; besides the clan heads and young clan heads of the Ino–Shika–Chō clans, Naruto was the only one who knew the Secret Telepathic Communication.
After a year of body tempering, Naruto could easily open the fifth gate, though when he deactivated the Eight Gates, the pain still left him lying on the ground like a dog.
Then there was the Uchiha Clan; they had been targeted again recently. The Uchiha Guard Squadwas frequently insulted by civilians, and their law enforcement had become increasingly violent.
In the most violent incident, they directly broke a civilian's limbs, causing a scene that reached the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
The current Uchiha Guard Squad could be said to be even more loathed in the Village than Naruto.
Naruto felt that the night of the massacre should be within the next few months.
Now Naruto was a bit hesitant: should he take the opportunity to snatch some Sharingan?
Even if he didn't use them later, he couldn't leave them for Danzo and Obito.
After thinking it over, Naruto decided to go for it. Even if he had to destroy all the Sharingan, he couldn't let them fall into the hands of those who bore him ill will.
Having decided, Naruto used Shadow Clone, then had the clone use Transformation Jutsu to turn into a cat and leave Flying Thunder God Tags all over the Uchiha Clan.
On the third day after Naruto finished marking the Flying Thunder God Formula, Uchiha Itachi came to his door, holding a piece of wood with Naruto's Flying Thunder God Formula marked on it.
Seeing the wood in Uchiha Itachi's hand, Narutoroughly guessed it had been cut from a door panel.
Uchiha Itachi looked at Naruto and said, "Aren't you going to give me an explanation?"
"Do you think I need to give you an explanation?"
"Aren't you afraid I'll take this piece of wood to Hokage-sama?"
"As you wish!"
Uchiha Itachi didn't see the expression he wanted to see on Naruto's face, which added a touch of worry to his cold features.
After a long silence, Uchiha Itachi said, "Are you that certain the Uchiha Clan will be wiped out?"
"Otherwise? Aren't you already considering the massacre?"
When Uchiha Itachi heard Naruto's words, although his emotions didn't ripple, his rapidly spinning Three-Tomoe Sharingan revealed his shock and made him feel fear.
When Uchiha Shisui died, Naruto had already guessed the Uchiha Clan's end and had also judged Uchiha Itachi's fate.
And today, Naruto had bluntly stated what he was about to do; one could imagine Uchiha Itachi's state of mind.
"Is the Third really not to be trusted?"
"Don't you already have the answer?"
"I want to hear you say it personally."
"Is there any point in me saying it? Even if I change your mind, can you make the current Uchiha Clanintegrate into Konoha?"
Hearing Naruto's words, Uchiha Itachi closed his eyes in pain.
"I will act in three days. Do you have anything else to say?"
Naruto was silent for a while before saying, "Leave your parents' eyes. An Eternal Mangekyo doesn't necessarily require a brother's eyes; direct relatives' eyes are also useful."
The moment Naruto's voice fell, Uchiha Itachi's Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun frantically, finally forming the Mangekyo Sharingan as he stared intently at Naruto.
"Secrets like the Eternal Mangekyo are known to fewer than five people even within the Uchiha Clan. How do you know about it?"
"Do you think I need to tell you?"
After a long silence, Uchiha Itachi said, "In the future, I'll trouble you to take care of Sasuke."
Naruto shook his head and said, "What happens to Sasuke in the future is not my concern."
"I can give you Shisui's other eye."
"I don't need it! The Mangekyo Sharingan is useless to me. Even if you gave it to me, I would just destroy it."
Hearing Naruto say such a thing again, Uchiha Itachi was completely certain he was telling the truth; Naruto truly disdained the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Uchiha Itachi now realized that he seemed to have nothing that could move Naruto to take care of Sasuke.
After a long silence, Uchiha Itachi dropped the piece of wood he was holding and turned to leave.
After he had taken just two steps, Naruto suddenly said, "Try not to let Sasuke awaken the Sharingantoo early. Awakening it too early makes one prone to bloodline sickness. You already have bloodline sickness; with your current physical condition, you won't live past thirty. If you use the Mangekyo Sharingan frequently, living to twenty-five will be a struggle."
Hearing Naruto's words, Uchiha Itachi stood frozen at the door. Even the Uchiha Clan didn't know about the bloodline sickness; how did Narutoknow?