How did I lose? Kunai Throwing!

"Huh!?"

Uchiha Itachi felt like his ears were playing tricks on him.

Looking at Uchiha Sasuke, whose voice was tinged with tears, Uchiha Itachi's eyelid twitched. He asked again, "Little brother, what did you say you lost?"

Uchiha Sasuke couldn't hold back the grievance in his heart any longer and burst into loud sobs, hugging Uchiha Itachi's leg.

"I, I lost you, big brother. Now you're Uzumaki Naruto's big brother, waaaah…"

Uchiha Itachi's mouth twitched.

Damn it.

He really was his good little brother.

To gamble and actually lose his own older brother.

If Uchiha Sasuke hadn't been bawling, Uchiha Itachi would have wanted to grab Uchiha Sasuke's shoulders and roar.

I'm your older brother!!!

Your own, flesh and blood!!!

How could you lose me like that!?

Uchiha Sasuke looked at his brother, tears in his eyes, feeling wronged.

"Big brother, what do we do!? I don't want to give you to Uzumaki Naruto."

Uchiha Itachi's face darkened slightly. He repeatedly told himself that this was his own little brother, his flesh and blood, not adopted.

Taking a deep breath, Uchiha Itachi said, "Don't worry, I will always be your big brother. Uzumaki Naruto can't take me away."

Uchiha Sasuke nodded vigorously.

Then…

Uchiha Sasuke whispered, "Besides losing you, big brother, I also lost eighty-one million nine hundred and twenty thousand Ryo."

Uchiha Itachi blinked.

"(⊙o⊙) What?!?"

Uchiha Itachi stared blankly at his brother.

"How much did you say you lost?"

Uchiha Sasuke looked hopefully at his brother.

"I lost eighty-one million nine hundred and twenty thousand Ryo. That…that's not a lot, right?"

Uchiha Itachi nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Not a lot!?"

"Your big brother's current bounty at the exchange office is only eighteen million Ryo. Your eighty million Ryo is like losing five of me."

Uchiha Itachi wished he could give his beloved brother a good beating. He clenched his fists, his face dark, and asked loudly:

"What exactly did you two gamble on? Did Uzumaki Naruto use some trick? How could you lose so much money?"

Innumerable conspiracies flashed through Uchiha Itachi's mind.

It must have been the insidious Uzumaki Naruto using schemes and tricks to swindle his little brother. Otherwise, how could his little brother, who was so smart, lose so much money in a gamble?

Uchiha Sasuke lowered his head, tears in his eyes, and said shamefully, "Kunai Throwing Technique."

Uchiha Itachi: "…"

Uchiha Itachi fell silent.

Looking down at his foolish little brother, Uchiha Itachi, uncharacteristically, began to ponder if he had been too gentle with his little brother in the past!?

If you said Uzumaki Naruto tricked you, at most it would mean your brain wasn't working well.

But to lose at the Kunai Throwing Technique, which the Uchiha Clan excels at, are you an idiot!?

Was his brother's intelligence… really that low?

Seeing Uchiha Itachi remain silent for so long, Uchiha Sasuke grew a little flustered and looked at his brother hopefully.

"Big brother, what do we do!?"

Uchiha Itachi took a deep breath, stood up, and said in a deep voice, "Of course, we're going to win it back! And we'll do it the honorable Uchiha Clan way!"

The next day.

Uzumaki Naruto walked into the classroom just as the school bell rang.

Before his eyes.

Standing at the front of the classroom was a young Uchiha, dressed in Uchiha Clan attire, with tear marks and a three-tomoe Sharingan.

Uchiha Sasuke stood beside the young man and gave Uzumaki Naruto a challenging look.

Uzumaki Naruto immediately knew who this young man was. A smile appeared on his face, and he turned his head slightly, happily speaking to the young man:

"Itachi Nii-san, are you here to give me money?!"

Uchiha Itachi: "…"

Uchiha Sasuke's face crumpled, and he almost burst into tears.

Right.

He had just sold his Nii-san out.

Uchiha Itachi's face flushed slightly, a wave of shame washing over him, making him want to burrow into a hole.

"Alright, here's some to start."

Uchiha Itachi handed over the only five million Ryo he had to Uzumaki Naruto, then looked at Uzumaki Naruto, feeling a bit out of place. He swallowed, stammering, "Naruto, little brother, well…"

"I heard your Kunai Throwing Technique is really good. So, how about we make a bet?"

As he said this, Uchiha Itachi's face turned as red as a monkey's backside, wishing he could just disappear into the ground and never come out.

How embarrassing!!!

He felt like some creepy old man trying to trick a little girl!!!

Uzumaki Naruto smiled and agreed.

"Sure!"

Uchiha Itachi was incredibly touched.

What a good kid, wasn't this clearly a way of giving the money back after winning it?

This kid… he was truly too gentle…

Uzumaki Naruto smiled and said, "Itachi Nii-san, I'm just going to the restroom first."

Uchiha Itachi nodded, sighing with emotion inwardly.

How polite this child was, and his smile was so gentle… His warm smile was like the sun, making people instinctively want to get close to him…

He really was… a gentle young man!

Inside the restroom.

The gentle Uzumaki Naruto:

"Purchase Weapon Mode!!!"

"Purchase Weapon Mode!!!"

"Purchase Weapon Mode!!!"

"…"

A while later.

On the training ground.

Uchiha Itachi glared at Uzumaki Naruto, his face dark.

"Gentle, my ass!!!"

"This is a demon in human skin!!!"