I Don't Need to Pay Attention

"Naruto, you killed him!!"

"Father, you're wrong. You saw it yourself just now, he was already jumping off the cliff to die. I was just helping him fulfill his last wish."

"But... you..."

Minato Namikaze, sealed within the space, felt a chill as he opened his mouth, unsure of what to say.

Naruto, crouching on the ground, ignored his father and placed two fingers on Shisui Uchiha's carotid artery. Feeling the man's body temperature rapidly dropping, he realized he felt no disgust or discomfort during his first kill.

Was he inherently cold-blooded, or was his will too strong?

After a moment, he confirmed Shisui Uchiha was completely dead. He slowly pulled his kunai from the corpse, not a drop of blood splashing, and then took out a scroll to retrieve the body.

"This person is from the Uchiha Clan? What use do you have for his corpse?"

Minato Namikaze hesitated for a long time before speaking again.

"Mm, I'll take you to learn about this person later. Although I didn't collect any data, the Mirrored World should have successfully replicated his puppet," Naruto said faintly, his gaze falling on the scroll in his hand. "I believe Father will see many interesting scenes. As for why I need his corpse, you'll know in the future."

"The future?"

Minato Namikaze's expression dimmed, then he said with a hoarse tone, "Naruto, I only have about a year left at most."

"The time should be enough."

"What do you mean?"

Minato Namikaze's heart felt heavy. Naruto undoubtedly had some plan for the coming year.

"You'll know when the time comes. Mm... Is the Barrier Team notifying the Anbu again? They're moving much faster at night than they were during the day. Heh, even the Third Hokage is on the move. It seems their surveillance here is getting stricter."

Sensing a large number of people rushing towards the Forest of Death, Naruto quietly put away the scroll and tilted his head back to look at the starry sky. The bright moonlight seemed to want to pierce through the dark mask on his face.

"Next, we just have to wait for another full moon night."

Swish!

With that thought, Naruto instantly vanished into the night, and the forest fell into a deathly silence once more.

Not long after, the Third Hokage arrived with dozens of Anbu members. Three Anbu members wearing animal masks walked to a spot where Naruto had stood and remained still.

"Lord Hokage! Just like before, we can't sense any chakra fluctuations!"

Upon hearing this, the Third Hokage's face immediately sank.

Could it be Orochimaru again?

No, it shouldn't be him. It's the other person from that night!

He immediately recalled the mysterious person who appeared when he led people to apprehend Orochimaru in the Forest of Death, and was instantly certain it wasn't Orochimaru.

Thinking back, the person reported by the Barrier Team to have appeared in the Forest of Death should also be this individual. This mysterious person always managed to render the sensory division helpless, and the way they disappeared was too bizarre.

"Could this be..."

The Third Hokage's eyes flickered with surprise and uncertainty as he considered a possibility.

"From today onwards, dispatch two teams to patrol the Forest of Death every day!"

"Yes!"

Although he gave the order with a grave expression, the Third Hokage felt his arrangements were futile. If his guess was correct and that mysterious person possessed that kind of power, more people would be useless.

Yet, he desperately hoped his guess was wrong.

~~~~~~~~~

"Body Flicker Technique!"

Great Spinning Wheel!

Boom!

The moment the blinding light struck, Naruto once again saw Shisui Uchiha summon a green Susanoo, holding a spiraling giant sword in one hand.

"Congratulations! You have obtained Shisui Uchiha's Genjutsu training experience!"

Genjutsu training experience again!

Naruto's eye twitched. He had been sitting in the classroom for an entire morning, and all he received was this reward.

Staring at Shisui Uchiha's data puppet, he wondered what use he had for Genjutsu training experience, especially since he didn't have Yin Release Chakra at the moment.

In the Mirrored World, Shisui Uchiha was currently the strongest data puppet. Every time he used the Body Flicker Technique, Naruto could only find an opportunity to use the mutually destructive Great Spinning Wheel to end the fight. Otherwise, the outcome would be him being impaled by the katana.

Although he had quite a few chakra nature transformations at the moment, the ninjutsu he knew was pitifully scarce.

Due to the data not being complete enough, he couldn't use the Flying Thunder God. His simple Water Style techniques and Great Fireball Jutsu could only serve as harassment, not as effective as the shuriken techniques he learned from Itachi.

But Shisui Uchiha's shuriken techniques were also formidable.

Such a strong person actually committed suicide. The Uchiha's mental illness was truly deadly.

Putting aside the Susanoo for now, the key issue was how to counter this Body Flicker Technique.

"Naruto, his Body Flicker Technique has a lot to do with his Sharingan."

As a guest spectator, Minato Namikaze had been in a rather low mood since watching Shisui Uchiha's memory footage last night, especially after seeing Danzō and his men snatching Shisui's eyes, which he found hard to believe.

"Oh? What did you notice, Father?"

"It looks like a genjutsu or a shadow clone, but it's not a shadow clone, nor is it a genjutsu. It's more like a visible shadow that prevents you from attacking. But when he wants to attack you, the shadow can instantly turn into a solid form."

Hearing this, Naruto felt a bit speechless. If that was the case, if he couldn't react in time, he would just be beaten endlessly?

"Naruto, can you sense his shadow during battle?"

"I've tried. I can sense it, but just like Father said, I can't attack it. That's why I'm always forced to use the Great Spinning Wheel Yú to try and eliminate both his real body and those shadows all at once."

"In that case, I suggest you challenge Itachi Uchiha for now. After all, from his memory scenes, he was often with Itachi Uchiha."

Just as Minato Namikaze finished speaking, Naruto heard Kurama's voice.

"Naruto, your homeroom teacher is calling you all out to practice shuriken. Also, six guys who were monitoring your house just appeared outside the classroom. They're definitely targeting you!"

Naruto immediately pulled Minato Namikaze out of the Mirrored World. Then he sensed that there were indeed six Anbu outside the classroom.

"Why would the number of Anbu monitoring me suddenly increase? Did I accidentally expose something?"

While recalling his recent activities, Naruto got up and joined the others, lining up to leave the classroom. Following the group, they arrived at the training field. After repeated thought, he was certain the problem wasn't with him.

Since it had nothing to do with him, there must be another reason!

Thinking this, Naruto fully unleashed his senses and discovered that the chakra of many Anbu was unusually active throughout the village, exhibiting a state of high alert.

Furthermore, the vast majority of them quickly converged and were moving rapidly towards the Uchiha Clan Compound.

"I see. It hasn't even been a full day since Shisui Uchiha died, and Konoha is already this impatient. The six Anbu sent over are to prevent the Uchiha from targeting the Nine-Tails inside my body."

After understanding the situation, Naruto casually took a few kunai from Shikamaru and threw them towards a circular target.

Whoosh!

All the kunai missed, not even touching the edge of the target.

"Haha! This big idiot has terrible luck, missing every single time!"

"Yeah! I was worried I'd be the worst, the dead last one!"

Naruto ignored the taunts on the training field and expressionlessly walked to the side, leaning against the wall to wait for school to end. This was the last class.

Shikamaru walked over, hands behind his head, and said with a helpless expression, "That was too fake!"

Naruto replied calmly, "I don't want everyone to pay attention to me. If I hit the bullseye every time like you, it would be too much."

Shikamaru's expression immediately fell. He spread his hands and said, "Sigh, we're in the same boat. Look, Choji is the same as you."

"Haha! Another dead last!"

"Sasuke-kun is amazing! He hit the bullseye every time!"

"Wow! Sasuke-kun is so cool!"

"Of course! Sasuke-kun is a genius!"

"..."

Shikamaru's expression became somewhat distorted when he saw Choji walk over, eating potato chips with a nonchalant expression.

"This is so boring. What's the point of being a genius?"

Naruto's eyes flashed. "It's definitely interesting. Do you know what a genius's weakness is?"

Shikamaru's expression turned serious. "They need an audience. That's a genius's weakness!"

The training field erupted in noise again. After the last person threw their kunai, Naruto glanced at Iruka and saw him walking into the classroom with his grade book, his face grim.

Ring ring—

School was over. Naruto immediately headed home. As he walked past a group of people, a small white puppy suddenly leaped towards him from mid-air.

Naruto's eyes sharpened. In an instant, his hand gripped the dog's throat with lightning speed. The puppy's eyes rolled back, and it immediately fainted.

This dog looked a little familiar...

"Uzumaki Naruto! If you hurt Akamaru, I'll fight you!"

"Are you sure?"

Naruto looked menacingly at Kiba Inuzuka, who was roaring at him, and calmly waited for his response.

Shikamaru's expression changed, and he stepped forward to stand between them.

"Naruto, don't be rash. Akamaru probably just wanted to play with you."

"Oh? I thought this dog had rabies."

Naruto's lips curled into a smile, and he threw the dog back towards Kiba Inuzuka.

"Catch. Be careful with your dog's life from now on."