Konohagakure, Underground Base.
Hyuga Sho, seated on the throne, was listening to Yakushi Kabuto's report.
A lot had happened in Konoha during the week he had been away.
"My lord... Uchiha Itachi graduated early from the Ninja Academy with outstanding results, without a shred of suspense..."
Yakushi Kabuto adjusted his glasses.
Then he began presenting the intelligence he had compiled.
In terms of age, Uchiha Fugaku's son, Uchiha Itachi, was Yakushi Kabuto's junior.
As an upperclassman, Yakushi Kabuto had interacted with Uchiha Itachi several times.
Whether they were children from ordinary families or children from Kekkei Genkai clans,
Yakushi Kabuto, who disguised himself as harmless to both humans and animals, would approach them like a big-brotherly senior and earn their trust.
Uchiha Itachi was very cold-tempered...
No... rather than cold, it was more accurate to say that he was the type who was poor at conversation and could not force out even a single sentence.
One day.
Three upperclassmen went looking for trouble with Uchiha Itachi.
The first reason was the usual school bullying.
The second was the Uchiha Clan's bad reputation.
Even now, a rumor was spreading throughout Konohagakure that "the Uchiha Clan brought the Nine-Tails here."
Uchiha Itachi naturally became the target of their attacks because of this.
Some children had lost their fathers in the Nine-Tails' Rampage, while others had lost their mothers, brothers, or sisters...
They placed this hatred on their Uchiha peers.
At that moment.
"Coincidentally" passing by, Yakushi Kabuto, the resident good guy, naturally appeared and tried to stop the three children from bullying Uchiha Itachi.
No...
The final result would definitely have been Uchiha Itachi easily killing all three of them by himself.
Kabuto, whose acting skills were off the charts, was knocked down by the three Brats.
At that moment.
A little