Forgive me, Brother, Perhaps Next Time

"I-it's nothing... I don't blame you, little Sasuke really is mischievous. Ha... haha."

Quan felt a pang of loss when she saw Itachi withdraw his hand, but her shyness hadn't faded yet. Her eyes darted away as she let out a dry laugh and turned her head to the side.

My dear sister! What are you getting shy about? Why don't you just reach out and touch him back? Ye Wuyue watched Quan's flushed, steaming face and thought with frustration at her lack of initiative.

But Quan clearly didn't catch his meaning, and neither did Itachi.

"Ahem, indeed. Sasuke hasn't been very well-behaved lately."

Itachi also turned his head away shyly.

Sigh, hopeless. Can't handle it yourself, so you blame me, a little kid. Foolish big brother.

Ye Wuyue sneered inwardly at Itachi's behavior.

The two of them lingered in awkward silence for a while, until Quan finally spoke up.

"Itachi-kun, let's go eat some tricolor dango. I heard the dango shop east of the village has really delicious tricolor dango! Let's go try it."

Itachi's eyes lit up at the mention of tricolor dango, and he replied bluntly, "Okay!"

Ye Wuyue thought the girl had finally caught on, knowing how to cater to his tastes. But this was also a stroke of luck, since originally Quan would have discovered Itachi's love for tricolor dango much later.

In the end, the two went to the dango shop together, while Ye Wuyue was handed back to Itachi. Watching them both stay silent, Ye Wuyue grew bored and began to meditate.

After they finished their dango at the shop, they parted ways, and Ye Wuyue was taken home by Itachi.

In the time that followed, Ye Wuyue's daily routine consisted of eating, meditating, and sleeping, occasionally acting as his big brother's wingman. But since both Quan and Itachi were a bit dense, his efforts at matchmaking had little effect.

Thus, Ye Wuyue spent two years in the Naruto World. During this time, he learned a lot about Konoha's situation from his parents' conversations. First, Minato had indeed survived and become the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, though Kushina had died during the Nine-Tails' rampage.

As for the Uchiha Clan, most of its members remained as foolish as ever, offending people left and right, arrogant and looking down on everyone. Fortunately, Minato was now the Hokage, and he was doing his best to integrate the Uchiha into the village. But with Danzo constantly throwing obstacles in the way, the Uchiha's situation hadn't changed much from before.

Notably, because the Fourth Hokage had survived, Naruto was now a true prince, beloved by everyone in Konoha—a stark contrast to his treatment in the original story.

Additionally, a year ago, when Itachi turned six, he entered the Ninja Academy. But Ye Wuyue knew he always sent a shadow clone to attend class while he trained with Shisui.

As for Ye Wuyue himself, over these two years, his check-in rewards had granted him the Shinigami combat system's techniques: Hado and Hakuda from the Zanjutsu, Hakuda, Shunpo, Kido set—specifically Kido and Hakuda, the methods for their practice.

His Spiritual Power had now reached 7826, and his Chakra Amount had grown to half a card, or 500.

He could now use Flowing Blade, Like Fire on his own, but he couldn't sustain it for even a minute before his Spiritual Power ran dry. Kido, however, was much easier.

The system had given him all the Kido techniques, but he needed to train them himself to use them. He had now mastered roughly the first thirty sequences of Hado and Bakudo. As for Hakuda, he had only just received it as a reward and hadn't started training yet.

He also hadn't begun learning any ninjutsu.

At the Fugaku household, the family had just finished dinner.

"Sasuke, I have some free time this afternoon. Let's train together. I can teach you the shurikenjutsu Shisui just taught me. What do you think?"

Itachi asked Sasuke with some anticipation.

Ye Wuyue felt Itachi's demeanor had shifted slightly from the original story. In the original, Itachi was always aloof, while Sasuke clung to him.

But now the roles were reversed. Lately, Ye Wuyue felt Itachi was getting more and more clingy, even willing to ditch Shisui.

Could it be because I've been acting cold that Itachi's like this?

Ye Wuyue wondered.

He didn't plan to go practice shurikenjutsu with Itachi, since he needed to train his Kido and Hakuda. Either of those, once mastered, would far surpass shurikenjutsu.

So Ye Wuyue reached out with two fingers and poked Itachi's forehead.

"Forgive me, big brother. Another time. I want to train on my own."

After poking Itachi's forehead, Ye Wuyue felt a surge of satisfaction, thinking, Now you know how it feels.

Itachi rubbed his forehead and sighed helplessly. Mikoto watched the scene and chuckled to herself.

Then Fugaku spoke up.

"I happen to have some time later. I'll train with you both for a while."

Fugaku had recently heard that his younger son had been secretly training. He was very pleased with the boy's diligence and hoped he would become as outstanding as Itachi. But he still didn't know how talented Sasuke was, and Ye Wuyue had never shown his abilities in front of them.

"Can you teach me a new ninjutsu, Dad?"

Itachi's eyes lit up with hope. He didn't know many techniques yet, most of them taught by Shisui.

"Sure."

Fugaku agreed, and Itachi's spirits soared.

"Fine."

Ye Wuyue replied. He had no intention of hiding his abilities from Fugaku and the others.

The three of them went together to a training ground within the Uchiha compound. To their surprise, Quan was there too.

Well, actually, it wasn't that surprising. Ye Wuyue had long told Quan about the training grounds Itachi frequented. The girl had probably heard that Itachi had the afternoon off from school and would come here to train.

"Itachi! What a coincidence! Are you here to train too?"

Quan spotted Itachi at once, ran over with a smile, and automatically ignored the two people beside him.

It was only when she got close that she realized Itachi wasn't alone.

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"C... Clan Head!? You... you're here to train too? S... sorry, I didn't notice you at all just now..."

Izumi immediately bowed to Fugaku, her small face flushing red with embarrassment.

"It's fine. I just came to watch them train. No need to be so formal."

Fugaku glanced at Itachi, then at Izumi, and showed a rare smile.

"Oh, then can I train with Itachi?"

Seeing that Fugaku didn't seem so aloof, Izumi pressed her luck and asked.

"Of course."

Fugaku nodded. Receiving the affirmative answer, Izumi looked very happy and immediately stood beside Itachi.

"Then let me see your current strength first, Itachi and Sasuke. That way I can decide what to teach you."

Fugaku spoke.

"And how will we do that? A one-on-one spar?"

Ye Wuyue asked, a little puzzled.

"No." Fugaku shook his head. "Your control over your power is still unrefined. It's easy for accidents to happen. Instead, you'll take turns attacking me. Don't hold back. Use your strongest moves and attack me with the intent to kill."

"Itachi, you go first."

Fugaku pointed at Itachi, then walked to the center of the training ground. Itachi had no objections and followed Fugaku over.