The Hidden Watchers

As clan head, he was bound to have a few privileges. It sounded somewhat hard to accept, but that was reality.

However, Obito still had a question in his heart.

He had heard that the clan head's son was only four years old, still two years away from the age to enroll in the Ninja Academy. No matter how excellent his preschool education was, it should have been impossible for him to extract chakra.

Besides, this kind of Fire Style Nintaijutsu was not suitable for a four-year-old child to learn.

"Big brother."

Itachi suddenly turned his head and looked at Obito curiously. "You've been staring at me. Is there something you need?"

Staring at me?

Obito was slightly surprised. He had clearly only glanced at him at first; afterward, he had only been observing him from the corner of his eye. Logically speaking, he should not have been noticed.

The clan head's son had remarkably sharp observation skills.

"It isn't anything particularly important. I just wanted to ask, have you extracted chakra?" Obito asked.

"Of course I have."

Itachi raised his hand and extracted a thread of chakra from within himself, releasing a faint fluctuation. In his childish voice, he said, "Father said only people who have extracted chakra are qualified to attend lessons."

Itachi had not only answered Obito's question, but also cleared up the doubt in Obito's heart.

A genius was a genius. At only four years old, he could already read the hidden implications in other people's words. Of course, Obito's emotions being too obvious was also part of the reason.

Obito suddenly understood. This really was not the clan head abusing his privileges.

The student age limit of six to fourteen was mainly because children were more malleable, and almost all Uchiha Clan members only successfully