Martial Arts Training, Itachi: Why Do I Have the Most Training Load?

Upon returning to the Uchiha Clan Compound, Uchiha Fugaku first sought out the Great Elder to inform him about his plan to purchase medicinal herbs from Granny Cat.

After arranging for him to inquire with Sarutobi Hiruzen about when the funds would arrive, he returned to continue reading his Qi Refining Manual, which was comparable to an encyclopedia.

After all, the sooner he could develop Senjutsu, the more confidence he would have to venture out and roam.

Meanwhile, in the Land of Hot Water.

The maturing Jiraiya was also located by an Anbu operative who delivered a message from Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Lord Jiraiya, the Hokage has sent word that a massive change has occurred in Konoha."

"He hopes you can return to succeed him as Hokage."

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Jiraiya, who had just taken a sip of sake, immediately spat it out, then asked loudly.

"What did you say? A massive change in Konoha?"

"Succeed to the position of Hokage?"

However, Jiraiya quickly composed himself and followed the operative away from the hot spring district of the Land of Hot Water.

Afterward, Jiraiya and the Anbu operative found a secluded spot to begin their discussion.

"Speak, what exactly happened?"

The Anbu operative then told Jiraiya everything in detail.

After all, as the Hokage's student—and the only one Sarutobi Hiruzen could still mobilize—Jiraiya was naturally entitled to know these things.

Jiraiya was stunned after hearing it all.

Based on his experience, he naturally grasped the key points in the Anbu's report.

With the tacit approval of his teacher, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzō had launched an extermination plan against the Uchiha Clan, but who could have guessed that the usually honest Uchiha Fugaku would erupt?

Using a Mangekyō Sharingan comparable to that of Uchiha Madara, he crushed their extermination plan, resulting in the sacrifice of Shimura Danzō, and the dark deeds he had committed were exposed to the Uchiha Clan.

Now, his teacher intended to step down to shoulder the burden of those dark deeds, asking him to take the position or to go find Tsunade to succeed him.

Moreover, the rotation of the Hokage was imperative.

Because such matters could not be hidden for long; after all, voluntarily taking the blame for such things was completely different from having it exposed passively.

But...

But neither of these options was easy to handle, was it?

The moment Jiraiya imagined the scene after he took office, he couldn't help but lose his composure.

That was not the life he wanted, and he wasn't suited for it either.

Thinking of this, Jiraiya immediately dismissed the idea of becoming Hokage himself.

Then it would have to be Tsunade.

But...

The moment Jiraiya thought of the younger brother and lover Tsunade had lost, he felt an even greater headache.

Although there was no concrete evidence, their deaths were inseparable from Konoha; Jiraiya could even go so far as to say that Shimura Danzō was the one who did it.

Otherwise, even if they had died, it would have been impossible for Tsunade to leave Konoha.

After all, Konoha was the village her grandfather had built with his own hands.

To be honest, if Sarutobi Hiruzen weren't his master, he wouldn't even want to get involved.

After all, he hadn't even found the Child of Prophecy yet.

However, he had no choice but to return to Konoha for now.

With that thought, Jiraiya began his journey back to Konoha with the Anbu operative.

The next day.

Uchiha Fugaku was quite excited as he looked at the hundred-plus clansmen before him.

One had to realize that these were all future lottery opportunities for him!

As long as they could reproduce, he would have endless lottery chances in the future.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Fugaku's energy surged with excitement.

With that in mind, Uchiha Fugaku began to utilize his master-level taijutsu training expertise to start assigning training tasks to them.

"Uchiha Feng, one thousand weighted push-ups in two sets daily, one thousand frog jumps..."

"Uchiha Huo, you are to do the same as Uchiha Feng."

"Uchiha Hachi, two sets of 1,500 weighted push-ups daily, two sets of 600 frog jumps, an 8,000-meter long-distance run..."

Just as Uchiha Fugaku was assigning tasks, the rest of the Uchiha Clan began to complain.

"We are a clan that excels in genjutsu and Fire Style, so why are we practicing taijutsu now?"

"Exactly, exactly. I have no idea what the Clan Head is thinking."

"Who's to say? With that time, wouldn't it be better to practice shuriken throwing and ninjutsu? Why insist on practicing this low-class taijutsu?"

"Right? We can clearly reach the Jonin level steadily just by awakening the Three-Tomoe Sharingan."

"Sigh, I really don't know what the Clan Head is thinking."

"Do you think the Clan Head might be under someone's control?"

"Don't talk nonsense. The Clan Head possesses the legendary Eternal Mangekyou; how could he possibly be controlled?"

"Then how do you explain him forcing us to train in taijutsu?"

"Uh..."

Although he heard their words, Uchiha Fuyu turned a deaf ear to their opinions. After all, this was his capital for becoming stronger, and Uchiha Fugaku felt that one should be tolerant of their ignorance.

After all, he was still counting on them to have children to increase his number of lottery draws.

However, Uchiha Fugaku secretly increased the intensity of the taijutsu training for those gossiping clansmen.

Since their mouths were so loose, he would make them so tired they couldn't even open them.

Before long, it was time for Uchiha Fugaku to customize training plans for the last two people.

"Izumi Uchiha, 10,000-meter run daily, two sets of 300 push-ups, three sets of 1,000 sit-ups..."

After finishing her customized tasks, Uchiha Fugaku whispered to her secretly.

"Rest assured, this is customized. As long as you follow the requirements, it won't affect your figure."

"And it's even possible that..."

Upon hearing Uchiha Fugaku's words, Izumi Uchiha's face instantly flushed red, and she gained a new understanding of her Clan Head.

The last one, naturally, was his "filial" son, Uchiha Itachi.

"Uchiha Itachi, two sets of 20,000-meter long-distance runs daily, three sets of 2,000 weighted push-ups, frog jumps..."

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Hearing the training plan, Uchiha Itachi's face instantly turned a shade of purple. His training volume included every single item, and he had the highest quota for all of them.

At this moment, Uchiha Itachi even doubted if this was really his father.

Is it really okay to mess with him like this?

However, hindered by his past habits, Uchiha Itachi ultimately remained silent and accepted it.

Upon hearing Uchiha Itachi's training volume, the other Uchiha clansmen also fell silent.

At the same time, their impressions of this Clan Head began to change.

After all, hadn't they seen that those Uchiha clansmen who were gossiping had already been assigned extra training?

Moreover, even though the Clan Head's own son hadn't said a word, he was still given the heaviest training just for making a mistake.

Of course, the plan Uchiha Fugaku formulated for them was for one month, and they had to train according to it every day.

Naturally, this included Uchiha Fugaku's own training as well.

Uchiha Fugaku also intended to join them in the training.

After all, if he didn't keep the pressure on them, given the Uchiha Clan's inherent bias against taijutsu, no one would train seriously.

Thinking of this, after arranging the tasks, Uchiha Fugaku took the lead and began training within the Uchiha Clan Compound.

Although the others were unwilling, they had no choice but to follow along.

"Everyone, start push-ups..."

"40... 105..."