Itachi's Blushing Face

Standing behind Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Chen understood that he only had one chance. His opponent would only be careless once, and after this, there would be absolutely no other opportunities!

Throwing the final three kunai in his hand, Uchiha Chen waited for that singular opening.

Each of the three kunai had an explosive tag attached, and Uchiha Chen intended to use the smoke from the blast to create an opening for himself.

However, just at that moment...

"Chen? Itachi?"

A girl's voice rang out, and her presence drew the attention of both combatants.

"Sister Izumi?"

"Izumi?"

Uchiha Chen and Uchiha Itachi spoke almost simultaneously, and the arrival of Uchiha Izumi completely disrupted their next moves.

As the two were momentarily stunned, the explosive tags began to emit wisps of blue smoke, clearly on the verge of detonating.

In the critical moment, Uchiha Itachi used the kunai in his hand to strike the corner of Uchiha Chen's clothing, aiming to pull him out of the blast radius.

Uchiha Chen had the exact same thought.

It was only because of the Pit-Father System that Uchiha Chen had challenged Uchiha Itachi, and naturally, he did not want any real casualties to occur.

Because of this, Uchiha Chen also wanted to save his opponent, but the fact that both of them had the same intention meant that neither could successfully escape the blast zone.

Uchiha Chen and Uchiha Itachi were both caught in the explosion. Fortunately, both had moved away from the core at the last second; although they were blown away, they were not injured.

"Ah!"

Landing heavily, Uchiha Chen heard a scream. Looking up, he discovered that Uchiha Itachi had, quite coincidentally, crashed directly into Uchiha Izumi.

More importantly, the posture of the two was truly...

Damn, for real? Could it be that the Itachi of this world is also a transmigrator?

Uchiha Chen was extremely astonished, and the situation on the other side was truly awkward.

"Izumi, I..."

"Are you hurt? Why did you start fighting with Chen?"

Izumi could see that Uchiha Itachi hadn't done it on purpose—it was entirely an accident—but the blush on Itachi's face at that moment truly shocked Uchiha Chen, who was standing not far away.

Is this guy really Itachi?

Seeing the God Itachi blush—the probability of that had to be lower than seeing the Second Pillar not acting cool, right?

"Sister Izumi, this is actually my fault. I hear you talk about how strong Brother Itachi is every day, so I wanted to challenge him."

The moment Uchiha Chen opened his mouth, he decisively sold Uchiha Izumi out.

Although Uchiha Izumi did indeed mention Uchiha Itachi often, saying it at a time like this clearly only served to embarrass her.

Sure enough, as Uchiha Chen spoke, Uchiha Izumi instantly blushed, while Uchiha Itachi seemed to have no idea what the implication was.

"You two know each other?"

"Chen lives next door to me. His parents passed away, so I take care of him occasionally."

Uchiha Izumi answered, though she didn't dare look at Uchiha Itachi, who simply nodded without saying anything further.

"Since that's the case, it's just a misunderstanding. Itachi, you're injured too, so there's no need for today's training."

At the critical moment, Uchiha Shisui spoke up, and Uchiha Itachi nodded after a brief moment of confusion.

Just like that, the two who had intended to continue training chose to return home, while Uchiha Chen was dragged away directly by Uchiha Izumi.

"Ding, system notification: Challenge Quest, challenge Uchiha Shisui!"

"Ding, system notification: Favorability Quest initiated. Create time for Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Izumi to be alone. Quest reward is Uchiha Izumi's favorability; the longer they are alone, the higher the bonus reward."

As he was dragged away by Uchiha Izumi, the system's voice echoed in Chen's mind.

"Damn, Pit-Father System, are you messing with me? After challenging Itachi, I have to challenge Shisui? Are you planning on making me challenge the entire Uchiha clan for a hundred-man kill streak?

Also, what the hell is a favorability system?

Are you trying to make me steal a wife from Itachi?"

Chen was speechless. Stealing a wife from Itachi—he wasn't afraid of what Itachi might do, but heaven knows how Itachi's fans would dismember him.

(System: It's fine, don't worry about it!)

"One last warning: I am not called the Pit-Father System. If you dare to slander this system again, do you believe I'll issue you a quest to kill the Third Hokage?"

"..."

"Also, it is clearly your own mind that is filthy. The favorability module only tracks their feelings toward you; it is absolutely not what you think it is.

Don't project your own dirty thoughts onto me."

Hearing the system's defense, Uchiha Chen felt it was highly unreliable.

"Oh, right, I forgot to tell you. If the quest fails, the penalty this time is that your XX will shrink by two centimeters."

"Screw you!"

"And you still say you aren't a Pit-Father System? What kind of system gives a penalty like mosaics for a failed mission?"

"Why don't you explain clearly exactly what is being reduced by two centimeters?"

"You have slandered this system again, so the mission difficulty has been upgraded. The mission to challenge Uchiha Shisui has been changed to defeating him, and the failure penalty has been changed to a ten-centimeter reduction of XX."

"You..."

"It's fine, keep talking. Slander this system again and the mission will be upgraded to killing Uchiha Shisui."

The system's voice rang out, and Uchiha Chen hurriedly covered his mouth. This Pit-Father System always followed through on its threats.

"Big Boss, this little brother was wrong. If I ever call you a Pit-Father System again, I'm a dog."

With tears in his eyes, Uchiha Chen had to swallow his pride; continuing to go against this piece of trash was pure suicide.

"Chen, what's wrong?"

Noticing the strange behavior from Uchiha Chen beside her, Uchiha Izumi asked with a puzzled expression.

"It's nothing. Sister Izumi, who is that big brother with Brother Itachi? Is he very strong too?"

Under normal circumstances, Chen wouldn't know Uchiha Shisui, so Uchiha Chen could only refer to him as "big brother."

"His name is Uchiha Shisui. His strength is already at the level of a Chunin. Why, do you want to challenge him?"

Uchiha Izumi had only asked casually, but Uchiha Chen took the opportunity to go along with it.

"That's right, I want to challenge Uchiha Shisui. If I win against him, then I'll be even stronger than Brother Itachi."

Uchiha Chen tried his best to act like a child, hoping to avoid drawing attention, but he had no idea that both Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi were already somewhat suspicious of him.

"You child, why are you always thinking about challenging others? Forget it, I can't be bothered with you. Be careful and don't get hurt. Things like explosive tags are too dangerous, so I'm confiscating them. If I had known you were going to use them for such dangerous things, I wouldn't have given them to you."

Uchiha Izumi spoke with the air of a big sister next door, effectively cutting off Uchiha Chen's supply of explosive tags.

Uchiha Chen felt rather depressed about this. Returning to his home, he began to ponder how he could possibly defeat Uchiha Shisui.

A head-on challenge was impossible to win no matter how he looked at it, so his only hope was to take an unconventional path.