First Encounter with Itachi Uchiha

In his past life, he had countless ideas of all shapes and sizes.

Although he had persisted in practicing throwing knives for ten years, most of them remained impossible to realize.

This was simply because he lacked those miraculous methods of internal energy cultivation.

After transmigrating here, however, he found the perfect opportunity, for Ye Yuexin discovered that chakra could seemingly be utilized just like ordinary internal energy.

Moreover, it appeared to have high plasticity, especially when imbued with nature transformation.

Ye Yuexin had never met his mother; he had already been two years old when he arrived in this world, left with only a deadbeat father. As for why he called him that, it was because his current father claimed to be a traveler.

The day after his fourth birthday, the man vanished without a trace. It was hard not to be harsh toward a man who could so nonchalantly abandon his four-year-old son.

Fortunately, that deadbeat old man had left him a few things: thirty million in banknotes and a chakra training scroll.

It was precisely by relying on this training scroll that Ye Yuexin was able to enter the Ninja Academy at the age of four, landing in the same class as Itachi Uchiha.

In truth, in a world dominated by ninja clans, there were many who could manifest chakra by the age of four. However, these were usually children from those prestigious families.

Once they manifested chakra, they were typically kept hidden away.

The reason was simple: the initial stages were crucial for a ninja, and the various clans trusted their own internal education more than anything else.

If not for the Second Hokage's decree that children who possessed chakra by a certain age must attend the academy for training, those clans would have looked down upon the educational standards of the Ninja Academy entirely.

Ye Yuexin met Itachi when he was five, in a rather cliché encounter.

Ye Yuexin was training in the forest on the outskirts of the village when he happened to run into Itachi Uchiha, who had come out to practice shurikenjutsu because he didn't want to show off at his clan's training grounds.

To be honest, Konoha was surrounded by forests and was truly vast. Most of the trees inside were as thick as a man. That they could run into each other here made Ye Yuexin feel it was a bit suspicious.

At that time, Ye Yuexin was practicing movement techniques akin to ancient light-body arts. He darted between the dense branches and leaves of the great trees, as if trying to reach the realm of "passing through ten thousand flowers without a single petal touching one's clothes."

This was, of course, something Ye Yuexin had devised himself. To tell the truth, in his past life, aside from the "Little Li's Flying Dagger" that never missed its mark, what Ye Yuexin pondered most was that wondrous, ethereal movement technique.

After cultivating chakra, Ye Yuexin had specifically gone to buy a chakra test card. It revealed that he possessed a wind-attribute chakra.

This matter made Ye Yuexin happy for a long time, as wind-attribute chakra was the very element he had dreamed of; it was simply too perfect for his ideas.

Whether it was the sharpness of the wind attribute that his flying daggers could borrow, or the ethereal, formless nature required for his movement techniques, everything was a perfect match.

After that, no matter how busy he was, Ye Yuexin would go to the cliff every day to feel the changes in the wind. He would sit cross-legged, hands held in a circle, keeping himself in an ethereal state, much like the cultivation described in novels.

In the beginning, it truly had no effect. Ye Yuexin almost fell asleep every single time, but he told himself that persistence was key, even though he didn't know if it would ever work.

Because this was all something he had imagined himself. In this world, in terms of technique, ability, technology, intellect, or talent, Ye Yuexin was likely only in the upper-middle tier.

But as a transmigrator, if it came to wild ideas and imagination, he dared to call himself number one.

Perhaps, just perhaps, a large part of the reason he managed to persist was that it was the sweltering summer at the time.

In a village like Konoha, where there was basically never any strong wind, catching a breeze on the cliff was a form of enjoyment in itself.

In any case, he maintained this state of being half-asleep and half-awake for two months.

The surprise came very suddenly. He seemed to have abruptly discovered a change in himself.

His blades seemed to be able to take on a hint of the wind's sharpness, and his movement techniques seemed to have become more agile.

These things had been integrated unconsciously. It was only after the qualitative change occurred that Ye Yuexin suddenly realized it.

From then on, he never fell asleep while meditating again.

Perhaps because of that qualitative change, whenever Ye Yuexin meditated, he felt as if the wind had come alive.

At that time, he and Itachi had a muddled little spar.

Of course, he did not use his flying daggers. Because from the moment he started practicing them, he had decided to bring the fame of "Little Li's Flying Dagger" into the world of Naruto.

To draw a blade was to draw blood. Ye Yuexin could not possibly use his flying daggers for a mere sparring match.

Even so, given his speed and movement techniques, he was still incredibly difficult to deal with.

Itachi Uchiha used both Fire Style and shuriken, but he simply couldn't touch Ye Yuexin.

Naturally, Ye Yuexin didn't dare to approach Itachi Uchiha rashly either. At that time, other than his flying daggers, he really had no other offensive methods.

The final result was that neither could do anything to the other.

What Ye Yuexin didn't expect was that after this spar, Itachi Uchiha would take the initiative to reach out to him in the days that followed.

Ye Yuexin wasn't exactly a cold person, and combined with his memories of Itachi from his past life, the two soon became good friends.

"When is your younger brother being born?" Walking along the bustling streets of Konoha, Ye Yuexin asked Itachi Uchiha.

Looking at the six-year-old Itachi in front of him, Ye Yuexin had only found out a few days ago. The man who would endure the most vicious beatings while acting the coolest was about to be born.

Hearing Ye Yuexin suddenly ask this question, Itachi Uchiha paused for a moment before saying, "We went to the hospital for a check-up; they said it will be another two months or so. It's a boy."

Through Ye Yuexin's observation, the corner of Itachi Uchiha's mouth clearly twitched when he mentioned Sasuke. It seemed the gene for being a doting brother was already deeply rooted.

But that was none of his business. "Let's go, the dumpling shop is just ahead." "I heard they have new items out." As he spoke, he quickened his pace.

The shop, named Wanfu Dumpling Shop, was doing surprisingly well. Even though it was only three o'clock, the place was already quite crowded.

The shop wasn't very large, with only seven or eight tables, but every single one was occupied to some degree.

Ye Yuexin scanned the room and suddenly spotted a familiar figure, so he walked straight over.

Watching the person before him bury her head in the various dumplings on her plate, he reached out and snatched a skewer directly from her.

"Mmph..." Seeing a skewer being taken, the young girl immediately wanted to say something, but her mouth seemed to be stuffed full of dumplings.

Upon seeing a familiar figure, a smile instantly appeared on her face, though it looked rather unnatural due to the sheer amount of food in her mouth.

"Little Anko, why have you returned?" Ye Yuexin asked, feeling somewhat puzzled. Shouldn't Anko be on the battlefield right now?

Don't let Ye Yuexin calling her "Little Anko" fool you; Anko was actually a year ahead of them and had already graduated last year.

It was just that ever since he had known her, Anko had always been very petite—a real little shrimp—which was why Ye Yuexin called her "Little Anko."

She stared at Ye Yuexin, chewing rapidly. Finally, she swallowed. "Little Yuexin, you're here too? Come, sit down. Big Sister is treating; I just finished a mission." Indeed, it was quite awkward: Ye Yuexin called her Little Anko, and in retaliation, she called him Little Yuexin.

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