A Second Achievement: Sleeping Together in Class?

"You hate that guy who peeks into the women's bathhouse the most?"

Watching the child mention someone with such undisguised disgust in his eyes, Izuna's previously poor mood dissipated, and he decided to tease the child a little.

"The Uchiha clan and the village don't have a very good relationship. In the past, we probably didn't visit Konoha's bathhouses much either, but...

I can't guarantee what kind of girlfriend I'll find in the future. What if my future girlfriend is from the village?

And my brother—he'll need to find a wife too, right? If my future sister-in-law is an ordinary Konoha ninja or civilian, wouldn't those filthy old perverts get to see everything?

And thinking even farther ahead, if my brother or I get married and have a precious daughter someday.

Then when that child goes to soak in a Konoha bathhouse with her good friends, will she be secretly watched too?

After being peeped at, she might even get drawn or used as the basis for some story, then sold throughout the entire ninja world for everyone to read. When the child finds out, she could emotionally collapse and even commit suicide..."

A Luo had no intention of finding a girlfriend, much less having a daughter, but that did not stop him from using the sense of immersion in this scenario to make Izuna understand why he hated those filthy old perverts.

Konoha's men were really unfortunate. From their mothers and sisters to their wives, daughters, and even granddaughters...

"You're still young. Don't think about so much..."

Izuna stared blankly at A Luo, his gaze drifting as he found himself at a loss for words.

If he did not put himself in that position, he might not have had much of a reaction or awareness. But once he imagined his future wife and precious daughter, he instantly wanted to slaughter certain filthy old perverts!

If his own family encountered something like that, even carving those old hooligans into a thousand pieces would not soothe the hatred in his heart!

"My body is weak, so I probably won't ruin some pretty girl's life. But my brother is healthy, and he's very popular with girls at school. Maybe one of his admirers will succeed. Just thinking about my future sister-in-law being from Konoha makes me want to gouge out Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes and that other guy's eyes, then stomp them to pieces!"

The more A Luo spoke, the angrier he became. Even though Izuna kept soothing him from the side, he still glared viciously at the Hokage Building several times.

"Don't be angry anymore. Let's go home, and I'll teach you chakra cultivation. Although your body can't refine chakra yet, as long as you take good care of yourself, you'll be able to start trying before long. Be good, let's go home..."

Izuna felt that he truly had no talent for comforting children.

But A Luo was obviously in a bad mood right now. Even if he did not know how to comfort him, he had to learn...

"Going home!"

A Luo floated with Izuna to Hokage Rock, kicked the Third Hokage's statue several times, then finally returned home in a huff.

After returning home and releasing Izuna, he did not even say hello before heading straight back into his sleeping body.

After Izuna stared at him eagerly for a long time, A Luo finally stretched and woke up.

"It's almost noon. I actually slept that long. Time to cook..."

The child jumped down from the sofa, washed his face, then quickly ran into the kitchen.

There was a simple cold vegetable salad. The rice had once again been timed before Sasuke left for school. After Sasuke came home, the two brothers once again enjoyed a pleasant mealtime together.

That afternoon, Sasuke went to class while A Luo continued lying around...

Watching A Luo return to his body and completely lose all emotional investment, Izuna lay directly on the wooden boards beneath the eaves, his entire soul radiating confusion.

That brat had been acting earlier, right?

Right? Right? He had definitely been acting, right?!

That was why his emotions could vanish whenever he wanted and change whenever he wanted!

Bad child. Did he not know his ancestor had spent the entire noon worrying himself sick, worrying and worrying!

"What's wrong with you?"

A Luo, who had been taking an afternoon nap, sent his consciousness flying out again. After landing, he crouched beside Izuna and poked this ancestor's face.

He had been pacing around beside him all noon. Why had he suddenly become so listless now?

"You little bastard, you tricked me. I'm an old man..."

Seeing A Luo come looking for him on his own, Izuna began complaining petulantly as well. Certain little brats were bullying an old man too much.

But...

"Even though I told my brother you're our family's ancestor, you were only a little over twenty when you died, right? You never even experienced old age. Strictly speaking, you don't need to call yourself an old man..."

A Luo sat down on the floor. Looking at Izuna's stunned expression, he spoke while nodding seriously.

Not an old man. Ancestor Izuna, who had died young beneath Tobirama Senju's blade...

"Then I'm truly sorry. Your family ancestor was too useless to live to an old age..."

Seeing how smug A Luo looked, Izuna turned his back on the little runt and began lamenting the miserable life in which he never got to grow old.

"Your voice doesn't sound sad at all. Stop fooling around. You said you'd teach me cultivation, so hurry up and teach me. Tonight, I need to teach it to my brother."

Looking at this ancestor's awful acting, A Luo urged him to get up and do something useful.

Two wandering souls, one teaching and the other memorizing. By the time Sasuke rushed home from school that afternoon, A Luo had already memorized a great deal of information about Uchiha clan cultivation.

After dinner, Sasuke finished his basic training and lay down in his room. Awaiting him was a cultivation method passed down by this ancestor of the Uchiha clan.

From the Warring States era to the present, each generation of ninjas had become weaker than the last. Aside from the slightly diminished sense of danger that came from fighting for life and death, another reason was that parts of their cultivation methods had been lost.

During the first half of the night, Sasuke received all sorts of information from A Luo and worked hard to remember it. During the second half, afraid he would forget, Sasuke seized the time to try cultivating.

The next day, after Sasuke went to school, he finally could not resist his body's exhaustion. He slumped over his desk, synchronizing with Naruto Uzumaki.

[New achievement unlocked: "Bond of Fate 1, Sleeping Together in Class." Reward: 1000 points.]

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A Luo had not slept at all that morning. Aside from preparing the vegetables for lunch, he had dug a few holes in the empty space in the neighboring yard, planning to try growing some fast-maturing vegetables.

Then he suddenly received a system notification. An achievement reward?

Sasuke had beaten Naruto up after school before and received no achievement. Yet because they had barely rested for the past two nights and were tired enough to fall asleep on their desks, this counted?

System, aren't your achievement categories getting more and more ridiculous now!

[The host need not doubt it. Sleeping in class is inherently a very rare occurrence for Sasuke Uchiha.]

The system appeared to make its presence known, emphasizing that this achievement was not actually so easy to obtain.

Sasuke Uchiha cared greatly about his image. Especially after Clan Massacre Night, he believed he bore the honor of the Uchiha clan and wanted to do everything perfectly.

In Sasuke's understanding, sleeping in class was something that should not exist.