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"Yufeng, what are you doing here? What a coincidence."

A crisp voice rang out.

Yufeng looked up to see Mitarashi Anko, her mouth stuffed full of dango, a flash of surprise appearing in her eyes as she looked at him.

"Mitarashi Sweet Potato?"

"It's Anko! Anko! How are you still this rude?"

As she spoke, she walked over, then suddenly froze when she looked at Yufeng's face.

"You seem a little different!"

Yufeng's expression changed at those words.

Could it be the change in my Sharingan?

He turned to look at the transparent glass beside him. In the blurry reflection, his eyes were only slightly red, with nothing unusual about them.

Yufeng turned back and shot her an irritated glare.

"Sweet Potato, when are you going to fix that habit of making a fuss over nothing?"

This Anko really had no sense of propriety.

She had acted so quiet and refined around Orochimaru earlier, but it had only been a short while before she revealed her true nature.

Looking at the carefree girl before him made Yufeng annoyed.

Other girls were all gentle and sweet, but she was more like a boy.

All she did every day was fight with those little boys. Yufeng was even worried that Anko would lead Kurenai astray.

"What? I said you've gotten more handsome lately. Is that not allowed?"

Anko swallowed the dango in her mouth and shot Yufeng a glare, feeling utterly baffled.

"Sure, sure. If there's nothing else, hurry home and sleep. Orochimaru is waiting for you to get up early and do research with him tomorrow."

"Hey, hey, Yufeng, you should call him Lord Orochimaru! Besides, we're already so close, so why are you rushing me off?

Where's Kurenai? Aren't you two in the same class? Why isn't she with you?"

Yufeng and Yuhi Kurenai were quite close, while Anko was Kurenai's best friend.

"Kurenai should still be training."

Anko casually walked over and sat across from Yufeng.

"I still have a few dango being made! I'll keep you company for a while!"

"I have nothing to talk to you about!"

The dango Yufeng had ordered arrived. He casually grabbed one and put it in his mouth, ignoring Anko as he looked out the window.

"Hey, brat, are you asking for a beating?"

Anko snorted and raised her fist at Yufeng in warning.

As she spoke, several more dango went down her throat.

"These are sweets—dango so sweet they're cloying! Aren't you afraid you'll eat yourself into a ball if you have so many?"

"What's there to be afraid of? I still have to train tomorrow! I'll burn off these calories in no time! Besides, I'm still growing!"

Ignoring Yufeng's gaze, Anko even puffed out her chest.

She gave a snort and continued stuffing herself.

Those high-sugar dango were sweeter than honey. Watching her polish them off one after another, Yufeng had to admire her appetite.

"Yufeng, how did you train your taijutsu?"

While eating dango, Anko looked at Yufeng and asked curiously.

"You want to learn? Too bad I don't have time to teach you."

A trace of displeasure flashed across Anko's face at those words.

"Aren't we bros?"

She stepped forward and draped an arm over Yufeng's shoulder.

"Tell me, then. How many meals of dango do I need to treat you to before you'll tell me?"

"You really want to learn?"

Yufeng frowned slightly as he looked at Anko, who was right in front of him.

"Of course! Teacher Orochimaru said I have good stamina and that I'm suited to developing my taijutsu in the future!"

Orochimaru?

Hearing that name, Yufeng could not help wondering whether this was an excuse Orochimaru had come up with to have Anko deliberately approach him.

"Don't you believe me? I've had great endurance since I was little! Did you forget how I even outran you a few times during our runs?"

Yufeng did remember. During physical training in taijutsu class at the Ninja Academy, her endurance had indeed been better than his.

"If you really want to learn taijutsu, I suggest you train with Might Guy! That's the proper path."

"Might Guy?"

Her hand froze midway through eating a dango.

Then she fiercely shook her head.

"Might Guy runs laps around Konoha every day, and all the villagers gather around to watch him train... How am I, a girl, supposed to do something like that?"

Yufeng looked Anko up and down.

"You know you're a girl?"

Anko was extremely displeased by Yufeng's look and let out a cold snort.

After finishing the dango in her hand, Anko quickly rose to her feet.

"How did Yuhi Kurenai ever take a liking to you? You're so boring!~"

"Yufeng, hmph! Just you wait. Once I get stronger, you'll be the first one I beat up!"

With that, she swung her dango buns and left.

"What a tomboy!"

Yufeng shook his head with a smile, then lowered his head to look at the more than half-full plate of dango.

"Pack this up for me. I'm taking it home!"

After waiting for the server to pack it up, Yufeng left the Dango Shop and returned to his home in the Uchiha Clan Compound.

"Big brother, you're back?"

The moment Yufeng pushed open the door, Uchiha Shisui darted out from the inner room.

"You didn't train with the Clan Head and the others today?"

Why was Shisui at home at this hour?

"I finished a month's worth of lessons ahead of schedule, so I came home early to wait for you, big brother."

Yufeng nodded.

As expected of Shisui. Training came as easily to him as drinking water.

"Has your strength improved recently?"

"Yes. Although my Sharingan hasn't improved for now, my taijutsu, Chakra, Shuriken skills, and more have all improved a lot!"

Yufeng patted Shisui on the shoulder.

"Know your limits. There's no need to rush the Sharingan."

Shisui nodded obediently.

Yufeng wanted to give him a few more reminders. He opened his mouth, then suddenly closed it.

Shisui froze when he saw that.

Before he could ask what was wrong, an Uchiha clansman arrived with the Body Flicker, landing in the courtyard before speaking to them.

"Uchiha Yufeng, Uchiha Shisui, the Clan Head requests your presence."

The two exchanged a glance.

"Alright, we'll be there shortly."

After hearing the reply, the man left with the Body Flicker.

"Do you know why he wants us to go over?"

Hearing Yufeng's question, Shisui thought for a moment.

"Probably... to invite big brother to dinner?"

"Dinner?"

"Yes. Some time ago, the Clan Head said he wanted to invite the two of us over for a meal.

But big brother has been going to the Orphanage often lately and hasn't been home much. On top of that, my training schedule is irregular, so it kept getting delayed."

Yufeng nodded.

"Let's go!"

With that, he turned and headed toward Fugaku's home with Shisui.

The Uchiha Clan's power came from the Sharingan. Anyone who awakened the Sharingan had undergone intense emotional stimulation, and that process was what drove Uchiha clansmen toward extremes.

And how could Uchiha Fugaku, the man who became the Clan Head of the Uchiha Clan and governed its members, possibly be an ordinary man?

Was this dinner really just a casual meal?

What was Fugaku plotting this time...?