Uchiha Clan Compound, Fugaku's home.
Right, Shinichi came over for a free meal again.
He gradually realized this had become one of his hobbies, though the free meal itself wasn't his goal; mainly, seeing the looks of grievance on Fugaku and Uchiha Sasuke's faces always made him feel very amused.
"Ahem, Shinichi."
Fugaku cleared his throat and asked, seemingly nonchalantly, "Regarding Itachi and Sasuke's training..."
As a father, it was only natural for him to care about the performance of his two children.
"Not bad."
Shinichi thought for a moment and said truthfully, "Itachi's talent goes without saying; whatever you teach him, he picks it up quickly. He truly is a genius not losing to Kakashi. As for Sasuke, he falls a bit short, but he's still young, so his future achievements might not necessarily be low."
Putting aside the fact that Uchiha Sasuke's own talent was quite good, even if he were really as stupid as a pig, as Indra's reincarnation, it was impossible for him to turn out poorly.
It was just that his burst period would arrive a few years later, whereas Itachi was different-he was the real deal, a genius of the talented variety. If not for plot armor, goodness knows to what terrifying degree his strength would grow.
"As expected of my sons!"
Hearing Shinichi's evaluation, Fugaku couldn't help laughing out loud.
Unlike Itachi's unruffled calmness, Uchiha Sasuke was clearly somewhat disappointed upon hearing this evaluation.
There was no help for it; Uchiha Sasuke, who strove to be the best at everything in life, was just like that.
"Right, in a couple of days I might leave the village for a while, and by then I'll probably have to let the two of them train on their own."
Shinichi said suddenly, "Itachi, you definitely won't