But then Chihane reconsidered. Even the wealthy Uchiha Clan probably wouldn't give a child Itachi's age much money, so Itachi must have been trying to save him some.
"That's right. Fugaku was right. Eating these sweets regularly really will change your physique, making you stronger and faster!"
With that thought, Chihane nodded emphatically and gave an affirmative answer to Itachi, who was still standing in the doorway holding his pose.
Ever since entering the shop, Little Anko had kept her eyes fixed on the snow-white rice dumplings, constantly wiping away her drool.
Now she nodded along with Chihane's words, making him even more certain of his conclusion.
See? Even Anko, who always followed Teacher Orochimaru around, agreed with me.
Teacher Orochimaru was the Shinobi World's foremost expert on the human body. In the original story, Anko was his student.
And weren't dumplings and other sweets Anko's favorite foods in the original story?
Orochimaru never stopped Anko when he saw her eating sweets, did he?
Besides, Chihane had often brought sweets along when he went to train with Orochimaru, and Orochimaru had never stopped him from eating them either.
If sweets were bad for his health, Orochimaru would definitely have stepped in whenever he saw Chihane eating them.
So the fact that Orochimaru had never stopped him was ample proof that sweets couldn't possibly harm the human body!
That's right. That had to be it.
Looking at Chihane's perfectly serious expression, Uchiha Itachi began to wonder whether that really was what his father had meant.
But he came to his senses immediately afterward. He had almost believed Chihane.
Eating sweets made people fat. Even a child like him knew that.
How could Chihane, who was older than him, not know something so basic?
The thought that Chihane would lie to him