Hearing Naruto urge him on, Ye Feng was in no hurry at all. Instead, he lay right down, because he sensed that Itachi's emotions were fluctuating wildly, which meant he would soon wake up.
Sure enough, the next second, Itachi suddenly let out a roar of shock and fury. Then he abruptly sat up, and a powerful aura erupted from him, knocking the unprepared Sasuke and Naruto to the ground.
Naruto and Sasuke were both utterly shocked:
"Wh... what kind of training is this? Can you really get this strong just by sleeping? His aura alone knocked me to the ground?"
Only then did Itachi seem to come to his senses. He looked around in some confusion before reining in his surging aura.
The wind and sand stirred up by his aura kept everyone else from noticing Itachi's eyes, but Ye Feng saw them clearly. Those eyes were the Mangekyō Sharingan, though they soon turned black again.
Even Ye Feng could not help marveling at Itachi's talent. If not for the two walking cheats around him, Itachi's name would likely have resounded throughout the Shinobi World in the future.
After recovering a little, Itachi walked over to Ye Feng, looking drained, and sat down.
Naruto and Sasuke both ran over excitedly and called out happily to Itachi:
"Big brother, did you really get stronger? That aura just now seemed really powerful."
But Itachi, who had always doted on his younger brother, ignored Sasuke this time. Instead, he looked at Ye Feng with grief on his face:
"If a conflict broke out between the Uchiha and the village, could it really end up like that?"
Ye Feng said calmly:
"Does it still matter whether it would or not? The Uchiha have already become part of Konoha. As long as I'm here,