Uchiha Itachi

"Hmph, you must be joking!" Itachi snorted coldly.

He glanced at the village in the distance, let out a sigh, and said, "Let's go, let's go take a look together!"

With that, he put on his straw hat and walked steadily towards the village.

Kisame gave him a sideways glance, chuckled lightly, slung his great sword over his shoulder, and followed his steps.

"Kisame, once we're in the village, try to keep a low profile. We don't even know if the Third Hokage is dead yet!" Itachi whispered cautiously.

Kisame shrugged dismissively.

"In your entire village, besides the Third Hokage, I don't think there's anyone else who can be my opponent!"

Itachi snorted and chose to remain silent.

He didn't need to mention others, but two of the Sannin were still in the village.

Jiraiya, the Great Toad, although he had some questionable character, his strength was not to be underestimated.

Tsunade, the Slug Ninja, possessed unmatched monstrous strength. In the entire ninja world, there probably weren't even five people who could withstand one of her punches.

Of course, none of that was necessary to say.

This time, he had only one goal: to see how Sasuke was doing in the village!

After walking for a while, they passed through a street and arrived at the central area of Konoha.

This was the most prosperous part of Konoha.

At this moment, a long line had formed in front of Ichiraku Ramen.

Kisame said, "I've heard about Ichiraku Ramen since I was a Mist Ninja, that it's delicious. Seeing so many people lining up today, it really lives up to its reputation!"

Itachi's face darkened, and he sighed, "Could you please use your brain before you speak next time?"

"Do these people look like they're waiting for Ichiraku Ramen?"

With his reminder, Kisame suddenly realized that these people seemed to be queuing up to go into the shop opposite.

He looked up slightly, staring at the peculiar signboard.

"Invincible Scratch-off? I've never heard of it before."

"Itachi, this is your village, you should know about it!"

Itachi shook his head, "I've been away from the village for so long, how could I possibly know? Let's go take a look first!"

As they spoke, the two of them joined the crowd and got in line.

Especially those who had personally experienced the changes in the arena rushed to scratch the tickets as soon as the competition ended!

The Invincible Scratch-off had once again welcomed a new wave of popularity!

After waiting for more than ten minutes, it was finally their turn to enter the shop.

As soon as they walked in, Wu Di recognized the two of them at a glance.

Especially the scratched forehead protectors on their heads, which further highlighted their identities.

"What are you selling?" Itachi asked softly.

Wu Di calmly explained.

Then, he took out ten thousand Ryo in silver notes and said, "Give me one!"

"Sure!" Wu Di turned around, pulled out a scratch-off ticket, and silently chanted.

"Increase the winning probability by ten percent!"

The ticket trembled slightly.

Seeing this, Kisame next to him couldn't help but take out ten thousand silver notes.

"Give me one too!"

Wu Di nodded.

"Decrease the winning probability by ten percent!"

Before handing the ticket to Kisame, he deliberately lowered Kisame's winning rate.

Just as Kisame was scratching his ticket, Itachi's ticket flashed with golden light.

A colorful card slowly floated out.

Itachi was very confused and asked, "What is this?"

Wu Di glanced at the instructions and explained.

"This thing you have is called a Rebirth Experience Card!"

"It doesn't have any other special effects, it just allows you to resurrect on the spot with full health after you die!"

The surrounding people were shocked.

And he calls that "no special effects"? Was he kidding them?

Their gazes towards Itachi grew a bit more greedy.

Itachi frowned and said in a low voice, "This doesn't seem very useful to me right now!"

Wu Di let out a sigh of relief, a meaningful smile on his face.

"You'll use it later!"

Itachi didn't say anything more and directly put away the Rebirth Experience Card.

Just then, Kisame's card next to him also flashed with golden light.

Wu Di's expression immediately darkened, and he grumbled inwardly.

"Is this guy lucky or what? I even lowered his winning rate by ten percent, and he still won!"

The golden light slowly dissipated, and a bag of Squid Slices flew out from the ticket.

Looking at the description of the Squid Slices, Wu Di almost burst out laughing.

He explained with a serious expression.

"These Squid Slices will allow you to unleash a large amount of chakra in a short period of time."

"Especially when facing a strong enemy, just chew one slice, and I guarantee you'll sail through smoothly and escape danger!"

Kisame was a little too trusting. How could such a magical thing exist in the world?

But looking at the envious faces of the crowd watching, it seemed the shop owner wasn't lying.

Fine, he'd keep it for now. As long as the Third Hokage was still around in this village, no one should be his match.

The two turned and walked towards the door.

Watching Kisame's retreating back, Wu Di smiled and sighed.

"I hope you can live a good life!"

It was true that the Squid Slices Kisame had just scratched out could instantly increase a ninja's chakra.

But it had a fatal flaw: it had an irresistible allure to aquatic creatures, bypassing any defense!

Kisame's Great Sword, Samehada, was originally an aquatic creature, and it had been in the hands of several powerful individuals for many years.

When Kisame opened the package, there would be a real show to watch!

Konoha Ninja Academy.

A crowd escorted the Third Hokage into the campus, then left like a tidal wave, each going about their own business.

Only the three of Naruto remained in the school.

Through the small window on the door, they saw the Third Hokage listening to Iruka's lecture with a group of children.

Iruka, as the instructor, also seemed very nervous.

Every few sentences, he would ask the Third Hokage if what he was teaching was correct.

Naruto watched for a while, then jumped down and rubbed his hands against the wall.

"This is great! The Third Hokage has his day!"

"He hung me on the Hokage Building before!"

"I really want to ask him how the goose calls: Guā ya! Guā ya!"

Sasuke and Sakura both gave him disdainful glances.

He shivered and immediately fell silent.

Looking at the children learning in the room, Sakura seemed to recall her own time in the classroom.

Then, she turned her head and looked at Sasuke's sharp face, a blush appearing on her cheeks.

At this moment, two heavy footsteps echoed from the corridor in the distance!

Sasuke found it a bit strange and followed the sound of the footsteps.

When he rounded the corner of the stairs, two people wearing straw hats and black robes with cloud patterns suddenly appeared before him.

"Who are you?"

He asked in a low voice, instantly drawing a kunai.

Naruto and Sakura hurried over upon seeing this.

Looking at the two figures, who were slightly taller than them, the three couldn't help but shiver.

The shorter one of the two extended a hand from his robe.

On his finger was a ring with the character "Cinnabar" printed on it.

"My foolish brother, it's been a long time!"

[Author's Aside]: Readers who have persisted to chapter fifty must also feel that this book has quite a few laughs. To be honest, writing a comedy is much harder than writing a "cool" story. I lose a lot of hair every day thinking up funny plots. If you still have any silver notes left, please vote for me at the end of the chapter. I am a full-time author, and it's really hard to survive without your encouragement!