Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 77 Itachi Uchiha's Decision

When Uchiha Itachi returned home again, it was already late at night. Sasuke and Mikoto had already gone to bed, but Fugaku was still busy in the study.

Uchiha Itachi took a deep breath, looked at the familiar furnishings in the house, and then returned to his room.

Not long after, Uchiha Itachi walked out of the room with a box of gifts and came to the entrance.

At this moment, a majestic voice came from behind him: "Where are you going?"

Uchiha Itachi turned around and looked at his father, and said calmly: "I plan to move out. The family mission has delayed me for a long time. I may have more missions in the Anbu recently, and my home is still too far from the village."

Fugaku's face was cold, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. After a long time, he spoke: "Itachi, some choices you make, there is no turning back."

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Itachi also stopped and turned back to say seriously: "Father, the one who can't turn back is the current family."

Uchiha Fugaku sighed. His Mangekyō eye technique allowed him to see some fragments of the future, and the images of these fragments would change according to his thoughts and choices. What he had seen before was that he and his wife died under Uchiha Itachi's sword, but Sasuke would be able to restore the glory of Uchiha in the future. He had also tried to reverse such a future in the past, but the final result was that he knew he did not have the ability to change it, and could only quietly wait for his own ending.

However, after Uchiha Dohuan forcefully intervened in family affairs, the previous ending was quietly shattered, and Uchiha Fugaku saw a brand new future. Although this new future fragment was only a shallow corner and almost made his Mangekyo blind due to the backlash, he could vaguely see that the family's grandeur far surpassed that of his ancestors.

However, in this future, the only person missing is Itachi.

He wanted to save his son, so after that, he made several attempts, even trying to tell Itachi all his eye techniques, but until his Mangekyō pupil power was almost exhausted and his vision was almost half blind, the ending still did not change. In this regard, he had to face the fact that his eldest son could not be persuaded to come back, just like he had faced his own ending.

Calling Uchiha Itachi today was just his last attempt as a father.

Fugaku looked at Itachi's blurry back and couldn't help but recall what Uchiha Dohuan had said to him. If he hadn't brought the four-year-old Itachi to the battlefield, perhaps everything wouldn't have come to this point.

……

The next morning, after Sasuke got up, he ran to Itachi's room first. Although the conversation last night was a bit unpleasant, Sasuke had made plans before falling asleep last night. He would go to apologize to his brother early this morning and then ask his brother to take him to school.

However, when he pushed open the door of Uchiha Itachi's room, what came into his sight was an empty room. Uchiha Itachi actually did not take away many things. Apart from a few sets of clothes and commonly used ninja tools, he only took away the photo of him and Sasuke that had been placed in the room. But Sasuke felt something was wrong because of this.

"Mom? Where is my brother?" Sasuke ran to the kitchen and asked Mikoto who was making breakfast and preparing lunch.

"Itachi will be very busy in the Anbu recently." The one who answered Sasuke was Fugaku, who was drinking tea at the table next to him.

Sasuke lowered his head dejectedly after hearing the news. After a while, he said, "Did I make my brother angry last night?" "This has nothing to do with you, Sasuke." Fugaku said, "Hurry up and finish your meal and go to school."

"Okay," Sasuke said weakly.

……

Uchiha Itachi, who had spent the night in an inn in the village, changed into Anbu equipment early in the morning and went to the Hokage Building to report.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was also very surprised to see Uchiha Itachi come to report. He also knew that Uchiha Itachi was sent by the family to inspect the Uchiha clan's industry in the Land of Fire during this period. He originally thought that after Itachi came back, he would withdraw from the Anbu under the arrangement of the family, but he did not expect Itachi to come back to report today.

"Hokage, I'm sorry for taking such a long leave because of the family mission." Uchiha Itachi, wearing a mask, bowed to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"It's okay, it's okay." Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a smile, "Whether it's a family mission or an Anbu mission, it's all for the village after all."

"Hokage-sama, does the Anbu have any missions recently?" asked Uchiha Itachi.

In response to Uchiha Itachi's question, Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't rush to answer. Instead, he asked, "Itachi, the Security Department has made a lot of contributions to the village recently. Would you like to try working in the Security Department for a while? The Anbu hasn't had many missions lately, so it would be much more convenient for you to commute to work there. After all, the Anbu base is quite far from the Uchiha clan's territory."

After experiencing this series of events, especially after witnessing Shisui's powerful Susanoo display against Utane and the Mito clan, Sarutobi Hiruzen's trust in Uchiha Itachi was obviously no longer the same as before.

"I may not be able to help much with the Security Department, so I might be more accustomed to the Anbu." Uchiha Itachi said with his head down, "As for the commuting problem, I have already planned to move out of the Uchiha clan land and rent a house in the village."

After listening to Uchiha Itachi's answer, Sarutobi Hiruzen gave him a deep look and thought for a moment before speaking, "Yesterday, a caravan from the Land of Lightning arrived in the village. According to reports from the village ninja, some of the members of the caravan were acting suspiciously. Assistant Shikaku suspects they are members of the Land of Lightning, contacting spies lurking in the village. I've already sent ANBU to monitor them. You should go and assist them. I believe that with the help of your Sharingan, you will be able to catch them off guard and track down the spies lurking in the village."

Uchiha Itachi heard this and nodded vigorously: "Yes."

……

While Uchiha Itachi was monitoring the caravan coming from the Land of Lightning, the interrogation of those from the Shimura, Utane, and Mito clans who had colluded with Orochimaru was also proceeding in an orderly manner.

The evidence that Orochimaru forged for Uchiha Touhan was half true and half false. Among the dozens of people captured, some may not have participated in the kidnapping of their fellow villagers, but most of them, especially the diehards of the Shimura clan, were not innocent. Under Uchiha Touhan's special arrangement, the Anbu sent by Sarutobi Hiruzen to cooperate in the investigation were responsible for interrogating this group of people. With the professional means of the Anbu, they quickly pried open their mouths.

Then, the Security Department stepped in to seal off the assets of the three tribes to compensate the victims in these old cases.

(End of this chapter)