Chapter 588 Itachi, 3 years to start

Chapter 588 Itachi, 3 years to start

Chapter 588 Itachi, three years is the starting point

"Tianzai-senpai was injured in a secret operation in Konoha before, and his vitality was lost, so he looks a little old."

Facing everyone's confusion, Sasuke gave a simple explanation.

As for the reason why Lu Li was injured, it was not something he made up on the spot, but an excuse he had already thought of based on the guidance of his father and brother.

Konoha's current policy is to whitewash Lu Li and Orochimaru. Sasuke doesn't know much about politics, but in his brother's words, 'by confirming the correctness of the natural disaster, we can put an end to the crimes of the old Hokage forces.'

What Sasuke understood was that as long as the White Disaster was cleared, his father's position as Hokage would become more secure.

He personally doesn't like these methods, but most of the Uchiha clan members are strong-willed, so he can't escape this conclusion.

Lu Li's strength as a child had a huge psychological impact on him. In fact, he had decided since he was young that he wanted to become a ninja that surpassed Lu Li, and he had a certain amount of admiration for him, so he didn't feel there was anything wrong with the policy of whitewashing Lu Li.

But now that he saw Lu Li getting old, he felt a little uncomfortable. It was not that he sympathized with Lu Li because of his heroic age, but he regretted that he did not have the opportunity to defeat Lu Li in his prime and prove his own strength.

"is that so……"

Hinata listened to Sasuke's explanation and still felt it was a bit reluctant, "But isn't it a bit too much for an old man like this to go on a long journey to chase Naruto?"

Because she was overly worried about Naruto, the usually shy Hinata was the most talkative today. The other Twelve Little Strongmen who had a good relationship with her did not interrupt her, obviously knowing that Hinata has always liked Naruto.

Hinata's problem is also what everyone is worried about. Even if the old man in front of them is really the scourge that once dominated the ninja world, he now looks like an old man who is decrepit. Not to mention fighting with Naruto, who may have the strength of a Kage, just traveling on the road would be enough to make the old man suffer, right?
"This……"

Speaking of this, Sasuke actually didn't dare to make a guarantee. After all, according to teacher Orochimaru, Lu Li was still in a dying state yesterday. It was a medical miracle that he could stand up today.

"It's okay. I can still handle the journey. Besides, after I see Naruto, I don't need to fight to bring him back."

Lu Li said with a smile. Maybe it was because he was old, but when he smiled he really looked like a kind old grandfather, which made the young boys and girls feel fond of him.

"Really? Grandpa Calamity, so it was you who really took Naruto away and taught him?"

In the crowd, the more lively Ino asked curiously. They had only heard of legends about natural disasters before, just like stories.

Even if you ask Naruto, he has very poor communication skills and can only express his admiration and gratitude for the natural disaster in unclear words.

If you ask Sasuke, he is quite cocky and is not willing to say much as he wants to maintain his image as a cool and aloof male god.

So now they are very curious about how high Lu Li’s status is in Naruto’s heart, and whether he can really make Naruto turn back.

"It's true that I took Naruto away, but I didn't raise him."

Lu Li smiled and said, "Just don't worry, after I see Naruto, I can naturally make him turn back."

He said that he could get Naruto back without fighting, which didn't mean he would use mouth-to-mouth tactics. In fact, he didn't have much confidence in his mouth-to-mouth tactics skills. With his strength, he didn't need to use words like "fighting" to capture Naruto.

The matter of Naruto's defection is actually not serious. It is different from Sasuke's defection in the original work. Sasuke had irreconcilable personal conflicts. In order to achieve his ideals, Sasuke felt that he could no longer stay in Konoha.

In fact, Konoha did not provide Sasuke with good educational resources, but he made rapid progress under Orochimaru.

Naruto's treatment was much better. Uchiha Fugaku took good care of Naruto. He was not miserable at all. He just made a small mistake due to excessive self-defense. When it came to the issue of whether to keep Konoha's strategic weapons, the life and death of a senior ninja, to put it cruelly, was not a big deal at all.

If this matter could be handled with an iron fist and all the clamoring family members of the jonin were dealt with, so that the situation could be calmed down and Naruto could be brought back, Uchiha Fugaku would have done it long ago.

To put it bluntly, Naruto chose to defect because he felt he was wronged, and he had always been curious about and yearning for the mysterious and powerful Akatsuki organization.

The nature of this is similar to a child holding his breath and running away. There is no fatal contradiction that cannot be reconciled. Even if it is left alone, Lu Li feels that if there are no explorers to interfere, Naruto will return to the Land of Rice by himself after a while.

However, the world is in turmoil now, and there are apparently some explorers in this world who are strong enough above level five and have the ability to decide Naruto's life and death. It is not easy to just leave Naruto alone.

"It seems that Naruto really trusts you, Senior. Please bring Naruto back."

Hinata bowed politely, obviously placing her hopes on Lu Li and Sasuke.

Just as the Twelve Young Warriors of Konoha were in high spirits, Lu Li looked up at a large tree in front of him on the left, "Itachi, why don't you come out and talk?"

After Lu Li's voice fell, not only the Konoha villains, but even Sasuke looked in the direction where Lu Li was looking with some surprise.

Under the gaze of everyone, Itachi walked out from behind the tree and took off the Anbu mask on his face, "Senior, your perception is still so sharp."

As he said that, he looked at Sasuke again, "Sasuke, your vigilance is too poor. You need to practice more."

Sasuke is already so old, but he still has to be lectured by his brother, especially in front of his peers, which makes him feel a little embarrassed.

However, the person who said that was his most beloved brother, so he could only nod his head.

"What's the matter? As the eldest son of the Hokage and the captain of the ANBU directly under you, you shouldn't be escorting the children here, right?"

Lu Li asked with a smile. When they met again, he found that Itachi had become much stronger. Itachi had not been wasting his life in the past ten years.

At least he felt that the current Sasuke was still far inferior to Itachi, not in terms of attributes, but in terms of the art of fighting, he was not as skilled as his brother.

"I came here to confirm whether it is really the senior himself."

Itachi said bluntly, "Also, if it's you, I would like to trouble you for one thing on behalf of Konoha."

"Tell me."

Lu Li did not agree immediately. After all, he was not a real "insider" as Konoha advertised. He helped Uchiha before for the reward of the hidden mission and did not have too many selfish motives.

"Regarding the matter of finding Naruto, Konoha would like to trouble you in the form of a formal mission commission. In addition, in addition to Sasuke, we hope to select some more people from the original team that was chasing Naruto to go with you, senior." When Itachi said this, he looked up and down at Lu Li's body with a pair of Sharingan, with worry in his eyes. Obviously, he was not sure whether Lu Li's current physical condition could still take on such a heavy responsibility.

Before coming, he only heard that Orochimaru had found the injured Zai, but he didn't expect that Zai's condition would deteriorate to this extent.

"Let me take care of the child?"

Lu Li frowned at first, then he realized Konoha's intention.

As far as finding someone is concerned, the team that Konoha originally used to search for and track down Naruto should be the Twelve Young Warriors of Konoha. They have some of the tracking information, and from a working perspective, it would be a good idea to select a few elites to collaborate.

But the problem is that the Twelve Guardians of Konoha are not very strong now. The strongest one is just at the level of a jonin. They can provide little help to Lu Li's search.

Therefore, Lu Li felt that Konoha had two hidden purposes. One was to prevent himself from finding Naruto and then kidnapping Naruto and never returning to Konoha.

If Naruto's friends who have a good relationship with him can persuade him, once Naruto turns back, there will be hope of bringing him back to Konoha.

The second point is that Konoha hopes that he can bring people with him to educate the children.

"Senior, you should understand the deep meaning of my father's decision. We have no intention of offending you, but Naruto is too important. In these troubled times, we also hope that Konoha's potential seeds can grow quickly."

Itachi explained, "A strong man like you who has experienced the Ninja World War and is the strongest in the Ninja World, even if you only pass on some experience, it will be enough for the children to benefit for a lifetime."

Everyone present was shocked to hear Itachi's words. They didn't expect that the Prince Hokage, now the strongest ninja under the Hokage of Konoha, would have such a high opinion of natural disasters.

Even though he saw that Tianzai was already very old, Itachi's praise and respect did not diminish in the slightest, and he seemed to believe that Lu Li's strength was still enough to hold up half the sky.

"Um……"

Lu Li pondered for a few seconds, and Itachi's commission to him prompted a hidden task to pop up.

[Hidden Task: Irrigation of Seedlings]

Mission content: accept Konoha's commission, and let Konoha's young generation ninja join the pursuit team, ensure the survival of Konoha's young ninjas during the mission, and each surviving young ninja will receive 2 inheritance crystals. Large.

Mission difficulty: Easy ~ Normal

Mission Reward: Inheritance Crystal. Big*N
Failure penalty: If all the accompanying personnel (including Sasuke) are killed, the pioneer's attributes will be reduced by 10 points

The difficulty of this hidden task is very low, and the penalty for failure is relatively high, but considering that it is easy to do and the benefits are high, it is a rare and good task for brushing inheritance crystals.

In addition, Lu Li just thought about it and if he wanted to quickly accumulate points for his title of King of the Kings, it would be best if someone was watching so that he could get a lot of points.

This is a very simple truth. In the mission world, there are no big shots from the Lingxu Palace watching and giving him scores. If no one sees him pretending to be cool, then he naturally cannot get the title of the King of Cool.

After thinking it over, he felt that it didn't matter how many people he brought, as he would not have too many inheritance crystals.

Anyway, his strength is extremely strong in this world. Apart from the violators, there are no explorers who can pose a threat to him. If he pays attention, he should be able to get quite a lot of inheritance crystals.

"can."

After Lu Li figured it out, he nodded and asked, "How many people are there?"

Since we have decided to do this task, the more people the better, as every head is a crystallization of inheritance.

Itachi didn't expect Lu Li to agree so readily, and judging from the way he spoke, it seemed that he didn't mind having too many people.

But he already had a candidate, or rather, Konoha Village had already made a candidate due to conflicts of interest. "Too many people would cause trouble for the seniors, so Konoha Village has selected two reconnaissance ninjas as entourage..."

As he spoke, Itachi looked at Hyuga Hinata. The girl seemed to be unaware of it because she had never heard any news about this matter from her family.

Then, Itachi spoke up, "They are Miss Hyuga Hinata, and Miss Hyuga Hanabi."

As soon as he finished speaking, he sent out a signal, and a crow took off from a kilometer away in the forest. Soon, a girl who looked younger took off and came to Itachi.

The girl has a dangerous hairstyle and wears an orange kimono with a red ribbon tied around her waist, which adds to her girlish agility.

Unlike her shy and introverted sister, although she has a seemingly weak face, she is a girl with strong self-esteem and a unwillingness to admit defeat. She has also shown outstanding ninja talent since she was young and is often praised by family elders. She has the natural arrogance of a Hyuga noble family.

It was just that she behaved quite well in front of Uchiha Itachi, a powerful man who might be the next Hokage. When she met the legendary ninja Lu Li, although she was surprised by his old face, she still saluted obediently, "Hinata Hanabi, I am honored to meet Senior Tianzai. Please give me your guidance in the future."

When Lu Li saw Itachi's selection, his expression was a little strange.

First of all, he thought that Itachi might not have put too many people into the team because he was afraid of causing trouble for himself, but the problem was that there were only two people, how could he get a useless inheritance crystal?
It's not that he's getting cocky, but four inheritance crystals are not enough to fill his teeth.

Besides, he really wanted to say, it’s only been ten years, have you, the Uchiha clan, started to become corrupt?
He remembered that Itachi had been sold by his father for an arranged marriage, and the target was the Hyuga clan. At that time, the Hyuga side proposed that Hyuga Hanabi and Uchiha Itachi get together, and the minimum period was three years.

It's just that the Hyuga side wanted Uchiha Itachi to marry into their family, but the deal didn't come to fruition in the end. Now that the Uchiha clan is in power, the marriage activities between the two major families of Konoha have not stopped, and it is obvious that they have formed a interest group.

It is estimated that from the perspective of Konoha, being able to learn combat experience from a natural disaster is a rare opportunity. In order to avoid suspicion, the Uchiha clan only allowed Sasuke, who was closely related to Naruto, to join the team, and the other two places were given to the Hyuga clan.

This mode of action is also in line with the ninja's combat habits. It is a traditional four-man team with a captain and three team members. On the surface, there seems to be nothing wrong with it.

But the problem is, you didn’t give soup to other families.

Lu Li glanced at Hyuga Neji, one of the Twelve Little Strongmen, who had a stunned expression on his face. He saw that this genius boy was stunned for a moment, and then there was obvious disappointment in his eyes.

Whether in combat capability, talent, or reconnaissance experience, he was far superior to Hinata and Hanabi, but the family gave both places to the two young ladies from the main family.

(End of this chapter)