When Kakashi and Sasuke returned, Naruto had just stopped laughing.
"Why is the table broken?" Sasuke glanced at the debris in the room, puzzled.
"It's nothing, Sakura's been practicing Super Strength lately, right? She didn't control it well just now and accidentally smashed it," Naruto replied casually, as if nothing had happened.
Then, a gust of wind swept up, blowing the debris out of the room.
After having the waiter bring a new table, Sasuke shared the information he had just obtained with Naruto.
"According to the information I gathered at the Exchange Shop, Itachi last appeared three days ago, when he carried out an assassination mission with his partner. According to his recent route, he should now be within the Land of Forests."
Sasuke took out a map and pointed at it.
Naruto secretly had Kurama confirm through a Shadow Clone following Itachi that the target was indeed on a mission in the Land of Forests with his partner Kisame. The accuracy of this information was very high.
It is said that the underground Exchange Shops of the Ninja World are controlled by Black Zetsu behind the scenes. Although there is no substantial evidence for this, Naruto felt that there was some truth to it at this moment.
Kakashi twitched his lips to the side. What a spendthrift! He spent five million taels in a short while.
He could have bargained for at least half the price, but he didn't even try.
Sasuke seemed to notice Kakashi's displeasure and smiled, "Kakashi, are you thinking I'm a spendthrift, and that this information isn't worth that much money?"
Kakashi was stunned for a moment, but he didn't deny it and nodded.
Just then, the window was pushed open, and another Sasuke flipped in, throwing a Sealing Scroll to Sasuke, then exploding into a puff of smoke and disappearing.
Sasuke opened the Sealing Scroll, revealing the cash stored inside, and smiled triumphantly, "After we left the Exchange Shop, two ill-intentioned guys followed us. Their heads, money, and equipment add up to a total of ten million."
Kakashi opened his mouth in surprise, stunned for a long time before squeezing out a few words: "Okay, I learned something."
First, he showed off his wealth, not only getting the information he wanted but also luring a few ignorant fish to deliver their heads. This wave not only got the information for free but also made a profit of five million taels.
This gave Kakashi a feeling of gaining knowledge instantly.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with Sasuke's casual killing.
To put it bluntly, including Kakashi himself, any ninja who has graduated from the Ninja Academy for more than three months is not innocent if killed.
"Not at all, it's all thanks to Kakashi-sensei's good teaching," Sasuke said modestly.
Naruto interrupted the two's mutual flattery and asked, "So, are we heading to the Land of Forests now?"
Sasuke shook his head and said, "No, I have a new idea now. We should still go to the Uchiha's former clan grounds and wait. When I went to collect the bounty, I also took on a few Rogue Ninja bounty missions.
I won't hide my identity in the missions, and I'll also expose my Mangekyo Sharingan.
When this information spreads, no matter what Itachi's purpose is, he will come to me."
Just as Sasuke said, whether Itachi wanted to obtain Sasuke's Mangekyo Sharingan or because he had some unspeakable reason, he would come to Sasuke after learning that Sasuke had awakened his eyes.
If it was the former, he would try to take Sasuke's eyes.
If it was the latter, Sasuke now had the strength to protect himself, and Itachi should tell him the truth.
Naruto said with relief, "Sasuke, you've finally learned to use your brain."
"..." Sasuke was speechless.
Although Naruto was praising him, Sasuke always felt like he was being sarcastic.
"You guys rest here, I'll go and do the bounty missions for those Rogue Ninja. In three days, I'll take you to my Uchiha clan's former territory." Sasuke finished speaking, formed a hand seal, and created several Shadow Clones, which jumped out of the window and left in different directions.
Watching Sasuke leave in several directions, Naruto thought for a moment and gave up the idea of using the Flying Thunder God Technique to send him to his mission locations.
It seemed that Sasuke wanted to rely entirely on his own strength to complete this revenge, so even though he knew Naruto could send him, he didn't ask him to do so.
Since that was the case, there was no need for Naruto to be redundant.
"Kakashi-sensei, come and teach me the Hatake Sword Technique. I heard that you've been practicing your sword skills very well recently, come and teach me quickly." Naruto withdrew his gaze, turned his head, and smiled at Kakashi, who was lost in thought on the side.
As an extremely advanced Ninja Taijutsu, the Hatake Sword Technique was still very valuable for Naruto to learn from.
He didn't learn it before because Kakashi didn't know it either, but now that he did, he would learn it.
Although he might not necessarily use it, it could still increase his knowledge reserves.
"Okay."
Kakashi was stunned for a moment, but then he answered without much hesitation.
Naruto was his disciple in the first place, and he had helped him a lot, even teaching him those precious Uzumaki Sealing Techniques, so he had nothing to hide.
While Sakura was studying hard in the room, Naruto was learning the Hatake Sword Technique from Kakashi, and Sasuke was running around doing Rogue Ninja bounty missions.
In the Land of Forests, Itachi, who was leisurely watching his teammate Kisame kill the mission target, suddenly had a sharp look in his eyes and turned his gaze to the trees not far in front of him.
"Well, well, don't be nervous, it's me, Zetsu."
The Yin Yang Person Venus Flytrap body, half black and half white, poked out half of its body from the trees, speaking in an attempt to ease the atmosphere.
"What is it?" Itachi said coldly.
"Someone is inquiring about your news at the underground Exchange Shop. In the past two days, someone has been killing people with the Mangekyo Sharingan in various places. It seems to be your younger brother Sasuke. It looks like his talent is no weaker than yours."
White Zetsu said with a grin.
"Oh? Is that so? My foolish little brother, this day has finally come."
Itachi sneered, directly ignoring his partner Kisame, who was curiously looking over, and Zetsu, who had come to deliver the message, and left straight away.
In secret, he began to confirm the authenticity of the news through his summoning beast.
Watching his companion leave, Kisame helplessly spread his hands and followed.
Zetsu stood in place, watching the two figures wearing Black and Red Cloud Robes leave one after another. Black Zetsu said in a deep voice, "Is the decisive battle between these two brothers finally about to begin? One awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan at the age of eleven, and the other at the age of fourteen. Although there is a gap, they are both rare geniuses.
I wonder, which of the two brothers will be victorious in the end."
"Tobi has also gone to the battlefield to prevent outsiders from stopping the normal progress of this duel. As for who wins and who loses, we'll know when they fight, hee hee hee." White Zetsu said with a grin.
As they spoke, the two also disappeared from the spot.
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