"Elder Sifang."

Fugaku walked up to Elder Sifang who was sitting leisurely sunbathing in the corridor and bowed slightly.

Then, he stared at the elders from all directions.

The other party's face is getting older, but his appetite for food has not decreased. He eats and drinks well. According to the maid, he occasionally exercises physical skills to stay healthy.

Itachi, who was following him, also bowed slightly to Elder Sifang, then raised his head and gave Elder Sifang a curious look.

"Fugaku, you're here, sit down wherever you want, you don't have to be restrained here."

Elder Sifang asked Fugaku to sit down and discuss.

Fugaku did not sit down, his attitude was still as respectful as before.

"Elder Sifang, I hope you can train Itachi for a while. There is no one more suitable for this in Uchiha than you."

Fugaku requested.

"I no longer care about worldly affairs."

"I know that you were worried about Ruri leaving Konoha at the beginning, and now you have the idea of ​​​​retiring. However, Itachi is different from Ruri. He is very important to the future Uchiha. As a ninja, his talent must also be with Ruri.

superior."

What Fugaku said made the elders from all directions surprised.

The same goes for Lihuo.

He knew about Liuli's talent. At the age of twelve, Liuli was already a jounin and could force him to go all out.

When leaving Konoha, it only took one look to make him fall deeply into the Sharingan genjutsu, making him unable to resist.

You know, like Ruri, he has the three Magatama Sharingan, but the power of Ruri's Sharingan is obviously beyond the scope of ordinary Sharingan.

Compared with the Mangekyou Sharingan, the eye power is only inferior to the exclusive eye technique.

However, at this moment Fugaku said that the child next to him was more talented than Ruri.

This made Li Huo have some doubts.

"Weasel."

Fugaku glanced at Itachi.

Itachi understood. Although he didn't think this old man with one foot in the coffin could teach him anything, he couldn't disobey his father's will.

He formed a seal with his hands and opened his mouth.

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

A fireball flew out of his mouth, startling Li Huo.

Uchiha Itachi, Fugaku's child, seems to be less than...five years old this year, right?

Li Huo took a breath of cold air.

Fugaku said that Itachi's ninja talent may exceed that of Ruri. He was not lying, but he was telling the truth.

"Itachi learned this ninjutsu after seeing it once without the Sharingan."

Fugaku said this.

There was no trace of pride in his tone.

This is his Uchiha Fugaku's child.

At the same time, seeing the elders from all directions also looking surprised, I felt a sense of pleasure from getting ahead.

He knew that among the Uchiha clan in the past, Liuli was the one whom the elders valued the most.

The reason why he was able to become the clan leader was because Liuli defected to Konoha. If Liuli had not defected to Konoha at that time, there is a high probability that he would not be the leader of the Uchiha clan.

Because Liuli was stronger than him, tough-minded, and younger than him, many radical clan members identified Liuli as the next clan leader.

What now?

The Third Ninja War broke out, and the power of the Uchiha radicals was greatly weakened. Uchiha Ruri defected and became a bereaved dog. He became the patriarch of the wealthy Uchiha family, held a high position of authority, and gradually controlled most of the Uchiha's voices.

His son Itachi's talent is even better than that of Uchiha Ruri, and he is the real winner.

Li Huo knew that Fugaku was a person who, although occasionally very vain, was by no means a person who liked to talk big.

In other words, Itachi learned this move after watching Fugaku's Fire Release display without the Sharingan.

Li Huo can't find the right words to describe this kind of talent.

Seeing the silence of the elders from Sifang, Fugaku knew that his goal had been achieved.

"Because Itachi still needs to learn other things, Elder Sifang is enough to train Itachi for one hour every day. It doesn't need to be long, just three months. It won't take you too long. I hope Itachi can train Itachi before entering the ninja school.

Lay the foundation."

Li Huo felt that Fugaku's tone had changed from respectful to a disguised order, and he frowned.

Elder Sifang said: "Since you trust me so much, I agree."

Fugaku patted Itachi on the head: "Itachi, you have to study hard here with the elders from all directions. I will send someone to pick you up when the time comes."

"Yes, Father."

Itachi nodded obediently.

He didn't know why, but he always felt that the atmosphere between his father and this Sifang elder was strange.

But he couldn't tell exactly what was strange.

After Fugaku left, Elder Sifang took Itachi to the training ground, and Li Huo followed.

He was very curious about Itachi's talent. He wanted to see it with his own eyes whether it could really surpass Ruri as Fugaku said.

When we arrived at the training ground, there were eight wooden targets scattered there. The targets were all the size of a human head, with black dots painted on each one.

Itachi stood in the middle of the field. Under the gazes of the elders from all directions and Li Huo, he showed no signs of cowardice. His expression was calm, as calm as a child should be.

Itachi stood there with a shuriken between each finger, eight in total.

He didn't make any unnecessary preludes and breathed out gently from his mouth.

While bending your knees, you then jump up from the ground and start rotating your body in the air.

The arms placed on the chest are stretched out to both sides.

Click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, these sounds rang from the ears before the ferret landed.

All eight targets placed on the training ground were hit by shurikens with black dots in the center, without exception.

Wonderful! Even in the eyes of Li Huo, who is a jounin, he can't help but praise it in his heart.

Fugaku didn't lie. This kid named Itachi was a real genius.

At such a young age, he can master the art of fireball and shuriken. It's hard to imagine where his future achievements will be.

Elder Sifang looked calm and nodded approvingly.

In terms of ninja talent, it has indeed surpassed the original Liuli.

Because at that time, Ruri was still bullying other Uchiha boys of the same age and playing ninja games.

At that time, Ruri was definitely much weaker than Itachi.

"Elder."

Itachi walked up to the elders of Sifang.

"You can come here at this time every day from now on. But remember, you only have one hour."

Elder Sifang emphasized the word 'one hour' in an emphatic tone.

"yes."

There was hesitation on Itachi's face.

"Anything you want to ask?"

"Um, father doesn't like you, elder?"

Elder Sifang took a deep look at Itachi. In Itachi's eyes, there was no so-called innocence, only a look similar to paranoid thinking.

Elder Sifang did not answer.

I just think Itachi is too mature and has a sharp mind.

An hour passed, and the elders from Sifang began to teach Itachi about shuriken throwing techniques and taijutsu.

Although it was only a short hour, Itachi benefited a lot.

At this moment, Itachi realized that the Uchiha elder who had half his foot in the coffin was far above his father Fugaku.

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After that, Itachi would come to the Sifang Elders every day to practice.

The first day was shuriken and taijutsu.
To be continued...