"Oh, what is this?"

Uchiha Mikoto took a closer look at the shuriken. It seemed to be a very old style, so she followed Sasuke's words and asked.

"Grandma Cat said that this was a shuriken from the Warring States Period, which is older than the history of Konoha. Back then, she saw this shuriken flying from a very far away place and broke the wooden clone of the first Hokage.

, so it’s very memorable!”

Sasuke grabbed the shuriken with both hands and raised it in the air, making a heroic declaration.

"I will definitely become a more powerful ninja in the future. Even the first Hokage himself will never be my opponent."

Hearing what Sasuke said, a trace of worry flashed in Mikoto's eyes. Itachi was keenly aware of this and whispered in Sasuke's ear: "The first Hokage and the ancestors of the Uchiha clan founded the village together. They are both great people.

You are not an enemy, and you are not allowed to say disrespectful words to Hokage-sama outside in the future."

Uchiha Mikoto also nodded, "Sasuke needs to listen to his brother, do you understand?"

"I got it."

Sasuke pursed his lips and was a little unhappy, but he still agreed. Although his brother said something different from those of his peers in the clan, of course he chose to believe his brother.

After correcting Sasuke's mistake, Uchiha Itachi looked in the direction of the kitchen: "Does Giyuu also want to cook today? Today is his birthday, otherwise I will do it-"

"when!"

There was a loud noise in the kitchen, which almost made Sasuke jump up.

"What happened, Yiyong?"

Mikoto asked.

"The kitchen knife fell on the floor."

Yiyong's voice sounded calm and peaceful.

"Be careful."

Although Giyuu has been cooking for two years, Uchiha Mikoto is still a little worried about him. After all, deboning salmon is very troublesome, and even a professional chef will inevitably have to do it.

She glanced at Sasuke, who had put on a bad face since hearing Giyu's voice, and smiled slightly, "Sasuke, let's go take a shower with mom."

"no."

Sasuke shook his head without hesitation, "I want to wash it with my brother."

Uchiha Mikoto gave her eldest son a look, then nodded her chin in the direction of the kitchen.

The latter understood immediately.

"Mom came back from get off work early specifically because she wanted to do something for you."

Uchiha Itachi tugged Sasuke's hair and gently tapped his forehead with his fingers, "Don't make her sad."

As he spoke, he added, "If Sasuke is obedient, I can continue to accompany you to practice fireball tomorrow..."

"Then we've agreed!"

Sasuke almost jumped up with joy, then looked at his mother, "I'm going to take off my dirty clothes first!"

After saying that, he ran towards the second floor happily, and even let out a loud "hum" when passing by the kitchen. Seeing that Yiyong didn't turn around to look at him, he ran even faster.

"Then I'll leave it to you to be a hero."

After Uchiha Mikoto made a mouth shape for Itachi, she went to the bathroom to fill the water first.

Itachi stood at the door of the kitchen for a while, seeming to be mentally preparing.

The moment he stepped into the kitchen, Uchiha Giyuu turned around with the knife in his hand, and threw the removed salmon bones into an iron basin, making a clanging sound.

"what you do?"

There was a hint of caution in Yiyong's tone.

[Isn’t he going to help me cook?]

The pot used to cook ferret's eggs last time was no longer usable, so Yiyong took it to the street and used it as a milk basin for stray cats.

"Happy birthday, Yiyong."

Itachi walked straight over, the smile on his face was not as obvious as Mikoto and Shisui, it was just a shallow arc.

"Sasuke likes the gift I gave him very much. I just don't know how you will react after receiving the gift, so I am a little nervous."

This is not a lie.

It was obvious that he was the child who had grown up in his arms, but Yiyong had been difficult for him to understand since he was very young.

For example, Itachi clearly knows all of Sasuke's likes and dislikes, but to Giyuu, they are like a bottomless lake to him.

Others thought that doing housework was Giyu's hobby, but Uchiha Itachi felt that was not the case. Instead, he felt that it was more like an obligation that Giyu required him to complete. Otherwise, there would be no need to be so careful and there would be no need to do it every day.

In addition, there are many strange things about Yiyong.

For example, one day a month ago, he accompanied Giyuu to go shopping for groceries. When he passed by a ninja shop, the village ninja Moonlight Hayate was shopping for a ninja sword. The sound he made when he drew the sword attracted Giyuu's attention.

When the moonlight blast covered the blade with chakra and dyed it, Uchiha Itachi can't forget Giyuu's expression when he looked at the sword.

In his eyes, a light that was brighter than the blade of a knife flashed, and his entire face changed from cold to calm and gentle, as if the lifeless lake water like a mirror was wrinkled by the warm wind.

Itachi is still puzzled about what happened at that time. Originally, he wanted to buy Giyu a sword directly today, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do it. After all, Giyu had no interest in becoming a ninja.

Shaking his head slightly to eliminate the doubts in his mind, Uchiha Itachi took out an eight centimeter long and wide photo frame from his pocket and handed it to Giyuu.

Yiyong cast his gaze upwards, and his eyes immediately stayed there, unable to move for a long time.

"This is an ancient swallowtail butterfly specimen."

Uchiha Itachi couldn't understand Giyuu's emotions, and introduced slowly: "It's something that a scholar from the Land of Snow discovered from the depths of the solid ice of the snow field and used ice escape ninjutsu to take it out.

"I don't know much about butterflies, but the ninja of the Aburame clan who sold it to me said that this blue-purple swallowtail butterfly is very rare. It looks beautiful in the sun, but it has a

It's a pity that an elephant is already extinct if it is poisonous."

"you……"

Uchiha Giyuu put down the kitchen knife, wiped his hands on his apron, and then hesitantly took the specimen, his deep eyes filled with waves.

In his eyes, it was not just a butterfly, but nine different figures overlapping together.

"Why did you give me this?"

This is Yiyong's most unexpected gift.

"Because the only things I am sure you will like are wisteria flowers and butterflies."

Itachi, who was still very young, smiled shyly, "I love to see that expression every time you encounter a wisteria tree and find butterflies chasing it. It's like a stone statue suddenly came to life. If Mom and Dad

If you can see it, you should have the same feeling.

"How about this gift, Yiyong..."

Uchiha Itachi paused and asked expectantly, "Do you like it?"

In the past, Yiyong's reaction was always beyond his expectation.

What he was most worried about was that Giyuu, like last year, stuffed back the same stainless steel kunai that he gave to Sasuke, and then said: "Sasuke and I are different."

For his brother-in-law, it was simply a nightmare.

"An extinct butterfly?"

Yiyong's voice sounded a little hoarse, and then suddenly became louder and clearer than when he spoke before: "I like it very much. Thank you, Itachi."

"..."

Uchiha Itachi was stunned.

Although Yiyong's expression rarely changes.

But if you like the gift, shouldn't you at least raise your eyebrows?

Why did he look like he had suddenly lost all his strength and was even more depressed than usual, as if he had recalled something terrible.

If Itachi hadn't known that Giyuu would never lie, he would have thought that he was lying about liking the gift to comfort him.

Yiyong placed the specimen on the window sill facing him in the kitchen, lowered his head as if no one else was around, picked up the kitchen knife and processed the ingredients silently, but his thoughts had wandered to nowhere.

Itachi Uchiha intuitively felt that now was not the time to speak, but he was not worried about his heroic state, so he took out the radish from the plastic bag and cut it into slices.

Just like that, the two of them were silent in the kitchen, but all the ingredients were being turned into meals in an orderly manner.

Fortunately, Uchiha Itachi's mind was not on cooking, so nothing happened this time.

Exactly an hour later, Yiyong put the radishes and fried salmon in the stew pot and lit the flame of the gas stove.

A strange voice appeared in his head.

[Getting close to Uchiha Itachi for an hour. Breath of Fire analysis completion rate +0.02%, current resolution 20.02%.]

[After the analysis is completed and your Breath of Flame reaches the normal level, you can resurrect Flame Pillar Purgatory Anjurou. 】

Tomioka Yoshiyong opened his eyes wide, and a fierce red light flashed in them, attracting Uchiha Itachi's attention.

"Yiyong, you..."
Chapter completed!