My Life as Itachi's Crow

Chapter 143: Today Was Really Fun!

A bit awkward.

It was clearly a sneak attack, taking advantage of the disciple's relaxed vigilance, yet Uchiha Itachi had seen through it first... Since Jiraiya already knew Itachi wouldn't be careless during missions, he was relieved.

Besides, apart from Goemon, Jiraiya had pretty much exhausted all his tricks. As a result, his disciple hadn't even activated his Mangekyo Sharingan, yet he had no means of restraining him.

It wasn't that he, the teacher, wasn't capable, but his disciple...

Alas…

Kitahara had clearly been placed on the sidelines to watch, yet the Crow Sage Mode had far too many unpatched bugs compared to the Mount Myoboku Sage Mode.

The old man, of course, wouldn't know that Uchiha Itachi was also secretly drooling over the Mount Myoboku Sage Mode.

Actually, this assessment mission was quite important. Because Konoha needed to coordinate with the defense of the Land of Grass, and the Defense Department was Konoha's core fighting force, the Konoha leadership decided to dispatch some personnel to rotate with the border ninjas stationed in the Land of Grass.

However, this situation might attract interference from the Hidden Stone Village. Hiruzen Sarutobi, considering the mood of the other old undying in the ninja world, hoped to complete this rotation as low-key as possible.

It was just that if the dispatched ninjas' strength was too low, it would easily cause a backlash from the Hidden Grass Village. Jiraiya simply proposed that his disciple be responsible for coordination, and on the surface, Uchiha Itachi would travel with the team under a different identity.

Before dispatching him, Jiraiya decided to assess his disciple first, planning to strengthen his training for a bit, but the assessment results...

The white-haired old man held his sleeves, looking at his disciple with satisfaction, "The old man has a C-rank escort mission. You might have to participate in a mission as a Chunin captain for the first time!"

"But, I remember that Defense Department ninjas don't need to carry out missions, right?" Uchiha Itachi, after listening to Jiraiya's arrangement, said with conflict, "I just got back..."

"No need to worry, there are still about three months."

Jiraiya tapped his disciple's head and said fiercely, "We already confirmed last month that Defense Department ninjas have the right to carry out other missions during their vacation time. The precious peacetime is coming, and the number of missions in the village has increased."

"A C-rank mission feels strange…"

Uchiha Itachi could only agree with a troubled face. A C-rank escort mission or something, it just sounded strange!

After all, right after he graduated, he was led astray by Jiraiya. His first mission was the S-rank mission of destroying Orochimaru's base.

"There's one more thing."

Jiraiya patted his disciple's shoulder and said softly, "Starting tomorrow, I will have the administrative officer grant you a certain period of leave and report it to the old man. At that time, you can freely carry out ordinary ninja missions with other squads."

"Is this also for that C-rank mission?"

"No..."

The white-haired old man glanced at the training ground they had used and gave a thumbs-up, "You are responsible for compensating for the repair costs of the training ground!"

Uchiha Itachi: "..."

"After all, Tsunade is coming back! Whether it's treating her to a meal or drinks, it's all a considerable expense!" Jiraiya squatted down and warmly put an arm around his disciple's shoulder.

The village's nightlife seemed quite rich. Jiraiya, without any regard for his disciple being a minor, waved goodbye and disappeared from sight in a few leaps.

After Uchiha Itachi returned home with Kitahara, he saw the little cub sitting beside Mikoto, sobbing and hiccupping, with tear stains still on his face…

"Sasuke, what happened?" Itachi's expression changed instantly. He looked at his mother, "Where's Dad?"

The little cub pounced the moment he saw his brother, tears falling again. After crying aggrievedly for a while, he finally looked up, "Brother…"

The crow calmly lowered its head to look at Sasuke. The little cub's face was dirty, and he had some scrapes on his body.

Hmm, he got into a fight.

Since he was crying, it meant he lost.

"Fugaku-kun has an appointment with the Hyuga clan head tonight..." Uchiha Mikoto rubbed her forehead and stood up, "Itachi, can you take care of Sasuke for a bit? I'll go prepare dinner for you and Kitahara."

After Mikoto left, the little cub's emotions gradually calmed down.

The matter wasn't complicated. Uchiha Sasuke had gone out to play in the afternoon and, by the way, to give Naruto Uzumaki a souvenir. With Sasuke's temperament, it was impossible for the two children not to clash when they met; this had become the norm.

Sasuke had some foundation in taijutsu, and being a few months older than Naruto Uzumaki, he naturally gained the upper hand, pinning the blonde kid to the ground. As a result, the Hyuga Neji siblings, who had come to visit Naruto, appeared and stopped them.

Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Sasuke... certainly wouldn't agree.

If it had been Uchiha Itachi, as the older brother, he would surely have gently persuaded them, coaxing this one and that one, and in the end, everyone would be harmonious on the surface.

Hyuga Neji didn't care about all that!

His Lady Hinata was about to be driven to tears by the two little ones!

The Byakugan genius had no choice but to use the physical persuasion method. The two little ones were beaten by Neji until they were rolling on the ground. Of course, they wouldn't admit defeat verbally, but their bodies were honestly too weak to fight anymore.

If it were just that, it would have been fine.

It was estimated that the two children would have cursed for a while and then gone their separate ways home.

The problem was, Hyuga Neji thought for a moment and actually took Hinata with him to hand Sasuke and Naruto over to the Defense Department. Because when his father Hizashi mentioned the Defense Department, he had said that part of the Defense Department ninjas' duties was to crack down on dangerous elements.

And Uchiha Sasuke's father also held a position there along with Lord Hiashi.

This was truly a ruthless person!

Not only did he beat someone up, but he also tattled to the adults.

Neji and Hinata's actions were very childish, but Hiashi Hyuga was extremely happy in his heart. On the other side, Sasuke, as a child on whom Fugaku also had high hopes, had made him lose face in front of his friend…

Because Naruto Uzumaki was the orphaned child of his wife's best friend, Uchiha Fugaku comforted him for a while, scolded Sasuke in front of him, and sent someone to take Naruto home.

This way of handling things was bound to be problematic.

It was normal for the little cub to be so aggrieved…

Kitahara couldn't help but open its beak and let out a cheerful caw, "Caw~"

In the afternoon, it saw that old man named Jiraiya lose to his disciple in an assessment. In the evening, it came home to find out the little cub had been beaten up!

Uchiha Itachi's face darkened, "..."

He could only continue to comfort the still-sniffling Sasuke, "Let me apply some medicine for you first... Teacher Jiraiya has business tonight and probably won't go see Naruto. I'll go deliver some medicine to him later."

Whether it was Jiraiya or Kakashi, even if they knew, they wouldn't visit Naruto over such a small matter. The old man's parents had sacrificed themselves when he was young, and Kakashi had been accustomed to a life of solitude since childhood.

Only Itachi, who was born into a happy family, would realize that at this time, Naruto should also be hoping for family.

"Onii-san!"

The little cub stopped crying, his eyes full of disbelief.

(End of this chapter)

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