Returning from the central tower in the Forest of Death, Minato imdiately had letters written to the Daimyo, Ministers, rich businessn and celebrities from all the small countries surrounding Konoha except the Land of Hot Water, inviting them to Konoha to watch the final round of the Chunin Exams.
Apart from this, Minato personally wrote letters to individually invite Rasa, Sunagakure’s Kazekage and Kirigakure’s Elder Genji to watch the finals in Konoha.
After the ssenger set out, the sky darkened.
……
The night was as dark as ink, making it most alluring.
Kanpū glanced at the large moon tonight and decisively bought so sake, crayfish, and oden, planning to visit i at the Ichigo Hot Springs for a night of drinking.
However, before heading out, Kanpū felt it would be inappropriate to go directly without any notice. After all, what if she was bathing? So, he took out his crystal ball and gave it a light rub, revealing i playing shogi under the lit hallway.
‘Huh?’
‘Who is she playing with?’
Kanpū quickly adjusted the angle and saw a one-eyed person……
‘Outrageous!’
Kanpū was furious, ‘Are you trying to steal my girl?’
‘How dare you!’
Kanpū hurriedly packed up his goods and rushed to Ichigo Hot Springs, extrely worried.
Familiarly entered through the back door, Kanpū ca to the corridor outside i’s bedroom, and he imdiately saw the back of that dog, Ao!
“i~ I brought so drinks!” Kanpū walked over elegantly, with a gentlemanly smile on his face.
Compared to Ao's one-eyed appearance, Kanpū suddenly felt that he was much more refined.
“I plan to quit drinking!” i glanced at Kanpū, her charming face is full of seriousness.
‘Why quit drinking out of the blue?’
Kanpū looked at Ao, and his heart filled with rage, ‘It must be this guy who fed i the poisonous chicken soup!’
Quickly calming down, Kanpū thought, ‘i in the throes of quitting her ‘addiction' right now. I can't go against her wishes on this, but I can take a different approach and continue to sow discord between i and Kirigakure, as well as Ao. This way, the poisonous chicken soup Ao gave to i would beco worthless!’
‘As expected of …’ Kanpū smiled and said, “Ao, in this final selection matches of the Chunin Exams, I wonder if Genji-dono will co?”
Ao, who was seriously focusing on the shogi board, chose to ignore Kanpū.
Kanpū wasn't in a hurry. He put the things he brought down, then walked to i and sat down next to her.
i frowned slightly but didn't say anything… After all, their relationship was close from their nightly… drinking sessions!
However, when Kanpū sat down, Ao on the opposite side began to twitch.
First, his eye-patched side of the face twitched, then his mouth, and finally his hands, he looks very unstable!
“Gek, ko, Kan, pū!” Ao gnashed his teeth.
Kanpū ignored him and pointed at one of i's moves, praising: “Ah! What a brilliant move, like a heavenly steed soaring across the skies, and as subtle as an antelope hanging by its horns. It's like the endless flow of a river; I can't even find words to describe it. It's truly exquisite!”
‘Shaless bastard…’ Ao’s molars began creaking.
‘You don't even know how to play shogi…’ i glared at Kanpū with disdain and snapped, “Shut up”
‘That’s right, that's how you put him in his place!’
Ao looked excitedly at i, only to see a faint but found that there was an extrely dazzling smile on her lips.
‘You’re too much, Terumi i…’ Ao’s teeth were chattering.
Kanpū knew that when a woman says ‘no’, she often ans ‘yes’. So when she says ‘shut up,' she ans ‘keep talking’.
This logic is flawless!
So, Kanpū continued praising i's shogi skills for about five minutes. Finally, Ao couldn't take it anymore and chose to answer Kanpū's question to interrupt the ‘shaless interaction’ between Kanpū and i!
“Elder Genji is old and frail, unsuitable for long-distance travel, so he likely won't co to Konoha for this Chunin Exam.” Qing said with a stern face.
‘Child's play…’ Kanpū raised his eyebrows triumphantly, and then said: “It's a sha that Elder Genji won't be coming. I was hoping to invite him for a soak and a nice massage.”
“Kanpū-dono sure is very considerate.” Ao forced a smile and thanked Kanpū.
Kanpū continued: “Since Elder Genji is not coming, he must have assigned soone to represent him and Kirigakure, right? I bet it is Terumi i!”
‘So that’s how it is… This bastard is trying to steer the conversation here to create a rift between Terumi i and the village…’ Ao's face twitched as he looked at i, who indeed seed very interested in the question.
Ao struggled to maintain his facial expression.
Although Genji asked Ao to send a letter to i, saying that she would be the leader of the teams, but the final selection matches after the Forest of Death assessnt is very crucial to the Konoha Crush Plan, so it is absolutely impossible for Genji to allow i to fully represent Kirigakure.
His thoughts revolved, and Ao calmly said: “I don’t know about that.”
When the words fell, Ao could clearly feel i’s shoulder slumping.
“I’m done playing.” i threw the shogi piece away, then stood up and went back to her room.
Kanpū quickly grabbed the spicy crayfish and oden, and followed her. Ao was about to call Kanpū, but Kanpū, with Minato-level ntal reaction speed, preemptively spoke, “Ao, please take care of this sake. Don’t waste it.”
“I… Wait, you…”
Before Ao could finish his sentence, Kanpū had already entered i’s room, and slamd the door shut.
Ao sat outside, his facial features faintly distorted, and he finally shouted, “It’s really good sake, I’ll drink it until dawn!”
With that, he decided to camp outside and not leave.
…
At the Uchiha Clan's ancestral grounds.
Under the long stone steps of Naka Shrine, Sasuke was training hard alone under the moonlight.
Ox-Rabbit-Monkey!
“Lightning Release: Chidori!!!”
Sasuke coldly shouted, and violently condensed the Lightning Attribute Chakra inside his body into his right palm.
Chirp chirp chirp…
Chirping sounds echoed as a dazzling light blue lightning glowed in his palm, then spread, turning into nurous small lightning snakes that crawled along his right arm.
“Hiss…”
Sasuke sucked in a breath of cold air, feeling his right arm go numb and painful, and he couldn’t hold on anymore.
He looked down and found that the bandage wrapped around his right arm was scorched by the electricity. He quickly tore them off and wrapped new ones.
‘Keep going!’
Sasuke thinks of Gaara, Suigetsu, Lee and the others who he encountered in the Forest of Death assessnt, and then thinks of his several defeats at Naruto’s hands. Gritting his teeth, he continued making hand seals: Ox-Rabbit-Monkey.
Lightning Release: Chidori!
Chirp chirp chirp chirp…
Lightning appears suddenly and dissipates in an instant.
“Aaaahhhh!!!” Sasuke scread, his body convulsing from the electric shock.
On the moonlit stone steps, two figures were hiding behind a tree, secretly watching below.
“Aren’t you going to help him?” Izumi asked, looking at the figure beside her.
“So paths require Sasuke to walk by himself. I can't always help him.” Itachi replied coldly, but his eyes showed distress.
Izumi asked again: “What Ninjutsu is your brother practicing? It looks dangerous.”
“Chidori, a Lightning Release Ninjutsu created by Kakashi-senpai. It has incredible piercing power.”
Itachi continued, “Although it has obvious weaknesses, its potential is imnse. If Sasuke can master it, it will be a great asset to him!”
Itachi has worked as Kakashi’s subordinate after all, so he naturally knew his skills.
“Then why is Sasuke practicing here alone?”
Izumi asked with doubts, “Wouldn’t it be more convenient to ask Kakashi-senpai for guidance?”
“Probably because… the person who taught Chidori was not Kakashi-senpai…?” Itachi’s mouth twitched slightly, the deep lines on his face barely hiding a fleeting expression of helplessness.
Hearing this, Izumi curiously pressed for more details.
But Itachi didn’t want to elaborate. He took Izumi’s hand and imdiately changed the subject, “Okay, let’s continue our walk. The moon is beautiful tonight.”
“Un!” Izumi replied with a smile.
After they left, Sasuke seed to feel sothing, and looked up with a hint of suspicion on his proud face, ‘It felt like soone was there just now… Could it be Big brother?’
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