"Na, brother! Teach me shuriken today! Isn't it good......"

In the Uchiha Patriarch's mansion, looking at the back of the fully armed and about to go out, the young Uchiha Sasuke struggled for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to gently pull the corner of his clothes and beg his brother.

"Huh? Teach you shuriken...... I'm sorry Sasuke, but the third generation Hokage-sama temporarily assigned a very important emergency mission to my brother. ”

The Uchiha Itachi, who was about to get up and set off, was slightly stunned when he heard the sound, and the smile and pampering hidden in his eyes were even more prosperous, but he shook his head helplessly, and while answering softly and gently, he covered the little head behind him with his backhand and gently stroked and massaged.

"So my brother needs to leave the village immediately, I'm afraid he won't be able to go home for a few days, that is, he can't teach you for the time being...... Why don't you let your father teach you? ”

"Well, don't, I just want my brother to teach ......"

Although he squinted and enjoyed the comfort and peace of mind brought by his brother's warm palm, after hearing his next words, Sasuke still inevitably felt a burst of loss in his heart, and then pursed his lips and complained dissatisfied.

"Temporarily assigned tasks? Why is this like this, obviously my brother has a rare vacation today...... And last time, my brother didn't have time to spend with me...... Hmph, my brother is a big liar. ”

"Well, there's no way around it...... The task is urgent, and I really can't get out of it right now......"

"Uh-huh...... Say it every time......"

"Alright, don't be upset...... Come. ”

Slightly sideways looking at Sasuke's pitiful appearance with a small mouth pouting, Itachi, who had grown up taking care of Sasuke, almost agreed to stay with him, trying to suppress the impulses and guilt in his heart, and turned around and beckoned to Sasuke.

"Huh? Brother, ...... Uh-oh! Brother! You're doing it again! ”

Seeing this, Sasuke mistakenly thought that his brother was soft-hearted and agreed to stay, and he stepped forward with excitement on his face after changing his previous lost and aggrieved appearance, and before he finished speaking, he was unexpectedly pampered by Itachi with his index finger and middle finger and poked his forehead.

"Haha, who made you so cute...... So, here I go. ”

"Forgive me, Sasuke, I'll teach you next time I'm free."

“…… Hmph, that's it again...... That's it! Next time, be sure to practice shuriken with me! ”

"Well, that's it."

……

"Hey, it's either a mission or something urgent, I'll talk about it next time...... Every time, my brother only knows how to answer me with this reason, and he used to say yes to me with a smile no matter what I wanted......"

Konoha Ninja Village is full of people on the bustling commercial street, and Sasuke Uchiha, who was rejected by his brother again and refused to guide the practice of shuriken, puffed up a bun and his face was sullen, but his face was slightly red, and he gently stroked the forehead that had been played by his brother before, and while whispering to himself, he kept kicking the small stone with his toes to vent his dissatisfaction and grievances.

“…… Yes! Brother he...... You don't think you hate me...... No, no, no, how could that happen...... Impossible, right...... And I didn't seem to do anything to make my brother angry...... Right? ”

was unusually prevaricated and pushed by his brother many times, so that this cute brother controlled the little fan couldn't help but tilt his head a little and began to doubt life, and then hugged his arms and racked his brains to seriously reflect on whether he had done something that made his brother hate pranks.

“…… Whew, forget it, I'll ask my brother if he's free next time...... Well? Why are there so many people in front? ”

Puzzled, Sasuke had to shake his head helplessly and sigh. When he raised his head and was about to identify the way home, he found that the crowd of people who had been coming and going before had stopped around both sides of the road and retreated backwards from time to time. Everyone's face showed more or less complex expressions of disgust, fear, and resentment, as if there was some terrible and dangerous flood beast in the very center of the circle.

"Why are everyone's expressions so strange...... Hehe, it's still early to go home anyway, so let's go check it out. ”

The abnormal behavior in front of him couldn't help but make the childlike Sasuke very interested, and after thinking for a while, he changed the direction of his progress, taking advantage of his small size and flexible movements to shuttle freely through the crowd, and after a while, he stood at the forefront of the crowd of onlookers with a slight breath.

"Huh? It's ...... That weird guy you've seen before? ”

A pair of small short legs struggled to raise his eyes, and put the fingers of his hands together as palms in front of his forehead to make a pergola, Sasuke looked around curiously looking for the protagonist who was paying attention, but unexpectedly saw a somewhat familiar blonde figure.

If I'm not mistaken, I used to walk around and often saw this guy come home covered in dust and mud...... I guess I don't have to worry about being blamed by my parents for returning late, and I can get together with his friends every day to have fun before going home, right?

Compared to my brother who doesn't have time to spend alone every day...... That's nice.

"In a sense, I'm really a little envious......"

"This monster ...... I still haven't died today. ”

“…… Huh? ”

Sasuke, who was smiling and muttering to himself with the corners of his mouth raised, stiffened and paused at a small conversation he had overheard, and was wondering if there was something wrong with his ear, when more unexpected words continued to come into his ears.

"Now, I've heard others say that it's all because the boss of Ichiraku Ramen is nosy, and it's pitiful to see that he is so young and no one takes care of him, so he often invites him to eat ramen to satisfy his hunger."

"Huh? Is that guy funny? This little imp is a nine-...... Tsk, obviously everyone in the village wishes he died sooner, Yile is a fool who is overflowing with compassion regardless of the occasion......"

"Well, don't worry, no one wants to take care of this monster anyway, and I live alone from beginning to end, and I can't make any waves at such an old age, and I'll die sooner or later......"

Monster? Are you talking about that weird guy ......?

Wish he died sooner? This is...... What do you mean?

The words in his ears made the curious look on Sasuke's face pause, and he looked up a little in disbelief at the crowd around him who were full of hatred and hatred and kept whispering vicious words.

No matter how you look at it, that guy is just a child about the same age as himself, why can these adults who are watching turn their heads and ears so comfortably and curse viciously? Or even curse the other party to die young?

Looking at this cold gaze comparable to a sharp blade, Sasuke's young heart was suddenly filled with incomprehension...... With a chill deep into the bone marrow.

"Hey! Child! When did you stand here? Stand back! Don't let that monster have a chance to hurt you! ”

"Huh? Oooh......"

Stunned, Sasuke instinctively took a few steps back, and his gaze rested on the blonde child who looked about his size in the middle of the road.

He was surprised to find that just the disgusting appearance of a few people around him had already made him feel creepy...... But the blonde figure in front of him, who was being watched by everyone with the same look and gaze at this moment, was surprisingly unaffected in the slightest, but walked forward with his head in his hands and a big grin, squinting with interest and playing an out-of-tune whistle, and from time to time he made funny grimaces at the villagers around him.

“…… This guy, can he be so coarse? Obviously hated and hated by so many people, he can still laugh......"

Seeing that people didn't care about entertaining themselves, Sasuke couldn't help but smile in his heart, and whispered to himself, the fear that was originally filled in his heart quickly subsided unconsciously, and he didn't notice that when he stared at the blonde figure in front of him, the corners of his mouth had already risen and curved to reveal a smile.

"Sure enough, you're a very strange guy......"

……

"Huh? I didn't expect to walk from this road...... There is a gap that can directly enter the training ground? I didn't notice it when I came here with my brother before......"

As the blonde figure faded away, Sasuke didn't go straight home as he had originally planned, but became more and more curious about what would happen next and followed him far behind, and accidentally discovered the secret entrance to the No. 3 Wilderness Survival Training Ground, which he often used to practice shuriken with his brother.

"It doesn't look like it's the first time he's been on the training ground from here...... I see, this must be the reason why he is disgraced every time he goes back, right? ”

While muttering quietly, Sasuke was quite awkward and unaccustomed to passing through the wire fence, and before he had time to straighten his clothes, he looked around for the folds left behind by the wire squeezing and hooking, and continued to follow the strange child from a distance.

However, after entering the training ground, the blonde figure's next action pattern was far beyond Sasuke's expectations.

"This guy...... Running so fast in the training ground, aren't you afraid of crashing headfirst into a tree? ”

Originally, he walked as slowly as a turtle crawling, causing Sasuke to deliberately stop and wait for the distance to widen again, but in this training ground with endless rocks and giant trees and complex terrain, he not only seemed to be at ease as if he had changed people, but also kept speeding up his travel, and almost disappeared from Sasuke's line of sight if he was not paying attention, which couldn't help but make Sasuke feel surprised.

“…… Could it be that they found out that I was following me and deliberately accelerated to provoke me...... Hehe, I'm really getting curious about you......"

The child's inquisitive and aggressive nature made Sasuke forget his original intention of stalking, and the smile in his eyes increased as well as his speed.

"Interesting, it's not so easy to get rid of me! I'd like to see if you're fast or I'm fast! ”

……

"Oops...... No way? Not only did he not shake off the tail behind him, but it seemed to ...... And make him more energetic?! ”

While gathering the chakra on the soles of his feet to speed up his travel, Naruto secretly complained in his heart.

"Did you go too far when you showed your face before, and that group of people in Tuanzang were suspicious...... Sure enough, you shouldn't be so grimacing......"

Thinking that he could finally start practicing new ninjutsu after his recent hard practice, he hurried to the training ground from the path with an excited face after ending his daily routine of showing his face in front of the villagers, but he always vaguely felt that something was wrong on the road, and it was not until he entered the training ground that he finally found the vague figure that had been following him far away.

"Tsk, if you are seen by the people of the group...... That ninjutsu can't be practiced......"

I thought that with the help of my own mastery of the number of travel routes in the training ground these days, it would be enough to easily get rid of the trackers who were following behind me, but now it seems that the other party also knows this forest and has no advantage at all, and it is obvious that he has been here many times!

"If you speed it up, it will obviously not be in line with the strength that this age group should have...... Ahh No way! Just keep running at this pace...... If it's more than the chakra reserves, it should be that my person has held on longer, and if I go around in more circles, I should be able to get rid of him, and I definitely can't let Tuan Zang focus his attention on me again! ”

"I'm going to get rid of him!"

"I've got to catch up with him!"

With similar intentions, Naruto and Sasuke continued to speed up their march as if they were holding back a lot of energy.

The various misunderstandings caused by the mistakes made this pair of partners, who had deep and complex ties in the original book but regarded each other as rivals, start the first duel between them.