Previously, Ino tried to Summon the souls of Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto, but for some unknown reason, all attempts failed, as if they didn't exist.
The remaining Uchiha Teppan and Uchiha Komei did have connections to Itachi, but they were useless; these two were ordinary members of the Uchiha Clan, not even Ninja.
It would be too low-class to Summon them and then shout, "Itachi-kun, want to buy a pancake?"
She couldn't bear that embarrassment.
Uchiha Izumi was the best candidate to deal with Itachi. Aren't you a brother-complex? I'll Summon your girlfriend back and disgust you to death!
Uchiha Izumi shook her head slightly when she heard Ino's question.
This girl, who had awakened her Three-Tomoe Sharingan at thirteen, was also a genius of the Uchiha Clan.
Her Yin Release level was very high, and the spirit body she Summoned was very solid, with no significant damage to her consciousness, allowing for normal communication.
"Is that so? He doesn't want to talk to you? What a hard-hearted man."
Ino thought for a moment: "The Uchiha Clan has already been annihilated, you know that, right?"
Uchiha Izumi nodded gently.
Her memory was somewhat fragmented, but she still remembered the annihilation of her entire clan.
Ino asked, "The Village now has the Fifth Hokage. The Fifth Hokage is preparing to return the old Uchiha Clan residence to Uchiha Sasuke, who is Itachi's younger brother.
Have you met him?"
A trace of contemplation appeared on Uchiha Izumi's face.
After thinking for a while, she looked enlightened: "Oh, I remember, I remember.
Was it during the Nine-Tailed Demon Foxs Attack? I remember Itachi-kun was holding his brother at the time.
I asked to hold him for a bit, but the little guy cried terribly, and I think he even peed on me?"
Ino smiled strangely; these brothers couldn't tolerate a woman between them.
Sasuke, even a three-month-old Sasuke, wouldn't let you hold him.
It would be good if he didn't smear you with poop.
She exaggerated Sasuke's tragic state, and Uchiha Izumi felt this was her responsibility.
She wanted to stay at the old residence and help take care of Sasuke.
"Alright, you're his sister-in-law anyway.
I personally have no objection, and I don't think Itachi will have any objections either.
It's great!"
Ino looked very supportive.
In reality, she had already envisioned the scene of Uchiha Izumi appearing and disappearing, and Sasuke being so frightened that he became paranoid.
Without a special Summoning Technique, ordinary people couldn't see souls.
Sasuke would only feel an invisible person washing his clothes, pouring him water, folding his quilt—hmph! Scare him to death!
"Okay, let's do that! That..."
Ino looked at the large gate in front of the old Uchiha Clan residence.
There were two trees in front of the gate, one was a Sophora japonica, and the other was also a Sophora japonica.
These two trees represented the Uchiha Clan's aloof, sorrowful, and melancholic emotions.
The planter wanted to express the clan's dissatisfaction and their spirit of resistance against the Village's unwarranted targeting.
These two trees were so conspicuous, so proudly independent, symbolizing the Uchiha Clan's never-bending backbone.
"Men on the left, women on the right, how about this: I'll Seal you in the Sophora japonica on the right.
This way, you can come out from time to time to check on Sasuke and tidy his room.
What do you think?"
Uchiha Izumi was very satisfied: "Thank you, thank you for helping me."
Ino had already planned it: when Uchiha Itachi dies in a couple of years, she would retrieve his soul and Seal him in the Sophora japonica on the left, completing their pair.
No need to thank her!
She was just such a generous person; she couldn't help it, it was innate.
She prepared the Sealing Technique and was about to begin, when she suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, can you sense the location of your Sharingan?"
"It seems... I can't find it."
Izumi spun around twice in place, then shook her head: "Do you want a Sharingan too? Outsiders find it very difficult to bear the enormous consumption of a Sharingan."
"Is that so? That's a pity.
Alright, I'm starting the Sealing."
Ino Sealed Izumi into the Sophora japonica tree, allowing her to remain in the material world for a long time.
She asked about the Sharingan because she remembered Uchiha Obito's wall of Sharingan.
Izumi had already awakened her Three Tomoe, so theoretically, she should have some sensation of her own eyes.
Now, she couldn't sense anything at all, and there was only one answer: Obito had stored all those eyes in the Kamui Dimension, and they were not currently in the material world.
Looking at the Sophora japonica tree, she mused, her own style was becoming increasingly strange.
She was constantly Summoning, Sealing, and invoking, turning a perfectly good Ninja into an Onmyoji.
As Ino pondered whether she should get a Shikigami, by a riverbank, Asuma and Yuhi blocked the path.
Across from them stood Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki.
Buying books was just a side trip; Ino's other tasks were just incidental.
Hearing of the Third Hokage's death, Uchiha Itachi immediately returned, wanting to intimidate the Village's higher-ups, especially Danzo, to prevent them from harming Sasuke.
He trusted the Third Hokage but did not trust the current Jiraiya, and certainly not Danzo.
Meeting Asuma was both accidental and inevitable.
The two sides immediately began to fight without a word.
Asuma forcefully parried Kisame Hoshigaki's Samehada, but his strength was still lacking, and he was gradually pushed back.
He wanted to use Multiple Exploding Tags but couldn't find an opportunity.
Yuhi, on the other hand, faced Uchiha Itachi, starting with Darkness Genjutsu, and then the two fought in the darkness.
The concealment effect of Darkness Genjutsu was excellent, and Yuhi had achieved a moderate level of mastery in this genjutsu.
But to suppress Uchiha Itachi with this technique? That was truly difficult.
Uchiha Itachi's taijutsu was extremely high; despite looking sickly, his taijutsu, speed, and strength completely overwhelmed Yuhi.
The difference between them was not small.
At this moment, in the darkness, he playfully pushed Yuhi back repeatedly.
Soon, Kisame Hoshigaki, relying on his brute strength, wounded Asuma's arm with Samehada.
He did not press his advantage but rather retreated two steps in a somewhat lenient manner, forming hand signs diligently and using a Water Release: Water Shark Bullet Technique.
Kakashi arrived just in time, copying the Water Release: Water Shark Bullet Technique with his Sharingan, after which their two Water Shark Bullet Techniques collided and canceled each other out.
In less than ten seconds, Yuhi also retreated from the area covered by Darkness Genjutsu, looking dejected.
She clutched her forehead, clearly suffering from a genjutsu backlash and injury.
Yuhi bravely propped herself up, drew a Kunai, and stood in a line with Kakashi and Asuma, glaring at the two powerful Rogue Ninja before them.
"Kakashi-senpai, Asuma-sensei, Yuhi-san, my companion and I are just passing through here.
We truly do not wish to fight you all.
Could you please let us pass?"
Uchiha Itachi was gentle and refined, and his tone of voice was very calm.
However, no one believed him.
The world is so big; you just casually wander around and end up in Konoha Village? There must be a conspiracy involved!
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