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I'm trying to experiment and see what the result will be when it's a 2-to-2 vote.
However, what I didn't expect was.
In this vote, Itachi Uchiha received 2 votes, and Mikoto Uchiha received 2 votes.
[Since Itachi Uchiha received 2 votes first, the final result is: Itachi Uchiha]
Jiraiya looked at the subtitles displayed on the screen, shook his head with a wry smile, and said to Kakashi, "Sigh, it looks like we'll have to start early tomorrow morning."
Kakashi nodded slowly: "Judging from the situation when Nawaki appeared last time, the location where the dream character appears seems to be related to his location in the dream. Nawaki was found near the old site of the orphanage."
Jiraiya immediately understood and stroked his chin, saying, "You mean... the place where Uchiha Itachi is most likely to appear is the place he's currently in in his dream?"
“Not bad.” Kakashi’s gaze narrowed slightly. “The ancestral home of the Uchiha clan.”
After the Uchiha clan moved away, the back of that street was used by Konoha for other purposes.
However, the ancestral home of the Uchiha clan has been preserved, though it has been uninhabited for many years.
Naruto, who was standing nearby, kept his ears perked up, eavesdropping.
His eyes lit up when he heard the words "Uchiha ancestral home".
That's it!
Tomorrow all I need to do is go to that place and find Itachi Uchiha!
Hehe, that's so easy!
Kakashi and Jiraiya exchanged a silent glance.
Both of them could see a hint of seriousness and worry in each other's eyes.
……
Konoha Village, early morning.
Sasuke sat up in bed, stretched his stiff neck and shoulders, and then went into the bathroom to wash his face.
The splash of cold water completely woke him up, and scenes from his dream from the previous night involuntarily surfaced in his mind.
"call……"
Sasuke slowly exhaled in front of the mirror, recalling Itachi's patient guidance to him in his dream.
Although he was somewhat disappointed that he didn't get the training method for the Mangekyou Sharingan from Nisan, he still gained a lot from it.
"At least I now know many of my shortcomings."
Sasuke thought to himself, his gaze gradually hardening.
Thinking of this, his eyes blazed with fighting spirit.
"Naruto, you just wait! This time I'm going to beat you to a pulp!"
Just as Sasuke was planning to find Naruto and teach him a lesson later...
Boom boom boom!
A sudden, urgent knocking interrupted his thoughts.
"Who would be looking for me so early?"
Sasuke frowned slightly, looking puzzled.
He casually wiped his still dripping face with a towel, strode to the door, opened it, and immediately saw the striking blond hair outside.
Naruto had a mysterious smile on his face, unable to hide his excitement. As soon as they met, he winked at Sasuke in a pretentious manner.
"Naruto?"
"Hmph, you came just in time!"
Sasuke quickly came to his senses and, seeing that it was Naruto who had come to visit, he instead showed a disdainful expression and subconsciously adopted his usual arrogant posture.
He crossed his arms and said coldly, "It saves me the trouble of coming to find you. Let's go for our morning exercise, and I'll show you my newly mastered martial arts!"
However, to his surprise, Naruto completely ignored his challenge.
Instead of responding to the challenge with his usual excitement, Naruto stood with his hands on his hips, chest puffed out, and chin held high, almost looking down his nose at people.
That smug expression seemed to be a silent boast to Sasuke: "Praise me! Thank me!"
Sasuke was completely baffled by Naruto's inexplicable attitude.
He frowned and looked the other person up and down: "You idiot... what's wrong with you so early in the morning?"
Hearing Sasuke's irritating words, Naruto instantly bristled: "Sasuke, you're the idiot! What kind of attitude is that?"
He was so angry he jumped up and down, intending to have a verbal battle with Sasuke.
But as the words were about to come out, Naruto suddenly remembered the important matter of his trip, and his face once again put on that arrogant expression.
He deliberately cleared his throat and said in a ruthless tone, "Hmph! Let me tell you, you owe me a huge favor now, you know?! Because of you, I got a severe scolding from Kakashi-sensei yesterday!"
"……what?"
Sasuke looked at Naruto with a puzzled expression, completely unable to understand what he was talking about.
A moment later, he curled his lip in disdain, "What does it have to do with me that you got scolded by Kakashi-sensei?"
"Hmph! You don't understand, do you?"
Seeing Sasuke's blank expression, Naruto put his hands on his hips and snorted in exasperation.
He leaned closer mysteriously and asked in a low voice, "Hey, Sasuke... guess who came to our village today?"
? ? ! !
Sasuke's eyelids twitched violently upon hearing this.
A startling thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
Could it be that, like last time, characters from a dream have come into reality?
And in yesterday's dream, I was the main character...
So, what might happen is...?
He suddenly grabbed Naruto by the collar, his voice trembling slightly with excitement: "Who is it?!"
To everyone's surprise, Naruto wasn't annoyed at all by having his collar grabbed; instead, he became even more smug and casually uttered two words: "Apologize."
"you--!"
Sasuke was instantly enraged, gritting his teeth as he stared at Naruto's arrogant and punchable face, his fists clenching so tightly he wanted to punch the guy in front of him right away.
But since he needed someone's help right now, Sasuke had no choice but to force himself to endure it.
Sasuke suppressed the urge to punch someone, took a deep breath, and said in a stern voice with a straight face, "I'm sorry."
"Hehe, that's more like it!"
Seeing Sasuke give in, Naruto smiled with satisfaction.
He raised his hand and wiped the tip of his nose, looking as if he had accomplished a great mission, before leisurely announcing, "Let me tell you, it's your brother who's here!"
Those five simple words seemed to explode in Sasuke's mind like a thunderbolt. His eyes widened suddenly, and an uncontrollable look of surprise appeared on his face. His voice trembled slightly: "Nii-san... he really came?!"
"How can it be false?"
Naruto puffed out his chest triumphantly.
"And besides, it's mainly thanks to me—I even knew where he would appear!"
"Where?!" Sasuke's eyes lit up with ecstatic joy.
He could no longer hold back, gripping Naruto's shoulders tightly with both hands and urging him on excitedly.
"Take me there quickly! Right now!"
Before he could finish speaking, Sasuke had already impatiently grabbed Naruto and rushed out the door.
He, who had been pretending to be calm just moments before, had now completely thrown all his reserve and arrogance to the winds.
Chapter 238 When Uchiha Itachi
In the early morning, the forest outside Konoha Village was shrouded in a thin layer of mist.
Dewdrops slid slowly down the branches and leaves, and all around was quiet.
Uchiha Itachi woke up from his sleep.
In stark contrast to his gloomy and somber demeanor yesterday, he now appeared surprisingly relaxed and cheerful, even his usually cold face seemed to have warmed up.
He stood up, stretched his limbs, and felt the moist and fresh morning air.
Itachi let out a soft breath, as if expelling all the gloom, and then greeted Kisame, who was leaning against a tree and wiping his Samehada not far away.
"morning."
Kisame paused upon hearing this, slowly raising his head and staring at Itachi with a look of utter astonishment: "???"
His ferocious shark-like face was filled with questions, his mouth could not be closed, and his sharp teeth were fully exposed.
This scene made Kisame's mind seem to traverse the universe.
When I woke up, my partner seemed like a completely different person. He was gloomy and taciturn last night, so why was he in such a good mood this morning?
This transformation is so dramatic, it's like they're completely different people!
Kisame scrutinized Itachi from head to toe, and only after confirming he wasn't mistaken did he cautiously probe, "Ichishichi-san... you seem to be in a pretty good mood right now?"
Upon hearing this, Itachi glanced at his partner indifferently and nodded slightly, neither confirming nor denying: "It's alright."
Kisame was even more puzzled upon seeing this and was about to ask further when Itachi had already suppressed his smile, looked thoughtfully in the direction of Konoha Village, and said in a low voice, "I'm going to start investigating Konoha."
Before he finished speaking, he sat down cross-legged on the spot, quickly formed a mudra with his hands, closed his eyes, and quickly entered a state of concentration.
"Uh... okay, sure."
Kisame was taken aback by Itachi's eagerness and could only nod blankly.
Seeing that his partner was no longer paying attention to him, he shrugged, temporarily suppressing his many questions, turned around, picked up Samehada, and stood aside to keep watch for Itachi.
Kisame leaned against a tree trunk, his gaze sweeping across the surrounding woods, while he kept muttering to himself.
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