The Country of Fire, Konoha Village.

In the afternoon, Uchiha Fugaku returned home.

What greeted her was the worried expression of Uchiha Mikoto and the seemingly calm but caring eyes of their eldest son, Uchiha Itachi.

"Anada, how is the situation?" Uchiha Mikoto asked impatiently when her husband came back.

"There are no changes to that door at the moment." Uchiha Fugaku replied, "I will continue to go there after dinner. Mikoto, please help prepare some rice balls. I will eat them when I am hungry when I am on guard at night." Although ninjas are used to eating military food pills.

, but since he is in the village and can go home occasionally, there is no need to torture his appetite. Moreover, he knows very well that his wife is very worried about him, so this can be regarded as giving her some comfort in disguise.

As expected——

Uchiha Mikoto immediately nodded hurriedly and said, "Okay, I'm going to prepare now." Then she stood up pressing the table and trotted towards the kitchen.

Uchiha Fugaku: "..." It's too early to prepare dinner now, right?

But he didn't stop his wife in the end, he just sighed in his heart, then looked at his eldest son Itachi, who was still kneeling at the table, and asked: "Where is Sasuke?"

His eldest son Uchiha Itachi, now nine years old;

The second son Sasuke is now four years old.

The former can be said to be his pride. He entered school at the age of six, graduated at the age of seven, and opened the Sharingan at the age of eight. Although he is only nine years old this year, he has already pushed the difficult-to-cultivate Sharingan to the level of three magatama, which is on par with his father.

together.

There is a real future to look forward to.

Although the position of Uchiha clan leader is no longer hereditary, looking at his peers, how many people can rival Itachi?

This is something that Uchiha Fugaku is quite proud of. Of course, due to his personality, it is impossible for him to say these words. It will only be more severe to the eldest son, put more pressure on him, and place more on him.

hope.

As for the second son Sasuke, he is only four years old now. Unlike his eldest son who was brought to the battlefield at the age of four, Uchiha Fugaku adopted a more indulgent and laissez-faire attitude toward his second son. After all, Itachi is already good enough, so,

As the second son, it’s okay for Sasuke to relax a little. Of course, he still has to study hard after entering the ninja school. After all, his child is destined to become a ninja. Without enough skills, he will easily fail in missions or on the battlefield.

Death on top.

Uchiha Itachi replied: "Sasuke has been training hard for a long time after lunch and is really a little tired, so I will let him sleep for a while."

"You are too indulgent towards Sasuke." Uchiha Fugaku frowned and said, "How can any ninja just go to bed when he is tired?"

"I understand, father." Uchiha Itachi, who stopped his back and knelt on the ground, lowered his eyes and responded submissively. But did he call his brother? He didn't.

He can be scolded, but his brother still has to sleep.

Uchiha Fugaku did not struggle too much on this issue. What the eldest son did was obviously incorrect, but the second son still had to continue sleeping.

There is no doubt that although the father and son have poor daily communication, they still have a tacit understanding in subtle ways.

"Father," Uchiha Itachi asked, "is there really nothing unusual about that door?" He suspected that his father had lied just now because he did not want to make his mother worry.

A few days ago.

A wooden door suddenly appeared out of thin air in the suburbs of Konoha Village.

That's right, it's a door.

It looks no different from an ordinary wooden door, except for its shape, color, pattern and the door lock inlaid in the middle of the right side.

In Itachi Uchiha's opinion, this was like an arbitrary door in a comic. But he couldn't say this to his father and others, because he still needed to explain what comic it was and why he wanted to read it.

Very troublesome.

And it can be embarrassing.

At least, my father would not understand that such an excellent eldest son would waste his time reading boring novels.

Back to business.

That door is very strange. It exists there, but it seems to exist in another time and space. People can see it but cannot touch it, let alone grab the door lock and open it.

Regardless of whether you throw weapons, ninjutsu, direct physical attacks at it, or simply walk towards it, you will pass through it directly.

In short, this is a door that seems to exist but actually does not seem to exist in this world at all.

Although it seems that there is no danger at present, it suddenly appeared in Konoha Village. Who knows whether this is a conspiracy of some villages or some forces outside the village? After all, the Konoha family has a great cause, the tree is big and attracts wind, and there are many problems in the village.

There are countless civilians living there...if something happens, the damage could be huge.

Under this circumstance, the village urgently conducted an investigation on the door.

However, the only conclusion reached in the end was——

There are strange space-time fluctuations around it.

"A group of people have been investigating for so long and can they only come to this conclusion?!"

At the village meeting, Danzo Shimura was very excited. Apart from anything else, he did still have feelings for Konoha. And, by chance, this door appeared above the root headquarters. So, he couldn't blame it.

He couldn't sleep day and night, worried and entangled.

The third generation smoked the cigarette rod "click, click, click". Although it was inappropriate, he wanted to laugh a little, because to him, his old teammate looked like a hyena with its tail stepped on, ugly and miserable.

"All departments in Konoha have been studying it day and night." He finally comforted him, "But you have to give them some time."

"Ha..." Danzo Shimura sneered, "A bunch of drunkards and ricebags can't even understand a mere door."

The third generation coughed dryly: "Duanzo, I've said it before." Don't forget, they both had studied around that door before, so these words brought them both in at once.

Danzo Shimura: "..." Tsk.

So the current decision for the door is——

First, relocate residents living nearby;

This point is not difficult, after all, no dogs will be left where Danzo Shimura stays.

Well, the main reason is that the roots don’t allow outsiders besides themselves to be around.

Secondly, Konoha's analysis department continues to study the door in shifts, striving to get the results as soon as possible;

Third, this magical door may be a danger or an opportunity, and for this reason, it has been included in the "Key Supervision" project.

It is definitely impossible to say that Danzo Shimura had nothing in mind, but it is a pity that the day this door appeared, it can be said that "thousands of golden lights erupted from the place", alarming the whole village in one breath

People, it can be said that they have been unable to hide it for a long time.

It is precisely for this reason that the personnel currently guarding this door are composed of three parties——

Roots, Anbu, and the Konoha Police Department led by the Uchiha clan.

To be fair, Uchiha Fugaku did not want to get involved in this muddy water. However, like many times in the past, he could not resist any orders from the village even if he was dissatisfied, so he could only lead his subordinates.

Careful supervision in shifts day and night.

At this moment, facing the eldest son's inquiry...

He said: "Itachi, I can't tell you the specific details of my responsibilities. However, there is really no problem at the moment."

"...Father," Uchiha Itachi pursed his lower lip and suggested, "otherwise, let me join the police department, so that I can guard that door with you."

Many young people from the Uchiha clan have almost just graduated from the ninja school, and they naturally join the Uchiha Police Department, which is controlled by the clan. As the son of the clan leader, Uchiha Itachi entered school at the age of six and graduated at the age of seven, and then went around as a ninja.

Running around and completing countless tasks, he can now be said to be a well-known "genius in the village". It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a young genius. However, he did not join the Konoha Police Department, which also made the people in the village

Some people criticized him quite a bit.

"No." Uchiha Fugaku rejected the eldest son's proposal as always, "Your future may not be in the police department before the time comes."

He has high expectations for his eldest son.

In other words, every time he sees such an outstanding eldest son, Uchiha Fugaku will think of an equally outstanding elder in the clan——

Uchiha mirror.

He was accepted as a disciple by the Nidaime-sama Senju Tobirama, and he grew up rapidly, and finally became the bridge between the village and Uchiha.

The current Sandaime Hokage is the sect member of Kagami-senpai. If the latter had not died, the Uchiha clan would never be in this situation.

Itachi's appearance gave Uchiha Fugaku hope again.

The eldest son is so outstanding that it is natural for him to be noticed by the village. If he can be reused by the higher-ups, then...

Maybe?

Maybe Itachi can once again become the bridge between the village and Uchiha, and properly change everything that his father was unable to change?

All in all, he had very high expectations for Itachi.

So before that, he would neither relax the training of his eldest son nor cut off his future.

As for the cold looks Itachi received within the clan because of this...

He really couldn't do anything, because those secret thoughts were only a slim possibility at present and could not be expressed in words. But as the saying goes, "Those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters." Itachi is so smart and outstanding, but he has always been silent and reserved.

Presumably he won't pay too much attention to those gossips.

Uchiha Fugaku thinks so.

"...I understand." Uchiha Itachi's eyes dimmed, but he didn't say anything. He just lowered his head as usual and said submissively.
To be continued...