"Teacher Lin Yu, what should I do!"
"Not yet, Shisui, I have a few questions for you."
Lin Yu pulled Shisui into a small grove and, ensuring Itachi couldn't hear their conversation, said,
"Shisui, what do you think of Itachi?"
Shisui gave Lin Yu a strange look and replied, "Itachi has high talent and is diligent and hardworking. He's also very polite to people..."
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Lin Yu was helpless. "I'm not asking you to list Itachi's good points. I'm asking you, Shisui, how do you feel about Itachi?"
"My feelings for Itachi?"
Shisui thought for a long time, glanced at Itachi in the distance, and shook his head. "I don't know how to put it. I only know that Itachi has become an indispensable part of my life!"
"..."
Are the men in the ninja world so precocious? This is good, it saves half the problems.
"Shisui, I need to tell you something!"
Lin Yu's expression turned serious. "This concerns Itachi's life, and you must treat it with utmost care!"
"What!"
"Teacher Lin Yu, tell me, I will never let Itachi get hurt!"
Lin Yu and Shisui whispered in the woods, their discussion lasting until noon.
...
"Itachi, here, have some lunch."
Shisui landed beside Itachi, his expression gentle as he handed him a bento box. He then sat down and ate lunch with Itachi.
"Thank you, Brother Shisui!"
Shisui smiled and shook his head, softly saying, "Itachi, I just received word that Lord Danzo has summoned me. I might have to train by yourself this afternoon."
"Danzo?"
Itachi frowned and set his bento aside, recalling information about Danzo.
Itachi knew something about Danzo. He was ruthless and cruel. He served as an advisor during the Third Hokage's reign but voluntarily retired and went into the shadows after the Fourth Hokage took office.
If the Hokage represented the bright side of Konoha, then Danzo was the executioner hidden in the darkness.
The reason Itachi had investigated Danzo was Danzo's extremely poor, even hostile, attitude towards their Uchiha clan.
What intentions could this man, who held such strong opinions about the Uchiha, have in summoning Shisui?
*Plink!*
"What are you thinking about! Eat up!"
Shisui couldn't help but tap Itachi's head. He couldn't let Itachi continue thinking like this. His acting skills weren't that good, and if he blew their cover, it would be over!
"Brother Shisui, Danzo... I'm worried..."
"Don't worry, you know my strength. If I want to leave, no one can stop me!"
"Brother Shisui..."
Shisui said, "If you're truly worried, then let's meet at the Naka River tonight."
Seeing Shisui's firm expression, and recalling his unparalleled Body Flicker Technique, Itachi's worries began to subside.
He then looked at Shisui with secret admiration, thinking that Brother Shisui must be very tired living for the clan and the village!
I must also share some of the burden for Brother Shisui!
With that thought, Itachi swallowed all the rice balls, declared, "I'm going to train!" and once again plunged into his self-absorbed training.
Shisui picked up the bento box, smiled, and murmured, "Itachi, this is all for your own good. Don't blame me!"
...
Hokage's Office.
"What?! Send me to the Cloud Village? Minato, are you sure?"
Lin Yu sat on the Hokage's desk, incredulously grabbing Minato's collar. Do you know how difficult it is to get a lazy bum out of the house!
"Ahem, Senior Lin Yu, let go. I'm the Hokage now!"
"What good is the Hokage? You're still my pawn!"
"Hush! At least I'm the Hokage of Konoha, show some respect!"
Lin Yu tossed a rental application onto the desk. "Set up a perimeter of ten kilometers around the Naka River. I've rented it!"
Minato Namikaze frowned. "That's the Uchiha clan's territory, I..."
Minato Namikaze opened the rental application and saw it!
The rental fee was 0. Stingy!
"You're the Hokage! Who's in charge in Konoha? You, Minato Namikaze, are in charge! What does the Uchiha matter! Just find an excuse for ANBU training to seal off the area for four or five hours. That place is barren anyway, nobody goes there!"
Minato Namikaze's face was grim. Who was it that was grabbing his collar just now!
"What about the mission to the Cloud Village?"
Lin Yu waved his hand and turned to leave. "The Cloud Village? Too lazy to go! But you have to handle this for me!"
Just as Minato Namikaze was about to flip the table, Lin Yu's voice drifted back.
"If this works out, there will be a candidate for the envoy to the Cloud Village! He's not abducting my child, why should I worry!"
*Bang!*
The door was slammed shut. Minato Namikaze pondered, perhaps he should change the door to a pull-handle type, then no one would be able to slam it.
...
Minato Namikaze's arrangement was just the first layer of security. After all, it was a mission, so Lin Yu personally went to investigate the area around the Naka River.
After all, if some unlucky person saw them acting, they would have to be invited to the Pure Land for a big meal.
"Teacher Lin Yu, do we really have to gouge out an eye? What if it can't be put back!"
Shisui thought about his eyeballs being removed soon, and he still felt a bit timid. It wasn't that he was afraid.
It was just that this was an act, so why gouge out an eyeball! Can't a knife to the chest do?
"My skills! Don't worry, it will be exactly the same as your original!"
Lin Yu patted his chest and guaranteed. What a joke, just transplanting eyeballs, it's a minor surgery!
Don't forget, his old profession was a medical ninja!
"But..."
Shisui hesitated for a long time before asking, "Why are you, Teacher Lin Yu, disguised as Danzo? Is there a special reason for this?"
"Ahem, this is called authenticity!"
Lin Yu transformed into Danzo's appearance and patted Shisui's back, laughing. "There's a plot, complete characters, and a persona. The acting will be more realistic. Otherwise, you'll surely be exposed!"
"After all, Itachi is quite intelligent!"
"That's true..."
Although Shisui felt an unspeakable strangeness when "Danzo" patted his shoulder with a smile, he still suppressed the urge to attack "Danzo" and said,
"Teacher Lin Yu, why did you wrap your right eye with bandages? I remember Danzo..."
"Here! Because this is the reason for your failure. As for whether the real Danzo wears bandages, I don't care!"
Lin Yu suddenly realized that he had been in Konoha for so many years and had never formally met Danzo. He had only seen Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi go fishing together a few times. Had Danzo changed his ways?
"Teacher Lin Yu, you're not telling me anything. How am I supposed to act well later!"
Lin Yu turned to face Shisui and said seriously, "You don't need to act, this is your true self. Just tell Itachi what's in your heart!"
"Okay, okay."
Shisui looked at the old face in front of him, forcing himself to suppress the urge to fight.
I really want to throw a couple of punches!