[Naruto·Itachi bg] A clear spring

"Izumi Uchiha, 8 years old, fifth grader at Konoha Ninja School, Sharingan Magatama II. She disappeared four days ago. The person who reported her was her mother who lives with her."

"Izumi?" Because the names were so similar, the two teenagers were really frightened.

"My name is Izumi. My mother married outside. After the Nine-Tails Rebellion, my father died, so I changed my surname and moved back to the clan." Uchiha Fugaku glanced at his eldest son who was obviously confused, "Itachi, I mentioned to you before that he is very talented. That girl."

"Well," Confused turned to confirmation, Uchiha Itachi breathed a sigh of relief, "I have an impression. Did Izumi's team say when they will be back?"

"Itachi, the duration of the mission out of the village is uncertain. Their team is directly under the Third Hokage. Although the missions they perform are difficult, most of them are safe. After all, the teacher leading the team is Sarutobi Kino." The eldest son of the Third Hokage, if it were not for the marriage, the father and son If there is a dispute, the next Hokage has already been decided.

"Excuse me...is there any similarity between this girl's disappearance and my mother's?" Uchiha Shisui continued to ask.

"Keiko, like this girl, is one of the few open-eyed women in the clan. They disappeared at the same time, and they both disappeared suddenly without any signs. They may have been kidnapped by someone." Uchiha Fugaku also frowned, rarely. "There are fewer Uchiha women with open eyes than men, and they are more important in blood inheritance."

Unlike the Hyuga clan who are born with Byakugan, the Uchiha clan's Sharingan ability is related to blood concentration.

Women of the Uchiha clan are treated differently depending on whether they have eyes open or not.Women who have opened their eyes will be kept in the clan and given high priority, and will eventually marry men with opened eyes in the clan to ensure the bloodline inheritance of the Sharingan. Women who cannot open their eyes are mostly married to commoners in the clan or as marriage partners.

"But my mother is not in good health. What's the point of catching her?" Zhishui really couldn't figure out the other party's intention of kidnapping.

"Since it's a kidnapping, it will definitely leave traces. Can we go to the scene and take a look?" Uchiha Itachi's idea is very simple. Don't worry about the purpose of kidnapping, just follow the traces and you can always find it.

The small and old house stood quietly in a remote place in the Uchiha clan. If someone hadn't led the way, no one would have noticed the mother and daughter living here.

"The patriarch is here, ahem -" behind the door was a face that had been sick for a long time, "is... is there any news about Izumi?" Uchiha Hazuki was dejected when he only talked about his caring daughter. His eyes lit up.

"Not yet. Let's take a look at her room today. Maybe we can get some clues." Uchiha Fugaku explained his purpose.

The small wooden house with two bedrooms and one living room looked very shabby in the land of the Uchiha clan.

Although dilapidated, it is very simple.

After entering, there is a living room. In addition to the dining table, there are also two photos hanging on the wall.

The brown-haired little girl gradually grew from a 5-year-old doted on by her parents to a 7-year-old mother and daughter dependent on each other.

"This is... Izumi?" Looking at these two photos, Uchiha Fugaku was a little confused.

Why do they look so similar?

Izumi is the only bloodline of Akira Uchiha. Unbeknownst to her mother, she looked like this when she was brought back when she was over 5 years old.

In Uchiha Fugaku's eyes, except for the difference in age, the two were exactly the same.

"Is this a recent photo?" Uchiha Itachi stood in front of the largest photo and looked at it carefully. He couldn't remember what Izumi looked like when he was 5 years old, but this 7-year-old photo was very similar to the Uchiha Izumi he remembered. similar.

Only the look in his eyes is different.

The 7-year-old Quan has gentleness and tenacity in her eyes. She is a big sister who can comfort him, guide him, and warm him.

The girl in this photo has sadness and weakness in her eyes.

It was similar to the Uchiha Izumi in his memory but not exactly the same.

If Quan was such a classmate, would he still like her?

meeting.

The affirmative answer came from the bottom of his heart. Uchiha Itachi was startled and quickly moved away from the photo.

That photo seemed to have some magic power, and there were some strange fragments in his mind.

But it was only for a moment, Uchiha Itachi quickly calmed down.

Uchiha Izumi and Uchiha Izumi are different people.

He didn't hesitate when he made his choice, and he shouldn't think about it now.

"Yes, it was taken a year ago. Izumi became a little strange after she had a high fever. She liked to stay in the house alone, write and draw, occasionally go out to meet friends, and study and train hard. That day... cough cough cough, Likewise, she was very happy and said that she was almost finished writing her book, so she locked herself in her room after lunch. I went to call her during dinner, but she was gone."

The closed bedroom door on the second floor was opened, the window was locked, and there were no traces of movement. It was a very ordinary girl's bedroom. There was a ball of fire ashes in the middle of the open space, and there were a few pieces of white paper and pens on the table.

"The room has not been touched?" Uchiha Fugaku turned around and found no abnormal signs.

Uchiha Hazuki shook her head, "After the report was made that day, the room was closed and never opened again. I was always in the living room. If Izumi, the child, went out on her own, I would know." Thinking that his only daughter, who depended on each other for life, was so inexplicable. After hearing the news, Uchiha Hazuki coughed until her face turned red, "Ahem, cough, cough - cough, clan leader, tell me where will Izumi go?"

"Does your daughter have anyone she likes or is a good friend?" Uchiha Shisui asked, thinking that this little girl might have secretly met someone without telling her mother.

But if he didn't come home for three days and there was no news, something must have happened.

"The person I like..." Uchiha Hazuki glanced at Uchiha Itachi who was browsing in front of his daughter's desk, and shook his head, "No more, and there will be no more after that. There is one good friend who often hangs out, no. Clan people.”

"Who is it?" Uchiha Shisui felt that he had found a breakthrough.

"Auntie, is Izumi here? I'm here to see you." There was a knock on the door downstairs, and a voice that Shisui was very familiar with.

It was Fujiwara Reiko carrying a basket of fruits and new clothes.

"Lizi?"

"Shisui? Are you coming to see Aunt Hazuki too?" Fujiwara Reiko was about to step forward to hold his hand. After expressing her feelings, the two of them behaved much bolder.

"It's Reiko... Izumi is missing, cough cough cough... Do you know where she is?" Uchiha Hazuki seemed to see hope. After returning to the clan, Izumi didn't have many friends, and Reiko was the one with whom she was the most frequent and closest. One, maybe...

"Aunt... Izumi, Izumi is missing?" After hearing the news, Fujiwara Reiko felt as if she was struck by lightning. She couldn't recover and even the fruit basket fell to the ground.

"The disappearance of Izumi has been reported to the Konoha Security Bureau. I am the leader of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Fugaku. Please tell me everything you know in detail."

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"That's it. Izumi and I met a year ago. We quickly became good friends because...we have the same interests and hobbies. She and I made an appointment to visit her home today."

"The last time you saw her was five days ago? Was there anything unusual about her at that time?"

Fujiwara Reiko lowered her head uneasily, and shook her head after a moment, "Izumi is very happy, saying that... the new storybook has been updated again, and she asked me to come and read it together today."

"Is this what you are looking at?" Uchiha Itachi, who had been studying it under the sun for a long time, handed over a piece of white paper. "There are no books in the room, only a pile of burned ashes. This white paper is placed underneath. There are some marks. Can you understand the words on it?"

Hearing the word ashes, Fujiwara Reiko was stunned for a moment, but quickly took the white paper and looked at it carefully in the sunlight.

It seemed like a long time, but also seemed like only a few minutes had passed.

Fujiwara Reiko lowered her head and handed the paper back, "I'm sorry, there are no marks on this paper, I can't see it."

Hearing this, Itachi Uchiha took the white paper and looked at it carefully. The thin white paper was smooth and traceless through the sunlight. There were no traces of the few words he saw just now.

"No." Uchiha Itachi nodded, looked at his father and shook his head.

The visit yielded nothing but increased despair in the girl's mother's eyes.

Because there was no one at home and the scene of the disappearance had to be kept intact, Shisui's home had been handed over to the Konoha Security Bureau for some time.

The Uchiha clan leader's family has an additional diner.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was very dull. Except for the ignorant little Sasuke who was babbling, the adults were eating and drinking quietly.

Little Sasuke was fussy for a while and felt a little tired. He held on to his brother's hand and tried to sleep on it.

"Sasuke, be good. Brother, I have something to do. Can I go back and sleep with you later?" After kissing Sasuke's fragrant little face, Uchiha Itachi forcefully released his hand.

Little Sasuke's big eyes were dazzling, and he shed tears due to sleepiness. He was a little aggrieved, "Brother, brother, hurry up... Sasuke is waiting for you."

"Okay." He gently touched Sasuke's frizzy black hair and motioned for his mother to take Sasuke away.

Seeing his clingy young son and his wife finally leaving, Uchiha Fugaku took a sip of herbal tea and felt even more bitter.

Two Uchiha women are missing. This matter is big or small, and I don't know what the outcome will be.

"I don't think the disappearances of these two people are the same."

It was rare to hear his eldest son share his insights, so Uchiha Fugaku motioned for him to continue.

"Uchiha Izumi suddenly disappeared at home, and there was no trace of intrusion. And Aunt Keiko went out on her own and did not come back."

"Yes." After hearing Itachi's analysis, Uchiha Shisui remembered the key point, "Mother said that we should cook and eat dinner together, so she won't go far. She must have encountered something suddenly."

"Aunt Keiko, have you been busy with anything recently?"

After thinking for a long time, there is still no answer.

Uchiha Shisui felt that he cared too little about his mother.

Quan is taking care of her mother's body, and the two of them talk a lot. After Quan got married, her mother must have been... even more lonely.

"Mom... she understands that I am busy with work and the two of us don't have the same time. I haven't talked to her for a long time. Quan may know more."

Daughters are always more considerate than sons. His mother once told him with a smile that if Quan got married, he would marry another mother and she would not be lonely.

"How about writing a letter to Koizumi and asking?" Uchiha Fugaku thought this was the best way.

"If your family writes something, it can be expedited. Just say...we were newly married and you miss her so much." Looking at his eldest son who was motionless, Uchiha Fugaku suddenly had a bad intention.

"I know, I will write it." Uchiha Itachi nodded, avoided their eyes, and went back to the house.

I do miss her and worry about her.

I feel a little uncomfortable, so I might as well ask to put my mind at ease.

Late at night, the lights in Uchiha Itachi's room finally went out.

It was my first time writing a letter to someone, and it actually took me so long to write. I hope she is safe and well.

After hugging little Sasuke who was sleeping soundly in his arms, Uchiha Itachi also began to fall asleep.

In the silent night, the peace of the Uchiha clan was broken by a scream in the middle of the night.

In the dense forest of the tribe, crows flew in fright, and panic and fear spread among the civilians.