Naruto: All depends on Kyuubi C

The sunset gradually disappeared, and the moonlight fell on the land.

The Uchiha brothers, who had been training all afternoon, sat in the courtyard to enjoy the cool weather after eating a delicious dinner cooked by their mother.

Sasuke was half lying down, looking up at the moon, with a contented look on his face. He felt very satisfied with the afternoon practice. When he was about to chat with his brother, he found that Uchiha Itachi beside him had left at some point. , leaving him alone here looking at the moon.

Uchiha Itachi, who left, was currently in his father's room at home.

In Uchiha Itachi's impression, ever since his father took him away from the battlefield, he would give himself a code that neither his mother nor his brother could understand at the dinner table, and ask him to come to the room to discuss some topics in secret. .

"Did you meet the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki today?"

Uchiha Fugaku, the biological father of Itachi and Sasuke, is also the leader of the Uchiha clan. He himself is a slightly majestic character.

"Yes."

"He is the subject of special care in the village. Once you interact with him, all your actions will be monitored by the Anbu." Uchiha Fugaku looked at his son with his head lowered and said in a deep voice, "We, the Uchiha clan, have it easy. To attract the attention of the village, you must try to minimize such behavior that may attract the attention of the Hokage and others."

"Yes."

"Well, Itachi, you have been a sensible child since you were a child, and I am very confident about you." Fugaku's expression softened slightly after seeing Itachi's feedback, "Our clan has been involved in the Nine-Tails Rebellion because of the Sharingan. The biggest suspicion has always been on us. It’s okay in other areas, but things related to the Kyuubi must be cleared away, and I still have a task to give you. "

"Mission?" Uchiha Itachi raised his head and looked at his father. The latter looked at his son and slowly said, "Go join the ANBU, Itachi."

Anbu.

Each major ninja village has a set of special troops directly under each Kage, which are different from the general ratings of genin, chunin, and jounin.In this era, ninjas are more of a force rented by major ninja villages and can serve all walks of life.

But Anbu is different. Joining Anbu means abandoning one's name and identity, becoming a sharp knife that only listens to the orders of the top leaders of the Ninja Village, and no longer has self-awareness.

Uchiha Itachi naturally understood what ANBU was, but he didn't understand why his father asked him to do this.

The Uchiha clan is the largest family in Konoha Village, both in terms of strength and history of Konoha Village, but what does not match their reputation is their status in Konoha Village.

The Uchiha clan is responsible for the security work in the village, but this security work is just a cover. Because of the existence of ninjas, most of the security commissions are actually carried out by the ninja mission system of the Konoha Hokage's office.

The Uchiha clan's security force is more of a "playing bad guys" official business. Many offending or unpleasant tasks will fall to the Uchiha clan to handle, and this also leads to conflicts between them and other people in the village. The relationship became increasingly tense.

In this situation, as the clan leader, his father would emphasize calmness and forbearance at every clan meeting, and not to be a show-off, lest he cause more trouble.

But now his father asked him to join ANBU?

"Itachi, you have always been smart. You should understand that the current environment that the family is in is too passive." As if he could see what Itachi was thinking, Fugaku explained, "The war is over, and there will be a period of peace. The strength of young people in the clan will continue to increase. But with more people, there will be less food. We, the Uchiha clan, are wary of the top management of Konoha, so they will inevitably continue to weaken the family's influence in the village. The most intuitive thing is I have submitted requests more than once to increase the number of places within the clan that can participate in the ninja assessment, but they have always been rejected."

"After all, the security force is only responsible for the village. If the ninja cannot go out to experience, then he will definitely become a heretic in the long run." Uchiha Fugaku saw that Itachi seemed to have thought of something, and tapped the ground with his finger, "We need someone who can You know what the adults in the Hokage's office are thinking."

spy.

This word instantly appeared in Uchiha Itachi's mind.

This is a common term on the battlefield, and it can almost become another synonym for ninja.

Did his father hope that after he joined the ANBU, he could directly pass the orders from the Hokage to the ANBU back to the family?Has the conflict within the clan reached this level at this time?

At this moment, the boy who was only 4 years older than Naruto was no longer thinking about issues his peers were considering. He realized what was hidden behind the task his father had assigned him.

But Itachi still didn't show any change in his expression, and just replied calmly: "...Yes."

At this time, when his father originally mentioned the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, he wanted to bring up the topic of Naruto's beautiful shuriken skills, but he also secretly hid it in his heart.

The boy who accepted the mission of his family to become an ANBU spy, his mind was already occupied by many conjectures. At this time, he did not expect that his father had said that the other party was the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki who was under strict guard. How did you master shuriken?

After the conversation, Uchiha Itachi bowed respectfully to his father, and then walked backwards out of his father's room. During this period, he did not raise his head to look into his father's eyes.

Although it couldn't be seen from his expression, Itachi felt depressed at the moment. He wanted to find someone to talk to but knew that these things couldn't be talked about, so he walked back to the courtyard and saw the little figure. Subconsciously he shouted: "Sasuke, you..."

Uchiha Itachi's voice stopped suddenly, and what he saw was his brother who had fallen asleep on the ground.

His eyes softened, he shook his head to hold it up, looked at the bright moonlight above his head, turned around and took Sasuke back to the house to sleep, and then left the house.

Next to the street lamp along the street, Uchiha Itachi used his shuriken to lightly draw a mark on the street lamp without leaving any trace without being noticed by passers-by. That was the secret signal he left behind.

After completing this step, he was like a child going out for a walk after dinner, with a relaxed expression. When he walked to a dark corner where no one was around, a familiar voice sounded behind him.

"Why are you so anxious to find me?"

Uchiha Shisui, who was both his teacher and friend, was right behind him, smiling softly.