The person who came wore black tight-fitting clothes, his face covered by a tanuki mask, with a shoulder-length ponytail tied back, and a longsword carried on his back. It was an Anbu. Seeing the incomer's attire clearly, Jokichi's heart skipped a beat. Why would someone from the Anbu infiltrate my room? Was my secret discovered, or was there some other reason? Is this person from the Anbu or Root? Jokichi's eyes darted around, his brain working rapidly, carefully recalling his actions over the recent period. He had not engaged in any suspicious behavior!
Right at this moment, that person suddenly moved. His right toe tapped lightly on the ground, his body like swift lightning, darting in front of him in the blink of an eye. The longsword on his back was already drawn, slashing straight down at Jokichi's center. So fast! Jokichi was startled in his heart, not having time to think much. The Nine-Tails' chakra quickly wrapped around his right hand, able to block in front of his body.
"Clang!"
Metal clashed, sparks flew, and the sword was firmly grabbed by the palm wrapped in chakra. That person's pupils shrank slightly, and he said indifferently, "Nine-Tails' chakra, why do you have this kind of thing?"
"Rashly appearing in my house, yet asking this kind of question..." Jokichi violently crushed the sword blade. Taking advantage of the momentary loss of balance as the forces canceled out, his left hand, also wrapped in Nine-Tails' chakra, clawed at that person's abdomen.
"Bang!"
That person's right foot tapped violently on the ground, shattering the solid thick wooden floor. His entire body flew backward, with fragments of clothes and blood drifting in the air. Five bloodstains were clawed onto his waist and abdomen by the sharp claws.
He dodged it! Jokichi was slightly stunned. One must know, his age itself was deceptive. At this moment, under the enhancement of the Nine-Tails' chakra, he erupted with power and speed no less than a Jonin. Such a sudden attack, even a Jonin would not have time to react. But he dodged it. This person was either a ninja of Hatake Kakashi's level or above, or he knew in advance that he could erupt with such power. But he did not completely avoid the attack. If he knew in advance that he could erupt with such power, it was impossible not to be prepared. Therefore, the guy in front of him was the former situation.
This guy is a master. Jokichi became even more vigilant in his heart. The Mangekyo opened, his irises turning blood-red, with three tomoe slowly spinning inside, and golden chakra emerging on the surface of his body. Making full preparations, Jokichi asked again, "Who exactly are you?"
That person did not answer. His right hand covered his wound, and his eyes looking at Jokichi shrank for a while. Shock! This was the emotion Jokichi read from the other party's eyes. But even under violently fluctuating emotions, he still did not have any extreme reactions. This guy is very calm-headed. Jokichi's level of attention to this person in his heart rose another notch.
"Do you think no one knows about the things you did sneakily?" that person suddenly spoke, his voice plain, making it impossible to judge the owner's emotions from it. Jokichi's face did not change, but his heart skipped a beat fiercely. He only did one thing sneakily, and that was looking for special materials to forge special items. Could it be that my ability to forge special items was discovered by someone? No, if he knew I could forge special items, he would not be so surprised after seeing the Nine-Tails' chakra and the Mangekyo. This guy is bluffing me.
Jokichi sneered coldly, just about to expose his trick, but unexpectedly that person continued, "A month ago, at the 39th Training Ground." As soon as these words came out, it was like a sudden clap of thunder, setting off monstrous waves in Jokichi's heart.
"You were peeping in the dark at that time!?" Jokichi pointed at this person in disbelief, his eyes perfectly round. But in the next second, he realized he had been fooled. If this guy was peeping in the dark at that time, how could he be so surprised by his Nine-Tails' chakra and Mangekyo. Either things had already reached the end when he came, or it was a trap casually set based on the intelligence that he frequently trained at the 39th Training Ground. In other words, these words that seemed to be a reminder were still bluffing him.
Sure enough, Jokichi saw a thoughtful look on that person's eye hole on the tanuki mask. Compared to these experienced ninja, I am still too green. Jokichi took a deep breath, his brain gradually calming down. He had already decided that he would not answer this guy any more words, and secretly resolved to catch him. He needed to know exactly what this guy's background was and what his intention was in coming here. Under the Mangekyo Sharingan, no one could keep a secret.
Seeming to feel Jokichi's change. That person put his attention back on Jokichi and said indifferently, "I have no malicious intent, I just discovered some surprising things and wanted to verify them." Jokichi sneered coldly and did not respond. That person did not mind either, still using a flat tone and said, "I know you will not believe me, so let's both take a step back and calm down first. When you calm down, I will come find you again."
Saying that, he brought the index and middle fingers of his right hand together and held them vertically in front of his body.
"Thinking of running, it is not that easy!" The Nine-Tails' chakra spawned two giant hands from his shoulders, grabbing towards that person as fast as the wind. Facing the menacing giant chakra hands, that person did not panic in the slightest. He smiled slightly at Jokichi and said, "Giving you a well-intentioned reminder, sometimes, even if you say nothing, you will still expose a lot of information."
After saying that, with a bang, he turned into smoke and disappeared into the room.
"Bang, bang!" The giant chakra hands passed through the smoke and punched through the wall. Through the hole, Jokichi saw an agile figure flipping up and down on the street, and in just a moment, disappeared from his field of vision.
"What are you making noise for in the middle of the night!" The roar of the neighbor aunt came from next door. Jokichi, who was just preparing to chase after him, hesitated and put away the Nine-Tails' chakra, then gave a harmless awkward laugh, "Ah haha, I was training, sorry, sorry."
"It is Jokichi! It is the middle of the night, go to sleep!"
"Okay, okay."
Seeing the lights next door turn off through the window, Jokichi sighed in relief. The commotion just now had already attracted the neighbor's attention. If he wore the Nine-Tails' cloak to chase people, it would definitely be known by everyone. If he did not use the Nine-Tails' chakra, he could not catch up, so he gave up the chase. At least, judging from that person's tone, he was not someone under the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzo, nor was he the kind of guy who was completely assured of Konoha. Moreover...
"Thinking that if I do not chase, I would not know who you are?" Jokichi chuckled, took out the Book of Omniscience from the system space, and opened it. A virtual map of Konoha was projected a finger's distance above the pages of the book, densely packed with light spheres on it. Most of the light spheres stood still, but some were moving. Jokichi found the map near himself, and a light sphere was moving away from here at an astonishing speed.
"Found you." A smile emerged on Jokichi's face, and then he reached out and pointed at that light sphere. A picture immediately emerged above the light sphere. In the picture, a person wearing black Anbu clothes, wearing a tanuki mask, and with a scratched abdomen was moving quickly. The ponytail tied behind his head flew high with his rapid movement. A name was also displayed on that light sphere.
Uchiha Itachi.