Chapter 9

Itachi walked down the street to the gate that led to the beast glade. To get in, he knew he had to need an adventurer's license, but he didn't want to bother with that so he plunged the guards into a Genjutsu and then did the same for those who were there other side of the gate.

After that, he went straight deep into the forest, but not very much either.

"Mikoto, you seem excited, you can get stronger by eating other mana beasts. I'll leave you here, if there's a problem, you can just tell me with the mark. We'll see you in 2 or 3 years if I decide to stay longer. I have to master the skills of the Mangekyou Sharingan and my skills with the Kusanagi sword. Beast will will be more easily controlled with the Mangekyou because I can see the Eather's purple particles with it." He activated his Mangekyou Sharingan which had the same symbol as his previous life.

"The blindness can be cured by {Rotation Mana} but it doesn't take away the burden on the body so I shouldn't overuse it too much. Now it's time to kill beasts and do dungeons." He activated his Sharingan then took his Kusanagi sword in his right hand and set off to hunt the beasts until time needed...

* Time Skip 2 Years *

A young man was coming out of a cave. This cave was a dungeon, this boy had finished it on his own. Yes, that child is Uchiha Itachi. He had grown a lot. At the age of 12, he was already 1m70, his voice had become more mature despite his young age. He had gained a lot in strength during his expeditions or his training. The control of his deviant elements had become perfect. He could use all of his magics simultaneously if he wanted to, with this he had created combined spells between two or even more elements (not spoil hehe).

He had more or less managed to master his Mangekyou Sharingan abilities but it wasn't perfect. The Tsukoyomi and the Amaterasu were very well usable but he could not use it multiple times, otherwise he will start to damage his body. For the Susanoo, he had only managed to materialize the full version of his Susanoo (the Susanoo he had against Sasuke) for a short while, about a few minutes as it drained a lot of magic to keep him going. In combat, he can use the skeletal version with only two arms, it still won't drain a lot of magic from him, but it is a version that can be used a little longer.

His Kenjutsu had taken a higher step while his mana had passed to perfect control thanks to the Mangekyou. His Taijutsu had always remained the same, His Shurikenjutsu had not changed since he already had a perfect mastery of it. He had better control over the phase of acquiring his will. His limit was now 15 and he had the power to turn time back to a more distant time despite the fact that he still cannot turn back time on the entire world. He had tried to go back in time on a beast he had just killed but it didn't work.

His mana core is on another level, he had already reached the yellow stage and soon the solid stage, some time ago. Its progression advanced to a monster step. He had made a name for himself, according to which a red-eyed demon exterminated all the beasts that were in the forest and even completed solo dungeons with the help of people. His identity is still a secret, but he will soon be revealed to the world as the strongest genius on the entire continent...

"Mikoto. We have to go back to town, I have to go buy new Kunais and Shurikens from a blacksmith, these have become very worn. We will return to this forest by going deeper." Itachi's indifferent voice echoed through the forest and then a dragon several meters tall came to his side.

It was Mikoto, she had grown a lot and gained strength by eating other mana beasts. Their abundant magics were very useful for his development which allowed him to grow very quickly during these 2 years. She could shrink her waist at will to fit on Itachi. Her favorite place was Itachi's head, his sleek black hair was very comfortable for her.

Itachi was going to walk away after Mikoto had settled in but he suddenly felt sources of magic far away fighting against something powerful. Some reminded him of presences he knew. His Sharingan was constantly active thanks to the {Mana Rotation} which gave him magic directly to his eyes which allows him not to use even the slightest drop.

'...Arthur and Jasmine ? They must surely be in a dungeon. They've made a good reputation for themselves, it must be good for them. Some are weakened, maybe they are in difficulty.

I should check out my old acquaintances, it wouldn't hurt before another few months of isolation to get the Susanoo under control.' He disappeared from the place and headed for the magical sources that were located near him.

He didn't have a mask or anything, he didn't bother to hide his face. He had a very beautiful mature face for his age which matched his mature voice when he was only 12 years old. But his height did not go beyond 178 cm after he became an adult. His cold gaze with the Sharingan could send chills to anyone looking at him. He had his maskless ANBU outfit on which he had asked to custom-made after turning 12 while hiding his appearance from the public.

After a few minutes he had found a cave entrance. He had bumped into it while looking at his surroundings. There were a lot of dead mana beasts on the ground that had been killed by magic or a sword. Going deeper into the cave he was in a rather hot rocky area.

He had seen a dead skeleton on the ground, he assumed it was one of the members of their group. But he was obviously leaving when he saw that he was in the opposite direction with his arms outstretched.

He ignored it and continued on his way, he had finally seen another entrance with a landscape of plants and made of crystal inside.

'This is where the magical presences are. This huge dominant presence, is it an S-rank beast ?

I understand. If I hadn't come he would all be dead. I can defeat this mana beast with Susanoo or maybe Amaterasu depending on its makeup.'

He quickly walked towards the entrance.

When he passed the entrance, he saw an elf walking towards him who looked like he was escaping. He looked at his surroundings and saw several injured bodies on the ground including Arthur and Jasmine with burn spots on them.

"I see. So he betrayed them so he could escape because of his pride? How pathetic." He finally showed up in front of him, Lucas looked at Itachi with a mad smile and then was going to attack him too.

"Those who betray their comrades make sure to die a terrible death, you are one of them but I will not kill you. The true nature of you is always revealed before death, attacking me is also some stupid things."

He unsheathed Kusanagi then cut the fire spell that was heading at him into several pieces and then ended up being dispelled.

Lucas stressed and panicked seeing that his curse was dispelled so easily, he was going to prepare for another attack but before he could do so, Itachi threw a Genjutsu at him to bring him to his senses.

"Tsukoyomi" his Mangekyou Sharingan had activated and launched his most powerful Genjutsu which allowed to control the five senses of his opponent to alternate his perception of time and thus, to do what he wants in the illusion for 72 hours.

He inflicted the same torture on him as he did on Kakashi but changing his sentences to repeat "Betraying his companions may turn out to be worse than death". These sentences will traumatize him and make him no longer betray his companions in the future.

After a second, Lucas had passed out to the floor with his eyes white and fear that could be seen on his expression.

"I took care of him. I'm going to heal everyone who's still alive and kill this beast."

Yellow symbols appeared on his forehead and then he stretched out his hand in front of him.

{Jikan no Modori} a purple dome of

15m could have appeared where they were. People with injuries have been treated with phenomenal speed.

Eljiah and Brald were still conscious and saw what happened. They saw that their wound was healing at a very fast rate and then they looked at Itachi. They got chills seeing his Mangekyou Sharingan but they calmed down as he was obviously here to help them.

"Who are you ?" asked Elijah who had become calm again.

The mana beast hadn't attacked right away but had waited for some reason.

"Uchiha Itachi. You can sort of tell that I am the adopted big brother of your 'Note' mate."

Arthur and Jasmine had also regained consciousness and were also shocked to see that they had healed. They looked at Elijah and Brald to find out what had happened. Seeing that they were looking in another direction, they did the same but were even more shocked when they recognized the figure.

Jasmine was going to cry out when she saw this figure that could only be Itachi with those special eyes. His disappearance had left everyone depressed, but when Arthur told them he was safe, they were in good spirits.

"Itachi! What are you doing here ?!" Arthur exclaimed.

"I felt magical presences and then I came. This child betrayed you in a rather deplorable way. I am going to deal with this glowing monster and go away, I have things to do." He began to train his Susanoo in the full version which measured about twenty meters. He had started with the skeleton, the muscle tissue and ended with armor.

His Susanoo was orange (I did not take the appearance of the manga which is yellow). It was a gigantic spectral humanoid monster with armor that held a shield and a sword in each hand. Totsuka's sword allowed to seal anyone pierced in an illusory dimension for eternity while Yata's mirror allowed him to be invulnerable. Its shield is made up of all the elements including Aether which makes it change characteristics depending on the type of attack it receives, making it impervious against any type of attack. His Susanoo was the same size as the beast.

He had deactivated his will of beast because it would consume him too much magic in spite of being a perfect control on this one but not on the Aether. He was very calm when he saw the mana beast attacking him with vines.

"In Elderwood Guardian, rank S in a place like this? But it won't be long since I have Totsuka Blade." He moved Totsuka's sword towards the mana beast to stab it.

The sword rushed off and then pierced the monster's abdomen. The beast let out a rather evil smile and began to wrap the vines around the sword to come directly to the body.

"Too bad for you, but you cannot defeat me like this. You will be deluded for all eternity." The monster hadn't understood what he was talking about until he felt his body being sucked into the gourd held by the Susanoo.

He was roaring trying to escape. Unfortunately for him, he will not be able to escape despite his debate against the Tostuka sword.

After a few seconds, the monster was totally sucked into the gourd then Itachi closed the cap. The beast had dropped its mana core before disappearing.

Itachi didn't hesitate to take it, it was the bounty he deserved for killing the S-class beast himself. He had deactivated his Susanoo then his Mangekyou and looked at the others.

"I'll take the core as compensation. Do whatever you want with the rest." He finally turned his gaze to Arthur and Jasmine who were looking at him in shock.

"Arthur. You are still not strong enough. Without me you will all be dead by now. Do not get arrogant and too proud or it will lead to your own downfall, even with your integration phase of your will to. stupid. I have to go, maybe we'll see each other another day." He started to walk outside ignoring the admiring looks of the others.

"Your brother is really powerful Note! Too bad he's not an adventurer like you !" Elijah said with a nervous laugh.

"He has healing power besides attack power, he's clearly a monster this guy..." said Brald.

"Itachi...He got even colder than two years ago and those eyes...He had another symbol, maybe that's the source of that power ? He's also reached the yellow stage...By the way, how does he know about my integration phase ?" Arthur whispered.

"Note, we have to go now. We don't have time to think about Itachi now even though I'm glad we saw him again. What do we do with this guy?" Jasmine was looking coldly at Lucas.

"We're not going to kill him, let's keep him alive. Itachi would have killed him if he wanted to but he had to leave him alive for some reason. Let's get out of here." Arthur said while the others followed in a bad mood over the events.

* On the Itachi side. *

He had put the magical mana core away for later because he didn't know what to do with it yet.

He was also a little tired from the events that unfolded. His domain was able to heal people but it gained him tremendous precision and control as the Aether was complicated to manipulate. He was thinking about what to do. For now, he plans to go to town to get what he wants and after that, he would go back to the forest without fighting a mana beast but trying to use his integration phase.

He wondered if he had become far too calm and antisocial.

"Mikoto, am I that hateful to see ? Sylvia told me to live a normal childhood without hatred and pain. But the word 'normal' doesn't apply to me, what should I do? The academy could to be something good but I'm not interested and it would be a waste of time I have no reason to go except for reputation. The title I need to get is "Lances" which could spread the reputation of "Uchiha Itachi" to the mainland and hence, the Uchiha clan. But I don't have enough strength for that, even with my Mangekyou which requires a lot of magic."

He sighed and then walked over to the portal to return to town. He used his Genjutsu on the guards then walked to a forge to ask for Kunais and Shurikens to forge.

After finding a blacksmith who was willing to forge such weapons for him, he returned to the forest and then began to train his beast will.

* 2 weeks later *

Itachi still continued his training for 2 weeks, he had not improved anything other than his will of beast because it was not necessary for the moment. He considered for a moment what to do with the kernel. He would have consumed it to gain strength, but that would be a waste.

So he preferred to keep it to sell or give it to someone later.

Itachi suddenly felt a slight headache and then a parchment appeared in front of him. He quickly knew it was from someone he knew because no one knew his identity.

"Itachi, you will see this message maybe 2 or 3 years later after I gave it to you. It's Virion. You must be wondering why I left you a message. I will quickly tell you my. The royal family had decided to send Tessia to the Xyrus Academy. Her parents disagreed as it could become dangerous for her to stay in the human realm without protection. So we decided to want to hire some kind of guard that could stealthily protect her in case of trouble or not. This can last until she finishes academy or even further. The salary per month is 20 gold. Why did I say all that ? Well...I offered you as a guard. You are a person close to Tessia and on top of that you have the potential to become the strongest mage on the continent and I know that by the time I'm talking to you, you must have passed the yellow stage, you little monster...You can very well refuse even if you have little to do except stay in the same academy as her in case of danger.

You can also stop working whenever you want.

I know very well that you are not thrilled with the idea of ​​going to an academy that will probably do you no good, but I have a little idea for you.

I discussed this with the principal and she agreed that you have a private training ground all to yourself during normal classroom hours. This will allow you to practice during unnecessary moments if you wish. I am done with what I have to say. If you accept, you will just have to burn the message and if you refuse, tear it up. The academy is starting in not very long, so you will start then if you accept.

You might have a huge surprise when you reach the silver core. Signed Virion. "

Itachi read the message and didn't know what to say. Why would he have to accept this ? The salary is excellent for him but the academy is still annoying. But the last condition interested him all the same. He will be able to train without problem during unnecessary lessons. But he can do that here too…" Itachi was lost in thought before Mikoto started talking to him telepathically.

"Papa, you're in training all the time ! You can relax and train at the same time in this school ! If you train constantly, your body will not be able to withstand the load you put on it ! Your eyes are already a burden on your body, but the Will adds more ! That's not all, Mikoto also wants to have Mama ! Papa will never have a Mama by training alone and when we are at the top, there will be no Mama too !"

Itachi took a lost arrow in his heart upon hearing his companion say all these things to him. Why did he have to go to an academy to find a woman ? In addition, it would waste her time...

"Papa shouldn't restrict his feelings for strength !" Having a Mama will be very useful for you ! Papa is tense and antisocial all the time, Mama can break that shell !"

He was definitely a tense antisocial according to Mikoto. He didn't know what to say because she was right after all. He's the kind of person to talk only for the essentials.

He sighed and then decided to accept. He had nothing to lose other than the courses with the action and outdoors where it must be present. Besides, he had an idea of ​​what Virion was talking about when he said "Surprise". He was surely referring to having the position of Lance which is exactly what he needs for his reputation.

"The salary may be useful for me to buy various things in the future. And by having a salary so early, the Uchiha clan will become rich in the future even after I die because I would have other means to earn money." He returned to combat position to continue his training.

"The opening of the Xyrus Academy in less than a week if I remember correctly. I hope that I won't regret, if it doesn't please I will leave anyway."