The Fate of the Uchiha Clan

Hearing this, Itachi fell silent, appearing deep in thought.

"KOAK!"

A crow cried and flew in front of Itachi, disrupting his reverie.

He reached out his hand to catch the crow, just as Shintaro had done when he first interacted with the bird.

"You are still too young now. Even with such an intelligent mind, it is impossible for you to understand the meaning of your life so early on."

"Orochimaru finds no meaning in life, but when he was your age, he wouldn't have thought life was meaningless either."

Shintaro continued speaking to Itachi.

Itachi then asked, "Brother Shintaro, what do you think the meaning of life is?"

"Me?" Shintaro thought carefully, "There are many. Becoming stronger, finding and protecting the people you love, and changing the world."

"That is also my goal."

Itachi seemed to understand, but Shintaro looked at him and said, "I will take you somewhere."

Shintaro called Hikari back, then asked Hikari to lead the way while Itachi followed behind.

They both arrived at a cave under a cliff. Shintaro took out a scroll and opened it in front of Itachi.

"This?"

Itachi looked confused, only seeing the name Uchiha on the scroll.

Then he saw the writings at the top and bottom of the scroll.

"The Yatagarasu summoning contract scroll..."

"Brother Shintaro, what is this?"

Itachi looked up and asked. He had never encountered any ninjutsu, so it was natural he didn't know much about summoning contracts.

"A summoning contract is a prerequisite for performing ninjutsu and summoning techniques. As long as you write your name on the summoning contract with your blood and get approval from the summoning creature, you can use the summoning technique to call the summoning creature to help you."

"This is one of the summoning scrolls passed down from generation to generation in our family. It can summon Yatagarasu."

"The following is the handwriting left by Uchiha Kagami, and after adding a few words, it became the current sentence."

After Shintaro finished his introduction, Itachi nodded, looked at him, and asked expectantly, "Brother Shintaro, may I write my name on it?"

"Of course." Shintaro nodded.

Itachi then bit the tip of his index finger and wrote his name on the scroll.

"Uchiha... Itachi..."

Itachi also very sweetly and unconsciously read his own name word by word, "Done, Brother Shintaro, can I use the summoning technique now?"

"It is still too early for you. Summoning is a relatively complicated ninjutsu. Most people can master it at least after graduating from ninja school."

Shintaro used the Six Eyes to see that Itachi had just been exposed to chakra training not long ago, after all, he was only three years old.

"I want to try." Itachi said seriously.

Shintaro did not want to use words that would damage Itachi's confidence again, so he said, "Then I will show you."

He slowly formed a seal, then clapped his hands in the air, and a crow appeared in front of him.

The crow realized it was only for show, so it flapped its wings and flew away.

Itachi nodded and wrote down the sequence of seals, then practiced the seals a few times.

After that, he became serious.

BAM

A crow watching the display near the cave was actually summoned to Itachi. Although it was already nearby, the instantaneous space teleportation showed that Itachi did indeed succeed.

The crow flapped its wings and landed on his head. Itachi placed his hand on its head and laughed happily, taking the crow into his hand.

"Hahahaha, I did it, Brother Shintaro."

Shintaro's pupils shrank slightly, and he was secretly amazed inside.

"What a genius."

Even though he agreed that he could learn the summoning technique in an instant, but it was based on having the Six Eyes.

If he did not have the Six Eyes, Shintaro might not be able to learn the summoning technique in an instant. After all, this is a B-level ninjutsu, so it is not easy.

"Yes, he is indeed the son of the clan leader Fugaku."

Shintaro could only praise.

"Brother Shintaro, what do the lines below mean?"

Itachi smiled a little shyly, then pointed to the line of words at the bottom of the scroll.

"Hmmm..."

Shintaro paused for a moment and then continued, "Logically, it is still too early for you to know this."

"But I can see that your intelligence and talent far exceed your peers, so there is no harm in telling you."

"Uchiha chose to join Konoha after being defeated by the Senju Clan. Our ancestor Uchiha Madara chose to leave the clan and defect to Konoha shortly after failing to run for Hokage. Later, he controlled Kyuubi and tried to attack Konoha. He was betrayed and killed by the First Hokage."

"Although Madara is dead, the top leadership of Konoha has always feared us who have a bloodline similar to his."

"Since the Second Hokage established the system for the Uchiha Clan to take over Konoha's police force, the relationship between the clan and the ordinary Konoha society has become tense due to improper law enforcement and management attitudes."

"The Uchiha Clan seems isolated within Konoha's walls."

"If this continues, the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha will grow bigger and become difficult to resolve."

"This is what Uchiha Kagami called fate. Therefore, all forward-thinking people in the Uchiha Clan are trying to change the fate of the Uchiha."

"I am no exception."

Itachi listened attentively. After Shintaro finished speaking, he thought for a long time until he found the reason for the problem.

"So that's it. Thank you, Brother Shintaro, for your explanation."

Itachi bowed to Shintaro, then bent down and wrote his own handwriting on the scroll with blood.

"I can do it too."

This is what Itachi left behind.

Shintaro smiled meaningfully when he saw this.

Itachi looked up at this moment, looked at him and said, "Brother Shintaro, I will also change the fate of the Uchiha Clan."

"I will consider this one of the meanings of my life."

Shintaro nodded and said, "Itachi, you are really smart."

This is why he took Itachi to sign the summoning contract.

Let the intelligent but confused child find his path. No matter whether the path is worthwhile or not, at least it will not make him lost.

Shintaro and Itachi parted ways.

Itachi went home, and Shintaro returned to Orochimaru's research institute.

Orochimaru asked what had happened earlier, and Shintaro told him what happened.

Orochimaru licked his lips and said, "Itachi is an interesting child."

Itachi seemed to leave a good impression on him.

Orochimaru showed his experiment. Besides the soft body transformation experiment, he also showed a child named Shin, who had a special physique that did not reject any foreign organs.

"This child's hands have been prepared for Danzo, but he is still on a mission in the Land of Rain, otherwise, the Third Hokage would not have been able to make peace with Iwagakure so easily."