After traveling outside for nearly two years, Itachi returned to Konoha with great emotion.

Not only did he grow during his travels, but Konoha also became more prosperous during his travels. It felt like it was almost catching up with the capital of the Fire Nation, but there were fewer people.

"Let's go home first." Itachi withdrew his gaze and walked towards the Uchiha clan according to his memory.

It was the first time that he had left the village alone, and he had been out for so long all at once. Itachi also missed his family.

Is his father still busy with Uchiha affairs? Is his mother worried about him late at night? Is Sasuke growing up healthily?

These are things Itachi couldn't help but think about when he was alone in a daze.

Itachi is a person with ideals and goals, but he also has feelings for family. Sometimes when walking alone in a dark forest, he will wonder if it would be better if someone was by his side.

Just because he's not good at showing emotions doesn't mean he doesn't have them.

Walking in the Uchiha clan, Itachi also discovered something different from before.

In the past, most Uchiha ninjas entered the police department directly and became police ninjas.

Although the current Uchiha still have a group of veterans working in the police department, most Uchiha, especially the younger generation of Uchiha, have integrated into Konoha, instead of shrinking into the small circle of Uchiha as before.

It seems that for this reason, the Uchiha clan is more energetic than before, and many non-Uchiha people can be seen from time to time.

Because of Uchiha Fugaku's teachings and Itachi's own factors, he was extremely precocious.

Itachi still remembers the atmosphere of the Uchiha clan for a period of time after the Third Ninja War, which was dull and depressing.

Everyone was quite dissatisfied, as if Uchiha and Konoha were already two opposing individuals, rather than a group.

There would often be some serious-looking middle-aged people coming to his home to discuss matters with his father, sometimes in loud voices.

It's completely different now, Uchiha has taken on a new lease of life.

"Itachi?" Suddenly, a female voice called out to Itachi, causing Itachi to stop before he stepped out.

Itachi looked towards the source of the sound and found that it was Izumi Uchiha looking at her with surprise.

I haven't seen him for more than a year. Izumi Uchiha has only grown a little taller without much change. He has long, beautiful black hair, fair skin, and a hint of cunning flashing from time to time in his two big, smart eyes.

Seeing Itachi's familiar paralyzed face, Uchiha Izumi happily waved to Itachi, and then trotted up to Itachi. Unexpectedly, he failed to stop the car because of his impatience, and was about to fall on top of You.

But Itachi was a single man based on his ability. He instantly straightened Uchiha Izumi upright at a speed that Uchiha Izumi couldn't see clearly, avoiding the scene of the two of them playing high and low on the ground.

"Huh?" When Izumi Uchiha reacted, she was already standing straight in front of Itachi.

"What's the matter?" Itachi asked calmly.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to call you when I saw you. After all, I haven't seen you for so long. When did you come back?" Quan waved his hand and asked curiously.

"I just came back today and am preparing to go home." Itachi replied.

"I see, you must have missed your family very much after staying outside for so long, so I won't bother you. You can go home first." Izumi Uchiha thought for a while and said with a smile.

Although she really wanted to chat with Itachi now, talk about what Itachi had experienced during this long time travel, and wanted to talk to Itachi about the hardships of training, but it was a bit uncomfortable for her to drag Itachi here to chat all the time as soon as Itachi came back.

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Itachi nodded, said goodbye to Izumi and walked towards his home.

It was exactly noon at this time. Itachi felt that at home at this time, Sasuke was playing in the yard, Fugaku was sitting in the living room reading the newspaper, and Uchiha Mikoto was preparing lunch.

When Itachi returned home, his parents were as he expected. Fugaku was reading something in the living room, and Uchiha Mikoto was preparing lunch, but he didn't see Sasuke and didn't know where he went.

Seeing that his eldest son, whom he was proud of, was back, Fugaku, who had always been considered calm by others, had a surprised smile on his face.

Uchiha Mikoto was even more excited and stepped forward to check Uchiha Itachi's condition manually. She observed Itachi carefully and was worried that Itachi might be injured during the long journey.

Uchiha Mikoto felt relieved after seeing that her precious son was unharmed.

"You must have suffered a lot outside. Look, you have lost a lot of weight." Uchiha Mikoto pinched Itachi's face and said distressedly.

"You are overly worried. Itachi is not that fragile. He had already won the first place in the Chunin Exam jointly organized by the four major ninja villages before departure. He will not be in danger if he only operates in the Land of Fire." Fugaku

He withdrew his surprised smile and said seriously.

"I don't know who was anxious to ask about Nagazawa's assistant Itachi's status before..." Uchiha Mikoto didn't give Fugaku any face, and laughed out loud.

Fugaku's expression suddenly changed, but he quickly calmed down and said harshly: "I had something to ask Nagaze for help that day, and I just asked Itachi in passing."

What followed were words that were difficult to understand, such as "the police department is busy with reform affairs" and "the majesty of the patriarch", etc., which made Uchiha Mikoto burst into laughter, and the room was filled with a happy atmosphere for a while.

"Where is Sasuke?" Itachi suddenly remembered that his brother was not at home.

Fugaku looked at the time and then said: "It should be on the way back. Sasuke is also training with Nagazawa now, not long after you left."

"Do you want to practice with Teacher Nagaze? That's good." Itachi's eyes flickered and he nodded, thinking it was good.

It was naturally a good thing to be able to practice with Nagazawa. He didn't practice with Nagazawa until he was six years old, while Sasuke started practicing with Nagazawa when he was three years old, saving three years of detours.

It's not that Itachi looked down on his father and the people in the Uchiha clan. Compared with Nagazawa, they really didn't look down on them. The gap was too big.

He said Sasuke, and Sasuke arrived. Not long after Itachi and Fugaku mentioned Sasuke, Sasuke went home.

When Sasuke saw the figure he often saw in his dreams, he immediately rushed forward excitedly and hugged Itachi.

Itachi smiled slightly and opened his hands to cooperate with Sasuke.

"Brother, why did you come back after being out for so long? I miss you so much. I dreamed about you in my dream yesterday." The excited Sasuke didn't even care about his shyness and spoke out his heart directly.

"It's okay, I'm not back now." Itachi smiled and touched Sasuke's head.

Only then did Sasuke realize that what he just said was too direct, like a child who couldn't live without his brother. His fair face turned red quickly, and soon it was as red as a red apple.

Afterwards, the family had a harmonious lunch. After the meal, Sasuke excitedly pulled Itachi into the yard, saying that he wanted to show Itachi the fruits of his hard work over the past year.

Then Sasuke used the Breath of the Moon in front of Itachi to slash at his yard. Even a large tree over one meter thick in the yard fell under Sasuke's knife.

"Brother, can I still practice well?" Sasuke stared at Itachi as if he was begging for praise, his eyes full of expectation.

"Very good. When I was your age, my strength was not as good as yours now." Itachi praised with a smile.

"Hehe." After receiving the compliment from his favorite brother, Sasuke blushed slightly and showed a satisfied smile.

This was something he had been imagining and looking forward to during Itachi's absence.

Especially Itachi actually said that he had surpassed Itachi at the same time, which made Sasuke even more excited. This was the greatest recognition from Itachi.

Sasuke, who was in a happy mood, quickly told Itachi that he still had something to show. Sasuke raised his right hand, and a flame suddenly appeared in his right hand. Sasuke punched out, and in an instant, a huge fire fist flew out, and the fierce flames directly burned the book.

The branches and leaves burned away, leaving only black ashes on the ground.

There was a trace of emotion on Itachi's face, because he actually couldn't understand this move. Sasuke didn't seem to be using chakra just now, so why did the nature change occur, and there was no seal yet, and the flame temperature was not low.

"Is this what Mr. Nagazawa taught you?" Itachi asked aloud.

Sasuke thought for a moment and said, "It probably doesn't count."

He was thinking, isn't it just a punch with the power of the Burning Fruit? How about Nagazawa teaching him?

"Developed it yourself?" Itachi fell into thinking. Could it be that Sasuke is actually a very rare ninjutsu genius?

Sasuke nodded and said, "Isn't this very simple? How could Mr. Nagazawa teach this?"

When Sasuke heard Sasuke Versailles' words, Itachi felt that this cute little brother suddenly wasn't so cute anymore.

Muji Ninjutsu, which even he couldn't understand, turned out to be too simple according to Sasuke and Nagazawa didn't know how to teach it.

Itachi lightly flicked Sasuke's forehead with his fingers, causing the unsuspecting Sasuke to cry out in pain.

"Brother, what are you doing?" Sasuke looked at Itachi with his big innocent eyes.

"There was a mosquito just now." Itachi said calmly.

"So that's it." Sasuke, who had great trust in Itachi, immediately believed Itachi's words. He really thought that Itachi was helping to fight mosquitoes, rather than simply trying to kill him.

After rubbing Sasuke's little head, Itachi went out.

The first thing he did when he returned to Konoha was to go home. After spending time with his family, Itachi was ready to go find Nagazawa.

In Itachi's mind, Nagazawa's status was unique. During the trip, he was eager to tell Nagazawa what he had seen and heard, to talk to him about his depression, and to hear Nagazawa's opinions.

Itachi gradually walked to Nagaze's house while thinking about what he would say and what questions he would ask when he saw Nagaze later.

But what Itachi didn't expect was that Nagazawa hadn't returned home yet, but he bumped into Kabuto who had just returned home.

"You're back." Kabuto was slightly startled when he saw the familiar figure he hadn't seen for a long time, and then said with a smile.

"I just came back today." Itachi nodded and said.

"Teacher Nagaze, he hasn't come back yet?"

"She should be back soon." Kabuto said with some uncertainty.

"Wrong, I'm back already." Nagazawa Yuyou suddenly appeared.

"Teacher Nagazawa, long time no see." Itachi greeted Nagazawa.

Yongze nodded slightly and said with a smile: "How do you feel about traveling around the Land of Fire this time? Isn't it a great gain?"

"Well, I gained a lot. I used to take things for granted and be too naive." Itachi said with a complicated expression.

In the past, Itachi's understanding of the world and people was still very one-sided, because he only lived in Konoha, and even because of Nagazawa, he was not exposed to the darkness of Konoha.

Konoha covers a large area and is at the level of a big city, but most of the land is used for various training purposes. There are very few places where people actually live, and there are not many people. It is considered a "small place".
To be continued...