The Konoha ninjas slowly got their bearings.
Anko Mitarashi hurried to the Hokage's office, anxious to report that Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki had infiltrated the village. This was a major incident.
Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki also returned to Granny Cat's ninja tool shop. However, as a genin, Sasuke's pockets weren't exactly full. The ninja tools he bought were not even a fraction of what his brother had purchased.
"Granny Cat, I'd like to ask if the clan left any jutsu here," Sasuke said, his mind replaying the moment Itachi had kicked him away. He continued, "Like scrolls for training the Sharingan and some powerful Fire Style jutsu."
"Well, there are a few," Granny Cat nodded. She stood up and led Sasuke into the depths of the warehouse. "I think it was a few years ago, Fugaku had us clear out a warehouse. It still has the uniforms and equipment for the Police Force, and some ninjutsu scrolls, too..."
That year, tension between the Uchiha and Konoha had been at an all-time high, and the Uchiha clan was stepping up its war preparations. The Ninja Cat clan served as their logistics base.
Granny Cat led the way, explaining as they walked, "Now that Fugaku has passed on, you and Itachi are all that's left of the Uchiha clan. You two can decide what to do with the things inside!"
As a sworn ally, the Ninja Cat clan didn't care if Itachi was a rogue ninja or a traitor. As long as he had Uchiha blood, their pact was still valid.
Sasuke nodded and continued, "Besides those jutsu, I also wanted to ask if you have any of Brother Shisui's training notes."
"I don't think so," Granny Cat frowned, thinking for a moment before replying softly. "If I remember correctly, these things were brought over after Shisui passed away. But there's a lot of stuff, so it's possible something was misplaced."
In the depths of the warehouse were piles of standard-issue equipment for the Police Force.
Sasuke stepped forward and stroked the uniforms, each with the fan crest printed on the back. He suppressed the sadness in his heart as he walked towards a shelf.
On the shelf were rows of neatly arranged scrolls. There wasn't even a speck of dust on them; clearly, someone had been taking care of them.
Sasuke looked through the scrolls, frowning from time to time. They were all common jutsu, with techniques for every chakra nature. However, they weren't very powerful—all C-rank techniques.
After picking through them, Sasuke finally found the scroll for the B-rank Fire Style: Dragon Flame Song, an extremely powerful Fire Style ninjutsu.
After taking that scroll, his gaze paused. He had finally found what he was looking for: a scroll labeled Uchiha Style Nin-Taijutsu: Shisui Uchiha.
Sasuke carefully opened it. Besides the training techniques for the Body Flicker Technique that Shisui was famous for, it also detailed three nin-taijutsu based on it: Sword-Leap Flame, Halo Dance, and Mad-Wind Sword.
"As expected of Brother Shisui..." Sasuke looked at the notes Shisui had detailed, from the "Clone Jutsu + Body Flicker Technique" combination to super-high-speed movement within a set range. He was surprised by the level of detail.
He involuntarily touched the writing on the scroll and felt a slight dampness, which made him look at the fresh ink stain on his finger with confusion. "Is it because of the sealing scroll that it's preserved so well?"
In any case, he had obtained the first jutsu he wanted.
Next, just as he was about to look for other jutsu, he saw a rather peculiar ninjutsu scroll: Great Clone Explosion.
This technique perfectly complemented the Body Flicker Technique left by Shisui.
"A little interesting." A slight smile appeared on Sasuke's lips as he took the scroll. He wouldn't miss any opportunity to improve.
The collection of scrolls here was very complete.
Soon, Sasuke found the Uchiha clan's notes on training the Sharingan. To him, this was like finding a priceless treasure. Even with Kakashi's guidance, it wasn't as reliable as the notes left by his own clan.
Besides the method for training the Sharingan up to three tomoe, this scroll also recorded the legend of the Mangekyō Sharingan. It even contained some information about its dōjutsu, including the effects of the strongest genjutsu, Tsukuyomi, and the strongest physical attack, Amaterasu.
"Tsukuyomi..." Sasuke gritted his teeth. Tsukuyomi was the Mangekyō dōjutsu that Itachi used. Naturally, there was no way a method to break it would be written here.
Now that he knew its effects—that the Tsukuyomi space was controlled by the user in every aspect, including time and space—he felt a bit terrified. In the Tsukuyomi space, Itachi was an invincible existence. And Itachi could pull someone into it with just a glance. How could such a technique possibly be broken?
At the very bottom of the notes, a line was written:
There is no jutsu in this world that cannot be broken, and even the Mangekyō Sharingan's dōjutsu, said to be perfect, is no exception.
"Hmph..." Seeing this sentence, Sasuke's confidence was instantly restored. He waved his hand and put the scroll into his pocket.
This trip to Granny Cat's shop had been very fruitful. These scrolls and notes were enough for him to train for a long time. Now he had Shisui's Body Flicker Technique and the clan's Sharingan training notes. Kakashi had also taught him Lightning Style ninjutsu. As long as he trained diligently, his combat power would increase rapidly.
Once his training was complete, it would be time to seek revenge on Itachi. At that time, he would no longer be as helpless as he was tonight.
"Sasuke, did you find it?" Naruto asked, seeing his teammate walk out happily holding a pile of scrolls. He immediately understood. "Looks like you had a good haul."
"Yeah." Sasuke glanced at the scrolls in his arms and said in a low voice, "The power of every technique is very strong. It's enough for me to train for a long time."
Naruto chuckled lightly and rubbed his temples. "Let's go! I want to get back early."
Today, the Nine-Tails inside him was a bit restless. Just earlier, it had kicked him out of the seal space, wanting to rest alone. Now it was eroding the seal space with its chakra again.
Didn't it say before that it couldn't transmit chakra through the seal? Naruto thought. Why is it secretly sending chakra out now? This fox is too cunning.
"Yeah." Sasuke nodded and bowed to the old woman beside them. "Granny Cat, thank you."
After the two of them left, Granny Cat walked into the depths of the warehouse, looking at the neatly arranged scrolls on the shelf.
"A few days ago, some of the little ones ran in and messed up the scrolls," she said softly. "Did Sasuke already clean them up?"
After checking the shelves, she saw a few scrolls were missing. A strange look appeared on her face. "That little guy Sasuke... taking the Dragon Flame Song is one thing, but why did he also take the Great Fireball Technique? He can't be that weak, can he?"
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Bonus:
Granny Cat: Let me ask you something, Sasuke. Did you take the Great Fireball scroll?
Sasuke: No way! I learned that ages ago.
Granny Cat: Huh? Then is it missing?
Itachi: I took it. I needed it to fool Kisame.
Granny Cat: Hmm? Itachi, when did you get in here? What did you take? This all has to be inventoried.
Itachi: I took one Great Fireball scroll and left one Sharingan training scroll, Shisui's Body Flicker notes, and a Great Clone Explosion scroll.
Sasuke: I took Dragon Flame Song, the Sharingan notes, Brother Shisui's notes, Great Clone Explosion... wait, you left the others? I'm going to kill you!
Granny Cat: Don't fight... so you two brothers just took the Great Fireball and Dragon Flame Song scrolls. Okay, noted.