"What's that water-spraying guy?"
Because he was playing a game, Sasuke didn't go to the small lake with Ge Liang. Now, hearing Naruto and Ge Liang's casual chat, he immediately became interested.
"Sasuke, let me tell you, just now, Uncle and I saw two enemies by that lake. One of them had a shark-like face and used a Ninjutsu. The amount of water was even more than in the lake!"
"Enemies?"
Sasuke ignored Naruto's exaggerated expression. Instead, the word 'enemies' piqued his interest.
Konoha had just gone through a defense battle. For new enemies to appear so quickly made him wonder who was so fearless as to dare cause trouble in Konoha.
"I don't know these two. Oh, right, why don't we ask the amazing Uncle Ge Liang?"
Seeing the two little guys looking at him, Ge Liang simply spoke directly.
"These two guys are S-Rank Rogue Ninja famous in the Ninja World. The shark-faced one is Kisame Hoshigaki, an S-Rank Rogue Ninja from Hidden Mist Village. As for the other one..."
At this point, Ge Liang deliberately paused, teasing their curiosity, before looking at Sasuke with a solemn expression and saying,
"The other one is Uchiha Itachi, an S-Rank Rogue Ninja from Konoha Village."
When Ge Liang mentioned Uchiha Itachi, not only Naruto but also everyone else still playing games was stunned.
The name Uchiha Itachi was very famous in Konoha Village.
Itachi himself was a super Genius. He entered the academy at six, graduated at seven, awakened his Sharingan at eight, became a Chunin at ten, joined the Anbu at eleven, awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan half a year later, and at thirteen, for some purpose, annihilated the Uchiha Clan and joined the Akatsuki Organization.
Especially after annihilating his own clan, his name spread throughout the entire Ninja World.
At this moment, everyone in the internet cafe was shocked that Itachi had returned, except for Uchiha Sasuke, who showed no shock but instead frowned and asked calmly, "Boss, is there more?"
Even though he was furious inside, he still pretended to be calm. This appearance of Sasuke was very interesting to Ge Liang, so he didn't mind chatting with Sasuke a bit more.
"More what?"
"Boss, do you know why he came back this time? And where is he now?"
Sasuke clearly wanted to get some information about Itachi from Ge Liang, so he could go find him.
Whether it would be revenge or questioning would depend on how things unfolded.
As for Kisame, who came with Itachi, Sasuke didn't care at all.
"He came back this time for Naruto."
"Huh? Me?"
Naruto was completely bewildered. He didn't understand why Sasuke's brother would come back for him. 'Besides being the Fourth Hokage's son, do I have another identity?'
Ignoring the wildly speculating Naruto, Ge Liang said directly, "To be precise, it's for the Nine-Tailed inside Naruto's body. As for where Itachi is now? Perhaps they've already left the Village, or perhaps they're still lurking in the Village, who knows?"
Sasuke's brows were tightly furrowed. Not hearing where Itachi was from Ge Liang disappointed him a little.
However, knowing that Itachi's target was Naruto was good. As long as he stayed with Naruto during this period, they would eventually meet.
"Uncle, why are they interested in Kurama?"
Naruto was truly curious. Most people would run away from a Tailed Beast, but now Ge Liang was saying that Itachi and Kisame came specifically for the Nine-Tailed, which made him curious.
"Well, that's a long story. If you want to know everything..."
"How?"
"Hmm, you'll have to pay more!!!"
"Tsk, greedy uncle."
Naruto himself didn't have much money. Didn't he keep pestering Ge Liang for an Elementary magic sword?
"How much?"
Naruto had no money, but Sasuke did.
He was also very interested in why Itachi would target the Nine-Tailed.
"Hmm, seeing as you often come to my internet cafe, I'll give you a 20% discount. Eighty million Ryo. For just eighty million Ryo, you can know why."
"Eighty million Ryo, you can't lose."
"Eighty million Ryo, you won't be cheated."
"Ge Liang's products are always excellent."
"Eighty million Ryo, absolutely worth the price."
Sasuke: "...Excuse me, goodbye!"
Sasuke's heart was collapsing at this moment. What the hell, eighty million Ryo, you can't lose or be cheated? This was eighty million, not eight thousand.
Although he knew that you get what you pay for, and for Ge Liang to quote this price, the information must be extremely important.
It's just, why should he be the only one to pay for it?
He did have money, it was true.
But this money was the entire Uchiha Family's inheritance. If he foolishly used it to buy information that wasn't even about himself, the ancestors of the Uchiha Clan would probably come back to life and curse him for being a spendthrift.
Even with a lot of money, you don't spend it like this. Sasuke, with his uneasy heart, went back to playing games, leaving behind Naruto, who was also internally exclaiming 'holy crap,' and the bewildered onlookers... As night fell, all Chunin and above in Konoha Village learned the news of Itachi's return to the Village.
Beside him was Kisame Hoshigaki, another S-Rank Rogue Ninja.
This news put all of Konoha on high alert.
Ge Liang could clearly see that there were more Ninja patrolling, and fewer pedestrians on the bustling streets. It seemed they had also received some news and were all staying at home.
Just as Ge Liang was about to close, two figures appeared before him.
"Tsk, you two are quite bold, daring to come to my place. Aren't you afraid I'll capture you and hand you over to Konoha?"
Indeed, the people who came were Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki.
"Want to hand us over to Konoha? It depends on whether you have the ability."
Before Itachi could speak, Kisame spoke first with an arrogant expression.
"Hmm, want to test my ability? No problem, here or somewhere else? I'm flexible!"
With Ge Liang's current strength, he truly wasn't afraid of these two.
Uchiha Itachi's power lay in his Ninjutsu and Genjutsu.
As for Genjutsu, Ge Liang had no Chakra, so ordinary Genjutsu was useless against him. Only powerful Genjutsu like Tsukuyomi might affect him.
Even if it did work, do you think the System is just for show?
If Itachi dared to use Tsukuyomi on him, the System would dare to turn Itachi's mind into mush.
As for Ninjutsu... I can fly, what can you do to me?
And Kisame, Ge Liang wasn't even afraid of Itachi, so why would he be afraid of a Chakra-rich cannon fodder?
Against Ge Liang, Kisame's Taijutsu would be useless, and Samehada would be It's ruined.
As for Ninjutsu, it's the same as with Itachi: I can fly, what can you do about it!
Everyone knows the advantage of aerial combat. Otherwise, Itachi wouldn't have spoken directly instead of attacking when he saw Kakashi flying over.
In the original work, he directly hit Kakashi with Tsukuyomi, causing Kakashi's mind to break down.
"I've never seen anyone so arrogant."
"Heh, well, now you have!"