"Thank you, senior, but you and I are not familiar with each other. I'd better go back and ask my father for advice." Itachi said after thinking for a while.
Itachi originally wanted to refuse, he didn't know the strange man in front of him, even though the other party showed impressive strength, he didn't have any ideas.
However, Itachi was afraid that Nagase would be unhappy, so he chose a more tactful statement.
"It's okay. Think about it carefully. But even if you don't become my disciple, I will teach you that ninjutsu. You must do what you say."
Nagase also noticed that Itachi seemed a little reluctant but didn't care too much, he smiled and said.
Then Nagase grabbed Itachi's arm and prepared to use Flying Thunder God again to bring Itachi to the vicinity of the dumpling shop.
This time Itachi concentrated and stared at Nagaze intently, ready to see how Nagaze did it.
But before Itachi could understand anything, the scene in front of him suddenly changed and he was back on the familiar street.
Itachi was confused, he didn't see Nagase do anything special, so how come he suddenly came back
However, Itachi was sure of one fact, that was Nagase's unscientific speed was not achieved by running.
As for how Nagase did it, Itachi didn't know either, as he encountered a blind spot in his knowledge.
"Wait for me at the dumpling shop at 7 o'clock the day after tomorrow. I will teach you ninjutsu." Nagase only left Itachi with a handsome back view and then disappeared.
'What a weird guy.' Itachi thought.
Just now he was about to say that the ninjutsu didn't need to be taught, but before he could open his mouth, Nagase disappeared.
And he hasn't told him his name yet.
Itachi shook his head and went back to the dango shop to buy a dango.
While buying dumplings, Itachi suddenly had an idea. The man should be a regular customer of this store, and maybe the owner knew his name.
"Boss, do you know the name of the brother just now?" Itachi asked Boss Watanabe.
"That brother just now? You are talking about Yongze, right? Don't you know him?"
Boss Watanabe handed the dango to Itachi and casually said that he saw Itachi take the initiative to walk towards Nagase just now, and he thought the two knew each other and were relatives or something like that.
Just now, Itachi and Nagasawa came to buy it, so it could only be Nagasawa.
"Ah? What's Nagaze?" When Itachi heard the word Nagaze, he didn't react at first, but he soon realized that this was not the name of the current Hokage's assistant, Nagaze, the man he wanted to meet the most.
"It's Nagasawa." Boss Watanabe was a little confused when he saw Itachi was reluctant to take the dumpling. Why was this kid so startled
"Is it that Nagasawa?" Itachi couldn't help but ask, his eyes widened and his face full of shock.
The news was too shocking for him.
It turned out that Nagase, whom he had always wanted to meet, had actually met him two years ago and he had even told him about his views on desire.
He had even seen it more than once, at the birth party of his younger brother Uchiha Sasuke.
"Even if you say so, I don't know that you are talking about that Nagaze. I only know this one Nagaze." Boss Watanabe scratched his head and said.
Itachi: ...
He was almost confused by his boss. This Nagaze, that Nagaze, one Nagaze after another. Are there many Nagazes in Konoha
"Maybe, it's just a coincidence of names." Itachi thought with hope in his heart.
After all, the Nagaze he met was very different from the Nagaze he had heard about and imagined.
The Nagase he met doesn't seem very reliable.
For no apparent reason, he stuffed a portion of dumplings into a child he didn't know and told him he was treating him to dumplings. He also said the dumplings at another restaurant were better and that he could tell his name when he went to eat there and the boss would show his true abilities. But in the end, he didn't tell his name.
Then he dragged the child into the wild, saying that he would treat him to some dumplings and teach him ninjutsu after the meal. The key point is that he really taught him, and the ninjutsu was really powerful.
How unreliable must one be to do such a thing
The Nagase he imagined was a man of extraordinary strength, who had a plan for everything, was gentle to others, and had inherited the will of fire from his ancestors. He was the most reliable person in Konoha.
This was not his imaginary creation, but was gathered from the opinions of people around him about Nagaze.
Suppressing the Nine-Tails Rebellion proved Nagase's extraordinary strength.
Captain Nagase is always thinking about how to make Konoha stronger, and he cares about the training results of every member. This is Shisui's evaluation of Nagase, which proves that Nagase has inherited the will of fire.
There are many other people who also have positive things to say about Nagasawa, such as Kabuto.
Even his father, Uchiha Fugaku, praised Nagase as a ninja destined to become a legend.
This series of evaluations made Itachi yearn for Nagase very much, to be recognized by so many people, including his most trusted senior Uchiha Shisui, good friend Kabuto Yakushi, and his father Uchiha Fugaku.
Itachi felt from the bottom of his heart that Nagase must be a very excellent and reliable person.
So Itachi really wanted to ask Nagase about his views on war, how to become strong, and whether personal efforts could eliminate war.
But if it was the Nagase he just met, Itachi doubted whether the other party could give a good answer.
"Little boy, do you want some more dumplings?" Boss Watanabe saw Itachi was in a daze and didn't take the dumplings, so he reminded him.
"Sorry, I was distracted." Itachi, whose thoughts were interrupted, quickly gathered his thoughts, apologized to Boss Watanabe, then took the dango and walked out of the dango shop.
If it were any other time, Itachi would definitely try to find a deserted place to taste the delicious dumplings.
But now his mind was completely on thinking about the Nagase just now, whether he was the Hokage's assistant Nagase, or whether he was Kabuto's brother, the reliable senior mentioned by Shisui.
' I'll ask Kabuto during training later, asking if his brother likes to eat dango. ' Itachi thought with a heavy heart.
In fact, he already had an answer in his mind.
At Sasuke's banquet, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze was sitting next to Nagase.
But the answer was a bit cruel, and Itachi didn't want to reveal it.
If that was true, then what did he do to refuse the apprenticeship of his most desired ninja
Thinking of this, Itachi felt that the dumpling in his hand seemed to have lost its charm, and he couldn't help but sigh.
… … … … … …
After leaving the dumpling shop, Nagase found a deserted place to sit and finish his dumplings, then walked towards the Hokage building.
However, he did not walk into the Hokage's office, nor did he walk into his own office, but walked into the office of the Third Hokage.
Didn’t he say before that he would ask the Third Hokage to help him learn Kabuto’s Wind Style? His purpose was exactly this.
Anyway, the third generation is quite free recently, so find him something to do so that he doesn't have to look sad all day and reminisce about the days when he worked hard with his old classmates.
Yongze knocked on the door first.
"Enter."
After the knock on the door, the voice of the third generation was soon heard.
"Oh, it's Nagaze." The third generation was a little surprised to see that it was Nagaze who came in.
Although the two were on the same floor, they didn't interact much and could only chat together when the senior management had a meeting.
Because Nagase didn't spend much time in the Hokage Building. He was either dealing with documents or discussing things with Minato, so he didn't have time to chat with the Third Hokage.
"Sandage." Nagase greeted the Sandage
"Yongze, is there anything you need?" Sandai nodded and asked.
"I would like to ask you for a favor, Third Hokage. Are you free?" Nagase asked directly without any flowery words.
Sandai Meng took a puff of cigarette and exhaled a lot of white smoke, then said with a smile: "Tell me, I'm a little curious, how could something stump you, Yongze, and you even ask an old man like me for help."
After experiencing the last Nine-Tails Rebellion, Nagase refreshed his image in the mind of the Sandaime. Not only his strength, but the Sandaime also recognized Nagase's will of fire.
Faced with danger, Nagase rushed to the front, and all of the enemy's large-scale ninjutsu were teleported away by Nagase using Flying Thunder God.
At the critical moment when the Nine-Tailed Fox was destroying the village, it was Nagase who arrived in time and reversed the situation.
With people like Minato and Nagase in charge of Konoha, the Third Generation felt very relieved.
"No, the Third Generation is still in his prime. If my opponent is you, I dare not be relaxed. I will be defeated if I make the slightest mistake." After all, he was asking someone to do something for him, so Nagase also praised the Third Generation a little.
When Sandai heard what Nagase said, he couldn't help but stroke his mustache and laughed.
If it was a compliment from an ordinary person, the Sandaime would naturally not feel anything, because it was as it should be. His strength, prestige and achievements were worthy of compliments.
But if that person could easily defeat the Nine-Tails and suppress the Hidden Cloud Army including the Raikage and the Eight-Tails alone, the Third Generation would feel very comfortable and enjoyed it.
"If I can help, I will try my best." The Sandaime said with a kind smile.
"It's just a small thing. It should be easy for the Sandaime since you are good at it."
"Oh, what exactly is it?" The Sandaime became a little interested.
If Yongze needs to ask him for help, it means that Yongze is not good at it. If he is good at it, could it be government affairs
"I have a younger brother who has recently hit a bottleneck in his wind jutsu training, and I am not good at wind jutsu.
So I thought that the Sandaime's mastery of the five chakra nature changes should allow him to break through the bottleneck as soon as possible, so I want you to teach him for a while." Nagase stated the purpose of his visit.
"Teach your brother wind escape..." The Sandaime fell into deep thought.
Nagase said that this is what he is good at, which is not wrong. After all, he taught the three famous ninjas of Konoha in the ninja world, so it is no problem for him to teach apprentices.
Although the three of them have their own minor flaws, overall, they are all excellent ninjas.
Among them, the third generation Orochimaru even trained him as his successor.
Unfortunately, Orochimaru changed later on, becoming cold-blooded and cruel, doing things to the end.
Although Orochimaru was a little quiet and seemed aloof when he was a child, the Third Generation could feel the love that Orochimaru had for his companions. At that time, Orochimaru was a person who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside.
As for the current Orochimaru, the Third Hokage couldn't understand him, so when voting for the Hokage, he chose Minato instead of Orochimaru.
"Since he is Yongze, your younger brother must be extremely talented. Why don't I just accept him as my disciple?" said the third generation.
It’s quite outrageous to say, although he had three very outstanding disciples, none of them inherited his unique skills.
Orochimaru likes the set of ninjutsu that he developed.
Tsunade is good at medical ninjutsu and physical techniques.
Jiraiya...
In short, none of them learned his strongest combination of five ninjutsu, the Great Link.
To be fair, his combination of ninjutsu is much stronger than those fancy bloodline limits. It's a pity that no one knows it.
If he died, this combination of ninjutsu would probably be lost.
It just so happened that Nagase asked him to teach his younger brother wind escape, so the third generation came up with the idea of accepting another disciple.
If possible, the third generation still wants his combined ninjutsu to be inherited by others.
"Disciple? Okay, then I'll trouble the Third Hokage." Nagase nodded.
It's also a good idea to give Kabuto the title of Sandaime's disciple, as his seniority would be raised immediately, making him one generation higher than Minato.
After all, Minato's teacher is Jiraiya, and Jiraiya is the disciple of the third generation.
"My younger brother's name is Kabuto Yakushi. I will bring him to the Hokage Building to see you the day after tomorrow." Nagase said.
"Yakushi Kabuto?" The third generation felt that the name sounded familiar.
He quickly remembered that this was the genius who graduated from the first grade some time ago. Unexpectedly, he was Nagase's younger brother.
But this name doesn't make sense, shouldn't it be Fujiwara Kabuto? Is he a distant relative
"Well, I won't bother you, Sandaime, from now on." After solving Kabuto's wind jutsu training problem, Nagase quickly said goodbye to the Sandaime.
The third generation nodded. No matter what, at least the disciple he was about to meet would not be bad in talent.
The last first-year to graduate was Kakashi, who had already subdued a Jinchuriki on the battlefield all by himself, though he was only the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
… … … … …
"Itachi, you seem to be later than usual today." Kabuto, who had been training for a while, stopped and said.
"Kabuto, let me ask you a question. Does Nagasawa Fukusa like to eat dumplings?" Itachi asked Kabuto with a heavy expression.
"Why are you asking this suddenly?" Seeing that Itachi's expression was not right, Kabuto did not answer directly.
"Just answer it, Kabuto. This question is very important." Itachi said seriously.
Kabuto scratched his head, wondering whether he should tell the truth. The person that the villagers believed to be the strongest man in Konoha was actually a man in his twenties who still liked to eat red bean dumplings. It seemed like no one would believe him if he told others about it.
Just when Kabuto was thinking about whether to take the lake over, Itachi added, "Kou, don't lie to me."
"He does like to eat dumplings, and he likes the particularly sweet red bean dumplings." Dou finally told the truth.
"Although he likes to eat dumplings, it doesn't affect his strength..."
"It's him after all..." An extremely complicated emotion appeared on Itachi's little face.
Yes, sitting together with the Hokage, and also called Nagaze, he can only be the Hokage's assistant Nagaze.
"Itachi, are you okay? What happened?" Kabuto asked with concern.
Itachi looked a little off, looking depressed.
"It's okay, let's start training." Itachi forced a smile.
What on earth did he go through today
Nagasawa Sukeza is actually the previous "Dumpling Monster".
He refused Yongze's offer to be his disciple.
Even if Kabuto suddenly said that he was a girl now, Itachi might not be surprised because he was already numb with shock today.
ps: I put the two chapters together