Chapter 9: The Tranquility of a Full Moon Night

It was a cool night as a man wearing a red tiger-skin mask slowly walked through the Uchiha territory.

"Hey."

The masked man turned his head and looked at Uchiha Itachi beside the tree. He was very quiet and said nothing, as if waiting for Itachi to speak.

"I want to ask you to do me a favor."

"This time tomorrow...I need you to help me..."

......

the next morning.

Itachi went to the ANBU as usual.

Sasuke and Kanon walked out together.

"You say it!" Sasuke nudged Kanon with his butt.

"Hmm? Sasuke-nii, why do you have to tell me since you're a boy!"

Sasuke pushed Kanon in front of Itachi, so she took the opportunity to speak.

"Brother Itachi, can you practice shuriken with us today?" Kanon said with a blushing face.

Itachi looked at Hanane and Sasuke with a complicated expression...

He raised his hand gently, and Sasuke came over and stood next to Kanon.

"Brother...can I?"

Itachi poked Kanon and Sasuke on the forehead as usual.

"Forgive me, Hanane, Sasuke, maybe next time..."

"I don't have time to accompany you today..."

Sasuke and Kanon both smiled because their brother had not changed, and the gesture of gently poking his forehead represented the same love as before.

"Okay, then Itachi-kun, go and get busy." Kanon said.

Having put down their burdens, Kanon and Sasuke went to practice and go to school with peace of mind.

Kanon is in unusually good condition today. She has learned a new A-level ninjutsu, the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.

Seeing the shuriken she threw turned into dozens in an instant and all hit the trees, Kanon breathed a sigh of relief.

When I went back home for lunch at noon, a black-haired girl came to my house.

"Sister Quan, why are you here?"

Since Mikoto recently went to help the Uchiha Guard, Kanon was the only one left at home. She brought the food and placed the chicken soup she had made in front of Uchiha Izumi.

"Oh, your brother Itachi joined the Anbu and doesn't come to play with me anymore."

"Sister Quan, we are old acquaintances. It's wrong for you to chase after Brother Itachi like this."

"Well... I was thinking of giving him the three-color meatballs I made by myself on the night of the full moon!" Uchiha Izumi muttered.

"Let's eat first." At Hanane's urging, Uchiha Izumi started eating with her.

After meal.

"As expected of Kanon's craftsmanship, it seems better than even your brother Itachi's!" Izumi praised Kanon.

"Really? Thanks for the compliment. Mom taught me all that."

"But speaking of which, today is the night of the full moon. Should we ask Naruto to come and watch the moon with me in the evening?" Kanon muttered.

"What?!" Izumi was shocked by Kanon's words.

"Naruto? Such a familiar name."

"My good friend!" Hanane said with a smile.

"Then go ahead. This three-colored dumpling is for you. Itachi won't be coming tonight anyway, so take it and eat it with your friends."

"Is this really okay?" Kanon looked at Izumi embarrassedly after taking the three-colored meatballs.

"Consider this as a thank you gift for treating me to your cooking!"

"Okay, then I'll accept it!"

In the afternoon, after finishing her training, Kanon went to Konoha Village. She followed the direction Naruto had told her before and came to his home.

"This should be the room." Looking at the old wooden door, she knocked on it.

"Teacher Iruka, I have diarrhea and I won't go to school today! Don't come and force me to go to school again!" Naruto's weak voice came from the room.

"It's me...Naruto."

As if hearing a familiar voice, the door was opened instantly, and what came into view was a girl with waterfall-like black hair and wearing a blue Uchiha windbreaker.

"Kane! Why are you here?" Naruto was very surprised.

"I wanted to go to the moon watching party with you, but you seem to have diarrhea, so let's forget it."

"This is for you!" Kanon said as she handed the lunch box in her hand to Naruto.

"What is this?!" Naruto was stunned.

"Three-color dumpling, I wanted to watch the moon with you at the cliff where I train at night, but you can't go. I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it, so I'll give it to you!"

Naruto was stunned and felt a little sad. When he really had diarrhea, everyone around him thought he was pretending to be sick. Only the girl in front of him really cared about him.

"Take it! How long do you want me to keep my hand raised?" Hanane complained dissatisfiedly.

"Oh! Do you want to come in and sit for a while!" Naruto said, and took a look at his room. It was a mess, with garbage and scattered clothes everywhere.

"Okay." Hanane immediately opened the door.

"Hey wait!" Before Naruto could react, Kanon had already come in.

The next moment, what we saw was this "mess", and it even smelled like expired milk.

"Naruto, your room is such a mess, even if your parents aren't here, you can't be like this!"

Kanon was teaching Naruto a lesson while helping him clean up. Naruto, who was standing beside her, scratched his head in embarrassment and also came to help.

"You mop the floor, I'll go fold the clothes!" Following Kanon's instructions, Naruto gradually became busy.

By the time we finished cleaning, it was already five in the evening.

"Kane, I really want to watch the moon with you...but I have a stomachache."

"It's okay, I'll enjoy it by myself. You take good care of yourself. I'm leaving first!"

"Ok!"

"Don't keep the three-color dumplings for too long. They will be inedible after three days. When you are hungry, use this to fill your stomach." Following Kanon's instructions, Naruto nodded and looked at Kanon's back in the distance.

Naruto gave his most sincere smile, "Thank you! My best friend, Kanon."

......

After heating up the food and placing it on the table, Hanane left a note saying that she was going to the training place to watch the moon, and then left home.

Today happened to be a full-moon night. Hanane lay on the edge of the cliff, looking at the huge, bright moon in the sky, but her heart could not calm down for a long time.

"Xiao Shinobu, what's going on? I always feel like it's a little too quiet."

"A little bit, but maybe everyone is just appreciating the moon."

"Well, that makes sense."

......

The moonlight was as pale as a crying face, weakly shining on the Uchiha clan's residence in Konoha Village. Uchiha Itachi, dressed in the clothes of an Anbu, stood outside the Uchiha clan's territory.

He looked at the Uchiha family crest with cold eyes. Finally, he put on the mask and disappeared in an instant.

At the center of the Uchiha Guard, the space was torn apart, forming a vortex, and a long-haired man in a red tiger-skin mask appeared there.

His steps were steady and quiet, and no one could see the expression behind his mask. His body seemed to become invisible, and he gradually walked into the Uchiha Guard.

"who are you!"

Crack! The sound of flesh being chopped into pieces could be heard, and on the other side, Itachi walked out of another family, his mask was already covered in blood, and under the white moonlight, it became more and more terrifying.

After Itachi left, the family of five, a boy, a girl, three children, and even a baby, were all dead, with blood flowing on their bodies.

On the street, many Uchiha clan members were fleeing, but no one could escape Uchiha Itachi's palm, which was stabbed one after another.

Each strike of the sword killed one person. At this time, Itachi was numb. His sword could no longer distinguish who was from the Uchiha clan and who was not. As long as they were here, they would be killed without mercy.