Chapter 18 1 year later

At night, Naruto and the two Uchiha brothers sat by the fire.

Naruto was grilling lamb chops in his hands, and the sizzling sound and the aroma filled the entire forest.

Sasuke sat next to Itachi, staring at the lamb chops, swallowing saliva in his throat.

At this time, Naruto said: "I hope you can keep a secret about what happened today, including Sasuke, of course."

After listening to Naruto's words, Itachi was able to naturally figure out the interests involved.

He was just very curious about Naruto's life experience and about him as a whole. He was only three years old but he had such strength. What was even more strange was that everything he showed now was not like a three-year-old child at all. He was also eager for his physical skills.

He could also feel from the previous fight that Naruto had almost no combat experience. But with his superb physical skills, he was helpless.

The instant body movement technique comparable to Shisui's, the body as hard as a block of iron, the body movements as fast as a leaf falling, all of which washed away Itachi's three views.

"Naruto-kun, don't worry. Sasuke and I will keep this secret, but can I really learn your Taijutsu?"

Naruto turned his head and glanced at Itachi, smiling slightly.

Then he took out the kunai and started cutting the grilled lamb chops, and gave them to Sasuke and Itachi.

"I often hear the elders around me praising you, the Uchiha clan. Especially you, Uchiha Itachi, and Uchiha Shisui, who are known as the two prides of the Uchiha clan. Since I was born, I have been looking forward to growing up with geniuses. I have heard a saying that birds of a feather flock together. You can also see from our fight just now that I don't have much practical experience, so I really hope to become friends with you. And to be able to learn from you and grow, in return I will teach you everything you want to learn. If possible, I also hope to get to know Mr. Shisui through you."

After hearing what Naruto said, Uchiha Itachi was silent again. After about 10 seconds, Itachi replied, "Okay."

Naruto felt a wave of embarrassment. He immediately thought, is silence and pretentiousness also a tradition of the Uchiha? Chatting with them is simply painful.

But now that he had gotten the answer he wanted, Naruto didn't say anything more. As long as he could stabilize Itachi first, he could slowly conquer him later.

Then he started to eat the lamb chops in his hand.

Seeing Naruto's expression, the two arrogant brothers were no longer reserved and started to nibble on the lamb chops in their hands. They couldn't help themselves once they had a bite.

Naruto laughed in his heart and said, "Now that you have eaten my flesh, you two will never be able to escape again."

Looking at the way the two brothers ate, they didn't talk much. They ate a lot and were not polite to Naruto. They would eat any extra lamb chops. Fortunately, Naruto ate a lot of meat and didn't need any money, otherwise he couldn't afford to feed the two brothers.

After eating and drinking, Itachi and Sasuke stood up to say goodbye. Before leaving, Sasuke looked at Naruto eagerly with wise eyes. But his mouth seemed to be stuffed with several tons of cement, and he couldn't speak.

The attentive brother seemed to notice something, and turned to Naruto and said, "Naruto-kun, I have to go to school during the day. Can I leave Sasuke to you? You two are of similar age, and I really hope he can get your guidance."

Naruto looked at Itachi and then turned his gaze to Sasuke.

Looking at Sasuke's eager eyes, he readily agreed to Itachi's request.

After getting Naruto's affirmation, Sasuke could clearly feel his inner joy.

Watching the two people walking further and further away, Naruto fell into deep thought again. For the future disaster, Uchiha Madara and Otsutsuki Kaguya are not the biggest enemies. Instead, it is the Otsutsuki clan from outer space.

He knew a little about the abilities of Uchiha Madara and Kaguya Otsutsuki. He should be able to reach that level in a few years.

However, Naruto is not really sure about his control over the abilities of other members of the Otsutsuki clan. After all, "Boruto" has not yet ended after he traveled through time.

So he had to start planning ahead of time, and he wanted to allow these geniuses to grow and survive as much as possible.

Just thinking of Sasuke made Naruto laugh again. Sasuke, who had not experienced the family disaster, was really a weak and frail man. The Sasuke in his memory was full of hatred and isolation. It seemed that he had no real friends except himself.

Now, Itachi has brought Sasuke to his side in advance. So let's train him well.

Just like that, Naruto had a tail beside him. I don't know if it was because of his aloofness, but Naruto could feel it. Sasuke wanted to get closer to him, but he never dared to take this step. Naruto didn't care about it at all, there was still a long way to go, and time would always change a person.

So Naruto's friends have one more person.

In just a few months, Naruto, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, Ino, and Shino would hang out together almost every day.

They got into trouble together, acted foolishly together, were punished together, and were scolded together.

Although Naruto has an adult's mind in his young body, he still put down his posture and completely put himself into the young Naruto. It is undeniable that he is very happy now.

Time flies by in the window. In the blink of an eye, it has been more than a year since Naruto returned to the village. During this year, Naruto has completely integrated into the entire village.

After the assassination attempt a year ago, Naruto never encountered another assassination attempt. So Kakashi, who had been secretly protecting Naruto for about half a year, also left to do other tasks.

Naruto lived a carefree life for the whole year, and practiced in the forest every afternoon.

Occasionally, he taught Uchiha Itachi to learn the Navy 6 Styles. And Itachi was worthy of being called a genius, and he mastered the 6 styles in just two months.

But the most speechless person in this year is the Third Hokage. It can be said that the Third Hokage would guide Naruto's training at least once every two days. However, Naruto is like a loser and has made almost no progress. Except for his strong physique.

One year later, Konoha Village was already in the depths of winter. The village after the snow was like a peaceful fairy tale world. The thick snow piled up in the forest, like a soft white velvet blanket.

Our protagonist Naruto Uzumaki is currently strolling in the depths of the forest.

Suddenly, a shout came from a distance, "If you are from the Hyuga family, please give us a cold shoulder."

"Your eyes are really disgusting, you are actually a white-eyed monster."

Naruto walked closer and saw three kids around 6.7 or 4 years old bullying a little girl around years old.

At this moment, the little girl was squatting on the ground and crying because of fear.

Looking at the girl who looked like a flower bud, Naruto felt a surge of pity in his heart.

Naruto walked up quickly and "bang bang bang" three figures flew out.

"You three, get out of here! Today I am only teaching you a small lesson. If I catch you bullying others again next time, I won't let you down so easily."

Faced with the sudden attack, the three little guys were terrified, even though they realized that the one attacking them was just a 4-year-old child.

Then they quickly got up and disappeared into the forest without looking back.