Discussion: How the Nine-Tails led Naruto astray

The first time, the second time.

When Sasuke opened his eyes, he saw a strange ceiling...

This joke has been played, next one.

The person sitting beside Sasuke's bed was none other than Uchiha Fugaku.

Fugaku folded his hands across his chest and closed his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep, but just when Sasuke opened his eyes, he also opened his eyes and stared at Sasuke with his usual calm eyes: "You're awake."

Hearing the familiar voice, Sasuke froze for a moment, then pretended to stand up as if nothing had happened: "Ah."

He... missed his father very much, but to be honest, he was afraid of his father.

Fugaku seemed not to notice Sasuke's stiffness, and just asked lightly: "Uchiha Sasuke... a nice name, who gave you your name? Dad or Mom?"

Sasuke sat on the bed and didn't dare to look at Fugaku, just staring at the quilt, his hands unconsciously clenched.

"It seems that before I was born, my parents listened to someone's advice and named me after the father of the Third Hokage, wanting me to be a ninja like him." He couldn't remember it clearly, it seemed like this.

"Really?" Fugaku answered softly, and then stopped talking.

Between the father and son... it has always been like this. From the time Sasuke was born to the extermination of the Uchiha clan, he had never seen his father smile, and the conversation between the two was only limited to words like "how is your mastery of ninjutsu" and "how are your grades in school".

When they usually talk, it is always his mother who talks to Sasuke and asks about some things in life.

Sasuke really wants to get his father's recognition like his brother, but in the end he is still not as good as Itachi.

Just when Sasuke thought the topic was about to end, Fugaku suddenly spoke: "Do you take good care of yourself?"

It was still the same calm tone, the same quiet conversation, but the content of the conversation was something Sasuke had never heard before... concern?

Sasuke was stunned and looked at Fugaku at a loss.

Fugaku frowned slightly: "You are so old, can't you take care of yourself?"

There seemed to be a hint of unhappiness in his tone.

Sasuke was sure that he had not heard it wrong. He hesitated for a moment and replied softly: "I can take care of myself, and the bounty from the mission is enough for me to live."

This is true. His mission bounty is not much, but it is not too little. Ninjas are originally dangerous jobs, so their income is much higher than that of ordinary people.

Sasuke lives alone, and with the Uchiha legacy, he can take care of himself more than enough.

"You haven't changed your clothes for a long time?" Fugaku said lightly.

With his observation, he could see that Sasuke's clothes had been worn for a long time. They were not dirty. Although they were clean, some signs of repair could be seen on them. It was obvious that the clothes had been worn and washed all the time, which was why there were such signs.

Sasuke looked at the white robe on his body and instantly understood what Fugaku meant. He laughed: "This dress was given to me by the people of the Six Paths Sage Village. Naruto and I went back thousands of years through the dragon veins. They only accepted barter there, and the money from the future was useless there."

He laughed very easily. He was facing his father, whom he could not face easily, but he laughed very easily at this time.

"Practice?" Fugaku's brows relaxed slightly.

"Yeah." Sasuke nodded, "Because I will face a very strong enemy in the future, I also need..."

Sasuke paused for a moment, "I also need to find someone to settle a matter with him, so I need a strong power. If I stay in the village alone, my growth will be very limited."

Fugaku nodded again, and then seemed to think of something, and asked again: "What is your current strength in the future of Konoha?"

Sasuke thought for a while: "Except for the five...Tsunade-sama and Jiraiya-sama, there should be no one who is my opponent. Even Tsunade-sama and Jiraiya-sama can't easily defeat me."

It's probably about this level.

"Yes, you are worthy of being my... descendant of Uchiha." Fugaku nodded with great satisfaction, "But we can't be arrogant. Uchiha is the largest clan in Konoha. We should have our own pride, but this doesn't mean we should indulge in pride."

"I understand." Sasuke nodded.

Just like that, the two fell silent again.

The quiet room was filled with the scent of sunlight, and the breeze gently blew through the curtains, gently slapping the faces of the two people like ripples.

Fugaku took a deep breath

The calm face finally showed a little fluctuation: "You should go back, right?"

"Yes." Sasuke nodded again, "The Six Paths Sage sent us to this era to let us deal with Pu Shi. Now that Pu Shi has been dealt with, we should go back."

"Or through the dragon vein?"

"Yes."

"..." Fugaku was silent for a while, then stretched out his hand and took out three scrolls in his arms, "This is the Uchiha clan's fire escape ninjutsu scroll, which contains most of the Uchiha clan's fire escape ninjutsu. You, an Uchiha, use lightning escape, which makes me feel bad."

Sasuke blinked.

"This is the experience of developing and using the Sharingan. Although there are few experiences of the Mangekyō Sharingan, there are still many useful things." Fugaku looked calm but inexplicably nagging, and placed the third scroll next to Sasuke, "This is a gift I gave you alone. You can open it at any time, but it is best to wait until you encounter any difficulties before opening it. It should be able to help you a little."

Obviously a cold man, this nagging look makes him look like an old man.

Sasuke suddenly couldn't help laughing. The laugh was not very loud, but the empty sound echoed throughout the room.

Along with the laughter, there were also tears dripping on the quilt.

Sasuke covered his face with his right hand, trying to block the tears flowing from his fingers, and his left hand tightly grasped the quilt. The corners of his mouth were obviously raised, but what came out was no longer that laugh, but sobbing and crying.

Fugaku paused, then he put the scroll on the bedside, hesitantly reached out his hand, put it on Sasuke's head and gently rubbed it: "Although Uchiha men should be strong, sometimes it's like this. Crying is not embarrassing. What's embarrassing is... I dare not cry out loud in front of the closest people."

Fugaku looked up at the window, his tone calm and soothing: "I don't know what happened to the future Uchiha, but from your point of view, something bad should have happened to the future Uchiha, right?"

"That doesn't matter. Uchiha has never been called Uchiha because of someone. It's because we have the same blood and the same pride. Even if we go our separate ways, we still have each other's figure in our hearts."

"This is Uchiha."

For a moment, Sasuke couldn't tell whether Fugaku was talking about Uchiha or their family.

But it doesn't matter.

Sasuke put down his hand covering his face, lowered his head, and his voice was hoarse but full of determination.

"Yeah."