Spring arrives slowly, the sunlight is warm.
In the Uchiha Clan's residence, within the small yard belonging to Uchiha Fugaku, close to Konoha's commercial district.
Back then, the Uchiha had not yet been mistrusted by the upper echelons led by Danzo due to the Nine-Tails Night, and forced to migrate to the outskirts of Konoha.
Roy, as usual, sent a clone to the ninja school to handle the schooling, while he lay flat on the veranda of the courtyard, with a rug beneath him and his head resting on Itachi's knees, letting the boy gently massage his forehead. He listened to the water calamus drip a pool of stream water, flowing gently to nourish the flowerbed beside him... With his right hand, he caught a wisp of spring breeze, his fingers moving slightly, emitting a little flicker of light, consuming a thread of Nen, using "Anti-Conjuration" to summon the crumpled "Divine Characters Structure" given by Ging to continue reading...
Itachi quietly knelt, serving as his brother's pillow, his eyes not like a child's but rather mature; those clear pupils showed a ripple, rather it was the first time he saw Nissan use [Summoning Technique].
[Summoning Technique]: A type of space-time ninjutsu, akin to contract summon. The practitioner can, through signing a blood contract with a summoning beast in advance, determine specific hand seals (Pig, Dog, Rooster, Monkey, Sheep), and then consume chakra to summon it to the battlefield, types like "sex, drugs, gambling" with their "toads", "giant snakes", "slugs"... They can also bury items or ninja tools in scrolls without a blood contract and summon them using hand seals, such as the various ninja tools of Tenten and Sai's [Super Beast Imitating Drawing]...
Since infancy, after gaining awareness, Itachi, like today, always watched Roy openly and discreetly collecting various ninjutsu, naturally had impressions of [Summoning Technique].
It's just unfortunate due to age and this world's understanding of "power", Itachi didn't realize... this isn't actually [Summoning Technique] but [Anti-Conjuration]... "Anything can be conjured, anything can be anti-conjured", the "summoning" range is far deeper than [Summoning Technique] and broader as well...
"Nissan, what are [Divine Characters]?"
The crumpled paper was filled with scribbles, akin to Ging's casual style, fitting his identity as a relic hunter... Itachi started learning to read at just over one year old, by two could follow Roy to view ninjutsu, barely recognizing the words "Divine Characters" from the scribbles, craning his head to view it with Roy...
Roy gently smiled and said: "You can think of it as a scroll, one that can seal any 'ninjutsu' within, by injecting chakra can be used."
"Scroll?"
"Yes... it can make a paralyzed person walk... can make the blind see light... can make a dog speak like a human... can create thunder in a flat field... summer snowstorm... anything you wish, it can help others achieve..."
Itachi paused: "Can it also help those uncles with missing arms and legs to recover?"
Referring to those clan members who just returned from the battlefield wounded... Roy's gaze shifted, recalling after the war ended, father Fugaku had led little Itachi to visit those injured.
Roy comprehended and smiled: "Why can't it?"
"Father said so." Itachi's voice was somber: "Father told me to remember those uncles' names and faces, once on the battlefield, I must protect myself, if a hand is lost, one can no longer form seals and become a ninja."
Forming seals... Roy's thoughts fluctuated, images of Indra appeared in his mind, this eldest son of the Sage of Six Paths, founder of the Uchiha clan, also developed "seals", enabling ordinary people to use chakra... The person is gone, yet chakra continues to possess successive generations of Uchiha, continuously inherited...
Perhaps unwilling, or due to initially not being able to compete with his brother Ashura for the inheritance of ninjutsu from his father, he was always unwilling...
Suddenly a gust of spring wind blew, gently swaying the hair strands hanging on the brothers' foreheads...
Roy put away the "Divine Characters Structure", letting it dissipate into glow at his fingertips, and with another glance, he sat up, merrily rubbed Itachi's obedient little head and said: "Itachi, in this vast world, there's nothing too strange, it's possible for a normal person to grow two extra arms, then what's impossible about limb regeneration?"
Roy said, generating arms from his ribs, utilizing [Hand Regeneration] learned from the hand demon, spreading four arms wide, like a god or demon, behind and above him was a great sun, casting his shadow of "four arms", enveloping the little Itachi.
Itachi's small form knelt on the wooden veranda, listening to the water calamus drip a pool of stream water flowing gently... mouth slightly agape... then his slightly chubby face was pinched lightly by Roy: "So, my foolish brother, don't assume something doesn't exist just because you haven't seen it..."
The veranda led to the sliding door within the house, a silhouetted figure appeared.
Uchiha Fugaku, having worked through the night at the police department, returned, his mouth twitching... Who is this brat calling stupid now?
With a creaking sound, Fugaku slid the door open, sitting down next to the brothers, took out a still steaming oil paper package from his bosom, opened it... It was the "three-color dumplings" Roy and Itachi loved eating.
Colorful dumplings made from glutinous rice or potato starch, with a glutinous soft outer skin, containing matcha, syrup, with a balance of sweet and salty, taking a bite, if stuffed enough, can even burst with filling... Fugaku handed a skewer to Itachi, then glared at Roy: "You have extra arms, take it yourself."
Roy chuckled, retracting the ribs' arms, took a skewer himself, tossed it into his mouth, squinting as he chewed.