Naruto: The Beautiful Uchiha is Actually Me?

Chapter 55 Can we just hug like this for a little while?

"Remove the shackles from his hands and feet!" Yan Yi said to the jailer seriously, his tone leaving no room for doubt.

"this..."

He was in a dilemma. The clan leader and elders had personally instructed him to keep a close watch on this Thousand-Handed brat, and now the Third Young Master wanted to unlock the chains—he dared not...

"Don't worry about it, I'll talk to Father."

Yan felt a pang of heartache when she saw the bloodstains on Banjian's hands and feet. He was only the same age as her, yet he had to bear such heavy shackles.

The jailer looked troubled, and after thinking for a while, he found a compromise.

"Well then, the shackles can't be removed, but we can replace them with special iron rings that restrict chakra..."

Yan Yi felt somewhat helpless. He didn't want to make things difficult for his people, so he could only nod and temporarily compromise...

"Okay... I'll change it for him myself, you just wait!"

"But..."

"No buts! He's mine, and none of you are allowed to touch him! Uh..."

"what?"

Yan Yiyi got excited, then suddenly realized she might have said something wrong, so she quickly pretended to cough and immediately put on a righteous and awe-inspiring expression...

"Ahem, anyway, I brought him back, and I was the one who took on the mission to extract information from him. If he continues like this, he'll die. Are you going to take responsibility for that?"

The word "responsible" struck a nerve with the prison guard. After weighing the pros and cons, he realized he really didn't need to get involved in their father-son scheme. They were father and son; they could make decisions simply by informing each other. He, on the other hand, was just an ordinary worker...

"Alright...Young Master, please don't make things difficult for me!"

"rest assured..."

The jailer gave Yan Yi five specially made iron rings, and then consciously stepped aside, no longer wanting to get involved in these trivial matters.

Although Yan Yi felt extremely reluctant, making it too obvious now would only do no good for Itama. She could only try to change things slowly...

Next time, I'll definitely find him a different place. It's just too miserable to keep him locked up here. Modern prisons at least have basic infrastructure! This Warring States period dungeon is simply indescribable.

Back at Itama, Yan Yi walked over and took out a key to unlock the iron rings on Itama's hands and feet. Itama looked puzzled, not understanding what Yan Yi meant.

"Yan Yi, I can manage, you don't need to do this..."

Yan Yi shook her head, her tone sounding somewhat sad: "Being locked up like this all the time? You can't even use your hands, it's inconvenient for you in everything! There's no need to torture you like this."

After the iron rings were removed, sure enough... the wrists and ankles were completely mangled and bloody. If this continued, not only would it leave scars, but it might also lead to death from infection.

Yan Yi knew that the Uchiha clan did not know medical ninjutsu. Although he did not know if the Senju clan still knew it, he could imagine that they would mostly have to rely on primitive recovery methods for treatment.

Give me your hand...

At this moment, Yan Yi's expression was extremely serious, and he was completely unguarded.

If Itama wanted to, he could have launched an attack the moment he was freed, and the unsuspecting Yan Yi would have undoubtedly fallen to the ground...

But Itama couldn't do it. Seeing Yan Yi's beautiful face and that pitying look in her eyes, Itama was confused...

The bandages, coated with a special medicine, were wrapped around the wrist between the boards, then around the other hand...

"Put your feet on my lap~"

"Ah...okay..."

Itama suddenly felt that this scene was familiar. Thinking about it carefully, he realized that he had applied medicine and bandaged bandages for Yan Yi before.

After fiddling with it for a while, Yan Yi nodded in satisfaction.

"That should be fine. This kind of injury should heal quickly."

Actually, Itama wanted to say that this minor injury was nothing, it would heal in two or three days. But he didn't say anything, because when Yan Yi bandaged him, he felt that long-lost feeling of being cared for...

"I'm sorry, even though I've freed you from your restraints, I still have to put these on you..." Yan Yi pointed to the several iron rings on the ground, looking guilty.

Itama snapped out of her daze and quickly said, "It's alright, I'm much better than before! Yan Yi, don't worry about me..."

As he spoke, Itama couldn't hold back any longer. His hands, which had been bound to the wall, were now free. He no longer had to hold back, and he gave the boy he had been longing for day and night a big hug.

"Waaah... I want... just to hug you like this for a little while... is that okay?" Itama sobbed, burying her head in Genichi's shoulder.

Yan Yi was taken aback for a moment, then slowly reached out and gently patted his back.

"Um...of course..."

The two boys remained in that position quietly for a full ten minutes. Only when Banma finally calmed down did he reluctantly release Yan Yi.

"Yan Yi, thank you..."

"It's alright, I'm sorry to trouble you to stay here a little longer, but I'll come to see you often!"

After personally locking those specially made iron rings around the other person's limbs and neck, Yan Yi slowly stood up, took off his coat, and put it on Banjian.

Yan Yi pointed to the pocket of the coat on Itama's body and said, "I'm leaving. You can have all this stuff, and the candy too!"

"it is good..."

Once Yan Yi left, only the solitary figure remained in the dark cell. He crouched in the corner, staring at the iron ring on his wrist, a strange emotion rising within him...

Surprisingly, he didn't feel particularly sad. Instead, he felt a strange... but he didn't think about it carefully. Instead, he reached into his pocket and popped a piece of candy into his mouth.

Although these specially made iron rings completely restricted his chakra flow, leaving him with no chance to escape, a long-lost glimmer of light appeared in his eyes.

I will always wait for you!

......

For many days afterward, Yan Yi trained like crazy.

Compared to before, he is now working even harder, not only practicing ninjutsu every day, but also constantly repeating the training list given to him by his first teacher.

Despite being constantly covered in wounds, Yan Yi didn't feel any hardship. A little boy was waiting for him in the prison cell; he couldn't afford to slack off and had to seize every opportunity to improve his strength...

He did not tell any of his tribesmen other than Ban Ge about his awakening of his eyes.

If my father finds out that I have opened my eyes, he might pay close attention to me, and I might even have to go back to the battlefield!

Before making thorough preparations, Yan Yi had no intention of getting into any more conflicts with the Thousand Hands. He didn't want to kill anyone, but he couldn't control whether they wanted to kill him or not.

But just as Yan Yi was thinking about her father, that familiar voice rang in her ears by sheer coincidence...

"Yan Yi, how's your cultivation going lately?"

Yan Yi turned around and quickly stood up straight, answering somewhat awkwardly, "Father, my cultivation progress is normal... but I still need to work harder."

"Hmm, very good. Tomorrow I will give you a test. If you pass, you can proceed to the next stage of your cultivation!"

"Next step?"

Yan Yi was a little excited by her father's words. New cultivation meant new knowledge! Although she didn't know what it was, as long as it could improve her strength, she would persevere no matter how hard it was!

Tajima didn't keep them in suspense and said directly, "Our Uchiha clan has inherited not only taijutsu but also swordsmanship. You should also learn how to use weapons."

Using weapons...

Yan Yi suddenly understood. He had always used weapons merely as fighting tools, but with swordsmanship, weapons became like another part of his body! The increase in combat power was substantial...

"I will do my best!" Yan Yi nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Tajima smiled contentedly, and was about to turn and leave when he suddenly seemed to remember something...

"Oh, right, there's one more thing."

"Ah, Father, please speak..."

Yan Yi's heart, which had just begun to relax, tensed up again. Could it be that her father had discovered why she was being too nice to Ban Jian?

"Next week, the Feathered Robe Clan will be bringing people over to exchange information. You'll be in charge of receiving them."

After saying that, Tajima turned and left, confident that his son was capable enough to handle the situation.