Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

"That's a secret I can't reveal to you, Uchiha Itachi."

Kakashi suddenly thought that, regardless of the outstanding achievements of the Uchiha Itachi before him, he was still a boy of about eleven or twelve years old, brimming with intense curiosity.

He had to interrupt Itachi's curiosity.

"Well, it's not anything important though," Kakashi suddenly smiled, "Since we've met, let me treat you to some mochi balls."

"No problem," Uchiha Itachi nodded.

This guy—

Kakashi felt a pang for his wallet.

Wasn't the Uchiha clan supposed to be proud? Why did he accept the invitation?

Especially Uchiha Itachi, who rarely joked around, typically turning down other people's invitations politely.

Knowing this, Kakashi had made a polite offer, not expecting this guy to actually agree.

Now it seemed he had no choice but to treat him.

Arriving at the mochi stall, Kakashi bought two skewers of sweet mochi balls, giving one to Uchiha Itachi, but the latter narrowed his eyes at seeing that all the balls were red.

"Kakashi-senpai, do you like the color red?" Uchiha Itachi suddenly asked.

Looking at the color of the mochi balls in his and Itachi's hands, and then glancing at the stand, Kakashi was a bit confused—what was this kid getting at? Weren't there only red mochi balls left at the stand?

Did he have a choice?

However, Kakashi still organized his words in an instant, "Of course, the red flame, isn't it in harmony with Konoha's Will of Fire?"

"Is that so? You really love Konoha, Kakashi-senpai." Uchiha Itachi smiled as he bit into a mochi ball, but his heart sank: Using Konoha's Will of Fire as a cover?

It wasn't easy dealing with Kakashi!

However, previous signs had already indicated that there must be something off with Kakashi!

He had to make this guy slip up.

And Kakashi was already planning to find an excuse to leave Itachi's company; after all, being with such a guy was completely draining and not worth it.

[Perhaps, among the entire Uchiha clan, only you were the most normal one, Obito...]

At the thought of Obito, Kakashi's expression became slightly solemn.

"By the way, Kakashi-senpai, what do you actually look like under your mask?" Uchiha Itachi made small talk, "How can you eat mochi with your mask on... "

Before the word "balls" could be said, Uchiha Itachi saw Kakashi had already turned his head, holding a bamboo stick that was left over from the eaten mochi: "Ah? What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing." Uchiha Itachi shook his head, finding it incredible inside.

He had been keeping his eyes on Kakashi, but didn't notice any movement of Kakashi removing his mask, let alone the act of biting into a mochi ball.

Scary!

What kind of speed was that?

If his response time was so fast, even while keeping his Sharingan covered with his forehead protector, why was he known only as the Copy Ninja?

Such a reaction time meant his actual speed couldn't be much slower.

And speed is power.

But only known for copying...

There could only be one answer: Kakashi was disguising something!

Perhaps, to obtain that so-called Sharingan, Kakashi had become friends with the clan's deceased hero—Uchiha Obito—just to get this Sharingan, all under a guise!

This was the truth Uchiha Itachi had deduced!

"Is this your true face, Kakashi!" Uchiha Itachi thought darkly, "Moreover, considering Kakashi's young age at the time, does that mean the organization with the color red has already infiltrated every facet of Konoha?"

Considering that Kakashi was Anbu...

That was right!

The so-called red organization had already infiltrated the Anbu, and even people around the Hokage.

This matter, he absolutely couldn't tell the Hokage!

Uchiha Itachi emphasized in his heart again: "I absolutely can't tell the Hokage, otherwise, the Hokage might very likely be assassinated! To kill someone, poisoning would be enough, I must identify all the members of the red organization first."

"Kakashi is hiding it really well, but I need solid evidence!"

"Maybe, I can make him reveal it himself!"

After throwing the bamboo stick in his hand into the nearby trash can, Kakashi said to Uchiha Itachi, "Well, Itachi, I just remembered something I have to do, you don't mind if I leave first, do you?"

"No problem, Kakashi." Uchiha Itachi felt that as long as he kept following, Kakashi would not slip up, he had to follow discreetly.

With his Sharingan, he was confident he wouldn't be discovered.

"See you later then." Kakashi waved his hand and disappeared with a Body Flicker Skill.

"Body Flicker Skill, huh?"

Uchiha Itachi thought to himself, "This is a bit troublesome, but not too difficult for me. Besides, as fellow villagers not on a mission, we shouldn't hide things from each other... Kakashi-senpai, you definitely have a problem!"

...

"Sakura, did you have fun playing at Ino's house?" Sakura's mother asked with a smile.

"It was okay." Sakura took a shower in the bathroom, washed her clothes, then dried them with chakra, and put them back on. The clothes with a red bottom and silver patterns were quite striking.

"Mom, I'm off to work." Catch the formatted version at M|V|LEM_PYR.

"Be careful on your way."

"Okay."

Haruno Sakura ran out the door, headed to the tailor shop.

"Sakura, you're here so early?" a colleague in the shop asked.

"Well, I'm on holiday." Sakura scratched her head, "I told the boss, during winter break I'll work from nine in the morning until two in the afternoon. After two, I'll train with my friends to become a ninja."

"You're really hardworking, Sakura."

After explaining the situation to the shop owner, he immediately agreed, "No problem, Ninjas are the pride of the village, Sakura. You must become an excellent ninja in the future."

"Thank you for your understanding, Master Tailor." Sakura felt that the villagers were quite friendly, although in certain aspects, they could be nitpicky and even get into fights.

In the blink of an eye, it was two in the afternoon.

Sakura finished work, greeted her colleagues, and left the tailor shop. She headed to Naruto's house, called over Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji to get ready to practice water surface walking at the riverbank.

"Sakura, even though you can dry our clothes, it seems we can't master water surface walking all at once." Shikamaru said, "I asked my dad at home, he suggested we start with tree walking."

"Really?" Sakura walked to a nearby tree as thick as an adult's body, took a step, made a ninety-degree angle with the ground, and walked up it.

"So cool!" Naruto's eyes lit up, "Me too!"

Retreating a dozen meters, Naruto took a running start, ran up the tree, but only managed three meters up before losing control of his chakra and falling down.

"Ouch." Naruto clutched his head, "That hurt a bit."

Ino chuckled and pulled out a blanket from her small backpack, spread it out, and placed it under the tree: "This way, it won't hurt as much if we fall."

"Good idea!" Naruto gave a thumbs up.

"The thing is, before going up the tree, we need to make a jumping start." Shikamaru yawned.

"It's okay to step on it; we'll have to clean it when we get back anyway." Ino waved her hand indifferently and took the lead to demonstrate. She took a few running steps, stepped on the blanket, and ran up the tree.

She managed about ten more steps before falling.

The height she reached was about six meters.

"Higher than me." Naruto couldn't help but clench his fist, "Alright! I can't fall behind either!"

Then, he charged at the tree again.

Shikamaru, Choji, and the others took turns climbing the tree, practicing their chakra control. Whenever they ran out of energy, Sakura would come over, touch them, and transfer chakra so they could keep practicing.

Meanwhile, Kakashi, hidden in the shadows, observed Sakura and the others' practice, feeling pleased: "The kids are practicing tree walking now, huh? Impressive. It's just that chakra... I'm a bit jealous... Strange, should a child have so much chakra?"

Not far from Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi was observing him: "This guy, watching Sasuke's classmates?"

Itachi had some impressions of Sakura and the others, having played at their Uchiha clan training grounds before, especially that Haruno Sakura, who left a deep impression on him.

The genius with the thrown kunai!

What was Kakashi observing them for?

"Hello there!"

At that moment, other classmates of Sakura's came over, namely Shino Yamanaka, Inuzuka Kiba, and Hyuga Hinata.

"It's you guys." Shikamaru stepped forward to greet them.

"Shikamaru, Naruto, Choji, Sakura, Ino, what are you all doing here?" Inuzuka Kiba grinned, "Are you playing ninja games? We want to join! I'm going to be the Hokage!"

Naruto placed his hands on his hips, "We're not playing house here, we're training to become real ninjas in the future!"

"What?" Kiba was taken aback, then slightly angered, "Naruto, you jerk, are you mocking us for playing house?"

"Isn't that what you're doing?" Naruto laughed heartily, "I'm about to learn how to climb trees like a man!"

"Climb trees? As if no one else could do that." Kiba thought Naruto was hinting at something more, but it turned out to be the most basic tree climbing.

Kiba quickly clambered up the tree to the top with his hands and feet, showing off to Naruto, "How about that, Naruto? I'm impressive, right?"

"I'm not talking about climbing like that, I'm talking about walking up with your feet!" Naruto charged at the tree once more, this time making it six meters high, three meters more than before, which was great progress.

"Climb with your feet?" Kiba was stunned; he seemed to remember his parents mentioning it, but at the time he was clamoring for a puppy, so he hadn't really listened.

In his opinion, such skills should naturally be learned after becoming a ninja. There was no need to learn them in advance, right?

"Haha, you can't do it, can you? This is a basic skill for becoming a real ninja!" Naruto laughed heartily.