twenty-four crows (朱) video

[yourhatred]

[Itachi focuses the view on himself, sitting in the living room of the house he shares with Law. As usual, he's in a plain blue silk shirt with his black clothes beneath. At his feet, a gray cat rubs against the leg of his chair.]

It has come to my attention that several others from the world I originate from have arrived in Luceti. To them, if they are aware of who I am, I simply state my presence and assure that there is no need to consider me an adversary at this point in time. This is in the hopes of avoiding any unfortunate altercations in the future should we happen to run across each other.

[Things are chaotic enough as is.]

I am under close scrutiny [This is mostly true to a point.] and have been here for some time, so there is no cause for alarm.

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[erosennin]

There's nothing like an external enemy to unite former foes.

[It's said lightly, almost facetiously; Jiraiya hardly considers them united. But it's recognition of a truce state.]

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[yourhatred]

Of course.

Our community would not benefit from internal strife.

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[erosennin]

I'm not sure any community does.

[Which is true enough. Itachi could be talking about the sub-community of ninja within Luceti, or all of the village, and it would be just as true either way. If they stay united, things would be better.]

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[yourhatred]

There's no denying that.

[A wild subject change appears!] Have you spoken with Kushina?

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[erosennin]

[Jiraiya's willing to roll with that, although talking about Kushina is something he rarely does. If he recalls right, she had some connection to the Uchiha...]

I have! It is nice to see an old friend again...

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[yourhatred]

It must be a wonderful experience for Naruto.

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[erosennin]

Of course it is. What son wouldn't be pleased to spend time with his long-lost mother?

[Yes that was a jab.]

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[yourhatred]

[There's only the slightest of pauses. Thankfully, Jiraiya hadn't been there to witness him lose himself in the delusion that he was his mother.]

...None that I would want to be familiar with.

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[erosennin]

[If he had been, Jiraiya would probably be nice enough to pretend he saw nothing.

... Probably.]

Mm, there you go. And Naruto is hardly one of those people.

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[yourhatred]

There is no denying that.

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[erosennin]

[Which is not totally what Jiraiya likes hearing; he'd really prefer that Itachi be less familiar with Naruto's habits and nature.]

Mm.

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[yourhatred]

I will pry no further. My piece has been said.

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[erosennin]

And it's been heard.

[The only thing that can tell him how much to make of it is time -- the demonstration of Itachi's spoken intent. He'll be keeping an eye out.]