Konoha: Start by unlocking the caged bird

Chapter 149 Nagato appears
The aroma of hot pot filled the living room.

The people sitting around the coffee table temporarily put aside their previous identities and enjoyed the rare relaxing time.

Naruto and Gaara sat in the corner, Hyuga Yuzuru sat on the spacious side of the coffee table, surrounded by Uchiha Izumi and Hyuga Kaoru, while the two brothers Uchiha Shisui and Itachi sat opposite them.

The hot pot on the gas stove was steaming, and the snowflakes outside the window seemed to be getting bigger, but the room was very warm. A few people chatted about trivial matters in daily life, not caring that Gaara was sitting silently beside him. corner.

Naruto is very caring towards his little brother. Ever since he started living in the same building with Gaara, he has shown a very familiar and friendly attitude towards this little Jinchūriki friend who has the same status as him. Even though Gaara was resistant and even suspicious and disgusted at first, over time, he actually felt a kind of warmth from Naruto that he had never felt before, or had been away from for a long time.

During his time in Konoha, except for occasionally cooperating with Kabuto Yakushi to let out the Onebill's body to air and provide some of Onebill's body tissue and chakra, he lived a very free life.

This feeling of freedom even made him a little confused for a while. Was Konoha planning to make a big move, or was they secretly observing his actions? Therefore, he was cautious and low-key for a long time. Until recently, he finally confirmed it.
Hinata Yuzuru really didn't intend to care about him, and had no intention of using him at all. To be precise, he intended to treat him as a weapon like the Sunagakure.

Every time he cooperates with research, it is not without compensation. At least the accommodation and living expenses are provided by Konoha, which is considered fair to Gaara.

Moreover, the longer he stayed in Konoha, the more he felt that this world was a bit magical. Everything he saw in Konoha was almost completely different from the Ninja Village, Ninja, and human nature he knew.

Whenever I think back to my time in Sunagakure Village, Gaara's memories are only filled with darkness. The people in the village are either full of fear of me, or they are not friendly at all.

Even his own father, Rasa, could send him directly to Konoha. What a harsh and cold reality!

But, Naruto is different.

He is like a little sun that will never go out. No matter how cold the attitude is towards him, as long as he believes in something, or thinks that someone can change, he will spare no effort to help the other person, trying to make others understand the light he feels.

Even Nagato couldn't resist Naruto's talk when they first met, let alone Gaara, who lived in the same building with Naruto and had to deal with him from time to time.

And Naruto did this simply because Hinata Yuzuru briefly told him about Gaara's past - including everything his biological father had done to him, and his experiences in the Sand Village, etc.

The more Naruto looked at Gaara, he felt that this was simply another me in the world, even worse than himself.

At least, I still have Yuzuru-kun and many friends and teachers.
This made Naruto even more determined to help Gaara come out of the shadow like himself.

The ninjas here are not as enthusiastic as Naruto, but they do not reject Gaara's existence.

Well, it’s not an exaggeration to say that I don’t care.

After all, anyone sitting here, except for Hinata Kaoru, can probably be treated submissively by Gaara.

After they had eaten and drank enough, Hinata Kaoru quickly took Uchiha Izumi to clean up the mess. The guys gathered around the living room, playing the TV, watching the evening drama that was broadcast on time at 7:30, and enjoying the leisurely life now. , a time like a vacation.

"Have you been home recently, Itachi?" Hinata Yuzuru suddenly asked.

Uchiha Itachi was originally staring out the window in a daze with a calm expression. He turned his head and was silent for a moment: "No."

He leaned a little tiredly on the armrest on the side of the sofa, holding his chin, with deep tears on his face: "I have met Sasuke twice. He recently wanted to join the root."

"According to that kid's immature words, we need to stand at the closest place and see clearly the true nature of Itachi and Konoha." Uchiha Shisui complained. Now, he is already a middle-aged young man in his thirties. His face, which was originally a little precocious, now looks quite matching.

As he spoke, he couldn't help but shook his head and said gently: "Itachi, my aunt often asks me about you."

As the leader of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Shisui still spends most of his time within the family.

The civil strife that year has subsided for a long time. With the growth of New Konoha and the restructuring within the Uchiha clan, the Uchiha clan today is very different from before.

The most important thing is to rely on the example of Uchiha Shisui - as Hyuga Yuzuru's most solid supporter, under his management, the Uchiha clan has gradually got rid of the shadow of the past.

As the number of ninjas increased, the diversity of jobs also greatly increased, and the influence of the Uchiha clan in Konoha was also affected to some extent. Shisui was too honest and Itachi was an outsider, and they were unable to get a share of the pie when the commercial boom emerged. The Uchiha clan is now in a slight decline.

But fortunately, both the Anbu and the Root are now led by people from the Uchiha clan. At least from now on, they have officially taken root in Konoha's Z community and no longer have to worry about being excluded from the core power circle as before.

Uchiha Itachi heard what Uchiha Shisui said, he just nodded sullenly and said softly: "Yeah."

His eyes were wandering, but there was an extra hand on his shoulder. Hinata Yuzuru smiled and patted his shoulder: "Do you want me to give you a special holiday again to take your aunt and Sasuke on vacation?"

"We are busy with the work at the Root right now and cannot get away." Uchiha Itachi objected hastily, but what he said was also the truth.

Today, the root has transformed into the most professional intelligence and reconnaissance organization in Konoha. It covers a very comprehensive field and can be called the Konoha Security Bureau, whether it is business intelligence, Konoha security, counter-intelligence and penetration, intelligence eavesdropping and counter-eavesdropping, etc. Plays a vital role in Konoha.

The danger of commercialization is that the links between the various ninja villages have become extremely close, various intelligence spies have become extremely active, and all kinds of covert crimes have emerged in an endless stream. These are problems that the Root needs to solve. It is conceivable how busy the Root is now.

The most intuitive manifestation is that they actually developed the first set of eavesdropping and monitoring equipment in the ninja world themselves.

There are also independent research laboratories within the roots. This is inevitable. Nowadays, Konoha's research department is getting wider and wider. Even though it has abandoned the development and research of a large number of civilian products and transformed into more sophisticated research and development fields, it is still It's a continuous operation, and there is a severe shortage of manpower.

The development of ninja tools, the research on tailed beasts, and now, apart from the 'immortality drug' that is being researched using Danzo's Hidan cells and Hyuga Yuzuru's cells which is still under secret development, even the medical field has been thrown to the Konoha Medical Department, with Tsunade taking the lead.

"Maybe, you are the only one who hasn't let go of everything. Who knows?" Hinata Yuzuru tried to calm him down and said, "At least, it seems that Auntie still misses you a lot. It's not easy to go back to the clan. Why don't you make a few more calls and get together at your house? Isn't that good?"

Hinata Yuzuru's words made Itachi couldn't help but fall silent. After a while, he nodded, which was regarded as an agreement. He stroked the mobile phone in his pocket and whispered: "Do you think it is a good idea to let Sasuke join the Roots?"

"I think so." Hinata Yuzuru said, patiently explaining: "You should know Sasuke's character better than I do. He admires you very much, but he is also as extreme as you. If he is not allowed to see all this for himself, , sooner or later you will reach a dead end alone.

Let him get to the root, and it will be easier for me to have more contact with him."

After Hinata Yuzuru finished speaking, the matter was settled, but Naruto at the side shouted: "What about me?" Today's ninja team is very different from before. Although the previous mission commissions still exist, under the control of Konoha today, there are basically no missions such as "clearing out bandits" and "pursuing rebel ninjas".

They were all handled by the Konoha Standing Police Force that is now spread across the Land of Fire.

Today, Konoha has completed legislation, Konoha courts have opened all over the Fire Country, and Konoha police stations have spread all over the country, reaching towns and villages. Even though there are still occasional casualties, compared with before, the entire Fire Country , or in other words, the security level of Konoha Country has risen by more than one or two levels.

The tasks of Konoha ninjas are mainly to protect, or are directly assigned by the administrative department, and are mainly patrolling, detecting, and using force to deter.

It is not Naruto's turn to do tasks such as finding cats and dogs. Kakashi has a lazy temper. Team 7 goes out on missions less and less. Now Sasuke also wants to join the Roots, and Hinata With their favorite work direction in mind, Class 7 has already begun to disperse.

Being able to spread out and fall into the entire system of Konoha is a pretty good ending for just a ninja class.

Naruto has recently been very worried about which part he should add - after thinking about it, he seems to have been practicing for many years, and now his fighting ability is quite outstanding.

Hinata Yuzuru thought about it, but glanced at Naruto and suggested: "How about going to school?"

"School?" Uzumaki Naruto's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.

"Well, with your character and ability, I think it would be great to be a teacher." Hinata Yuzuru said with a smile, and said seriously: "How about the assistant principal? Serve some basic courses, mainly follow Three generations studied administration.”

Only then did Uzumaki Naruto understand Hinata Yuzuru's intention.

Today, the principal of the Konoha Ninja School is still the Third Generation Sarutobi Hiruzen. There is no choice. There is really no one else to use him. As expected, he will have to work his way into the coffin before he can hope to retire.

Fortunately, the work in the Ninja School is not too much, and it is more than enough with the ability of the third generation.

"Ninja school?" Uzumaki Naruto hesitated, not daring to make a decision. He scratched his head and said frankly: "I don't have much confidence."

As someone who used to be a last-ranked student, becoming a teacher?

How can I have this ability!

Hinata Yuzuru smiled: "Then what do you want to do? Administrative department? Be my third secretary? It's not impossible, but it will be very busy, and you probably won't have time to practice properly."

As soon as he heard that he had no time to practice properly, Naruto shook his head decisively. He smiled and said, "Then let's go to Ninja School."

"Don't worry, I'll just be on duty during normal times, and when there's a mission, I'll still have to go out and do it, mainly to gain some management experience." Hinata Yuzuru looked at him with a smile, and said meaningfully: "Since you want to do it, you have to do it well."

"I know." Uzumaki Naruto accepted the arrangement nervously, while Hinata Yuzuru just looked at him with a smile and said, "Before that, go and complete your last training with Jiraiya. As long as you can graduate from Jiraiya, you can work in other departments."

"What is the last training?" Uzumaki Naruto wondered, but a bright golden light appeared in Hinata Yuzuru's hand, which he flicked and landed on Naruto's forehead. He raised his head and exclaimed.

"Sage Mode."

Uzumaki Naruto rubbed his forehead in shock. Even though he was only pushed lightly on the forehead as a joke, he could clearly feel the power contained in the golden chakra. He stuttered, "Can I learn this kind of power?"

"Of course." Hinata Yuzuru smiled, took out his phone, and simply edited a text message to Jiraiya, asking him to start helping Naruto practice Sage Mode.

Uzumaki Naruto was immersed in the beautiful fantasy of learning this move and being invincible for a moment, then he woke up and seemed full of energy again: "Okay! I will definitely learn it as soon as possible!"

Hinata Yuzuru chuckled twice and said nothing more, but he couldn't help thinking
If this kid learns the Sage Mode, plus he now has more control over the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox than in the original book,
Maybe, Konoha's combat effectiveness will soar again.

"By the way, what did you say to the Nine Lamas in your body to make it cooperate with you like this?" Hinata Yuzuru was very curious.

He also made an agreement with Shukaku that he would let Shukaku watch him beat Kyuubi.

Naruto scratched his head awkwardly, and after a long while, he whispered: "I said, if you can't lend me the power, I might be beaten by the One-Tail in Gaara's body. By then, the Nine-Tail Jinchuriki will not be able to defeat the One-Tail Jinchuriki."

Even Hinata Kaoru couldn't help laughing.

Gaara raised the corners of his mouth slightly and then lowered them. The Shukaku in his body actively let out a weird laugh that only he could hear: "That fox has been locked up for so long, but his mind is still so narrow."

"Anyway, it said that as long as I can beat Shukaku up, it will lend me all its power. Now let me get used to it first." As Naruto said this, Gaara let out a somewhat tsundere snort and raised his face with an invincible look.

But when the ninjas of Konoha all looked at him, he instinctively felt a chill running down his spine and turned his head to watch TV.

It was Shukaku who was afraid, not me.

Don't tell me, Shukaku in Gaara's body is really a little scared now - none of the guys in front of him are good, except for the little girl from the Hyuga clan who looks a bit weak. They're all kind of villains who can pinch the tailed beast and beat them up.

It had seen those Susanoos with its own eyes, and the abundant power of the Sharingan in them made its scalp tingle.

"Whenever you want to fight, remember to apply to me first." Hinata Yuzuru said and laughed: "By the way, find someone to record it and keep it as a souvenir."

While chatting and laughing, many topics were discussed. At seven or eight o'clock in the evening, everyone disbanded with a tacit understanding. They should work overtime and rest when they should, but they never thought that the originally expected meeting of the five shadows had not yet come. Then something happened suddenly that attracted Hinata Yuzuru's full attention.

During his daily morning peeping, cough, monitoring of Konan's situation, Hinata Yuzuru discovered something through his future vision.

Nagato took action.

Looking at the route
He actually wanted to start from the Rain Country and head straight to Konoha!
(End of this chapter)