Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 163 The Seven-Tails Jinchuriki in Konoha
Uchiha Touko looked at the Seven-Tails, Chōmei, with a gentle smile on his face. This Seven-Tails was much more pragmatic than the Nine-Tails. Judging from what Naruto said, the Nine-Tails had been cursing him behind his back quite a bit lately.

Moreover, the Seven-Tails' choice was entirely in Konoha's interest.

"This is a matter between the two of you, and Konoha respects your choice," said Uchiha Touko.

"Thank you." A hint of gratitude appeared on Chongming's insect-like face, and he thought to himself:

[They're both Uchiha with the Mangekyou Sharingan, so why is there such a big difference?]

"You can say hello to your old friend later," Uchiha Touko said with a smile, turning and leaving the sealed space.

Back in the outside world, Fu, who had exited the sealed space earlier, glared at Uchiha Touko, seemingly unhappy that he hadn't included her in his conversation with the Seven-Tails.

“I’ve talked to your partner, so you can stay in Konoha for now,” Uchiha Touko said with a smile, then looked at Kakashi, “Kakashi, when you go back to the police station, please take this child to Fugaku’s house.”

"Sent to the Fugaku family again?" Kakashi was taken aback. To be honest, the Fugaku family's house had practically become the village's second-generation daycare. The kids would run to the Uchiha clan's territory as soon as they got out of school. Naruto had even learned to bring his luggage and go directly to the house when Kakashi was on a mission. Sometimes, the kids would stay at the Fugaku family's house if they played too late, which meant that there were usually at least two kids at the Fugaku family's house every day.

"What else? Who among us can take care of the children?" Uchiha Touko spread his hands and said, "Besides, with Fugaku around, we can react immediately if something happens to the Seven-Tails. Fugaku is probably even better at dealing with tailed beasts than I am. Also, Mikoto really likes these children."

To be honest, the energetic children played a significant role in helping Mikoto recover from the loss of her eldest son so quickly.

“I’m not a child anymore! I can take care of myself!” Fu said, puffing out her cheeks in dissatisfaction.

“In our village, anyone under 16 is a child,” Uchiha Touko said. “You don’t even have a guardian, how can I let you wander around our village without my permission?”

"Besides, you'll make a lot of friends there, and one of them is a child with the same status as you," Uchiha Touko said with a smile.

"Really?" The words "make friends" immediately struck a chord with Fu, who had always felt very lonely because of her identity since childhood, and she immediately said with some excitement.

“Really,” Uchiha Touko said with a smile, “You should be able to get along with them quite well.”

Soon, Kakashi took Fu to Fugaku's house. Mikoto was very happy to have a new member in the family and busied herself preparing a special room for Fu.

It must be said that Mikoto, a woman who possesses all the beautiful qualities of a traditional woman, can easily win the favor of children. In front of Mikoto, Fu quickly let down her guard as a newcomer.

"You can stay here for now. The two younger brothers I told you about haven't finished school yet. You'll see them in a few hours," Mikoto said to Fu with a smile.

"Um, Auntie, don't you care at all about my identity?" After hesitating for a while, Fu couldn't help but ask. In Takigakure, almost everyone was afraid of her identity as a Jinchūriki and dared not approach her, even her parents who died when she was very young. On the contrary, it was in Konoha that she truly experienced the feeling of being taken care of, which made her feel very unreal.

"Your identity?" Mikoto looked at Fu with some surprise. "You mean...?"

“I’m a Jinchūriki. A tailed beast is sealed inside my body, so many people have been afraid to get close to me since I was little…” Fu said softly. However, before she could finish speaking, Mikoto gently patted her head.

Fu's question made Mikoto want to laugh. If you were to ask who in the entire ninja world was least sensitive to tailed beasts, it would probably be the Uchiha clan. Even a regular three-tomoe Sharingan could use genjutsu to briefly affect a tailed beast for a moment, thus saving their own lives. Not to mention that there were several Mangekyou Sharingan experts in the clan now. So, the clan elders, who had gradually turned into disrespectful old men after Uchiha Tokage became Hokage, loved to gather together every day and tease Naruto, who came to visit the Uchiha clan, until he was red-hot. Then they would laugh and watch Naruto scream and yell. Who else in the whole village would dare to do that?

“Child, this is not something you can choose. In my eyes, you are just an ordinary child,” Mikoto said with a smile.

Fu stared blankly at Mikoto, lost in thought.

"Just make yourself at home. If you need anything, you can tell me or Uncle Fugaku directly. Don't let Uncle Fugaku's seemingly unapproachable appearance fool you; he's actually a very kind person," Mikoto Uchiha said with a smile.

……

Just as Fu settled in Konoha, Iwata Zeki had already arrived at the front lines and had already clashed head-on with Huang Tu, the person in charge of this special military operation in Iwagakure. Although he was completely overwhelmed by Huang Tu as soon as they met, as the strongest person in Takigakure on paper, Iwata Zeki still managed to hold off Huang Tu for quite some time. Even when both sides called for a retreat, Huang Tu was not allowed to wreak havoc in their mid-level ninja units. However, the price was that Iwata Zeki had many horrifying scars on his body.

"Leader, are you alright?" After Iwata Zeki received treatment from the medical ninja, the higher-ups of Takigakure came over and asked with concern.

"I'm fine." Iwata Zeki waved his hand, then took out the combination ninjutsu scroll that Uchiha Touko had taught him from his pocket, and said to everyone, "Hurry up and find a suitable ninja in the village to learn this combination ninjutsu, and then make them master this ninjutsu as quickly as possible, otherwise we will be completely unable to face Iwagakure's combination ninjutsu."

“Yes!” A high-ranking member of Takigakure took the scroll from Iwata Sawaki and left.

Meanwhile, inside the tower of Amegakure, Nagato also received news of Iwagakure's invasion of Takigakure.

A powerful aura erupted from Nagato's body, and his withered fingers clenched tightly together.

"Do these major powers really enjoy waging wars so much?" Nagato said through gritted teeth. "And every time, it's us small countries who suffer the consequences."

"Nagato, we've received a request for help from Takigakure." Konan walked in and said to Nagato, "They want us to help them hold off Iwagakure's high-ranking officers. They're offering a high price." Hearing Konan's words, Nagato fell into deep thought.

"So, should we accept this request?" Konan asked after a while. "However, if we accept this request, Kakuzu might be a bit upset. After all, according to him, Takigakure betrayed him, which is why he had to leave the village."

"Accept! Of course we must accept! When negotiating with Takigakure, we can also take the initiative to lower the price a bit." Nagato turned to look at Konan, his Rinnegan eyes filled with anger. "It's time to let these great powers that start wars at will experience the pain of war. Moreover, if Iwagakure deploys its tailed beasts, I will personally capture them."

"What about Kakuzu's side?" Konan asked.

"Let's increase his share of the reward for this mission," Nagato said.

"I understand." Konan nodded. It was clear that Nagato was truly determined to make Iwagakure pay the price for starting the war.

……

Konoha, the home of the Uchiha clan, Sasuke brought his friends to his home after school.

Besides their fellow members of the Seven Stars Society, their small group has recently expanded by quite a few people, most of whom are girls. First of all, there's Hinata, who always hangs around Naruto. Although Neji is very unhappy that his sister hangs around with a blond guy every day, he can't say much since the blond guy is his junior brother.

Then there's Ino. Shikamaru and Choji left her aside every day, which annoyed him a lot, especially since Sasuke was among the people they hung out with. So, after the young lady beat them both up, Shikamaru had no choice but to bring her along.

Then there's Sakura, Ino's best friend who was pulled into the group. Sakura is now the benchmark among ordinary ninjas in the ninja academy. As Tsunade's personal disciple, she is not only the top student in the medical school, but her combat power has also improved by leaps and bounds. Although she is limited by her still-growing body and chakra reserves, and cannot fight against freaks like Naruto and Sasuke, ordinary ninja students are really no match for her.

Of course, all of this comes at a price. Sakura, who is not even eight years old this year, suddenly noticed when she looked in the mirror that her hairline seemed to have moved up two millimeters, making her already large forehead appear even larger. Moreover, she has almost no free time. Now, whenever she has free time, she has to hold a medical book and study it. She doesn't even have time to pay attention to Sasuke, who used to be her favorite character.

So Sakura didn't want to come to Ino's invitation, but Ino kept pulling her along. It also happened that Tsunade was going to give Anri a physical exam today, so she gave her a day off, which allowed her to temporarily escape from the sea of ​​books and exercises.

Then there are Tenten and Lee, who came with Neji. As Neji's classmate, Tenten has always been very enthusiastic towards him. Neji can't do anything about this rich young lady. In the past, when he was splitting up the family, he could keep his distance from her by being aloof, but he can't do that now. After all, her family is the supplier of ninja tools for the Hyuga clan. As the young clan leader appointed by Hiashi Hyuga, Neji has to get along well with her.

As for Lee, it's funny to say. He originally had no talent in ninjutsu or genjutsu and was completely at the bottom of his class. Normally, he would have to wait until graduation and class reshuffling to become Guy's apprentice before he could truly start to soar to great heights through hard work.

But coincidentally, the large-scale Sanqing Education Team movement in the village a while ago, and the large group of people in green tight-fitting clothes running around the village every morning, made this kid realize that this training method seemed to have a huge effect on improving physical skills.

So this kid took the initiative to approach the instructors of the Sanqing Education Team and asked to join, which completely stumped Hideaki Sakurai.

Lee wasn't annoyed by the rejection. He somehow got hold of a matching bodysuit and trained with the Sanqing Training Team every day. This caught the attention of Might Guy after he returned to the village, who took him on as a disciple. Might Guy even approached Uchiha Touko, hoping that he could become Lee's instructor after Lee graduated from the Ninja Academy. Uchiha Touko naturally had no reason to refuse.

Lee, who started learning the Gangpuken style early, naturally made rapid progress in his skills and became the only one in his class who could spar with Neji. Therefore, Neji would also bring Lee along when training.

So, when a large group of people were brought home by Sasuke, if Uchiha Touko were here, he would probably be amazed that the future Konoha 12 had already been assembled at this time.

"Mom, I brought my friends over to play!" Sasuke shouted as soon as he entered the door.

"Okay, Sasuke, you and your friends sit down first, Mom will go get you some snacks," Mikoto Uchiha called from the kitchen.

Then, the group followed Sasuke into his living room. However, as soon as they opened the door, they came face to face with Fu, who had been sitting there for a long time.

Fu and Sasuke's group were both taken aback. At that moment, Chongming inside Fu's body also reminded Fu to pay attention to a blond-haired boy in the group.

"Sasuke, this is Fu. She'll be staying with us from today onwards. You two should get along well." At that moment, Mikoto carried a large plate of snacks into the living room and said to Sasuke.

"Hello, my name is Uchiha Sasuke, nice to meet you!" Sasuke greeted Fu very politely. However, Fu was staring blankly at Naruto, and Naruto was also staring at her with a blank look.

At this moment, in a strange space, Chongming and Kurama faced each other across two sealed gates, while beneath them, Fu and Naruto stared at each other with wide eyes.

"Are you someone similar to me?" Fu said, then looked up at the Nine-Tailed Fox. However, the Nine-Tailed Fox's mere glare and bared teeth were enough to terrify the little girl.

"Nine-Tails, you're still as wicked as ever. Don't scare my companions." At this moment, a transparent insect wing descended and blocked the space between Nine-Tails and Fu, and Chongming also spoke up.

"Companions? It seems you've already succumbed to humans, haven't you? What a disgrace to the Tailed Beasts." Kurama sneered, baring its teeth.

……

(End of this chapter)