Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 219 Ninja Cats and Ninja Dogs (Seeking monthly votes~)

Hokage's office.

The room gradually dimmed as the sun slowly set.

Shizune hugged Tun Tun tightly, swallowed hard, and exchanged a glance with Sakura, both sensing the oppressive atmosphere.

Tuntun: "Pfft..."

Naruto stared at Tsunade, sensing her near-eruptive emotions, and calmly said:
"I understand. You're in a difficult position right now. If I make things even more difficult for you, I'll be being unreasonable."

"In fifteen days, I will bring Sasuke back to Konoha."

After he finished speaking, Shizune couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the squeezing motion on her hand, Tuntun, relaxed.

Tsunade's expression then improved: "I hope you keep your word."

Naruto said no more and left the office with Sakura.

He can't afford to fall out with Tsunade right now. He's not the nominal leader of Konoha, and he needs to make sure he and Tsunade are in the same boat.

Tsunade's attitude also reveals a lot.

"It seems Tsunade is starting to have issues with Sasuke too... It's not surprising, he's been out of touch with the village for too long, it was only a matter of time before the Konoha higher-ups complained about him."

Naruto thought to himself, and he and Sakura left the Hokage Building.

……

night.

The stronghold of the Ninja Cat Clan.

A soft sound came from the dark underground passage, startling the ninja cat inside.

They walked along the passage and soon saw the blond youth walking slowly towards them.

Upon seeing this, the lead ninja cat breathed a sigh of relief: "So it's Naruto, what brings you here so late, cat?"

Naruto walked forward with a smile: "I'll replenish some ninja tools and also discuss something with your cat granny."

"Looks like it's something important, meow. Please follow me."

The lead cat licked its paws and led Naruto into the inner room.

The interior of the base has not changed much, except that more special ninja tools have been placed there than before.

In recent years, Naruto has had a huge demand for special ninja tools, and the ninja cat clan has excellent ninja tools, so he has been coming and going frequently, and the cats have become used to him.

Granny Cat sat cross-legged on the mat, puffing on her cigarette: "Naruto... I remember not long ago I had Tahiko deliver a batch of ninja tools, is it already not enough?"

Naruto politely replied, "The main reason is that your ninja tools are of guaranteed quality. However, I'm not here just for the ninja tools."

"Oh?" Granny Cat raised an eyebrow. "You're here to check on Sasuke?"

For the first two years, Naruto did not contact Sasuke proactively, but he would occasionally ask about Sasuke's situation in front of Granny Cat.

"It's very close. To be precise, I'm here today to check on his brother."

As soon as Naruto finished speaking, the surroundings fell silent. Granny Cat narrowed her eyes and shook her head: "...Unfortunately, Itachi Uchiha hasn't come here to buy supplies for a long time."

“Of course, if he were that careless, Konoha would have caught him long ago,” Naruto said calmly.

"But the Ninja Cat Clan has had close ties with the Uchiha Clan for a long time, and Itachi Uchiha also had a close relationship with the Ninja Cat Clan. It wouldn't be surprising if they left one or two items here, would it?"

The previously dense meowing gradually stopped, and they all stared at Grandma Cat, their expressions revealing her unease.

At this moment, Granny Cat's granddaughter, Tamaki, chuckled and asked, "Naruto-kun, why do you want Itachi Uchiha's belongings?"

Naruto smiled and asked in return, "What do you think?"

They would occasionally exchange a few words. Tamaki knew a lot about the relationship between Naruto and Sasuke, as did Granny Cat.

They knew very well that Naruto supported Sasuke's revenge.

After a long silence, Granny Cat sighed, "How could I possibly have anything belonging to Itachi Uchiha? We only handle transactions here, not the safekeeping of personal belongings."

"That's strange. You have Sasuke's childhood collection of 'The Complete Book of Meatballs,' right? And if you don't have it, you don't have it. Why did you hesitate for so long before answering me?"

Grandma Cat immediately retorted, "The Complete Book of Meatballs is not the same thing as what you're talking about!"

"Let me rephrase the question: Have you ever made clothing with the clan crest for the Uchiha clan before?"

There's a detail in the original story that Naruto remembers very clearly.

After Sasuke reunited the Snake Squad, he went to the Cat Clan. When Sasuke was making clothes for Jugo, there were no suitable clothes because Jugo was too big. Jugo followed the advice of the old woman and used curtains instead.

Although Granny Cat's tone was disdainful at the time, it was enough to show that she would provide similar logistical services, only that ninja tools and intelligence were her main business.

Grandma Cat grumbled in dissatisfaction, "I don't know what you're talking about. Do you think this is a tailor shop?"

"Hehe." Naruto chuckled and shook his head; he seemed to have heard that line somewhere before.

He simply found a place to sit down, grabbed a kitten, and petted it on his lap.

The kitten initially resisted, but later found Naruto's technique comfortable and simply gave up resisting.

Naruto thought to himself: Let's just wait it out. Anyway, I still have more than a day. At worst, I can stay at your cat cafe for a day.

He and Huan met eyes, smiled politely, and then looked at the angry old cat.

"You really don't remember?"

"If you're not busy, you can go back first. I'll have Tianhu send you the ninja tools later." "It's okay, I'm not in a hurry. I'll just stay here... Hey, how about I squeeze in with you tonight? It gets really cold at night, and it's easy to catch a cold."

Huan's face instantly turned crimson, and she blurted out "Pervert!" before staring longingly at Granny Cat.

Naruto remained calm and composed, continuing to pet the cat without flinching.

"Naruto, please don't make things difficult for Granny Cat..." the ninja cat couldn't help but say.

"No, this is very important."

After a long while, and after Naruto had almost stroked the kitten's head bald, Granny Cat finally spoke up: "What do you want his old things for?"

Naruto finally released the howling kitten, his playful expression completely vanished, and stared at Granny Cat: "Track, locate."

He needs to bring Sasuke back to Konoha within fifteen days. The best way is to locate Itachi Uchiha as soon as possible, bypass obstacles like Deidara, and get there in one go.

Kakashi's ninja dogs can help with this, since Sasuke is still officially a member of Konoha and can utilize Konoha's resources.

Granny Cat paused for a moment: "Did Sasuke ask you to help with this?"

"It's my idea, but please consider it a favor to Sasuke." Naruto then explained Sasuke's current situation to Granny Cat.

If Sasuke doesn't return to Konoha within fifteen days, he'll be completely marginalized at best, and at worst labeled a rogue ninja, and all of Konoha's resources will be wasted on him.

The revitalization of the Uchiha clan will also become empty talk.

At least in Naruto's opinion, the Uchiha clan in Boruto, while not exactly thriving, is better than nothing.

How could such an ending possibly be satisfactory?

“But this is condoning their infighting. The Uchiha clan is now down to just the two of them…” Granny Cat’s tone was tinged with sadness.

"Grandma!" Naruto's tone became more serious: "Itachi Uchiha has no future, but Sasuke still has his own life. He's not even eighteen yet!"

"Do you want a child who's not even eighteen years old to wander the world?"

Grandma Cat may not empathize, but Naruto's soul is that of a 21st-century adult, and he doesn't agree with the logic of the ninja world from the bottom of his heart.

Huan muttered softly, "You're not eighteen yet either..."

Grandma Cat fell silent. She didn't speak again, but went into the inner room and began rummaging through something.

Naruto stopped talking; he knew the matter was settled.

Next, he plans to accelerate the original plot based on this foundation.

Five minutes later, Grandma Cat's voice came from the inner room: "Come in."

Naruto went inside and saw Granny Cat squatting in front of a box. Looking inside, he saw some clothes and toys.

Grandma Cat pointed to one of the small dresses and sighed:
“That happened many years ago… Back then, the two brothers were very energetic and sweated easily because they were young, so I would prepare a few changes of clothes for them,”

As she spoke, Naruto naturally pictured his brother catching a cat in his mind. Back then, Itachi Uchiha hadn't gone mad yet and was a normal, good older brother.

“But I’m not sure if you can track it down… It’s been a long time, maybe it’s all cat smells.”

Naruto took the clothes and put them into his ninja tool pouch: "Whether we can track them or not is another matter... Anyway, thank you very much, I thank you on behalf of Sasuke."

These details are not in the original work.

Kishimoto will not tell readers where the Uchiha clan members put their personal clothes. Naruto's actions were merely based on speculation from minor details in the original work, and he was just trying his luck.

Fortunately, we gained something.

Grandma Cat couldn't help but sigh, "What if Mikoto and Fugaku blame me after I go down there?"

Naruto put his hand on her shoulder: "Although this may be hard to hear, they are already dead. Please consider it as a sign of your concern for Sasuke."

After saying that, he handed the money for purchasing ninja tools to Huan.

"I've taken the ninja tools and clothing. Goodbye."

Naruto left the Ninja Cat Clan without any hesitation.

……

the next day.

Naruto wrapped himself in his clothes and found Kakashi on the edge of a cliff in the Konoha forest where he was climbing.

"Boss!" Naruto greeted him. Once Kakashi reached the top of the cliff, he got straight to the point: "I got Itachi Uchiha's belongings. Could you please gather Pakkun and the others to help me sniff them out?"

Kakashi looked at the package in Naruto's hand and asked in confusion, "A keepsake?"

"Oh, what I mean is, if we find this little thing, we're not far from finding the relics..." Naruto said casually, pointing to the package and unfolding it.

Sunlight shone on the deep blue clothing, creating a striking contrast with the small family emblem in the center.

"They're all quite healthy," Kakashi remarked, then summoned all his ninja dogs.

"Bang!!"

These highly intelligent Konoha assistants barked excitedly a few times when they saw Naruto. Pakkun, who was in the middle, licked his paw and said, "Yo, Naruto, long time no see."

Naruto nodded: "Pakkun, I need the whereabouts of the owner of this garment, but it has been with the ninja cat clan for too long, so the scent may have been washed away. You guys take a sniff."

"The Ninja Cat Clan, their place smells terrible!" the yellow dog with the character 'Ninja' etched on its face grumbled, but still followed along.

Naruto placed the clothes in his palm, and eight ninja dogs surrounded him, with only their breathing remaining.

(End of this chapter)