Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Xia Zuo and Shisui were laughing happily.

He patted Quan on the shoulder and said, "You are the most suitable candidate for clan leader."

Uchiha Izumi's expression fell when she heard Xia Zuo say that she was suitable to be the clan leader.

The little girl wailed, "No! Being the clan leader is so tiring!"

"Besides, I'm only 13 years old. It doesn't seem appropriate for me to be the head of the Uchiha clan and the head of the security department."

Xia Zuo said, "Quan, it is the will of the people that you should become the head of the Uchiha clan. You cannot shirk your responsibility."

Uchiha Izumi snapped, "What do you mean by 'popular support'?"

Xia Zuo pointed to himself, then to Uchiha Shisui: "I am the popular choice, he is the right one. We both agree, and no one in Konoha can object."

Uchiha Izumi: "..."

Xia Zuo continued, "Of course, Izumi, your age is indeed inappropriate for the position of head of the security department, but you don't need to take this position."

Uchiha Izumi laughed: "I knew it, it's still Shisui..."

Xia Zuo interrupted her: "Later, you will inform the Third Hokage, in the name of the Uchiha clan head, of the decision to have the Uchiha clan completely withdraw from the Security Department."

"From now on, the Uchiha clan head will no longer concurrently serve as the head of the security forces."

Uchiha Izumi understood Xia Zuo's implied meaning and, forgetting that she had become the clan leader, asked curiously, "Brother, are you saying that the Uchiha clan leader might still concurrently serve as the head of the security forces?"

Xia Zuo nodded: "Of course it's possible. If you're willing, you can become the Minister of Security in less than five years."

"But do you really think the Security Command is a good department?"

The Konoha Village Security Department, in its previous life, would have been a combination of local police, traffic police, urban management officers, neighborhood committee members, criminal police, courts, legislators, national security, and prisons—its power and responsibilities were boundless.

In a sense, the garrison district is equivalent to Konoha Village, and its responsibilities highly overlap with those of other departments within Konoha Village.

Therefore, when the Minister of Security is weak, the power of the Security Department becomes incomplete due to conflicts of authority, while the responsibilities it bears are magnified infinitely.

Now that this situation has been established, Xia Zuo decided on behalf of his younger sister to have the Uchiha clan abandon the Security Department, so that other Konoha ninjas could experience the difficulty of this job.

Uchiha Izumi and Uchiha Shisui accepted Xia Zuo's suggestion.

As the clan leader, Izumi wrote a grammatically childish letter, clearly telling the Hokage: The Uchiha clan is crippled, so we're giving up. Let whoever wants to do the dirty and tiring work in the security department do it.

……

Two nights later, at the interdimensional dream gathering, after sharing power and memories, Hokage Xia Zuo opened his eyes to hear Marvel Xia Zuo incessantly boasting.

Marvel's Shazo, beaming with pride, recounts how he bravely fought two, and even three, women when faced with particularly vicious ones.

Interstellar Xiazo dismissed his boasting with disdain, saying that when he was the governor of a planet, he would never stoop to playing such a low-level game, which had no artistic flair whatsoever.

The Heavenly Demon Xia Zuo smiled without saying a word. Judging from the occasional glimpses of his words, it seemed that he had conducted in-depth research on dual cultivation of immortality, especially being experienced in the entanglement of souls.

I wonder what good things he has encountered in the past 60 years.

Pirate Shazo's body had become even stronger. He was very interested in the Swiftness technique that Marvel Shazo had described, but could only mutter in agreement, "Wow, amazing, they can even do that?"

When the pirate Xia Zuo talked about his use of Swift Escape, he went on and on about how he used the high speed brought by Swift Escape to dominate the seas.

"I'm really powerful now. I can use Wood Release to repair ships and Swift Release to instantly kill pirates."

"Just three days ago, my ship encountered the Longsword Pirates. Their captain was Beleran, the Swift Blade with a bounty of 100 million Berries. I took them down with my bare hands, using my speed that the pirates couldn't even react to."

Hokage Xia Zuo laughed: "I think what you mean by encountering pirates isn't that the pirates came after your ship, but that you chased after them after you saw them."

Pirate Shazo laughed loudly, "Hahaha, you guessed right, it is indeed me chasing them now."

Interstellar Xia Zuo warned, "Don't be so careless. Although the East Blue is known as the safest sea area, there are still a few pirates with considerable strength."

"Most importantly, any East Blue pirate who manages to rise to prominence must have a powerful backer, or even be the black glove of a Navy officer."

"It would be such a terrible injustice if I were framed by some heartless naval officer and turned into a wanted pirate."

"Once you become a wanted pirate, given the bureaucratic nature of the Navy, it's virtually impossible to clean up your act, rejoin the Navy, and gain knowledge and power from the Navy system."

Pirate Shazo nodded solemnly: "I understand, I will be careful."

Star Chaser reminded him again, "Brother, this isn't a problem you can avoid just by being careful."

"The East Blue's weakness stems from its past strength. The Pirate King and the Marine heroes seem to have exhausted the East Blue's heroic spirit. Now, the various kingdoms and the Marines have a strong control over the East Blue."

"But powerful control in the hands of incompetent managers can breed a suffocating darkness."

"In such circumstances, you might be targeted by some scoundrels for no reason. The more famous you are, the greater the probability of being targeted."

"Join the Navy as soon as possible, or you'll soon be forced to become a pirate."

Pirate Xia Zuo rolled his eyes speechlessly: "Xia Zuo, my brother from interstellar space, can't you let me have a moment of happiness?"

"Don't worry, although I'm influenced by the world of One Piece and don't like to use my brain, I'm not stupid."

"I have already loaded a ship with cargo destined for Shells Town in the waters off Four Leaf Island. Once it arrives at port, I will go to the 153rd Naval Division to submit my application to join the Navy."

"Hehe, after I told the former captain and the current navigator about this idea, he has no complaints at all and obeys my orders without any resentment."

"By the way, I have a nickname now. The sailors call me Captain 'Afterimage' instead of my name."

After recounting his experiences, Pirate Xia Zuo turned his gaze to Naruto Xia Zuo.

He remarked with emotion, "Nakakage Natsume is still the most amazing. He accomplished so much in just one night."

"He stopped the Uchiha clan from being wiped out, beat up Obito Uchiha twice, forced Danzo Shimura to become a rogue ninja, and even killed him."

"happy!!"

Hokage Xia Zuo mocked himself, "What's so satisfying about that? I even set fire to the Uchiha clan's territory, and in the end, I still couldn't kill Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Obito."

"Only one of the three targets was killed. What a disgrace."

Interstellar Xia Zuo shook his head: "You can't think like that. Uchiha Itachi is the favorite son of the Naruto world, and he has the world's will behind him."

"Black Zetsu is behind Obito Uchiha. If you want to kill them both, you'd have to defy the heavens."

Ultimately, we still need to rely on ourselves to gain greater strength.

"The fact that Hokage Xia Zuo was able to sever one of Uchiha Itachi's arms is already the best possible outcome, achieved through proper planning and surprise."

"Besides, didn't you gain anything extra?"