Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan

Minato waved his hand: "It's all what I should do. Naruto doesn't know how to slack off. You've been the only one looking after the two kids at home. You don't need to cook lunch. Kushina can just call you when she's done."

They treated this side completely differently than they would their own son; Minato and Kushina had always taken care of this side.

At that moment, a plume of smoke rose from a distance.

A moment later, a figure rushed into the courtyard of the water gate.

"Teacher, teacher, help!"

Kakashi looked exactly the same as always, and a guy wearing a straw hat chased after him.

With a leap, he grabbed Kakashi by the neck with both arms: "You bastard!! If it weren't for you, I would have successfully confessed my feelings today, you bastard!"

This melon is quite big...

Minato immediately became interested and, without separating the two, asked first, "What's going on? Obito finally dared to confess? Speaking of which, Obito, you're over forty, aren't you?"

Obito's eyes were red, and he even brought out his kaleidoscope.

"That bastard! If he hadn't suddenly appeared, would I have been so panicked that I wouldn't have known what to say?"

Kakashi got impatient too: "I saw you cowering there, and I wanted to help you, but you couldn't do it yourself, and now you're blaming me?"

Minato then spoke up, asking, "So you still haven't taken any action? Tch!"

With a disdainful snort, Minato reached out and pressed his hands down on the two disciples.

"Shh!"

In a flash, Minato reappeared in the same spot, clapped his hands, and said, "It's been decades and it's still the same. If this continues, all the good cabbages will probably be snatched up by others. Two big idiots!"

After saying that, he picked up the watering can again and continued to tend to his flowers and plants.

Hinata: ⊙_⊙

……

In Konoha Park, Obito, who just made a fortune yesterday, is currently wrestling with Kakashi.

……

Konoha, commercial street.

Although business was declining day by day, Tenten, a ninja, still persisted in running her ninja tool shop.

Nowadays, ninjas' benefits have improved. They no longer have to rely solely on mission rewards, and the compensation is quite good, only one level lower than that of the research department.

But now the requirements for ninjas are higher. It's no longer the era where you could graduate and get a headband just by using a clone technique.

In this situation, it would be best if the next generation could become a ninja, or at least have other stable jobs.

If all else fails, at least there's a safety net at home; I can come back and keep the shop selling ninja tools. And if that doesn't work, the shop's location is prime real estate; I can collect rent and not go hungry.

So for her daughter's sake, Tian Tian felt she had to protect this place.

"I told you to eat before you come, but you wouldn't listen. I brought you some, eat up."

Neji took the breakfast out of the food box, arranged it, and looked around: "There's hardly anyone around in the morning, why are you in such a hurry? You've made breakfast but aren't even going to eat it."

Tenten, holding her chopsticks and clasping her hands together, said, "Neji is the best! I'm starting to eat..."

I was really hungry.

After all, I got up early to make breakfast, and after finishing, I rushed over to open the door without even having time to eat.

Although there was almost certainly no customers, a few days ago the neighbor lost a business because the shopkeeper didn't show up early in the morning. This made Tian Tian learn from her mistakes and start opening early every day in an attempt to make up for the loss.

However, it is clear that after this incident, the manager of the shop next door started to compete with her, and as a result, the two shops opened earlier and earlier.

"Phew... I'm done eating."

Tian Tian puts down her chopsticks and asks, "Ya Zi, are you up yet?"

Neji replied, "She's already gone out. Tomorrow is her graduation exam, and she's gone to see her aunt. You know, Lady Hinata is still the object of admiration for all the little girls in the clan."

Tenten smiled and said, "That's not bad either. But Hinata's Tenseigan is based on her pure Byakugan. As for the real Tsurugi and Hachiko, Neji is still the best!"

Reaching out to ruffle his wife's hair, Neji smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll help her. Back in our day, I was considered a genius!"

As he spoke, Neji felt his forehead, which was not covered by his headband.

Freed from the constraints of being a caged bird, Yazi's future holds far greater promise than she could ever hope for.

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Chapter 457: The Final Struggle

After Tokuma's Caged Bird was released by Uchiha Kumo, the Hyuga clan experienced a period of conflict.

For a long time, the main family's sense of superiority has been inevitable due to the existence of the caged bird.

However, everyone in the branch family, including Hizashi Hyuga, knew very well that it was their last chance, their last chance coming from the Uchiha clan.

There aren't many members in the main family. Those who become ninjas after receiving education at the Konoha Village Ninja Academy are mostly from the branch family, with the exception of Hinata.

In this situation, everyone in the family wanted to seize this opportunity, but the two brothers, Hizashi and Hiashi, were somewhat different.

Thus, although the conflict existed over the years, no major problems arose due to the pressure from Uchiha Kumo.

With the arrival of peace, the chances of the Byakugan being stolen are virtually nonexistent. After all, no one wants to end up like Ao from the Land of Water, having their eyes gouged out and returned to Konoha under the pressure of absolute power.

In addition, compared to Neji, Hyuga Meiko perfectly inherited the talents of her father and mother.

The use of the white eye, and the spatial and temporal talent inherited from his mother.

That's right, Tenten's greatest strength isn't her talent for throwing ninja tools. Putting aside her incredible luck, what truly sets her apart is her talent for space-time manipulation.

Ninja Tool Shop.

After packing up the food box, Tenten thought for a moment and said, "If Hinata isn't a good fit, let's just forget about it. Becoming a ninja isn't the only path anymore, is it?"

Neji paused and replied, "Before this, the Fourth Hokage had only taught the Flying Thunder God Technique to his guards. But those three had limited talent and could only activate the technique by working together."

“The talent for space-time ninjutsu is rare and precious. We have already tested the summoning scroll. If it is truly suitable, I think the Fourth Hokage will want someone to inherit it.”

Neji paused for a moment, then added, "Furthermore... there's Lord Yun in the clan's Tokugawa area who can teach this technique."

Tian Tian sighed, "You've had the same personality all these years, so all I can do is support you."

"Oh, right."

Tian Tian suddenly thought of something: "I heard that Teacher Kai has been cultivating in another dimension with Lord Yun recently. Maybe we can ask Xiao Li. Because of Lord Yun's sister, Tokuma got a pretty bad beating. Maybe we can go directly to this lord."

Neji pondered for a moment before replying, "Hmm, I'll go find Lee in a bit. His taijutsu is still a step behind Guy's, and his training is still limited to the woods behind the Shadow Rock."

……

Around noon, at Konoha Park.

Konoha Park today is vastly different from what it was a decade or so ago.

As Konoha Village expanded, the name "park" no longer referred to a place with only two swings and a horizontal bar.

On the outermost edge of Konoha, a vast amusement park was built.

There are roller coasters and Ferris wheels for ordinary kids, and chakra-controlled rock climbing for ninja kids.

But it was clear that Lutai and the others, who were already twelve years old, had no interest in playing games today.

He remembered the task his father had given him the night before: to investigate the cause of the intelligence leak at the Research Department.

"Immortality...it's actually true?"

"Fake. No, actually you could say it's real."

In my mind, last night in the bedroom, my father, who had just come home from get off work late, found me, and that's how the conversation went.

"They may have been mistaken from the beginning. Immortality is not actually a new achievement of the Department of Scientific Research."

Shikamaru handed several documents to Shikadai: "You are already twelve years old, while I was already being targeted by your Uncle Yun when I was twelve, and a series of teachings and assessments began."

"This is the known information about the immortality incident during the day. Take a look."

Lu Tai's eye twitched.

He really wanted to say that he had just graduated and that it was no joke to ask a kid like him to handle such a troublesome matter.

However, the first page of the document completely extinguished all his sleepiness.

The Rinnegan can revive the dead, but the price is the user's own life.

However, the Rinnegan's revival cannot restore the deceased to their peak state. Therefore, it needs to be combined with the Impure World Reincarnation, using the flesh and blood tissue from their peak period to awaken the deceased through the Impure World Reincarnation.

Then, using the art of reincarnation, the dead are resurrected.

Based on this, if the caster cannot be killed and can be resurrected, then a closed loop is formed, which is enough to make people immortal.

"Is this...is this referring to Uncle Yun?"

Shikamaru nodded directly, then shook his head: "In line with your Uncle Yun's will, another strongest ninja in the Amegakure world, Uzumaki Sora."

"It was no secret that Uzumaki Sora possessed the ability to revive more than a decade ago. However, at that time he did not yet have the Rinnegan, so it was impossible for him to complete this series of operations."

Lu Tai put down the document and pointed to the very bottom of the first page, the place that truly broke his laziness.

[Primarily Suspected: The Four Great Ninja Villages]

[Those who originally belonged to the four major ninja villages and were able to enter the research department: Karui, Temari...]

The second name alone was his mother's, and that was what instantly jolted him awake.

"Is this the real reason you entrusted me with this investigation?"

Shikamaru scratched his head and pointed out, "As the Hokage's assistant, it's my duty to put all the suspects on the list. But compared to them, Sunagakure in the Land of Wind is the least suspicious. Besides, given your mother's current personality, Sunagakure's place in her heart is probably not as high as yours."

"But that's precisely why, if I were to investigate personally, I'm worried that you'd be living in a single-parent family by the time the matter is resolved."

Lu Tai paused for a moment and asked, "You're getting a divorce?"

Shikamaru shook his head slightly and said with absolute certainty, "No. It's widowhood!"

⊙_⊙！ ！ ！

For the first time, Shikadai sensed his father's fear of his mother.

Since it concerned his mother, he had no choice but to get up and stay up all night to read the documents in his hands again and again, constantly analyzing the key issues.