Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

But the daimyo of the Land of Wind actually dared to raise tariffs against him, which was different from the trade war between the two great powers in Uchiha Tokō's previous life.

In trade between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire, the Land of Wind was at a disadvantage. The Land of Fire did not rely on the Land of Wind's mineral resources, especially after Uchiha Tokō acquired several large mines in the Land of Waterfall. On the contrary, without the various goods produced and the food grown by the Land of Fire, the Land of Wind could hardly maintain its daily needs. After the two sides completely broke down, the daimyo of the Land of Wind had no choice but to surrender in less than two months.

After speaking with Uchiha Touko, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind returned to his country and warned Rasa, threatening to cut off funding and ordering Rasa not to act rashly.

Even if Luo Sha wanted to do something, he had no choice but to immediately behave himself.

After all, so far, among the major powers of the ninja world, only Sunagakure in the Land of Wind still relies entirely on the daimyo's funding for survival.

……

After the war between the Land of Earth and the Land of Waterfall ended, the ninja world entered a period of peace for a short time. Apart from Onoki pressuring the Land of Rain to return the tailed beasts from the Akatsuki organization within their territory, nothing particularly significant happened.

The Akatsuki organization did not respond to Onoki's pressure. Only Hanzo, who was controlled by Nagato, responded that there were no terrorist organizations in their Land of Rain, and then continued to close their country off.

Since suffering a great loss at the hands of Uchiha Touko last time, Nagato led the Akatsuki into hiding, and they have not been seen in the underground gold exchange of the ninja world for a long time.

However, when Jiraiya returned to the village, he learned that Nagato was still alive and decided to volunteer to go to the Land of Rain. Uchiha Touko did not stop him, after all, under his intimidation, he believed that Nagato would not dare to kill Jiraiya.

……

A year has passed in the blink of an eye, and Naruto and Sasuke's generation, possibly the most talented ninja academy students in Konoha in the last decade, are graduating.

As agreed, Kakashi went to the clan territory of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio on graduation day to become a witness to the Ino-Shika-Cho Potara Oath of Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino. He would also personally serve as their mentor.

Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuga, who was confirmed not to inherit the Hyuga clan's main branch, formed a reconnaissance team as originally planned. Their instructor was Shisui Uchiha, whom Touko Uchiha had forcibly pulled out of the clan's territory.

Neither the Inuzuka nor the Aburame clan had any objections to Shisui becoming Kiba and Shino's mentor. After all, Shisui was currently the strongest member of the Uchiha clan, apart from Uchiha Tokō and Uchiha Fugaku, who was the de facto ruler of Kirigakure in the Land of Water. Furthermore, Shisui's ninja skills were absolutely top-notch, and with him as their mentor, their safety was definitely guaranteed.

As for the undisputed strongest twin stars of this generation, Naruto and Sasuke, the brave star and crown star of the Seven Stars Society, Uchiha Touko assigned them to a team with Neji, who had been training in the Anbu for a year, and Uchiha Touko personally served as their team leader.

No one in this year's class was surprised by this result. After all, the two had stopped participating in class sparring since the fifth grade. In their duel, the teachers of the Ninja Academy could not even get involved as referees, let alone be seriously injured.

Sasuke's current fighting style is exactly the same as Uchiha Touko's wide-open style. After Naruto gradually improved his relationship with Kurama in the past few years, he was also able to start to borrow some of the tailed beast's power. In addition, with the Multi Shadow Clone Technique, which can create hundreds of clones at a time, his fighting style is not much less disruptive than Sasuke's.

In the Hokage's office, after Uchiha Touko personally put headbands on the two of them, he looked at them with a smile and said, "Time flies. You two are now official ninjas."

"Hehe! I've been waiting for this day for so long!" Naruto said excitedly. "Sensei, what's our first mission?"

“Generally speaking, newly graduated genin can only perform D-rank missions in the village, such as finding cats and dogs and picking up trash. In recent years, they’ve also taken on some other missions, such as helping out at construction sites,” Uchiha Touko said with a smile.

"Huh? Is that all?" Naruto's face immediately showed a look of disbelief upon hearing this. "Do ninjas have tasks like picking up trash?"

Upon hearing this, Sasuke sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation. Over the years, although Naruto had been able to fight him to a standstill and even gain the upper hand with his animal-like physique, in terms of ninja etiquette, Naruto was truly appalling. As a ninja, did he not even know the most basic intelligence gathering before taking action?

“Of course, this is the path that every genin must take.” Neji said from the side.

"But Neji, you've been out of school for a year now, haven't you? I've never seen you pick up trash," Naruto asked curiously.

"I spent a year training in the Anbu under the teacher's arrangement so that I could wait for you two to graduate," Neji said.

"Hehe, want to skip picking up trash and go straight to high-level missions?" At this moment, Uchiha Touko smiled and looked at Naruto.

"Really?" Naruto's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

“Of course, with your abilities, it’s a bit of a waste for you to do this kind of D-rank mission,” Uchiha Touko laughed. “However, if you want to bypass this step, you have to prove to me that you have the ability.”

"Meet at Training Ground No. 3 at 8 a.m. tomorrow. Remember to eat a hearty breakfast," Uchiha Touko said meaningfully.

Chapter 185 The Indispensable Bell-Snatching Scene in Naruto

"Alright!" Naruto said, rubbing his hands together excitedly. "Just you wait and see, teacher."

"Don't get too excited yet," Uchiha Touko said with a light laugh. "Passing the test will exempt you from the garbage-collecting task, but if you fail, there will be a punishment."

"Punishment?" Naruto was taken aback by the question.

"Of course, there's no such thing as getting an opportunity that others don't have without paying any price," Uchiha Touko said. "Each of your punishments is absolutely tailor-made, guaranteed to be unforgettable for you. Now, do you still want to participate in this test?"

Upon hearing this, Sasuke and Neji exchanged a glance and simultaneously swallowed, but neither of them intended to give up.

"Teacher, in this test, will I be able to get Tenten's help?" Neji asked.

“Of course,” Uchiha Touko said. “This is also part of your strength. Let me make it clear beforehand: you must be prepared to kill me, otherwise you will never pass my test.”

"Teacher, just you wait and see!" Naruto said confidently.

After leaving Uchiha Touko's office, the three of them went to Ichiraku Ramen to discuss their tactics for tomorrow.

"Are you three crazy? Challenging the Hokage? If you think life is too easy, why don't you come to the Ninja Tool Lab and help us with some tests?" After receiving Neji's message, Tenten also rushed to Ichiraku Ramen. As soon as she arrived, her little mouth, which couldn't stand not to complain, immediately started talking.

As soon as Tenten finished speaking, Naruto shrank back. In the past two years, since the establishment of the Ninja Tool Research Institute, the things they researched have been all sorts of strange things. As Neji's junior brother, Naruto would occasionally go to help with the testing. But it would have been better if he hadn't gone. As soon as he went, Naruto's animalistic body was targeted by the researchers in the institute. Every time he went to test, they would put Naruto under pressure and test all sorts of new ninja tools in the institute.

As for whether doing this would cause the Jinchuriki to go out of control, the current head of the Ninja Tool Research Institute, Tono Kakusuke, is the kind of guy who would dare to fool the Seventh Hokage's son into causing trouble. Let alone a Jinchuriki, even if the Nine-Tails were present, this guy would dare to take a look at it.

“It will be very difficult for the three of us to defeat the teacher,” Neji said at this moment. “However, this test should only require us to demonstrate our current strength to pass, right?”

“I don’t think it’s that simple,” Sasuke analyzed at this moment. “If that were all, then the teacher could have taken us to the training ground earlier instead of setting the time for tomorrow morning. Considering that this assessment was designed to let us skip the tedious D-rank missions, the teacher must have also been intentionally testing our ninja skills, including intelligence gathering and pre-battle preparation.”

“That makes sense!” Naruto nodded eagerly from the side.

“That’s right, otherwise the teacher wouldn’t have told us the location of the assessment in advance,” Neji analyzed.

“That’s right!” Naruto nodded again.

“Well then, Neji, go and use your Byakugan to gather information about the teacher. I’ll take Naruto to the third training ground to set up traps,” Sasuke said.

“Let’s do it this way!” Naruto said.

"Can't you say something else?" Tian Tian couldn't help but complain, seeing Naruto's attitude of always agreeing with whatever the two of them said.

"What can I say after they've both finished speaking?" Naruto said.

"You could at least offer some advice," Tian Tian said.

"A suggestion?" Naruto thought about it seriously for a while before tentatively saying, "How about we give the teacher some laxatives?"

Sasuke:  …

Neji: ...

Tian Tian: "I feel like you're going to ruin yourself sooner or later."

"Fine, let's stick to the previous plan." Sasuke sighed and said. Instead of expecting Naruto to do these things, it would be better to hope that the kid would come up with some brilliant ideas during the battle tomorrow.

"I'll go back to the research institute for a bit, and then I'll go with you guys to set up the traps," Tian Tian said. "The research institute has recently developed a new type of trap."

After making the battle plan, Neji disguised himself and began to lie in wait around the Hokage Building. After more than a year in the Anbu, he knew exactly which parts of the Hokage Building were weakest in defense.

Soon, Uchiha Touko sensed someone spying on him from behind. To this, Uchiha Touko smiled knowingly and then pretended not to see anything.

Sasuke and Naruto, on the other hand, waited for Tenten to bring the traps from the research institute before setting them up one by one in the training ground.

"Don't get distracted! Memorize the locations of all these traps so you don't fall into them during the battle," Sasuke reminded Naruto, who was still daydreaming while setting up the traps.

"Yes, yes!" Naruto finally snapped out of his daze and then said, "But I think there's a chance we'll succeed in giving the teacher laxatives."

"How is that possible?" Sasuke looked at the other person speechlessly. "When there are no banquets, the teacher's meals are prepared and delivered to the Hokage Building by the clan's butler every day. Not only is it difficult for us to find an opportunity to make a move, but the risk is also very high."

"You said there's no banquet, but I heard from Kakashi that our teacher is hosting a banquet for his ministers tonight..."

"So tomorrow all the court officials in the Land of Fire will be exhausted from diarrhea, right? If you really do that, see if Teacher will punish you or not." Sasuke said, rubbing his forehead.

“Okay.” Naruto nodded and then joined in setting up the trap.

After the traps were set up, it was already quite late. After the three of them met up with Neji, Sasuke handed Neji a map showing the locations of the traps.

The next morning, after having breakfast, Uchiha Touko rushed to the training ground. When he arrived, Sasuke and the other two were already waiting there.

"You're here pretty early." Uchiha Touko said, while looking around at the dense forest, estimating the number and location of the traps hidden inside.

"Teacher, what is the content of the test?" Sasuke clearly didn't want to give Uchiha Touko any more time to observe the trap, and hurriedly asked.

"The test is very simple, and it's a tradition of Konoha," said Uchiha Touko, taking out a bell from his waist. "You have two hours. If even one of you can touch the bell on my waist, you will pass the test."

"It's that simple?" Naruto said in disbelief.

"You'll find out whether it's simple or not once you try it," Uchiha Touko said, turning sideways and kicking a blond clone who had jumped out from the shadows and tried to ambush him, turning him into a cloud of smoke.

After dealing with the sneak attack clone, Uchiha Touko looked back in the direction where the three had been. Neji and Naruto were nowhere to be found, only Sasuke remained in the same spot.

"Are you planning to rely on you to hold me off head-on?" Uchiha Touko laughed.

“That’s right.” Sasuke nodded, solemnly drawing the long sword from his waist. This sword was a graduation gift from Fugaku Uchiha to Sasuke. After hearing that his godfather wanted to forge a ninja sword made entirely of chakra metal, Takagi Seiwan specially collected the best chakra metal in the region and then had the best swordsmith in Kirigakure forge it according to the design of Hayatei.

This ninja sword, named Purple Lightning by Sasuke, is made of materials that are even more precious than those used by Uchiha Touko's Lightning Blade.

“My Lightning Release ninjutsu is hardly effective against you, Master, so all I can do is use my swordsmanship to entangle you,” Sasuke said.

"Then let me see if you've neglected your swordsmanship practice lately," Uchiha Touko said after nodding.

"Master, aren't you going to draw your sword?" Sasuke asked.

"Hehe, letting me draw out the Lightning Bolt is also part of your test," Uchiha Touko said.

With one hand holding a sword and the other forming hand seals, Sasuke quickly summoned three Sasuke figures, riding on lightning, towards Uchiha Touko in the center. Uchiha Touko smiled slightly, and two bolts of lightning descended from the sky, instantly shattering Sasuke's lightning clones. Then, he raised the still-unsheathed Swift Lightning and precisely struck the back of the Purple Lightning blade, causing Sasuke's main body to instantly lose its balance.

However, Sasuke did not panic. After twisting his body to regain his balance, he adjusted his angle and launched another attack on Uchiha Touko. Uchiha Touko calmly responded, but at this moment, Uchiha Touko suddenly became alert. He blocked Sasuke's attack with the scabbard of the Lightning Blade, and when he turned around, he saw Naruto descending from the sky with a giant Rasengan.

"Super Giant Rasengan!" The Rasengan descended from the sky with a buzzing sound. Uchiha Touko tried to dodge it, but as soon as he lifted his foot, he found that the ground under his feet had suddenly become extremely muddy, causing his feet to sink deep into it.

"Interesting. I remember none of you three know this water-style ninjutsu, right? Is it a new type of trap developed by the Ninja Tool Research Institute?" Uchiha Touko calmly watched the giant Rasengan falling from the sky, and even had the mood to chat for a bit.

"Teacher, you should try to withstand this attack first!" Naruto shouted as he slammed the Giant Rasengan at Uchiha Touko.

However, Uchiha Touko simply pulled out a blank scroll and then conjured a set of runes on it. The powerful Rasengan dissipated into the air the moment it touched the scroll.

"How could this be?" Naruto was dumbfounded. After the Rasengan disappeared, he fell straight down and was hit hard on the forehead by Uchiha Touko.

"I told you to learn more sealing techniques, but you wouldn't. Now you can't even find the weak points in sealing techniques anymore," Uchiha Touko said calmly after kicking Naruto away.

However, the next second, Uchiha Touko was hit in the back by a beam containing a huge amount of chakra.

boom!

The compressed chakra energy exploded in an instant, and the huge explosion raised a massive amount of smoke and dust.

In a corner of the training ground, Neji put down a strangely shaped sniper rifle. At that moment, Naruto's true form appeared beside him and asked, "Did you succeed?"

"It should be... a success." Neji rolled his eyes, carefully searching everything in the smoke.

"Well done, you even forced out my first stage of Susanoo." Uchiha Touko's voice rang out behind the two of them, and their hair stood on end.

Neji threw down his sniper rifle, grabbed Naruto and tossed him aside. Then, his chakra surged, erupting from his pressure points, and he began to spin rapidly.

"Return to Heaven!"