Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

After penetrating Orochimaru's base, traces of human experimentation were exposed.

Even though everyone was a ninja who was used to seeing blood, some of the scenes inside made them feel physically uncomfortable. Uzuki Yugao, the only girl in the team, couldn't help but cover her mouth and wanted to vomit.

"That guy really has no humanity at all," Inuzuka Kaze said through gritted teeth.

"Let's look for clues first," Kakashi instructed.

The group then began searching the research institute.

While calming his girlfriend down, Moonlight Gale searched the room and soon found a pile of jumbled files.

Upon picking it up and taking a look, Moonlight Gale's pupils instantly contracted.

This document details how Danzo's Root organization kidnapped children from several young ninja clans with bloodline limits and sent them to Orochimaru to be used as human experimental subjects. Furthermore, the Utatane and Mitokado clans also left some traces in it. Hayate Gekko suddenly thought of his four-year-old cousin who had suddenly disappeared from the village a few years ago, and he felt a chill run down his spine.

Just as he was about to speak, Uchiha Touhuan appeared beside him, stopped him from speaking, and shook his head at him.

……

Chapter 31 Mission Completed

On the other side, Kakashi also spotted something similar and immediately shouted, "Stop!"

But his warning came too late. Most of the team had already discovered something similar. After they regrouped, Kakashi fell silent as he looked at the uncertain expressions in the others' eyes.

"Let's just pretend we didn't see these things," Uchiha Touhuan finally said after a long while.

"Clan leader! Is there something here..." Uchiha Inahira said urgently. The part he had just discovered was a detailed record of Orochimaru and Danzo's cooperation in hunting down members of the Uchiha clan to obtain Sharingan during the Third Shinobi World War.

"Shut up!" Uchiha Touhuan roared. "Getting involved in this won't do you any good!"

After reprimanding Uchiha Inahi, Uchiha Touhuan looked up at everyone and said seriously, "These things were discovered by Captain Kakashi and me. We reported them to the Third Hokage separately. You didn't see anything, understand?"

"Understood, understood." Nagai Seiichi and Kuroki Ryuta nodded hurriedly. Everyone present except for the two of them had the support of ninja clans, big or small. The two of them had no backing. If they really got involved in this kind of thing, they would probably die mysteriously the next day.

"We didn't see anything," Hyuga Takato said. As a branch family, if they were involved in such a big matter, the main family, who were afraid of getting into trouble, would probably deal with them immediately.

Inuzuka Feng was even more direct. He stuffed the collected things into Uchiha Douhuan's hands. This kind of thing would be a disaster even for their Inuzuka family if they were involved.

Kakashi sighed. It seemed that handling the matter the way Uchiha Touhuan suggested was the safest approach.

"Kakashi, just write the mission report like this: After discovering Orochimaru's trail, we engaged in a battle with him. Under Orochimaru's wide-range destructive ninjutsu, everyone except the two of us sustained some degree of injury... Oh, right, where are the other two?"

“Mitokado Hayato died at the beginning, and as for Utatane Itsuki, he probably died from the aftermath of your and Orochimaru’s ninjutsu,” Inuzuka Kaze said.

"That's quite a pity." After offering his opinion on the two men's deaths, Uchiha Touhuan continued, "The two of us, still capable of fighting, chased Orochimaru all the way here, but Orochimaru escaped with his escape ninjutsu, and we found these things here."

“This… isn’t that a bit much? We didn’t help at all, did we? If we do this, wouldn’t we be taking credit for Chief Dou Huan’s efforts for nothing?” said Maoyue Xiyan.

“That’s not important,” Uchiha Tohkan said. “I don’t need this little bit of merit, but you can’t afford to take on this much trouble.”

"Alright, that's how I'll write the mission report. You guys just have to be careful not to let anything slip." Kakashi ignored Uzuki Yugao's question and nodded.

Kuroki Ryuta and Nagai Seiichi's gazes toward Uchiha Touhuan had completely changed. What kind of leader had they encountered on this mission? He was willing to share the credit with them, but also unhesitatingly took the biggest blame. From this moment on, they would fight to the death if anyone spoke ill of the Uchiha!

At the same time, Inuzuka Feng was also looking at Uchiha Douhuan, with a special light in his eyes.

"Alright, don't be so serious. You guys go outside and bury those human experiment materials. Leave this to Captain Kakashi and me." Uchiha Touhuan's expression relaxed as he spoke. "Finish this quickly so we can head back to the village. To celebrate the successful completion of this mission, it's my treat tonight."

The group finally felt relieved and walked towards the outskirts of the laboratory together.

Kakashi and Uchiha Dohuan, who stayed here, began to collect evidence in the laboratory.

"What are you planning to do?" Kakashi asked, looking up after everything was mostly packed up.

"Of course, we'll report to the Third Hokage, and then, guided by the Will of Fire, under the Third Hokage's wise leadership, completely eradicate the village's evil," Uchiha Touhuan said without looking up.

Kakashi: ...

"Until now, I can't even listen to a word of truth?" Kakashi said coldly.

"Want to hear the truth?" Uchiha Touhuan's face showed a faint smile. "Then, you've made your choice."

"I just want to know the truth about my father's incident." Kakashi said.

Uchiha Touhuan nodded: "That's enough."

"The truth is, we'll use these things to slowly destroy the Shimura family, the Utatane family, and the Mitokado family, and then take their place."

Kakashi's pupils contracted at Uchiha Touhuan's words. Kakashi understood that Uchiha Touhuan hadn't told him the whole truth yet. After all, besides these three families, there was another family in the village that had developed rapidly alongside these three families during the Third Hokage's reign. Uchiha Touhuan planned to destroy these three families and then take their place. What about the Sarutobi family?

Noticing Kakashi's expression, Uchiha Touhuan grinned, stepped forward, and patted him on the shoulder: "Kakashi, if you want to master archery, you still have a lot to learn."

After saying that, Uchiha Touhuan ignored Kakashi's reaction, gathered the evidence in Orochimaru's base, and walked out.

After everything was finished, Orochimaru's base was reduced to ashes in the raging fire by the combined effects of the Great Fire Dragon Techniques of Uchiha Inahisa and Uchiha Zaito.

After the flames died down, the group began their journey home.

The group remained silent throughout the journey until they returned to town late at night. Uchiha Touhuan led everyone to the place where they had eaten and drunk before, ordered a lavish meal, and after several rounds of drinks, the group finally recovered.

Slightly drunk, Kuroki Ryuta raised his glass: "Everyone, if you ask me, we should toast Chief Dou Huan. This mission was made possible entirely by Chief Dou Huan, which is why we were able to return so smoothly."

"Exactly, exactly!" Nagai Seiichi raised his glass as well. "There were always some bad rumors about the Uchiha clan in the village before, but this mission has shown us the magnanimity of the Uchiha clan! Especially Chief Touhuan, that's what we're talking about!"

Seiichi Nagai gave a thumbs up.

"I won't say anything more! To Clan Chief Tohwan!" Hyuga Kenya also raised his glass to Uchiha Tohwan.

"Hey, didn't I already say that this mission was successfully completed thanks to everyone's joint efforts!" Uchiha Touhuan waved his hand, then raised his wine glass and drank it down with everyone.

"Douhuan is right. This mission is the result of everyone's joint efforts." Kakashi said after finishing his drink. "When we get back, I will report to the Hokage on everyone's behalf."

Seeing this, Uchiha Touhuan smiled with satisfaction. Although Kakashi looked a bit clumsy at this moment, he was finally getting the hang of things.

Chapter 32 Future Arrangements

After dinner, everyone returned to the hotel to rest. The day's events had left everyone feeling physically and mentally exhausted, and they fell into a deep sleep shortly after lying down at the hotel.

Uchiha Touhuan, on the other hand, sat at a table by the hotel window, brewing a pot of tea and slowly sipping it.

In the latter half of the night, a white snake slowly crawled into Uchiha Touhuan's room along the moonlight.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Lord Touhuan." After the white snake entered Uchiha Touhuan's room, it transformed into human form in a cloud of smoke with a bang; it was Orochimaru.

"Sit down." Uchiha Touhuan gestured to the seat opposite Orochimaru, then poured him a cup of tea.

"Well done. You've produced so much convincing evidence in such a short period of time. Thank you for your hard work." Uchiha Douhuan said.

"It is my honor to serve you," Orochimaru said, bowing his head.

Looking at the obedient Orochimaru before him, Uchiha Touhuan couldn't help but marvel at the terrifying power of Shisui's awakened Mangekyou Sharingan. The most terrifying aspect of Kotoamatsukami wasn't actually its direct control over people's minds, but rather its ability to directly imprint a mental imprint on the subconscious of the user. In the victim's vision, everything would appear perfectly natural. This was why the Kotoamatsukami in the left eye had a 10-year cooldown period. In comparison, the short-term forced control of the right eye seemed rather ineffective.

Of course, Uchiha Touhuan wouldn't be completely careless. In the original timeline, even more terrifying omnipotent divine techniques were detected by highly intelligent people like Shikamaru through subtle details. It's probably only a matter of time before Orochimaru realizes he's been tricked.

After all, you can question Orochimaru's morality, or even his strength, but never question his intelligence.

However, Uchiha Dohuan himself never thought of relying on a dojutsu to enslave Orochimaru for a long time. He used Kotoamatsukami on him just to be able to obtain a scientific research talent who would be 100% loyal to him for a certain period of time without any effort. Uchiha Dohuan's future strength improvement would largely rely on Orochimaru's technology and connections.

Uchiha Touhuan assessed his current strength level. Excluding the Mangekyou Sharingan's eye techniques, Susanoo, combined with his own lightning release and swordsmanship, placed him in the upper-middle range among Kage. His right eye's eye technique had a strong special attack attribute against ninjas who relied on genjutsu, while his left eye's Eighty Calamities of the Sun allowed him to fight against opponents stronger than himself or several ninjas of the same level, but he would most likely go blind afterward.

If Uchiha Touhuan wants to achieve his goal, Jiraiya is definitely an obstacle he can't get around. Jiraiya's strength when he enters Sage Mode and has the cooperation of two Toad Sages should be above his current strength.

More importantly, Uchiha Touhuan's blood relatives are all dead, and there is no other pair of eyes that can help his Mangekyou Sharingan advance to the Eternal Eye. In other words, Uchiha Touhuan has reached the end of the normal path for the Uchiha clan to improve their strength. The ninja world is ultimately a world of the extraordinary, and his current strength is not enough to support him in carrying out a coup or preventing the turmoil that may occur after the coup.

If Uchiha Touhuan wants to become stronger, he only has two paths in front of him: either try to transplant Hashirama's cells or train in Sage Mode. Orochimaru is the best choice for both of these paths. This is why Uchiha Touhuan took the initiative to accept this task and, when fighting Orochimaru, completely disregarded the consumption of chakra and released a wide-range ninjutsu to clear the field.

What happens if Kotoamatsukami is used up? In Uchiha Tohsen's coup plan, Kotoamatsukami only served as a deterrent. As long as no one saw him use Kotoamatsukami, it was as if he hadn't used it.

Uchiha Touhuan glanced at Orochimaru and asked, "Did you bring the summoning contract from Ryuchi Cave?"

Orochimaru nodded, and after forming a hand seal, a small snake suddenly appeared on the table, opening its mouth and spitting out a scroll.

Orochimaru picked up the scroll, which was covered in slime, and carefully wiped it clean before presenting it to him with both hands.

After opening it, Uchiha Touhuan signed his name and instructed, "Please inform Ryuchi Cave that I will pay them a visit in a few days."

"Understood, Lord Dohuan. Is there anything else you need?" Orochimaru nodded.

"Help me cultivate a sample of Hashirama cells. Also, keep an eye on the Akatsuki's movements. Report any unusual activity to me immediately," Uchiha Touhuan said.

"Yes." Orochimaru nodded, turned into a ball of white mist and disappeared in front of Uchiha Dohuan.

……

The next day, because they were in a hurry to return to the village to report, the group did not take their leisurely journey as they had come. They used all their chakra to travel at full speed, and the journey that would normally take about two days was completed in just one day. They returned to the village in the evening.

The group went together to the Hokage Building and handed in their mission.

"Did Orochimaru get away?" Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Kakashi's mission report, his face showing a complex expression that was hard to tell whether it was relief or regret.

"Never mind, anyway, everyone's worked hard." Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head and looked at everyone.

"Hokage, Captain Kakashi and I discovered some confidential clues during the mission. Please allow us to report privately." At this time, Uchiha Douhuan spoke.

"Is that so?" Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't think much of it, assuming that the two had found some clues about Orochimaru, so he looked at the others behind them, and the others tactfully withdrew from the Hokage's office.

Once only the three of them remained in the Hokage's office, Uchiha Touhuan and Kakashi exchanged a glance, and then handed over the documents they had collected to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"This..." Hiruzen Sarutobi took the documents, glanced at them, and his expression changed. He then quickly read through the documents one by one.

After reviewing the evidence, Hiruzen Sarutobi silently took out his pipe, stuffed it with tobacco, and lit it. Silence fell over the Hokage's office, with only wisps of smoke rising from it.

After finishing a pipe of cigarettes, Hiruzen Sarutobi raised his head and looked at the two men: "I'd like to hear your opinions on how to handle this matter."

Upon hearing this, Kakashi lowered his head, while Uchiha Touhan took a step forward.

"My opinion is simple." Uchiha Touhuan's expression was firm. "Give the order, Hokage-sama. The Security Department and the Anbu will conduct a joint operation to apprehend all 93 people from the three clans involved as quickly as possible. Konoha, under the illumination of the Will of Fire, should not have such wanton killing of comrades! We must eradicate this cancer with the greatest force!"

After hearing what Uchiha Touhuan said, Sarutobi Hiruzen filled his pipe with another bag of tobacco.

But just then, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the Hokage's office.

Chapter 33 That's my teacher's son

The door to the Hokage's office was violently pushed open, and Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado walked into the Hokage's office with angry expressions.

Seeing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi quietly gathered up the documents on the table.

When the two advisors entered and saw Uchiha Touhuan present, they immediately demanded angrily, "Uchiha Touhuan, why did only Itsuki and Hayabusa not return from this mission?"

Uchiha Touhuan glanced back at the two old men and said indifferently, "Isn't it normal for ninjas to sacrifice themselves while on a mission?"