Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

Kakashi stared at the youthful face before him, which bore a striking resemblance to his teacher and his teacher's wife, and was momentarily dazed.

"Hey! Kakashi-nii!" Naruto grumbled in dissatisfaction.

"Okay, I promise you. Let's finish eating quickly, then we'll go to your place to pack our things. From now on, you'll live with me," Kakashi said.

"Yes!" Naruto shouted casually, then finished his ramen in the bowl as quickly as possible.

"I'm finished eating! Thank you for your hospitality!"

Inside the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi watched this scene from inside a crystal ball and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Kakashi was sensible enough to know that now was not the right time to reveal Naruto's identity.

……

the other side.

In Uchiha Touhuan's study, Fugaku took his leave after dropping Sasuke off, leaving only Sasuke and Uchiha Touhuan in the room.

After seeing Fugaku off, Uchiha Touhuan wrote furiously, while Sasuke stayed somewhat uneasy in the study.

"Find a place to sit and wait for me to finish these things." Uchiha Douhuan said without raising his head.

It's clear that Fugaku usually places great importance on Sasuke's etiquette education. Even though Uchiha Tohkan said that, Sasuke just found a cushion and knelt down properly.

After a while, Uchiha Touhuan wrote the last character, then looked up and asked, "How many characters do you recognize now?"

"My brother and mother taught me to read, and I know most of the words," Sasuke said.

"That's good. You don't need me to start teaching you from scratch." Uchiha Touhuan said, handing Sasuke a small booklet he had just written.

"Your task today is to memorize the first three pages. I will explain the specific meaning to you after you have memorized them."

After listening to Uchiha Touhuan's words, Sasuke looked down at the things his new teacher had given him.

"At the beginning of life, are people inherently good?" Uchiha Sasuke turned to the first page and read out the first sentence word by word.

That's right. In order to teach Sasuke well, Uchiha Tohsen wrote down some Confucian classics that he remembered from his previous life, after removing some things that were not quite in line with the ninja world.

For Sasuke at this age, teaching him powerful ninjutsu would be impossible due to his young age and insufficient chakra. It would be better to take advantage of this period to correct his values, at least to reduce his exposure to the poisonous education methods of ninja academies that train killing machines, and then teach him to rationally view and think about the world, so that he doesn't end up like his brother.

Regardless of other aspects, the Confucian system of the past was at least adequate in shaping morality.

Although Sasuke didn't know why his teacher wasn't teaching him ninjutsu but instead making him memorize texts, he still obediently began to memorize them.

……

After eating ramen, Kakashi followed Naruto back to his apartment, which was less than 30 square meters.

As soon as he entered the room, Naruto casually showed Kakashi his "treasures," including but not limited to a cabinet full of instant noodles and expired milk in the refrigerator.

Kakashi casually picked up a carton of milk from the refrigerator, but frowned as soon as he glanced at the expiration date; it had expired three months ago.

"Naruto, when you drink this, don't you ever notice anything wrong with the taste?" Kakashi asked.

"Huh? No, the milk I drink has always tasted the same." Naruto was taken aback when he heard Kakashi's question before answering.

Hearing this, Kakashi roughly understood what was going on. He then went to the wardrobe not far from the refrigerator, opened the door, and saw that all that was hanging inside were some worn-out clothes. He felt like slapping himself a few times.

I've really been a jerk all these years.

"Forget it, don't bother packing anymore. I'll take you to buy new ones tomorrow." Kakashi sighed as he watched Naruto packing boxes of instant noodles into a package.

"At least let me take these ramen noodles with me! These are my treasures!" Naruto exclaimed anxiously. He didn't care about anything else, but these ramen noodles were something he had saved up for a long time.

At that moment, Kakashi noticed a red scarf in the corner of the wardrobe. He remembered that his master's wife had been knitting this very scarf when she was pregnant. So he picked it out, closed the wardrobe door, and then walked out, grabbing Naruto by the collar: "Children shouldn't eat so much ramen, or they won't grow tall."

Naruto struggled with his little arms and legs, but in front of Kakashi, he could only watch helplessly as his treasured possession slowly drifted away from him.

……

Sasuke's little brain is quite clever; he memorized everything Uchiha Touhuan had asked him to memorize in less than an hour.

Uchiha Touhuan checked a few sentences and, finding that the boy had indeed memorized them, began to explain the meaning of these sages' words to him sentence by sentence.

Sasuke listened intently, and time passed little by little.

"Alright, that's enough for today." Uchiha Touhuan put down the book after finishing reading what Sasuke had memorized that day. "It's getting late, let's go back to sleep."

"Um, teacher, aren't you going to teach me ninjutsu?" Sasuke asked in a low voice.

"Ninjutsu?" Uchiha Touhuan nodded. "Then come with me."

Chapter 38 The Inuzuka Clan's Choice

Uchiha Touhuan led Sasuke to the backyard where he usually practiced archery and turned on the lights in the corridor.

"What kind of skills do you have?" Uchiha Touhuan asked.

"My brother taught me the Three Body Technique before, and then I just learned Lightning Release: Lightning Ball a few days ago." Sasuke perked up when ninjutsu was mentioned.

“Lightning ball, let me see it,” said Uchiha Touhuan.

"Yes!" Sasuke replied, his two small hands quickly forming hand seals. Before long, a golden lightning ball with a diameter of more than one meter appeared out of thin air in front of the two of them. After flying forward seven or eight meters, it exploded, and a dazzling white light flashed in the dim backyard for a moment.

After doing all this, young Sasuke looked at Uchiha Touhuan with expectant eyes, hoping to receive praise from his teacher.

However, Uchiha Touhuan slapped Sasuke hard on the back of the head, leaving the boy completely bewildered.

"What are you doing, kid? I told you to use a ninjutsu and you blew up my lawn? What's with that?"

"I'm sorry..." Sasuke said weakly.

"Watch closely, this is how you use the lightning ball." After saying this, Uchiha Touhuan snapped his fingers, and a dark blue lightning ball with a diameter of no more than ten centimeters appeared out of thin air.

Although this lightning ball was much smaller than the one he had created earlier, Sasuke could clearly feel that the energy contained within it was much more concentrated.

Then, Uchiha Touhuan turned his finger, and the lightning ball began to circle around the two of them according to Uchiha Touhuan's guidance, leaving Sasuke somewhat stunned.

After the lightning ball circled around the two of them a few times, Uchiha Touhuan snapped his fingers again, and the dark blue lightning ball suddenly flew into the sky and exploded into a burst of fireworks.

"Amazing!" Sasuke Uchiha exclaimed.

"See? Go back and practice like this. When you can do that, I'll teach you something else," Uchiha Touhuan said.

"Yes!" Sasuke replied confidently.

Seeing Sasuke's confident smile, Uchiha Touhuan also smiled. This kid probably wouldn't be bothering him to learn new ninjutsu for a long time. You know, what he just did required precise control of chakra at the smallest details. Even many Chunin who are good at Lightning Release might not be able to do that. If Sasuke, a beginner, wants to do that, he'll probably have to suffer a bit.

However, with this process of honing basic skills, once Sasuke is able to do this, he will be able to learn other ninjutsu with half the effort in the future.

Furthermore, the process of practicing this refined chakra mastery can also temper the child's temperament. Uchiha Touhuan, who was originally a hot-tempered person who would go out and get beaten up on a whim, could not stand it.

After Sasuke left, Uchiha Touhuan changed his clothes and prepared to go to the training ground to complete his daily training.

Before leaving, Uchiha Tohsen gave the instructions:

"Sister Huizi, please send a visiting card to the Inuzuka family and the Aburame family for me later."

"Now?" Keiko Uchiha asked. "It's so late."

“It’s alright, I don’t think they’ll care,” Uchiha Touhuan said.

"Then, under what pretext will it be sent?" Uchiha Keiko pressed.

"Let's use the Security Department's name for the Inuzuka family, and as for the Aburame family, I'll use my personal name," Uchiha Touken said.

"Understood," Uchiha Keiko nodded in response.

……

That night, the two clans that received Uchiha Touhuan's invitation were not at peace.

Upon receiving the invitation, the Inuzuka clan immediately convened a clan meeting.

Unlike the Uchiha clan gatherings of the past, which would start shouting at each other within five minutes of starting, arguing endlessly without ever reaching a conclusion, and sometimes even escalating into full-blown brawls, the Inuzuka clan gatherings were remarkably efficient.

Inside a not-too-large room in the family shrine, three Jonin of the Inuzuka clan, including the clan head, along with the clan's elder, sat around a table. At the center of the table was the visiting card that Uchiha Keiko had sent not long ago.

The current head of the Inuzuka clan, Inuzuka Jaw, glanced at the attendees and said, "Tell me your thoughts on this invitation."

"The Uchiha clan is extending goodwill to us on their own initiative? That's quite rare," said Inuzuka Hone, the 75-year-old elder of the Inuzuka clan.

"This new head of the Uchiha clan seems quite different from their previous heads," Inuzuka Jacques said. "Feng, you've worked on missions with this new Uchiha head. Could you tell everyone about your impressions of him?"

The youngest of the four, Inuzuka Kaze, stroked his chin upon hearing this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "This new Uchiha clan leader, how should I put it, I can't see through him at all."

Inuzuka Kaze's words made everyone frown.

“However, we shouldn’t suffer any losses by cooperating with him,” Inuzuka Kaze said, then briefly recounted to the other three what had happened at Orochimaru’s base that day.

"I see. The current head of the Uchiha clan is quite a figure," Inuzuka Kotsu remarked at that moment.

"So, are we going to cooperate fully with the Uchiha?" asked Retsu Inuzuka, the last Jonin present.

“It’s not that bad.” Inuzuka Jacques reached out and picked up the visiting card on the table. “This visiting card from the Tohkan Clan Chief was sent in the name of the Security Department. It gave our clan the option to choose twenty of the most capable adult ninja dogs from the newest batch of ninja dogs in the clan as a gift to the Security Department.”

“Not enough.” At this moment, Inuzuka Kotsu suddenly spoke up, “In addition to these, select a few more dog trainers and talented ninja dog users from within the clan and have them join the security force. If possible, ask the Uchiha clan for a few more security department positions every year.”

Hearing Inuzuka Kotsu's words, Inuzuka Jaw was somewhat surprised: "Elder, if that's the case, in other people's eyes, our Inuzuka clan is equivalent to completely siding with the Uchiha."

“Since Chief Dou Huan has shown such sincerity, we might as well show our sincerity in return,” said Inuzuka Kotsu.

"This... Elder, isn't this a bit too hasty?" Inuzuka Jacques hesitated. He didn't know why the elder, who usually reminded him to be cautious, would make such a radical suggestion today, contrary to his usual behavior.

"Jaw, do you know why I've repeatedly reminded you, as the clan leader, to be cautious about every choice?" At this moment, Inuzuka Hone looked at Inuzuka Jaw. "Although our Inuzuka clan has had a family tradition since the Warring States period, in the end, we are just a small family that has mastered the secret technique of training ninja dogs. We can't compare to those bloodline families that are born with powerful combat abilities. Only by being careful and cautious can we accumulate a family fortune and give the family the capital to take a gamble when facing opportunities."

“381 years ago, our ancestors moved their entire family to join the Senju clan in an invitation, which led to the Inuzuka clan we know today. Now, a new opportunity is before us,” Inuzuka Honebami said.

"You think so highly of this new Uchiha clan leader?" Inuzuka Retsu asked at this moment.

“Just take this as my intuition as an old man who lived through the Warring States period,” Inuzuka Kotetsu laughed, then looked at Inuzuka Kaze: “Kaze, what’s your opinion?”

“Following this Chief Dou Huan? It’s not such a bad thing.” Inuzuka Kaze laughed. “Our clan has been on the fringes of the village for long enough. We’re all clans of secret arts. If Ino-Shika-Cho can get to where he is today, we might as well compete for it.”

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Chapter 39 The Inuzuka Clan! Loyalty!

The next day, Uchiha Touhuan went to the security department to arrange some work. Seeing that the time agreed upon on the invitation was approaching, he took the gifts and headed out towards the Inuzuka clan.

Inside the Inuzuka clan's territory, preparations are now complete. It must be said that the Inuzuka clan's cohesion is quite strong. After the clan's higher-ups made the decision to go all in on the Uchiha clan last night, the entire clan started working early this morning to prepare for Uchiha Touhuan's arrival.