Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

In front of the Inuzuka clan's territory, the road was paved with yellow earth and the street was splashed with clear water.

When Uchiha Touhuan arrived, the three Jonin of the Inuzuka clan, including the clan leader, as well as their elder, were all waiting at the gate of the Inuzuka clan's territory.

This scene almost gave Uchiha Touhuan a sense of déjà vu, like a leader inspecting a place in his past life; all that was missing was hanging two banners on the Inuzuka clan's gate.

Seeing this, Uchiha Touhuan understood the Inuzuka clan's attitude. It seemed that the Inuzuka family had had enough of being a marginal ninja clan in the village and now wanted to improve their status.

Upon seeing Uchiha Touhuan arrive, Inuzuka Jacques immediately led the other three to greet him.

Upon seeing this, Uchiha Touhuan smiled and said, "I apologize for coming here so inconveniently and for causing you all trouble."

"Clan Chief Uchiha, you flatter us. Your visit is an honor for our Inuzuka clan," Inuzuka Jacques said with a smile.

Uchiha Touhuan shook hands with the others one after another. When it was Inuzuka Kaze's turn, he shook hands with Uchiha Touhuan and laughed loudly: "When I was on a mission before, I was treated to a good time by Clan Chief Touhuan. Now that I have come to our Inuzuka clan, Clan Chief Touhuan, please give me a chance to express my gratitude."

"Chief Dou Huan, please."

The group welcomed Uchiha Touhuan into the clan's reception hall. They had barely sat down when a maidservant served them tea.

Seated in the main seat, Inuzuka Jacques asked, "I wonder what brings the Uchiha clan head here today?"

"Here's the thing, the Security Department recently recruited a batch of new recruits. Their skills are passable, and they train very hard on a daily basis. However, they don't have the Sharingan of our clan, so they are still not up to the task when chasing criminals and searching for contraband. In addition, during the last mission, Brother Feng mentioned that the nobles planned to sell a batch of ninja dogs to the Security Department. Therefore, the Security Department plans to order a batch of trained ninja dogs from the nobles."

“The Security Department is an important force in maintaining peace and security in the village. Our Inuzuka clan is also a part of the village. Since the Security Department has a need, the Inuzuka clan will do its best to help. There is no need to talk about ordering.” Inuzuka Jaw waved his hand and said, “Tomorrow, our Inuzuka clan will select a group of excellent adult ninja dogs from the clan and personally deliver them to the Security Department.”

“If that’s the case, then that would be wonderful.” Uchiha Touhuan said with a smile, “Please rest assured, Chief Inuzuka, after these ninja dogs join the Security Department, they will enjoy the status of police dogs within the Security Department. Each police dog will receive a monthly allowance of 30,000 ryo from the Security Department, which will be distributed in the form of food. At the same time, the Security Department will also ensure that every penny of the food allowance for each police dog reaches the dog’s mouth.”

"Thirty thousand taels?" Inuzuka Retsu was taken aback upon hearing this. He knew that when the Inuzuka clan trained ninja dogs, only those who signed a one-on-one summoning contract with a clan member from a young age could learn the Inuzuka clan's secret techniques. Only ninja dogs that were truly chosen as the inheritors of the clan received this treatment. Now, the Uchiha clan was giving ordinary ninja dogs this treatment as well. To be honest, with a monthly food allowance of thirty thousand taels, some of the clan's Chunin and Special Jonin would probably be willing to become police dogs themselves.

"It seems that Patriarch Douhuan is also a dog lover." At this time, Inuzuka Bones smiled, "I was originally worried that the family's ninja dogs would not be well taken care of in the security department. Now it seems that I was worrying too much."

“However, are there any people in the Security Department who can take good care of these ninja dogs?” Inuzuka Kaze asked at this moment. “Chief Touhuan, taking care of ninja dogs is not as easy as taking care of the pet dogs in the hands of nobles.”

“That’s true. Most of my clansmen are fine taking care of cats, but when it comes to taking care of dogs, especially elite ninja dogs, they’re probably not up to the task.” Uchiha Touhuan said, looking at Inuzuka Jacques, “I wonder if Clan Head Inuzuka could help us to the end?”

"What does Chief Dou Huan mean by that?" Inuzuka Jacques asked, feigning ignorance.

Although a plan had been made long ago, and the clan had already decided on the candidates to be sent to work in the security department, Inuzuka Jax was still pretending not to know. He was waiting for Uchiha Touhuan to speak up himself. After all, there was a big difference between someone personally invited by the other party and someone he had eagerly offered up.

Uchiha Touhuan understood what the other party meant. The Inuzuka clan had already shown their sincerity in the welcoming ceremony today. The commotion of paving the way with yellow earth and cleaning the streets with clear water when they entered had probably already been heard by Hiruzen Sarutobi and those two old geezers. The Inuzuka clan had made a grand gesture, and Uchiha Touhuan didn't mind giving them face. After all, the Inuzuka clan was the first ninja clan willing to stand on their side. Even if it was just a piece of horse bone, Uchiha Touhuan would have to pay a fortune for it. What's more, the people they provided were technical personnel that the Security Department needed at this stage.

"That's right. The Security Department plans to hire several professional dog trainers, veterinarians, and ninja dog users from among the nobles. After all, professional matters should be left to professionals, and looking across the entire ninja world, I can't think of anyone more skilled in this area than the Inuzuka clan," Uchiha Touhuan said with a smile.

"As for compensation, dog trainers and veterinarians are technical personnel, and the Security Department is willing to provide them with a monthly salary of 18 taels, which is equivalent to that of a Security Department squad leader. As for ninja dog users, they are assigned to the combat sequence according to their strength. According to the current salary level of the Security Department, Chunin earn 18 taels per month, and Special Jonin earn 30 taels per month."

Before Inuzuka Jacques could reply, Inuzuka Kaze approached him.

"Clan Chief Dou Huan, where is the Jonin?"

Even Uchiha Touhuan was tempted by the price he offered, since most Jonin couldn't earn 30 ryo a month.

"Feng! What are you doing here!" Inuzuka Jaw shouted.

"Hehe, Brother Feng is still the same as always." Uchiha Touhuan smiled nonchalantly. "As for Jonin, the basic salary is 40 ryo. With mission bonuses and the like, earning 60 ryo per month is not a problem. I still trust Brother Feng's strength."

"Cough cough cough." Inuzuka Kotsu suddenly coughed. "Clan Chief Touhuan, let's get down to business. The Inuzuka clan is willing to cooperate with the Security Department. We can send the ninja dogs that the Security Department needs this afternoon. Also, the clan members who are going to work at the Security Department will go to work tomorrow."

“There’s no rush,” Uchiha Touhuan said. “The Inuzuka clan is willing to contribute to the security of Konoha, so our Security Department should naturally do something in return. As for what kind of return we should make, we’ll find out when the nobles send their ninja dogs to the Security Department tomorrow.”

"From now on, I'll have to trouble the Uchiha clan head to take care of the Inuzuka clan," Inuzuka Jaw said.

"Eh? What are you saying? It's all for Konoha, for the Will of Fire!" Uchiha Touhuan waved his hand and laughed loudly.

……

Chapter 40 The Aburame Clan is Numb

The next day, when Inuzuka Kaze arrived at the security headquarters with 7 clansmen and 20 ninja dogs, he was also startled by the commotion at the entrance of the security headquarters.

The security headquarters, which usually exuded an aura of unapproachability, was now brightly decorated. A huge red banner hung above the headquarters' signboard at the main entrance, reading:

The ceremony for the donation of police dogs to the Konoha Police Department and the establishment of the Inuzuka Clan Special Police Dog Training Base of the Police Department.

At the main entrance of the security headquarters, Uchiha Touhuan and Uchiha Fugaku, dressed in formal attire, waited below the banner. Beside them, dozens of security headquarters members who were not on duty at the moment stood at attention.

This situation completely baffled Inuzuka Kaze. He had originally planned to send over the police dogs trained by his clan and a few promising juniors, and also get a position in the Security Department himself. However, the commotion caused by the Security Department made him look down at the most ordinary ninja tactical vest he was wearing in Konoha.

The rest of the Inuzuka clan members suddenly felt that they weren't dressed formally enough.

However, at this moment, Uchiha Touhuan and Uchiha Fugaku, who had already seen the group, led their men forward.

"Brother Feng, we've been waiting for you all for quite some time." Uchiha Touhuan warmly shook hands with Inuzuka Feng and said. Then, Uchiha Touhuan went to the Inuzuka clan members who had come with Inuzuka Feng, shook hands with each of them, and said, "Welcome to the Inuzuka clan, everyone, to the Security Department family."

"Inahikawa, take all of you to change your clothes." After shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries, Uchiha Touken turned and gave the order.

"Yes!" Uchiha Inahime replied, then came to Inuzuka Kaze and the others, reminding them, "Everyone, please follow me."

Eight people and twenty dogs entered the security headquarters under the guidance of Uchiha Inahisa. When they came out, they had changed their clothes. Inuzuka Kaze even put on a ninja vest specially used by the security headquarters at the captain level, while the twenty ninja dogs were fully armed.

After changing their clothes, Uchiha Inahisa led everyone to the banner, where Uchiha Touhuan was already waiting.

After everyone arrived, Uchiha Touhuan personally put the security department's code on the eight newly joined Inuzuka clan members, and then put special police dog number tags on the twenty police dogs. Inuzuka Fu's partner, Sumeraru, was even given the special number 00001.

"On behalf of all my colleagues in the Security Department, I would like to welcome the Inuzuka clan ninjas and their ninja dogs to the fold." After doing all this, Uchiha Touhuan announced loudly.

Then, the image of Uchiha Tou-kan and Inuzuka Fu shaking hands with smiles was captured on camera and will be forever recorded.

……

The Hokage's office in Konoha and the various ninja clans quickly learned of what had happened at the entrance of the security department.

The Aburame clan's leaders were utterly stunned. As one of the two clans that received Uchiha Touhuan's invitation that night, unlike the Inuzuka clan, which quickly made a decision to fully side with the Uchiha clan, the Aburame clan was more filled with fear in the face of Uchiha Touhuan's invitation.

After all, not long ago, the Security Department sent Ryoma Aburame's body. The visiting card sent by Uchiha Dohuan at this time in his personal capacity seemed to be a bad intention.

Strictly speaking, the Aburame clan can also be considered victims in this matter. Aburame Ryoma was forcibly taken to Root by Danzo through almost extortion when he was very young, and he has had little contact with them over the years.

However, when Aburame Ryoma used his family's secret techniques to help Danzo with some dirty work, he naturally offended many people. Aburame Ryoma was also different from Yamanaka Fu, another general under Danzo. The Aburame clan's insect control techniques were too obvious. Families that had been disgusted by Danzo did not dare to openly oppose Danzo, and naturally they would hold a grudge against the Aburame clan to some extent.

Therefore, the Aburame clan has always kept a low profile in Konoha all these years.

Now, a ruthless person suddenly appeared in the Uchiha clan and directly killed Danzo. That's not all. The Shimura clan, as the ninja clan that has developed extremely rapidly in the village in recent decades, although it is not as fast as the Utatane, Mitomon, and Sarutobi clans, has grown from an ordinary family that inherited the Summoning Technique to a size that rivals the great clans of the Warring States period after the Third Hokage came to power. But now, their clan leader has been arrested by the Uchiha and taken to the Security Department. We don't even know if he is dead or alive.

What disturbed them even more was that the corpse of Aburame Ryoma, which the security department had simply dumped at the gate of the Aburame clan, had suffered a fatal wound inflicted by the iconic ninja sword, Hayatei, which was feared throughout Kirigakure and known as the "Bloodless Blade." The blade that pierced his heart was black and smooth, without a trace of blood.

This means that Aburame Ryoma's death was probably due to an assassination attempt on Uchiha Touhuan, and Uchiha Touhuan had a ready-made reason to attack the Aburame clan.

But now, the Aburame clan has no choice but to anxiously wait for Uchiha Touhuan to come to their door.

Although the Aburame clan could barely be considered a major ninja clan in the village, with more Jonin than the Inuzuka clan, they were helpless against Danzo, let alone the Uchiha clan, which was even more powerful than Danzo.

……

After finishing the welcoming ceremony, Uchiha Touhuan sat in his office until the end of the workday, then left on time.

When he got home, Sasuke was already there, eating the snacks that Keiko had prepared for him in the dining room.

"Teacher, you're back." As soon as Sasuke heard Uchiha Touhuan enter the room, he ran over with his short legs.

"Hey, Sasuke, you're here pretty early today," Uchiha Touhuan said cheerfully.

After two days together, the master and disciple became familiar with each other. Sasuke was a very smart child. He could quickly memorize everything that Uchiha Touhuan made him recite every day without missing a single word. After Uchiha Touhuan explained it to him, he could understand a lot of the deeper meaning contained in these words, even if he didn't quite understand them.

Soon, the master and student began their lesson in the study.

After Uchiha Touhuan finished explaining the meaning of the last sentence, "Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you," the book that Uchiha Touhuan had carefully selected from the "Three Character Classic," "Thousand Character Classic," and "Analects" to serve as Sasuke's primer was completed.

"Alright, Sasuke, that's enough for today," Uchiha Touhuan said to Sasuke as he closed the book.

"Yes," Sasuke nodded. "Teacher, what will we learn tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow?" Uchiha Touhuan laughed. "You don't need to come starting tomorrow. Teacher has some things to take care of."

"Huh?" Sasuke was taken aback, then looked a little dejected. "Okay."

After spending these three days together, Sasuke really liked Uchiha Dohuan, the teacher who would tell him many interesting stories in class. Now that the teacher suddenly asked him not to come for the time being, he was a little reluctant.

"Sasuke, your teacher has an assignment for you." Uchiha Touhuan patted Sasuke's head and smiled. "That is, during this time, carefully understand what I have taught you, and then use the principles I have taught you to observe the world. When you start to feel that these principles cannot explain the events in the world well, come to me again, and then I will teach you something new."

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Chapter 41: Oranges or Garlic Sprouts (Part 1)

Now that he had decided to take Uchiha Sasuke as his disciple, Uchiha Touhuan would naturally teach him well.

Uchiha Tohkan's choice of Confucian classics as Sasuke's primer was a carefully considered one. First, Sasuke was not yet 7 years old, and his brother had a history of thinking about all sorts of things since he was young. Therefore, it was especially important to establish a simple moral concept first, so that the child would know which qualities were good and which were unacceptable. In other words, it was to establish a good image for him first.

When Sasuke discovers that this system is insufficient to explain the world he sees, he will naturally fall into confusion. That is when he will be taught the real stuff, filling the gaps in his understanding.

In this era, the relationship between master and apprentice is no less than that between biological father and son. Since he has accepted Sasuke as his disciple, Sasuke will be qualified to inherit Uchiha Touhan's political resources in the future. Uchiha Touhan will naturally not train Sasuke to be a cynic who talks all kinds of nonsense.

After Sasuke left, Uchiha Touhuan also went out with Jiraiya.

Not long after, within the Aburame clan's territory, the current clan leader, Aburame Shiki, also received information relayed by the scout insects around the clan, learning that Uchiha Touhuan was heading towards their clan's territory. He was immediately on high alert and hurriedly summoned the clan's Jonin.

The Aburame clan's territory was even more remote than the area where the Uchiha clan moved to after the Nine-Tails' attack. Uchiha Touhuan, with his Lightning Blade at his waist, walked unhurriedly along the narrow path where there were no streetlights and the moonlight was the only light that could be used to make it barely visible.

The subtle chakra fluctuations in the surrounding bushes did not escape Uchiha Touhuan's eyes, but he did not care much about them.

Not long after, Uchiha Touhuan arrived at the gate of the Aburame clan's ancestral home and spoke warmly to a genin guarding the gate, who wore the Aburame clan's signature sunglasses: "Please go in and announce that Uchiha Touhuan has come to visit."

"Yes, please wait a moment." The genin guarding the gate of the clan's territory nodded, then turned and entered the territory.

Uchiha Touhuan waited patiently, and soon after, Aburame Shiki personally led two Jonin from the clan to greet him.

"I apologize for keeping the Uchiha clan waiting so long." Aburame Shiki bowed respectfully after leaving the room.

“Clan Chief Aburame, there’s no need for that. It’s my fault for disturbing you by coming so late,” Uchiha Touhuan said with a smile. “Besides, Clan Chief Aburame, there’s no need for you to be so polite. Today, I’m just visiting you in a personal capacity.”

"Chief Dou Huan, please." You Nu Zhiwei extended her hand in invitation.

After Uchiha Touhuan followed the others into the Aburame clan's territory, they arrived at the reception room. Looking around, he could tell that the Aburame clan's situation in recent years had not been very good. Even the reception room, which was supposed to be the face of the clan, looked rather simple.

"Our clan is humble and cannot compare to the Uchiha clan. I hope Chief Tohwan will forgive us," said Aburame Shiki.

After everyone was seated, You Nu Zhiwei waved to the maid to bring tea. After chatting for a few moments, You Nu Zhiwei asked, "I wonder what brings Chief Dou Huan here so late at night?"

"Clan Chief Aburame, our Security Department, entrusted by the Third Hokage, has made significant progress in our investigation of the traitor Shimura Danzo and his criminal gang," Uchiha Touhuan said. "However, Shimura Danzo, this cancer within the village, has been operating for many years, and his influence is deeply entrenched. During the investigation, it's inevitable that some ninja clans within the village will be implicated. Out of concern for the village's current stability, the Third Hokage has repeatedly instructed our Security Department to handle this matter with utmost caution." Uchiha Touhuan added, "That's why I'm here."