Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

He was greeted by a large basin of water being poured down on his head.

Such childish tricks would not fool a seasoned elite Jonin. If Kakashi didn't have takeout food in his hand, he wouldn't mind playing along, but that's obviously not the case now.

Kakashi dodged the basin of water that was falling from the sky and said with some helplessness, "Naruto, don't do these pointless tricks."

At that moment, Naruto suddenly rushed out of the storage room next to the entrance, holding a water gun, and aimed at Kakashi. But before he could pull the trigger, he was shocked to find that Kakashi was not wearing a mask today, and he was stunned on the spot.

"You...you...who are you?!" Naruto pointed at Kakashi and questioned him.

"Who else could I be?" Kakashi rolled his eyes at the kid, annoyed. "You'll have to clean up the floor yourself after dinner."

"Don't try to fool me! You can't possibly be Kakashi!" Naruto continued to shout. "Kakashi doesn't even take off his mask when he takes a bath!"

Kakashi, his face dark, punched Naruto on the forehead. Kids this age really do need a good beating to behave.

After a while, Naruto, who had a big bump on his head, was eating his meal at the table, but he still looked up from time to time at Kakashi, who was leaning on the sofa and flipping through Little Liu Bei.

"Hey Kakashi, why did you suddenly take off your mask?" Naruto asked.

"There's no reason, I just suddenly don't want to wear the mask anymore," Kakashi replied without looking up.

"After you finish eating, tidy up the area in front of the door and go to bed early. Your ninja academy should be on holiday tomorrow, right? I'll take you to buy some things," Kakashi said.

“Okay!” Naruto nodded in agreement while eating.

The next afternoon, the two, who had slept until late morning, complained to each other as they went out. However, when they arrived at the village's commercial street, Kakashi keenly sensed that the atmosphere seemed a little off.

The two of them unknowingly became the center of attention on the entire street, but almost everyone kept their distance from them after seeing them, as if they had something dirty on them.

Chapter 47 The Unloved Scoundrel

Kakashi didn't pay much attention to these stares at first, assuming it was just the villagers' fear of Jinchūriki.

Naruto, on the other hand, was already used to this kind of treatment.

At this moment, Kakashi came to a dumpling stand, intending to buy something to fill the two people's stomachs.

Upon arriving at the stall, the owner, who had been sitting in the stall, looked up and first saw Naruto, who seemed somewhat hesitant in front of the stall.

The stall owner immediately gave him a look of disgust and waved his hand away as if shooing away flies.

"What are you doing here, you little fox demon? You're such bad luck! No wonder business is so bad today." The stall owner glared and roared fiercely, "Get out of here!"

However, when the stall owner turned around and saw Kakashi standing to the side with a livid face, he froze on the spot.

Kakashi didn't speak, but a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Over the years, he had heard rumors about Naruto's experiences, but he thought it was just the villagers' fear of the Jinchuriki's power that led to their alienation. But seeing it with his own eyes today, he realized that what Naruto had been enduring all these years was this kind of undisguised malice.

"You...who are you?" Kakashi, a ninja who had worked in the Anbu for many years, could not withstand even a hint of killing intent from the dumpling stall owner in front of him. He was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly.

But upon seeing the headband on Kakashi's forehead, the man calmed down. In this village, it was an ironclad rule that ninjas could not attack civilians, so he felt he had no reason to be afraid of Kakashi.

So, the man mustered his courage and loudly questioned, "Who are you to this little fox demon? What do you want? Are you trying to harm ordinary people?"

The commotion attracted a crowd of onlookers. Although most of them were wary of Kakashi's ninja identity, represented by the headband on his forehead, and did not approach him, they whispered among themselves.

Who is this person?

"I don't know, I've never seen him around this little fox demon before."

"No matter what, can someone who associates with this fox demon brat be a good person?"

"Shh, keep your voice down, he's a ninja."

"A ninja? So what if he's a ninja? Does he dare to beat people up in the village?"

"Hmph, even if that damned fox brat has a ninja backing him up now, we can't be afraid of him!"

"That's right! As long as we unite, the Hokage will back us up!"

……

Kakashi overheard the conversations around him, and his expression grew increasingly grim amidst the whispers. This was the Fourth Hokage's son, who had risked his life to protect them during the Nine-Tails' rampage, and now he was being treated like this. Thinking back to his previous neglect of Naruto, he felt an urge to slap himself.

"Alright, Kakashi-nii, let's go." Naruto tugged at Kakashi's sleeve and said in a low voice.

Seeing this, Kakashi turned around and looked at the stall owner who was still talking incessantly, his killing intent erupting without reservation.

The owner of the small meatball stall had never seen anything like this before. He was so frightened that he backed away repeatedly, tripped over the chair behind him, and fell to the ground with a thud.

After doing all this, Kakashi turned around, grabbed Naruto, and prepared to leave.

However, the dumpling stall owner, who had fallen to the ground, suddenly started howling: "They're hitting people! That little fox demon brought ninjas to beat people up! The ninjas are bullying civilians!"

The loud noise from here caused a surge of people to gather in this direction on the commercial street this weekend.

Kakashi frowned as he watched the growing crowd and the strange looks people were giving him. He could only pull Naruto closer to him.

Just then, a commotion suddenly came from the outer edge of the crowd.

"What are you doing! What are you doing! Don't all gather together, or there will be a stampede!"

The crowd turned around and saw that it was the patrol officers from the security team who had arrived, so they quickly made way for them.

Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the security team arrive; the leader of this patrol team was none other than Uchiha Zaito.

The security personnel dispersed the crowd with standardized smiles, while Uchiha Zaito approached Kakashi, nodded slightly in greeting, and then looked at the dumpling stall owner who was sitting on the ground howling.

"What happened?" Uchiha Zaito asked seriously.

"Sir, you've come at the perfect time!" Upon seeing Uchiha Zaito, the owner of the dumpling stand scrambled to his feet and complained, "Quickly arrest this ninja who started the fight! He's in cahoots with this fox demon brat! And arrest that fox demon brat too!"

"Kakashi-nii-san didn't hit you!" Naruto couldn't help but say.

"You hit him?" Uchiha Zaito asked Kakashi.

"No," Kakashi said succinctly.

Uchiha Zaito nodded, then looked at the owner of the dumpling stand: "You said he hit you, what proof do you have?"

"I...I was made to fall down by him!" The owner of the meatball shop said, though he was a little hesitant.

"Ask around if anyone saw this ninja start a fight," Uchiha Zaito instructed his team members upon seeing the situation.

Soon, the team of security personnel began their routine questioning with standardized smiles, but the result was obvious.

They might dare to gather these people together and chat, but they would never dare to openly fabricate evidence in front of the garrison command.

"Is there anything else you want to say?" Uchiha Zaito asked with a smile, looking at the troublemaking dumpling stall owner.

"No, no, it's all a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding." Seeing that the situation was beyond his control, the meatball stall owner, who had been making a scene just moments before, immediately wilted and said with a sneer.

“Since it’s all a misunderstanding, let’s talk about your problem of operating your business on the street,” Uchiha Zaito said. “How many times has our security department reminded you? Don’t set up your stall on the street. Someone! Take his stall away and invite him to sit in the security department.”

Upon hearing Uchiha Zaito's words, the dumpling stall owner immediately started shouting again.

"So your security department is afraid to offend ninjas, so you bully me, an unarmed civilian? I'm going to file a complaint against you! I'm going to report you to the Hokage's office!"

However, his attempts to bluff and deceive were ineffective against the civilian ninja team members who had gradually become accustomed to the work of the Security Department. Two ninjas in Security Department uniforms simply smiled and watched him.

They only moved his stall away after he got tired of arguing, and then took him to the police station.

By this time, the surrounding crowd had already scattered like birds and beasts. Uchiha Zaito then said to Kakashi, "Kakashi-senpai, I am busy with official business, so I won't bother you any longer. If there is anything similar next time, just come to the Security Department to find us."

"I understand, thank you." Kakashi nodded and expressed his gratitude.

Chapter 48 Danzo is dead, but the process continues.

After taking the troublemaking dumpling stall owner back to the police headquarters, Uchiha Zaito and his men continued their patrol.

"Shumei, you did a good job today. You didn't act rashly regarding that child, but reported to me before taking action. I will recommend you for commendation to Captain Douhuan." Uchiha Zaidou said, patting the shoulder of a young team member next to him.

"This is all thanks to what you told us, Captain," Hideaki Sakurai said after letting out a long sigh. "To be honest, I was quite shocked when I saw that kid being harassed."

These civilian ninjas had been working in the security department for some time, and naturally they would occasionally see Naruto while patrolling the streets.

Initially, those who were unaware of Naruto's true identity were also influenced by the rumors, regarding Naruto as a demon fox who brought disaster, and even they or their family members were involved in bullying Naruto.

Even if the Uchiha captains in the security department didn't know that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage's son, they still knew what a Jinchuriki was.

If you provoke a Jinchūriki, even if the Jinchūriki loses control and kills you, you'll at most be punished, but the person who was killed is truly dead.

Having already gotten along well with the civilian members, they naturally reminded their subordinates. Under their repeated reminders, the civilian ninjas who joined the security department and their families also understood that Naruto was someone who should not be messed with. Although they would not immediately change their attitude towards Naruto, they would at least not speak ill of him.

"By the way, if you encounter that kid during patrols in the future, you can look after him appropriately, but don't make it too obvious, understand?" Uchiha Zaito reminded him.

Before seeing Kakashi and Naruto together, the Security Department basically maintained a "don't bother" attitude towards Naruto, since both of their identities were quite sensitive. But now Kakashi seems to have made contact with Naruto, and Kakashi seems to have a close relationship with his clan leader, which is why Uchiha Zaito said that.

"Captain, why?" someone in the patrol asked curiously.

"Don't ask so many questions. I will definitely tell you what I can tell you," said Uchiha Zaito.

"I understand, it's confidential, right? Knowing it won't do us any good." The person who asked the question wasn't annoyed by being rebuffed; he just chuckled and scratched his head.

After working together for a while, these civilian ninjas who joined the garrison also discovered that the Uchiha clan members, who had been almost demonized by rumors in the village, were not actually that difficult to get along with. Apart from being a bit arrogant and always talking about the glory of the Uchiha clan, the Uchiha clan members were actually not that bad.

Although they might scold you a bit when you encounter problems at work, they will still patiently help you solve them. When you ask them for advice while training in ninjutsu, they will say things like, "As expected, people without the Uchiha bloodline have no talent," while also sharing all the experience that you can't learn at the ninja academy.

"Just so you know." Uchiha Zaito rolled his eyes at the man, then said to everyone, "Don't waste time, hurry up and finish your patrol. I'll treat everyone to drinks after get off work."

"Long live the captain!" As Uchiha Zaito's words fell, cheers rose and fell from the team members behind him.

This is also an important reason: Uchiha ninjas are really generous to their own people.

On the other hand, after experiencing this ordeal, Kakashi and Naruto lost their mood for shopping.

"Um, Kakashi-nii-san," Naruto said softly, head bowed, "I'm sorry."

"Why are you apologizing? This wasn't your fault," Kakashi said.

“But if it weren’t for me, Kakashi wouldn’t have encountered this situation,” Naruto said.

Upon hearing this, Kakashi stopped and knelt down, looking at Naruto and saying, "Naruto, listen, everyone may be at fault in this matter, but you are the only one who is truly innocent, so you don't need to apologize."

Naruto's eyes reddened when he heard Kakashi's words. Since he could remember, apart from his Third Hokage who would occasionally come to see him, Kakashi was the first person who completely trusted him.

"If something like this happens again in the future, remember to go to the uncles in the security department. They will help you get justice," Kakashi said.

"The Security Department? Are you referring to those ninja uncles from earlier?" Naruto asked curiously.

“That’s right,” Kakashi nodded.

"Will they really help me?" Naruto still had doubts, even though Kakashi said so.