Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

"If Touko becomes Hokage, it will cause completely uncontrollable changes in the future, and at that time, a terrible disaster may occur," Jiraiya said solemnly.

"Myobokusan said that?" Kakashi almost laughed out of anger when he heard this. Jiraiya should have come up with a reason, even if he said that he discriminated against Uchiha and didn't want Uchiha to be Hokage, it would be better than using the prophecy as an excuse.

Jiraiya didn't say anything, but his expression basically indicated acquiescence.

"So, Jiraiya-sama, if you become Hokage, where will you lead the village?" Kakashi asked.

"I..." Jiraiya was taken aback. He hadn't really thought about this question, but he could only bite the bullet and say, "I will ensure the peace of the village until I hand over the Hokage's hat to the Sixth Hokage."

Kakashi smiled with relief when he heard this.

No wonder Uchiha Touko never took Jiraiya seriously. Lately, he had been getting anxious because Jiraiya was frequently showing up in the village, but every time he went to see Uchiha Touko, Uchiha Touko would just have tea with him in his office and tell him not to worry. He probably found it amusing to see him getting anxious and upset.

Kakashi's smile left Jiraiya somewhat puzzled.

"Lord Jiraiya, are there any plans for a sequel to Make-Out Paradise?" Kakashi suddenly asked out of the blue. "If you don't have any inspiration, shall we take a stroll around Kabukicho in the village?"

"No...no need." Seeing this, Jiraiya knew that Kakashi was clearly refusing him. "It's getting late, so I won't disturb your rest."

Kakashi stood up to see him off.

After the two arrived at the door, Jiraiya suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Oh right, I was so drunk that I almost forgot something important."

"Kakashi, there have been many rebellious ninjas from the Kirigakure on the border recently. The village has received many requests for help. Even the Daimyo has sent a message asking about this matter. The Sandaime-sama plans to send someone to deal with it. You are the best person to lead the team."

Upon hearing this, Kakashi's gaze darkened. Was this a plan to transfer him away from the village?

"Okay, I understand." Kakashi nodded without changing his expression.

……

Not long after Jiraiya left, Kakashi also headed to the Uchiha clan's territory.

Upon arriving at Uchiha Touko's house, Kakashi learned from the butler Keiko that Uchiha Touko had gone out to train. After finding out the direction of the training ground, Kakashi rushed towards it without stopping.

Upon arriving at the training ground mentioned by Uchiha Keiko, Kakashi immediately saw Uchiha Touko meditating in the center of the forest.

"Coming to see me so late, it seems something important has happened." Uchiha Touko's voice rang in Kakashi's ears, but he remained in a meditative posture. "Jiraiya came to see you?"

“Yes,” Kakashi nodded. “He wants me to go to the border to clear out the number of Kirigakure rogue ninja who have inexplicably increased recently.”

"Do they want to transfer you out of the village?" Uchiha Touko exited Sage Mode and slowly stood up. "It's not impossible. You've been in the Anbu, which you can't show to others, all these years. You need some battle achievements that can be displayed in the open."

Although Kakashi made significant contributions at the Kannabi Bridge, in the eyes of some in the village, his achievements in this battle were more attributed to the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze. Compared to the feat of Tokiwa Uchiha, who single-handedly instilled fear in an entire ninja village, Kakashi's achievements were not as convincing. Furthermore, in recent years, Kakashi had been working in the Anbu, where he could not show his true face, so his achievements could not be made public.

Therefore, if Kakashi can successfully complete this mission to the border, it will definitely be beneficial to him personally.

"If I leave, will you be okay living alone in the village?" Kakashi asked.

“What problem could I possibly have?” Uchiha Touko chuckled. “Unless they’re planning to completely break off relations and start a war within the village, but do they have the guts to do that?”

"Instead, you should think about how to complete this mission beautifully," Uchiha Touko laughed. "If I'm not mistaken, they probably want to lure you and the Fourth Hokage's former subordinates out of the village. Genma and the others are quite strong, but if you get surrounded, it will still be very troublesome. Your strength has stagnated for a long time compared to the Third Shinobi World War, hasn't it? White Fang was much stronger than you at your age."

"Do you also want to persuade me to remove this Sharingan?" Kakashi asked, touching his right eye.

“No, that’s not it,” Uchiha Touko shook his head. “This is an agreement between you and my clansman. The Uchiha will always respect the will of heroes. However, I do have some suggestions regarding your strength.”

……

Chapter 89 Railgun (2-in-1)

Kakashi looked at Uchiha Touko. In a way, their situations were quite similar. Both of them possessed the Sharingan, used Lightning Release as their main attack method, and also had some knowledge of swordsmanship.

Therefore, Uchiha Touko must have had a way to help him improve his strength.

“Although you’ve used the Sharingan that my clansman left you very well, you’re too bound by the ordinary Uchiha fighting style,” Uchiha Touko said. “Using the Sharingan to copy ninjutsu is certainly useful, but your chakra reserves can’t support the huge consumption of temporarily copied ninjutsu. You should know that even the real Uchiha clan, when facing strong enemies, only use a few ninjutsu that they’ve honed over countless times.”

“So, what you should be improving now is your control over chakra.” After saying that, Uchiha Touko formed a hand seal.

Thick, sticky lightning appeared around Uchiha Touko and then coalesced into a human shape. As the details of the person formed from the deep blue lightning gradually became clear, Kakashi was surprised to find that the lightning person in front of him looked exactly like him, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

At that moment, the expression on the face of the lightning man in front of him also changed, exactly like his own.

"This..." Kakashi was utterly shocked by Uchiha Touko's move, and he couldn't help but pull up his headband and open his Sharingan wide.

What Uchiha Tokō used was not a lightning clone, nor even a ninjutsu. It was simply a precise control over the form and nature of chakra. Although this technique was useless in battle, this precise control over every detail was probably far superior to Tsunade, who was known for her control over chakra.

Uchiha Tokō snapped his fingers, and the person formed from lightning vanished instantly. Uchiha Tokō smiled and said to Kakashi, "If you can do that, then you can do this with very little chakra."

Uchiha Tokkō took out a kunai from his ninja tool bag and then used a bit of lightning chakra to create an electromagnetic field.

Before Kakashi's eyes widened in disbelief, the kunai that had slipped from his grasp hovered in the air and began to spin rapidly to the side. Uchiha Touko raised his hand and pointed in a direction before clenching his fist.

The kunai spun rapidly as it flew out, so fast that even Kakashi's Sharingan couldn't catch it. In the blink of an eye, it reached a hundred meters away and crashed heavily onto a huge rock. The immense kinetic energy caused the nearly one-meter-diameter boulder to shatter into pieces.

Kakashi looked at Uchiha Touko in disbelief. Although any Chunin or higher-ranking ninja could have made such a commotion using ninjutsu, the speed at which that kunai flew was probably three times the speed of sound. Even a Jonin, known for his speed, wouldn't have been able to dodge it easily. Most importantly, the amount of chakra Uchiha Touko used just now wasn't even enough to use up the most basic Shadow Clone Technique.

"How...did you do that?" Kakashi asked.

"Kakashi, have you carefully explored the electric current generated by the nature transformation of Lightning Release?" Uchiha Touko laughed. "The nature transformation of Lightning Release can generate an electric current like lightning in nature. If the control is good enough, it can create a powerful magnetic field. With just a little bit of chakra, the magnetic field can accelerate metal to the speed it just did. I call this technique the Railgun."

"If you can learn it, then your problem with insufficient chakra won't be so big."

After saying that, Uchiha Touko took out a scroll, threw it to Kakashi, and said, "Go back and practice according to what's on this. Besides me, only you can learn this technique right now. Without the Sharingan's dynamic vision assistance, it's difficult to even aim. And most of my other clansmen don't have much talent for Lightning Release."

"This is too valuable," Kakashi said after taking the scroll.

“If you think it’s too valuable, then trade it for your Chidori. I can use it to teach Sasuke. The ninjutsu I developed isn’t really suitable for children to learn the basics,” Uchiha Touko said.

Kakashi smiled helplessly upon hearing this. Was the ninjutsu he had painstakingly developed back then just something to teach a child to learn in Uchiha Touko's hands? But then he thought about it and realized that of all the things he possessed, apart from the White Fang displayed in the shrine, only Chidori was barely worthy of being taught to him by Uchiha Touko.

"I will send you the scroll of Chidori before you set off," Kakashi said.

"Oh, right, if you're going to Kirigakure, take this with you too." Uchiha Touko smiled as he unfastened the Lightning Blade from his waist and tossed it to Kakashi.

"Is this necessary?" Kakashi asked, somewhat puzzled, after taking the sword. "I haven't practiced swordsmanship in a long time."

“This sword isn’t for you to use,” Uchiha Touko laughed. “For those rogue ninja from Kirigakure, just letting them see this sword is more effective than any ninjutsu.”

"Okay, I understand." Kakashi didn't quite understand why Uchiha Touko would say that, but since Uchiha Touko had given him his ninja sword, which he almost never parted with, there must be a reason.

……

The next day, Kakashi received the mission report. Just as Uchiha Touko had predicted, in addition to him, Genma Shiranui, Raido Namiashi, and a series of other former subordinates of the Fourth Hokage who were closely related to him were all organized into a team and sent to the southeastern border of the Land of Fire to assist the ninja forces at the border in clearing out rogue ninjas who had escaped from Kirigakure.

That afternoon, Kakashi picked up Naruto at the Ninja Academy and took him to the Uchiha clan's territory.

"Kakashi-nii, where are we going?" Naruto asked curiously after realizing that this didn't seem to be the way home.

"I have to go on a long-term mission for a while, so I'll have to ask your Aunt Mikoto to take care of you for a period of time," Kakashi said.

"Huh?" Naruto asked in surprise, then said, "I can take care of myself."

"When you say you can take care of yourself, do you mean you eat ramen every day?" Kakashi glanced at the kid and said.

"Uh..." Naruto stuck out his tongue, his little scheme exposed. "So, am I going to live with Sasuke?"

"What? You don't want to?" Kakashi asked.

"No, that's not it," Naruto shook his head. Although he fought with Sasuke almost every day at school, Naruto still respected Sasuke as a friend, and he was very happy to have the opportunity to live together now.

"But you should come back soon." Naruto looked up at Kakashi and said.

Kakashi glanced down at Naruto, saw the reluctance in the boy's eyes, reached out and patted his head, then said, "I understand, I'll complete the mission and come back as soon as possible."

After Kakashi brought Naruto to the Uchiha clan's territory, he knocked on the door of the Fugaku residence. Soon, Mikoto, dressed as a housewife, opened the door and immediately showed a surprised expression when she saw Kakashi and Naruto.

"Kakashi? And Naruto, what brings you here?"

"Hello, Aunt Mikoto." Naruto greeted Mikoto.

"It's like this, Lady Mikoto, I've received a long-term mission from the village, and I'll probably be away for a while. I'm worried that Naruto will be left without anyone to take care of him, so I'd like to ask you to look after him for a while," Kakashi said.

Mikoto nodded, then glanced at Naruto, "Taking care of this child for a while? That's no problem, but..."

Mikoto didn't finish her sentence, but Kakashi understood her concerns. As friends of Naruto's parents, Mikoto and Fugaku could take care of the child, and no one would dare to say anything under the intimidation of Uchiha Tokkō. However, if the Jinchūriki moved directly into the Uchiha clan's territory, the Third Hokage and the others would probably be very upset.

“It’s alright,” Kakashi said. “No one can say anything if you take care of this child, Mikoto-sama.”

"Okay." Mikoto nodded, then asked, "Would you like to stay for dinner?"

"No need for a meal, I need to go back and pack my things," Kakashi said, shaking his head. Then, he looked at Naruto and instructed him, "Naruto, don't cause any trouble for your Aunt Mikoto while you're staying here, okay?"

“Okay.” Naruto nodded.

At that moment, Sasuke peeked out from behind Mikoto.

"Naruto? Are you going to stay at our house?"

“Yes,” Mikoto said with a smile, patting her youngest son’s head. “You two should get along well from now on. Sasuke, take Naruto inside.”

"Okay!" Sasuke's face lit up with excitement as he led Naruto into his house.

"I'm so sorry to trouble you with Naruto, Lady Mikoto," Kakashi said, bowing to Mikoto.

"Don't say that," Mikoto said, glancing back at Naruto who had already gone inside with Sasuke. "After all, he's Kushina's son."

……

After Kakashi left the Uchiha clan's territory, he returned home and saw Jiraiya waiting at the door.

"Lord Jiraiya?" Kakashi knew perfectly well why the other man had come to see him, but he still pretended not to know and asked, "Is there something you need?"

"It's so late, hasn't Naruto come back yet?" Jiraiya asked.

"I'm going to the border to clear out the rogue ninja, and I'll probably be away from the village for a long time, so I'm planning to ask someone to take care of this child for a few days."

"So you sent him directly to the Uchiha clan?" Jiraiya asked with a serious expression.

"Is there a problem?" Kakashi said. "If Lady Kushina were still alive, she would have made the same choice in this situation."

"Kakashi, Naruto is a Jinchuriki after all! No matter what, you shouldn't have sent him to the Uchiha clan," Jiraiya said seriously.

Upon hearing this, Kakashi's expression changed drastically: "Jinchūriki, Jinchūriki! Of course I know Naruto is a Jinchūriki! But he's just a seven-year-old child! He's the only son of my teacher, your disciple Minato Namikaze! Did you come looking for him because of that, or because of his status as a Jinchūriki?"

Jiraiya blushed and paled repeatedly at Kakashi's words, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "Didn't you ever think about what would happen if the Uchiha controlled the Nine-Tails?"

"Lord Jiraiya, given your current status, you can't just say things like that," Kakashi warned with a cold smile.

Jiraiya realized his words had been too sensitive. After repeatedly checking that no one else was around, he sighed and said, "Kakashi, that's not what I meant. I was just doing it in case."

“Lord Jiraiya, I don’t think the Uchiha clan, with their pride, would stoop so low as to make a fuss over a child,” Kakashi said.

Jiraiya was speechless. He wanted to say that the Uchiha wouldn't stoop so low as to use children as a tool. Would they really be that despicable?

But he didn't really have the confidence to say that.