Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

Uchiha Touko's shadow clone walked to the Hokage's desk, placed the official document for Jiraiya's arrest in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi, and then said, "During the investigation of the rogue ninja Orochimaru, the Security Department discovered clues that the current Hokage was assisting Jiraiya in aiding the enemy and betraying the village."

Hiruzen Sarutobi raised his head and looked at Touko Uchiha: "Jiraiya was the village's Hokage's assistant, so the Security Department shouldn't have the authority to arrest him, right?"

"So, I've come to ask for the Hokage's permission, haven't I?" Uchiha Touko's shadow clone looked directly into Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes and spoke slowly.

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath, took out the crystal ball, and poured chakra into it.

Uchiha Touko's shadow clone did not stop him, allowing him to use the telescope technique. Soon, the scene of Jiraiya confronting Uchiha Touko in the Hokage's office appeared on the crystal ball.

"Shadow Clone?" Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Touko Uchiha in front of him.

At this moment, all the people brought by Uchiha Touko, except for Uchiha Fugaku, marched in step to stand at attention behind Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Security Department! Attention!" Uchiha Touko suddenly shouted.

Don't rush me, I'm writing it now.

I took two days off and wrote this all night. Everyone should go to sleep now and read it tomorrow morning.

Chapter 96 December 12th, Year 56 of Konoha (Part 2)

Inside the Hokage's office, six captains of the security department stood at attention.

"Salute to the Hokage!" Uchiha Touko said, raising his right hand.

"Loyalty! Sincerity!" The six captains of the garrison shouted in unison as they saluted.

"The ceremony is complete!" Uchiha Touko lowered his hand and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Captain Touko, you've been quite busy tonight." The Third Hokage's gaze sharpened as he stared directly at Uchiha Touko. "Even when reporting this matter to me, you're using shadow clones?"

"This matter is of great importance, and I was unable to report it in advance. Please forgive me, Hokage-sama," said Uchiha Touko.

At that moment, Uchiha Fugaku, who was standing next to Uchiha Touko, also closed his eyes. When he opened them again, a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan appeared.

Seeing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was originally planning to take action, stopped himself from moving.

"Another pair of Mangekyou Sharingan? You Uchiha people really know how to keep things hidden." Hiruzen Sarutobi took out his pipe, filled it with tobacco, lit it, took a deep drag, and slowly spoke.

After saying that, Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced out of the corner of his eye at the hiding place of the Anbu who usually guarded the Hokage's office, but he found that the Anbu who were supposed to be guarding the Hokage's office had already disappeared.

“Third Hokage, we will wait here until you sign,” said Uchiha Touko.

……

Inside the office of the Hokage's assistant in Konoha Village, Jiraiya and Uchiha Touko faced each other across a desk.

Jiraiya took a deep breath and asked, "Why? Why do you want to do this?"

"Why?" Uchiha Touko asked. "Of course, it's to ensure the purity of the village's Will of Fire."

"A coup d'état, is this the Will of Fire you speak of?" Jiraiya questioned. "You will lead the village into the abyss."

"The Abyss?" Upon hearing this, Uchiha Touko threw his head back and laughed wildly, his unrestrained laughter echoing throughout the office.

"What are you referring to, Lord Jiraiya? Is it some ridiculous prophecy you learned from Mount Myōboku?" Uchiha Tokō said after he had finished laughing.

"Touko, what you're doing will plunge the future of the world into complete and unknowable chaos!" Jiraiya shouted.

"So what? Should I just sit idly by and watch the darkness of this world unfold, doing nothing, waiting for that prophetic child, who may appear at any time, from that giant toad's mouth, to bestow that mindless peace?" Uchiha Touko said.

Jiraiya wanted to explain, but Uchiha Tokō didn't give him a chance to speak.

"The Toad Sage, the hero of Konoha, Jiraiya, what a joke!" Uchiha Touko said. "You've been a coward from beginning to end. You've clearly seen the darkness of this world, but you've never had the courage to face reality. You happily accepted the pie-in-the-sky promises that even a three-year-old wouldn't fall for from that old toad of Mount Myōboku. You're terrified just because that old toad couldn't keep up his lies."

"In my eyes, you are as ridiculous as your idea of ​​peace that people can understand each other. I didn't want to pay attention to you. Kakashi and I are working towards true peace, but you insist on jumping out in front of me like a clown. Isn't it better to just enjoy the dream woven by the old toad of Mount Myōboku?"

"You roam the world like a stray dog, and whenever you meet someone with a little talent, you bombard them with your ridiculous dreams. Don't you realize that you're bringing misfortune to people all along? Anyone who believes your nonsense today will be in big trouble tomorrow! And you'll never see the tragic deaths of those you've fooled. You'll just shake your head and say they're not the person you predicted, and then go find the next unlucky one."

Jiraiya blushed and paled repeatedly at Uchiha Touko's words. He wanted to refute them, but at that moment, images of various figures began to unconsciously appear in his mind.

Yahiko, Nagato, Konan, and Minato—these were the people he had placed so much hope in—seemed to have truly died on the path of pursuing the ideals he spoke of, just as Uchiha Touko had said.

Am I really a bastard who brings misfortune? Were they... all killed because of me?

Jiraiya stared blankly at the reflection of his own face, which had become deathly pale, in Uchiha Touko's Mangekyou Sharingan, and thought to himself.

Uchiha Touko's words undoubtedly tore everything apart, presenting the bloody reality directly to Jiraiya, which immediately shattered Jiraiya's fragile psychological defenses.

"Jiraiya, have you thought it through? Will you surrender and come back to the police headquarters with me, or will you fight with me here and let the innocent villagers around you be buried with your ridiculous prophecy?" After Uchiha Touko finished speaking, the lightning surrounding his body began to gather and quickly condensed into a viscous sea of ​​lightning.

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya looked up with difficulty at Uchiha Touko, his hands falling limply to his sides as if all his strength had been drained.

Although his opponent possessed Sage Mode and the Mangekyou Sharingan, Jiraiya did not believe that his combination with the two Toad Sages was completely powerless. However, if the two of them were to fight here, everything within a hundred meters would be destroyed.

Are we really going to drag these innocent villagers into this?

Jiraiya turned to look out the office window. In the evening sunset, wisps of smoke rose from the surrounding houses.

Seeing this, Uchiha Touko also withdrew the lightning around him and came to Jiraiya's side.

Uchiha Tokō formed hand seals and used Sage Mode chakra to create a sealing technique, sealing Jiraiya's chakra. Throughout the entire process, Jiraiya offered no resistance whatsoever.

"Let's go, Jiraiya-sama. Don't try to break the seal yourself. You should know very well what the consequences of natural energy surging within your body are." After doing all this, Uchiha Touko said expressionlessly.

After Jiraiya followed Uchiha Touko out of the office, he looked up and realized that the Anbu ninjas who were supposed to be guarding the area were now standing with the security ninjas that Uchiha Touko had brought, coldly watching him.

"Inahime, Zaidou, take him back to the security headquarters. Treat our Lord Jiraiya well, and try to fulfill any of his requests other than releasing him," Uchiha Touko instructed the two.

"Yes!" Uchiha Inahashi and Uchiha Zaito nodded in acceptance.

Uchiha Touko nodded and turned to head towards the Hokage Building.

"Hey! Touko!" At that moment, Jiraiya suddenly looked up and called out to Uchiha Touko.

Uchiha Touko stopped and turned to look at the other person.

"You will... bring peace to this world, won't you?" Jiraiya's expression was very complicated, and his eyes even carried a hint of pleading.

Uchiha Touko smiled dismissively: "Of course, you just need to be a good audience member."

……

Inside the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the entire process of Jiraiya's arrest without saying a word. He looked up at the people in front of him, wanting to say something, but Uchiha Touko's shadow clone suddenly exploded in front of him.

The next moment, Uchiha Touko's true form pushed open the door and entered, arriving in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen, and said, "Now, can you sign it, Third Hokage?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked up at Touko Uchiha and said, "You guys are... acting first and asking questions later."

Uchiha Touko didn't speak, but just looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen with a half-smile.

"If I don't sign, are you planning to use that eye technique?" Hiruzen Sarutobi said in a deep voice.

"Lord Hokage, why do you think I would use my trump card in a gamble that I'm sure to win?" Uchiha Touko asked with a smile.

"Do you think you've won?" Hiruzen Sarutobi said slowly.

"Then... let's wait and see," Uchiha Touko said with a smile.

……

Inside the ANBU headquarters, Itachi Uchiha and Shikaku Nara were dealing with a mountain of documents when a member of the Yamanaka clan suddenly burst into the office.

"Something's wrong, Captain Itachi, Assistant Shikaku! The security department has ordered martial law in the village for some unknown reason!" Masahiko Yamanaka reported in a panic.

"What?" Itachi Uchiha and Shikaku Nara stood up and looked at each other, their faces showing shock.

"What on earth happened? Why is martial law declared again? What is the security department trying to do?" Itachi Uchiha slammed his fist on the table and roared.

Has this day finally come?

Nara Shikaku sighed inwardly, but remained calm and said, "Captain Itachi, the most important thing right now is to find out what exactly happened."

“That’s right.” Seeing this, Itachi Uchiha calmed down and walked out of the office with Shikaku Nara. However, once outside the office, Itachi Uchiha immediately froze on the spot.

At this time, the Anbu base should normally have at least a hundred ninjas on duty, but now, apart from a mere forty-odd people, the entire Anbu base is empty.

"Where are the Anbu members?" Seeing this, Itachi Uchiha was furious.

"Captain Itachi, the security department issued a joint mission this afternoon, and it seems everyone else has gone to participate in the mission," a Sarutobi clan civilian staff member reported from the base.

"What mission does the Security Department need to mobilize so many Anbu members for?" Itachi Uchiha asked incredulously. "Give me the list of those involved in the mission!"

Sarutobi Shinya quickly handed the list to Uchiha Itachi. When Uchiha Itachi saw it, he was surprised to find that all the members of the Isshinkai from the Anbu were on the list.

Moreover, the officers of the two battalions and one company that were taken away did not report to him. If he had not seen the mission report, he would not have even known that this had happened.

“Yamanoka Masahiko.” Uchiha Itachi took a deep breath and turned to look at the ANBU who had come to deliver the message.

“Yes!” Masahiko Yamanaka quickly stepped forward.

"Go to the Hokage Building and report the situation here to the Hokage." Itachi Uchiha took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.

After Masahiko Yamanaka left, Shikaku Nara came to Itachi Uchiha's side and said, "Captain Itachi, the Security Department is very likely carrying out a coup."

"Don't even think about it anymore, the coup in the Security Department has already begun." At that moment, the door to the Dark Guard base was pushed open, and Yamanaka Inoichi walked in.

"When the police department imposed martial law on the streets, I rushed here immediately, though it took a while," Yamanaka Inoichi said. "However, on the way, I saw Jiraiya being escorted to the Anbu by several members of the police department. Since the escorts were all members of the Uchiha clan, I didn't act rashly because my abilities were being suppressed."

"What? They've already made a move against Lord Jiraiya?" Itachi Uchiha gritted his teeth.

Soon, Masahiko Yamanaka, who had just left the house, returned to the base with another member of the Utatane clan's ANBU.

"Captain Itachi, the Hokage Building is now surrounded by the Security Forces and the Second Anbu Battalion," reported Utatane Akira.

"Damn it! Is this their joint mission? They even dared to surround the Hokage Building!" Itachi Uchiha roared.

"Captain Itachi, calm down. Things haven't gotten to the worst yet." Nara Shikaku patted Uchiha Itachi on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry about the Hokage Building for now. They shouldn't dare to do anything to the Hokage. The most important thing right now is to rescue Jiraiya."

“I understand,” Itachi Uchiha nodded, then looked at Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka and asked, “How many men can we still mobilize at our disposal?”

“Our three clans combined have 24 Jonin and 75 Chunin who can completely obey your orders,” Nara Shikaku said. This was all the strength that their three clans could put on the table, and Nara Shikaku was prepared to abandon this part of the force, including himself.

"Can we assemble now?" Itachi Uchiha asked.

“Of course, I’ll contact Choza at the clan right away.” Yamanaka Inoichi nodded and contacted Choza Akimichi, who was staying at the clan today, via radio.

Not long after, Yamanaka Inoichi hung up the radio and said, "At most 20 minutes, the troops of our three clans will be able to assemble and arrive."

"Okay, thank you." Uchiha Itachi nodded, then thought for a moment, picked up the radio beside him, and made a call to the captain of the second battalion, who was also the only Jonin in the Gekko clan of the village.

In the office of Uchiha Touko in the Security Department, the radio on Gekko Toru, who was staring at the sand table with Kakashi, started beeping.

Gekko Tetsu took out his radio, and after connecting, Itachi Uchiha's voice, barely containing his anger, came through: "Gekko Tetsu! What are you doing?"