Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

At this moment, Uchiha Zaito, who had been sitting at the table in the interrogation room, finally spoke: "Very good. From now on, you must read fortunes carefully, understand?"

"understand……"

"it is good……"

"understood……"

Everyone quickly responded.

"Are you still talking so softly? Did you not eat? Did you even hear me?" Fujiwara Yoki yelled.

"Yes! We understand!" the charlatans hurriedly replied loudly.

……

After that day, the rumors in the village changed. Under the watchful eyes of the police, the fortune tellers began to spread the word that Uchiha Touko was the most suitable candidate for the Fifth Hokage. At the same time, the police department also released the news that Uchiha Touko was about to take office as the Fifth Hokage.

However, the unruly villagers were quite gossiping about it.

"Have you heard? The captain of the security force is going to become Hokage."

"real or fake?"

"My neighbor Mrs. Hanyu's cousin's second uncle is the village's Chunin. The news he told me should be true."

"Those guys in the security force are already so unreasonable. What if their captain becomes Hokage? No way, I absolutely won't allow that!"

"What's the point of you disagreeing? You're not a ninja!"

"At worst, we can go to the Hokage Building together to petition! I've heard that this security captain is the one who ordered martial law and beatings last time."

"What? Is that so?"

"No, we must stop them!"

"But the security guards really do beat people!"

"Hmph, I don't believe it. If we all unite, would their garrison dare to lay a hand on all the villagers?"

"That's right! We can't let the security force get any more arrogant!"

……

Putting the villagers' discussions aside, Kakashi, who had gone to the Fire City to investigate, also sent back a secret message two days later via Pakkun.

It turns out that these officials and nobles who opposed Uchiha Tokō becoming Hokage all had close ties with the Utatane and Mito clans. The two clans would send them hundreds of millions of ryo every year in exchange for some official favors.

However, after the two clans were dealt with by Uchiha Tokō, this funding chain naturally broke. Now that Uchiha Tokō wants to become Hokage, these people will naturally jump out to interfere.

"Interesting." Uchiha Touko sneered as he burned the secret message Kakashi had sent back, then looked at Pakkun, who was showing off the police dogs' food in the office, and asked, "Slow down, no one's going to take it from you."

“The food in your security team is really good. I’m even thinking of bringing my seven younger brothers here to be police dogs,” Parker said between bites.

"Come if you want," Uchiha Touko laughed. "After I become Hokage, Brother Feng will be transferred to another place, and his Mowan will go with him. I'll save the position of Captain of the Police Dog Squad for you then."

“That’s a deal!” Puck said. “By the way, is there anything you want me to take back and tell Kakashi?”

"Go back and tell Kakashi to handle it himself. The distribution ratio will still be the same as last time," Uchiha Touko said.

“I understand.” Pak nodded, finished his food, and then skipped out of Uchiha Touko’s office.

……

That night, Kakashi led his men to tie up the officials and nobles who had submitted petitions opposing Uchiha Tokō's appointment as the Fifth Hokage, along with their families, and took them to a cave on the outskirts of the Land of Fire.

While the guards of these nobles and officials were fairly strong among samurai, they were no match for the elite Uchiha clan members brought by Kakashi.

A campfire was burning inside the cave, and Kakashi was leisurely adding firewood.

Soon, the first one to be brought over, Kikuchi Tomoken, the Minister of Construction of the Land of Fire, slowly woke up.

However, he soon found that his current situation seemed to be not good. He was tied up and unable to move, as were some of his colleagues.

"Who are you? How dare you kidnap an official from the Land of Fire? Aren't you afraid that the ninjas of Konoha will wipe out your stronghold?" Kikuchi Tomoyuki questioned, looking at Kakashi's retreating figure.

"A ninja from Konoha Village?" Kakashi turned around and looked at the other person with a half-smile.

When Kikuchi Chiken saw the headband on Kakashi's forehead, his pupils immediately contracted.

"Who are you? A rogue ninja from Konoha?" Kikuchi Tomoken asked.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Kakashi Hatake, the captain of the Nakagawa Special Division of the Konoha Village Security Force." Kakashi took out a kunai, scratched the blade with his finger, and tested its sharpness.

"Ninjas from Konoha?" Kikuchi Tomoyuki stared at Kakashi in disbelief, and after a moment spoke up: "Do you lowly ninjas even know what you're doing? Attacking us, are you trying to betray the village?"

“It seems our Minister of Construction hasn’t grasped his current predicament yet. Inaho, let’s bring our Minister of Construction to his senses.” After Kakashi finished speaking, Uchiha Inaho, who had been guarding outside the cave, walked in and revealed her Sharingan.

"Sharingan? You're from the Uchiha clan?" Kikuchi Chiken exclaimed in horror. But the next instant, under the Naraku Sight Technique activated by the Sharingan, he saw the thing he feared most in his life.

Soon, the others in the cave also slowly woke up. Following the principle of sharing the joy equally, Kakashi had Uchiha Inaho use the Narakujutsu on each one who woke up.

Screams erupted from the cave. Kakashi nodded in satisfaction and said to Uchiha Inaho, "Well done, Inaho."

"Hehe, Lord Kakashi, you flatter me," Uchiha Inaho said with a smile.

"Don't say that. You're much more reliable than your clan head in this regard. Last time I went out with him, this genius of the Uchiha clan actually needed me to use genjutsu," Kakashi laughed.

Uchiha Inahisa's lips twitched. It wasn't a secret within the clan that their clan leader had never passed the clan's genjutsu courses since childhood, but while Kakashi said it was okay, he dared not accept it.

Chapter 109 Kakashi's Complete Dark Turn

"Lord Kakashi, what should we do with the people in the cave next door?" Uchiha Inaho changed the subject. In another cave not far from this cave, the families of these officials were being held captive.

“Take good care of them. We’re not devils.” Kakashi sneered at the nobles who were trapped in the fear of the genjutsu. “These are all our future partners.”

"Yes!" Uchiha Inahime nodded and stepped back, while Kakashi sat in a chair, slowly waiting for the nobles who had been under the influence of the genjutsu to wake up.

As an elite member of the younger generation of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Inahime's mastery of genjutsu was naturally superb. The genjutsu used on everyone present was controlled by him to the point that it was just enough to reach the limit of the other party's endurance, but not enough to cause the other party to mentally collapse.

Kakashi waited patiently, listening to the screams around him, his face remaining expressionless.

After confirming that the masked man was his former best friend, Uchiha Obito, Kakashi spent the entire night pondering the test tube containing Obito's last possession—the Mangekyou Sharingan—that Uchiha Touko had given him, but he still couldn't figure it out.

Why did that sunny, cheerful, and enthusiastic idiot become like this?

However, when Kakashi recalled what Uchiha Touko had once told him, he could barely come to the conclusion that the ninja world was definitely seriously ill.

[Obito, may you rest in peace.]

Kakashi took out the test tube and quietly watched the Mangekyou Sharingan floating in the nutrient solution. His face showed no emotion, only the flickering flames on his face.

To ensure that no one in this world repeats our mistakes, let our generation bear all the sins.

As Kakashi was thinking this, Kikuchi Tomoken, the first person to be hit by Naraku's vision technique, had already ended his illusion. Seeing this, Kakashi put away the test tube and went to stand in front of the other party.

After Kakashi squatted down, he gently wiped the cold sweat from Kikuchi Chiken's face with a kunai.

The icy touch of the sharp kunai rubbing against his face sent shivers down Kikuchi Chiken's spine.

"Does the Minister of Construction understand his current predicament?" Kakashi asked in a gentle and unhurried tone.

"Understood, understood," Kikuchi Chiken replied hastily.

At this moment, the others also broke free from the illusion one after another. Everyone present was panting heavily, looking as if they had survived a disaster.

Kakashi sat back down in the chair by the campfire, looking down at the group of people who were usually so high and mighty.

"Tell me, why did you submit a petition to interfere with the Daimyo's appointment of the Fifth Hokage?" Kakashi said coldly.

The people inside the cave looked at each other, but no one dared to step forward and speak.

"Do you think you can do whatever you want just because you've taken money from a few treacherous Konoha ninja clans?" Kakashi toyed with the kunai in his hand and said, "What do you think the Daimyo would do if he found out you had secret connections with Konoha ninja clans?"

The nobles and officials present immediately showed expressions of fear and panicked.

They knew that, given their status, the person in front of them probably wouldn't dare kill them. However, if the Daimyo found out that they had been in contact with the ninjas of Konoha in secret, then their entire family would be doomed.

"My lord, spare my life! This is just a misunderstanding." A minor nobleman emerged from the crowd, his hands and feet bound, but he still banged his head against the ground repeatedly. "Those ninjas forced it on me; I didn't dare spend a single penny."

“Yes, yes, we have nothing to do with those people. They forced us to accept them.” The others quickly chimed in.

"Really? Then the appointment of Hokage..." Kakashi said with a sneer.

"It's all a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding," Kikuchi Tomokane hurriedly said. "When we get back, we'll submit another petition supporting the Uchiha clan head to become Hokage."

"So it was a misunderstanding?" Kakashi laughed. "Then, shouldn't you all express your apologies? After all, it wasn't easy for us to come all the way from Konoha."

After saying that, Kakashi took out sheets of paper, threw them into the air, and then threw out a series of kunai. Each kunai accurately attached a list and nailed it to the front of everyone present.

Kikuchi Chiken took a closer look and saw that the items listed on the form represented 70% of all his current assets.

“This…” Kikuchi Tomoken looked up at Kakashi.

"I will send someone to take you all back in a while. You only have one night to gather everything on the list. Otherwise, if I don't see it by tomorrow morning, the heads of your entire families and the evidence of your collusion with the Konoha ninja clans will be on the Daimyo's table."

The people present looked at each other, somewhat hesitant.

At that moment, Kakashi suddenly looked at the campfire and said with a light laugh, "Oh dear, this fire is a bit small. We can't let our esteemed guests catch a cold."

As he spoke, Kakashi took out a series of small personal items, such as amulets, from the sealing scroll on his body and threw them into the fire.

"What is this?" Kikuchi Tomoken couldn't hold back when he saw a talisman among the things Kakashi had taken out. This talisman was something he had specially gone to the Fire Temple to get for his son, and now that it was in Kakashi's hands, its significance was self-evident.

Among the items, the others discovered their family members' personal belongings and were immediately filled with horror.

"What did you do to Taro?" a nobleman from the Land of Fire asked hurriedly.

"Don't worry, everyone, your families are getting plenty of rest," Kakashi said. "However, I can't guarantee what will happen if you don't complete the mission by tomorrow morning."

"Guards! Escort these lords home!" Kakashi shouted. Outside the cave, Uchiha Inahime and Shiranui Genma led a team of elite guards in. They grabbed the officials and nobles in pairs and dragged them back.

……

As the night passed, the next morning, Kakashi held the scrolls, which were now filled to the brim, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Go and invite the families of these officials over," Kakashi instructed before returning to the officials.

“You gentlemen are all quite wealthy,” Kakashi said. “With so much wealth, how can you not have strong ninjas to protect you? From now on, your safety will be the responsibility of the Uchiha clan. This is a privilege that even the Daimyo doesn’t enjoy.”

“Yes…” Kikuchi Chiken and the others nodded hurriedly.

"The Uchiha clan is currently the strongest ninja clan in the ninja world. Hiring them as your bodyguards will naturally cost more," Kakashi said with a smile. "It's reasonable for us to take 70% of your income as a guarantee of your safety, isn't it?"

Kikuchi Chiken and the others wanted to say something, but when they looked down, they could see the kunai held to their necks, so they could only nod hastily and say, "It makes sense, it makes sense."

"What about the appointment of the Hokage?" Kakashi raised an eyebrow.