Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

However, after warning the Nine-Tails, Uchiha Touko took the initiative to remove Susanoo and then said, "I hope you can get along well with my disciple in the future. I will not tell him your name for now. As for whether you want to tell him your name in person in the future, that is your own freedom, and I will not interfere."

After saying that, Uchiha Touko turned around, and his figure slowly disappeared within the sealed space.

Meanwhile, the Nine-Tails inside the sealed space also had a flicker in its eyes after hearing Uchiha Touko's words.

Does this Uchiha know the meaning behind my name?

……

After exiting the sealed space, Naruto outside slowly woke up.

Seeing this, Sasuke and Neji quickly came over, wanting to find out what had happened.

"I saw a fox! It was this big!" Naruto said, gesturing with his hands to the two of them.

Sasuke and Neji were both puzzled. Although they were both of high status in their respective ninja clans, they were not yet old enough to know what a Jinchuriki was. Therefore, they were completely baffled by the huge fox Naruto had mentioned.

"Alright," Uchiha Touko said, patting Naruto's head. "Now that you know about the thing living inside your body, get along with it from now on."

“Okay!” Naruto nodded, then looked down at his stomach. “I never expected that such a big fox could live inside my body.”

“For the next period of time, the three of you should come to me after school to learn sealing techniques,” Uchiha Touko said, looking at the three children in front of him. “Sasuke and Neji, although you two don’t need to use this as your main fighting method, it is still very necessary for you to learn some basic sealing techniques.”

“Yes!” Sasuke and Neji nodded.

……

The following day, after formally accepting Naruto as his apprentice, Uchiha Tokō also spread the news that a monument to the heroes of Konoha was to be built in the village.

The ninjas were overjoyed upon learning this, since in the past, ninjas had always lived in the shadows. But now, Uchiha Touko was telling them that they too could become heroes standing in the sunlight. Moreover, the location of the monument was also very significant, right in the large square in front of the Hokage Building, directly opposite the Hokage Building.

This was like a huge bomb being dropped on the minds of the Konoha ninja community. In the following period, as the monument officially began construction, the cohesion of the Konoha ninja community grew day by day.

This is also the scene that Uchiha Touko wanted to see.

Uchiha Touko knew that Konoha would inevitably face a war of one against four in the future. Although Konoha had been the victor in the previous Shinobi World Wars, each victory was a Pyrrhic one. The inability to expand their gains was partly due to Hiruzen Sarutobi's weakness, but Uchiha Touko felt that the village's logistics and the ninjas' fighting spirit could no longer keep up in the later stages of the war.

Before finalizing his plan, Uchiha Touko carefully investigated the conditions of the Land of Fire. Logically speaking, although the Land of Fire was located in a land of constant warfare, it possessed the most fertile land and the most favorable climate, making its war potential more than sufficient to unify the ninja world. However, under the leadership of the nobles in the ninja world who were not even qualified feudal lords, they couldn't even manage to farm properly, completely wasting the Land of Fire's geographical advantages.

What's even more ridiculous is that, despite always having the upper hand on the battlefield, it was Konoha's ninjas who first became pessimistic about the war towards the end.

The root cause of this problem is that the current ninja system can only produce a group of assassins, but it cannot produce a group of qualified soldiers.

Therefore, if Uchiha Tokō wanted to unify the ninja world, reforming the ninja system was imperative. A group of mercenaries who were paid to do things could not truly win a war.

However, changing this system is not something that can be done overnight. Most of the systems established by the Second Hokage have become deeply ingrained in people's minds over the past few decades. If you want to change it, it is best to start from the details and gradually change everyone's mindset.

And this act of erecting the monument was Uchiha Tokō's first step.

The monument to Konoha is under construction in an orderly manner, and the village is thriving.

After the first batch of factories around Konoha Village were completed, the village's employment rate steadily increased. The civilians who had flocked to the Land of Fire due to the relocation of the capital also found jobs, earned money, and their lives improved. The voices of the first group of unruly civilians who were sent to the Sanqing Training Corps and were full of dissatisfaction with Uchiha Touko were completely suppressed.

Now, if they dare to say a bad word about Uchiha Touko, the neighbors will teach them a lesson without the ninjas even having to lift a finger.

As everything progressed steadily and positively, Uchiha Touko donned a mask of pain.

Every night when teaching Naruto sealing techniques, Naruto's talent in this area truly amazed Uchiha Touko.

He finally understood why those parents in his previous life would break down when helping their children with their homework.

It's hard to imagine that the sons of Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze, two masters of sealing techniques in the ninja world, would find it so difficult to learn the Ryougi Seal.

After Uchiha Touko gave the three little ones who came to class a simple math lesson, explaining what a quadratic function is and the characteristics of its graph, Sasuke and Neji quickly grasped the key points of this sealing technique and were able to use it quite well.

But for Naruto, it took Uchiha Togashi two whole days just to get him to understand that the graph of a quadratic function is a parabola. Then there's the more abstract stuff, like constructing a specific sealing technique to make chakra change under certain laws. Naruto couldn't figure out how to do that even after a whole week.

It's important to know that after Uchiha Touko talked with Kurama that day, Kurama had already restrained its chakra, minimizing its interference with Naruto's ninjutsu training.

The reason why Naruto found it so difficult to learn was simply because his little brain didn't allocate a single skill point to mathematics.

It is foreseeable that the future head of the Uzumaki clan may be just like the Uchiha clan head who is not proficient in genjutsu, completely ignorant of his own clan's area of ​​expertise.

Uchiha Tou, the bald man, looked at the technique Naruto had inscribed on the scroll. After the scroll was torn apart due to the chaotic parameters causing a chakra surge, he sighed helplessly.

"Sorry, teacher, let me try again," Naruto said, scratching his head awkwardly with a silly grin.

"Naruto, you must get along well with the big fox inside you from now on, understand?" Uchiha Touko said, rubbing his forehead.

"By the way, teacher, I think I went into the place where that big fox was again yesterday." Naruto quickly changed the subject.

"Really?" Uchiha Touko chuckled. "So, how did your conversation with him go?"

"That fox has a terrible personality," Naruto said, pouting. "Yesterday I told it my name was Uzumaki Naruto and asked it what its name was, but it just yelled at me and kicked me out."

"Don't be discouraged," Uchiha Touko smiled upon hearing this. "That fox isn't the type to just tell his name to anyone. However, I believe you can definitely become friends with him."

"Yes! I will try my best!" Naruto said to Uchiha Touko, his spirits lifted once again.

……

Two weeks later, the Konoha Heroes Monument was officially completed.

The monument is 35 meters high and 50 meters long and wide. The top is carved by the sculptor who has always been in charge of carving the Hokage Rock. The reliefs depict various major events that Konoha Village has experienced since it was officially established, starting from the oath made by Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha on the banks of the Naka River. Of course, some events, such as the battle between Madara Uchiha and the First Hokage at the Valley of the End, have been omitted.

Furthermore, the name of every ninja who sacrificed themselves for the village since its founding is engraved on the monument.

On the day the stone tablet was officially unveiled, Uchiha Touko held a grand ceremony. In addition to the two Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, even the Daimyo Minamoto no Miyazaki, who had recently been obsessed with cricket fighting with Konohamaru, was invited to the scene.

Furthermore, at the unveiling ceremony, the heads of the various ninja clans in the village stood in prominent positions, including Naruto, who was wearing a formal suit embroidered with the Uzumaki clan's emblem.

The villagers who came to participate in the ceremony were all extremely surprised to see Naruto in that spot.

"Why is that little fox demon there?" a member of the first cohort of the Sanqing Education Team whispered among the crowd.

"Do you want to die?" At this moment, a companion covered the man's mouth. "This is the young master of the garrison captain's family!"

"So what? The evil security force and the evil fox demon are in cahoots, neither of them are..."

Before the man could finish speaking, he was locked onto by several unfriendly gazes from those around him, and he reluctantly shut his mouth.

Soon, the unveiling ceremony officially began, and the invited master of ceremonies introduced the identities of the people on stage.

When it was Naruto's turn, the emcee's words surprised everyone: "The head of the Uzumaki clan, Uzumaki Naruto."

Naruto stood up and waved to everyone with a silly grin on his face.

"The Uzumaki clan? Is there such a ninja clan in the village?" Not only the commoners, but even some ninjas began to whisper among themselves.

After the unveiling ceremony of the Konoha Heroes Monument was officially completed, at the behest of Uchiha Touko, the history of the Uzumaki clan, which had been concealed by the village, began to spread within the village.

Everyone then realized that the village once had a super clan that was no less powerful than the Senju and Uchiha clans as an ally. However, due to some changes, this ninja clan disappeared into the annals of history, and Naruto is currently the only bloodline survivor of this ninja clan in the village.

At this point, the rumors about Naruto being a demon fox demon completely disappeared from the village. After all, under the management of the security team, slandering and bullying an "ordinary" orphan is completely different from bullying and slandering the head of a meritorious ninja clan, even if Naruto is now the only one left in that ninja clan.

A few days later, Uchiha Tokō, in the name of the Fifth Hokage, issued a notice to all countries in the ninja world.

Konoha will step in to protect all the survivors of the Uzumaki clan. All Uzumaki clan survivors in the ninja world can come to Konoha for protection. Furthermore, if other forces in the ninja world are willing to provide clues about the Uzumaki clan, they will receive Konoha's friendship. Conversely, if any force dares to harm the Uzumaki clan, Konoha will pursue the matter to the end.

Chapter 137 Don't Say You Weren't Foreseen

Soon, Konoha's somewhat domineering declaration spread throughout the entire ninja world, and a week later, Uchiha Touko even arranged a political show.

The two Hokage, Uchiha Touko and Sarutobi Hiruzen, along with Naruto, a descendant of the Uzumaki clan, made a grand trip to the old site of Uzushio Village.

The once prosperous Wochao Village is now a scene of desolation, with crumbling walls covered in moss.

"Is this where my ancestors used to live?" Naruto looked up blankly, surveying his surroundings, and said in a daze, "But why has it become like this?"

Upon hearing Naruto's question, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was standing nearby, wanted to say something, but after his lips twitched, he couldn't utter a single word.

Why did things turn out this way? Well, we'd have to ask him, Danzo, and those two advisors what they were thinking back then.

Although Konoha was mired in war at the time, it was still able to muster a force to support Uzumaki Village. However, the four of them witnessed the destruction of the Uzumaki clan and failed to even save the last pure-blooded Uzumaki descendant in the village.

“The village of Uzushio bears undeniable responsibility for what happened to it,” said Uchiha Touko. “The past cannot be undone, but I can guarantee that such a tragedy will never be repeated.”

Uchiha Touko pulled Naruto to the front of the shrine in Uzushio Village, placed a bouquet of flowers in front of the shrine, and then bowed deeply.

Hiruzen Sarutobi followed suit, offering flowers and bowing.

"Come on, Naruto, offer flowers to your ancestors," Uchiha Touko said, turning around and patting Naruto's head.

Naruto imitated Uchiha Touko, placing the flowers in front of the shrine, bowing deeply, and then staring blankly at the dilapidated shrine before him. In a daze, he seemed to feel the gaze of his ancestors.

"Protect this place. If any descendants of the Uzumaki clan want to rebuild Uzumaki Village in the future, return this ancestral land to them," Uchiha Touko instructed Uchiha Inahisa.

“Understood.” Uchiha Inahisa nodded, and sighed as he looked at the surrounding ruins. As a child raised in a large clan, he had heard many stories about the Warring States period. Although in their clan’s stories, the Uzumaki clan was a villain not much better than the Senju clan, and often the target that their Uchiha clan’s heroes had to go through great hardships to defeat, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of loss seeing this clan, which was once comparable to the Uchiha clan in the Warring States period, in such a state now.

"Teacher, I want to rebuild this place in the future." After a while, Naruto came to his senses and turned to Uchiha Touko solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately turned to look at Naruto, and then at Touko Uchiha. Naruto was the village's Jinchuriki; if he came to rebuild Uzushio Village, what would happen to the village?

And it's only been a few days! Has the dream he instilled in Naruto since childhood—to become Hokage—become the reconstruction of Uzushio Village?

“This is what you should be doing.” Uchiha Touko ignored Hiruzen Sarutobi’s gaze and patted Naruto’s head, saying, “You are now the head of the Uzumaki clan.”

"The clan leader?" Naruto lowered his head again upon hearing this. "But I don't know what to do."

"Don't rush," Uchiha Touko said. "I will teach you all of this slowly, and Sasuke and the others will also help you, because you are comrades."

“Okay!” Naruto nodded vigorously.

"However, before that, you should learn the most basic Yin-Yang Seal first. Otherwise, the head of the Uzumaki clan will be laughed at if he doesn't even know how to use sealing techniques," Uchiha Touko said with a smile.

“But teacher, as the head of the Uchiha clan, don’t you even know how to use genjutsu?” Naruto suddenly said.

"Who told you this?" Uchiha Touko asked angrily, his eyes flashing.

“Uh, when Sasuke, Neji, and I were playing in the Uchiha clan's territory, an old man from the Uchiha clan told us about it,” Naruto said.

Uchiha Touko: ...

Ever since he became Hokage and fulfilled the long-cherished wish of these clan elders, these old guys have really been quite idle lately. They've even stopped holding their favorite clan meetings and spend all their time wandering around the clan grounds playing with the children. They've even been casually leaking secrets of the Uchiha clan. It seems we need to find them something to do.

……

Soon, news of Uchiha Touko paying homage at the site of Uzushio Village spread throughout the ninja world. At this time, various forces in the ninja world realized that Uchiha Touko's previous statement did not seem to be a joke.

Inside the tower of Amegakure, Nagato Uzumaki's expression shifted slightly upon learning the news.

"Nagato, what do you think of Konoha's new Hokage?" At that moment, Konan walked in and asked, looking at Nagato's gaunt face.

“Ignore him,” Nagato said slowly. “Whatever his purpose may be, our Akatsuki organization will confront him sooner or later.”

"I understand." Xiao Nan nodded.