Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

[Damn it, why did such a genius have to be born in Konoha? That old codger Hiruzen Sarutobi actually made such a genius rise to power through a power grab. If he were in Iwagakure, I would have groomed him to be the Fourth Hokage long ago!]

It can be said that Onoki admired Uchiha Touko more, but whenever he thought that this guy was the Hokage of Konoha and that he could only be his opponent, Onoki couldn't help but feel disgusted. At the same time, he couldn't help but curse the heavens for favoring Konoha so much, since they hadn't cherished their own geniuses at all before!

Just as Onoki was cursing God and Hiruzen Sarutobi in his office, there was a knock on the door of Iwagakure's office.

"Come in," Onoki called out to the door, having composed himself.

A man dressed in disguise walked into the Tsuchikage's office. When Onoki saw the man, he frowned slightly.

"Han? What brings you here? Didn't I tell you to stay hidden for a while?" Onoki got up, went to the office door and closed it before saying to Han, "Although Uchiha Toko shouldn't be that ruthless, it concerns the safety of the village, so it's best not to take any risks."

"Lord Tsuchikage, I understand." Han nodded, but I have something important to report.

"King Mu told me that he sensed the aura of the Nine-Tailed Fox in the village."

"What?!" No sooner had Han finished speaking than Onoki, who had just sat down again, slammed his hand on the table and stood up. "The Nine-Tails is in the village now?"

"That's what King Mu told me," Han nodded.

Onoki took a deep breath. The two Jinchuriki of his village in this generation had a pretty good relationship with the Tailed Beast in his body. Both of them were perfect Jinchuriki who could transform into Tailed Beasts. Now that the Five-Tails Kokuo had said so, this information was basically impossible to be false!

Onoki broke out in a cold sweat instantly, his brain racing: "Nine-Tails... Uzumaki... It's that brat! Minato Namikaze's son! No wonder I felt that brat had an unusual amount of chakra; he's the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki!"

"Damn it! Uchiha Touko, that madman, what does he want to do by bringing a Jinchuriki to the village?"

Onoki took a deep breath. Although he wasn't afraid of the tailed beasts, this was, damn it, the heart of Iwagakure! What exactly did Uchiha Touko want to do? Did he want to cause another Nine-Tails attack in Iwagakure?

It's no wonder Onoki reacted so strongly. Anyone who knew that there was a nuclear bomb in their own home with the switch in the enemy's hands would probably lose sleep.

Chapter 145 Yellow Hair Yellow Hair?

In Iwagakure's office, Onoki pondered for a long time before looking up at Han and asking, "If the Nine-Tails appears in the village, can you and the Five-Tails handle it?"

After hearing Onoki's question, Han closed his eyes, apparently going to ask King Mu about it in the sealed space.

After a while, Han opened his eyes and reported to Onoki truthfully: "We can't deal with it. King Mu said that even with Sun Wukong, the two of them are no match for the Nine-Tails. The Nine-Tails is the strongest among them."

"Is the Nine-Tails really that strong?" Onoki said in disbelief.

To be honest, he found it hard to accept. Why was it that even though they were both tailed beasts, the two from his village combined couldn't defeat the Nine-Tails?

"However, Lord Tsuchikage, King Koku also told me that Kurama has the worst temper among them, so unless the seal is broken, he will not be able to complete his tailed beast transformation," Han added.

Onoki was taken aback. If that was the case, then the threat of the Nine-Tails was not a concern. After all, given Uchiha Touko's personality, he shouldn't be capable of using his disciple, the orphan of the previous Hokage, as a disposable bomb.

However, after thinking it through, Onoki suddenly became angry again: "Does Uchiha Tokō not take Iwagakure seriously at all? A Jinchūriki who can't even transform into a Tailed Beast dares to wander around the world with him. Isn't he afraid we'll steal the Nine-Tails?"

It should be understood that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is currently in a very vulnerable state. He has neither mastered the power of the Tailed Beast nor is he strong enough to protect himself. Iwagakure is fully capable of forcibly seizing the power of the Nine-Tails.

However, when he thought of Uchiha Touko's complete Susanoo, Onoki could only force himself to calm down.

Uchiha Touko seems to actually have the ability to take young Jinchuriki around the world.

"Lord Tsuchikage, what should we do now?" Han asked at this moment.

"Keep an eye on Uchiha Tokkou, and that Jinchuriki brat too," Onoki said through gritted teeth. "In short, we can't let that brat cause any trouble in Iwagakure. And you, hurry back and don't expose yourself to the village."

"Yes!" Han nodded and left to carry out the order.

"Sasuke, Neji, let's go out and have some fun. We've come all this way to Iwagakure, and we haven't had a proper chance to explore it yet."

After Uchiha Touko and his group arrived at the inn, Naruto, who couldn't stay still, immediately invited them to go out and have some fun.

“Naruto, this is someone else’s village after all, so it’s best not to wander around. Besides, if the teacher finds out, he might be angry,” Neji said.

"Hey, Neji, don't be such a spoilsport. Let's sneak out; he won't know," Naruto said. "Sasuke, what about you?"

"I'm not going either." Sasuke shook his head.

"Ugh, this is so boring. I'll just go out by myself." Naruto said, then sneaked out of the hotel through the window.

All of this was under the watchful eyes of Uchiha Touko. As Naruto's furtive figure disappeared into the night, Uchiha Touko chuckled to himself.

I wonder what kind of trouble this kid can cause in Iwagakure?

Just as Naruto quietly slipped into the commercial district of Iwagakure, a small explosion rang out in another corner of the village, and the door of a building opened in response.

"Hmph, you think you can lock me up with something like this?" Deidara sneered as he glanced back at the door to the room where Onoki had locked him up, then swaggered into Iwagakure.

"I wonder where that old man lives today. I really want to have a proper discussion about art with him again," Deidara thought to himself as he strolled around the village with his head in his hands.

After Deidara stepped onto the street, he quickly completed the street cleanup operation. The villagers of Iwagakure avoided him whenever they saw him.

It can be said that Deidara is the first person in history to treat himself like a Jinchūriki in the village, even though he was not one.

Soon, only Naruto, who was new to the village and didn't yet know the rules of Iwagakure, remained on the entire commercial street.

Naruto looked around at the scattering crowd, bewildered, not knowing what had happened. However, the next second, a blond-haired man came into view.

These two blond-haired men, one big and one small, hit it off on this bustling commercial street just a moment ago.

"Hey kid, where are you from? I've never seen you in the village before," Deidara asked as he approached Naruto.

“I’m not originally from this village. I come from Konoha. I only came here today with my teacher,” Naruto said.

"Konoha?" Deidara's eyes lit up upon hearing this. The uncle who had praised his art today seemed to be the Hokage of Konoha.

"You're from Konoha? Do you know the Hokage?" Deidara asked hastily.

“Yes, I know him. He’s my teacher.” Naruto nodded.

"You're that Hokage's student? Do you have any knowledge of art?" Deidara immediately perked up upon hearing this and asked.

"Art?" Naruto was confused when he heard this, but then he thought that his graffiti on the Hokage Rock should also be considered art, so he nodded and said, "I know a little bit."

"Really? That's great!" Deidara clapped his hands excitedly upon hearing this. "Let's go, let's study real art!"

Naruto was taken aback when he heard this, but before he could react, Deidara had already put his arm around his shoulder and led him toward the Tsuchikage Rock.

"That old man said the best art form is to destroy the most beautiful things for people to see. The most beautiful thing in the village should be the Shadow Rock that the old man always talks about, the one that houses the will of stone," Deidara said as he pulled Naruto toward it.

Soon, Naruto was pulled by Deidara to the Tsuchikage Rock in Iwagakure.

Deidara, eager to get started, said to Naruto, "Come on, let's create the most perfect art together!"

Naruto was taken aback and hesitated before saying, "This isn't a good idea, after all, this is your village."

"What are you afraid of! I'll cover for you if anything happens! I'm a disciple of the Third Hokage," Deidara assured Naruto, patting his chest.

After saying that, Deidara squatted down and began to prepare his clay explosives.

Naruto, having heard Deidara say that, simply squatted down and watched the older brother busy himself.

Although Naruto didn't even know the other person's name yet, for some reason, he felt a strong connection with this older brother who looked two years older than him.

"Don't just watch, give me some advice," Deidara suddenly looked up at Naruto and said.

"A suggestion?" Naruto looked at the increasingly large lump of clay in Deidara's hand and thought that the other party just wanted to add something to the Shadow Rock. So, recalling his past graffiti experience, he suggested, "Big brother, don't you think this color is a bit too monotonous?"

"Is the color monotonous?" Deidara pondered after hearing Naruto's words. Yes, the smoke and dust from his explosions were indeed a bit too monotonous in color. "That's true."

Deidara nodded, agreeing with Naruto's suggestion. "As for the color, let me think about how to solve it."

Deidara, a genius in the field of explosions, thought for a moment and remembered the different colors of light emitted when various metal powders came into contact with flames, and his eyes lit up instantly.

"Got it!" Deidara slammed his fist into his palm and then began rummaging through the sealing scroll he carried with him.

Deidara quickly produced some metal and tossed Naruto a file used for grinding explosives, saying, "Do me a favor and get some powder off this metal."

"Okay, sure." Naruto nodded and started helping Deidara with his tasks.

With their combined efforts, various metal powders were quickly ground out. Deidara mixed them into the clay and nodded in satisfaction.

Then, Deidara stuffed the large lump of clay into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and then formed a series of hand seals.

Soon, a bird flew out of Deidara's mouth and slowly flew towards the statue of the Third Tsuchikage above their heads.

Just as the clay bird approached Onoki's shadow rock, Deidara suddenly roared.

"Detonate the clay! Explode! Drink!"

"Huh?" Naruto was startled when he heard Deidara's words and looked at Deidara in disbelief.

However, Deidara, with a cold expression, turned and walked forward, because a real man never looks back at an explosion.

"Boom!" A violent explosion resounded through the night in Iwagakure. That night, under the watchful eyes of everyone in Iwagakure, colorful fireworks exploded on the statue of Onoki, illuminating the entire village.

Naruto, standing to the side, was dumbfounded, his mouth agape as he stared at the scene.

No, so this is what this guy meant by art?

"What are you standing there for?" Deidara saw that his little brother was still standing there, so he immediately turned around, grabbed Naruto, and ran away, saying as he ran, "You run first. If we get caught, just say my name. My name is Deidara."

However, before Deidara could finish speaking, he and Naruto were both subdued by the Iwagakure Anbu who rushed over at full speed after hearing the commotion.

……

In the Iwagakure office, Onoki's blood pressure soared as he looked at the two blond-haired men in front of him, especially since Deidara was acting nonchalant and kept rambling on, "I did everything by myself, why are you arresting my little brother?"

Soon after receiving the news, Uchiha Tokō was politely invited to the Tsuchikage's office by an Anbu member.

"Oh, what's going on?" Uchiha Touko asked knowingly as soon as he entered the Tsuchikage's office.

With the Chunin Exams just around the corner, Uchiha Toki is no longer the only leader of another ninja village in Iwagakure. And with everyone watching, Onoki's Shadow Rock was blown up. It's safe to say that Onoki has lost face big time tonight.

Chapter 146 A subject of a superior state does not bow to the ruler of an inferior state

"Naruto, come here." Uchiha Touko waved to Naruto, and Naruto obediently came to Uchiha Touko's side.

"What exactly happened?" Uchiha Touko asked, looking at Naruto.

"Uh..." Naruto tried to organize his thoughts. The main problem was that he and his good older brother had a rather big misunderstanding tonight, which led to this huge mess.

"Uncle Hokage, don't bother my little brother. I did everything by myself!" Deidara suddenly said to Uchiha Touko.

"Hey." Uchiha Touko chuckled upon hearing this, "You're quite the loyal guy, aren't you?"

"Enough!" At this moment, Onoki's forehead veins were bulging, and redness began to spread from his bulbous nose to his entire face. But with Uchiha Touko right in front of him, he had to maintain the most basic courtesy. "Hokage, take your disciple back first. Don't let him continue to wander around the village for the time being. Otherwise, if something happens to him, it's something neither of us wants to see. Do you agree?"

“Of course,” Uchiha Touko didn’t provoke the old man who was already on the verge of death any further, and pulled Naruto to leave. “It’s my fault for not disciplining him properly and causing trouble for the Tsuchikage. Naruto, apologize to the Tsuchikage.”

"I'm sorry." After hearing this, Naruto bowed respectfully to Onoki.

After Uchiha Touko took Naruto away, they hadn't gone far when they heard a loud argument coming from the Tsuchikage building behind them. A while later, Deidara's loud scream echoed through the night sky.