Chapter 177 Uchiha, Born with a Good Sword (Ch 177)

Time goes back to the night when the clan meeting ended.

Naraku followed Fugaku home, said goodbye to him at the door, and quickly walked into the gate of his own small courtyard.

“Kakashi, you’re back?”

As soon as Naraku entered the room, he saw Kakashi holding a bowl of cold curry and rice with a spoon in his hand, wanting to eat it directly. He quickly grabbed it, reheated the rice, and kept complaining.

“Eating cold food is bad for your health. Can’t you warm it up yourself? If I hadn’t just come back, I would have eaten a stomach full of cold food…”

Kakashi just stood there, not saying anything for a long time.

After Naraku finished his work, he saw that he was a little lost and wondered, “What’s wrong? Is the development of the new ninjutsu not going well?”

When he first went out of the village to train, Jiraiya saw Kakashi developing new ninjutsu in addition to training, and he encouraged this idea greatly.

Now that he was detained in the village by Tsunade, it was really boring. He thought of this again and pulled Minato, who had a rare free time, to guide Kakashi together.

With the guidance of these two people, “Raikiri” is almost taking shape, and this is the critical stage that cannot be interrupted.

So Kakashi was busy training these days. He would go out after breakfast and would not return home until dinner time, covered in dust and sweat, with weak steps, to eat and rest.

Compared to Kakashi’s fulfilling life, Naraku’s life is a bit miserable. He was planted with Multiple Healing Seals by Tsunade and was ordered to rest at home for a month. During this period, he was not allowed to practice or fight intensively, and could only do a certain degree of physical exercise.

Mikoto would come over with the child whenever she had time, to prevent him from showing any signs of not following the doctor’s orders.

Naraku felt like he was almost becoming a bonsai tree kept in the house, basking in the sun, eating, and sleeping every day.

If Tsunade knew that she had opened the Mangekyō at the clan meeting just now, she would definitely scold her.

Maybe even his right to visit Mao at a fixed time and place every day will be deprived. How can he take care of his health then?

Just thinking about it makes Naraku feel scared, but fortunately Tsunade will definitely not know.

…You probably don’t know, right?

“It’s not that the jutsu didn’t go well.”

Kakashi sat at the table dejectedly, his voice muffled: “Minato-senpai said that the village has new rules. I can’t act alone in the future. I have to be assigned to a class.”

Reorganization?

Naraku understood.

This is when Sarutobi Hiruzen began to prepare for war.

It must be said that Old Deng has a pretty keen sense of smell.

Naraku comforted him in a gentle voice: “Isn’t this good, Kakashi? You will have a fixed companion when you go on missions in the future.”

“……Um.”

Kakashi held his breath for a long time, only making a low nasal sound.

–But then I can’t be with you.

He couldn’t feel happy at all when he thought about having to work with other people in a certain class, and having to follow the orders of the senior ninja on any mission. It would be difficult for him to rest whenever he wanted, and he wouldn’t be able to stay in the village for a long time to accompany Naraku and his father.

Naraku was thinking, given the current situation, can Kakashi still be in the same class with Obito and Rin? Logically, there should be no problem, as these two will graduate soon…

I was thinking about other things and the heat burned my hands when I opened the lid of the pot.

“hiss–“

“What’s wrong?”

Kakashi hurried over and saw Naraku’s fingers were burned red. He immediately pulled him to the sink to rinse them with cold water.

“Idiot, how can you always be so clumsy? You can even get burned by hot rice?”

–Hey, stinky Kakashi, who am I doing this for?

–Your kindness is taken as an insult.

Naraku pursed his lips and listened to Kakashi nagging at him with a wronged look on his face, muttering to himself “I don’t want to listen to this idiot…”

Suddenly I remembered that the stove was still on.

“Kakashi, the water is running dry and the fire is still on!”

…

Time flies, and spring is here in the blink of an eye.

The exchange between the Uchiha and other ninja clans is proceeding steadily.

Not all Uchiha laid off by Fugaku could be exchanged for the establishment of Konoha’s functional departments. After assessment, about half of the nearly 100 people who were laid off were qualified and could enter various departments.

But it’s a good start.

Now that the Uchiha have obtained the qualifications, it will be sooner or later that the number of people in this group will be expanded.

The Uchiha who lost their security force but failed to join the various departments also have a way out.

Some people who had long wanted to quit their jobs and go back to business now let go and are now doing a booming arms business.

The remaining ones, who were slightly weaker, joined the ninja squad and carried out daily missions like everyone else, and were warmly welcomed by many ninjas who were short of teammates.

For the Uchiha who were stronger but had no interest in business and were too lazy to work for Konoha, Naraku also arranged suitable places for them.

…

“Meet Mr. Matsukata.”

Uchiha Fengyao knelt on one knee and bowed his head to salute the new head of the Matsukata family in front of him.

“This is the guard that our clan leader selected for you. He has at least awakened the two-magatama Sharingan.”

“With them here, you and your family will be protected from any harm.”

The young patriarch looked up at the dozen or so Uchiha who were half-kneeling and saluting behind him. Even touching one knee could not conceal their innate sharpness. Their spirit and energy were completely different from those of the ordinary ninjas supported by the Matsukata family.

–As expected of an Uchiha, he is a natural swordsman.

“I guess Uchiha Naraku has already told you something?”

Hearing the other party mention Naraku’s name casually, Feng Yao’s eyelids twitched, but his body did not move at all, and his tone was still steady and powerful: “When I came here, the clan leader did order that the Uchiha can only defend and cannot attack without authorization.”

“Hmph, that’s cautious.”

Matsukata Kiyotaka laughed and waved his hand to signal the other party to leave.

When he was the only one left in the room, Ishikawa’s figure emerged from the corner.

“My lord, each of them is a skilled fighter who can fight two at once. The Uchiha is quite generous.”

“Uchiha Naraku is more capable than I thought. He has already solved most of the problems, leaving me with one less reason to control him.”

Matsukata Seigang had a complicated expression, with admiration and praise in his eyes, as well as a hint of regret.

“If this continues, within ten years, the Uchiha’s position in Konoha will be as solid as a rock.”

“Unfortunately, he probably won’t see that day.”

As a great noble of the Land of Fire, Matsukata certainly has his own intelligence channels. For him, it is very easy to find out what major events have happened in Konoha.

“I don’t know if the clan leader can still keep this achievement after his death.”

“Maybe?” Ishikawa waved his arms casually. “Didn’t you say that his personality changed drastically after that?”

Matsukata Kiyotsugu sneered: “Becoming a hawk from a dove does not mean that you have become smart. We will see.”

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