Chapter 36 Sasuke and Naruto (Part 1)
"Come, Shisui, sit down." Uchiha Touhuan gestured for Shisui to sit down and poured him a cup of tea.
Although Shisui had returned to work at the Security Department, Fugaku naturally couldn't fully trust him, so he only assigned him to a logistical position.
"Touhuan, the Security Department's complaint rate is so high, it's not a solution." Uchiha Shisui looked somewhat anxious.
"Shisui, I also feel this is difficult to handle," Uchiha Touhuan said, feigning worry and rubbing his temples. "When the Uchiha clan was in charge of the Security Department, the villagers were dissatisfied with it. Even after recruiting so many civilian ninjas, they are still dissatisfied with us. I really don't know what to do."
Shisui sighed deeply. He also couldn't understand why, despite the clan's efforts to integrate into the village, the results were so minimal.
"Alright, let's at least use the red envelopes to calm the restless hearts of the guards first. As for the rest, let time decide," Uchiha Touhuan said to Shisui. "When the village sees the guards' sincerity, we'll definitely be able to understand each other."
"Yes, Touhuan-kun, I believe you," Uchiha Shisui said.
"Take the red envelope. Everyone in the guards gets one, so naturally you can't be left out. You're a part of the guards too," Uchiha Touhuan said, pushing the red envelope towards Shisui.
"I understand." Shisui didn't want to accept the red envelope, but he couldn't refuse the reason given by Uchiha Touhuan.
After Shisui left, Uchiha Touhuan relaxed, leaning back in his chair and flipping through the copied files of evidence he had obtained from Orochimaru, thinking to himself,
"When you see these, will you stand on the side of the Will of Fire or on the side of the village?" ... Time passed by unnoticed, and it was time to leave work
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Uchiha Touhuan, who had been sitting all afternoon, stretched his body, tidied up his desk a little, and prepared to leave. There would be a little devil coming over tonight.
Meanwhile, Kakashi, who had spent a day preparing a room for Naruto at the Hatake clan's old house, also left home and headed towards the Ninja Academy.
It was dismissal time at the Ninja Academy, the saddest moment of Naruto's day.
Other children at the academy were either picked up by family or went home with friends, but Naruto had neither family nor friends to walk with. At this time, he could only sit alone on the school swings, waiting for everyone to leave before setting off home alone. At least that way, he wouldn't face so many malicious stares on his way back.
For Sasuke, dismissal time was the most anticipated moment. He would always be the first to rush out of the school to see if his beloved older brother had come to pick him up. If he saw his brother after school, he would spend the rest of the day happily.
However, today, when Sasuke rushed out of the school gate, he didn't see his gentle brother, but his stern-faced father.
"Dad?" Fugaku's appearance at the school gate surprised Sasuke.
"Let's go, Sasuke." Fugaku Uchiha said coldly, gesturing for Sasuke to follow him. The two walked one after the other towards the Uchiha clan's territory.
"Um, Dad, why didn't my brother come to pick me up today?" After a while, Sasuke couldn't help but ask.
"Itachi has a mission these days," Fugaku Uchiha said.
"Alright." Sasuke's expression darkened upon hearing his father's words.
"Also, I've hired a tutor for you. After school, you can go to the tutor by yourself."
"A tutor?" Sasuke looked up curiously. "Who is it?"
"Your talent in Lightning Release is quite good, so I asked the clan head, Touhuan, who is most skilled in Lightning Release, to teach you. Sasuke, learn well from your tutor and don't bring shame to the family," Fugaku Uchiha said.
"Clan Chief Touhuan?" Young Sasuke was taken aback. Although clan affairs in peacetime were generally irrelevant to children his age, Sasuke had gathered from conversations around him that his father used to be the clan chief, but not anymore. The person who replaced his father as clan chief was the Clan Chief Touhuan, whom his father was now referring to.
"Yes, Sasuke, your teacher, although not much older than you, is a very wise man, and the strongest in the clan," Uchiha Fugaku patiently explained.
"I understand, Father. I will study hard with my teacher," Sasuke said.
... On the swings at the ninja academy, Naruto watched his classmates walk away one by one. The sun was about to set, and under the orange glow of the sunset, he was the only one left in the vast academy.
Just as he composed himself and prepared to go home alone, a slender shadow appeared before him.
Naruto looked up and saw a white-haired man wearing a mask and a headband covering one eye standing before him, his exposed eye filled with a complex expression.
"Uncle, who are you looking for?" Naruto asked.
"You," Kakashi said.
"Me?" Naruto was taken aback.
"If your name is Uzumaki Naruto, then I haven't come to the wrong person."
...
Because Uchiha Touhuan had given prior notice, when Fugaku and Sasuke arrived at Uchiha Touhuan's house, the butler, Keiko, was already waiting at the door and welcomed them directly inside.
"Lord Touhuan is waiting for you two in the study."
When Keiko led them to the study, Uchiha Touhuan, dressed in a haori, was writing something at his desk.
"Elder Fugaku, this must be Sasuke." Uchiha Touhuan stopped what he was doing and smiled at the two of them.
"Sasuke, why don't you greet your teacher?" Uchiha Fugaku said.
"Hello, teacher, my name is Uchiha Sasuke." Little Sasuke bowed timidly, then looked at Uchiha Touhuan with curious eyes.
"Touhuan, I'm entrusting Sasuke to you." Uchiha Fugaku said.
...
Ichiraku Ramen.
"I'm starting!" Little Naruto put his hands together in prayer, then began to wolf down his food, while Kakashi watched quietly from the side.
"White-haired uncle, aren't you going to eat?" Naruto, who was halfway through his ramen, suddenly looked up from his bowl and asked curiously.
"I'm not eating anymore. Besides, according to seniority, you should call me Kakashi-nii-chan." Kakashi said.
At that moment, Ichiraku Ramen peeked out from behind the counter: "Kakashi, it's been a while since you've been here. But what's your relationship with Naruto? Why are you suddenly treating him to ramen?"
"His father has some connection to me," Kakashi replied.
Kakashi's words made Naruto, who was engrossed in eating his ramen, stop.
"Naruto's father?" Uncle Ichiraku, who had run the ramen shop in the village for over a decade, was no stranger to Kakashi, a former regular customer. Kakashi's words startled him. Then, he looked at Naruto's blond hair, and some previous guesses surfaced in his mind, "Could it be..."
But then, Uncle Ichiraku noticed Kakashi's gaze and the way he was gently shaking his head.
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