Chapter 34 Can't Afford to Offend the Uchiha, But Can't Afford to Offend You?
"Yeah, I was a little worried at first, after all, your mission target this time is Orochimaru, one of the legendary Sannin," Uchiha Fugaku chuckled.
At this moment, Uchiha Touhuan took out the mission scroll he had obtained from Yamamoto Castle Lord and placed it on the table.
"Touhuan, what's this?" Uchiha Fugaku asked curiously, but Uchiha Touhuan gestured for him to open it and see for himself.
Fugaku Uchiha picked up a scroll, channeled some chakra into it, and immediately became restless, looking up at Touhuan Uchiha: "All of this... is this?"
"A total of 1.5 billion ryo," Touhuan Uchiha said. "If we hadn't been in such a hurry and hadn't brought too few sealing scrolls, we could have gotten even more."
"You're really something, Touhuan," Fugaku Uchiha said happily. He knew that for the Uchiha clan, after deducting necessary expenses like ninja tools, it would take several years to accumulate this much money. But Touhuan had brought back so much in one trip, and from what he said, it was far more than that.
"Send two Jonin from the clan to Tanzaku Town tomorrow. This is the reward for a long-term protection mission," Touhuan Uchiha said.
"Understood," Fugaku Uchiha nodded.
"How was the security department while I was away?" Touhuan Uchiha asked.
"Things are going pretty well. With the guidance of the work manual you left behind, the new ninjas are getting up to speed quickly and are already able to patrol and perform their duties normally," said Uchiha Fugaku. "But..."
"Did something happen?" Uchiha Touhuan noticed Fugaku's hesitation and asked.
"These past few days, the number of complaints received by the Security Department regarding patrol and duty personnel has increased several times compared to before, and they're all targeting the newly arrived civilian ninjas. However, there haven't been any complaints about our original clan ninjas," Fugaku said.
"Is that so?" Uchiha Touhuan chuckled upon hearing this. "Did the new members not pay attention to the 'smiling enforcement'?"
"How could that be?" Uchiha Fugaku rubbed his temples in slight distress. "The Security Department now has a total of 4 battalions and 28 squads. Before each patrol, the captain repeatedly emphasizes the 'smiling enforcement' policy. Yesterday, the entire Security Department even stayed behind for a meeting to emphasize this matter, but the number of complaints has only increased. Touhuan, won't this affect your plan to integrate the clan into the village?"
"Don't worry, Elder Fugaku, I'll take care of this tomorrow," Uchiha Touhuan said calmly. He had anticipated this situation from the beginning.
After all, he knew the nature of these troublemakers in the village all too well. When the security detail was entirely composed of Uchiha clan members, they might have been somewhat restrained by the Uchiha clan's power, but now that civilian ninjas had joined, everything was different. "
If we can't afford to offend the Uchiha, can't we at least offend you?" That perfectly encapsulated the mentality of these troublemakers.
Uchiha Touhuan was actually happy about this. First, with these civilian ninjas acting as a shield, the public opinion surrounding the Uchiha clan within the village would improve significantly. Second, these civilian ninjas, who were clearly upholding the law but were maliciously reported, would likely accumulate a lot of resentment. When they needed to take action against these troublemakers one day, their batons would probably be much stronger.
"If you have a solution, that's good," Uchiha Fugaku said. "Besides these, there's something else that concerns me personally."
"Elder Fugaku, please speak," Uchiha Touhuan said.
"I'd like to ask you to be Sasuke's teacher."
"Oh?" Uchiha Touhuan raised an eyebrow slightly. "Why does Elder Fugaku suddenly have this idea?" "
Sasuke has reached the age where he can formally begin training in ninjutsu. The day before yesterday, I taught him the clan's formal introductory ninjutsu, the Great Fireball Technique," Uchiha Fugaku said. "However, Sasuke's performance is far inferior to his older brother's."
"Is that so?" Uchiha Touhuan smiled upon hearing this. He remembered that when he was learning this ninjutsu in the clan's private school, there were 28 Uchiha children in his cohort, and he ranked 27th. This even made him doubt whether he was suitable to be a ninja.
"But since there is a precedent of yours in the clan, I had Sasuke test his chakra attributes. His chakra attributes are fire and lightning. I also had him try learning Lightning Release. His talent in Lightning Release is far superior to his talent in Fire Release," Uchiha Fugaku said with a wry smile.
Sasuke's talent in Lightning Release was in no way inferior to Itachi's talent in Fire Release. He could unleash a lightning ball with a diameter of up to one meter after reading the Lightning Release: Lightning Ball scroll twice. However, his family were all ninjas specializing in Fire Release. Although Mikoto's chakra nature also included Lightning Release, her research into Lightning Release was not deep. Therefore, how to teach Sasuke became a major problem.
Fortunately, there was someone in the clan who was in a similar situation to Sasuke. As the former clan head, Fugaku Uchiha was very familiar with Touhuan Uchiha's resume. When Touhuan was still studying at the Ninja Academy, although he performed well in the Ninja Academy thanks to the clan's talent, he was mediocre in the clan. His grades in the clan's private school, which mainly taught Fire Release ninjutsu and genjutsu, were terrible. At that time, the clan was about to give up on him. It wasn't until he managed to get his first Lightning Release ninjutsu from the elder in charge of the clan's ninjutsu warehouse through persistent pleading that he truly began to show his talent.
Therefore, given Sasuke's current situation, Fugaku Uchiha naturally considered having Sasuke become Uchiha Touhuan's apprentice.
"Besides, Touhuan, you know I'm really not good at educating children. Itachi has already gone astray, so I want to entrust Sasuke to you," Fugaku said.
"I understand. From now on, have Sasuke come to me after school," Touhuan said with a smile.
"Thank you very much, Touhuan-kun," Fugaku said solemnly.
"Elder Fugaku, you're too kind. I would be more than happy to help a child in a similar situation as me avoid some detours," Touhuan said.
"No, Touhuan, this is a father's gratitude," Fugaku said with emotion. "Please take good care of Sasuke."
"I will," Touhuan nodded.
"Then I won't bother you any longer," Fugaku said, and Touhuan rose to see him off.
After Fugaku Uchiha left, Touhuan Uchiha finished maintaining his sword and went to rest.
The next day, Touhuan Uchiha arrived at his office in the Security Department and nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the office his subordinates had redecorated while he was away on missions.
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