Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 103: Immortals Are Countless

After the two walked out of the Minamigawa Hotel, Kakashi went to send the still sleeping Naruto home, while Uchiha Douguang rushed to the Hokage Building alone.

After arriving at the Hokage Building, Uchiha Douguang nodded and greeted the members of the First Battalion of the Security Force who had taken over the security of the Hokage Building, and then walked straight into the Hokage's office.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was standing alone by the window of the Hokage's office smoking a cigarette. After hearing the sound of the door opening, he turned around and looked at Uchiha Touma.

"Has that masked man been dealt with?" asked Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Sama Sandaime, do you want me to solve it or not?" Uchiha Douguang said sarcastically.

After seeing Uchiha Douguang's attitude, Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed helplessly and said, "Douguang, if I say that I really have nothing to do with that masked man, would you believe it? My first wife died at the hands of that man six years ago."

"Of course I believe it." Uchiha Douguang said with a half-smile, then found a chair in front of the Hokage's desk and sat down. "But do you know what that guy used when I was fighting him? Wood Release! Do I need to explain what this means?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's pupils suddenly shrank, revealing an expression of complete disbelief.

"Sandaime-sama, you are truly amazing! You actually managed to come up with something in your Wood Release experiments. However, one of them was hidden by that old dog Danzo and used to fulfill his own ambitions, and the other one even caused the Nine-Tails Rebellion and killed the Fourth Hokage. If the First Hokage of the Pure Land knew about this, would he be so angry that he would come back to life?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he remained silent in the end. He knew that he was too suspected in this matter, and no matter what he said, it would sound like quibbling.

After a while, Uchiha Douguang sighed and said, "I've already dealt with that guy. The traces of his Wood Release were also erased by my ninjutsu. I was using Sage Mode the entire time I was fighting him. Your crystal ball probably can't see the images, so this matter should only be known to the two of us."

Sarutobi Hiruzen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Uchiha Touma didn't seem to want to make a big deal about this matter, which made him feel a little relieved.

"Thank you." Sarutobi Hiruzen said.

"Don't thank me, you should be thankful for the Hokage hat on your head and the divine robe on your body!" Uchiha Douguang said unhappily, "The Hokage can retire for any reason, even if he resigns due to a war failure, but he must not be driven out for this reason! If the title of Hokage is tarnished, the people of the village will soon be divided!"

The reason why Uchiha Tokou made such a choice was not because Sarutobi Hiruzen had a lot of face in his eyes, but simply because Uchiha Tokou did not want to take over a Hokage hat that was naturally stained.

And more importantly, he didn't want to set a precedent of liquidating the previous Hokage.

Sarutobi Hiruzen now understood what Uchiha Touma meant and nodded silently.

After a while, Uchiha Douguang slowly spoke:
"That masked man is a weapon secretly cultivated by Danzo. The Nine-Tails Rebellion six years ago was orchestrated by Danzo in order to kill the Fourth Hokage and ascend to the position of Hokage. This time, he appeared only to avenge Danzo. How about using this explanation to give everyone an explanation?"

Uchiha Douguang dumped the cauldron on Danzo's head, whose grave was probably covered in grass, and then looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen: "The reason for the curfew tonight is that you, Sandaime-sama, discovered this historical issue, so you summoned the Security Department and the Anbu to act together, in order to lure out the remnants of the traitor Shimura Danzo and kill them in one fell swoop. In this way, your problem, Sandaime, is at most an oversight."

"Danzo?" Sarutobi Hiruzen's mind moved slightly. Although he felt that this was a bit unfair to Danzo, it seemed that the plan proposed by Uchiha Tokou was the best solution at the moment. It could not only preserve his reputation and allow him to retire safely, but also provide a reasonable explanation for the village's martial law order last night.

[I'm sorry, Danzo, this is really the last time. ]

"So, Dou Guang, what are the conditions?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Uchiha Dou Guang. He knew that Uchiha Dou Guang's help to him naturally could not be without any cost.

"In the future, I plan to conduct a comprehensive inventory of the number of ninjas in the village. It's not good for ninjas to be trained with the village's resources but not be included in the village's ninja sequence." Uchiha Douguang said, "Therefore, I hope that the Sarutobi clan can cooperate in this matter."

After hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen took a puff of his cigarette and fell into deep thought.

In the current situation, most of the power in the village has been under the command of Uchiha Tokou. In fact, Uchiha Tokou can be regarded as the actual Hokage. The only thing he needs to do before he can become the real Hokage is the nomination by the village's jonin and the approval of the daimyo. The conditions proposed by Uchiha Tokou now are to completely destroy the last of his power as the former Hokage.

"Okay." Sarutobi Hiruzen thought for a while and nodded, "In the next two days, I will ask them to cooperate with the village's actions."

Sarutobi Hiruzen understood that after he handed over the last of his power, he would truly be just a retired old man.

【but……】

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked up at Uchiha Tokou in front of him. The man in front of him was courageous and resourceful, and his strength was also considered top in the ninja world.

[Perhaps the village will move towards new glory under his leadership.]

There's nothing wrong with being a retired old man.

After making up his mind, Sarutobi Hiruzen also asked his final concern: "Doukou, what are you going to do with Jiraiya?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen also knew that in this matter, Jiraiya was completely tricked by him. He clearly had no talent in this area, but he was put in this position by him. Now he was imprisoned. If possible, Sarutobi Hiruzen still wanted to help his disciple.

"As for Lord Jiraiya, he was stripped of his job and forced to retire on charges of endangering public safety by peeping, and creating and disseminating obscene books. How about that? From now on, he can just be a traveling writer." Uchiha Douguang said.

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, stood up, walked to the storage cabinet in the office, and took out a set of tea set.

"I've heard that Chief Douguang has superb tea ceremony skills. I wonder if an old man like me would have the honor to taste it?"

After Sarutobi Hiruzen made the decision, his temperament changed. At this moment, he was no longer the old and incompetent politician, but had regained the demeanor of the former ninja hero Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Uchiha Douguang looked at this scene with a smile on his face. He took the tea set from Sarutobi Hiruzen and said with a smile, "Of course."

After Kakashi sent Naruto back home and left him a note asking him to go to school as usual tomorrow, he also came to the Hokage building. After entering the Hokage's office, he saw Uchiha Douguang concentrating on making tea.

"It seems that you have already reached an agreement." Kakashi smiled.

"Please sit down." Sarutobi Hiruzen said to Kakashi.

Soon, Uchiha Douguang brought two cups of tea to Sarutobi Hiruzen and Kakashi.

After Sarutobi Hiruzen took it, he quickly completed the entire set of tea ceremony etiquette. After drinking the tea, he put the teacup down and said, "The tea ceremony skills of the Douguang clan leader are indeed well-deserved."

"Thank you for your kind words, Sandaime-sama." Uchiha Douguang said with a smile, "If you like, you can always come to see me in the future."

"Forget it." Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head and said with a smile, "From now on, I'm afraid you won't have the time to make tea, Douguang. The work of the Hokage is very busy."

"Dou Guang, can you tell me, an old man, what you plan to do after becoming the fifth generation?" Sarutobi Hiruzen said.

"After becoming the Fifth Hokage?" Uchiha Douguang took a sip of his tea before speaking. "Then there's a lot to do. The village system has many problems. To be disrespectful, the current village system was completely created by the First Hokage and Madara-sama, two illiterate men who grew up in the chaotic Warring States period. Although the Second Hokage has patched up some problems, if some of the problems left over from that era are not thoroughly resolved within the system, big problems will sooner or later arise in the future."

"Is that so?" Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded.

Afterwards, Uchiha Tokou and Sarutobi Hiruzen discussed some issues in the village.

Uchiha Tokou also picked out some less important things from his future plans and answered Sarutobi Hiruzen's doubts.

As the three of them drank tea, they chatted until dawn. The sun of December 13th rose as usual, dispelling the darkness. This day's sun was exceptionally bright.

……

The next day, the village continued to operate normally, and the villagers went to school and work as usual.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was the first to issue an announcement, explaining the reason for the martial law order last night according to the plan given by Uchiha Tokou.

Then, there is the plan for dealing with Nara Shikaku and others who violated the martial law order last night. All three of them have now been dismissed from their posts. At the same time, all the ninjas from the Ino, Shikaku and Chou clans in various departments of the village have been dismissed.

Finally, there is the solution to the issue of Hokage advisor Jiraiya peeping and creating and disseminating obscene books.

In addition, some ninjas in the Sarutobi clan who were not included in the village ninja sequence also went to the Hokage Building to register.

Within the Uchiha clan, the Fugaku family also held a simple funeral for Uchiha Itachi.

……

Three days later, a row of chairs were placed in front of the security department's gate.

The small conference room in the security department was also full of people. As a wave of space-time ninjutsu was heard, Shiranui Genma and the other two rushed into the conference room with Might Guy.

Uchiha Douguang, who was sitting at the head of the table, clapped his hands upon seeing this and said, "Okay, everyone is here. Xuanjian, you guys go change clothes next door and then go downstairs."

Shiranui Genma and the other two smiled and nodded, but Might Guy still didn't understand what was going on.

"What are we doing?"

"Kai, go change your clothes first." Kakashi said. We will have a party after taking a group photo.

Might Guy wanted to say something, but was quickly pulled away by Shiranui, Genma and the other two to change clothes.

After the three of them changed their clothes, they filed out of the security department with smiles on their faces, with Kakashi and Uchiha Toguchi walking in front.

After going out, the warm winter sun outside was particularly bright.

"It's a nice day today." Kakashi smiled.

"Yes, this weather is perfect for taking a photo." Uchiha Douguang nodded.

Everyone walked towards the row of chairs, and Uchiha Douguang also smiled and greeted the people behind him: "Come on, come on, sit down."

"Chief Jaw, Chief Zhiwei, you sit over here! Kai, you sit next to Kakashi, Elder Fugaku, please sit closer to me!"

"Brother Chengyi, can you stand a little closer to the middle with Captain Feng? You're welcome!"

In a happy atmosphere, everyone found their own suitable position.

A civilian Chunin from the Security Department got this rare opportunity because his family runs a photo studio in the village. As for why such a simple task was given to a Chunin, it was simple. Until the next expansion of the Security Department, there were no more Genin in the Security Department!
After everyone sat and stood up, they looked at the camera.

At this moment, Uchiha Douguang reached out and grabbed Kakashi's left hand, which was placed on his knees while he was sitting next to him.

Kakashi tilted his head, both of them with bright smiles on their faces, and after looking at each other, they placed their hands on their knees.

"Commanders! Take your positions!"

With the sound of a shutter click, a photo that changed the entire Hidden Leaf Village, no, changed the Land of Fire and even the entire ninja world, was forever recorded in history.

Later historians had mixed opinions on the people in this photo, but they had to admit that this was a group of people who completely changed the course of history in the ninja world.

However, people in later generations had only one comment on this photo: there were countless immortals.

……

After taking the photos, everyone stood up and laughed, and came to the venue where the Uchiha clan held the last banquet.

At this moment, the banquet venue has been decorated. The dishes this time are even more luxurious than the last time, and in the ice bucket at the front of the long banquet table, there is a bottle of champagne decorated with ribbons.

Uchiha Douguang walked forward, picked up the champagne, shook it vigorously a few times, then pried open the cork with a snap of his fingers, and a huge amount of foam gushed out.

"Good!" Thunderous applause and cheers rang out at the banquet.

Uchiha Douguang poured wine for the people around him. At this time, the banquet staff also came forward to fill the wine glasses of the people below.

"Everyone, this time we were able to successfully crush the conspiracy of the thugs who intended to overthrow the village and protect the village's Will of Fire, all thanks to your timely decisions." Uchiha Douguang raised his glass. "To celebrate the complete success of our operation, let's drink!"

Everyone raised their glasses, but at this moment, Kakashi stood up and said, "Wait a minute!"

Everyone looked at him.

"If you ask me, everyone deserves credit for our ability to celebrate today. However, the one who made the most difficult decision and led us to victory was none other than our Captain Uchiha Douguang. Let's toast to Captain Douguang!"

"Indeed!" said Nagai Seiichi, who had been transferred to the jonin squad and served as the captain. "Thanks to the Douguang clan leader's prompt decision, we were able to achieve such a great achievement!"

"Come, let me give a toast." Kakashi said and looked at Uchiha Tokou.

"I wish Captain Uchiha Tokou good luck in martial arts and long-lasting health!" Kakashi raised his glass high.

"Good health wins forever!" Everyone present raised their glasses.

After everyone finished shouting, they clinked glasses with the people around them one by one, and then drank the wine in their glasses.

"Okay." Uchiha Touma, Kakashi and Uchiha Fugaku beside him clinked their glasses in turn. After drinking the wine, they all had bright smiles on their faces.

"Today is the happiest day!"

……

(End of this chapter)