Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 197 Do I have to wait for the teacher to come before I can kill you?

Uchiha Tokō truly couldn't understand where these civil officials got the audacity to do such a thing.

The former "City of Fire" is still known as a haunted house, even though the residence of Minister of the Left, Taiichi Abe, is famous. How dare these civil officials?

Uchiha Toko had no reason to offend these civil officials over the past few years. Apart from some policies to prepare for future wars, he, as the Grand Minister of State, had not interfered too much in court affairs. As for the benefits that some unscrupulous people had seized during Konoha's rapid development in recent years, Uchiha Toko turned a blind eye as long as they didn't go too far.

But now it seems that these people are not satisfied with the status quo.

“Rice fire,” Uchiha Touko called out with a grim face.

"Yes." Uchiha Inahisa pushed open the office door and walked in.

"Go and invite our Left Minister, Lord Miura Kazuo," Uchiha Touko said.

"Yes!" Uchiha Inahime nodded, accepted the order, and left.

Not long after, Miura Kazuo, who was just about to spend a wonderful night with his newlywed ninth concubine, was taken to the Hokage's office by Uchiha Inahi.

However, upon hearing that Uchiha Touko had summoned him, Miura Kazuo immediately put down what he was doing and followed Uchiha Inahisa to the Hokage's office without stopping.

Others may not know how terrifying Uchiha Touko is, but Miura Kazuo knows it very well. Didn't he see that Abe Taiichi, who had almost driven him to the brink of death, couldn't even last one round against him?

As a qualified insect, Kazuo Miura was very clear-headed in this regard. Touko Uchiha possessed power and had the courage and means to use it at any time. Despite his high position and power in the Land of Fire, he was like an ant that could be crushed at any moment in front of Touko Uchiha.

"Your Excellency, Grand Minister of State," Kazuo Miura greeted respectfully as he entered the office.

"The Left Minister is here." Uchiha Touko sat in his office chair, glancing up at Miura Kazuo. "I thought you were too busy to come see me lately."

Uchiha Touko's words and tone instantly caused cold sweat to cover Miura Kazuo's forehead, and beads of sweat seeped out.

“You flatter me, Grand Minister,” Miura Kazuo looked up at Uchiha Touko and said with a forced smile, “The entire capital and twelve cities of the Land of Fire are on your shoulders. Compared to you, I have only done a little of my duty.”

"Is that so?" Uchiha Touko sneered, throwing the intelligence report given to him by the Anbu in front of Miura Kazuo. "It's your job? I remember that managing the officials is also part of your duties as the Left Minister."

Miura Kazuo picked up the intelligence report in front of him, glanced at it, and then knelt down in front of Uchiha Touko with a thud: "This humble official deserves to die! This humble official deserves to die! This humble official has nothing to do with this matter."

“Of course I know you have nothing to do with this.” Uchiha Touko glanced up at the other person and said with a sneer, “Otherwise, we would be meeting in the police station’s interrogation room right now.”

"Thank you for your mercy, Your Excellency the Grand Minister of State," said Kazuo Miura, wiping the sweat from his brow, still shaken.

“However, with such a force suddenly appearing in the court, you, as the Left Minister, cannot escape the blame for your negligence,” Uchiha Touko said coldly.

"Yes." Kazuo Miura lowered his head and dared not move. "But I beg Your Excellency, the Grand Minister of State, to give me a chance to redeem myself."

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I'm sure Mr. Miura won't disappoint me," Uchiha Touko said. "Tell me, who are these people, and what forces are behind them?"

It was only then that Kazuo Miura picked up the intelligence report for the second time, carefully examining each name on it, afraid of missing even the slightest detail.

After a while, Miura Kazuo carefully considered his words before speaking: "These people are all officials who have entered the court in the last two years. The highest-ranking official among them is only a sixth-rank official. They usually have little influence in the court. Who would have thought that they would actually get together and plot such a treasonous thing?"

"However, their leader, Yukio Tajima, seems to have close ties with some domestic nobles."

"Nobles?" Uchiha Touko frowned slightly. "You mean, the masterminds behind this are the nobles of our Land of Fire? Are they tired of living such a comfortable life?"

“That’s right.” Kazuo Miura nodded. “Although our Land of Fire has been thriving in the years since we moved the capital to Konoha, thanks to your tireless efforts, some of the industries you have been developing have encroached on the traditional industries of these nobles.”

"For example?" Uchiha Touko raised an eyebrow and asked.

“For example, land rent,” Miura Kazuo said. “With your policy support over the years, factories have sprung up all over our Land of Fire like mushrooms after rain. The common people who used to rely on the land they owned have another way to make a living, so they have no choice but to lower their land rent.”

“As for these young officials, I think they were all incited by these nobles to act in this way,” Miura Kazuo said.

"So they're all old landlords," Uchiha Touko said with a sneer. His past life had taught him that these landlords were always more trouble than they were worth, and they were also quite destructive to the implementation of national policies. If anyone blocked their rent collection, they would even sell out the country, let alone instigate a few young officials to force the emperor to abdicate. However, there was one thing that was completely different from Uchiha Touko's past life. This was a transcendent world, and Uchiha Touko, who was already close to standing at the pinnacle of combat power in this world, did not need to care much about these stumbling blocks from the old era.

If the other party continues to be unreasonable, Uchiha Touko wouldn't mind showing them how to kill according to the clan genealogy.

“I understand. I will be present at tomorrow’s court assembly,” Uchiha Touko said. “Mr. Mipu, I want to see evidence of corruption, bribery, and forming cliques for personal gain on this list first thing tomorrow morning. Do you understand?”

"Yes! I will investigate immediately." Miura Kazuo nodded hurriedly. Uchiha Touko's meaning was very clear: before the morning court session tomorrow, he and his faction had to fabricate evidence of crimes against the people on the list, even if they had to make it up on the spot.

After Miura Kazuo left, Uchiha Touko had Uchiha Inahisa deliver the list to the police force.

After receiving the list, Kakashi immediately summoned the two captains of the security force.

At this moment, in a private room of a tavern in northwestern Konoha, more than ten young people gathered together. After drinking a few cups of wine, one of them, emboldened by the alcohol, angrily spoke up: "That Grand Minister of State, Uchiha Tokō, was entrusted with such a heavy responsibility by the late emperor, and the young Daimyo even took him as his teacher. But what has he done all these years? He actually allowed the Daimyo to indulge in such a frivolous and destructive pastime as cricket fighting."

“The daimyo doesn’t concern himself with politics, and the country’s affairs have long been controlled by treacherous villains like him and Miura Kazuo. If this continues, the country will cease to exist!” Another young official slammed his hand on the table, his face showing distress.

"Four years ago, Abe Taiichi, the Left Minister of the Land of Fire, was so upright and honest, yet he suffered the calamity of having his entire family wiped out simply because he offended these two!" another person said. "Therefore, we must unite to drive these traitors out of the court and restore order to the court of the Land of Fire!"

"Yes! We must let these traitors know! Even if he can kill Lord Abe, the loyal and righteous people of the Land of Fire will never be wiped out!" another official said indignantly.

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than the door to the private room at the tavern where they were having their gathering was kicked open.

"Who goes there?" Everyone in the private room looked toward the door. Sakurai Hideaki, who had been promoted to company commander in the security team and had also obtained a special Jonin status under the guidance of his Uchiha clan elders, walked in with a gloomy expression.

He had heard everything those people outside said clearly. These ungrateful bastards actually dared to call his most respected Hokage a villain. They were really asking for trouble. These people should be sent to the Sanqing Education Team to experience the Hokage's kindness.

"Sakurai Hideaki, Captain of the First Company, Second Battalion of the Konoha Security Force." Sakurai Hideaki said with a grim face, "Our security force received a report that there was an illegal assembly here, and it seems that was indeed the case. Take them all away!"

"What right do you have to arrest us! Do you even know who we are?" a young official in the private room said, his neck stiff and his face red.

“I don’t care who you are, you’re just a suspect accused of plotting a rebellion,” Hideaki Sakurai said with a sneer.

"How dare you lowly ninjas offend us! We are officials of the imperial court!" Just as Hideaki Sakurai's guards stepped forward, a young official in the private room suddenly sprang into action and started shoving a genin who had graduated in the same year as Naruto and his classmates and had only recently joined the guards.

"You son of a bitch! How dare you violently resist the law!" Upon seeing this, Hideaki Sakurai was furious. He drew his baton from his waist, kicked the man to the ground, and then swung it six times in a second. The first three blows landed precisely on the man's legs, waist, and mouth, while the last three blows were aimed at his head.

After six blows, the man, whose head was bleeding profusely, finally managed to let out a scream.

"So the legend is true!" At this moment, some of the new recruits in the guard unit under Hideaki Sakurai's command lit up. They had only joined the guard unit in the last two years, so they had not participated in the battle that made the guard unit famous. However, they had all heard the legends of the original members who joined the guard unit. It was said that these people could swing six clubs in an instant, and any evil could only wail in pain in front of them.

However, after the villagers of Konoha have undergone the education of the Three Pure Ones Training Corps over the years, the average quality of the entire Hidden Leaf Village has greatly improved. The six batons per second that the police force is equipped with has become a legend. But today, Hideaki Sakurai's baton was unsheathed again, which can be said to have opened the eyes of these new recruits.

However, after unleashing a series of attacks, Hideaki Sakurai, watching his opponent scream in agony, couldn't help but frown at his own baton, thinking to himself:

[I can still scream in pain? I've definitely slacked off all these years. No, I have to train harder when I get back.]

Hideaki Sakurai withdrew his gaze and ordered his subordinates, "Take them all away."

"Yes, sir!" the guards replied in unison.

"You lowly ninjas, Lord Noda will not let you get away with this!" At this moment, a young official who was being held down by the guards stared at Hideaki Sakurai through gritted teeth.

"Oh? Noda?" Upon hearing this, Hideaki Sakurai approached the man with great interest. "It seems that you traitors have someone backing you up."

"Hmph, Lord Noda is the Daimyo's uncle. Your Hokage's abuse of power has made the people of the Land of Fire suffer. You lackeys are also bullying the common people. Lord Noda will not let you off the hook sooner or later." The man who seemed to be the leader of the group said through gritted teeth.

“I see,” Hideaki Sakurai nodded. “Is there anything else you need to tell me?”

"Hmph!" The man snorted coldly and turned his head away.

“Looks like there aren’t any left. Take them all!” Hideaki Sakurai said, then turned to one of his new recruits and said, “Koji, go to the Yamanaka clan and ask a Chunin-level member to come and assist us in investigating these rebels.”

"Yes!"

……

Just as Sakurai Hideaki was making arrests, inside the Konoha Imperial Palace, eight-year-old Minamoto no Miyakushi was playing with crickets that a newly formed genin squad had specially gone to the forests in the western part of the Land of Fire to retrieve for him.

This cricket looked extremely robust and powerful, and Yuan Yuxie couldn't stop smiling just by looking at it.

"Hehe, I'll call you Amenominaka!" After naming his beloved general, Minamoto no Yuuki carefully added water and rations to his food, then said with a smile, "Now Konohamaru's Great Monkey King won't be a match for me!"

However, at that moment, a eunuch came to report: "Your Highness, Prince Noda requests an audience."

"Tell him to go to the teacher if he has any problems. If he can't find him, send someone to take him to the Hokage's office," Gen Yuxie said without looking up.

"Your Highness, you should still meet him. According to seniority, he is your uncle," the young eunuch said somewhat awkwardly.

“Alright, let’s meet him then.” Yuan Yuxie nodded.

Not long after, Gennoda, dressed in a prince's ceremonial robe, arrived in front of Genno Yosuke. After a few brief pleasantries, he steered the conversation toward the Grand Minister of State, Uchiha Tokō.

Then, the daimyo's uncle began to explain the pros and cons, attempting to condemn Uchiha Tokō as a traitor.

After listening, Yuan Yuxie said expressionlessly, "Kill them."

Upon hearing this, Harunoda's face lit up with joy, but he still cautiously said, "Although taking down Uchiha Tokō is urgent, he is still the Hokage with a high position and considerable power. We should plan ahead and discuss it carefully."

"Why would I need to consult with my teacher before killing you?"

……

(End of this chapter)