Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 42: Oranges or Green Garlic (Part )

"Please give me some advice, Chief Dou Huan," said Younu Zhiwei.

"I can't really say I'm giving you any advice. After all, when it comes to clan management, compared to veteran clan leaders like you, Chief Zhiwei, I'm just a newcomer who's just taken over the Uchiha clan." Uchiha Douhuan said with a smile, "However, if you put yourself in your shoes, I do have a suggestion."

"Please speak, Chief Dou Huan," said Arusha Zhiwei.

"What the village and the villagers want to see is nothing more than an attitude," Uchiha Douhuan said, "Otherwise, even if the Aburame clan can produce evidence that they have no connection with Danzo's criminal group, I think they won't believe it."

"As for this attitude..." Uchiha Douhuan chuckled and looked at Aburame Shiwei, "What could be more convincing than the Aburame clan personally taking action and participating in the process of crushing the conspiracy of Shimura Danzo and his criminal gang?"

When Uchiha Douhuan finished speaking, Aburame Shiwei also fell into silence.

After a while, Aburame Shiwei sighed and said, "I understand."

Then, Aburame Shiwei turned to a jonin of the Aburame clan beside him and said, "Go and bring Tone here."

Aburame Zhiwei felt helpless. Their clan's secret technique of controlling insects was too useful for both reconnaissance and assassination. Since the Warring States Period, the ambitious ninjas in the ninja world had never stopped harassing their clan. If it weren't for their group's secret technique that meant that only their bloodline could establish a connection with insects, their Aburame clan would probably have been wiped out during the Warring States Period. This was why, after Hashirama Senju proposed building a village, the Aburame clan was the first ninja clan to respond to his call.

However, the village had only been prosperous for a few years after its establishment. With the passing of the first and second generations, conspirators like Danzo poked their heads out again and set their sights on the Aburame clan.

Now that Danzo is dead, Uchiha Dohuan, who came to visit him, probably had the same idea.

Over the years, the Aburame clan naturally has its own way of survival. Whenever they encounter such an irresistible request, they will send a talented child from the clan in exchange for a period of peace and protection.

Soon, a little boy who looked no more than eight or nine years old, wearing sunglasses and a mask, and whose expression could not be seen at all, was brought into the reception room.

"What does Clan Leader Aburame mean?" Uchiha Douhuan frowned.

"Chief Dou Huan, this child Qu Gen has a strong affinity for nano-sized poisonous insects due to his blood mutation. How about letting him represent our Aburame clan and join the security department?" Aburame Zhiwei said.

Seeing this, Uchiha Douhuan smiled helplessly and said, "I think Clan Leader Zhiwei may have misunderstood. I just want to invite ninjas from the Aburame clan to serve in the Security Department. Why are you calling a child who hasn't even finished ninja school here? The Security Department does not recruit child laborers."

Aburame Zhiwei was also stunned when she heard this. What do you mean? Don't you ambitious people train your assassins from a young age?

"Chief Aburame, do you mistake me for a tyrant like Danzo?" Uchiha Douhuan's face was filled with displeasure, and the entire reception room was in a state of hushed silence. "I am sorry for being rude, Chief Douhuan, please forgive me!" Aburame Zhiwei bowed her head in apology, then turned and told Aburame Qugen to leave.

"Chief Aburame, you know, our position in the Security Department requires us to deal directly with the villagers face to face many times, and misunderstandings are inevitable in the process of law enforcement. Therefore, there are inevitably some not-so-good rumors in the village. However, our Security Department's code of conduct has always been to serve the village wholeheartedly under the guidance of the Will of Fire. Therefore, we don't pay much attention to these rumors. I didn't expect that Chief Aburame would misunderstand us." Uchiha Douhuan said.

"Clan leader Douhuan has the will of fire in his heart and is a role model for us Konoha ninjas. I have been mean-spirited." Although she still didn't understand what Uchiha Douhuan was trying to do, at this moment Aburame Zhiwei could only bow her head and apologize.

"Forget it, I don't blame Chief Zhiwei." Uchiha Douhuan waved his hand. "If you want to blame someone, blame that ambitious Shimura Danzo. If he hadn't forced the Aburame clan to hand over their genius, I'm sure Chief Zhiwei wouldn't have such a misunderstanding of me."

Uchiha Douhuan casually threw the big pot to Danzo.

"Yes, yes, it's all that damn Shimura Danzo's fault!" Aburame Shiwei quickly agreed.

"Then, Clan Leader Zhiwei, please consider my suggestion. The Security Department has always provided generous treatment to talented ninjas," Uchiha Douhuan said. "Furthermore, given the current situation, I think there is nothing more suitable than a captain of the Security Department from the Aburame Clan to lead the team to crush the crimes of Shimura Danzo's criminal group in order to dispel the villagers' doubts."

"I understand." Aburame Shiwei said, "I will send a jonin from the clan and some special jonin and chunin to serve in the security department."

The conditions offered by Uchiha Douhuan were indeed good. He had also heard about the treatment of the current captain position in the Uchiha clan. In his opinion, Uchiha Douhuan was indeed sincere. More importantly, they had no choice now.

However, at this moment, Uchiha Douhuan spoke again: "However, although that is what I said, if the position of captain of the security department is directly assigned without any merit, the people below will also be dissatisfied. After all, the security department is not my one-man show."

"The Aburame clan will do its utmost to help the clan members who join the security department to gain merits that will convince the public as soon as possible." Aburame Zhiwei said.

"That's not necessary." Uchiha Douhuan smiled upon hearing this. "Out of consideration for the stability of the village, as fellow ninjas, we Uchiha don't want to see the Aburame clan get into trouble. Therefore, I have already prepared merits for you that will convince everyone. That's why I'm visiting you in a private capacity."

Uchiha Dohuan said as he took out the evidence he got from Yamamoto Taro and placed it in front of Aburame Shiwei.

After taking it, Aburame Zhiwei looked at it for a few seconds and then raised his head. Although Aburame Zhiwei wore sunglasses and a mask according to the custom of their tribe, his slightly trembling hands at this moment still revealed his inner unrest.

The charges on this evidence were even more serious than the one concerning Aburame Ryoma that Uchiha Touhan had just shown him. Furthermore, there were traces of the involvement of the Utatane and Mito clans, which made Aburame Shiwei break out in a cold sweat. If this evidence only implicated the Shimura clan, Aburame Shiwei would have agreed to this without a second thought. After all, after Danzo's death, under the Uchiha's revenge, the Shimura clan was now no different from stray dogs on the side of the road. But with the other two clans involved...

Aburame Zhiwei understood that if they wanted to get out of the Aburame Ryoma incident unscathed, they had to hand in a sufficiently substantial token of allegiance, and this was probably Uchiha Dohuan's real purpose.

(End of this chapter)