Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 50 Rumors arise

The next day, after work, Uchiha Douhuan called several captains of the security team to his office one by one and instructed them to take good care of Naruto in the future.

After receiving the instructions, several senior ninja captains, including Inuzuka Feng who had just joined and Aburame Shihui, the senior ninja sent by the Aburame clan, also passed on the instructions privately one by one.

Therefore, in the next few days, when the members of the security department met Naruto during patrol, they would intentionally or unintentionally take care of him. However, there were a few ignorant villagers who happened to be in trouble when they were speaking ill of Naruto. The patrol members found a reason to arrest them and took them back to the security department.

So, in the past few days, Naruto has clearly felt that there is a lot less malice around him, and his optimistic personality has become even more cheerful.

However, during this period, some discordant voices emerged in the village.

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"Have you heard? That little fox demon has a backer recently."

"Really? I was wondering why that little fox demon seemed to be getting more arrogant recently. Turns out he found a ninja to back him up."

"By the way, do you know where this person comes from?"

"I think his name is Hatake Kakashi. I heard he used to be an Anbu."

"Humph, can anyone who stays with that little fox demon be a good person?"

"Yeah, I heard that guy was expelled from the Anbu by Hokage-sama."

"Also, I heard that this guy is a murderer. During the Third Shinobi World War, he even killed his teammates."

"There's still this? Doesn't Hokage-sama care? Why doesn't Hokage-sama drive him and that little fox demon out of the village?"

"I heard that guy has connections with the security team."

"It's really scary. It seems I really can't mess with that damn fox demon anymore."

"Humph! Why should we be afraid of him? Can he still make a move in the village? We have the Hokage-sama backing us up. If he dares to make a move, we will go to the Hokage building and petition together!"

"Yes, that's right! As long as we petition together, Hokage-sama will definitely help us drive them out of the village!"

Soon, their conversation attracted the attention of a melon-headed man in a green tights who was doing a handstand nearby. After listening for a while, he stood up in dissatisfaction: "How can you say that! Kakashi is the village hero!"

Seeing the ninja coming, the group of villagers who had just gathered together to petition immediately scattered.

"Hey! Don't go! Speak your mind clearly!" Might Guy said dissatisfiedly.

"Forget it, Guy." At this time, Kakashi appeared behind Might Guy and patted his old friend on the shoulder.

"Kakashi?" Kai, who had been on a mission, turned around and saw Kakashi's face without a mask. He suddenly felt like he was getting angry, "You..."

Kakashi knew what Gai was referring to, nodded, and said, "Just think of it as a farewell to the past."

Kai's eyes welled up with tears when he heard this: "I don't know what you are talking about, but this should be the feeling of youth! Kakashi, let's start the duel of youth!"

"Sorry, I'm really busy these days." Kakashi rejected Gai's request for a duel. Gai was stunned at first, then he remembered the situation he had just encountered and said, "Is it because of what those people said just now? Let's go and talk to them and explain how they could say that to you!"

"Forget it." Kakashi shook his head. "Even if we catch up with them, what can we do? Ninjas can't attack civilians."

……

Similar conversations have been happening frequently in every corner of the village these days. In just a few days, the name Kakashi has become a figure that everyone in the village hates.

Uchiha Douhuan, who was in the security department, naturally also heard the news.

However, the results of the investigation revealed that the source of these rumors were all civilian merchants in the industries of the two families, Tsunetsugu and Mitomon, in the village.

"After all these years, I thought they would come up with something new, but I didn't expect them to still be using the same old tricks."

In the office, Uchiha Douhuan put down the investigation report submitted by Inahori and others, leaned back in his office chair, and couldn't help but sneered.

At this time, there was a knock on the door of Uchiha Douhuan's office.

"Come in." After Uchiha Douhuan shouted, the door was pushed open and Uchiha Shisui walked in.

"Deputy Captain, what do you want to talk to me about?" Shisui asked after coming in.

"Brother Shisui, there's no need to be so distant since we're just the two of us. Please sit down." Uchiha Dohuan.

"After all, you are now the deputy captain of the security team, so you still have to follow the rules in this regard." Shisui said after sitting down in front of Uchiha Dohuan's desk.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Come, take a look at this thing." Uchiha Dohuan handed Shisui the investigation report on village rumors submitted by Uchiha Inahori and others.

After reading the report carefully, Uchiha Shisui looked up at Uchiha Douhuan with an expression of disbelief: "Is this... is there some misunderstanding?"

"How could there be any misunderstanding? The person behind this is obviously targeting Kakashi, just like the rumors against our family in the village before." Uchiha Douhuan said with a smile, "By the way, why don't you go and ask what the Sandaime-sama thinks about this?"

"This..." Uchiha Shisui hesitated to speak, but after a while, he still said: "I believe that the Sandaime-sama will definitely come forward to stop this from continuing."

"The Sandaime-sama is so busy, how could he have the time to care about this?" Uchiha Douhuan said with a smile, "However, we really can't just ignore this matter. Kakashi is a hero who performed great deeds at the Kannabi Bridge. If we continue to allow such rumors and slander, who in the village will still believe in the Will of Fire? We must stop these rumors from spreading immediately!"

Seeing that Uchiha Douhuan seemed quite agitated, Uchiha Shisui also became nervous and asked hurriedly, "Douhuan, what are you going to do?"

He was really afraid that Uchiha Douhuan would act impulsively and make the situation completely out of control.

"Don't worry, Shisui. I have no intention of using the Security Department's violent authority." Uchiha Douhuan gestured for Shisui to calm down before saying, "I plan to have the Security Department enact a set of laws in the village to restrict this behavior. I intend to leave this matter to you."

"That's perfect." Uchiha Shisui breathed a sigh of relief. "But, does the Security Department have the right to enact laws?"

"Of course. I've been carefully reviewing the documents from when the Security Department was established, and I discovered that the Second-Daime granted the Security Department the power to legislate within the village," Uchiha Dohuan said. "So, Shisui, we must formulate a comprehensive set of laws for this matter. We must not let the Second-Daime down."

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(End of this chapter)