Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 20 Ninja Squad

"The top student at the Ninja Academy? Who is it? It can't be your son Asuma, can it?"

Danzo paused for a moment, then asked.

Although geniuses in ninja academies are not worth much, they are still potential Jonin. Looking at the entire Root organization, Jonin are not a rare breed; you can count them on your fingers.

However, Danzo remembered that after Kakashi graduated early, the most famous person in the Ninja Academy was Asuma, the son of the Third Hokage. The Third Hokage couldn't possibly let his son join Root, could he?

The Third Hokage glanced at Danzo speechlessly. He thought, "I would throw my son into Root? What is this guy dreaming about?"

"I wasn't talking about Asuma. This time, the top student at the Ninja Academy is an Uchiha, specifically the one who enrolled through a special program, Uchiha Touya!"

Upon hearing the name Uchiha Tou, Danzo's face clearly showed disdain.

"Uchiha Touu? That slacker who joined the Uchiha clan late in life and entered the Ninja Academy at the age of ten? How could Root possibly want someone like that!"

"Are we sending him to our roots to spread the idea of ​​doing little work but getting more, causing people to run away at the first sign of trouble, and corrupting the atmosphere?!"

Danzo's eyes widened as he spoke, almost bursting into a tirade. The Third Hokage, somewhat annoyed that Danzo knew about Uchiha Tou, said:

"Don't say that... Although his personality isn't great, his potential is still pretty good... and maybe the Root can even change his personality a bit..."

"Heh heh heh, his parents are both dead and he hasn't even advanced his Sharingan. Putting aside his potential, with this kind of personality, there's no way we Root members can change him!"

Although Root conducts brainwashing training, it is only aimed at ninjas with personality flaws or children raised from a young age. If a ninja already has a complete set of values, Root's brainwashing training is useless.

Among them, hot-blooded men like Might Guy and lazy teenagers like Uchiha Touya are simply impossible to brainwash. Not to mention the hot-blooded men, lazy teenagers don't even care about their parents, so there's no way to brainwash them!

Hiruzen Sarutobi twitched his lips. To be honest, his understanding of Uchiha Touyu came from his youngest son, Asuma. It was because Asuma kept grumbling that he paid a little attention to Uchiha Touyu, this oddball in the ninja academy.

The Third Hokage had nothing to say about this Uchiha's personality. However, there were plenty of lunatics in the Uchiha clan, and the emergence of such a seemingly normal guy who didn't even look like a ninja left a deep impression on the Third Hokage.

The Third Hokage originally intended to throw this guy into Danzo's Root organization, which would at least appease Danzo. Unfortunately, Danzo somehow found out about Uchiha Tou's background, completely ruining the Third Hokage's plan.

Wait, how did Danzo know about Uchiha Tou? And how did he know that Tou's parents were dead and that his Sharingan hadn't even advanced?

These thoughts flashed through the Third Hokage's mind, but a mere Uchiha, and not even a core Uchiha, was hardly important to him. Even if he knew there was something fishy going on, he had no interest in getting involved.

"Alright, since you don't want to choose, then forget it. I'll just add ten more spots to Root at most, but Kakashi, forget about it!"

"Hiruzen, if you continue to indulge Kakashi like this, things will definitely get worse in the future..."

"I won't regret it!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi coldly interrupted Danzo, simply waving his hand dismissively:

"If there's nothing else, you can leave now! The Third Shinobi World War is about to begin, are you and your Root subordinates really that idle?"

Danzo: "..."

Ugh! Hiruzen Sarutobi always manages to answer before I can!

After Danzo left the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage picked up Uchiha Hiu's materials with some trouble in his eyes:

"Where should we assign this troublesome guy?"

"Hmm, Asuma's been saying he wanted to defeat Uchiha Tou, right? Let's put them together!"

There was another point that the Third Hokage was aware of but didn't mention—given Uchiha Tou's personality, there was obviously no need to worry about him getting carried away and encountering any danger.

As his own son, at least during his young genin years, it was impossible for him to be assigned truly dangerous missions with a life-or-death stakes.

However, Asuma is a rebellious person, and many ninja missions are not absolutely safe. To prevent him from acting too impulsively, having a ninja who believes in safety first by his side can be a good precaution.

So the next morning, Uchiha Hiu discovered that his ninja teammate was actually Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi.

"Uchiha Touyu, I never expected to be assigned to the same team as you this time! That's fine, I'll gradually surpass you in the future!"

"Ah, right, right, right! I'm sure you'll surpass me, a useless Uchiha, in less than two years."

"You're just giving me the runaround again! Do you think I'm easy to fool?"

Facing the furious Asuma, who was red-faced with anger, Uchiha Tou made small talk with him. Meanwhile, Kurenai Yuhi, who was standing nearby, covered her mouth and chuckled as she watched the calm Uchiha Tou and the jumping Asuma.

However, Uchiha Touyu was still a little surprised. Although he was now ranked first in his grade, considering his age of thirteen or fourteen, the other ninjas probably wouldn't recognize his potential. He never expected to be grouped with Asuma this time.

However, being assigned to the same group as the Hokage's youngest son has its advantages; at least I don't have to worry about being sent on cannon fodder missions.

The Third Hokage might not outwardly show much favor to his youngest son, but no one would dare send Asuma on a mission fraught with peril and death.

Of course, there is never absolute safety in the ninja world. Even the Hokage can die, let alone the Hokage's son. But in any case, the safety factor is greatly improved when Uchiha Hiu and Asuma are in a group.

"Asuma, stop arguing! And Tou, stop teasing Asuma! Do either of you even know who our teacher is?"

Upon hearing Kurenai's words, Uchiha Touyu shook his head immediately:

"I don't know. Asma, you should have better connections. Do you know who our team leader is?"

Asma raised his head high and said arrogantly:

"Do you think I'm the kind of person who would casually ask for classified information just because I'm the Hokage's son?"

"so what?"

"Uh... I don't know who the teacher is either!"

Uchiha Touyu rolled his eyes, put his hands behind his head, and raised one leg:

"Fine, I don't care anyway. The instructor definitely won't be an Uchiha, so he probably won't be able to teach me anything."

"Both of you have family-inherited ninjutsu, so you don't need to worry about what to learn from the instructor."

(End of this chapter)