My name is Uchiha Touhuan, and I beat the villagers so badly they cried out in pain.

"Come, Shisui, sit down." Uchiha Touhuan gestured for Shisui to sit down, then poured him a cup of tea.

Although Shisui had returned to work at the garrison headquarters, Fugaku naturally couldn't fully trust him, so he only assigned him to a logistics position.

"Douhuan, the high complaint rate of the Security Department is not a solution," Uchiha Shisui said, looking somewhat anxious.

"Shisui, I also find this matter very difficult," Uchiha Touhuan said, feigning worry and rubbing his temples. "When the Uchiha were in charge of the Security Department, the villagers were dissatisfied with it. Even after recruiting so many civilian ninjas, they are still dissatisfied with us. I really don't know what to do."

Shisui sighed deeply. He couldn't understand why, despite his family's efforts to integrate into the village, the results were so meager.

"Alright, let's at least use the red envelopes to calm the restless hearts of the people in the Security Department first. As for the rest, let time do its work." Uchiha Touhuan said to Shisui, "When the village sees the Security Department's sincerity, we will definitely be able to understand each other."

"Yes, Touhuan-kun, I believe you," Uchiha Shisui said.

"Take this red envelope. Everyone in the Security Department gets one, so naturally we can't leave you out. You're a part of the Security Department too," Uchiha Touhuan said, pushing the red envelope toward Shisui.

"I understand." Shisui didn't want to accept the red envelope, but he couldn't refuse the reason given by Uchiha Touhuan.

After Shisui left, Uchiha Touhuan also relaxed, leaning back in his chair and flipping through the copied documents of evidence he had obtained from Orochimaru, while thinking to himself.

[When you see this, will you side with the Will of Fire or with the village?]

……

Time flew by, and it was time to leave work. Uchiha Touhuan, who had been sitting all afternoon, stretched and tidied his desk a bit before getting ready to go home. There was a little devil coming over tonight.

Meanwhile, Kakashi, who had spent a day at the Hatake clan's old house preparing a room for Naruto, also left his house and headed towards the Ninja Academy.

This was the time when the ninja academy was letting out, which was also the saddest moment of Naruto's day.

Other children at the ninja academy either have family members picking them up or go home with friends, but Naruto has neither family nor friends to go with. At this time, he can only sit alone on the school swing and wait for everyone to leave before he sets off on his way home alone. At least this way, he can avoid some malicious stares on his way back.

For Sasuke, the time he looked forward to most was when he got out of school. Every day after school, he would be the first to rush out of the school to see if his beloved older brother had come to pick him up. If he could see his brother when he got out of school, he would spend the rest of the day in happiness.

However, today, after rushing out of the school gate, Sasuke saw not his gentle older brother, but his stern-faced father.

"Dad?" Sasuke was somewhat surprised to see Fugaku appear at the school gate.

"Let's go, Sasuke." Fugaku Uchiha said coldly, gesturing for Sasuke to follow behind him. The two of them walked one after the other towards the Uchiha clan's territory.

"Um, Dad, why didn't my brother come to pick me up today?" After a while, Sasuke couldn't help but ask.

"Itachi has a mission to perform during this period," said Fugaku Uchiha.

"Alright." Sasuke looked somewhat dejected after hearing his father's words.

"Also, I've hired a tutor for you. You can go there by yourself after school."

"Teacher?" Sasuke looked up curiously at the question. "Who is it?"

"Your talent in Lightning Release is quite good, so I asked the clan leader, Touhuan, who is the most skilled in Lightning Release in the clan, to teach you. Sasuke, learn well from your teacher and don't bring shame to the clan," said Fugaku Uchiha.

"Clan Chief Dou Huan?" Sasuke was taken aback. Although clan affairs in peacetime had little to do with children his age, Sasuke had learned from conversations around him that his father used to be the clan chief, but not anymore. The person who replaced his father as the clan chief was the Clan Chief Dou Huan that his father was talking about.

"Yes, Sasuke, your teacher, although not much older than you, is a very wise man and the strongest in the clan," Fugaku Uchiha said patiently.

"I understand, Father. I will study hard with my teacher," Sasuke said.

……

On the swings of the ninja academy, Naruto watched his classmates walk away one by one. The sun was about to set, and under the orange sunset, he was the only one left in the vast ninja academy.

Just as he had calmed down and was about to go home alone, a slender shadow appeared in front of him.

Naruto looked up and saw a white-haired man wearing a mask and a headband covering one eye standing in front of him, his exposed eye filled with a complex expression.

"Uncle, who are you looking for?" Naruto asked.

"It's for you," Kakashi said.

"Me?" Naruto was taken aback.

"If your name is Naruto Uzumaki, then I haven't come to the wrong person."

……

Because Uchiha Touhuan had given prior notice, when Fugaku and Sasuke arrived at Uchiha Touhuan's house, the butler Keiko was already waiting at the door and welcomed them inside.

"Lord Dou Huan is waiting for you two in the study."

When Keiko led the two to the study, Uchiha Touken, who had changed into a haori, was writing something at his desk.

"Elder Fugaku, this must be Sasuke." Uchiha Touhuan stopped what he was doing and looked at the two of them with a smile.

"Sasuke, why don't you greet your teacher?" Fugaku Uchiha said.

"Hello, teacher. My name is Uchiha Sasuke." Little Sasuke bowed timidly, then looked at Uchiha Touhuan with curious eyes.

"Douhuan, I'm entrusting Sasuke to you," said Fugaku Uchiha.

……

Ichiraku Ramen.

"I'm starting!" Naruto put his hands together in prayer, then began to wolf down his food, while Kakashi watched quietly from the side.

"Old man with white hair, aren't you going to eat by yourself?" Naruto, who was halfway through his ramen, suddenly looked up from his bowl and asked curiously.

"I won't eat it. Also, according to seniority, you should call me Kakashi-nii (older brother Kakashi)," Kakashi said.

Just then, Ichiraku peeked out from behind the counter: "Kakashi, it's been a while since you've been here. But what's your relationship with Naruto? Why are you suddenly treating him to ramen?"

"This child's father has some connection with me," Kakashi said.

Kakashi's words made Naruto, who was engrossed in eating noodles, stop what he was doing.

"Naruto's father?" Uncle Ichiraku, who had run a shop in the village for over ten years, was naturally familiar with Kakashi, a former regular customer. Kakashi's words startled him. Then, he looked at Naruto's blond hair, and some of his previous guesses surfaced in his mind. "Could it be...?"

But at that moment, Uncle Ichiraku noticed Kakashi's gaze and the way he was gently shaking his head.

……