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

Uncle Ichiraku understood Kakashi's gaze and wisely shut his mouth, but his heart remained unsettled for a long time.

Naruto had always witnessed Naruto's plight in the village since childhood, and if this child really was the Fourth Hokage's son, then it was truly hellish.

"Um, Kakashi-nii, Ichiraku-san, you know my dad, right? Where is he now?" Naruto raised his head, his eyes already brimming with tears, looking like they might fall at any moment.

Uncle Ichiraku took a deep breath. He seemed to have gotten himself into big trouble. No matter what the inside story was about Naruto, it was something that a nobody like him, who ran a ramen cart in Konoha, could not get involved in.

"Naruto, I can't tell you your father's identity yet, but I can tell you that your father was a great ninja," Kakashi said.

"I..." Naruto stared blankly at the two of them.

Kakashi patted Naruto's head and said, "I don't want you to know your father's identity to protect you. Your father has many powerful and unimaginable enemies. You haven't even finished the Ninja Academy yet, and we can't let you get involved in the conflicts of the previous generation."

"So, after I become stronger, you'll tell me who he is, right?" Naruto quickly regained his composure, wiped away his tears, and asked.

"Yes." Kakashi nodded.

"You can't lie to me!" Naruto looked up at Kakashi and said.

Kakashi stared at the youthful face before him, which bore a striking resemblance to his teacher and his teacher's wife, and was momentarily dazed.

"Hey! Kakashi-nii!" Naruto grumbled in dissatisfaction.

"Okay, I promise you. Let's finish eating quickly, then we'll go to your place to pack our things. From now on, you'll live with me," Kakashi said.

"Yes!" Naruto shouted casually, then quickly finished the ramen in his bowl.

"I've finished eating! Thank you for your hospitality!"

Inside the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi watched this scene from inside a crystal ball and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Kakashi was sensible enough to know that now was not the right time to reveal Naruto's identity.

……

the other side.

In Uchiha Touhuan's study, Fugaku took his leave after dropping Sasuke off, leaving only Sasuke and Uchiha Touhuan in the room.

After seeing Fugaku off, Uchiha Touhuan wrote furiously, while Sasuke stayed somewhat uneasy in the study.

"Find a place to sit down and wait for me to finish these things," Uchiha Touhuan said without looking up.

It's clear that Fugaku usually places great importance on Sasuke's etiquette education. Even though Uchiha Tohkan said that, Sasuke just found a cushion and knelt down properly.

After a while, Uchiha Touhuan wrote the last character, then looked up and asked, "How many characters do you recognize now?"

"My brother and mother taught me to read, and I know most of the characters," Sasuke said.

"That's good. You don't need me to start teaching you from scratch." Uchiha Touhuan said, handing Sasuke a small booklet he had just written.

"Your task today is to memorize the first three pages. I will explain the specific meaning to you after you have memorized them."

After listening to Uchiha Touhuan's words, Sasuke looked down at the things his new teacher had given him.

"At the beginning of life, are people inherently good?" Uchiha Sasuke turned to the first page and read out the first sentence word by word.

That's right. In order to teach Sasuke well, Uchiha Tohsen wrote down some Confucian classics that he remembered from his previous life, after removing some things that were not quite in line with the ninja world.

For Sasuke at this age, teaching him powerful ninjutsu would be impossible due to his young age and insufficient chakra. It would be better to take advantage of this period to correct his values, at least to reduce his exposure to the poisonous education methods of ninja academies that train killing machines, and then teach him to rationally view and think about the world, so that he doesn't end up like his brother.

Regardless of other aspects, the Confucian system of the past was at least adequate in shaping morality.

Although Sasuke didn't know why his teacher wasn't teaching him ninjutsu but instead making him memorize texts, he still obediently began to memorize them.

……

After eating ramen, Kakashi followed Naruto back to his apartment, which was less than 30 square meters.

As soon as he entered the room, Naruto casually showed Kakashi his "treasures," including but not limited to a cabinet full of instant noodles and expired milk in the refrigerator.

Kakashi casually picked up a carton of milk from the refrigerator, but frowned as soon as he glanced at the expiration date; it had expired three months ago.

"Naruto, when you drink this, don't you ever notice anything wrong with the taste?" Kakashi asked.

"Huh? No, the milk I drink has always tasted the same." Naruto was taken aback when he heard Kakashi's question before he spoke.

Hearing this, Kakashi roughly understood what was going on. He then went to the wardrobe not far from the refrigerator, opened the door, and saw that all that was hanging inside were some worn-out clothes. He felt like slapping himself a few times.

I've really been a jerk all these years.

"Forget it, don't bother packing anymore. I'll take you to buy new ones tomorrow." Kakashi sighed as he watched Naruto packing boxes of instant noodles into the package.

"At least let me take these ramen noodles with me! These are my treasures!" Naruto exclaimed anxiously. He didn't care about anything else, but these ramen noodles were something he had been saving up for a long time.

At that moment, Kakashi noticed a red scarf in the corner of the wardrobe. He remembered that his master's wife had been knitting this very scarf when she was pregnant. So he picked it out, closed the wardrobe door, and then walked out, grabbing Naruto by the collar: "Kids shouldn't eat so much ramen, or they won't grow tall."

Naruto struggled with his little arms and legs, but in front of Kakashi, he could only watch helplessly as his treasured possession slowly drifted away from him.

……

Sasuke's little brain is quite clever; he memorized everything Uchiha Touhuan had asked him to memorize in less than an hour.

Uchiha Touhuan checked a few sentences and, finding that the boy had indeed memorized them, began to explain the meaning of these sages' words to him sentence by sentence.

Sasuke listened intently, and time passed little by little.

"Alright, that's enough for today." Uchiha Touhuan put down his book after finishing reading what Sasuke had memorized that day. "It's getting late, let's go back to sleep."

"Um, teacher, aren't you going to teach me ninjutsu?" Sasuke asked in a low voice.

"Ninjutsu?" Uchiha Touhuan nodded. "Then come with me."