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

Chapter 87 Jiraiya's Dilemma

"Uchiha Touhuan?" Obito's face darkened as he heard the name.

Back when he was still in the village, although Obito Uchiha was not active in the Kirigakure region, where the Uchiha clan was active, during the Third Shinobi World War because of the Fourth Hokage, he had still heard the legends of his younger cousin, who was several years younger than him.

Putting aside everything else, the very village of Kirigakure that he's causing trouble for now—to this day, the name Uchiha Touhuan is still a nightmare for some veteran ninjas in Kirigakure who experienced the Third Shinobi World War. Countless Kirigakure souls have been buried beneath that ninja sword, Swift Lightning, which Kirigakure called the Bloodless Blade.

But Obito never expected that his cousin, who had made great contributions on the battlefield, would have such a trick up his sleeve.

The entire Uchiha clan was already on the verge of explosion under his covert manipulation, but he had only been temporarily ignoring the village's affairs, and Uchiha Touhuan had already completed the integration of the Uchiha forces, which was completely unacceptable to him.

Born into the Uchiha clan, he naturally understood just how terrifying the clan's potential was. With normal ninja talent, the Uchiha clan was already among the top in the ninja world, not to mention the existence of the Mangekyou Sharingan, which was completely unreasonable. This was a huge destabilizing factor for his Eye of the Moon plan.

Therefore, for Obito Uchiha, only the Uchiha who had all died were good Uchiha.

"What exactly happened to the Uchiha clan while I was away?" Obito took a deep breath and asked Black Zetsu beside him.

"I'll have Bai Jue tell you the specifics later, but even Bai Jue hasn't obtained much information about this cousin."

"Even White Zetsu couldn't gather enough intelligence?" Upon hearing this, Obito Uchiha frowned deeply beneath his mask. He knew that White Zetsu's ability to gather intelligence so thoroughly was largely due to his ability to accomplish so much in the ninja world over the years.

"This guy's Lightning Release is very special. There is a strange magnetic field within several meters of his body. Under the interference of this magnetic field, it is very difficult for White Zetsu's spores to germinate, let alone directly collect information," Black Zetsu explained to Obito.

After hearing Black Zetsu's explanation, a strange light flashed in Obito's exposed eye.

"How about it, Obito? Should we try to resolve this destabilizing factor?" Black Zetsu slowly approached Obito Uchiha and asked.

"To ensure the success of the Eye of the Moon Plan, any destabilizing factors must be eliminated," Obito Uchiha said coldly, turning to glare at Black Zetsu. "Also, call me Madara Uchiha."

……

After Uchiha Touhuan and Kakashi returned to the village, the village remained peaceful for a while.

During this period, Hiruzen Sarutobi would bring Jiraiya along when participating in public events, such as inviting the Hokage to cut the ribbon at the opening of shops in the village.

Although Jiraiya was renowned as one of the Legendary Sannin, he rarely visited the village. Most villagers knew of his existence but didn't recognize him. Hiruzen Sarutobi's actions were intended to make Jiraiya more recognizable to the villagers.

Furthermore, in the recent villages, Jiraiya's heroic deeds during the Second and Third Shinobi World Wars have begun to circulate again.

It can be said that Sarutobi Hiruzen put in all his efforts to pave the way for Jiraiya.

However, after actually taking on the role of Hokage advisor, Jiraiya found that his work was not going particularly smoothly.

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi delegated the authority to mobilize the Anbu and Jonin teams to Jiraiya, Jiraiya discovered that, apart from the ninjas from the Ino-Shika-Cho clan and the Sarutobi clan, the other ninjas in the Anbu and Jonin teams were not very enthusiastic about his orders.

Although the ninjas who received the mission would eventually complete the mission with quality and quantity, it was nothing compared to the situation when people from the Security Department asked the ninjas from the Anbu or the Jonin Class to handle some collaborative tasks together, and everyone rushed to sign up.

This is actually quite natural. When participating in missions related to the Security Department, the Security Department will give them an additional salary according to the Security Department's salary standard after the mission is completed. Not to mention, there are also hidden benefits such as dinners during and after the mission. Missions that Jiraiya announces with just a few words are naturally not very attractive.

What troubled Jiraiya even more was that his efforts to recruit Genma Shiranui and other former subordinates of the Fourth Hokage were not going well.

He originally thought that with Minato's teacher taking over, he would be able to smoothly take over his disciple's former subordinates. However, after he told Genma Shiranui that he planned to promote them to Jonin, their application to be transferred to the Security Department appeared on his desk that very afternoon.

Although they all had close ties with Minato, in the eyes of these former subordinates of the Fourth Hokage, Jiraiya's status as the Fourth Hokage's teacher seemed less important than Kakashi's status as his disciple.

After all, when the Fourth Hokage promoted Genma Shiranui and others from humble beginnings, Kakashi was a comrade-in-arms who fought alongside them. But what was Jiraiya doing at the time? He was running around the entire ninja world gathering information, and he wasn't even present on the night the Fourth Hokage died.

If that were all, it would be one thing, but after the Fourth Hokage's sacrifice, Jiraiya never even came back to visit Naruto, the Fourth Hokage's only surviving son. Now he wants to shamelessly gain their loyalty directly? What makes him think he can do that?

In addition, Jiraiya also discovered that the ninjas in the Anbu and Jonin classes had all received favors from Uchiha Tohsen and Kakashi to varying degrees, and they all spoke highly of the two, which made Jiraiya very worried.

"Looks like it's time to have a good talk with Kakashi," Jiraiya thought to himself, sitting at his desk. "And I should also go check on Naruto while I'm at it."

While Jiraiya was struggling with things he wasn't good at, Kakashi was having a pretty good time.

Although he has officially started working at the Security Department, the special department he works for, which Uchiha Touhuan jokingly calls the Namaka River Hotel, is used to detain and investigate people with special identities. At present, only Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado are detained. His daily work is very leisurely. He only needs to go to the interrogation room every day to check on the progress of the interrogation of the two.

The Uchiha clansmen sent by Uchiha Touhuan also gave him a lot of face. Every time he went on an inspection tour, they would drag the two old men out and beat them up. Kakashi was naturally happy to see this happen.

Putting aside the fact that these two old men had already admitted, under the influence of fists, kicks, and Sharingan genjutsu, that they were the ones who spread the rumors about Kakashi some time ago, Kakashi, who had been learning and growing during this period, had unconsciously changed his perspective on problems. When he re-examined the matter of his father back then, he also realized that these two old men were definitely not clean in the matter.

Therefore, coming over to watch the two old men get beaten up has become one of Kakashi's essential daily entertainment activities during work hours, besides staying in the office watching Jiraiya's masterpieces.

The clock in Kakashi's office struck five. Kakashi closed the "Make-Out Paradise" app and got up to leave work on time.

After getting off work, Kakashi thought for a moment and headed towards the Ninja Academy. There had been banquets every night for the past few days, and he had neglected to take care of Naruto. Every day when he got back, Naruto was already asleep. So, Kakashi decided to spend some quality time with the boy today.

When Kakashi arrived at the Ninja Academy, the children were coming out of school one after another. Not long after, Kakashi saw Naruto walking out arm in arm with Sasuke, Shikamaru, Choji, and Kiba.

"Naruto!" Kakashi waved to Naruto, signaling him to come over quickly.

"Kakashi-nii-san?" Naruto looked incredulous when he saw Kakashi come to pick him up.

After saying goodbye to his friends, Naruto ran over with his little backpack on.

"Why are you here? Isn't there a banquet today?" Naruto asked.

"I had nothing to do after get off work today, so I came to pick you up. What, you don't want me to pick you up from school?" Kakashi said with a smile.

"Uh, no, that's not it..." Naruto stuck out his tongue, saying a little guiltily.

Before Kakashi took Naruto in his care, Naruto was quite envious when he saw other children being picked up by their parents after school. But after moving into Kakashi's house, when Kakashi wasn't busy, he would pick Naruto up from school every day, which was the happiest moment of his day.

However, after the initial excitement wore off, Naruto realized that it was really just that, and soon, like other children, he began to see being able to go to and from school on his own as a symbol of growing up.

Especially during this period, Kakashi had a banquet every night, and Naruto found that he could eat ramen to his heart's content every night instead of having to finish those terribly unpalatable green peppers under Kakashi's watchful eye. Naruto couldn't wait for Kakashi to go to the banquet every day.

But Naruto's little scheme couldn't escape Kakashi's notice. Kakashi didn't say anything, but instead led Naruto slowly home.

Just as Naruto relaxed his guard, Kakashi suddenly said, "That new Dream Soy Sauce Ramen that the village recently launched doesn't seem to taste very good."

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

"No way! I've been eating that ramen every day lately! It tastes really good!" Naruto blurted out without thinking.

By the time Naruto realized he might have said something wrong, Kakashi was already staring at him with deadpan eyes.

"Naruto, didn't I have someone make you dinner and deliver it to your house every night? So you've been eating ramen every day?" Kakashi asked.

"I'm sorry..." Naruto said, bowing his head.

"Naruto, I know you love that, but you won't grow tall enough if you only eat ramen," Kakashi said helplessly. "Fine, I'll try to come back for dinner every day from now on."

After the two returned to the Hatake family's ancestral home, they encountered an uninvited guest at the gate. Jiraiya was carrying a gift and peeking inside the Hatake family's ancestral home.

Hearing the noise, Jiraiya turned around and saw Kakashi and Naruto standing together.

"Kakashi, you're back from get off work." Jiraiya greeted Kakashi, but his gaze involuntarily shifted to Naruto. Looking at Naruto's blond hair, which was exactly the same as his father's, a strange glint flashed in Jiraiya's eyes.

"Uncle, who are you? Are you related to Kakashi? You both have white hair." Naruto asked Jiraiya with some curiosity.

"Good question!" Upon hearing Naruto's question, Jiraiya seemed to have triggered some mechanism. He immediately took two steps back, casually formed hand seals, and with a bang, smoke exploded. A giant toad, as tall as a person and with a rosary with the character "loyalty" hanging around its neck, appeared out of thin air. Jiraiya stood on the toad's head and struck an exaggerated pose.

"I am the Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku, also known as the Toad Sage! Jiraiya reports for duty!"

Naruto had never seen anything like this before and was immediately stunned. It took him a long time to react before he muttered, "Amazing!"

Another cloud of smoke exploded, and the toad beneath Jiraiya's feet vanished instantly. Jiraiya landed gracefully and burst into laughter.

"Lord Jiraiya, have you eaten yet? Would you like to eat with us?" After Jiraiya finished his antics, Kakashi knew that Jiraiya might have other purposes for coming to see him, but since this man was, by seniority, his master, Kakashi still patiently invited him.

"Alright, then I'll trouble you." Jiraiya didn't stand on ceremony and laughed heartily. After saying that, he handed the gift he was carrying to Kakashi. "Take it. I think you'll like it."

Kakashi took the item and his eyes lit up instantly. It was the latest sequel to "Icha Icha Paradise".

"I was in seclusion at the Security Department for a while, and this is probably my last work. I hope you like it!" Jiraiya said with a smile.

Kakashi calmly put the book into the sealed scroll he always carried with him.

After handing the book to Kakashi, Jiraiya turned to Naruto, who was standing nearby, and gave him another gift, saying:

"I heard from the Third Hokage that you, Naruto, really like ramen. These are some of the ramen specialties I've collected from all over the ninja world during my years of traveling around it."

Naruto's eyes lit up when he took the bag of ramen. Many of the ramen varieties were ones he had never seen before.

Seeing that Naruto liked his gift, Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know how to face Naruto during his visit, so after thinking it over, he could only try to get closer to him by using something Naruto liked.

After inviting Jiraiya into his home, Kakashi asked his neighbor to order a banquet from the village and have it delivered to his house.

After dinner, Kakashi sent Naruto back to bed, then sat back down at the table and poured Jiraiya another drink.

"Lord Jiraiya, is there something you need from me?" Kakashi asked.

……

(End of this chapter)