The Fifth Leaf Village

Inuzuka Feng was even more direct. He stuffed the collected things into Uchiha Douhuan's hands. This kind of thing would be a disaster even for their Inuzuka family if they were involved.

Kakashi sighed. At the moment, the safest way to handle this matter was to follow what Uchiha Douhuan said.

"Kakashi, let me write this for the mission report. After we discovered Orochimaru's whereabouts, we engaged in a battle with him. Under Orochimaru's large-scale lethal ninjutsu, everyone except the two of us suffered some degree of injury... Oh, and where are the other two people?"

"Mitomon Hayabusa died at the beginning. As for that guy Utsunoki, he probably died in the aftermath of the ninjutsu of you and Orochimaru." Inuzuka Feng said.

"That's quite a pity." After expressing his opinion on the two's deaths, Uchiha Douhuan continued, "The two of us who still have the ability to fight chased Orochimaru all the way here, but Orochimaru used an escape jutsu to escape, and we two discovered these here."

"This... isn't good. Didn't we help at all? In this way, aren't we taking away all the credit for your efforts, Chief Dou Huan?" Mao Yue Xi Yan said.

"It's not important." Uchiha Douhuan said, "I don't lack such a small achievement, but you can't bear such a big trouble."

"Okay, this is how I'll write the mission report. You must be careful not to let anything slip." Kakashi ignored Uzuki Yugao's question and nodded.

The look in Kuroki Ryuta and Nagai Seichi's eyes when they looked at Uchiha Dohuan had completely changed. What kind of leader did they encounter on this mission? He was willing to share his achievements with them, but he also took the biggest blame without hesitation. From this moment on, if anyone said something bad about Uchiha again, they would fight to the death with each other!

At the same time, Inuzuka Feng was also looking at Uchiha Douhuan, with a special light in his eyes.

"Okay, don't be so serious. Go outside and bury the materials from the human experiments. Captain Kakashi and I will take care of this." Uchiha Douhuan's expression relaxed and he said, "Let's finish it quickly and prepare to return to the village. To celebrate the successful completion of this mission, I'll treat you tonight."

The group finally felt relieved and walked towards the outskirts of the laboratory together.

Kakashi and Uchiha Dohuan, who stayed here, began to collect evidence in the laboratory.

"What are you going to do?" Kakashi looked up and asked after everything was almost gathered.

"Of course, we should report it to the Third Hokage, and then use the Will of Fire as a guideline and under the wise leadership of the Third Hokage, we will completely eradicate the evil in the village." Uchiha Douhuan said without raising his head.

Kakashi:......

"Until now, I can't even listen to a word of truth?" Kakashi said coldly.

"Want to hear the truth?" Uchiha Douhuan smiled faintly, "Then you have made your choice."

"I just want to know the truth about my father's incident." Kakashi said.

Uchiha Douhuan nodded: "That's enough."

"The truth is, we'll use these things to slowly destroy the Shimura family, the Tateshina family, and the Mitomon family, and then replace them."

Uchiha Touhan's words made Kakashi's pupils shrink. Kakashi understood that Uchiha Touhan had not told him the complete truth. After all, in addition to these three families, there was another family in the village that had developed rapidly along with these three families during the era when the third generation was in power. Uchiha Touhan planned to kill these three families and then replace them. What about the last Sarutobi family?

Noticing Kakashi's expression, Uchiha Douhuan grinned, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Kakashi, if you want to practice Kyudo well, you still have a lot to learn."

After saying that, Uchiha Douhuan didn't care about Kakashi's reaction. After collecting the evidence in Orochimaru's base, he walked out.

After everything was done, under the effects of two Great Fire Dragon Techniques by Uchiha Inahime and Uchiha Zaito, Orochimaru's base was reduced to ashes in the raging fire.

After the flames died down, the group set out on their journey home.

Everyone remained silent along the way until they returned to the town late at night. Uchiha Douhuan took everyone to the place where they had eaten and drank before, ordered a table of luxurious dishes, and after a few rounds of drinks, everyone finally calmed down.

Kuroki Ryuta, slightly tipsy, raised his glass and said, "Everyone, I think we should toast to Patriarch Dou Huan. This mission was only possible thanks to Patriarch Dou Huan."

"That's right, that's right!" Nagai Seiichi also raised his glass. "Before, the village always spread bad rumors about the Uchiha clan, but this mission, we saw the Uchiha clan's broad-mindedness! Especially Chief Dou Huan, that's it!"

Nagai Seiichi gave a thumbs up.

"No more words to say! Cheers to Clan Leader Douhuan!" Hinata Ken also raised his glass to Uchiha Douhuan.

"Hey, didn't I say it? It was thanks to everyone's joint efforts that this mission was successfully completed!" Uchiha Douhuan waved his hand, then raised his glass and drank the wine in the glass with everyone.

"Dou Huan is right. This mission is the result of everyone's joint efforts." Kakashi finished his drink and said, "After I go back, I will report to the Hokage on behalf of everyone."

Uchiha Dohuan smiled with satisfaction when he saw this. Although Kakashi looked a little clumsy at the moment, he was finally getting the hang of it.

Chapter 32 Future Arrangements

After dinner, everyone went back to the hotel to rest. Today’s events had left everyone physically and mentally exhausted. After returning to the hotel, they lay down and fell into a deep sleep not long after.

Uchiha Douhuan, on the other hand, was sitting at the table by the window of the hotel, brewing a pot of tea and drinking it slowly.

In the second half of the night, a white snake slowly crawled into Uchiha Douhuan's room along the moonlight.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting, Lord Dohuan." After the white snake entered Uchiha Dohuan's room, it turned into a human form in a puff of smoke with a bang. It was Orochimaru.

"Sit down." Uchiha Douhuan pointed to the seat opposite and motioned Orochimaru to sit down, then poured a cup of tea for Orochimaru.

"Well done. You've produced so much convincing evidence in such a short period of time. Thank you for your hard work." Uchiha Douhuan said.

"It is my honor to serve you." Orochimaru said with a lowered eyebrow.

Looking at the well-behaved Orochimaru in front of him, Uchiha Dohan couldn't help but sigh at the horror of the Mangekyō Sharingan that Shisui awakened. The most terrifying thing about Kotoamatsukami is not that it directly controls people's hearts, but that it directly imprints thoughts in the subconscious of the person who receives the technique. In the eyes of the person who is hit, everything will seem natural and logical. This is why the left eye of Kotoamatsukami has a cooling period of 10 years. In comparison, the short-term forced control of the right eye is a bit too useless.

Of course, Uchiha Dohuan would not take it completely lightly. In the original timeline, even more terrifying divine arts could be discovered to be amiss by highly intelligent people like Shikamaru in the details. It is estimated that it is only a matter of time before Orochimaru finds out that he has been tricked.

After all, you can question Orochimaru's morality, and even his strength, but never question his intelligence.

However, Uchiha Dohuan himself never thought of relying on a dojutsu to enslave Orochimaru for a long time. He used Kotoamatsukami on him just to be able to obtain a scientific research talent who would be 100% loyal to him for a certain period of time without any effort. Uchiha Dohuan's future strength improvement would largely rely on Orochimaru's technology and connections.

Uchiha Dohuan has assessed his current level of strength. Not counting the Mangekyō dojutsu, Susanoo, his own lightning escape technique, and swordsmanship, he can be ranked in the upper middle level among the Kage. The dojutsu of his right eye has extremely strong special attack properties for ninjas who rely on illusions. The Yasukatsu Hikari of his left eye allows him to fight against opponents who are stronger than himself or are besieged by several ninjas of the same level. However, he will most likely go blind after the attack.

If Uchiha Dohuan wants to achieve his goal, Jiraiya is definitely an obstacle that he cannot avoid. Jiraiya, who has entered the Sage Mode and has the cooperation of two Toad Sages, should be stronger than his current strength.

More importantly, all of Uchiha Dohuan's blood relatives have died, and he cannot find a second pair of eyes that can upgrade his Mangekyō to Eternal Eyes. In other words, the normal path for the Uchiha clan to improve its strength has come to an end. After all, the ninja world is an extraordinary world, and his current strength cannot support him to complete the coup and prevent the turmoil that may occur after the coup.

Now if Uchiha Dohuan wants to become stronger, there are only two ways before him, either try to transplant Hashirama's cells or practice Sage Mode. For these two ways, Orochimaru is the best choice. That's why Uchiha Dohuan will take the initiative to take on this task, and when fighting with Orochimaru, he completely ignores the consumption of chakra and releases large-scale ninjutsu to clear the field.

As for what to do if Kotoamatsukami is used up? Kotoamatsukami itself only serves as a deterrent in Uchiha Dohuan's coup plan. As long as no one sees him use Kotoamatsukami, it is equivalent to him being useless.

Uchiha Douhuan glanced at Orochimaru and said, "Did you bring the summoning contract from Ryuchi Cave?"

Orochimaru nodded and made a seal. Suddenly, a small snake appeared on the table and opened its mouth to spit out a scroll.

Orochimaru picked up the scroll covered in mucus, wiped it carefully, and then presented it with both hands.

After Uchiha Douhuan opened it, he signed his name and instructed: "Please say hello to Longchidong for me. I will visit you in a few days."

"I understand, Lord Dohuan. Do you have any other instructions?" Orochimaru nodded.

"Help me cultivate a cell of Hashirama. Also, keep an eye on the movements of the Akatsuki organization. If they have any unusual movements, report them to me in a timely manner." Uchiha Douhuan said.

"Yes." Orochimaru nodded, turned into a ball of white mist and disappeared in front of Uchiha Dohuan.

……

The next day, because they were anxious to return to the village to report, they did not take it easy like when they came. Instead, they used all their chakra to hurry on. The journey that would have taken almost two days was completed in just one day, and they returned to the village in the evening.

They all went to the Hokage Building and delivered the mission.

"Did Orochimaru get away?" Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the mission report submitted by Kakashi, with a complicated expression on his face, not sure whether it was relief or regret.

"Forget it, no matter what, thank you all for your hard work." Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head and looked at everyone.

"Hokage, Captain Kakashi and I discovered some confidential clues during the mission. Please allow us to report privately." At this time, Uchiha Douhuan spoke.

"Really?" Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't think much about it, thinking that the two had found some clues about Orochimaru's whereabouts, so he looked at the other people behind them, and the others also tactfully left the Hokage's office.

When there were only three people left in the Hokage's office, Uchiha Dohuan and Kakashi looked at each other, and then they handed the documents they had collected to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"This..." After Sarutobi Hiruzen took the documents, his expression changed after just one glance, and then he quickly read through the documents one by one.

After reading the evidence, Sarutobi Hiruzen took out his pipe without saying a word, stuffed it with tobacco and lit it. The Hokage's office fell into silence, with only curling smoke.

After finishing a pack of cigarettes, Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his head and looked at the two of them: "How should we deal with this matter? I want to hear your opinions."

Kakashi lowered his head upon hearing this, while Uchiha Tokan took a step forward.

"My opinion is very simple." Uchiha Douhuan said with a firm expression, "Give the order, Hokage-sama. The Security Department and the Anbu will jointly enforce the law and bring all 93 people from the three clans involved in the case to justice as quickly as possible. In the Hidden Leaf Village, illuminated by the Will of Fire, such wanton acts of killing our companions should not exist! We must use our utmost strength to eradicate this cancer!"

After listening to Uchiha Dohuan's words, Sarutobi Hiruzen filled his pipe with another bag of tobacco.

But at this moment, there was suddenly a chaotic noise outside the Hokage's office.

Chapter 33 That’s My Teacher’s Son

The door of the Hokage's office was pushed open roughly, and Utane Koharu and Mitokado En walked into the Hokage's office with angry faces.

Seeing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen calmly collected the documents on the table.

When the two advisors came in and saw Uchiha Douhuan, they immediately shouted angrily, "Uchiha Douhuan, why are Shu and Hayabusa the only ones who didn't return from this mission?"

Uchiha Douhuan glanced back at the two old men and said calmly, "Isn't it normal for ninjas to sacrifice themselves while on a mission?"

"I think you are taking revenge for personal reasons!" Utane Koharu was quite emotional. After all, a senior ninja from her family died in this mission. Although their family has developed rapidly in recent years with the help of the Third Hokage, a senior ninja cannot be cultivated just by wanting to. What's more, in this mission, ninjas from their Utane family and the Mitomon family died, and even the two weakest civilians were safe and sound. It was hard not to suspect that Uchiha Touhan was behind this, after all, they had done this kind of thing before.

"My mission report clearly states that when we encountered Orochimaru, we were ambushed by a large-scale ninjutsu attack. They were killed because they failed to retreat in time," Kakashi said. "As for the allegation of personal revenge, that's completely unfounded. Our entire team got along very well during the mission, and we all deeply regret their sacrifice."

Uchiha Douhuan glanced at Kakashi expressionlessly. Kakashi's progress was indeed very rapid. He had already mastered the basic skills of playing politics and was telling lies with his eyes open.

"Kakashi, you..." Utane Koharu didn't expect Kakashi to show up at this time, and was speechless for a moment.

At this time, Uchiha Douhuan said, "The two consultants are really well-informed. Less than half an hour after we returned to the village to report, the two consultants came to our door."

Uchiha Dohuan didn't finish his words, and the rest could be left to Sarutobi Hiruzen to savor.

"Enough!" Sarutobi Hiruzen slammed the table, "Koharu, Yan, you two are too presumptuous to break into the Hokage's office without permission!"

"Hruzen?" Mito Kado En looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen in disbelief.

"It seems that Lord Hokage still has things to do, so I will take my leave. However, Lord Hokage, please consider my suggestion carefully. If Lord Hokage has any concerns, the Security Department can also take full responsibility for this matter." Seeing that the time was almost right, Uchiha Douhuan bowed and took his leave.

After Uchiha Dohuan left, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked up at the two advisors and said, "What are you two still doing here? Leave."

"Huruzen..." Utane Koharu wanted to say something, but Mitokado En beside her pulled her sleeve. Seeing this, Utane Koharu could only leave the Hokage's office with her somewhat unwillingly.

Kakashi was the only one left in the Hokage's office. Sarutobi Hiruzen lit his pipe, looked up and asked, "Kakashi, is there anything else?"

Hearing this, Kakashi bowed and said solemnly: "Hokage, I want to resign from my job in Anbu."

Kakashi's words made Sarutobi Hiruzen frown and asked, "Why do you suddenly have such an idea, Kakashi?"

Kakashi lowered his head and took a deep breath: "I just feel a little too tired recently."

The two of them fell into silence for a while. After a long while, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally spoke: "So what are your plans after this?"

"Probably just like a normal ninja, carrying out a mission," Kakashi said, "and then, making amends to those I've neglected over the years while immersed in grief."

"Really?" Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, "It seems you've gotten over the pain you suffered back then?"

"Also, I would like to apply to take care of Naruto." Kakashi tried his best to keep any emotion out of his voice.

Kakashi's words made Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes narrow, and the room fell into silence again.

After a long while, Sarutobi Hiruzen said seriously: "Kakashi, you should understand Naruto's identity."

There was a hint of warning in Sarutobi Hiruzen's tone. Kakashi's desire to contact the Jinchūriki had undoubtedly touched his minefield.

"I understand." Kakashi raised his head and looked directly at Sarutobi Hiruzen, his tone extremely firm, "But, he is also my teacher's son."

Kakashi's firm insistence left Sarutobi Hiruzen speechless. If someone else had made this request, the Third Hokage would probably have turned against him by now. However, Kakashi's request was impeccable in every way. As the only living disciple of the Fourth Hokage, Kakashi had an obligation to take care of the Fourth Hokage's orphans, and he could not find any reason to object.

Moreover, if I strongly oppose it, Kakashi will probably become completely alienated from me.

After Sarutobi Hiruzen finished smoking his cigarette, he sighed heavily: "Well, originally I was planning to wait until Naruto graduated and then let you take charge of the ninja team, but since you brought it up now, then Naruto will be handed over to you."

"Thank you." Seeing the Sandaime give in, Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.

"Kakashi, after you quit the Anbu, you can serve in the Jonin class. The village can't do without you for the time being." Sarutobi Hiruzen said.

"It's all at the Hokage's command." Kakashi nodded.

……

After Uchiha Dohuan returned home, the housekeeper Uchiha Keiko had already thoughtfully prepared hot water for him to take a bath.

After bathing, Uchiha Douhuan lit some incense in his room and began to do maintenance for Ji Lei.

Not long after, Uchiha Keiko knocked on the door and said, "Master, Elder Fugaku is here to visit."

"Please ask him to come in and help me get the tea ready."

"Yes." Uchiha Keiko took the order and left.

A moment later, in the reception room of Uchiha Dohuan's residence, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Dohuan knelt next to each other, watching Uchiha Dohuan fiddling with the tea set.

"Elder Fugaku, please." Uchiha Douhuan offered a cup of tea.

Fugaku was indeed an elite who had received a prestigious education since childhood. Compared to Kakashi, who was a cow chewing a peony, Fugaku was impeccable in terms of etiquette. After completing a complete set of tea ceremony etiquette, he put down the teacup and said, "I didn't expect that you, Doo Hwan, have such skills."

"Elder Fugaku, thank you for your compliment. I was just thinking about it when I was alone." Uchiha Douhuan said with a smile, "Elder Fugaku, why did you visit me so late at night?"

"Did this mission go smoothly?" asked Uchiha Fugaku.