Three months later, in the Hokage's office.
Tanzō sat composedly in front of the desk. Hiruzen bustled around making tea and poured a cup of hot tea for Tanzō.
"Hey, Hiruzen. You summoned me here in such a rush. What's going on?" Tanzō asked while sipping his tea.
"Hey, we're always tied up with daily chores. It's rare for us to sit together. Don't be so impatient, old friend."
Hiruzen sat down opposite Tanzō, puffing on his pipe and sipping his tea, smiling without saying a word.
This left Tanzō quite speechless.
"I've got a lot of things to deal with at Root. I don't have the time to hang around with you like this."
Although he said that, Tanzō showed no sign of getting up to leave.
After finishing his cup of tea, he pushed the cup forward, signaling Hiruzen to refill it.
After three rounds of tea.
Hiruzen pondered for a moment and then slowly began to speak.
"A while back, Fugaku came to me. He proposed opening the Konoha Police Force to our Great clans and collaborating with the Uchiha clan to handle certain affairs."
"But in exchange, Fugaku hopes that we can lift the restrictions on the Uchiha clan and allow some Uchiha to join the Anbu."
"He said he wants to strengthen the communication between the Uchiha and Konoha and resolve the rift between us. What do you think of this, Tanzō?"
Bang!
Tanzō slammed down his teacup, sneered, and said.
"What do I think? This is just a delaying tactic used by the evil Uchiha to lull us into a false sense of security."
"Let them place their people in the Anbu so they can steal intelligence and supplant us one day?!"
"Not a chance! Absolutely not!"
Hiruzen put down his pipe, waved his hand, and said with a bitter smile.
"Don't get so worked up, old friend. I heard from Fugaku that this seems to be Kaze's idea."
Kaze's idea?
Tanzō was slightly taken aback. Then he closed his eyes slightly and said in a flat tone.
"But time has changed. Maybe the Uchiha clan has truly repented. You make the call, Hiruzen."
Hiruzen: "You...!"
Actually, Tanzō had heard about this from his son a long time ago.
But if the Uchiha clan joined the Anbu and something went wrong, the blame would be too great.
Tanzō didn't want to take the blame, so he pretended to be stupid in front of Hiruzen.
And Hiruzen probably wasn't unaware of this.
It's just that among adults, you can only be friends if you see through things without saying so.
"I've pondered it for a long while and decided to accept Fugaku's proposal and give the Uchiha clan a shot."
As he said that, Hiruzen took out a list from the desk drawer and handed it to Tanzō.
"This is a list of suitable Uchiha clan members. Let's each select one to join the other's department."
Tanzō nodded slightly, neither supporting nor opposing Hiruzen's decision.
Fortunately, Hiruzen was still reasonable. Just one person each. Even if something went wrong, it would still be within controllable limits.
"I'll pick her, Uchiha Vivi."
」
Tanzō picked up the list and casually swept it with his eyes. He quickly picked out a name.
"Oh?" Hiruzen was a bit surprised. "You've made your choice so quickly?"
Tanzō snorted and said somewhat unhappily.
"This Vivi Uchiha is Kaze's classmate. Since this kid came up with the plan, let him take care of it himself."
"By the way, how many people from the Uchiha clan are willing to be arranged by us to join the Konoha Police Force?"
"Initially, it's about ten people," Hiruzen replied.
Tanzō curled his lips. "Ask them to increase it to twenty. Each of our four clans will insert five people. Otherwise, no deal."
"Well... okay." Seeing Tanzō's firm attitude, Hiruzen agreed with a bitter smile.
Shimura Residence.
Kaori shyly looked at Kaze and whispered expectantly.
"So, how about it, Kaze?"
Kaze carefully felt for a moment and then nodded seriously.
"It seems to be much more comfortable. It seems that my daily massages for you are effective."
Just then, Tanzō pushed the door open without knocking.
Kaze got out of Kaori's embrace and looked at Tanzō speechlessly.
"Dad, why don't you knock when you enter my room? Did I let you in?"
"Hmm?"
With a grunt from Tanzō, Kaze immediately dared not say a word.
"Kaori, you go out first. I have something to talk to Kaze about," Tanzō ordered.
"Yes, Tanzō," Kaori left the room and closed the door for them.
Tanzō gave his son a sidelong glance and said indifferently.
"It was you who made the suggestion to Fugaku back then. Now, an Uchiha is going to join Root. You keep an eye on her for me."
"What?" Hearing this, Kaze scratched his head, looking rather confused.
"I just said it casually back then. Does this kid Fugaku really dare to do this?"
"Then... what about those kids in our class, Dad?"
Tanzō seemed to have thought it through long ago and blurted out without hesitation.
"You go back to Root. From now on, let Minato take over your class. It's time for you two to separate."
With the talents of Kaze and Minato, it's really a waste for them to stay in the same system.
One person's brilliance will always be overshadowed by the other.
Letting them enter different systems and develop separately is the best way to make the most of their talents.
"Well... that's okay."
Kaze thought for a moment and agreed to his father's arrangement.
Anyway, in the past half - year, he has taught almost everything he could.
He was relieved to hand over the class to Minato, who could also teach the kids some new things.
"Alas, my happy days of slacking off are coming to an end~" Kaze sighed.
In the rest room of Kaze's team in Root.
Kaze looked at his three long - unseen teammates and showed a faint smile.
"Long time no see, Uncle Yuto, Sister Ayako, and Seiven."
"
It had been a long time since Yuto last saw Kaze. At the first sight, he looked a bit dazed.
"My young master, you look almost exactly like your father (Tanzō) did back then," Ayako said with stars in her eyes, becoming even more determined to pursue him.
You know, when Tanzō was young, he was such a handsome man that even Tsunade would blush.
Now, almost seventeen years old, Kaze was nearly 1.8 meters tall, with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, looking valiant and heroic.
As long as he kept his mouth shut, he was the epitome of a male god, the type that would make girls go wild.
Swish!
Meanwhile, Seiven Hyūga blushed for no apparent reason.
Let me give you an example from the Naruto world.
The aloof and handsome Sasuke. Wherever he went, he would always be pursued and cheered by girls.
But only Hinata, who had the Byakugan, didn't care about Sasuke at all.
However, whenever she saw Naruto, she would blush for no reason.
Just think about it.
"Today, a new member will join our team," Kaze said with a smile, looking at his three team members with different expressions.
"Her identity is quite special. Don't be too shocked when you see her later."
After a long separation, the four of them naturally had a lot to talk about.
While they were chatting, a figure knocked on the door and walked in, then gently opened her red lips and said,
"Hello, I'm the new member reporting. Please take care of me in the future."
Kaze was so shocked that he spun around and just stood there, dumbfounded.
"(Д) Damn it, Vivi Uchiha?!"
The other three had strange expressions on their faces.
"Er, my young master, what about not being too shocked?"
<><><><><><><><>
~ 80+ Advanced Chapters Available on Patreon!
p-atreon.com/Tansnovel
(Just remove the hyphen to access Patreon normally.)
~ Every 50 Powerstones = 4 Bonus Chapters on the weekend!