Chapter 605 Selection for the new term?
Facing the whispered reminder from the visitor, Kaito did not leave immediately, but asked softly in a gentle tone.
"Are you used to life in Kirigakure?"
Hearing Kaito's concern, Uchiha Fugaku's face under the mask also revealed a smile that could not be concealed.
"Thank you for your concern, Kaito-sama. The whole Kirigakure Village is full of prosperity, and the villagers do not despise outsiders like us, the Kurosaki clan. Neither I nor those clan members have ever felt this sense of security."
Hearing Uchiha Fugaku's answer, Kaito was not much surprised.
Without the shackles of the name "Uchiha", the current Kurosaki clan's attitude towards people has changed to a certain extent.
Those clan members who have been carefully selected by Uchiha Fugaku are not people who can cause trouble, so they will naturally not take the initiative to offend the original villagers of Kirigakure Village.
The various clans in the Kirigakure Village are concerned about the new ninja clan, Kurosaki, who suddenly emerged and had "wandering clan members" returning from time to time, and who are always growing stronger.
Although they may have some secret thoughts, the Kirigakure Village is now in a period of rapid development, and it has not yet reached the stage where there is not enough cake to share.
In addition, Kaito has given some support, so all competition is still in a benign environment.
Another point.
The current head of the Kurosaki clan, Kurosaki Hikari, is suspected to have a close relationship with the Fourth Mizukage, and various rumors have long been spread in the Kirigakure Village.
Therefore, not many people will take the initiative to offend this "secret technique clan" of not much size for some insignificant benefits.
Just as Uchiha Fugaku said.
For the long-lost stable life without the strange eyes of others, these Uchiha who have gained a new life are very satisfied.
"What about Shisui? How is that kid adapting?"
Unlike the other clan members selected by Uchiha Fugaku, these people actually received more or less hints from Uchiha Fugaku before, and their own personalities and ideas are also those who can understand the change of course.
But Uchiha Shisui, in fact, does not quite meet Uchiha Fugaku's "selection" standards.
It's not that Shisui's personality is bad, but because he belongs to the extremely rare "Konoha faction" in the Uchiha clan.
Perhaps it is because he has been determined to reconcile the relationship between the Uchiha clan and Konoha since he was a child.
Uchiha Shisui, who has made a lot of efforts for this, although he is very disappointed with Konoha and his clan members after the Nine-Tails Rebellion, still cannot accept the behavior of "betraying Konoha".
This is also the reason why Uchiha Fugaku specially transferred him from Konoha Village to the Maintenance Force to "carefully teach".
However, now that Uchiha Shisui has awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, he has become the third best in the Kurosaki clan.
Even though the incident happened suddenly, neither Uchiha Fugaku nor Kaito would continue to let him wander outside.
"Fortunately, the attack and the process of awakening the Mangekyō dealt a heavy blow to Shisui. Now he seems to hate his Uchiha identity. Changing his clan is actually a more acceptable result for him."
As he spoke, a trace of worry flashed in Uchiha Fugaku's eyes. Even he was a little scared by the madness of those rebels.
However, thinking of the increasingly better situation in the clan, he temporarily put this worry behind him.
Kaito, who saw what Uchiha Fugaku was thinking, smiled and joked.
"Well, don't think so much. When you have time, pay more attention to your two little guys."
Uchiha Fugaku blushed immediately after hearing this.
He still remembers the time when Uchiha Itachi held Sasuke in his arms when he first returned to the Kurosaki clan. As soon as they met, he said politely, "Hello, uncle."
Seeing Uchiha Fugaku hesitating and not knowing how to respond, Kaito stopped teasing him.
He stood up, patted the grass under him, and called Uchiha Fugaku to join the others.
But before leaving, Kaito looked at the orange little charmander that was still making trouble in the distance, and thought to himself.
'It seems that a fire-type Pokémon is not bad for the Uchiha clan?'
'But should it be given to Shisui or Itachi?'
The journey of several days passed in a flash.
Compared with the time two years ago when he brought dozens of ninjas to the Maintenance Force base, Kaito did not have many entourages this time.
After all, the Kirigakure Village, which had served as the commander for one term, had lost the opportunity to compete for this position, so the Kirigakure people came this time with more of a bystander mentality.
Moreover, Zero Organization had been damaged twice before, but there had been no follow-up actions.
In addition, Orochimaru, the "inside agent", had completely lost contact recently.
Therefore, Kaito had been more vigilant against Uchiha Obito.
This time, all the top combat forces of Kirigakure were left in the village.
Even Hoshigaki Kisame, Kaito was going to bring him back to the village after the selection of the Maintenance Force.
But these were all later stories.
Kaito walked into the maintenance base leisurely, and the first thing he saw was Namikaze Minato's increasingly sad face.
Looking at the extremely haggard Namikaze Minato in front of him, who seemed to be a dozen years older, Kaito couldn't help but mourn for him quietly in his heart for a few seconds.
Today's Konoha is the weakest period in history.
Even compared to the Konoha of the same period in the original work, it is not much stronger.
Although the top combat power has been strengthened by the strong man Namikaze Minato who is also the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails.
However, the number of ordinary ninjas who have suffered consecutive heavy losses may even be less than that of the period just after the Third Great Ninja War.
In terms of economy and influence, it has been crushed into slag by the now prosperous Kirigakure.
No wonder the once high-spirited Namikaze Minato is in such a state now.
Kaito was naturally not interested in taking the wounds at this time. He just nodded slightly to Namikaze Minato and turned to walk towards the truly high-spirited Yahiko.
However, Kaito was not interested in doing something, but it did not mean that others were not interested.
Kazekage Rasa, who arrived right after him, played his foul mouth advantage as soon as he saw Namikaze Minato.
"Haha, I heard that there was a rebellion in Konoha some time ago?"
"The Uchiha clan was a meritorious clan that founded Konoha together with the Senju clan. Such a clan can choose to rebel. It seems that compared with Kirigakure, Konoha is indeed not worthy of the title of the strongest ninja village!"
(End of this chapter)