Uchiha Chisen! What Are Your Intentions?!

Today, Uzumaki Naruto pulled another prank in the village, hoping to draw other people's attention.

His prank succeeded, but it also drove someone up the wall.

So Naruto was chased through several streets.

Luckily, he was fast.

Naruto figured that if he ran through another two streets, he could shake off the bun shop owner, an uncle whose body had been growing weaker and weaker from dutifully fulfilling his marital obligations every day.

However...

Just as he was secretly celebrating, his feet suddenly stepped onto empty air.

Naruto felt as though someone had grabbed the back of his collar and lifted him right up.

Crap... crap!

He'd been caught!

The bun shop owner came panting after him. Just as he was about to thank his captor in delight, his gaze fell on Uchiha Chisen's young face, and the words of gratitude caught in his throat from fright.

"U... Uchiha..." The bun shop owner's face went pale, and he did not even notice the rolling pin in his hand falling to the ground.

"Uchiha?"

Naruto, dangling in the air, struggled for a moment and found that he could not break free. He looked up with a troubled expression.

Hmm...

Didn't know him!

Naruto only felt that this meddlesome guy looked a little cold, and when the other man studied him, it felt as though he were looking at some rare animal.

"What did he do?" Uchiha Chisen asked the bun shop owner.

"He... he..." Cold sweat streamed down the bun shop owner's face.

"Tell the truth." Uchiha Chisen reminded him.

"Gulp."

Under that inexplicable, invisible pressure, the bun shop owner swallowed hard and tremblingly explained Naruto's prank today—he had replaced the wheat flour in the bun shop with protein powder.

The little Naruto dangling in the air muttered, "Protein powder can still be used to make buns, and eating it can help build muscle too."

The bun shop owner's blood pressure shot up. "You little brat..."

But when he saw Uchiha Chisen standing before him, when he saw the seemingly emotionless gaze in that man's eyes...

He hurriedly swallowed his anger and forcibly swallowed the words he had wanted to say as well.

Terrifying! Why was he so unlucky as to run into the Uchiha Clan's infamous Plague God?

It was all that Demon Fox brat's fault!

"So, you pulled this kind of prank..." Uchiha Chisen nodded slightly and calmly said, "This brat's guardian is the Hokage. Go directly to the Hokage and demand compensation. Tell him I sent you. If the Hokage refuses, I'll help you collect it."

With that, Uchiha Chisen carried off Naruto, whose face was utterly lifeless.

That left not only the bun shop owner dumbfounded, but Naruto as well.

Naruto hurriedly struggled, flailing his limbs as he shouted, "Y-you, where are you taking me, believe it? You've already caught me, so can't you put me down?"

Uchiha Chisen raised his arm, lifting Naruto more than a meter off the ground. He silently met the eyes of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

The cold gaze made Naruto's little face stiffen.

Uchiha Chisen slowly said, "When people make mistakes, regardless of gender or age, they must receive the appropriate punishment. Your prank caused others financial losses and damaged the shop's reputation. Also, the commotion you caused while running around severely disrupted Konoha's order and damaged the cleanliness of its streets."

"Taking all your crimes together, even if you're willing to pay compensation, you'll still have to spend half a month in Konoha Prison. And that would only be judging you according to Konoha's laws. Since you fell into my hands, that half month becomes three months."

Seven-year-old Naruto was completely dumbfounded.

"Locked..."

"Locked in prison for three months..."

He instantly went blank.

"This is bad, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki has come into contact with someone from the Uchiha Clan!" At the same time, an elite Anbu Ninja responsible for monitoring Naruto underwent a drastic change in expression. He felt that he had caused a huge disaster today.

As the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's watcher, the Hokage's task for him was not only to monitor Naruto, but also to clean up after him.

It meant that no matter what pranks that Jinchuriki brat pulled, he had to put in the effort to clean up the mess for him.

Just now, he had specifically gone to replace the wheat flour Naruto had switched out in the bun shop.

But he never expected that in the short time he was gone...

The Jinchuriki had been grabbed by a Uchiha Clan ninja!

There was no way he could mistake the Konoha Military Police Force uniform!

He had clearly seen the Jinchuriki staring into Uchiha eyes!

Those were the Sharingan, rumored to be capable of controlling Tailed Beasts!

If... the Nine-Tails' Rampage from years ago happened again, then his negligence would absolutely be the spark that destroyed the village. By then, he would be Konoha's sinner.

Realizing the severity of the situation, the Anbu Ninja had no time to think further, much less worry about exposing himself.

He rushed toward Uzumaki Naruto and shouted, "Put him down!"

Under countless gazes, the Anbu Ninja openly appeared in a Body Flicker. One hand loosely gripped the hilt of his Ninja Sword while the other reached out, intending to snatch Uzumaki Naruto away.

Uchiha Chisen suddenly swung his arm to the side.

The Anbu Ninja grabbed at empty air, while Naruto cried out in alarm. The motion was so large that Naruto nearly got flung away.

"Anbu?!" Izumi immediately recognized the Anbu Ninja's attire. That fox mask was highly distinctive.

She suddenly felt that something was not right.

"Uchiha! What are you doing?!" After grabbing at empty air, the Anbu Ninja's expression beneath his mask became extremely colorful. He demanded, "Don't tell me you don't know what this brat represents! You... huh? Uchiha Chisen?!"

Only when facing him directly did the Anbu Ninja realize that the person holding up the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was actually Uchiha Chisen!

One of the few Uchiha who had a relatively "good" relationship with the Hokage.

Hmm—

At the very least, he was the type who often met with the Hokage's people.

Uchiha Chisen glanced at the white box above the Anbu Ninja's head. A sharpness that made one's hair stand on end brewed in his eyes as he questioned, "Are you trying to obstruct the Konoha Military Police Force from enforcing the law, Yamanaka Yoshinobu?"

The Anbu Ninja: "!!!"

"You..."

He was stunned.

He was clearly wearing an Anbu mask, and he had never even met Uchiha Chisen before. Why had the other man recognized him?

Noticing that the sharpness in Uchiha Chisen's eyes was gradually taking on a dangerous air, the Anbu Ninja hesitated before sheathing his Ninja Sword.

He had heard some intelligence regarding Uchiha Chisen.

He knew the bottom line of this [Absolute Justice] enforcer.

To be safe, it was better not to clash with him.

"Phew!"

The Anbu Ninja let out a breath and calmed himself slightly. He said in a low voice, "Uchiha Chisen, the Konoha Military Police Force's law enforcement shouldn't have anything to do with Uzumaki Naruto, should it? He's just an 'entirely ordinary' child, isn't he?"

He deliberately stressed the words "entirely ordinary."

Uchiha Chisen said, "He just happens to be the criminal I caught."

The Anbu Ninja: "???"

Damn...

This was troublesome.

Just as the Anbu Ninja sweated profusely and racked his brains over what to do, a sudden hoarse and furious shout drew closer from afar: "You innately evil Uchiha brat! What are you doing?! What exactly are you evil Uchiha Clan up to?!"

The Anbu Ninja froze, utterly baffled. Why was someone even more anxious than him?

When he looked in the direction of the voice, he saw a familiar figure.

That was...

Shimura Danzō?!