Naruto: Choosing from Birth - Chapter 29

The girl picked at her breakfast as she greeted her colleagues, then headed toward the mission wall with light steps.

"Damn, Sister Rinne, do you have to work this hard? You were the last one to leave last night. And you got the time wrong—it's still an hour until duty starts."

"Exactly. Do you know what everyone says behind your back? Mission maniac. You got the Chidori reward in record time—leave us some scraps, will you?"

"Captain Rinne! Please take me with you! Let's go on a mission together later!"

"Little Rinne, did you even wash your face before coming out? Take it easy. Have you learned Chidori yet?"

The nearby colleagues all teased her. Clearly, the girl was quite popular within the Konoha Military Police Force.

"Get out of here. Chidori can be trained anytime. I can even gain insights while I'm on the way to a mission."

"Besides, I don't do missions just for the rewards. Haven't you noticed how happy it feels when the villagers sincerely thank you after you've helped them?"

"Even without rewards, I'd still serve the villagers properly."

"Mission maniac" Uchiha Rinne cheerfully responded to her colleagues. She had been the first person in the police force to receive Lightning Release: Chidori from Uchiha Cheng.

"R-Right. Come to think of it, I've started enjoying this job too. I always thought I was happy because of the rewards. Turns out there's another reason."

"Yeah. Now, when I walk down the street, lots of people greet me. They never used to do that. Before, they'd run away the moment they saw us from a distance."

"I used to feel that helping those ignorant commoners was beneath me. But now, I sincerely want to do more for the villagers. I'm gradually beginning to understand what the vice-captain said: getting along with others isn't that difficult. All that's missing is mutual understanding."

"Yeah, yeah. The vice-captain also said that smiles are contagious! Now everyone greets one another with smiles on the street."

"That's true. But have you seen how stupid you look when you smile? How could other people not laugh?"

Bursts of cheerful banter filled the air. The police force members who had arrived early were like sparrows outside the window, bringing endless vitality to the area.

Half an hour later, the instant Uchiha Cheng stepped into the police office—

All the noise came to an abrupt stop, and everyone sat upright.

Some were summarizing yesterday's events, some were sorting the mission list, and others were checking their appearance.

It was as though they had all entered work mode in an instant, even though there was still half an hour before work officially began.

Uchiha Cheng rolled his eyes inwardly. What was going on? Was he really that scary?

It was all because, when Uchiha Cheng had first arrived, they had seen a child come in as vice-captain.

None of them had accepted it. So what if he was the clan head's son? Without strength, he wanted to manage them? Then they would show up for work without putting in any effort.

Naturally, every last one of them, regardless of whether their attitude had been good or bad, got taught a lesson.

How could he let Experience Babies like them go?

So he ruthlessly farmed rewards from them, gaining more than 1.5 times his total Chakra.

That was why they were now afraid whenever they saw Uchiha Cheng.

They also couldn't understand why, even though they were all human, someone else's eight or nine years old could be so terrifying.

Later, they figured it out. It was because Uchiha Cheng was—

"Captain!"

"Captain!"

"Captain!"

The members all stood up to greet him. A vice-captain was still a captain, wasn't he? Nothing wrong with that!

After all, Uchiha Kagami, the chief captain and clan head, was busy with countless affairs every day and had rarely interfered with the increasingly powerful Konoha Military Police Force.

That truly allowed Uchiha Cheng to let loose and make sweeping changes.

"Mm, then..."

Uchiha Cheng nodded lightly.

"Everyone! Attention! Form ranks! Assemble on the training ground for a meeting!"

"Reports from the eight districts. As usual, begin with District One: the northeast area..."

Uchiha Cheng had divided Konoha into eight major districts based on direction. Each district had its own squad captain, who led a small team permanently stationed in that area.

This gave every district a clear division of responsibilities and greatly improved efficiency. Moreover, because they stayed there for so long and were familiar with local conditions, they could detect any unusual activity much faster.

"District One Squad Captain Uchiha Dai Boku reporting: Yesterday, there was an incident involving a wild boar goring someone. The Hyuga Clan sent a genin to deal with it as training for their clan member. He was gored again and returned severely injured after failing!"

"We discovered it was no ordinary pig, but a ninja boar with Chakra-enhanced physical abilities. Two members were dispatched, and it has been captured!"

"District Two Squad Captain Uchiha Rinne reporting: Yesterday, 3,752 people entered and exited through Konoha's east gate. Compared to the day before, unfamiliar faces increased significantly again, reaching 572 people."

"We resolved 27 disputes. The total value of confiscated smuggled goods reached twelve million ryo..."

"District Three..."

After the half-hour meeting, the squad captains from each district set off for duty throughout Konoha.

Day after day, through meticulous summaries and records combined with the police force's standardized operational arrangements, members spread across all of Konoha were like diligent spiders, quietly casting an enormous web.

At first, the results might not be significant, but as time passed, the gains could very well exceed everyone's expectations.

Uchiha Cheng returned to his private office and looked through the files for a while.

He found that the squad leaders had already resolved most of the matters. Sigh, having subordinates who were too capable was quite vexing as well.

As he flipped through the books on his desk, a children's book suddenly caught his eye.

"Which mischievous team member put this on my desk? Do they really take me for a child?"

"I've got nothing better to do, so I might as well take a look!"

He opened the Collection of Children's Stories and found that some of the stories inside were quite good, but still far too obscure and difficult for children to understand.

It seemed that this world was still severely lacking in children's books and educational materials for young readers.

Even Jiraiya, who would become famous in the future, only wrote adult books like Make-Out Paradise.

Education had to start from childhood. Uchiha Cheng recalled many interesting works from his previous life—Grimm's Fairy Tales, Andersen's Fairy Tales, fables, One Thousand and One Nights, and so on.

The children of this world had it far too rough. Let me enrich their spiritual world.

Ding, sensing the host's desire to change the spiritual world of children. Please choose.

A: Create dark fairy tales, allowing children to understand the cruelty of this world from an early age. This will strengthen their darker side. Reward: Forbidden Technique: Dead Demon Consuming Seal!

B: Create positive fairy tales, allowing children to retain a pure sanctuary in their hearts amid this cruel world. This will strengthen their brighter side. Reward: Forbidden Technique: Rebirth Creation!

C: Create positive fairy tales while appropriately incorporating elements of the ninja world, making them more down-to-earth. As the children grow, they will better understand themselves and will not easily go to extremes. Reward: Forbidden Technique: Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!

Hmm, these rewards were quite generous—three Forbidden Techniques.

But what the hell were the first two Forbidden Techniques? One meant dying together, while the other was some kind of self-sacrificing technique?

The third one was more normal, and it was extremely practical too.

Since that was the case, what kind of fairy tale or fable should he write? Something with ninja world elements...

Got it! For some reason, Danzo's ugly face flashed through Uchiha Cheng's mind again.

The first story would be "Little Red Riding Hood"!

Danzo was actually a cunning Big Bad Wolf who could use the Transformation Technique. Back then, he had been blinded in one eye by a hunter. As a result, even after using the Transformation Technique to disguise himself as a human, he still looked like a one-eyed man with his forehead wrapped in bandages...

In Konoha, there was a lovely little girl who was pure and polite, and everyone liked her. Her favorite person was her grandmother, who lived on the outskirts of the village. Her grandmother gave her a little hat made of red velvet. She loved it so much that she often wore it whenever she went out, so people called her Little Red Riding Hood...

One day, Grandmother fell ill. Carrying her mother's instructions, along with a piece of cake and a bottle of wine, Little Red Riding Hood set out to visit her.

The moment she entered the forest, she ran into Danzo, the Big Bad Wolf disguised as a human.

Since this was still within Konoha's guarded territory, Danzo, the Big Bad Wolf, could only swallow his drool and stare at the adorable Little Red Riding Hood as he said:

"Little Red Riding Hood, where are you going so early in the morning?"

Hmm, now that he had a fairy tale, he should add a fable too. He could adapt "Lord Ye's Love of Dragons" into "Danzo's Love of Snakes."

One-Eyed Danzo loved snakes. The pots, bowls, ladles, walls, and pillars in his home were all covered in snake patterns.

One day, the Great Snake Sage heard of his fondness and personally came to meet him.

Its enormous snake head was as large as a house, its eyes like the bright moon in the sky, with its head visible but its tail nowhere to be seen.

Danzo was so frightened that he lost his wits and staggered out of his residence. Even now, the injuries to his hands and feet had yet to heal, so he had no choice but to wrap them all in bandages as well.

It would mock Danzo, that sinister man, and profoundly expose his rotten mindset and conduct of spouting lofty slogans without doing practical work.