Prelude

"Absurd!"

Utatane Koharu flew into a rage and shouted, "You're Konohagakure's ninja, and this is Konohagakure! The Uchiha merely smiled. They merely smiled, and you caused such a huge commotion. Aren't you ashamed?"

"Cough, cough!"

Mitokado Homura gave a dry cough and looked elsewhere.

Given his position, there were not many Uchiha who could approach him.

So, he had just imagined Fugaku Uchiha smiling at him.

Good lord, that really was terrifying!

"Hmph!"

Danzo snorted. "This alone shows how dangerous the Uchiha are to the village."

There was absolutely no way to refute that.

The Third Hokage and the others all fell silent.

Just smiling could inflict that much damage. The Uchiha truly lived up to their name.

"Why were the Uchiha smiling when they had nothing better to do?"

The Third Hokage asked with a headache;

No one could answer that question.

That Jonin knelt on one knee in silence.

He had also been one of those frightened by their smiles.

Utatane Koharu guessed, "Could the Uchiha have achieved some goal, so..."

A goal?

The group exchanged glances, and the same two words surfaced in all their minds: Hyuga!

But that was not right either!

Even if they had joined forces with the Hyuga, how could ordinary Uchiha possibly know about it?

Kazuna was not an idiot. The fewer people who knew about this sort of thing, the better!

Unable to figure it out, Danzo snorted and turned to leave.

He needed to start dealing with Kazuna. As for why the Uchiha were smiling, he would leave that to Utatane Koharu and the others. With their abilities, this was about all they could do.

"Yes, just like that!"

Kazuna looked at the Konoha Military Police Force before him, a chuckle on his face.

Before him stood a group of Uchiha, all wearing stiff smiles.

Shisui said with a headache, "Kazuna, what are you doing this time?"

Never mind the clansmen forcing smiles in front of them—even he felt uncomfortable all over.

A normal person's smile somehow became deadly when it appeared on an Uchiha's face.

"A smile represents happiness, and happy people do not create conflicts."

Kazuna rolled his eyes at Shisui and said quietly, "Didn't you want the Uchiha to integrate into Konohagakure? Then smile more and make the clansmen more approachable. Besides, smiles are contagious. If everyone is happy, can you imagine that future, Shisui? Excited?"

Shisui nodded subconsciously, then saw the smiles on his clansmen's faces and instantly went expressionless.

Contagious?

Were you trying to destroy Konohagakure?

If the smiles of these Uchiha spread through the village, it would be nothing short of a natural disaster.

Even Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju working together would not be able to save it.

"I don't believe a single word you just said. I have a feeling you're conducting some kind of terrifying experiment."

"Enough nonsense!"

Kazuna ignored Shisui, looked at the Uchiha before him, and said, "Remember, when you patrol, you must keep smiling. Understand?"

"Understood!"

"So listless?" Kazuna chuckled. "You wouldn't happen to be dissatisfied with me, would you?"

"No!"

The Uchiha roared hysterically.

The Anbu monitoring them outside felt their hearts pound.

What were they doing?

They were too far away to see clearly.

The Uchiha were not about to charge out and start killing, were they?

Only then did Kazuna nod in satisfaction. "If you're dissatisfied with me, say so. If you don't say it, how am I supposed to know? Only after I know can we resolve the conflict."

...So you could use Genjutsu to control us and make us run naked through the village, right?

The Uchiha wore stiff smiles as they cursed Kazuna over and over in their hearts.

Just now, someone had questioned Kazuna's actions. Then, with a single glance, Kazuna controlled that Jonin and made him perform a pole... dance in public.

It burned their eyes!

Then Kazuna had implied, both openly and subtly, that for the Uchiha to integrate into the village as quickly as possible, someone should make a sacrifice and streak through the village...

Damn it, the Uchiha simply could not understand why integrating into the village required them to run around naked.

And were they not already people of the village?

What did "integrate" even mean?

Some of the lower-ranking Uchiha had no idea what was going on at all.

"Chief, are we still going on patrol?" one Uchiha asked hesitantly.

"Of course!"

Kazuna rolled his eyes. "What else are you going to do if you don't patrol?"

"Study ninjutsu!"

The Uchiha all cried out.

A clan that worshiped strength above all else now had access to a huge number of ninjutsu provided by Kazuna. They practically dreamed of training.

There were quite a few ninjutsu stored within the clan, but they had thresholds.

"Studying ninjutsu is studying ninjutsu, and work is work!"

Kazuna said irritably, "You need to do both without neglecting either."

The Uchiha looked at one another, then finally replied weakly, "Yes!"

"Go on!"

After making the arrangements, Kazuna gestured for Shisui at his side to leave with him.

"I thought you would tell them what to do."

Shisui looked at Kazuna.

Kazuna curled his lip and said earnestly, "You have to give everyone some room to breathe. You have to trust everyone's strength. Don't pile everything onto one person just to make yourself look impressive while everyone else seems useless. What an arrogant way of thinking."

Shisui: "...Why do I feel like there's more to those words?"

Uchiha Itachi, who had just arrived, also sensed a deep malice.

Kazuna chuckled inwardly.

I'm talking about you two!

In the Original Work, hadn't they both taken everything upon themselves?

If Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi had found a few more companions back then, even just a few ordinary Jonin, would things have ended that way?

Damn it, it was speechless just thinking about it.

Uchiha Shisui had awakened the Mangekyo and possessed the power of Kotoamatsukami. He was absolutely a Hokage-level ninja, yet he ultimately jumped into a river and killed himself?

If the other Kage Level powerhouses learned about it, they would probably call you badass before kicking you out of their ranks.

What a disgrace!

As for Uchiha Itachi...

This Filial Son did not communicate with anyone and bore everything alone. How noble!

The men, women, elderly, and children of the entire clan who were slaughtered must have been moved to tears.

Damn idiot!

"Itachi, do you need something?"

Kazuna could not be bothered to say more about what had happened in the Original Work. Since he had come to this world, everything had changed.

The current Uchiha still had other voices within the clan, but overall, they were acting according to his ideas.

Uchiha Itachi looked at Kazuna and said gravely, "Danzo is about to make a move against you, Brother Kazuna."

Shisui's expression changed slightly.

"As expected!"

Kazuna was not surprised.

Shimura Danzō was that kind of person.

He constantly claimed to act for Konohagakure, but in reality, he acted for himself.

Perhaps, in his eyes, he represented Konohagakure's will.

Anyone he disliked was someone Konohagakure needed to eliminate.

Of course, if Kazuna obediently accepted the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal and followed Danzo's orders, he would immediately become a fine ninja who loved the village.

Damn it, his throat was acting up again.

Ptooey!