The Village's Extra Attention

"You know, what you're doing is very dangerous."

Kakashi said, staring at Gu Qi with his arms crossed and a serious expression.

Gu Qi scoffed, saying with great dissatisfaction, "What do you know! These past few days, at least ten waves of people have entered my laboratory.

They've looked over my records and manuscripts countless times. If I don't teach these guys a lesson, it'll be too humiliating."

"Sigh," Kakashi said, holding his forehead with a headache, "Even so, you've offended quite a few people by doing this.

From what I know of the Anbu, they'll definitely find an excuse to search your laboratory before long."

Kakashi, working in the Anbu, naturally understood the situation.

Gu Qi said confidently, "Don't worry, they'll beg me."

Gu Qi was very confident that no one in this world could crack a biochemical poison and then develop an antidote.

Kakashi said nothing more upon hearing this. Since Gu Qi had a backup plan, he might as well wait and see.

"Damn it, Kakashi Gu Qi actually attacked the village's ninja! Hiruzen, let me send people to arrest him!" In Konoha's Hokage office, Shimura Danzo said to Hiruzen Sarutobi with a furious expression.

Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly exhaled a smoke ring, "Put away your act, Danzo! Don't think of using this as an excuse to control Kakashi Gu Qi. He is a part of the village!"

Upon hearing Hiruzen Sarutobi's words, Danzo, who was originally furious, immediately became expressionless, "Hiruzen, you're still so soft! Kakashi Gu Qi is a genius. If he's not restrained, aren't you afraid he'll become another Orochimaru?"

Hearing Orochimaru's name, Hiruzen Sarutobi's hand paused.

"At least what Kakashi Gu Qi has shown so far has been beneficial to the village. And with Kakashi Hatake around, I believe he won't become another Orochimaru," Hiruzen Sarutobi said calmly.

Danzō snorted, "Whatever you say!"

Knowing he couldn't touch Gu Qi this time, Danzō left without looking back.

"Danzō's words are not without reason. If not properly restrained, a second Orochimaru might truly appear."

At some point, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu arrived before Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep drag of his cigarette and slowly exhaled, "The Ninja Academy will be starting in a few months. It's time to let the new generation inherit the Will of Fire."

"But will that be useful?" Utatane Koharu frowned.

Standing up and walking to the window, Hiruzen looked at Konoha under the night sky, "He's not like Orochimaru. At least he has Kakashi Hatake as family.

These days, Might Guy and the others have been requesting for Kakashi to leave the Anbu. Perhaps, it's time."

"Understood." They were all intelligent people; some things were best understood implicitly.

"Even so, what Kakashi Gu Qi did was a bit excessive. I propose that his laboratory be brought under Konoha's control," Mitokado Homura suggested.

Hiruzen Sarutobi did not immediately object. After a moment of silence, he said, "Let's wait for now!"

As for what they were waiting for, Hiruzen did not say.

Three days later~

"This is a report from the Anbu. The ones who broke into your laboratory before were Orochimaru's spies left in Konoha. And those Anbu members accidentally entered your laboratory while pursuing the spies."

Kakashi placed a top-secret document on Gu Qi's desk.

As he put down the document, Kakashi couldn't help but glance at the thick stack of manuscripts in front of Gu Qi.

The densely packed data made Kakashi's head hurt.

"Do you believe it?" Gu Qi glanced dismissively.

Kakashi leaned against the window, arms crossed, "This matter has been settled. You don't need to dwell on it anymore."

After speaking, Kakashi couldn't help but ask, "What are you designing?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qi directly handed over the manuscripts, "I'm designing a bracelet that can spin silk, and I'm currently comparing data from various spider silks."

"Silk-spinning bracelet?" Kakashi said, somewhat surprised.

"Yes! Once it's successful, even if we encounter impassable cliffs or chasms, we won't be helpless anymore.

But it's a shame that many facilities are unavailable for purchase, leaving my data incomplete.

So, I can only compare them bit by bit, looking for suitable spiders."

"If it's this, I might be able to help you."

Saying that, Kakashi took out an envelope and said, "This is compensation from the village. You can purchase any equipment you need here."

"So? What do I need to pay?"

"The antidote! Also, if you have any business in the future, you can prioritize the village." Kakashi said.

"Over there," Gu Qi casually pointed to some syringes on the bookshelf, "One needle per person, inject within 5 hours."

"Got it. I'll be going then." Kakashi picked up the syringes and prepared to leave.

"Take care, don't see me out."

"Oh, right," Kakashi turned to look at Gu Qi, "I've already left the Anbu. Starting tomorrow, I'll be staying in the village as a Jonin instructor."

Gu Qi was quite surprised by this news. He looked up and said, "Meaning, you'll be in the village often from now on?"

"That's right!" Leaving this sentence, Kakashi left directly.

"What a pain~"

Gu Qi put down the work in his hands, his head aching, and rubbed his temples with a headache.

Gu Qi held too many secrets. If Kakashi were to discover them one day, it would be difficult to explain.

It was fine before when Kakashi was in the Anbu. After all, he had to go on missions frequently and couldn't stay in the village for long periods.

As long as Gu Qi adjusted his schedule, he wasn't afraid of Kakashi finding out.

But that wasn't the case anymore. Gu Qi remembered that besides the future Team 7, no other graduating class had been able to complete the other party's trial.

Coupled with Kakashi's somewhat lazy personality, he wouldn't proactively take on missions outside of those assigned by the village.

This meant that Gu Qi would have to be more careful if he wanted to enter the special space from now on.

At the very least, he couldn't just disappear whenever he pleased during the day if he had nothing else to do.

Picking up the envelope Kakashi had left, Gu Qi couldn't help but sigh, "It looks like I'll have to use the underground laboratory."

The underground laboratory, originally intended as a disguise, now had to be used as an actual laboratory given the current situation.

Only then could Gu Qi's research not be delayed.

Of course, some of the more sensational research would still have to be conducted within the laboratory space.

"Forget it, the more I think about it, the more my head hurts." Shaking his head, Gu Qi resumed his work.

However, he didn't work for long before he propped his chin on his hand and muttered to himself, "Strange, why do I feel like I've forgotten something?"

Meanwhile, three forgotten Ninja Dogs were at the Inuzuka Clan's compound, undergoing extra training from Hana Inuzuka.