Year 47 of Konoha

The 47th year of the Konoha era was a year of immense significance for Konoha.

This year marked the conclusion of the Third Shinobi World War, declared a victory for the Land of Fire.

In the same year, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, announced his retirement, and Minato Namikaze was successfully elected as the Fourth Hokage.

Furthermore, Fugaku Uchiha and Minato Namikaze's wife both became pregnant that year, leading to an increase in their shared topics of conversation and a growing personal friendship.

Unlike the original plot, the Uchiha clan had joined the ranks of Minato Namikaze's supporters a year in advance.

[Due to the host's strategic planning, the Uchiha clan successfully improved their relationship with the Hokage's faction. System reward: one copy of the Konoha Scroll of Sealing.]

[Scroll of Sealing: Contains various forbidden techniques developed by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.]

A year ago, under the suggestion of Shisui Uchiha, the Uchiha clan successfully established a connection with Minato Namikaze through the relationship between Obito and Minato, providing significant funding and votes for Minato's rise to power.

Although this did not change the outcome of Minato Namikaze being elected as the Fourth Hokage, it provided the Uchiha clan with a new path forward.

As a book of forbidden techniques developed by Tobirama Senju, the Scroll of Sealing contained many powerful ninjutsu, which served as a significant asset for Shisui as well.

However, a problem had been troubling Shisui recently: without Obito, who would Uchiha Madara find to be his successor?

According to the timeline, next year is when Obito controls the Nine-Tails to wreak havoc on Konoha.

But up until now, Obito Uchiha is still that tag-along who follows Rin Nohara everywhere, and his Sharingan is only at the two-tomoe stage. If he were to be sent to Uchiha Madara for training now, would it be too late?

Whenever he saw Obito's pathetic behavior, Shisui wanted to drag him to the vicinity of Kannabi Bridge and pin him under a giant boulder again.

Obito: "???"

Speak of the devil; while walking down the street, Shisui Uchiha ran into Obito, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara coming the other way.

"Good day, Big Brother Shisui!"

As soon as he saw Shisui Uchiha, Obito shouted loudly. The 14-year-old Obito performed a junior's bow to the 8-year-old Shisui in the middle of the street, drawing side-eyes from the passing Konoha villagers.

"Alright, don't do that in front of others in the future; it's embarrassing," Shisui Uchiha whispered, pretending not to know Obito.

"Greetings, Shisui-kun."

Behind him, Kakashi and Rin Nohara also bowed to Shisui very earnestly, making even this life's Shisui feel awkward.

The reason the trio before him held such respect for Shisui Uchiha dated back to after the Battle of Kannabi Bridge.

A few days after they returned to the village, Obito had sought out Shisui, pestering him to train together so he could improve his strength faster to protect Kakashi and Rin Nohara.

Considering that Obito already had Minato Namikaze as his Hokage teacher, Shisui had not agreed at the time.

However, Shisui eventually couldn't withstand Obito's shameless habit of running to his house every day, and after obtaining Minato Namikaze's consent, he became Obito's "big brother."

As for Kakashi and Rin Nohara, on one hand, Shisui Uchiha had saved their lives. On the other hand, after Kakashi lost his left eye, Shisui had requested a two-tomoe Sharingan from Fugaku Uchiha and gifted it to Kakashi.

At the time, Fugaku Uchiha was eager to build a closer relationship with Minato Namikaze, and since a two-tomoe Sharingan was not as precious as a three-tomoe one, Fugaku Uchiha made the decision while bearing the pressure from within the clan.

Shisui Uchiha had his own considerations for doing so.

Doing a favor for Minato Namikaze was one factor, but more importantly, Shisui discovered that his Sharingan could not only suppress Obito's two-tomoe Sharingan but also partially control it, forcing Obito's Sharingan to deactivate.

Shisui Uchiha had checked the records within the clan, and no such case had ever appeared in the history of the Uchiha clan.

This meant that Shisui could—and only Shisui could—help Kakashi deactivate the transplanted Sharingan on his left side.

With this, two of the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze's three disciples were now inseparable from Shisui, and the remaining one, Rin Nohara, felt nothing but gratitude toward him.

What a massive web of karma this was.

It meant that in the future, as long as Minato Namikaze did not fall from power or die, this debt of gratitude would continue indefinitely, shielding Shisui Uchiha from the vast majority of open attacks and secret plots.

"Big Brother Shisui, let's go eat ramen together! The Ichiraku Ramen on the east side of the village is the best."

As Obito spoke, he grabbed Shisui and tried to pull him along.

"Alright, alright, I'll go eat with you."

With the current Obito, let alone controlling the Nine-Tails, it was questionable whether he could even awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Having been in the ninja world for eight years, this wasn't Shisui's first time eating at Ichiraku Ramen, but every time he ate there, it tasted different.

"Senior Kakashi, what are your plans for the future?" Shisui asked while eating a piece of boiled radish from his bowl.

With their teacher becoming the Hokage, the status of the three of them in the village had naturally risen.

"After the teacher became Hokage, he has had very little time to teach us. However, the teacher suggested that we continue to go out on missions and focus on improving our own strength."

"Also, Shisui-kun, you can just call me by my name from now on."

Perhaps the trio of Kakashi still couldn't understand Minato Namikaze's intentions, but only Shisui could guess a few things.

Although the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had announced his retirement, his influence remained, and the old officials from the Third's era still occupied all the important positions in the village.

If it weren't for the Uchiha clan temporarily dispatching two three-tomoe jonin to support them, Minato Namikaze's Hokage Guard Platoon wouldn't even have had enough members.

In the face of supreme power, even biological fathers and sons would fight each other, let alone the relationship between a teacher and his students' students.

Minato Namikaze currently needed the trio of Kakashi to grow up quickly to help him resolve his troubles.

"Big Brother Shisui, why don't you join us and go on missions together? That way I can learn from you better."

"That's right, Shisui-kun, it would be great if you could go on missions with us."

Obito and Rin Nohara both invited Shisui to join their team; only Kakashi remained silent. Capable of becoming the future Sixth Hokage, Kakashi at this stage could already guess the general thoughts of his teacher.

"That's quite unfortunate. At the clan meeting the day before yesterday, Clan Leader Fugaku-sama already arranged for me to train in the Konoha Military Police Force."

After the success of siding with Minato Namikaze, Fugaku Uchiha realized that Shisui Uchiha not only possessed strength far beyond his peers but also had a keen sense for politics.

By arranging for Shisui Uchiha to train in the Konoha Military Police Force, he also hoped that Shisui would be able to shoulder more of the clan's burdens.