Danzo

Tsunade reviewed medical texts in her office regarding the repair of human tendons, rubbing her temples; she had to increase the success rate further.

Suddenly, she heard a knock at the door: "Come in!"

"You are Uzumaki Reikawa?" Tsunade set aside the book, looking at Uchiha Gen with a sense of confusion—why did this face feel so familiar?

"Yes, Lord Hokage." Uchiha Gen stood before Tsunade, standing at attention with proper decorum.

Tsunade walked over and patted his shoulder as if by accident: "I heard you know a jutsu or two. What are they?"

The flow of chakra was fine, though the boy's constitution seemed rather cold. With a subtle movement of her fingertips, a single hair fell into her palm.

"Four Symbols Seal and Adamantine Sealing Chains." Uchiha Gen was honest and straightforward, revealing the two abilities he had just acquired.

"Adamantine Sealing Chains?!" Tsunade was somewhat surprised. Even among the Uzumaki clan, few could master this. If Reikawa knew this jutsu, it was highly unlikely he had been sent by another nation.

After all, every person capable of powerfully suppressing a Tailed Beast while maintaining emotional stability was an invaluable asset to a nation; the cost of using one as a deep-cover mole would be far too high.

It seemed she needed to send someone to investigate Kusagakure as soon as possible. If he knew the Adamantine Sealing Chains, the scope of the target narrowed significantly—it had to be the main branch! Perhaps she could even follow the trail to rescue some of the clansmen.

"Could you demonstrate it?"

Nodding, Uchiha Gen allowed several golden chains to slowly extend from his back, but they hung downward, signaling they were harmless.

Sensing the fluctuation of chakra, Tsunade nodded: "That's enough, retract them."

Having basically confirmed Uchiha Gen's identity, Tsunade asked: "Aside from these two, do you know any other jutsu? Why have you only returned to Konoha now?"

Uchiha Gen fell silent for a moment, his expression carrying a faint sadness as if recalling the past: "Because my mother didn't want me to be a ninja. But as her health deteriorated day by day, she taught me some basic knowledge so I would have the ability to protect myself. However, she passed away only a few days after finishing her lessons. She died of illness."

Uchiha Gen paused at this point, then continued: "As for why I only returned to Konoha now, before my mother passed, she looked at me and muttered to herself: 'Aren't Konoha and the Uzumaki allies?' At the time, I wondered, if they were allies, why didn't Konoha save us?"

"It wasn't until recently that I let it go. I figured there must have been difficulties on all sides. To survive as a child, I pored over the books my mother left behind and only found these two jutsu." Uchiha Gen's face was calm as he spoke, as if he had finally relaxed after unburdening his heart.

Hearing this, Tsunade's expression stiffened: "...I am sorry."

Uchiha Gen shook his head: "That is not your fault."

"Konoha is currently being rebuilt, so we might not have any spare rooms for the time being. Can you accept living with someone else?"

"I can."

After dismissing Uchiha Gen, Tsunade pinched the red strand of hair in her hand, lost in thought.

Following the Anbu guide, Uchiha Gen wondered who he would be living with. Well, whoever it is, I hope they're easy to fool.

Upon arriving at the destination, he saw that anti-gravity silver hair and that charming... well, he couldn't see his face.

Uchiha Gen's mouth twitched slightly; seeing this situation was unexpected, yet it made sense.

Kakashi greeted Uchiha Gen upon seeing him: "Hello, I'm Hatake Kakashi."

"Uzumaki Reikawa. Sorry for the intrusion during this time~" Well, perhaps it won't be for too long.

Uchiha Gen bowed very politely.

Kakashi waved his hand: "It's fine, your room is over there." Although Kakashi found it a bit troublesome, his house was large anyway, so he figured he'd just treat it as having an extra neighbor.

Besides, this person was of the same clan as his late teacher's wife... arranging for him to stay at his place also served the purpose of observation. Judging by his polite demeanor, he should be relatively easy to manage.

Until...

"Are you really from the Uzumaki clan? Why is your hair yellow?"

"This Great One does not change his name or surname—I am Uzumaki Naruto!"

"You're just bragging." Uchiha Gen looked completely unconvinced.

"You, you...! I could say the same to you, you're not from the Uzumaki clan either, your hair isn't even yellow."

Kakashi held his forehead. He didn't know when he had run into Naruto and the others, but they started arguing the moment they met.

Hearing this, Uchiha Gen explained with an arrogant air why the Uzumaki clan all had red hair, and mentioned the clan's astonishing chakra reserves.

Naruto suddenly grasped the main point: "! You mean, one of my parents had red hair?"

"If your surname is real, then one of them must have had red hair. Besides, a brat like you, how much chakra could you possibly have?"

Red hair, Fourth Hokage... Sasuke pondered the information he had gathered in his mind. By now, he had already placed Naruto on the same level as himself.

No one who could become Hokage was weak, and as their descendant, even if he were useless, he couldn't be that bad. He was simply wondering: should he tell Naruto this information? Why had Konoha kept this hidden from Naruto, the son of a hero?

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On the other side, Orochimaru was somewhat stunned after receiving this news. An alive Uchiha? Although he had hidden the fact that Uchiha Gen was a Reanimation, had even Jiraiya failed to notice?

Interesting! Truly interesting! Uchiha Gen, should he have just controlled him with a jutsu back then? To think he had let such an interesting person slip through his fingers.

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Back on Uchiha Gen's side, after saying goodbye to Naruto, he was in a good mood because he had successfully stolen the Multi Shadow Clone Technique. Even more pleasing was the fact that he was being watched, though that seemed a bit strange to say.

"Uzumaki Reikawa, Lord Hokage wants to see you."

Uchiha Gen smiled brightly: "Alright, I'm coming."

Seeing Uchiha Gen's reaction, a question mark slowly appeared over the head of the Root ninja. Was he really that happy to be summoned by the Hokage? But unfortunately, he wasn't going to the Hokage's office.

Suddenly, this Root ninja sensed something was wrong, only to see the eyes of Uzumaki Reikawa before him transform into the Sharingan.

"Take me to see Danzo."

The Root ninja stood dazed, slowly turning to the side to begin leading the way.

After twisting and turning through countless corridors, they finally arrived before Danzo.

"Uzumaki Reikawa, are you willing to serve this old man?" Danzo was somewhat surprised to see that this Root ninja had actually brought Uzumaki Reikawa; he had only intended to send him out to test the waters, never expecting him to successfully bring Uzumaki Reikawa away from right under Kakashi's nose.

Uchiha Gen took the credit for himself.

After speaking, Danzo commanded the Root ninja, "You may withdraw." However, the ninja simply collapsed onto the ground.

"!" Danzo was startled, and the Uzumaki Reikawa before him had somehow transformed into a strange figure wearing a white mask.

Decisive as ever, Danzo immediately formed hand seals: Wind Style: Vacuum Wave!

The wind blades swept through, but the white-masked figure before him had vanished. Danzo's brows furrowed tightly; who would dare make a move against him? That woman Tsunade lacked the nerve, but suddenly he recalled a recently emerged organization—could it be the Akatsuki?