Orphanage Outside the Village

Konoha

Konoha Military Police Force Headquarters

In the headquarters office of the Security Department, Naraku at his desk, personally overseeing the work of the Military Police Force, and slowly flipped through the files on his desk.

Most of the contents and work in the files had already been processed and signed off by Uchiha Yakumi and Uchiha Fugaku. The files on Naraku's desk were some memos and similar documents, Naraku patiently flipped through one by one.

"More and more ninjas and villagers are causing trouble at the Hokage Building; our Security Department can't handle this."

Naraku flipped through the documents, and at the very beginning were ninjas and villagers demanding compensation or requesting to fight against Hidden Sand and Iwagakure.

The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, was indeed quite pathetic, but Konoha under Sarutobi Hiruzen wasn't particularly violent or ruthless.

Although the Konoha, under the influence of the Will of Fire, won over a large number of people for Sarutobi Hiruzen, he also could not ignore the lower-level ninjas and those from smaller factions under the same Will of Fire.

Great ninja clans like the Uchiha and Hyuga Clan admired Sarutobi Hiruzen, not to mention other ninjas. This was advantageous to Sarutobi Hiruzen, but the downside was that he couldn't swiftly deal with unsuspecting Konoha.

His image of being a paragon of virtue and approachable to the people wouldn't allow him to do such things, nor would he be capable of doing them. Shimura Danzō a bit rough, but he would probably be happy to see this happen.

Naraku shook his head and continued flipping through the files.

"Many refugee camps and orphanages have been established outside Konoha, taking in many homeless citizens of the Land of Fire and orphans?"

Naraku took the dossier and looked at it carefully for a while, paying particular attention to the name of the submitter to see who had submitted such a boring report.

"Uchiha Mokuhi, he's already been promoted to platoon leader."

Naraku vaguely remembered the name. The contents of the file pleased Naraku somewhat; although they were just miscellaneous matters, it showed that the patrol members cared about the affairs of Konoha.

Naraku immediately shook his head. This Sarutobi Hiruzen, an army leader, even takes on the Land of Fire officials' responsibilities like disaster relief, yet he doesn't have money to pay the ninja's pensions in Konoha. I really don't know how to describe the Third Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"If I remember correctly, Yakushi Kabuto and Yakushi Nonō were in the orphanage, weren't they?"

Naraku finally discovered something of interest.

"Dōmoto, notify Zensui and Lan to assemble at the Daimon of the Security Department, then go to the Hokage Building to request a permit to leave the village. The Security Department will then patrol outside the village."

"Hi!"

Uchiha Dōmoto, sixteen years old, with Two-Tomoe Sharingan, is an outstanding rising star within the Uchiha Clan. After Dōmoto agreed, he vanished through the window in Body Flicker Technique.

The Uchiha Clan's Anbu Guard squad that Naraku kept by his side had frequent personnel changes, Uchiha Dōmoto was one of the newest Uchiha Anbu Guard to join the Guard Corps.

All the former members of the Uchiha Anbu Guard squad were reassigned to other positions, holding ranks of company commander or higher in the Police Force.

Naraku in the village and didn't need many guards; a few guards to maintain appearances were enough.

Uchiha Zensui was a clansman whom Naraku knew to be able to use Izanagi. Naraku paid great attention to someone who knew the Sharingan technique Izanagi and dared not let him go too far. Even though he knew that Uchiha Zensui was loyal, he still kept him by his side.

Naraku continued working on the Security Department for a while, then, feeling that Uchiha Dōmoto's request should be returned soon, he got up and went downstairs.

At the Daimon of the Security Department, Uchiha Zensui and Ran had already gathered. Naraku, who came out of the Daimon, nodded upon seeing them.

"Let's go, come with me on a tour of the village."

"Hi" X8

Naraku and his group quickly headed out of the village, tossing a pass to the guarding ninja at the Daimon before leaving the village in a grand procession.

The two guard ninjas at the gate didn't dare to stop them and watched Naraku and his group leave the village. One of the Chunin looked at Naraku figure with a hint of longing.

The area around Konoha should, in theory, be within the patrol and surveillance range of the Security Department.

However, these perimeter patrol and security tasks were handled by the Anbu, who were directly under the Hokage's command. The Anbu patrolled the area outside the village day and night in shifts, essentially doing the work of the Security Department.

The Security Department is a force controlled by the Uchiha. When not on missions, the Uchiha are generally allowed to stay in the village. To leave the village, they can only do so when carrying out a mission or by reporting their purpose for leaving and obtaining a permit to leave.

The situation in some parts of Konoha is complex. The original purpose of the Anbu was generally to carry out some clandestine missions, such as hunting down missing-nin, or high-risk missions that needed to be executed quickly.

According to Naraku's understanding, most of these shady operations are handled by the Root.

Konoha's so-called assassination tactical units are actually just another Security Department, patrolling and guarding, relaying orders, and at most eliminating some rogue ninja within the territory.

Some mission permits issued by the Security Department require a copy to be obtained from the Hokage Building. However, Naraku's in a hurry or has personal business to attend to.

If it's something legitimate, they'll send someone to get a permit to leave the village, revealing their whereabouts and giving the Hokage some face. Sarutobi Hiruzen and Mitokado Homura from the Administrative Department usually wouldn't be so idle as to obstruct them on trivial matters.

Naraku and his group soon arrived at the orphanage that Uchiha Mokuhi had reported.

"You all stay outside and keep watch, I'll go check it out."

"Hi" X8

Outside the orphanage, many children were doing what appeared to be physical training or Taijutsu exercises. Leading them was a blonde woman wearing glasses.

"Urushi, be serious."

A blonde woman wearing glasses is teaching children.

In Konoha, becoming a ninja basically guarantees a comfortable life, provided one possesses exceptional Ninjutsu skills or does not undertake high-risk missions.

Although Yakushi Nonō did not want her children to follow the path of ninjas, in Konoha Ninja, there was no other way out for them except to teach them to become ninjas.

For children who truly lack the talent of ninjas, the only option is to teach them craftsmanship to supplement the orphanage's expenses and equip them with survival skills so they can earn a living in the future.

About ten minutes later, the children's gymnastics training stopped. Many of the children were panting, Nonō's guidance, they did not slack off.

Although the children were young, they were grateful to the headmaster who took them in. In the precocious Shinobi World, the children also understood that without the headmaster's care, they might have died long ago.

"After looking for so long, can you tell me why you're here?"

After Yakushi Nonō finished her training, she turned around and asked Uchiha Nara, who had been standing outside the orphanage fence for a long time.

Yakushi Nonō is an elite spy of Root, known as the Wandering Miko. Danzo acknowledges Nonō's abilities but disapproves of Nonō mindset, believing that Nonō is not dark enough, such as Nonō overflowing compassion and taking in orphans.

As a former Root ninja, Nonō naturally sensed the extraordinary aura emanating from Uchiha Nara behind her.

"I didn't expect there to be an orphanage outside the village, ma'am. No need to be wary. I am Uchiha Nara, the leader of the Konoha Military Police Force, the guardian of Konoha. May I ask your name?"

"Yakushi Nonō"