"Uh, it's not that bad. Do I seem like that kind of person? I said I'd treat you, so I'll treat you. Go ahead and eat as much as you want. If it's not enough, order more!" Uchiha Gen said nonchalantly.
"Ha, if you put it that way, then I won't hold back. Waiter, five more plates of the special barbecue, with extra cumin, please!" Uchiha Zaohuo was still chewing as he started ordering more from the waiter.
"Zaohuo, can you really finish all that?"
"Don't worry~ I can't afford to eat like this on a regular day, so I'm going to enjoy myself today!" He went right on stuffing his face~
"Zaohuo! Maybe we shouldn't order those five more plates after all? It'd be a waste if you couldn't finish them!" Uchiha Gen advised.
"No problem, I can handle it!" Uchiha Zaohuo waved him off. As if I'd be stupid enough to turn down free barbecue!
"But it's almost nine-thirty already."
"I told you, if you've got something urgent to do, go ahead. Don't worry about me."
"It's not me who's got something urgent to do. It's you. Captain Nine is probably already roaring by now!"
"Huh? What's me eating barbecue got to do with that sourpuss Captain Nine? Are you asking me to get him a takeaway? No way. Do I look like the kind of person who sucks up to people?" Uchiha Zaohuo looked displeased.
"Do you remember what you came here to see me about?" Uchiha Gen asked with a mischievous grin.
"Of course. Didn't we come here to eat barbecue?" Uchiha Zaohuo only had eyes for the barbecue now. Hm, this piece is a little burnt. It's all that Gen's fault for constantly yapping beside me!
"Eating barbecue isn't the point. The point is what we were supposed to do before eating barbecue."
"Before? Before that, I asked you to come to work with me, didn't I? Wait!!! Work? Did you just say it's nine-thirty?" Uchiha Zaohuo trembled all over. The barbecue in his mouth suddenly didn't taste so good anymore!
"More precisely, it's five minutes to nine-thirty," Uchiha Gen said calmly.
"But our workday starts at eight-thirty! What difference does five minutes make? Hahahaha, I must not be fully awake yet. This has to be a dream. No wonder Gen suddenly invited me to eat barbecue, and so early in the morning, too. There were so many things that didn't make sense, and I didn't notice any of them. I'm a proud Special Jōnin of the Uchiha Clan, but I've been slacking off a bit lately!" As he spoke, Uchiha Zaohuo smacked his lips twice. Mm, delicious!
Delicious? How could I taste it in a dream? This is bad. It's not a dream!!!
Uchiha Zaohuo's face turned pale, and he could barely hold his chopsticks.
"Gen, how about we get five plates of barbecue to go for Captain Nine? I'm not trying to suck up to him! It just looks bad to eat by ourselves." Uchiha Zaohuo abruptly changed his tune, trying to find a way out.
"What's that got to do with me? I don't work for the Police Force anymore. I'm not getting anything to go. I'm treating you, not Captain Nine. You're getting a free meal and now you want to take some along to curry favor? What would happen if everyone did that? I treat you, you treat Captain Nine? Captain Nine treats Yashiro? Yashiro treats Guihuo? Guihuo treats Tianhuo? Tianhuo treats Jia Yi? Jia Yi treats Bing Ding? Bing Ding treats Fugaku? Fugaku treats the whole clan? The whole clan treats Konoha? Konoha treats the Land of Fire? The Land of Fire treats the Ninja World? Who could afford you carrying on like that? Don't even think about it!" Uchiha Gen said disdainfully.
"Huh? Isn't that a bit much? Wait, did you just say you don't work for the Police Force anymore? How come I didn't know?" Uchiha Zaohuo was at a loss for words.
"Oh, Clan Head Fugaku just told me yesterday. Captain Nine will probably tell you all when you get to work today! Besides, with the fortune I have now, do you think I still need to live off the Police Force's meager salary? There's no way I'm going to work for someone else. I'm going to be an evil capitalist and fleece the masses!" Uchiha Gen finished with a few signature Uchiha laughs!
"You—if you weren't going to work, why invite me, a working man, to eat barbecue first thing in the morning? And keep me here until nine-thirty??? Don't you know I had to be there by eight-thirty? You bastard!" Uchiha Zaohuo roared through gritted teeth.
"Huh? You're only thinking of that now? Then why did you wake me up first thing in the morning, when I didn't have to work? You never kindly came to wake me up on a regular workday, but today, when I happened to have the day off, you went out of your way to make a scene?" Uchiha Gen shot back.
"Enough. If you keep arguing, Captain Nine will probably come looking for you himself! Hurry up and get lost. Thanks!" Uchiha Gen waved him away and went back to eating barbecue.
"Ah! You insufferable bastard! How did I never realize you were this awful? I'll settle things with you after work!" Uchiha Zaohuo rushed off to the Military Police Force. He even used the Body Flicker Technique a bit faster than usual. Guess people need a little pressure to get moving! Unlike me, with nothing to do but kill time eating barbecue!
"Uchiha Gen? Lord Hokage requests your presence!" A white-haired, masked, mop-headed man suddenly popped out of nowhere, nearly making Uchiha Gen choke.
"Kakashi, couldn't you just walk up like a normal person? Trying to scare me to death?" It took Uchiha Gen a while to recover. He took a sip of hot tea to calm himself down.
"During a mission, don't call me by my name. Use my codename!" Hatake Kakashi stared at Uchiha Gen with his dead-fish eyes.
"I'm not Anbu. How would I know your codename? Anyway, which Lord Hokage are you talking about?" Uchiha Gen asked helplessly.
"The Fourth Hokage requests your presence. The Third Hokage is there too!" With that, Kakashi vanished in a flash!
"What kind of trouble is it this time? Whatever. I'm not on the payroll, and I don't make a living as a ninja anymore! Getting a few wives soon and keeping a warm bed is what really matters. Oh, is the Naruto world monogamous or polygamous? The couples who got married in the original story all seemed to be monogamous, but the nobles and daimyo seemed to be allowed multiple wives. But even Fugaku, the clan head, only has one wife. Would it look bad if I had multiple wives? Ah, what a dilemma~" Muttering to himself the whole way, Uchiha Gen slowly arrived at the Hokage Building!
"Knock, knock~" He gently knocked on the door Naruto had kicked open who knew how many times in the original story!
"Come in~"
"Click~" As soon as the door opened, he saw the whole gang. The Konoha F4, plus the Fourth Hokage, Minato, and Tsunade. Hm, and Nara Shikaku too.
"Gen, come on in. I really have to thank you for what you did earlier. If you hadn't stepped in when you did, Kushina would have been in danger!" Minato thanked him earnestly.
"She wouldn't have been in danger; she definitely would have been. But don't think you can brush it all aside. What about the fact that you sold me out?" Uchiha Gen showed no concern for social niceties.
"Hmph! Evil Uchiha brat, is that how you speak to the Fourth Hokage?" Danzo was the first to step forward and criticize him. Given Shimura Danzo's hatred and greed toward the Uchiha Clan, he certainly wouldn't pass up any chance to attack the Uchiha.
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