Building a Hospital, the Uchiha Clan's Predicament!

"If you go to the Hokage Office, you might never come back. And the remaining orphans at the Orphanage will have no one to look after them!"

Xuanyu looked at the furious Owuya Bai and spoke slowly, his voice exceedingly soft.

Yet within the room, those words were like a thunderclap, leaving the two of them stunned for a moment, their heads buzzing.

They did not know why Xuanyu would say such a thing. Their voices carried surprise and confusion.

"Young Master Uchiha, what do you mean by that?" Owuya Bai frowned as he looked at Xuanyu.

He was only going to the Hokage Office. How could he be in danger?

"Heh. Do you know that Shimura Danzō is a friend of the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen?" Xuanyu looked at Owuya Bai and asked, word by word.

Owuya Bai nodded. "Everyone knows that Danzo and the Third Hokage are friends. But I believe Hokage-sama will not play favorites in this matter. He will thoroughly investigate Shimura Danzō and let the ninjas who sacrificed themselves for the village rest in peace."

"Heh. Do you think the Third Hokage knows that Danzo has secretly abducted Konoha's orphans for experiments?" Xuanyu asked the naïve Owuya Bai again.

"This..." Owuya Bai fell into thought, his words becoming hesitant. "He... he probably doesn't know, right?"

In truth, Owuya Bai had begun to doubt his own beliefs. When mentioning Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen again, he no longer used honorifics, and there was instead a trace of distance in his tone.

"Lao Bai, it seems you still don't understand. With the Third Hokage's position, how could he possibly not know about Danzo's schemes?" Xuanyu directly shattered Owuya Bai's last illusion about the Third Hokage. He could not help adding, "If you go looking for the Third Hokage, even if he does not act against you, Danzo will not let you off."

At that,

Owuya Bai's face went pale. It was very possible.

Moreover,

Xuanyu was right. If Danzo was really doing something like this, there was no way he could hide it from Konoha's Hokage.

Danzo kidnapping people for experiments might even have been tacitly approved by the Third Hokage. If he went to expose Danzo now and brought these matters hidden in the darkness to light, he might truly never return.

"But how could the Third Hokage tolerate Danzo laying hands on the children of the Orphanage? They are the children of fallen ninjas, their only bloodlines!" Owuya Bai was anxious. He truly did not know how to resolve this matter, so he looked at Xuanyu, this child.

"What should we do next?"

Owuya Bai was truly at his wits' end. If he did not go to the Hokage to argue his case, how could the safety of the children in the Orphanage be guaranteed? Would he just let those people continue harming the orphans?

"Don't worry. Visit the Orphanage more often and keep a close eye on those children. If you find any suitable ones, take them as disciples and keep them by your side." Xuanyu looked at the anxious Owuya Bai and sighed before continuing, "Meanwhile, I'll have my father donate some supplies to the Orphanage and make a record of the orphans' names. I'll have people check in on them regularly as well."

Having said that, Xuanyu sighed too.

If he controlled the Uchiha Police Force, he could openly send people to guard the Orphanage.

Unfortunately, he did not have that power.

"Very well. Then I shall leave the Orphanage in Young Master Xuanyu's care from now on. This old man will be endlessly grateful!" Hearing Xuanyu lay out his plans so confidently, Owuya Bai calmed down and grew even more impressed with him.

At such a young age, he already possessed such meticulous thought.

It convinced him completely.

He had already made up his mind. If Xuanyu could do as he said, then Xuanyu would be his young master, and he would serve Xuanyu wholeheartedly.

Xuanyu had not expected that the plan he had just mentioned would win the loyalty of a top-tier Medical Ninja.

"Teacher, we've been in this ward for quite a while. We should leave and check on the other patients!" At that moment, Owuya Bai's disciple reminded him from the side.

Owuya Bai nodded. He needed to go out and process the information he had received today. Perhaps he would even need to visit the Orphanage today and look after the children there.

Thus,

Owuya Bai said goodbye to Xuanyu.

"Lao Bai, once you two leave, forget everything we discussed today!" Xuanyu reminded them again as the two headed for the door.

For now, he did not want to clash with Root. He was not strong enough yet.

"I understand." Owuya Bai nodded, but his eyes peered through the window. Faintly, he spotted two figures on an extremely concealed rooftop outside, seemingly watching this ward.

In the end, the two exchanged a glance and left the room.

The ward fell quiet once more. What followed was another tedious stretch of training.

That evening, Xuanyu went home and brought up the idea of building a hospital to his father, especially the pros and cons that would come after it was built.

When his father heard that it could reduce medical expenses and improve the villagers' opinion of the Uchiha Clan, he was very tempted.

In the end, he made the decision on the spot!

At the edge of Konoha, a site next to the Merchant Guild was selected, and construction began immediately.

His father had always been this decisive, acting as soon as he made up his mind!

Xuanyu also put forward another idea: several Secret Chambers should be built underground during the hospital's construction, the sturdy kind!

He did not tell his father that he wanted to keep them as laboratories. The reason he gave was that important patients could stay in the Secret Chambers to ensure their safety and avoid being disturbed.

Uchiha Hanjō readily agreed.

While Uchiha Hanjō was discussing the hospital's construction, Xuanyu had people carry Senju Hashirama back to his home and arranged for him to stay in the room beside his own. Senju Hanayu got a new room as well!

Xuanyu's mother warmly welcomed the siblings' arrival. Perhaps she had been too lonely as a housewife and wanted a young girl to chat with.

From that day onward, whenever Xuanyu went running in the morning, a panting little girl followed behind him.

Uchiha Police Force

Today was Uchiha Fugaku's tenth day at the Military Police Force. Over those ten days, the countless trivial matters had left him utterly overwhelmed, and he had even grown several more strands of white hair.

He had never managed the Military Police Force before. He had not expected there to be so many matters every day.

Over the past few days, the dozen or so of them had practically been working around the clock. They did not even have time to sleep at night.

Uchiha Fugaku, the dignified Clan Head, was exhausted to the point of nearly collapsing.

"Clan Head, we've been reported to the Hokage again. They said we knocked over their stall while patrolling, and that person is demanding 20,000 Ryo in compensation!" At that moment, a ninja with Dark Circles rushed in. His face no longer held any expression.

He had gone from being enraged by such matters at first to becoming numb later on. He no longer held any hope for the Military Police Force.

"What? They're deducting money again?" Fugaku immediately stood up. His eyes no longer carried their former sharpness and were instead filled with bloodshot veins. He continued, "What did the Third Hokage say?"

Now, Uchiha Fugaku no longer used honorifics when referring to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The name was written incorrectly, but it has already been corrected!

That's all for today, two chapters. The other three chapters are still owed. I need to go out tomorrow, and I've already finished one chapter in advance. Once I finish saving up two chapters, I'm going to sleep!

At least two chapters tomorrow. If I get back early, I'll make up one more!