The Nine-Tails covered its nose, which Naruto had bitten swollen, its face full of helplessness.
To bite a tailed beast's nose swollen showed just how much strength Naruto had used.
"I'm plenty generous!"
Naruto gave the Nine-Tails a meaningful look, then stormed off angrily.
The Uchiha Who Turned to Farming (1/2)
Mikoto Uchiha saw the red mark on Naruto's face.
"Naruto, your face..."
"I accidentally ran into a tree while practicing the Body Flicker Technique."
Naruto touched the mark on her face, which had yet to fade, then sat gloomily before the campfire with her lips pursed. She saw Yakushi Nonō, whose face was pale.
"Nonō, how are your injuries?"
"Much better. It's embarrassing to say that, despite being a medical ninja, you've saved me several times." Yakushi Nonō placed her hand over her chest, where Haruki Hyuga's tail had pierced her before.
"That couldn't be helped. Haruki Hyuga already had the strength of a Jonin, and he also had that strange Curse Mark. The fact that you survived against him is already worth celebrating."
With the strength of a Jonin enhanced by the Curse Mark, if Haruki Hyuga had not lost his mind, dealing with him would have been a troublesome problem for Naruto.
Orochimaru... what exactly was he plotting?
Why had he given Haruki Hyuga the Curse Mark...? Was it simply to help Haruki Hyuga take revenge on me? Naruto took out the scroll sealing Haruki Hyuga's eyes. After hesitating for a moment, she gave up on the unrealistic idea of transplanting those Byakugan into herself.
"Yeah... The Curse Mark on him was extremely strange. Orochimaru, the one who gave it to him, was after you, wasn't he...?"
Yakushi Nonō came over and sat beside Naruto, tidying Naruto's slightly messy twin tails.
"After me...?"
Would Orochimaru be interested in me? What could possibly interest him about me? If I went berserk in his base, wouldn't I flatten the whole place?
Still, if I could become Orochimaru's disciple, perhaps my strength could grow quickly.
Wait. In the original story, Karin from Hawk Team was also a member of the Uzumaki Clan. Without Sasuke, she might have died after being attacked by wild beasts on the way to the Konohagakure Chunin Ninja Exams.
Karin should be in Kusagakure now... Should I snatch her away?
Naruto remembered the mistaken mindset she had fallen into before. It was wrong to view the current world through the original Naruto story. Here, the Uchiha Clan had not been exterminated, and Itachi Uchiha had not joined the Akatsuki Organization. That meant the Akatsuki Organization was still recruiting members.
"Looks like I still have plenty of time..."
Late at night, Naruto, who was being held like a child by Yakushi Nonō, glanced at Mikoto Uchiha, who was keeping watch beside the campfire, and sighed.
"After seeing the things I've done, why do you still treat me like a child?"
"Because, Naruto, you're an adorable girl~!"
Yakushi Nonō smiled gently and held Naruto tenderly.
"I see..."
Exhausted, Naruto soon fell asleep in Yakushi Nonō's embrace, breathing in that reassuring scent tinged with a trace of blood.
"Naruto looks cuter when she's asleep..."
Yakushi Nonō looked at Naruto's innocent sleeping face, gently stroked her cheek, and closed her eyes to rest.
In the middle of the night, Yakushi Nonō opened her eyes and carried the sleeping Naruto over to Mikoto Uchiha.
"Mikoto, go rest for a while."
"Are your injuries really all right? You should rest more."
"I'm not that fragile."
Yakushi Nonō shook her head, refusing Mikoto Uchiha's kindness.
"Naruto looks pretty cute when she's asleep."
Mikoto Uchiha held Naruto and gave her cheek a rub.
"I think so too."
Yakushi Nonō wholeheartedly agreed with Mikoto Uchiha. The two women smiled at each other.
At the border where the Land of Rivers, the Land of Rain, and the Land of Fire met stood a mountain shrouded in mist all year round. Many crows lived on the mountain, and it was called Crow Mountain.
Located at the junction of the three nations, even if other ninja villages wanted to attack Crow Mountain, they would face certain constraints.
After days of traveling, the Uchiha Clan finally arrived at Crow Mountain. Led by Shisui Uchiha, the Uchiha Clan entered the mist-shrouded mountain.
"The mist on Crow Mountain disperses for two days after seven days, then appears again. The cycle repeats endlessly."
Shisui Uchiha raised his hand, and the crow perched on it flew into the sky and let out a cry.
As though responding to its call, Crow Mountain, which had previously only occasionally echoed with caws, suddenly became lively.
"The Uchiha Clan's settlement will be here. The mist will serve as a natural protective barrier, while the crows will become our eyes. Anyone who approaches Crow Mountain will be seen by the crows."
"Brother Shisui, you're amazing!"
Sasuke Uchiha, who had been immersed in the pain of losing his mother for days, was rarely drawn in by the display Shisui Uchiha had just shown.
"It's nothing special. If you want to learn, Sasuke, I can teach you."
"Brother Shisui, you have to keep your word!"
"Mm. Once we're settled, I'll teach you the ninja technique for controlling crows." Seeing Sasuke's serious expression, Shisui Uchiha knew that Sasuke genuinely wanted to learn, so naturally, he would not refuse to teach him.
Earth Style: Iron Prison!
Metal walls rose from the ground. Hearing the rumbling, the crows showed no fear at all.
They simply watched the metal walls rising from the earth with curiosity from the tree branches.
This was originally a ninjutsu meant for making cages, but it could also be used to build crude temporary dwellings.
Building houses required a large amount of timber. Shisui Uchiha had already considered this.
He took out a pile of scrolls and stacked them on the ground. Inside the scrolls was all the timber Shisui Uchiha had prepared.
After several busy days, the outline of a Uchiha village had been built on Crow Mountain. Ninjas really were fast at building houses. The newly built homes were still crude, and many places needed proper furnishing.
As they looked at the completed houses, smiles called "hope" finally appeared on the faces of the Uchiha Clan.
After experiencing despair, they had finally seen hope.
This was a village belonging to the Uchiha Clan alone. They no longer had to worry about what Konohagakure might do to them.
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