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At dawn, Uchiha Kazuki was, as usual, sitting in a small shop not far from the ninja academy, eating breakfast while observing the people passing by on the road from the corner of his eye.
He only withdrew his gaze after a child dressed in Uchiha attire, carrying a backpack, entered the ninja academy.
"Successfully copied, obtained a small amount of Indra’s chakra. Do you want to merge?"
"Merge."
Silently thinking this, Kazuki put down the bamboo chopsticks in his hand, placed the money on the table, got up, and left.
After Kazuki left, a ninja from the Anbu quickly withdrew from the shadows not far from the breakfast shop and reported to the Hokage’s office.
"Hokage-sama, Kazuki had breakfast at the snack shop across from the ninja academy as usual. He left after Uchiha Sasuke entered the school without any unusual behavior."
"You’ve worked hard."
The Third Hokage, smoking his pipe, exhaled heavily.
He couldn’t understand why Kazuki, without fail, went to the breakfast shop every day.
What was his purpose?
Was it for Sasuke, or Naruto?
As long as the ninja academy was in session, Kazuki would appear on time.
This made the already sensitive Third Hokage even more tense.
He dispatched Anbu ninjas to follow and observe, and this observation had lasted for six months.
"You may leave and rest. By the way, inform Shisui to come over."
After a moment of silence, the Third Hokage put down his pipe and said.
"Yes, Hokage-sama."
The kneeling Anbu ninja bowed and quickly left.
Kazuki was unaware that his behavior had made the Third Hokage overly suspicious. At this moment, he was stretching lazily, unhurriedly heading towards the police force headquarters.
"It’s another day of getting a critical hit reward."
Getting the critical hit reward put Kazuki in a good mood, and he even whistled.
It had been six months since he had crossed over to the Naruto world. Kazuki still hadn’t figured out how he had crossed over.
He had been working overtime at the company, printing documents needed by his boss for the next day, when everything went black. When he regained consciousness, he found himself in the Naruto world.
Not only had he crossed over, but he had also become a member of the Uchiha clan.
Even more frightening, the night of the Nine-Tails attack had already passed by several years, and there were only three years left until the Uchiha massacre.
Whether it was related to printing documents before crossing over or not, Kazuki’s cheat ability was quite outrageous.
It had only two functions: copy and merge once a day.
By using copy on others, he could randomly obtain rewards, such as Sharingan power, taijutsu, kenjutsu training experience, or even critical hit rewards like Indra’s chakra or Asura’s chakra.
This was why Kazuki persistently stayed near the ninja academy as long as it was in session.
He needed to use Sasuke and Naruto as his daily copy targets.
"Captain."
In the lounge on the second floor of the police force headquarters, as Kazuki pushed open the door and entered, several people drinking tea in the lounge quickly stood up and greeted him.
"Relax. Just make sure not to get caught by our clan leader."
Kazuki smiled amicably and waved his hand casually:
"By the way, has the personnel department not filled the vacant positions with new recruits yet?"
"The personnel department said the new recruits are under review. Once the review is complete, they will join the squad."
"Then that’s all. Continue your tasks and don’t forget the regular patrols."
After saying this, Kazuki walked into his office. As one of the squad leaders of the police force, he had his own office.
After Kazuki entered his office, the few people in the lounge quickly resumed their relaxed atmosphere, drinking tea and chatting.
At this moment, Uchiha Shisui, who was also a squad leader of the police force, arrived at the Hokage’s office building with a nervous heart.
Since becoming a double agent for the clan and the village, Shisui had not had a single day of peace.
One day, he worried about the village taking drastic action against the Uchiha; the next day, he worried about the hardliners in the clan agitating for a coup.
Every time he came to see the Third Hokage or other high-ranking officials, it was the most agonizing time for Shisui.
As a double agent, he was always caught in the middle, facing difficult choices.
He hoped nothing major had happened.
Arriving at the Hokage’s office building, Shisui took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Receiving permission, Shisui opened the door and entered the Hokage’s office, respectfully saluting the Third Hokage who was working at his desk: "Hokage-sama."
Hearing Shisui’s voice, the Third Hokage put down the documents in his hand.
His originally composed expression gradually turned serious. Seeing this, Shisui’s heart sank to the bottom.
Whenever the Third Hokage used this expression with him, it meant there were new problems with the clan.
"Shisui."
After a pause, the Third Hokage continued:
"There is something I need to understand in detail."
Shisui lowered his head and quickly said, "Please speak, Hokage-sama."
"Hmm."
The Third Hokage, satisfied with Shisui’s attitude, nodded slightly and said:
"According to Anbu’s investigation, Uchiha Kazuki, the squad leader of the police force, always seems to get close to the ninja academy, trying to approach Naruto and Sasuke."
To investigate someone, to understand someone, what’s the best way? First, find a reason to investigate them. This was something the Third Hokage was already adept at.
"What? Kazuki?"
As expected, Shisui was stunned at first, then showed some bewildered and incredulous emotions.
Kazuki liked to eat near the ninja academy, a habit that had lasted for more than half a year and had become familiar to the Uchiha clan.
Shisui was also worried that Kazuki might cause trouble, so he had followed him for a while, but found out that there was nothing to worry about.
Kazuki really was just there to eat. As for why he went when the ninja academy was in session, Shisui couldn’t figure it out either.
As for approaching Naruto, that was absolutely nonsense.
Kazuki had never been within a hundred meters of Naruto.
Even on patrol, he would deliberately avoid him.
"Is this an internal Uchiha arrangement, or is it Kazuki’s personal behavior?"
"Hokage-sama."
Shisui became anxious and quickly explained:
"There has never been such an arrangement within the clan, nor has anyone been instructed to approach Naruto. Going to the ninja academy for breakfast is Kazuki’s personal habit. This habit has lasted for more than half a year. I have investigated it, and besides eating, Kazuki has not done anything else."
Shisui couldn’t falsely accuse Kazuki in this matter.
If it existed, it existed; if it didn’t, it didn’t.
"Is that so?"
The Third Hokage frowned slightly. He could tell Shisui was telling the truth.
In fact, Kazuki indeed had no intention of approaching Naruto because there was no need. His cheat ability could be used from a distance.
Since it could be used from afar, why go near Naruto and provoke the nerves of the higher-ups?
The Third Hokage called Shisui not only to see if he could get any valuable information but also to warn Kazuki through Shisui not to do anything he shouldn’t.
"Hah..."
The Third Hokage suddenly sighed, causing Shisui’s heart to leap into his throat.
PS: There is not much action in this fic