At noon three days later, a large convoy of dark-colored buses rolled into Konoha.
"We've finally arrived," said Shūya, who had deep bags under his eyes. Then he slumped back into the driver's seat.
For three straight days, he'd driven nonstop, chasing nothing but that car god's taillights.
Kushina, who spent the entire trip sitting inside the vehicle watching dramas with her little friends, was clearly dissatisfied with this "senior-level" driving speed: "Clan Leader Uncle, you're so terrible! That Uchiha young master is obviously an experienced driver."
The instant those words hit Shūya's ears, he shot upright and angrily rebuked her: "I could tell right away that car was rigged! That kid must've modified it!"
Then he proceeded to list off numerous accusations about the other guy, including but not limited to blowing up the entire Uzumaki village shortly after they'd departed.
He even swore he'd beat that guy fair and square.
"I thought that fireworks display was awesome! My little friends and I have never seen fireworks that big before!"
With pure joy on her face, Kushina used her tiny hands to act out the grand spectacle.
But when she stretched her arms wide to show how big it was, no one really bought it at all. Still, she looked cute and oddly endearing doing it.
(Author's note: It's time for everyone to rise up against Minato!)
The arrival of the Uzumaki clan was met with full honors from Konoha.
Aiko, the mother of the Uchiha clan, personally led a group of high-ranking officials to greet them.
"You must be Clan Leader Shūya. Welcome, the Uzumaki clan, to Konoha," Aiko said smiling warmly while deliberately ignoring the dark shadows beneath his eyes.
As General Manager of the Uchiha Corporation, she was extremely experienced handling situations like this.
"Not at all, not at all. Where's that guy Shen? I'm ready for a real man-to-man racing duel with him!" Shūya declared immediately, looking for someone to challenge.
Earlier he'd already boasted in front of many children about defeating that opponent.
Aiko and the other Konoha VIPs simultaneously raised their hands to cover their faces.
They knew all too well—Konoha's troublemaker wasn't leaving the village just to live quietly.
The deafening music and fireworks three days ago that lit up the entire village were more than enough proof.
Just as the Uzumaki clan arrived in Konoha, a certain Ninja Hawk had already beaten them there, arriving first at the Uchiha clan head's residence.
"Thud!!!"
After dropping the Third Hokage's Encrypted Scroll with a thud, the hawk fluffed its feathers angrily and flew off.
Shen, who had been staying up late recently, rubbed the bump on his forehead and immediately yelled furiously out the window, "F***, I swear I'll grill you on the old man's stove someday!"
Woken up completely by the noise, he opened the scroll and instantly wore a strange expression: "The Third is too naive! Actually daring to use my own technique against me? Doesn't he realize what 'Uchiha genius' truly means?"
Shen casually injected chakra and began decrypting, growing more pleased by the second: "Not bad actually—not copying my encryption circuits directly. But then again, whose brain do you think is better?"
Within mere seconds, he had completed decryption.
He looked at the unencrypted message and immediately saw red. "That old geezer's up to his old tricks again! What do you mean 'Shen Uchiha should obey Hiruzen Sarutobi'? Dream on, Third Hokage!"
After grumbling out loud for a bit, Shen finally started reading the contents of the encrypted scroll.
The words "Approval granted" made his good mood instantly explode. "This old man actually took time to specially send me an encrypted scroll just for this trivial matter? Do all Hokage/Kages have this much free time?"
Konoha's resident troublemaker declared with a wicked grin: "You just wait, Third Hokage! I've got a surprise waiting for you!"
Still fuming inside, the village's notorious prankster decided to skip sleep entirely - he needed to hurry back to the lab and deliver his special surprise to that headache-inducing monster.
At Uchiha Commercial Street, Aiko, as the hostess, naturally gave a presentation about the street's prosperity to the Uzumaki clan in front of many high-ranking officials from Konoha.
"This is the palm imprint left by my younger son Haku when he demolished the street," Aiko proudly explained the "difficult" story behind the deep hand-shaped hole at the entrance to the Uzumaki clan compound.
Shūya sported an agonized expression while listening to her supposedly boastful words, finally understanding that the various rumors about that troublemaker weren't entirely baseless.
"Wow! Brother Shen is incredible!" Kushina, who had yet to earn the nickname "Red-Hot Habanero," showed obvious envy on her face.
Aiko immediately launched into another round of enthusiastic promotion about her beloved younger son: "Little miss, your taste is excellent! My son here is super amazing. Did you notice the Ninja Academy when you first arrived? He thought it looked rundown and suggested remodeling it. And many shops along this entire street were his ideas too!"
"???" The high-ranking officials of Konoha who knew the truth were immediately filled with question marks.
Expose the truth? With so many big shots out of the village, did they really want things to stay peaceful while those leaders were away? All the cowardly officials unanimously agreed to deal with the Uchiha clan later.
Deal with the Uchiha? While continuously promoting her son, Aiko glanced and immediately understood their hidden intentions.
As general manager of Uchiha Corporation Limited, she considered these people simply too foolish.
About how money could reach higher realms, she believed these people probably would never comprehend such concepts their entire lives.
After ten minutes of enthusiastic promotion, Aiko felt extremely satisfied with Kushina's shining eyes. For her younger son's marital prospects, she had worked obsessively hard.
If she knew the other party was cut from the same cloth as that troublemaker, who knows what she would think?
What to do if she couldn't control that troublemaker? As a mother, she declared she would use a bride to settle things. She didn't believe Konoha's troublemaker would dare resist once entangled in romance.
About those two small figures, one black and one white frequently visiting Nama River? Aiko had known about them for quite some time.
Within the Uchiha clan, there were indeed many of her own little "informants."
"Achoo!" Someone who had just arrived at the Commercial Street suddenly sneezed loudly.
"Weird? Is everyone thinking about me or what?" He tightened his coat and headed toward the underground laboratory.
Aiko arrived outside the Laboratory and started boasting again, "This place was proposed by my useless little son. He kept going on about how science is the primary productive force."
Shūya's eyes lit up at that moment.
He felt that working for the Uchiha Clan while repaying his own debt seemed like a pretty decent deal.
Keeping up with cutting-edge technology wasn't a bad deal at all in his opinion.
As for whether the entire Uzumaki clan would eventually have access to it, that would depend entirely on the integrity of a certain transmigrator.
What was certain was that the Uchiha Clan, as Konoha's wealthiest family, would definitely not mistreat them.
"That's not Shen little brother over there?" Kushina immediately recognized Shen approaching casually.
When Aiko turned around, she immediately raised her hand to her forehead in exasperation.
At this moment, Shen had lazily wound just a single strip of bandage around his head. If it weren't for his incredibly high good looks, he wouldn't have been able to suppress the punk vibe radiating from him.
So overall, he looked exactly like some spoiled, lazy aristocrat out for a stroll.
"Hey, mother brought guests for a visit?" While asking, Shen simultaneously yanked off the bandage on his head.
His casual attitude caused several members of Konoha's upper ranks to turn their faces dark.
Aiko immediately raised her hand and flicked his forehead, "You brat, behave yourself when speaking."
"Mother, it really hurts! Just earlier, Third old man's stupid bird hit my head. I'm already so angry!" Saying this, Shen also moved aside his mid-length hair to display the huge lump on his head.
Seeing this, doting mother Aiko immediately started blowing gently on his forehead, "My dear son, calm down a bit. There are many important figures here—you should show some respect."
"Respect?"
Shen turned his head toward the group of stern-faced Konoha leaders: "You came onto *my* Uchiha territory—how much respect do you expect from me?"
Now switching into full 'A-list actor' mode, he decided to throw down the gauntlet to these corrupt Konoha elites right away.
At the same time, he could also let the Uzumaki clan feel the full might of the Uchiha.
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