Konoha's traitor master

Chapter 159

Konoha Village

Fugaku's dessert shop is still doing very well today.

The people who come to the store are mainly young women. On the one hand, women usually like to eat sweets, and on the other hand, it is the store's signature - Itachi with a shot face.

"Itachi, I feel deeply derelict in my duty as a teacher when I see you here." Behind the counter of the dessert shop, Aoba looked distressed.

"Here's your change, thank you for your patronage~" Itachi did the cashier job skillfully and ignored Aoba.

The smile on his face is very sunny, not the kind of business smile.

The dessert shop started with setting up a stall, and Itachi would come to help every day as a break after training.

Eat and drink by the way.

After serving the guests, Itachi turned around and glanced at his master, with four words written in his eyes, "It's a hindrance."

"It seems that the study plan customized for you is not enough. Don't worry, Master, I will give you extra food tomorrow." Aoba's expression was serious, as if he really cared about Itachi's growth.

"My study plan has always been made by Tsunade-sama, have you forgotten, Master Aoba?" Itachi has become more and more unrestrained recently.

In fact, the Fugaku family's mentality has been relatively 'unruly' recently, which is reflected in Fugaku's daily interactions with his family and his education to Itachi, and he has begun to slowly break away from the rigid rules of the Uchiha clan.

After several times forcibly suppressing the tribe with kaleidoscope, Fugaku's mentality slowly changed towards becoming a strong man, and he began to try not to accommodate the opinions of his tribe.

This made the pressure in Fugaku's heart a lot lighter, and also made Itachi's heart less burdened with so many undue worries, making him feel more like a child.

"Well~ these are all trivial matters. Okay, it's almost time for the party, let's go." Aoba reached out to pick up Itachi, put it on his shoulders, and said hello to the dessert shop clerk.

"Bang." Itachi couldn't help but huffed Aoba who forcefully changed the subject. He learned this move from Tsunade.

But with a smile on his face, he did not reject Aoba's affectionate behavior.

Aoye just carried Itachi on his back and walked onto the street. Itachi talked about his recent study progress and some things about the ninja school. The master and apprentice slowly walked towards the izakaya.

When he came to the door of the izakaya, Aoba picked Itachi up again, but did not put it down. After weighing it, he said seriously: "Itachi, have you... gained weight recently?"

Itachi suddenly blushed and used the Substitute Technique to break free from Aoba's control.

"Hahahahaha." Qingye smiled and walked into the private room.

There is a big difference between the decoration style of the new store and the old store. Compared with the old store, it is more refined, has a larger space, and also has stronger confidentiality.

In addition to ninjas, there are also a large number of civilians on the commercial street, so Aoba mainly takes the route that is close to the people.

As for family offices, after this storm passes, the main consumer group in the future will be family ninjas.

At this time, the private room was very lively. The Minato couple and Kakashi were present, as well as Itachi who had just slipped in. Tsunade and Jiraiya were also sitting in the private room.

"Hey, Aoba, can you behave more seriously in front of your apprentice?" Kushina has always been honest with Aoba.

"Aoba-senpai." Kakashi and the others greeted Aoba without standing up, looking very casual.

Although Tsunade and Jirai were present, they were both generous and informal people, especially at the wine table, so the atmosphere in the private room was very joyful.

Aoba responded with a smile, and then glanced at Obito, somewhat disgusted with this Uchiha ninja with three magatama.

"I have met Tsunade-sama and Jiraiya-sama." Aoba greeted the two of them. He was not too surprised that these two people appeared in the private room.

Since we are discussing the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Watergate, it is appropriate for their ‘elders’ to be present.

Minato and his wife were both orphans, so it goes without saying that Jiraiya was also Minato's master, and of course he was the elder on behalf of the man.

Uzumaki and the Senju clan are distant relatives. As a descendant of Uzumaki Mito and Minato's aunt, Tsunade is very suitable as the woman's elder.

This is also the reason why Kushina has always hoped that Tsunade can witness the marriage of the two, not just because of her admiration for Tsunade.

"Stop talking nonsense and quickly find a place to sit down." Tsunade waved her hand in response to Aoba. When everyone arrived, it was time to discuss business.

"Minato, what are your thoughts on the time of the wedding?" Jiraiya asked, holding a wine glass. Although he was an elder, Jiraiya still relied on Minato's own opinions.

Everyone in the private room also stopped moving, waiting for Minato to express his thoughts.

The couple looked at each other, and then Minato said: "We hope to hold the wedding on the day before the expedition."

...

Late at night, in the root base on the outskirts of Konoha.

After the show, Aoba sent Itachi back to the Uchiha mansion, and then came to the root base alone.

In a newly added conference room, there is a common square conference table. Aoba is sitting at the head wearing a mask, while the other subordinates are sitting on both sides in a somewhat reserved manner.

Aoba is different from Danzo, the extremely controlling leader, and he doesn't really like Danzo's style of sitting alone and kneeling down below.

So I ordered someone to open a new conference room in the base.

For these brainwashed subordinates, although they were moved, they were somewhat unaccustomed to it.

"Let's discuss how the intelligence on Yunyin Village should be strengthened." Aoba raised today's topic.

After the ambush incident at the border of Grass Country, Aoba also began to reflect on some of the current problems at the root.

In this incident, all of Aoba's intelligence channels failed to grasp the intelligence of Kumogakure Village in time.

The possibility that Kumogakure Village may have conspired against the Kakashi trio is entirely Aoba's guess, and there is no evidence to base it on, and Aoba cannot even compile it.

Otherwise, there is no need for him to lead the team as a nanny himself.

Even the Hidden Cloud Village sent a team to lay traps on the border of the Country of Grass without being noticed by the Roots. Strictly speaking, this is considered a dereliction of duty by the Roots Intelligence Team.

Now Aoba must face the reality that after losing the advantage of the plot, his 'intelligence' ability has been greatly weakened.

Especially Yunyin Village, a village with a very low penetration level at present.

Konoha is about to start a war with Kumogakure, and even if it won't actually start, small-scale friction and testing will definitely be inevitable.

In this war, the main responsibility of the root is still intelligence. The smaller the scale of the battle, the higher the importance of intelligence.

The atmosphere in the conference room became a little stagnant, and the heads of various departments at the root fell into silence. The words thinking and discussion were somewhat unfamiliar to them.

This did not go beyond Aoba's expectations. These people had experienced the era when Danzo was in power and had always regarded obeying orders and performing tasks as their bounden duty.

After Aoba instigated them to rebel, in order to cultivate the loyalty of his subordinates, he continued to emphasize execution in the early stage.

As a result, the subordinates at the root are all very good executors, but their habitual execution of orders has also obliterated their thinking ability.

However, Aoba knows that these people in charge who he carefully selected have their own thoughts, otherwise they would not be influenced by Aoba and break away from Danzo's brainwashing.

It's just that they are not used to thinking yet, and they need Qingye to guide them slowly.

And this is also the reason why Qingye held a special meeting to discuss today. The purpose is to slowly cultivate the thinking ability of his subordinates.

As for ways to strengthen Genbu's intelligence capabilities on Cloud Hidden Village, Aoba has already thought of the right person.