Naruto: The Hidden Protector

Chapter 31

"I'm worried Konoha would use Naruto as their weapon to minimize unnecessary casualties. With how the village views him, the possibility is too high," Izanami said with a serious look.

Kaguya and Sakumo both nodded in understanding. Unlike in the era of the Second Hokage, who had the village tightly wrapped in his hands, the Third Hokage’s authority is quite limited. Since Naruto is not officially a ninja, he is under the rule of the civilian council.

Almost every member of the civilian council would be more than happy to sacrifice him to save some villagers. Even if the Third Hokage refuses, he will be cornered if the other three advisors agree to it. And with Danzo’s character, he would be the first one to agree to this proposal, as it is too advantageous a situation for him to miss.

“ Minato Sensei son  “ Rin said with a bit of sadness in her voice. 

"Speaking about him, how is he? I heard he was kicked out of the orphanage," Izanami asked in genuine worry. She knew that the general treatment towards Naruto was bad, so she made several arrangements for his care.

One arrangement was providing him with unlimited free ramen in Teuchi’s shop. This was something she and Teuchi both agreed on. As a fellow disciple of Jiraiya alongside Minato, Teuchi wanted to adopt Naruto when he first saw him.

It wasn’t just Teuchi who wanted to adopt Naruto; many families and clans wanted to do the same. Some did so out of loyalty to Minato, while others were driven by greed. However, all these attempts were rejected by the Third Hokage. He didn’t even let the Nara clan, one of the clans that supported his position, do anything.

Instead of Rin, it was Yahiko who answered her question. Since he is a crow, he is the most suitable one to observe Naruto without anyone getting suspicious.

"It's quite terrible, actually. Due to the rumors, almost every villager knows Naruto's appearance. So most shop vendors overprice him or outright reject him. This has led to him not going to any shops, even if the shop vendors act clueless about his identity. If it wasn't for Teuchi, Naruto may have died of hunger," Yahiko explained.

Hearing his words, Izanami had a grim expression. It seemed that most of the countermeasures she took weren't that successful. She had sent agents to run food shops so Naruto would be able to buy some healthy food. She also tried to increase the allowance Naruto received, but that proved to be useless as the shops overpriced him.

"Oh right, I almost forgot about this. Last week, I saw Sakumo-san’s son, Kakashi, drop off some groceries on Naruto's doorstep," Yahiko said, surprising Izanami a little.

In the original story, Kakashi was too broken from all the deaths to do anything about Naruto. If she remembered correctly, Kakashi went on more than 100 S-rank missions to escape from reality. If it wasn’t for Jiraiya’s book, he would have become a person devoid of emotion. So what could be the reason for his sudden change. 

Izanami looked at Sakumo was questioning eyes ‘ did  he somehow break free from my curse and talk to Kakashi?" she wondered. 

Sakumo, sensing her gaze, said helplessly, “Although I can’t read minds, I can very much guess what you are thinking. And no, I didn’t talk to him. It was a Uchiha girl who talked some sense into him. Well, not surprising since that clan is most knowledgeable about love.”

“Wait, a Uchiha girl?” Izanami asked in shock. Something like this wasn’t in the original story. Did her boss reincarnate some other lost lamb to make things more difficult for me? She had to investigate this anomaly before she lost her advantage in the plot.

“ Who is this Uchiha girl, and most importantly how was she able to come close to Kakashi. Although that guy won’t say he instinctively avoids the Uchiha clan members. In fact if it wasn’t for Anbu duties he wouldn’t even meet Shisui and Itachi. Obito’s supposed death hit him too hard. “ Izanami said. 

 “ Yes that is true, but you see Izanami sama this Uchiha girl is quite talented in genjutsu. And based on my observation that their encounter was purely a coincidence. “ Sakumo said. 

“ I see when I go to the Uchiha clan tomorrow I will try to find more about this girl, she might be an interesting character. "Izanami said, making Kaguya sigh. 

Her granddaughter definitely wanted to investigate this mysterious Uchiha girl. Although Kaguya didn’t know why this girl caught her interest, she wasn’t going to say anything about it. Unlike her useless, narrow-minded sons, Izanami was able to think in a broader perspective. So even if this girl was dangerous, she wouldn’t just seal her up in a moon to die of boredom.

“Well, let’s head back to bed for now. Tomorrow is a big…” Izanami was going to continue her words when she suddenly stopped. She turned her head in a specific direction, using her Observation Haki to zoom in on where she felt a special chakra signature. There, she saw a green, half-made Susanoo. And she recognized it immediately.

“A green Susanoo… Danzo, that motherfucker…” Izanami cursed as she got up in a hurry. She snapped her fingers and her outfit changed. The kimono she wore was no more, replaced with a tight black ninja wear similar to what Nanami and the yokai members wore. On her waist were two black katanas and a fox mask similar to what an Anbu would wear.

She quickly put on the fox mask, and as soon as she did, her presence started to slowly disappear from everyone's senses. Even Sakumo and Kaguya, who had the best senses amongst all of them, would think she was gone if they didn’t see her standing with their own eyes.

“You guys wait here and don’t follow me. I’m going to step out for a little bit,” Izanami said firmly. With that, she simply jumped from the window to a nearby rooftop. With amazing agility, she disappeared from everyone’s sight, leaving behind only the faint echo of her departure.

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