Naruto: The Uchiha's Scientific Madman

"Ao, Orochimaru is not a good person."

"Stay away from him."

Shisui, with his back to Qing, hurried along, his soft voice ringing out.

It's like a suggestion to a friend.

But apart from being graduates of the same year, they had no interaction whatsoever.

These are the words he spoke at that moment.

It matches the personality he projects to the outside world: gentle and reliable!

The Uchiha clan has more than two thousand ninja members.

Uchiha Shisui is widely recognized as the most talented genius among the more than two thousand Uchiha ninjas.

In a few years, when the water level drops a little higher...

He will become the number one Uchiha.

Even the clan head, Fugaku Uchiha, needed to consult Shisui on certain matters.

Right now, Shisui is just a nine-year-old child who has just been promoted to Chunin.

He was a few years younger than Kakashi and the others.

But he graduated in the same year as Qing.

His talent completely surpasses that of Qing.

Compared to Shisui, Qing is a neglected member of the lower class.

The two individuals hold completely opposite positions within their families.

Before he was even nine years old, he had already awakened the Sharingan and become the most valued talent in the family.

"My affairs are none of your business! You, the super genius of the Uchiha clan, should keep a low profile for the time being to avoid any unforeseen events."

Qing appreciated the gesture and offered a reminder.

Although Orochimaru may seem dangerous, it is not safe to be around him. His various experiments could cause irreversible damage to the body.

This is an unavoidable side effect of biological experiments.

But compared to waiting to die in the Uchiha clan, he was willing to become a sword under Orochimaru's command, at least to die on the experimental table he liked, rather than having his neck cut off in his sleep.

Zhi Shui is a good person, but that's all there is to him.

"Thank you, I understand..."

Shisui gave Qing a deep look and realized that he had never really understood this cousin.

Qing comes from a simple family and has very poor talent.

They are not valued within the family.

There hasn't been much attention on it all along.

It was only when Shisui and the other person were taking the graduation exam together that Shisui noticed their fellow clansmen and learned about this person.

I didn't really care at first.

It wasn't until he heard that Uchiha Ao was getting close to Orochimaru that he took it seriously.

And reported it to the family's senior management.

The Uchiha clan is most intolerant of betrayal.

Uchiha Ao's actions directly touched upon this taboo.

He will face the most severe interrogation from his family.

Shisui led Ao to the Kaga Shrine, which the family had set up outside the village, not far from the Valley of the End.

Standing at the highest point of the shrine, you can also see the portrait of Madara Uchiha.

The sound of flowing water could be heard not far away.

The shrine was completely silent.

Several seemingly ordinary clansmen were cleaning the shrine.

An elderly man dressed in a dark kimono knelt before the ancestral tablet of the Uchiha clan, gently tapping the wooden fish in front of him with a wooden mallet.

The wooden fish emitted a rhythmic sound.

The old man made soft chanting sounds.

Zhi Shui did not linger here, but led Qing through the main hall to a secret room in the backyard.

Several important high-ranking members of the Uchiha clan were already seated, with a tea set on the table in front of them, and the tea in the cups had gone cold.

"Chief, Qing has been brought over."

Shisui replied respectfully.

After graduating from the Ninja Academy, he was assigned to work at a shrine, becoming a servant at his family's shrine.

They practiced asceticism with the clansmen who were meditating within the shrine.

After a year of quiet reflection here, they will be assigned to the police department to assume an important position.

"You're Uchiha Ao?"

The person in the central seat raised his head and looked over with piercing gaze, so intense it seemed to melt him.

Uchiha Fugaku.

He had a square face with deep nasolabial folds that looked as if they had been slashed open with a knife. His eyes were deep and he carefully observed the changes in Uchiha Ao's face.

Qing nodded slightly and glanced around the entire secret room without any fear.

A simple tatami structure.

There were seven small tables set up, and an elderly clansman was kneeling in front of each table.

Fugaku Uchiha was the youngest of them all.

She looked to be around twenty years old.

"Why did you betray your family!"

The old man sitting to the left of Fugaku slammed his hand on the table and questioned him sternly.

His eyes were slightly white, and there was a knife scar across his wrinkled face.

"Elder...when did I betray the family?"

Ao asked blankly, staring straight at Uchiha Setsuna without showing the slightest guilt.

He was very clear about what his people were thinking.

A group of stubborn, feudal, and withdrawn old people.

They can't accept anything new.

The Uchiha clan appears peaceful to the outside world and doesn't seem to face many restrictions, but in reality, they are more closed-off and conservative than the Hyuga clan.

They rarely had much interaction with the village.

It's all due to the limitations imposed by these old guys.

The Uchiha rarely participated in village affairs, confining themselves to the small world of the police department.

It appears to be protecting the peace and stability of the village, but in reality, it is a prison.

In contrast, although the main family of the Hyuga clan is conservative and never shows its face in public, the branch families maintain a very close connection with the village.

Various tasks within the village are assigned to members of different families in exchange for gaining favor with the villagers.

Therefore, the Hyuga clan has a much better reputation in the village than the Uchiha clan.

"You're secretly colluding with Orochimaru, aren't you planning to betray your clan's information for your own future!?"

Uchiha Setsuna said sternly.

He is old, but not blind.

He had a firm grasp on the movements of every member of his tribe.

Uchiha Ao had been going out to look for Orochimaru many times in recent days, and had even stayed overnight at Orochimaru's residence on several occasions, all of which he knew about.

That's why we're in this situation now.

Despite his immense prestige and the failure of his coup attempt, he did not lose his family's rights.

The newly appointed clan leader, Uchiha Fugaku, is still very young and poses no threat to his position.

Within the Uchiha clan, his words were absolute commands.

"How is this possible!? I approached Orochimaru for the sake of my clan. Now the clan is facing criticism from the entire village, and some clan members have also developed resentment towards the clan leader. Under such internal and external troubles, I can only do my best to find a new way out for the clan."

He answered without batting an eye.

The Uchiha clan... doesn't have many experts who know how to use scheming and trickery. Even compared to the tech geeks in his office in his previous life, they are somewhat inferior.

They're all a bunch of simple-minded people.

Although his words were full of loopholes, they caught the attention of several elders.

"Elder, let him continue! What if he really is approaching Orochimaru for the sake of the clan?"

A chubby, round-faced old man eased the tension by saying that his name was Uchiha En, the fourth elder of the clan, and also Uchiha Ao's great-grandfather.

"What can Orochimaru do for the Uchiha clan?"

Uchiha Setsuna's tone softened somewhat, no longer as aggressive as before.

"Orochimaru—he can draw some attention away from his clan when the village is wary of them."

Qing replied, looking at everyone with a smile in her eyes.

"The clan should also be aware of what Orochimaru is doing. His actions have crossed the line for the village's higher-ups, and they cannot allow him to continue his research..."

Ao's words startled Uchiha Setsuna slightly.

It was as if my innermost thoughts had been read.

"What is he researching?"

Fugaku frowned and asked. He glanced at the elders present and found that none of them doubted Uchiha Ao's words.