Hearing Qifeng's approval, Fugaku Uchiha's smile deepened.
"By the way, Fugaku, increase the manpower patrolling Konoha a bit during this time, and pay more attention to people with strange expressions or bizarre behaviors. If you find anything abnormal, don't hesitate, just go and test them out directly," Qifeng said after thinking for a moment.
Hearing this, Fugaku and Zhi Bi were stunned.
Although he is no longer the head of the Konoha Police Force, so many members of the Uchiha clan are employed in the Konoha Police Force that it is not easy to just resign completely. The village also needs to arrange manpower to gradually take over these tasks.
After all, this department is related to the daily operation of Konoha and also involves some security issues.
Therefore, Fugaku Uchiha, as the head of the Uchiha clan, can still have some say in the Konoha Police Force.
"I understand."
Although he didn't know what Qifeng's intention was in making these arrangements, since the Uchiha clan was now tied to him, and in a subservient manner, he tactfully didn't ask too much about Qifeng's arrangements.
Qifeng also didn't explain.
After all, the possibility of someone invading during Naruto's birth was not something that could be explained too clearly.
"Also, Itachi, stay home and accompany your mother during this time, watching your younger brother being born. Don't run around when you have nothing to do, understand?" Qifeng instructed.
"Okay, teacher."
Itachi had no objections to this arrangement.
...
...
Time flew by quickly, and several months passed in a flash.
Sasuke Uchiha was born a few months earlier than Naruto, and Itachi Uchiha had been at home playing with his adorable younger brother during this time.
Calculating the time, it wasn't long until Naruto's birth.
However, one thing that surprised Qifeng was that Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't notified him about Kushina Uzumaki's delivery.
This surprised Qifeng.
Logically speaking, with the strength he had shown and his position in Konoha, he was no less than the retired Hiruzen Sarutobi. Could it be that they wouldn't notify him of such an important matter?
However, he waited and waited, but never received a notification.
Gradually, Qifeng understood.
Perhaps, the incident a few months ago when he killed Danzo in front of Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi had created a rift between them, or rather, had created a rift with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
And then there was the matter that Danzo had mentioned, that Qifeng had obtained Hashirama Senju's cells from him.
Facts proved that the relationship between Qifeng and Hiruzen Sarutobi, which had originally been repaired, had once again developed a gap.
"I wonder what role Hiruzen Sarutobi played in this matter, and I don't know if Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado know anything."
Qifeng's expression was calm.
As if talking to himself, or perhaps mocking himself, "Perhaps, in their eyes, I might also be someone who could threaten the Nine-Tails and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki......"
After a moment of silence, he murmured to himself in his heart.
"You're disappointing me, Minato."
On the other side, as he fell into deep thought.
Minato Namikaze was also discussing the arrangements for Kushina Uzumaki's delivery with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Lord Third Hokage, is it really okay not to inform Nikkan?" Minato Namikaze hesitated.
Based on the tacit understanding they had developed through multiple battlefield collaborations, Minato still trusted Qifeng more, and their relationship was quite good. Not telling Qifeng about this matter made Minato really worried that their friendly relationship would be broken.
In today's Konoha, Minato Namikaze, as the Fourth Hokage, and Qifeng, as the leader of Root, were almost the two people with the greatest and highest power in Konoha.
And their relationship was good, so their work together was also good. In a short time, Konoha was pulled out of the shadow of war and returned to its original stage of rapid development.
Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned, hesitated for a long time, and then sighed deeply, shaking his head.
"Minato, I know you and Nikkan have a very good relationship, and like you, I trust Nikkan very much. After all, everyone has witnessed the contributions you made to Konoha on the battlefield, but it's just that......"
As he spoke, Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly took out a scroll from his clothes.
"This is?" Minato Namikaze took the scroll and began to read it, but the more he read, the more his expression darkened. Finally, he threw the scroll on the table and said decisively: "Impossible! Nikkan would not do anything to harm Konoha. The contributions he has made......"
Before he could finish speaking, Hiruzen Sarutobi interrupted him, waving the pipe in his hand, signaling Minato not to be too nervous.
"I won't doubt Nikkan's original intention for the village. This scroll is obviously someone deliberately wanting us to see at this time, the purpose is to create a rift between us and Nikkan, but some of the things in it....... the evidence is too sufficient, we can't completely deny its authenticity."
The scroll described some scenes of Qifeng and Madara Uchiha's final battle, mentioning the existence of Sasori of the Red Sand from the Sand Village and Kakuzu, a veteran bounty hunter from the Waterfall Country, and even including a mysterious ninja with Sharingan.
Although he didn't know where the other party got this information, Hiruzen Sarutobi had to take it seriously.
And what he valued most was not Sasori of the Red Sand and Kakuzu.
It was war at the time. As long as he could defeat the enemy, Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't reject joining forces with ninjas from other villages or even rogue ninjas, as long as he could protect Konoha.
What really concerned him was the Uchiha clan ninja with Sharingan who appeared later.
Now almost the entire village knows that the Uchiha clan is on the same boat as Qifeng, and the relationship between the Uchiha clan and Qifeng is getting closer day by day.
Others may not know, but Hiruzen Sarutobi has experienced the era of Madara Uchiha. Controlling the Nine-Tails was one of Madara Uchiha's best abilities, which means that the Uchiha clan has the ability to control the Nine-Tails.
No one knows who the Sharingan ninja who appeared at the end of the scroll was.
But in the end, Hiruzen Sarutobi discovered that the signature on the scroll was actually...... Madara Uchiha!
Just a name made Hiruzen Sarutobi think too much.
And the more he thought, the more he maintained his attitude towards Qifeng.
At least.
On the matter of Kushina Uzumaki's delivery, where the Nine-Tails seal might not be very strong, Hiruzen Sarutobi maintained his attitude.
Of course, since the other party could secretly send this scroll to him and imply so much, it was also possible that they wanted to induce them not to let Qifeng intervene in this matter.
If it were the young Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had enough confidence in his own strength, he might not have paid attention to the content of this scroll.
Unfortunately, the current Hiruzen Sarutobi is old and has become indecisive.
So he decided to exclude Qifeng from the matter of Kushina Uzumaki's delivery.
