Naruto: Kushina's Redemption, My Revenge

After reading Kushina Uzumaki's reply, Chinya decided to take advantage of the nice weather and go train a little.

As Chinya walked out of his room, the ninjas who saw his smiling face were nearly shocked out of their wits.

Every time they'd seen Chinya before, he always wore a cold expression, like everyone owed him money.

Seeing him smile so brightly now made them think Chinya had actually become somewhat human-like.

Especially Jiraiya—who originally wanted to check on Minato Namikaze's training progress—immediately abandoned that plan after seeing Chinya's smile. Instead, he rushed straight into Orochimaru's room.

"Something huge happened, Orochimaru!"

At this moment, Orochimaru was holding a jutsu scroll and carefully studying it.

The Nara Clan had sent four representatives total.

Each member of the Nara Clan possessed extremely high intelligence along with excellent strategic thinking and judgment abilities.

Now that not every single matter required Orochimaru's direct involvement, he finally had some personal free time for private pursuits.

Hearing Jiraiya loudly declaring something happened, Orochimaru looked at him with narrowed eyes: "What? Cloud Ninja (from Kumogakure) attacked?"

Jiraiya shook his head: "No, it's your disciple Chinya! He actually smiled!"

Orochimaru barely raised an eyebrow: "What's so strange about that? Chinya smiles sometimes. Why make such a big deal out of it?"

Jiraiya exclaimed incredulously: "You actually consider that cold smirk a smile?"

But quickly composed himself: "In your opinion, even cold smirks count as smiles. After all, your own smiles look exactly like that. You two master and apprentice are cut from the same mold. I suppose I did overreact."

Orochimaru returned his gaze to the jutsu scroll.

Actually, he understood perfectly what Jiraiya meant.

There was only one person capable of making Chinya show such an astonishingly warm smile.

Without looking up, Orochimaru said: "Since you're here anyway, let's discuss official matters first. Our camp has already been established and the current situation is stabilizing. It's time we start eliminating those Cloud Ninja outposts around us."

Hearing him shift to business talk, Jiraiya also turned serious: "With support from these clan ninja, I believe the timing is indeed right."

Orochimaru finished reading the scroll just as he reached its final page, then ordered someone to summon Nara Shouji.

Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Nara Shouji began discussing plans.

Right now, the camp had over a hundred ninja stationed there.

After some discussion, the three settled on forming squads of three ninja for each mission.

They should leave at least fifty ninja behind to defend the camp.

When removing outposts, additional personnel would be deployed based on enemy numbers inside each outpost.

Jiraiya suddenly spoke: "Orochimaru, will you let Chinya take over command of those five people too?"

Orochimaru nodded: "It's time."

Nara Shouji asked puzzled: "Jiraiya-sama, Orochimaru-sama, when you say 'let Chinya take over,' who exactly are you talking about handing over to him?"

Since Chinya already had leadership experience, having him lead a three-man squad seemed perfectly reasonable to Nara Shouji.

However, for Jiraiya to specially mention them as a group of five, Nara Shouji felt that these five individuals might not have simple identities.

Jiraiya said, "Orochimaru plans to let Chinya take command of those five Uchiha chunin, and Chinya has already agreed long ago."

"What?"

Shouji was shocked.

How could Chinya, an outcast from the Uchiha Clan, possibly lead five elite Uchiha ninja?

Shouji replied cautiously, "Lord Orochimaru, those five Uchiha ninja are directly led by another jonin from the Uchiha Clan."

Orochimaru glanced sideways at Nara Shouji and asked, "So what?"

"Uh..."

Shouji was momentarily lost for words.

Well, it didn't matter much to Orochimaru himself.

Jiraiya smiled and asked, "Shouji, you previously acted as Temporary Commander—how did those six Uchiha behave?"

At this question, Shouji's expression started to twitch.

Jiraiya patted Shouji's shoulder, saying, "We're the only ones here—just say what you really think."

Helplessly, Shouji admitted, "They were rebellious and defiant; they looked down on me, so they completely ignored my orders and preferred to act on their own."

Jiraiya snorted, "Just as I expected. Isn't that exactly why Orochimaru wants Chinya to take over? You must have heard from other ninja about how Chinya has been performing lately, right?"

Nodding slightly, Shouji tactfully replied, "I've heard. Chinya is talented and sufficiently calm, possessing ruthless decisiveness similar to Lord Orochimaru. Is Orochimaru planning for Chinya to control those Uchiha ninja? But would that really work?"

In truth, as soon as Jiraiya asked about how the Uchiha ninja had behaved, Shouji already knew Orochimaru's intention.

From Shouji's perspective, aside from Chinya's lack of prestige, he was still very young. Although he had achieved great merit in two operations, he actually held little authority.

Plus, Chinya had an open conflict with the Uchiha Clan itself.

How could those proud and arrogant Uchiha possibly obey Chinya's commands?

Orochimaru coldly stated, "With Chinya's strength and leadership, he absolutely can keep those Uchiha under control. On the battlefield, I need ninja who obey without question—not disobedient ones."

Hearing Orochimaru say so, Shouji remained silent.

Besides, he also faintly felt excited—curious about how Chinya, highly valued by Orochimaru, would suppress those Uchiha.

"Shouji, go gather all the ninja at the camp."

"At once."

...

After gathering all the ninja at the camp, Orochimaru began the announcement.

"First, personnel adjustments will be made. Jiraiya and Nara Shouji will act as Temporary Commanders. Until I issue the supreme order, their commands shall be of the highest priority!

Next, four Acting Squad Leaders will be appointed: Nara Kenfu, Nara Akira, Hyuga Tsunao, and Yamanaka Taishi.

Each Acting Squad Leader will form teams of three-person squads to carry out missions."

One member will be chosen from the three-man squad to lead the next mission.

"Finally, Ryuuhei Uchiha, Keiichi Uchiha, Kyousuke Uchiha, Nobuto Uchiha, and Jin'ya Uchiha—you five will form a squad, and your leader is Chinya!"

Just as Orochimaru finished speaking, someone called out urgently.

"Lord Orochimaru, please wait a moment!"

The voice belonged to Kazuo Uchiha, a Jonin from the Uchiha Clan.

Meanwhile, the five Uchiha ninjas who had just been named by Orochimaru looked clearly flustered.

Orochimaru glanced at Kazuo Uchiha. "What is it?"

Kazuo Uchiha bowed respectfully. "Lord Orochimaru, these five have always been under my direct command. I beg you, Lord Orochimaru, to let me continue leading them!"

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