Naruto: Starting as the Third Hokage with Tears in His Eyes

Chapter 270 dattebane!

The Akimichi clan was responsible for setting up a temporary kitchen and supply warehouse; the Hyuga clan ninjas activated their Byakugan and spread out around the camp, forming a 360-degree surveillance network; and the Uchiha security forces took over the internal patrols of the camp.

Everything was in perfect order, like a precisely functioning machine.

Kushina Uzumaki took a nap in the makeshift tent and woke up fully refreshed. Pulling a still-drowsy Nagato along, she curiously looked around the camp.

For these two children who grew up on the island of Whirlpool Country, everything in the inland land of Fire was new and exciting.

Soon, Kushina discovered something strange.

At the outermost edge of the camp, a group of ninjas dressed in black uniforms and wearing white animal masks were silently setting up something.

Their movements were precise and swift, more like a group of meticulous craftsmen than ninjas.

He carefully buried rolls of objects inscribed with complex runes underground, and at specific points, he placed discs that Kushina had never seen before, resembling both scrolls and some kind of mechanical device.

The entire process was conducted silently, yet it exuded a chilling professionalism.

"Nagato, look!"

Kushina lowered her voice, her little face full of curiosity.

Nagato held his toad doll, watching quietly, his black eyes reflecting the figures of the masked ninjas in the distance.

Although he couldn't understand it, he could feel streams of chakra flowing slowly along the threads, forming an invisible net.

Kushina's curiosity was completely ignited. She tugged at Nagato's sleeve and tiptoed closer.

Danzo Shimura stood in the center of the group of masked ninjas, holding a blueprint larger than his face, his brow furrowed, occasionally making notes on it with a pen.

He wasn't wearing the Hokage advisor's attire, but rather a black outfit that allowed for easy movement, making him look like an extremely strict construction site manager.

He immediately spotted two red-haired children approaching.

A chilling aura belonging to the root leader unconsciously emanated from him, but he forcibly suppressed it immediately.

He remembered Hiruzen's words, and also the current status of the Uzumaki clan.

"What is it?" Danzo turned around, his voice as stiff as ever.

"Uncle, what are you doing?"

Kushina wasn't afraid of him at all. Instead, she tilted her head back, pointed at the complex runes, and asked, "This looks a bit like a barrier, but it's different from the ones in our village."

"This is an integrated field barrier for early warning and defense developed by the Root Technology Team."

Danzo didn't drive her away, perhaps out of patience for his ally, or perhaps to show off his department's work; he even gave a cold explanation.

"It combines three functions: passive sensing, trigger-based defense, and wide-area confusion. Through underground chakra conduction circuits, thirty-six defense base points and one hundred and eight sensing nodes are connected into a whole. Once an unauthorized chakra source enters the warning range, the central controller will react within 0.03 seconds and activate the corresponding defense technique."

Danzo, in an extremely professional tone, uttered a series of terms that Kushina had never heard of before.

The concepts of chakra circuits, feedback matrices, and modular triggering mechanisms are all incredibly confusing.

The Root ninjas behind him were somewhat surprised; they had never seen Lord Danzo talk so much to a child, and talk so excitedly.

However, to everyone's surprise, Kushina was not confused at all; on the contrary, she listened with great interest, her brown eyes sparkling.

"I see... Using a roller as a transmission medium is to improve stability and durability? What a brilliant idea!"

She listened and nodded, even taking a few steps forward to examine a newly laid-out scroll of runes closely.

"but……"

She suddenly pointed to an inconspicuous node on the rune, tilted her head, and said, "Uncle, in your design here, the chakra needs to make a sharp 90-degree turn when it flows through, which will cause unnecessary energy loss, right?"

Danzo was stunned.

"If... I mean if,"

Kushina extended her little finger and drew a small spiral in the air. "If we change this to a spiral-shaped buffer structure, allowing chakra to flow smoothly like water through a whirlpool, wouldn't that be smoother? I feel... it could save about three percent of the energy consumption, dattebane!"

The entire area fell into a deathly silence in an instant.

All the Root ninjas stopped what they were doing and stared at the red-haired little girl, their expressions beneath their masks filled with shock.

Three percent?

For a massive barrier covering an entire camp, a 3% chakra saving means an extension of nearly an hour, which can sometimes be the difference between life and death on the battlefield.

Danzo stood frozen in place, looking down at the node on the blueprint that he had personally optimized countless times, then looking up at the innocent-looking little girl who seemed to have just mentioned it casually.

For the first time, his brain went blank.

"test."

After a long while, he finally managed to squeeze out two words through gritted teeth.

A Root ninja immediately stepped forward, took out a peculiar device, connected it to the node Kushina pointed to, and then quickly modified the structure of the rune according to her suggestion.

The instrument's pointer was jumping slightly.

The ninja looked at the reading, his body jolted, and he turned his head, his voice filled with uncontrollable horror.

"Lord Danzo... she's right! Preliminary calculations show that the efficiency of chakra flow... has increased by approximately 3.1415926%!"

This number, accurate to several decimal places, struck Danzo's heart like a heavy hammer.

He looked at Kushina, and for the first time, a look of bewilderment appeared on her serious face.

What... is this monster?

"Heh heh, it seems our little genius Uzumaki has taught Danzo a lesson."

Uchiha Kagami's gentle voice came from the side. He had walked over at some point, a smile on his face.

He walked over to Danzo and patted his old friend's stiff shoulder.

"I told you before, Danzo. The Uzumaki clan's talent for sealing techniques and barriers is innate; it's something written in their blood. Just like our Uchiha Sharingan."