Dead Eyes (Naruto)

Part 16: A Deepened Bond

-Naruto POV-
I was sitting at a table in a police station along with 89 other genin. The room was filled with tables and there was a podium at the front of the room. The door opened and in walked none other than my dad, Fugaku Uchiha. He stood at the podium and scanned the crowd for a minute, not once looking at me.

He cleared his throat. "I am Fugaku Uchiha, head of the Uchiha clan and the Konoha police force. I will be the proctor of the second exam. This exam is simply called 'espionage' it was designed purely by myself." He said.

Everyone was silent. "In war, if you plan a mission without information, there's a good chance you die. This test is to see if you posses the skills to gather information. You will each be assigned a random shinobi target and three random facts to learn about this target. You will have three full weeks to do so. You will report only at the end of these three weeks. Oh, and if your target finds you out, you fail." He said.

He set a large bowl filled with envelopes on his podium. "Form a line. You will take one envelope each. Each envelope has a card inside, this card contains the target and the information you will attempt to retrieve from the target." He explained as we formed the line.

Soon I was at the podium and Dad had a smirk on his face. He swapped the bowl with one that had fewer options. "The Hokage decided you needed more of a challenge." He said. I felt my stomach turn upside down as I grabbed my envelope. I walked away as he swapped the bowl back.

I made my way to my forge which I'd modified with seals for many purposes, but silence and structural integrity were major ones. Once I was inside, I went to a hidden trap door in the corner. I opened it and dropped around twenty feet below ground level, into a massive room. The walls were made of brick, floors were dark hard wood, and there were multiple pillars to support the underground structure. There were shelves filled with scrolls and books lining the walled and in the center was a table. I dug out the space myself, but I had to sneak in contractors to make it structurally sound using Deafblind seals to keep the location secret. It was a really hard task because I had to do it when no one was home. My hideout had a bedroom too.

I sat at the table and opened my envelope. My target was none other than Fugaku Uchiha, my father. I sighed. "I'm gonna fail." I muttered, knowing my dad was a very secretive and silent man.

I read the information portion and I was horrified. I had to find out three things about him, the first woman he slept with, how he earned his moniker 'Wicked Eye Fugaku', and I had to find out where his office was. The location of his office was a closely guarded secret within Konoha as his office held profiles on shinobi with past transgressions.

I leaned back in my chair and closed my eyes. I sighed and created a clone. "Hey me, we gotta figure this out." I said.

He interlocked his fingers and rested his head on them. "This is a problem. We gotta brainstorm hard. Let's put focus on the office." He said.

I nodded. "Well, we can't follow him around, he'd recognize our chakra immediately." I said.

"So then we just need to have someone we trust tail him, someone who could handle this." He said.

I nodded. "Oh! What about Hacha? She has almost no chakra and is an expert in the stealth arts." I said.

He nodded. "She's perfect for the job." He said.

I put a circle by the office bit of information signifying that we had a plan for it. I looked up at him. "Now then, what about the other two?" I asked.

He leaned back and crossed his arm. "I have an idea, but we won't like it." He said.

I raised an eyebrow. "What is it?" I asked.