Konoha's Inheritance Master

Chapter 469: Kabuto’s Change and Duo Double Act
The orange-yellow sunset sets in the west, and the soft light passes through the clouds and shines on the vast grassland.

Under the sunlight, the green color of the grass shows a charming golden color, as if it is a golden carpet spread on the earth, giving people a sense of tranquility and warmth.

Tired from playing, Sasuke and Naruto lay stretched out on the soft cushions and fell into a deep sleep.

Yanbu pulled Yi and leaned against the stone, looking at the sky and whispering.

Maybe people in this world are precocious, and two children at such a young age have their own troubles.

Uchiha Mikoto took the initiative to help clean up the mess, and Kakashi picked up the educational book again and started reading.

At this time, Uchiha Tunan walked to the side and was talking to a fat and big-eared man with a thick gold necklace around his neck, who looked like a wealthy businessman.

"The Chunin Exam? Sunagakure Village has always been simple from top to bottom. How could it have such formalism?"

The person who closely resembles the wealthy businessman is a member of the Akimichi clan, named Akimichi Akira.

On the surface, he specializes in grain trade, but privately, he delivers some gossip to the village.

But seeing Qiu Daoming sweating profusely and looking nervous, he rubbed his hands and said:

"Sir, things are different now. Sunagakure is very rich now."

Uchiha Tunan said coldly:

"Don't be timid when talking about information. This is Konoha. With me here, are you still afraid of leaking secrets?"

"Hehe." Qiu Daoming laughed dryly and looked around with a slight guilty conscience.

Uchiha Tunan naturally knew what the other party was worried about.

In the past, this information was given priority to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

But this person may have received orders from Akimichi Chojo, so he informed Uchiha Tunan of the information first.

Just a simple show of goodwill.

But Uchiha Tunan said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, there are no one of them here."

Qiu Daoming breathed a sigh of relief and whispered:
"Sir, you also know that I have been secretly doing grain trade with major ninja villages. In recent months, Sunagakure has suddenly become wealthy, and all settlements are made in gold."

Uchiha Tunan raised his eyebrows slightly, and instantly thought of someone, and said softly: "Shajin."

Qiu Daoming nodded repeatedly when he heard this:
"Your Majesty, it's clear that I haven't found out where their alluvial gold comes from. It's probably that it was mined in a hidden way."

It seems that Luo Sha has begun to stand out, using his special blood inheritance limit to dig for gold in the sand.

For Sunagakure, who was the first to be eliminated in the third war and was poor, a powerful Kazekage was far inferior to a Kazekage who could lead everyone to wealth.

Of course, Luo Sha's strength should not be underestimated among ordinary people.

Uchiha Tunan can only be said to have two brushes.

"You go ahead and inform the Hokage-sama of the information. It's just a Chuunin exam. We'll wait until they officially notify Konoha in writing."

"Yes." Qiu Daoming wiped his sweat, a puff of smoke rushed into the jungle, and left furtively.

Obviously, in the eyes of ordinary people, Sarutobi Hiruzen's authority is still unshakable.

When Uchiha Tunan returned to the picnic spot, Kakashi and others tacitly kept silent about Uchiha Tunan's actions just now.

Uchiha Mikoto packed everything together and smiled:
"Tu Nanjun, things have been packed."

Uchiha Tunan nodded with a smile, took out the storage scroll from his ninja tool bag, and put everything in it.

Then he picked up Naruto who was sleeping with his fingers bitten in one hand.

Everyone left the picnic spot together and went home.

After being separated from Kakashi and others, Uchiha Tunan finally found some time to observe Naruto.

But after seeing Naruto and Sasuke separated, the phantoms of the nine magatama samsara eyes separated immediately, with one attached to their eyebrows.

The two people correspond to one eye. Are they helping Liu Dao collect intelligence on the ninja world?

It seems that it will not be easy for Six Paths to come to the ninja world.

Otherwise, there would be no need to go to great lengths to rely on the reincarnations of Asura and Indra Chakra to monitor the ninja world.

Where is the Pure Land where the Six Paths are? It should be some other space that can absorb the souls of the dead.

Just like me drinking wine and swallowing space, it is somewhere between reality and reality.

With this in mind, Uchiha Tunan returned to the orphanage.

Under the eaves, Kabuto had been waiting for a long time. He bowed towards Uchiha Tunan and said, "Sir."

Then he took the coat that Uchiha Tunan took off and followed him into the house.

"Yes, you should enjoy it when you should, but you can escape in time without forgetting your mission."

Looking at Uchiha Tunan's back, Kabuto adjusted his glasses and said calmly:
"School life is really relaxing and I love it."

"Although the time was short, I also fully experienced enrollment, study, making friends, and graduation."

"Thank you sir for giving me this opportunity to experience."

Uchiha Tunan handed Naruto to the shadow clone, and then sat down with the golden sword.

Looking at Kabuto Hatake who consciously walked aside and began to make tea for himself, Uchiha Toonan said with a satisfied smile on his lips:
"Have you shared it with your good friends?"

Kabuto Hatake kept moving, nodded and said:
"Sir, what you are talking about is the method of refining chakra. I have taught it to several civilian classmates in private."

Hearing this, Uchiha Tunan was even more satisfied.

Although Kabuto is a villain in the original work, he is a bit too easy to use.

"Kabuto, your biggest shining point is that you are smart but not complacent. You understand me very well."

After being praised by Tunan Uchiha, Kabuto didn't show the slightest hint of pride on his face. Instead, he said humbly:

"Sir is different from other strong people. Although he also pursues his own strength, he never hinders the progress of others. Instead, he does not hesitate to help others."

"Because sir, you just want progress, not the fame, fortune and power that comes with being strong."

Looking at Kabuto Hatake who was kneeling on the ground, swinging a fan to fan the fire for himself to make tea, Uchiha Tunan was very pleased with Kabuto's growth.

In the past, Kabuto was smart and obedient, but he mostly hid his thoughts, but he could also easily let others see that he was hiding.

But now Kabuto seems to be confiding his feelings and expressing his opinions, but he only says nice things.

It seems that life in Ninja School has made Kabuto improve a lot.
But seeing the corners of Uchiha Tunan's mouth slightly twitching, he said softly:
"I didn't expect that I still underestimated your ability. In fact, I had already prepared that you would overestimate your capabilities and prepare to leave me and pursue your own life."

Kabuto Hatake picked up the smoking teapot, came to the table, bowed and poured tea, and said jokingly:
"No one in Konoha can escape Sir's control."

Uchiha Tunan nodded with satisfaction, tapped his fingers on the table and said:

"Since you are so smart, I will give you another chance to experience it."

"Sunagakure Village should hold the Chunin Examination in a while, and you have a spot. This is a good opportunity to make a name for yourself, and it's worth enjoying."

Hatake Kabuto filled up the tea, knelt down and sat down opposite Uchiha Tunan, pretending to think:
"This ninja war is not over yet, but Sunagakure Village was the first to withdraw from the war. They suffered the lowest losses and were the first to regain their strength."

"If my guess is correct, after Sunagakure shows off its muscles this time, even if Iwagakure and Kumogakure don't say anything, Kirigakure and Konoha will definitely try their best to win over Sunagakure."

"The war between Kirigakure and Konoha has been stalemate for too long, and everyone wants to break the stalemate."

"But both sides are exhausted, and an outside force is urgently needed to intervene at this time."

"For Kirigakure, if Sunagakure can return to the Ninja War, Konoha will basically be defeated."

"If Konoha wants to get the fruits of victory that are almost there, it must do its best to win over Sunagakure."

In the past, Kabuto would express his opinion on something only when Uchiha Tunan asked.

But today, Doubi took the initiative and gave a long analysis of his own.

Uchiha Tunan picked up the tea cup, blew on the leaves floating on the surface, took a peck and said: "Not only Kirigakure, all the ninja villages except Konoha are happy to see Sunagakure make a comeback. Someone has to lose this battle." ”

"But as long as Konoha loses, they haven't lost before."

"If my guess is correct, the Konoha representative for this Chunin Exam, Sunagakure, should ask me to go by name."

But when Kabuto Hatake frowned slightly, he asked doubtfully, "Could it be that they want to kill Mr."

"The heat is just right." Uchiha Tunan praised, put down the tea cup gently, and said in a deep voice:
"No, it's just a test to see how much strength I still have. Of course, if my performance is too bad, then it's just a matter of course that something unexpected happens."

"But you don't have to worry about these things, you just need to win and enjoy the feeling of being in the spotlight."

After saying that, he saw Uchiha Tunan gently cover the tea lid.

Seeing this, Kabuto Hatake stood up politely, bowed to Uchiha Tunan, and walked towards the study on his own initiative.

Today was his first day back at the orphanage, so he naturally had to seize the time to organize research materials so that he could keep up with Uchiha Tunan's research pace.

Scientific research is the foundation of his life, Hatake Kabuto still knows it.

The next day.

After receiving the notice, Uchiha Tunan came to the Hokage's office to discuss countermeasures for the upcoming Sunagakure Chunin Exam.

Sarutobi Hiruzen read out the official notice from Sunagakure in front of the two of them.

"Oh!"

Danzo slammed the table, glanced at Uchiha Tunan with a calm expression, and shouted:
"Which Chunin Exam didn't invite the other party's Kage as a representative? They specially invited Tunan this time to make it clear that they want to kill Konoha's Jinchuriki."

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a puff of cigarette with a sad face, then placed a document on the table, tapped it with his fingers and said:
"On the invitation list they brought over, all the people invited were written down, which means other ninja villages also know that Sunagakure invited Tunan."

"This should be Sunagakure's test. Once we refuse, the ninja world will think that Tunan has lost his due fighting power."

When Danzo heard this, the anger on his face became even more intense, and he gritted his teeth and said:

"Those guys like Sunagakure like to use these unflattering methods to test others. Now that the war is short of manpower, I suggest that the Ninja School start expanding enrollment immediately."

These two old guys.
Uchiha Tunan didn't bother to watch their poor double act.

He said not to go by himself, and then kept talking about the impact that his not going would have on Konoha.

In the end, I used those children to coerce myself. I really thought I was a holy mother in my heart.

Also moral kidnapping.

But Uchiha Tunan was quite happy with such moral kidnapping.

The more the enemy thinks this trick is useful, the more they like to use it.

If you want to kidnap, just kidnap. When one day they find out that they can't kidnap, they will realize that they don't have that kind of thing at all.

But seeing Uchiha Tunan's expression become solemn, he waved his hand and said:

"There is no need to expand the enrollment. It's just a Chunin exam. They won't blatantly attack me. Omura's reputation will be lost."

When Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo heard this, they secretly exchanged glances.

From Uchiha Tunan's point of view, Sarutobi Hiruzen was hiding well, but the lust in Danzo's eyes seemed to be about to overflow.

Simply boring.
Sarutobi Hiruzen opened his mouth, as if he wanted to stop Uchiha Tunan, but he hesitated, and finally sighed heavily:

"What you said makes sense."

"But it's better to be careful. Equip a few more secret guards and pay attention to safety."

A smile appeared on Uchiha Tunan's face, as if he was greatly affected by Sarutobi Hiruzen's caring words, and he immediately said:

"Have the candidates for the Chuunin Exams been finalized? I don't want to embarrass myself in front of senior officials from various countries."

Sarutobi Hiruzen took out a stack of lists from the drawer, rummaged through them and said in a deep voice:

"I have tentatively decided on two teams. One is led by Aburame Kaishou, and his team members are members of Inolu Die. They work well together."

"The other team is led by Kurama Saru. Two of the team members are civilians, but their strength has almost reached the level of chuunin. There is also Kurama Joe from the Kurama clan. He is already proficient in five-sense illusion at a young age."

Danzo next to him also started chatting:

"There are rich people and common people. This combination is very reasonable, and outsiders can't say anything about it."

These two teams can only be said to be above average, but it is obviously impossible to stand out among the talents of the major ninja villages.

However, this is not a conspiracy of Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo. It is actually after several years of war that Konoha's talent has withered.

Genin are basically cannon fodder, so it's good to survive.

A true genius would have been promoted to chunin by virtue of his military exploits, so naturally he would not be able to take the chunin exam.

As for allowing those geniuses who were promoted to chunin to take the exam disguised as genin, this would naturally not work.

Once the list of this level of Chunin Exam is announced, all countries will conduct detailed investigations on the participants.

Once it is leaked, Omura will lose his face.

I saw Uchiha Tunan slowly shaking his head and saying in a deep voice:
"No, let's arrange a team and let Kakashi be the leader."

Kakashi, his strength is quite sufficient, but he lacks a little experience in leading a team.

Sarutobi Hiruzen thought for a moment after hearing this, then nodded and said:
"As for the team members, Tunan, have you chosen anyone?"

Uchiha Tunan tapped his fingers on the table and asked directly, "Itachi and Kabuto will do."

This time Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned.

There should be no problem with Itachi's strength. I've seen Kabuto's results myself, he's a genius, and he's followed Uchiha Tunan for so long, so he must have learned a lot of skills.

But they both just graduated
I saw that Sarutobi Hiruzen was a little confused:
"The two of them just passed the graduation exam yesterday, and they didn't get the genin protection. If they are allowed to take the chunin exam without any merit, will anyone gossip?"

Uchiha Tunan smiled slightly and said loudly:
"If you win, no one will gossip. They will only say that the genin who just graduated from Konoha have the strength of chuunin."

Upon hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo nodded in unison.

Yes, that makes sense.
But immediately, Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned again and expressed his concerns.

"Generally, this kind of chuunin exam cannot only be arranged for ninja children. This has always been the practice."

Uchiha Tunan is naturally aware of this policy of supporting the people, and he also understands that although Kabuto is a civilian, he can even be said to be a refugee.

But after all, he was registered in Hatake, which means he has a wealthy status.

I saw Uchiha Tunan getting up and walking towards the door, saying softly:

"Then I'll go back and ask Dou to choose a companion from a commoner."

After Uchiha Tunan left, Danzo's eyes narrowed and he looked straight at Sarutobi Hiruzen and said:
"Get ready Hiruzen, I'll start recruiting more roots when I get back."

Sarutobi Hiruzen also narrowed his eyes at this moment, and did not immediately reply to Danzo, but fell into deep thought.

Seeing that Sarutobi Hiruzen remained silent, Danzo said anxiously:
"You've made a choice, why are you still hesitating? He will definitely be in trouble this time."

Sarutobi Hiruzen thought about it for a moment, and his conservative nature prevailed. He closed his eyes and sighed:

"Let's see the situation first. If Tunan comes back, he will definitely know the inner movements of Konoha as he is in charge of the ANBU."

"I don't want anything to go wrong within Konoha by then."

Danzo suddenly stood up when he heard this, turned his back to Sarutobi Hiruzen and struck the ground with his crutch, leaving behind harsh words.

"Humph, he can't come back."

Watching Danzo leave in anger, Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head and murmured:
"Sunagakure may not be that courageous."

(End of this chapter)