Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

The border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Waterfall

"Hey, hey, hey, brothers, hurry up, we'll be there soon."

Hundreds of strong ninjas were dragging ropes made of fine steel, working hard to move three mountain-like beasts, while the leader, Shihe, was talking to a middle-aged man with a sinister look.

"Thank you, Lord Ishikawa. If it weren't for your help, the sacred beast of our Taki Country would have fallen into the hands of others."

The middle-aged man was the leader of Takigakure who had not been seen for a long time. At this moment, his face was full of gratitude. Looking at Nanao who was sleeping soundly behind him, he was almost about to kowtow to Ishikawa.

"Hehe~ You have to know that I spent a huge price to get the tailed beast back from Hashirama Senju."

Stroking his gray beard, Ishikawa had a slightly sad look on his face. The leader of Takigakure, who was very good at reading people's expressions, patted his chest and said,

"Lord Ishikawa, thank you for your concern. We, the Takigakure, will pay for the purchase of the sacred beasts. We will also give a reward to our allies from the Iwagakure who have come all the way here.

"You have a heart."

Ishigawa's eyes lit up, and his indifferent attitude softened. He then raised his head, looked at the three majestic tailed beasts, and said with a sigh,

"God has really blessed the Land of Fire, giving birth to a genius like Hashirama Senju. His awakened bloodline is just the right size to restrain the tailed beasts. This is truly enviable."

"Thousand/Handed/Hashira/Room!"

When the name of Senju Hashirama was mentioned, the leader of the Takigakure, who had just smiled, immediately had a fierce look in his eyes, and exuded a murderous aura.
If it weren't for Hashirama Senju breaking into the forbidden area of ​​Takigakure and stealing their sacred beast, they wouldn't have lost so much money. Whenever he thought of this, he felt depressed and wanted to grind the robber into ashes.

"Do you have a grudge against Senju Hashirama?"

Sensing the murderous intent of the person in front of him, Shi He frowned in confusion.
"To be honest, this sacred beast has lived in our Takigakure all year round, but it was taken away by that guy Senju Hashirama some time ago."

At this point, there was nothing to hide, and the leader of Takigakure immediately told Ishikawa everything about how Hashirama Senju had stolen the Seven-Tails.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a robbery! I thought that Senju Hashirama was a good person, but I didn't expect that he had two faces. I really misjudged him~"

Shihe looked at the indignant middle-aged man with a very sad expression. The reason why the Hidden Rock Village bought the tailed beasts was because they didn't have any before. But you went to redeem yourself~
"Huh~ Unfortunately, Hashirama Senju is stationed in Konoha, so we have been unable to avenge this arrow."

Although they were angry, the leader of Takigakure was no fool. Konoha was so powerful at that moment that they, Takigakure, could only grit their teeth and swallow their anger.

Upon hearing this, Shi He rolled his eyes and said casually, seemingly unintentionally, but actually intentionally,

"Who said that Senju Hashirama has been in the village all this time? He promised to help the Kingdom of Wind to manage a desert. He should be leaving soon~"

"really?"

The leader of Takinin Village was overjoyed and immediately asked,

"Can this be false?"

"Thank you, Master Ishigawa!"

"Why thank you? Aren't we allies~"

The anxious leader of Takigakure Village said goodbye to Ishigawa and quickly rushed back to his own camp.

The burly man who was directing the Takinin to carry the Nanao saw the leader in a hurry and saluted quickly.

"Lord Chief!"

"Xiongda, please come to my tent. I have something to discuss with you."

The leader of Takinin Village, with a gloomy expression, felt that the matter should not be made public, so he called his confidant Yudai into the tent.

"Master Chief, is there anything I can do for you?"

Xiongda had followed the leader for many years, so he naturally knew the leader's temperament thoroughly. He was asked to come alone, so there must be an important mission. So he raised his head carefully and asked,
"Go and kill Hashirama Senju."

???

When talking about Senju Hashirama, the only thing on Xiong's mind was the punch that blocked the sky and the sun. The bones in his body ached unconsciously. He slid to his knees on the spot, grabbed the leader's legs, and cried with snot and tears,

"Lord Chief!"

"I have made contributions to Takigakure, and I have shed blood for Takigakure~"

"I have an eight-year-old mother and seventy-year-old children! And a hungry big yellow dog~"

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"Alright, alright, with your ability, you'll just be serving food if you go there."

Looking at Yudai's poor performance with a frown on his face, the leader of Takinin Village pressed his temple with a headache.

"Thank you, Chief!"

When he heard that he didn't need to assassinate Senju Hashirama, Yudai rolled his eyes, and the sadness on his face was gone.

"No, I always feel that this is too depressing."

After all, Takigakure is also a ninja village officially selected by Taki Country. Although it is not qualified to squeeze into the ranks of the great powers, it is also considered the leader after the five great powers. The leader of Takigakure, who was very dissatisfied, looked at Yudai who survived the disaster and asked,
"Me too!"

"waste!"

Why don't I have any brave and capable people under my command? They are either useless flatterers or misers who are born to be rebellious.

Scrooge?
"Yudai, how is Kakuzu doing lately?"

"Reporting to the leader, he is still in prison."

Before, the Seven-Tails was robbed. As the only person in Takigakure who had been to the Land of Fire, Kakuzu was indiscriminately accused by the leader of Takigakure, who insisted that Kakuzu was related to Hashirama Senju who was from the Land of Fire, and that the greedy man must have sold out the village for money.

In a rage, the leader of Takinin Village ordered his men to put him in jail.

Afterwards, they also found a large amount of money from Kakuzu's residence. That terrifying amount of money was far beyond what an elite captain-level ninja could possess, which further confirmed Kakuzu's suspicion.

But judging from the current situation, Hashirama Senju's coming to Taki no Kuni to capture the Seven-Tails really had nothing to do with Kakuzu, and he had indeed wronged someone.

But
"Release Kakuzu when you return, and have him carry out the mission of assassinating Senju Hashirama. Tell him that regardless of success or failure, I will return the confiscated property to him."

After a moment's silence, the leader of Takinin Village slowly raised his head.

"But didn't Kakuzu use all his wealth to buy the sacred beasts?"

"Humph~ If he succeeds, I'll let him take my seat. If he fails, do you think he can come back alive?"

The leader of Takigakure shook his head in disdain. No matter what the result was, Takigakure would not lose out.

Konoha
"Brother, are you going to go alone?"

In the Hokage's office, Tobirama Senju, who was sorting out the schedule, frowned slightly as he looked at Hashirama Senju who was very interested.

Things are different now than in the past. Hashirama Senju is the Kage of a village. It makes no sense to let the Kage go on a mission alone. Moreover, now is an important node in the construction of Konoha, and many things require the Hokage's personal approval.

"Then let me go with Hasi La Mama!"

On the other side, Uchiha Madara, who was skillfully correcting documents, raised his head, looking eager to try. He had long been tired of the work at hand and just wanted to go out and have some fun.

"no!"

You two go out to travel and leave all the work to me?

Don't even think about it!

"It's not a combat mission. I'm just going to plant some trees. I'll be back in a few days."

Sitting on the throne of Hokage, Senju Hashirama stretched himself and replied indifferently. In his opinion, this was just a small task, so there was no threat at all.
“Bang bang bang!!!”

Just as the three of them were chatting, the door of the office was knocked on. Senju Tobirama frowned when he heard it. Who was the bold guy who dared to knock on the door so rudely?

"Open the door! I know you are in there, give me back my hard-earned money!!!"

However, when a voice that couldn't be more familiar came from outside the door, Senju Tobirama's unexpected expression froze, and the hand holding the pen also tensed up.

"Cousin, what brings you here~"

It was Uchiha Madara who opened the door as soon as he heard the sound. Looking at the gloomy Uchiha Gin in front of him, he asked doubtfully,
"Humph!"

Uchiha Gin ignored him and strode into the office. He fixed his eyes on the stiff-faced Senju Tobirama, clenching his fists until they creaked.
"You white-haired fellow, I thought you had absconded with the money!"

Uchiha Gin was so angry. He worked so hard to promote the tailed beasts, even sacrificing the driver he made, but what was the result?

So much time has passed, and I haven't seen Uchiha Gin at all. I thought that Konoha was busy with the accounts, so he was delayed.

However, several projects that were suspended due to lack of funds have already started construction, but there has been no movement on my salary.

Today, Uchiha Gin must seek justice for himself!

"Brother Yin, have a cup of tea. Let's sit down and talk about what we have to say."

Seeing that something was not right, Senju Hashirama hurried out to smooth things over. He stood up and made a cup of tea for Uchiha Gin. Then he looked at his brother, frowned, and asked,
"Tobirama, what did you do without permission?"

"Brother, I just..."

"Hehe, this white-haired guy embezzled the money I earned from selling the tailed beasts."

He actually wanted to quibble. Uchiha Gin was so angry that he almost took out his Infinity Blade to loosen the bones of this white-haired guy.

"Tobirama, this is your fault. The remuneration is earned by Brother Yin's hard work. How can you delay paying it?"

Feeling that his brother was in the wrong, Hashirama Senju immediately began to scold Tobirama Senju.
"How dare you delay paying my cousin's salary? Do you know what he paid to close that deal? That night."

Uchiha Madara, who was standing by, became furious after hearing the whole story. He pointed at Senju Tobirama's nose and started to attack.

Uchiha Madara still remembers to this day the miserable appearance of Uchiha Gin when he returned from the Lightning Country's base on the night he sold the tailed beasts. The fact that the Hidden Cloud Village was able to pay for the goods so generously must have been due to a lot of unknown effort made by his cousin.

"Stop it! Cousin, don't say anything more. I just want to get my reward back."

Upon hearing that Uchiha Madara had left that night in advance, Uchiha Gin shuddered immediately, then scolded his cousin and turned his gaze to the silent Senju Tobirama.

"Your reward is too large and needs to go through many procedures. Don't worry, it will definitely be sent to you~"

After a long while, Senju Tobirama spoke slowly, but anyone could tell that it was an excuse.

"Don't beat around the bush. If you don't spit out the money to me today, I will let you know why the flowers are so red!" Uchiha Gin, who didn't believe what Senju Tobirama said at all, rolled up his sleeves and was ready to teach the white-haired man a lesson.

"Tobirama, just give the money to Brother Yin~"

"No money."

"That's right, what did you say?"

Senju Hashirama, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, was suddenly stunned, then he widened his eyes, looked at his good brother, swallowed hard, and said,

"Are you kidding me?"

"I'm really out of money."

"If you want to lie to me, you should at least find a plausible excuse. That's over 300 billion. How can you just say it's gone?"

Uchiha Gin was the first one who didn't believe it. Even if more than 300 billion was used to burn firewood, it would take several years to burn it. It's only been a few days and you're telling me that you have no money?
"Not for now. When the money arrives in a while, I will pay you immediately."

Senju Tobirama turned his head away somewhat unnaturally. It was indeed he who handled this matter, but he did not intend to embezzle Uchiha Gin's reward.
"What on earth did you do with the money?"

Seeing that Baimao didn't seem to be faking it, Uchiha Gin instantly became alert and immediately asked with a frown, "Could this guy have been scammed?"

"That's right, Tobirama. There's no outsider here, just speak up!"

Senju Hashirama also saw the trick and urged him to hurry up.

“I invested the money.”

"Boom!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Uchiha Gin crushed the teacup in his hand.

It's over, it's over!

"What investment? How come I don't know?"

Senju Hashirama beside him was also very surprised. He didn't know anything about investment at all.

"I was thinking I would tell you about this after I got the reward, but who would have thought this guy would come to collect the debt so soon."

What a great trick of turning the tables. Now you blame me for asking for the wages I earned?

"Tobirama, you are confused!"

Even with such a big thing happening, my younger brother can still remain calm. I don’t know whether I should praise him or beat him up.

"Huh~ Let's talk about investment first."

As long as he didn't embezzle his reward, Uchiha Gin would accept it. He then shook off the tea in his hand and asked Senju Tobirama,

"It's the Wave Country. They are planning to set up a shipping company and asked me if I want to invest in it."

Because of the incident with Uchiha Ginxiaoguan, Senju Tobirama was holding a grudge in his heart. With his unyielding character, how could he easily admit defeat to that hateful curly-haired guy?

He wants to make a lot of money. He wants to let his elder brother see who is the best money-maker in Konoha!

It just so happened that Senju Tobirama happened to meet a big shot from the Land of Waves, who "inadvertently" revealed to him an insider tip that could make him a lot of money.

After reading the other party's detailed plan, he acted decisively and embezzled the public funds from the sale of the tailed beasts and invested all of them in the shipping company that was about to be established in the Land of Waves.

The other party promised that he would receive the first dividend soon, and this amount would be just enough to pay Uchiha Gin's remuneration.

"You mean the Land of Waves?"

"That's right!"

The day of dividends was coming soon, and Tobirama Senju, who felt that he was safe and sound, straightened his back.

Although the big shot from the Wave Country left with an excuse, he left the Flying Thunder God Mark on him. If the other party dared to deceive him, he would be in trouble.

"Forehead"

"That's nonsense. I think you are just quibbling. Hand over your cousin's reward now!"

Uchiha Madara didn't believe what Senju Tobirama said. After all, the payment for the tailed beasts included part of his shipping fee, which was used to settle the account with his cousin.

If Uchiha Gin does not get the reward, then Uchiha Madara will have to pay for the previous information on the tailed beasts and the construction costs of the Hokage Building out of his own pocket.

"Okay, I'll give you a few more days. I hope what you said is true."

However, what no one expected was that Uchiha Gin actually gave in. He had a very complicated expression on his face as he looked at the confident Senju Tobirama without asking any further questions.

"You guys go ahead and do your work. I remembered that I still have some soup stewing at home."

After standing up, Uchiha Gin found an excuse to say goodbye to everyone. He moved so quickly that the three people present could not help but look at each other in surprise.

"Tobirama, I'm leaving then?"

Seeing that Senju Tobirama was somewhat absent-minded, Senju Hashirama took the opportunity to ask,

"Go ahead, be careful."

Anyway, Hashirama Senju has the Flying Thunder God mark left by him on his body, so if something really happens, Tobirama Senju will be able to arrive first.

"Then me too"

"Don't even think about it! Work with me!"

Uchiha Gin walked out of the Hokage Building and went into an empty corner. With a flash of golden light, he disappeared from the spot in an instant.

country of waves

In recent years, under the governance of the new daimyo, the country of Wave has shown great vitality, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the economy has flourished.

The already well-known construction business has been expanded to every corner of the ninja world. Basically every country has a construction company established by the Wave Country.

The common people of Wave Country all praised the daimyo who suddenly descended from the sky. While it brought them a prosperous life, the ghost army affiliated with the daimyo's mansion slaughtered all the pirates and bandits who had long harassed the coastal residents, restoring peace to the residents of Wave Country.

Located in the center of the newly built capital of Wave Country, in the extremely luxurious daimyo's mansion, there was none of the singing and dancing as imagined, but instead an atmosphere of solemnity and tranquility.

With a flash of dazzling golden light, Uchiha Gin, who was just far away in Konoha, has now arrived at the Wave Kingdom, which is across the sea from the Fire Kingdom.

A team of patrolling guards noticed something was wrong and rushed over with red eyes. However, after seeing who was coming, the guards who had just had murderous looks on their faces immediately changed to a respectful expression.

"Hello, Lord Yin!"

"Is my uncle here?"

The guards of the daimyo's mansion are all Uchiha clan members who faked their own deaths and escaped. Uchiha Gin returns to the Land of Waves, just like returning to his own home~
"The Daimyo-sama is in a meeting with someone."

The Uchiha clan guards did not dare to hide anything and reported truthfully, with the reverence in their eyes not seeming fake.

"Is it one of our family members?"

"Yes."

Since it was a meeting with clan members, there was nothing to hide. Uchiha Gin immediately walked towards his uncle's office with a swagger.
Before leaving, Uchiha Gin seemed to have remembered something, looked at the patrolling guards, and asked,
"Do you miss home?"

"Isn't this home?"

"Nothing wrong~"

Uchiha Gin suddenly felt relieved, turned around and left without asking any more questions.

Yes, for these members of the clan, the Land of Waves is the real home of the Uchiha clan, a home where they can make their own decisions without having to rely on others.

In the daimyo's reception room, Uchiha Tajima, who had not been seen for several years, did not look as old as expected, but rather a lot rounder.

If you are not a particularly close person, it would be difficult to recognize that the fat old man with a kind face in front of you is the former leader of the Uchiha clan who was once very powerful.

"My Lord, this is how the money came from."

In front of Uchiha Tajima, there sat a gorgeously dressed Uchiha clan member, holding a scroll in both hands, and said to him respectfully,
"When there are no outsiders around, just call me the clan leader."

The clan member in front of him was the first batch of Uchiha brought by Uchiha Tajima. Because of his outstanding business ability, he was granted an official position. In recent times, he has been traveling in the Fire Country as a representative of the Wave Country.

"You said that you cheated that kid Senju Tobirama out of this money?"

Uchiha Tajima was a little bit unconvinced. How could his second son, Senju Bhusama, who had been smart since childhood, do such a stupid thing?

Little did people know that it was because the reputation of the Wave Country had improved in recent years and many countries had cooperated with the Wave Country to set up construction companies and made a lot of money, so Senju Tobirama was so sure that this investment would make money.

After all, we can't rely on ninjas to build a ninja village, right? We need professionals to do it~
"Yes, I just told him that Wave Country was about to establish a shipping company, and he was eager to give me the money."

The clan member laughed very happily. As a member of the Uchiha clan, was there anything more satisfying than being able to cheat the Senju out of his money?

"Have you ever revealed your identity?"

"It doesn't matter. When the time comes, the clan leader only needs to say that there is no such person. Konoha's current development still depends on the Wave Country. Senju Tobirama definitely doesn't dare to take action against the Wave Country."

The tribesmen had already thought of a countermeasure and were not afraid of Senju Tobirama coming to confront them.

"You think too little of that guy. As long as he doesn't see the dividends, you will wake up in the middle of the night and find an extra white hair in your bed~"

Just as Uchiha and Tajima were talking, a frivolous voice interrupted them. The two subconsciously looked in the direction of the voice.
But I saw Uchiha Gin sitting in the tea room of the reception room without knowing when, and was skillfully making tea for himself.
The uncle, who had transformed into Akimichi Tajima, stood up with a smile and appeared next to Uchiha Gin in an instant. It seemed that the change in his body shape did not affect his ninja qualities at all.

"Gin! Do you still remember me as your uncle? I thought you would only go to the Land of Whirlpools~"

Looking at his nephew whose appearance remained unchanged, Uchiha Tajima teased,

He picked up the steaming teacup and drank it all in one gulp. The boiling hot tea had been cooled by Uchiha Gin's Ice Release before it went into his mouth. He felt refreshed after drinking it.
"Huh~ Good tea, but it's missing three spoons of sugar, which makes it hard to drink~"

Smacking his lips, Uchiha Gin turned to look at his chubby uncle and scratched his head. The details of staying overnight at the Daimyo's mansion in the Land of Whirlpools were all colourful, so he didn't want to talk about it any more. He then set his sights on the clan member who was cheating him out of money.
The moment Uchiha Gin entered the room, he sensed that this clan member had the Flying Thunder God mark left by Senju Tobirama.
He is indeed a thief. If he doesn't get the dividend, the fate of this tribe member will be miserable, or at least he will die without a complete body.

Moreover, according to Senju Tobirama's personality, he might follow the clues and discover the inside story of the Land of Waves.

Fortunately, Uchiha Gin knew about this, so there was still a chance to make amends. Looking at the scroll held in the hands of the tribesman, he said with some regret,

"You are so brave, you even dare to cheat me out of my money?" (End of this chapter)