Konoha: Rebuild the glory of the Uchiha!

Tobirama Senju's face was grim, and he really wanted to punch Uchiha Nan. This guy was really trying to take advantage of him in every possible way.

Chapter 67 You have no money, yet you still want to support me?

Tobirama Senju glared angrily at Uchiha Nan. He had lost count of how many times he had lost his temper and broken down tonight, as if Uchiha Nan was born to torment him.

"Alright, alright, I don't want to argue with you anymore."

"Bring paper and pens, and the equipment and materials needed for scientific research experiments."

"I'll give you a list, and you go and prepare it."

Tobirama Senju waved his hand, indicating that he no longer wanted to deal with Uchiha Kusunoki, and beckoned Uchiha Kusunoki to get paper and pen, intending to make a list for Uchiha Kusunoki to prepare laboratory equipment for him.

The laboratory needs to be large, and the equipment used for experiments needs to be new and advanced!

The materials need to be expensive and have a high sensitivity.

Tobirama Senju was writing on the paper with a pen, the pen tip making a scratching sound. Uchiha Nan didn't pay much attention at first, but five minutes later Uchiha Nan realized something was wrong.

Tobirama Senju isn't finished yet!

Uchiha Nan watched the enthusiastic Tobirama Senju, muttering something to himself.

This culture medium is very expensive, it costs five thousand taels of silver. If you don't have any, bring fifty bottles first.

This potion seems to only be found in the Land of Demons; it's incredibly rare and expensive, even money can't guarantee you'll buy it. Oh well, I'll just write it down for now.

If we're talking about cultivating grain seeds, I've heard of the Land of Fields.

Uchiha Nan hardened his fist; this guy was treating him like a sucker.

Half an hour later, Tobirama Senju handed a thick stack of papers to Uchiha Nan. Uchiha Nan glanced through them and saw that they were filled with all sorts of experimental equipment, some imported from the Land of Sand and others specially made from the Land of Lightning.

The number of medicines was countless, basically covering all the countries in the ninja world. There were several places that Uchiha Nan had never even heard of, secret solutions produced in some remote and obscure country, and the price was even calculated by the gram.

Uchiha Nan was so angry that he opened his Sharingan and roughly estimated the price in his mind. It was at least 3 billion. This was just the price of building the laboratory, not including the subsequent losses incurred during the experimental process.

"You old bastard, are you doing this on purpose?!"

This time, it was Uchiha Nan who broke down. Even if he gave Tobirama Senju all the wealth of the Uchiha clan, it wouldn't be enough for him to build it up.

"What do you know? Do you even understand science?"

Do you know how much it actually costs to conduct scientific research experiments?

"Behind every discovery in technological progress lies the burning of countless funds."

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Tobirama Senju spoke with righteous indignation, his eyes filled with contempt as he looked at Uchiha Nan. Tobirama Senju hadn't made up these expenses; they would definitely be needed in the future.

However, the experimental instruments and raw materials that Tobirama Senju wrote about were all top-notch. If the budget was insufficient, there were substitutes, but the effect would be slightly worse.

There were some instruments and solutions that Tobirama Senju would never have been willing to buy in the past, as they were ridiculously expensive.

There was a reason why Hashirama Senju kept advising Tobirama Senju to do less scientific research experiments: they were too expensive.

"You're not broke, are you?"

Tobirama Senju sneered. Just now, Uchiha Nan had said with great confidence that he would obtain the power of Hashirama's cells no matter the cost.

This power doesn't come cheap!

"I"

Uchiha Nan choked. Konoha still needed tens of billions of yen to achieve comprehensive development, and even after he had forcibly taken a portion from the ninja clans, it still couldn't fill the gap.

The previous funds have already been deposited into the Konoha Finance Department. In order to reduce corruption, Konoha will regularly publish detailed accounts. Although there will be some embezzlement in the process, it is acceptable to make the accounts look good.

Before, when there was a war, the funds were allocated to the military budget. You dared to send an accountant to audit the accounts? Even if you sent several groups of people, the end result was that they were stabbed in the back and committed suicide.

But 3 billion is no small sum. Everyone in Konoha is eyeing this funding. For money, Uchiha Nan even snatched food from the mouths of the ninja clans.

If you make any small mistakes at this time, even the slightest discrepancy in the accounts, the ninja clan will seize on it and not let it go.

Uchiha Nan didn't dare to imagine what the consequences would be if they were discovered.

He'll probably be impeached and removed from office.

"The Hokage of Konoha can't even afford this little bit of money?"

Tobirama Senju decided to kill him out of his spirit, and finally saw Uchiha Nan suffer a setback.

That felt great, so great!

"You're such an amateur, you have no idea about the cost of scientific research experiments. You dared to spout such nonsense just now, saying you'd spare no expense?"

"You evil brat from the Uchiha clan, you're too young!"

Senju Tobirama decided to press his advantage and continued speaking.

"So this is your excuse for embezzling?"

Uchiha Nan instantly thought of the ten billion ryo that Senju Tobirama had embezzled and began to retaliate.

"You embezzled one billion taels of silver this time, didn't you?"

"You're the Hokage! How dare the Hokage embezzle? You must have embezzled plenty in the past. If I were to audit the accounts, I would definitely find out. What if I spread this news?"

Ok?

Tobirama Senju was unsettled. He recalled his correspondence with the Daimyo. For so many years, the Hokage's office had always been his own private office. He had gotten used to keeping secret things there, since no one dared to enter except for his elder brother.

I died suddenly and forgot to destroy it!

Tobirama Senju's flustered appearance made it seem as if he had forgotten to clear his browsing history before he died.

"Ahem." "Actually, there are substitutes for these things. I can rewrite one for you."

Tobirama Senju pretended to be nonchalant, picked up the stack of papers, and wrote down some alternative materials.

Uchiha Nan looked at Senju Tobirama's feigned composure and sneered inwardly.

I knew this scoundrel was trying to scam funding; he's just like Orochimaru in later generations!

After Tobirama Senju finished writing, he handed the bill to Uchiha Nan, who recalculated the bill and found that the price had dropped by nearly one-fifth.

Yes, it's still an astronomical figure.

"This is already the cheapest option. Don't look at me like that; scientific research requires investing a lot of money."

Seeing Uchiha Nan's embarrassed expression, Tobirama Senju said considerately from the side.

"I see."

Uchiha Nan nodded helplessly. He knew that scientific research required a lot of money, and good things were naturally expensive.

Unfortunately, I really don't have any money.

"We can start with research projects to increase steel and grain production, as well as generators."

Uchiha Nan also remembered the home appliances he won in the last lottery: a refrigerator, a television, an air conditioner, and a radio. He needed to collect all three items from his previous wedding set.

Clicking the extract button, Uchiha Nan summoned these appliances, intending to have Senju Tobirama study their structure to see if they could be mass-produced.

"These things?"

"Special ninja tools?"

Tobirama Senju looked at the appliances in front of him. They were really strange gadgets. He really wanted to take them apart and study them.

As the greatest experimenter in the ninja world, Tobirama Senju was instinctively curious about its structure.

"Tobirama, if you figure these things out, you can make a fortune."

Uchiha Nan instructed Senju Tobirama that once Tobirama had figured out how to use these appliances and mass-produced them, the first thing to do was to sell them to the daimyo of the ninja world. They had money and pursued a high quality of life, so they wouldn't be reluctant to spend money.

Uchiha Nan wants to sell each of these air conditioners for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Once production increases, they'll lower the price.

Tobirama Senju nodded, indicating that he would study these things carefully. He then looked around and realized that the secret room was too small to fit the future laboratory equipment.

"This place is definitely not suitable as an experimental site; we need to find another location."

"I think there's a place in the Death Forest on the outskirts of Konoha. That place is quite nice."

Tobirama Senju made his request in as calm a tone as possible.

Say yes, say yes now!

Tobirama Senju prayed inwardly. He still wanted to take advantage of the move to see Mito. Uchiha Nan had become Hokage, and he needed to plan carefully if he wanted to deal with Uchiha Nan legitimately.

"It's alright. There's a large dungeon in the Uchiha clan's territory, which was originally intended for dealing with and interrogating spies. However, the Anbu took over that job, and it hasn't been put into use yet."

"Moving there is just right."

Uchiha Nan recalled the dungeon that Tomita had casually mentioned last time. It was a remote corner of the clan's territory, a place that even clan members rarely went to.

Depend on!

Tobirama Senju couldn't help but want to punch his past self.

Under their own arrangement, the secret service had long since taken over the task of interrogating spies from the security department.

"Alright, Tobirama, I'll be going now. You stay here and think about how to conduct future experiments. I'll try to come and keep you company every day."

Uchiha Nan then ordered Senju Tobirama to stay in the secret room and not to use any ninjutsu.

A barrage of commands bound Tobirama like computer code, turning his face ashen.

"Uchiha Nan, you're really cautious."

"Of course, you are Tobirama Senju, I will take you seriously."

After saying that, Uchiha Nan turned and walked out of the secret room. He had spent the whole night with the Senju brothers, and the two little ones at home were still waiting for him to go to sleep.

A short while later, Uchiha Nan emerged from the secret chamber. It was already late at night, and he wasn't in a very good mood.

How are we going to deal with the extra two billion? It's impossible to take money from the clan. This is for the sake of Konoha's scientific research. We can't let the Uchiha clan bear it alone, and they simply can't afford it.

How can we cleverly find a pretext to divert a portion of the funds?

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how so.

Uchiha Nan finds himself in trouble after becoming Hokage, struggling to raise funds for Konoha.