Konoha's Hextech Ninja

"Have the Red ones all gone back to school too?" Shizune asked with a surprised expression. "I heard two years ago that they all graduated early and were preparing to go to the battlefield."

"That all happened right after you left Konoha. More than two years ago, after the Fourth Hokage took over, he changed the rules in Konoha. Children under the age of thirteen are not allowed to carry out dangerous missions, let alone go to the battlefield."

Yoruichi Yagami briefly explained the current situation, glanced at Tsunade's bedroom door, and said, "When you wake up, tell the teacher that you should also go back to Konoha. Konoha is completely different now than before."

Tsunade left Konoha because of her hemophobia, which made it impossible for her to continue being a ninja.

But more importantly, he was tired of the infighting among the upper echelons of Konoha, and powerless to change it, so he could only choose to leave.

However, now that Konoha's environment has been completely transformed, it is possible to bring Tsunade back to live in Konoha.

Even if you don't become a ninja, it's still safer in Konoha.

It's important to know that Tsunade's identity is quite special.

Furthermore, her hemophobia prevents her from fighting. If an enemy ninja village were to learn of her whereabouts and use Tsunade to threaten Konoha...

After the coup was completed, Yagami Yoru wanted to bring Tsunade back to Yagami from the very beginning, but he had not been able to find her whereabouts.

Now that they've met, Yagami Yoruichi naturally doesn't want to let Tsunade continue wandering the ninja world.

“This…” Upon hearing Yagami Yoruichi’s words, Shizune showed a hint of interest, but shook her head and said, “Let’s wait until Tsunade-sama wakes up before we talk about it. I can’t make a decision for Tsunade-sama.”

"Well, let's talk about it when the teacher wakes up." Yagami Yoruichi nodded and then asked about their experiences over the past few years.

It's not much different from what Yoruichi Yagami guessed.

All he does is gamble and drink excessively, while Jingyin cleans up the mess.

Whenever they accumulate too much debt in one place, they run away to the next place.

Occasionally, he would use medical ninjutsu to earn a little money to pay off some of his debts.

Yoruichi Yagami didn't ask Tsunade how much debt she owed in total.

But judging from the tone of Shizune when she talked about it, the number is definitely not small.

Yoruichi Yagami also talked about some of the changes in Konoha, which Shizune listened to with great admiration.

In just a few years, the atmosphere in Konoha has become completely different from before they left.

The speed of development is also very fast.

In less than three years, Konoha's population had grown by more than 50 percent.

This also made Shizune eager to return to Konoha and see how it had changed.

However, whether or not to go back is ultimately Tsunade's decision; Shizune has no say in it.

Unless she chooses to abandon Tsunade and go back on her own.

But given Shizune's personality, she wouldn't do something like that.

Tsunade and Shizune lived in a detached building with several empty rooms, so Yoruichi Yagami simply stayed there.

The next morning, Yagami Yoruichi prepared breakfast before waking Tsunade up.

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The moment Tsunade opened the door and saw Yoruichi Yagami, she froze.

It also made her realize that everything yesterday was not a hallucination caused by being drunk.

"You...when did you get here?" Tsunade stammered, still clinging to a last sliver of hope.

"Yesterday afternoon," Yagami Yoruichi said with a smile, "Teacher, come out for dinner. I made your favorite chicken soup."

Upon hearing Yagami Yoruichi's words, Tsunade felt a wave of dizziness.

The thought of being carried around by students after getting drunk made her want to disappear into the ground.

But we must always face reality.

Tsunade forced herself not to show the slightest guilt and said calmly, "It's rare that you're so considerate of your teacher, so I'll be merciful and try your chicken soup. If it's not good, I won't let you off the hook!"

Yagami Yoruichi found it amusing and deliberately spoke in a coaxing tone, like he was talking to a child: "Yes, yes, then please give your evaluation, teacher."

"You brat!" Tsunade clenched her fists, sensing the teasing in Yagami Yoruichi's voice.

But remembering how Yagami Yoruichi had held him down with one hand when he went on a drunken rampage yesterday, he couldn't help but feel a pounding in his heart.

Judging from the rumors circulating in the ninja world, I'm afraid I'm really no match for this disciple, and I'm no longer able to teach him a lesson.

"Hmph, I'll go call Shizune." Tsunade snorted, ignoring Yagami Yoruichi.

However, what must be faced must be faced.

After breakfast, Yoruichi Yagami recounted the changes in Konoha once again and invited Tsunade to return to Konoha.

“Going back to the village…” Tsunade had a strange expression on her face, as if she was recalling something.

After a long while, Tsunade spoke up and asked, "You just said that you killed Danzo?"

"Yes, Danzo and his loyal followers have been executed." Yagami Yoruichi nodded and said, "The Third Hokage and his two advisors went to the battlefield and will never have the chance to return to the village."

Once the war in the ninja world subsides, the surviving members of their clans can give up their original surnames and return to Konoha to settle down as commoners.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Homura Mitokado, and Koharu Utatane will never have this opportunity again.

Even if they survive the war, they must constantly complete extremely dangerous missions until they die in the process, and will never be allowed to return to Konoha.

This can be considered a punishment for the damage they caused to Konoha during their years in power.

“I see…” Tsunade paused for a moment, then said, “You haven’t forgotten that I can no longer be a ninja, have you? Not even a medical ninja. What value would I have returning to the village like this?”

"Who says you have to be valuable to stay in Konoha?"

Yagami Yoruichi looked at Tsunade and said, "Teacher has already contributed enough to Konoha. Now you just need to enjoy life."

"Lady Tsunade..." Shizune also advised from the side, "Konoha is currently at war with the Cloud Ninja, and is about to go to war with the Iwa Ninja. If the enemy uses Lady Tsunade to threaten the village..."

"Silence!" Tsunade said, embarrassed. "In your eyes, am I really that useless?! Then don't train with me!"

"Teacher, that's not what Shizune meant," Yagami Yoruichi quickly reassured her.

Tsunade is not young, but sometimes she acts like a child and has to be coaxed.

Chapter 217 Yagami Yoruichi: Daimyo, don't you want to...?

After much persuasion from Yagami Yoruichi and Shizune, Tsunade finally reluctantly agreed to go back to the village to take a look.

As for whether to keep it or not, we'll decide after we've seen it.

But given Yagami Yoruichi's understanding of Tsunade, saying such a thing is basically equivalent to agreeing to stay in the village.

Although Tsunade has hemophobia, making her unable to fight or undergo surgery.

However, her experience as a medical ninja is of great value to Konoha.

Of course, if Tsunade is unwilling to work, Yoruichi Yagami will not force her.

After finishing up with Tsunade's matter, Yagami Yoruichi finally remembered that there was still important business to attend to, so he immediately sent someone to inform the daimyo that he wanted to see him.

After learning that Yoruichi Yagami was going to talk to the Daimyo, Tsunade also came along to support Yoruichi Yagami.

"Your Excellency, it's nice to meet you again."

Out of respect for Tsunade, Yagami Yoruichi slightly toned down her arrogance and took the initiative to greet her.

"So it's the Hokage's advisor." The daimyo vaguely remembered Yagami Yoruichi. Upon seeing her, he covered his mouth with his fan and feigned surprise, saying, "I haven't seen you for two or three years. You've changed quite a bit!"

Yoruichi Yagami has an extremely strong physique, which results in her developing very quickly.

At only eleven years old, she already looks no different from an adult.

However, her appearance hasn't changed much, so she's not unrecognizable.

"Daimyo, Yoruichi is my disciple," Tsunade suddenly said.

Yagami Yoichi glanced at Tsunade and knew that she was helping him in this way.

Tsunade and the Daimyo are relatives after all. Out of respect for Tsunade, as long as core interests are not involved, the Daimyo will not make things too difficult for Yagami Yoruichi.

"I've heard about it. During the last Hokage handover, Konoha's White Fang mentioned the relationship between Yoruichi and you, Tsunade."

The daimyo nodded and said, "So, out of respect for you, Tsunade, I haven't mistreated Konoha these past few years. I've also agreed to Yoruichi's two requests for increased funding."

After a pause, the daimyo looked at Yagami Yoruichi with an unfriendly expression and said, "But it seems that Lady Yoruichi has not considered my interests at all."

"The Daimyo is talking about the power company, right?" Yagami Yoruichi knew immediately why the Daimyo was unhappy.

During this period, the power company developed rapidly, swallowing up almost all of the upstream and downstream industries in the Land of Fire.

In addition to mining the veins, the resources were also controlled by the daimyo and nobles.

All the profits from other aspects of production, manufacturing, installation, maintenance, etc., go into the pockets of the power company.

If it were just that, it wouldn't be so bad.

In the past, industries related to electricity were small in scale, and if they were taken away, they were taken away.

However, Konoha's power company is developing at a rapid pace, quickly expanding its market by leveraging the ultra-low cost of chakra-based power generation.

Now, in the entire Land of Fire, every village and town with a population of over a thousand has electricity.

Slightly wealthier farmers can afford small electrical appliances such as light bulbs and electric fans.

Although the profit from each individual family is relatively small, considering the vast market of the Land of Fire, the profit margin is an astonishing figure.

This sum of money was coveted by the powerful and noble, but no matter what they did, they couldn't get a piece of it.

Overt suppression is simply no match for this kind of monopolistic trust.

The underhanded and shady methods used by Konoha ninjas are no different from playing with children.

A nobleman who attempted to seize revenue from a power company by force had just sent out his samurai and wandering ninjas, only to have them all die en route.

That evening, the heads of this noble family were piled up into a mound and displayed in the busiest market of the Fire Kingdom's metropolis.

This incident left the daimyo and a group of nobles both angry and frightened, and they couldn't sleep for several nights in a row.

The anger stemmed from the fact that Konoha's actions were tantamount to a provocation against the rule of the aristocratic class.

The fear stems from the fact that Konoha truly has the ability to wipe them out.

The 'Ideological Seal' passed down for thousands of years in the ninja world has prevented any ninja from ever thinking of rebelling, overthrowing the nobles, and ruling the country themselves.

However, some clever nobles had long ago realized that with such a completely unequal strength between the two sides, once the ninjas 'awakened,' they would have no chance of fighting back.

Since the Warring States period, nobles have constantly sown discord and controlled ninjas through money, mission assignments, and other means, suppressing those ninja clans that seemed unwilling to remain in obscurity, barely maintaining this balance.

However, for hundreds of years, far-sighted nobles have always lived in fear, lest some powerful ninja suddenly 'awaken' and realize that they could become the masters of the ninja world.

Now, the Konoha Anbu's blatant annihilation of the Fire Country's nobles has struck a nerve with them.

If they weren't worried about provoking Konoha to actually rebel, they would have loved to contact other ninja villages to attack Konoha and replace its leadership.

Yagami Yoruichi had no idea what the daimyo was thinking.

Even if I knew, I wouldn't care.

However, Yagami Yoruichi was unaware of the close relationship between Tsunade and the Daimyo before, and when formulating his plan, he did not consider how to save face for the Daimyo when he unified the ninja world in the future.

But now...

After all, they were relatives of my teacher, and the kind of relatives I was quite close to.

Even if we want to overthrow the daimyo, we can't wipe out their entire family.

In this situation, how to treat the daimyo and other nobles is a question that needs careful consideration.

"Your Excellency, Daimyo," Yagami Yoruichi said after a moment of silence, "Konoha will have more business ventures in the future, and I hope Your Excellency will not obstruct them. In exchange, Konoha will help Your Excellency conquer the Land of Lightning."

The current Konoha does not have enough professional personnel to govern a country.

Even if they truly destroy Kumogakure and occupy the Land of Lightning, they will still have to let the daimyo and nobles govern it.

Instead, we might as well use this as bait to get some benefits back from the daimyo.

"The Land of Lightning?!" The Daimyo looked at Yagami Yoruichi with great suspicion and said, "Hasn't your Konoha been locked in a stalemate with the Cloud Ninja for three years already?"

"That's because I didn't intervene." Yagami Yoichi glanced at Tsunade, signaling her to say a few words.

Tch, that damn brat, he's even bossing the teacher around!

Tsunade cursed inwardly, but still explained to the Daimyo, "Daimyo, my disciple is very strong. He can definitely destroy Kumogakure."