Konoha: Rebuild the glory of the Uchiha

Chapter 83 Uchiha Nan, you'll be hanging on a street lamp to repent sooner or later if you keep doing this.

"Tobirama, you should be very happy, shouldn't you? I'm your successor, after all. I did a pretty good job as Hokage."

"I led Konoha to negotiate peace with Kumogakure, defeated Iwagakure and Kirigakure, and earned over 100 billion yen."

"I've done such a good job, so give me a smile. Success and fame aren't the goal; just make yourself happy."

Seeing that Tobirama Senju looked a little depressed, Uchiha Nan listed his own great achievements in an attempt to cheer him up.

"Hmph, stop flattering yourself. The successor I chose is Hiruzen Sarutobi. You, this evil brat from the Uchiha clan, are the usurper!"

Upon hearing Uchiha Nan's words, Senju Tobirama instinctively retorted, "Konoha is a military organization. Uchiha Nan's usurpation is purely an act of insubordination, which is extremely taboo."

"But Hiruzen Sarutobi definitely couldn't have done it as well as I could!"

Uchiha Nan interrupted Senju Tobirama with a confident smile, knowing all too well what Hiruzen Sarutobi's future would be like after becoming Hokage.

If Hiruzen Sarutobi had come to power, given his intellect, he would probably have just been robbing Peter to pay Paul, trying to slowly regenerate Konoha's resources by exploiting the Daimyo's ill-gotten gains. Once they were back to normal, the Ninja War would resume, and then they would start the slow recovery process again – and they'd been doing this for decades.

"Hmph, how did you know?"

Tobirama Senju still wanted to argue, but Uchiha Nan waved his hand and changed the subject. This kind of debate was pointless. Tobirama Senju was looking at him with prejudice, and he couldn't show him the future of Konoha.

"How's the research on those appliances I gave you going? These things can make a lot of money."

Uchiha Nan got down to business, having absolute confidence in Senju Tobirama's research abilities, believing that after so much time, there should have been some breakthroughs.

The Naruto era was only about thirty years ago. Although refrigerators and televisions were not yet widespread, they had already appeared.

The technological development of the ninja world cannot be viewed through the lens of the past; in fact, some sophisticated instruments can be made by hand by these ninjas.

"I have completely understood the structure and working principle of air conditioners, including..."

"But the television and radio you gave me are a bit more complicated; it involves signal transmission, converting sound and images into signals."

When Tobirama Senju heard Uchiha Nan ask about his area of ​​expertise, he began to teach Uchiha Nan about his knowledge.

Uchiha Nan listened for a while, then directly interrupted Senju Tobirama's rambling.

He wanted to hear the result directly from Tobirama Senju, and didn't want to hear about the process in between.

"Air conditioners can be manufactured, but televisions and radios still need to be tested for a while."

Uchiha Nan nodded after listening. This progress was already very fast; they were already able to manufacture air conditioners.

But manufacturing alone wasn't enough; Uchiha Nan wanted to mass-produce them and sell them to the entire ninja world.

Air conditioners are sure to sell like hotcakes. Summers in the ninja world are unbearably hot. In the Land of Fire, the temperature can reach over 40 degrees Celsius at its hottest. The nobles go to great lengths to cool off, filling their rooms with huge basins of ice, but nothing works.

For a daimyo of that rank to directly hire ice-style ninjas, the price is naturally not cheap. After all, it's an international hiring of ninjas, costing hundreds of thousands of taels per trip. This is just the price for hiring someone; the rest will be charged by the day.

Maintaining a comfortable indoor temperature 24 hours a day is no easy task.

"Manufacturing isn't a problem, but widespread adoption will be troublesome. Air conditioners are powered by electricity, but chakra could also work."

After Tobirama Senju rambled on for a while, Uchiha Nan finally understood. How much chakra could ordinary people possibly have? To promote electrical appliances, the first step was to popularize electricity. The world was still basically in the stage of burning firewood. It would be too difficult to leap two levels directly to the electric age.

Even in Konoha, which has always been at the forefront of technology, electricity has not been widely available. Electric lights in the village are limited to the homes of the great ninja clans, and the villagers still use candles at night.

There are many difficulties.

However, technical issues are not something Uchiha Nan should worry about; he should leave them all to Tobirama.

"Tobirama, your task has become even more demanding: generator, wires, light bulbs."

Uchiha Nan assigned Tobirama Senju a new task, much like reciting a menu.

Tobirama Senju was completely overwhelmed. He would have to study Hashirama cells while dealing with all this stuff. How could he possibly manage it all by himself?

"Are you treating me like a donkey? I'm all alone, without even an assistant."

Tobirama Senju strongly protested against this practice of slavery.

However, his objections were ineffective. After some thought, Uchiha Nan came up with a solution that would satisfy both sides.

Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!

The main drawbacks of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique are twofold: first, if the user doesn't have enough chakra, the clones won't be able to fight; second, even if the user has enough chakra but creates too many clones, the fatigue from the clones returning to the user's original body could cause the user to die instantly.

But Tobirama Senju didn't need to worry about any of that.

Theoretically, as long as there is enough chakra, one can create an infinite number of clones. If used for combat, they would probably turn into smoke and disappear with a single touch. But this is for scientific research, so there's no need to worry about the clones returning to their original state due to fatigue and death. Tobirama Senju is already a dead man.

These multiple shadow clones are practically made to exploit Tobirama Senju's labor power, instantly transforming him from a single-threaded individual into a multi-threaded one, turning his invincible brain into countless copies.

With dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of Tobirama Senju working tirelessly for you 24/7, wouldn't your research efficiency skyrocket?

Uchiha Nan shared his thoughts with Senju Tobirama, leaving Tobirama speechless. What he said actually made perfect sense.

However, his original intention in inventing the Impure World Reincarnation technique was not to treat himself like an animal.

No! This is worse than an animal. At least an animal has time to eat, sleep, and rest.

Uchiha Nan actually made him work 24 hours a day, and even said that only the living need to sleep, and that the dead sleeping is simply a waste of time.

When passion becomes a year-round job, it loses its flavor.

Beast!

They truly are born evil Uchiha!

"Tobirama, you were the Second Hokage. Before you died, you devoted yourself to Konoha. Even after you died, your funeral generated revenue for Konoha. Your soul continues to contribute to Konoha after your death."

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"I would call it a great sacrifice!"

Uchiha Nan kept praising Senju Tobirama, his words clashing sharply with his solemn expression, making Tobirama want to punch him.

How could someone so utterly immoral and unprincipled be an Uchiha?

What kind of darkness did Uchiha Nan experience to become like this?

"Lord Tobirama, don't you want Konoha to become great again?"

Uchiha Nan's words directly put Senju Tobirama in a bind. For the sake of Konoha, his hardships and exhaustion were worth it. I guess there's no such thing as mental fatigue in the Edo Tensei.

Tobirama Senju wasn't quite sure about this. When he invented the Impure World Reincarnation ninjutsu, he never thought about it in this direction. Could the soul and spirit be completely exhausted and scattered?

"I have no problem granting your request, but the problem is that in my current state, I simply cannot perform the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique. The sacrifice you used for the technique is far too poor."

Tobirama Senju made a request: he was fine with being a slave to Uchiha Nan, but he needed to be given the opportunity to be a slave. Right now, he could only use the ordinary clone technique.

With an impure body capable of using multiple shadow clones, other ninjutsu could be used with some difficulty, such as his masterpiece, the Flying Thunder God Technique. He might have a chance to escape. Tobirama Senju had his own little scheme in mind.

He still harbored the idea of ​​defeating Uchiha Nan, but his thoughts are different now than before, and his opinion of Uchiha Nan has changed.

From someone who was destined to be killed to someone who could be won over, Uchiha Nan's plans for Konoha were very much to Tobirama Senju's liking, and some of his ingenious ideas even earned Tobirama's praise.

Moreover, Uchiha Nan's ambition is even greater than that of his ancestor, Uchiha Madara. While Uchiha Madara's vision was limited to the entire ninja world, Uchiha Nan directly targets the daimyo, wanting to overthrow the ninja world's thousand-year-old system.

However, Uchiha Nan was much more reliable than Uchiha Madara; Madara only knew how to brute force his way through. It wasn't entirely impossible, but regardless, Madara still failed.

Uchiha Nan had his own set of theories and action plans, and if he implemented them slowly, he really had a chance to succeed.

Tobirama Senju was also curious to see what the future would be like, with no daimyo and highly developed productivity. Surely it wouldn't still be like it is now, with the ninja world engulfed in war.

Uchiha Kusunoki and Senju Tobirama shared the same grand goal, but they had significant differences. Tobirama felt that he was more suitable to be an executor than Uchiha Kusunoki.

Uchiha Nan is, after all, an Uchiha who has awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan. Just because his brain circuits appear normal now doesn't mean they will remain normal in the future.

For Konoha, he was always an unstable factor, and there was only one person in the entire ninja world who could keep Uchiha from acting recklessly.

That's Tobirama Senju!

Tobirama Senju's goal was to defeat Uchiha Nan and regain the position of Hokage. Does Konoha have a rule that a dead person cannot continue to be Hokage?

Couldn't Tobirama Senju bring back the dead?

Moreover, he had been working tirelessly for Uchiha Nan in this dark and gloomy underground laboratory all year round, and all future honors would belong to Uchiha Nan alone. Tobirama Senju could not accept this alone.

Being an unknown, unassuming tree root is not what Tobirama Senju aspired to.

Tobirama Senju envisioned becoming Hokage again. He combined his research abilities with Uchiha Nan's ingenious ideas, making Uchiha Nan his deputy. He could also keep Uchiha Nan in check to prevent him from acting recklessly, and together they could make Konoha bigger and stronger.

This is an absolutely perfect situation; everyone has a bright future ahead of them.

"I see."

"No problem, I can help you get a stronger body."

While Tobirama Senju was still lost in thought, Uchiha Nan had already agreed to Tobirama's request, since it was a legitimate demand.

Uchiha Nan is no longer afraid of Tobirama Senju causing trouble. He is no longer the rash new ruler who relied on force to ascend to the position of Hokage.

Tobirama Senju has been dead for several months, and the situation in Konoha has changed drastically. The Hyuga clan, the Ino-Shika-Cho clan, the Inuzuka clan—whether they are the major ninja clans in Konoha or the unknown small clans—have all been united by Uchiha Nan.

The minor ninja clan member Uchiha Nan gave them a large sum of money, and the major ninja clan member Uchiha Nan not only gave them a large sum of money, but also the rights that Senju Tobirama had never granted them.

Even if Tobirama Senju were to be resurrected, Uchiha Nan wouldn't be afraid of him. Following Uchiha Nan would bring him wealth and power, so what would be the point of joining Tobirama Senju's side?

Is it a debt left over from a ninja war?

I'm sorry, Second Hokage, the Third Hokage has given us far too much.

When Tobirama Senju saw that Uchiha Nan agreed so easily, he was extremely excited, but his expression did not change at all. He continued to discuss the future development of Konoha with Uchiha Nan.

"I remember there was a generator in Konoha. I led the team to build it. We wanted to popularize electricity in Konoha, but such a small generator wouldn't be enough."

"Not only do we need to improve them, but we also need to build more and convert them into large power plants."

"Regarding the power source for the generator, I have two options: chakra and coal. Konoha's needs weren't great before, so we always used chakra. Now, with the large-scale use of electricity, the limited chakra of the original ninjas won't be enough."

Uchiha Nan frowned. Supplying electricity to the entire Hidden Leaf Village would cost a fortune just for burning coal every month. You don't know the cost of firewood until you're in charge of the household. Although Hidden Leaf Village is wealthy now, Uchiha Nan would still try to save money wherever possible.

"Tobirama, how long do you think the chakra drained from one tailed beast could supply Konoha with electricity?"

Uchiha Nan thought of the Nine-Tails and felt that the tailed beast should be put to good use. It was such a waste to keep such a large tailed beast in the house and let it sleep in Uzumaki Mito's belly all day.

That Nine-Tails is so huge, its chakra is so vast it could be described as an ocean. After draining the Nine-Tails dry, it can slowly regenerate its own chakra. It's like a top-tier power bank that you might as well use.

Most importantly, it doesn't cost any money. The Nine-Tails is Konoha's property, so they can use it for free.

To put it bluntly, the day Mito Uzumaki became the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, in Konoha, the attributes of her as a weapon already outweighed her attributes as a human. She was also Konoha's property; it's just that Mito Uzumaki's status was too special, and no one dared to say that.

He could use his Hokage status to freeload off Mito Uzumaki's labor.

"You're truly heartless and insane!"

"With the chakra level of the Nine-Tails, Konoha's current size could sustain a single attack for at least six months."

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Tobirama Senju wanted to crack open Uchiha Nan's brain to see what it was made of. How come he hadn't thought of such a brilliant idea?

"That solves Konoha's power problem!"

"Tobirama, you need to hurry up and get all this done. The light bulbs are also crucial; you can start with those!"

"I'm going to install electric lights all over the streets of Konoha!"

Uchiha Nan became very interested; electric lights were of great significance to humanity.

At night, the entire Hidden Leaf Village becomes pitch black, much like a small, fifth- or sixth-tier town in China.

As soon as it got dark, there was no one left on the street.

Konoha's future is the center of the ninja world, the most prosperous area, how could it be like this?

"Why are you in such a hurry for the light?"

Tobirama Senju was somewhat curious about Uchiha Nan's answer, thinking that given Uchiha Nan's thought process, his answer would definitely be different from what he expected.

Upon hearing Tobirama Senju's question, Uchiha Nan's expression turned serious.

"The widespread use of electric lights has a revolutionary impact on Konoha. From now on, both ninjas and villagers can not only work during the day, but also have their labor exploited—or rather, released—at night to contribute to the development of Konoha."

After hearing this, Tobirama Senju suddenly felt an urge to hang Uchiha Nan on a street lamp.

(End of this chapter)