Only I can make Konoha Village great again.

After dinner, Rino Yamanaka held Ino Yamanaka in her arms and they leisurely warmed themselves by the fire in the living room.

Under the witness of the elders, the brothers in the mountains signed a land lease contract, a practice known as "even close brothers should keep clear accounts."

The elder asked doubtfully, "Chu Jiu, do you know how to farm? Do you know that clearing land takes three years?"

Shan Zhongchu replied with a smile, "Elder, I know."

"But I believe that chakra and ninjutsu can create miracles."

With the contract in hand, Yamanaka Chujiu summoned the forty-three surviving families again and announced his farming plan.

The adults looked at each other and expressed the same concerns as the elders in the mountains.

Shan Zhongchu said, "Don't worry, everyone. Just continue doing what you were doing. I will lead the children to clear the land."

"We've succeeded. I, the mountain clan, and everyone else will benefit."

"If we fail, it's just a matter of me and the kids wasting a few days."

After a year of continuous care, Yamanaka Chukyu established his authority among the forty-three families, and even with such an outrageous plan, everyone felt it was worth a try.

After all, Shan Zhong Chu Jiu had thought of everything for them, without adding any extra burden or risk to them.

Shan Zhongchu immediately began to act, because time was very tight.

War is about to break out.

Over the past two years, Konoha Village has launched attacks on all sides, forcing Kumogakure and Kirigakure to submit one after another, all thanks to the power of the Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze.

In the battle in the Land of Waves alone, Minato Namikaze overwhelmingly defeated the Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure and the so-called strongest Jinchuriki of the Three-Tails with unparalleled strength.

Minato Namikaze also thwarted Kirigakure's plot, preventing them from sealing the out-of-control Three-Tails into Rin Nohara's body and then sending it to Konoha to detonate.

As a result, the Three-Tailed Isobu was completely annihilated, and Nohara Rin was successfully rescued.

That's right, it was Yamanaka Hatsugu who flapped his wings and alerted Minato Namikaze through Orochimaru, thus preventing the tragedy of the Fourth Hokage's disciples being wiped out.

Because Nohara Rin was still alive, Yamanaka Hatsuyuki thought that Obito wouldn't become a monster and that the Nine-Tails Night wouldn't happen, so he lowered his guard.

As expected, the disaster still occurred.

It's unclear whether it was the corrective force of history at work, or whether Madara Uchiha made Obito see a hallucination.

In short, with the Fourth Hokage's sacrifice at the hands of the Nine-Tails, Konoha's deterrent power over Kirigakure and Kumogakure instantly vanished.

The Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure harbors ambitions, while the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist are eager to make their move.

It is entirely foreseeable that the Fourth Raikage will inevitably turn against him before long, and the Fourth Mizukage will take the opportunity to restart the war.

An even more deadly crisis lies within the village.

Orochimaru did not become the Fifth Hokage, and Jiraiya and Tsunade did not return.

Who will become the new Hokage?

The only ones who probably wouldn't guess that a power struggle was about to erupt in Konoha Village are underage children.

How absurd!

And something even more absurd is happening.

Shan Zhongchu took the children to the commercial street to buy farm tools, but they were blocked on the way by a large group of villagers.

The villagers blocked the gate of the newly renovated mansion, crying out in heart-wrenching sobs:

"My house is right here, how could it be gone?"

"It was you! It was you who built houses on my land and encroached on my property!"

"Give me back my house and my land!"

"..."

The gates of those row houses were tightly closed. Shan Zhongchu could sense that there were people in the houses, and they were radiating a sense of schadenfreude and gloating.

Their arrogant and fearless attitude clearly indicated that they were certain that even if the Uchiha ninjas arrived, they would be helpless against them.

Clearly, the villagers who were crying and shouting in front of the door had been scammed.

Their homes were deliberately erased from the map during the reconstruction efforts following the disaster.

On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, memories of history were activated in the mountains, and terms such as "flying message," "deceitful message," "offering tribute," and "usurping records" flew through his mind.

He quickly realized that someone was secretly usurping the title.

In other words, taking advantage of the chaos of the great disaster, they secretly altered the archive documents in the Hokage Building and seized other people's legal land, houses, and other important assets.

The Nine-Tailed Night erupted too suddenly. It was already extremely difficult for ordinary people to escape the house and save their lives. Who would have thought to bring the house certificate?

When a sturdy house collapses, the property ownership certificate hidden inside is naturally lost, and the only proof of ownership is the certificate archived by the village.

These guys are so confident, they must have already switched the archive credentials.

In China's feudal era, landlords and gentry found it too slow to seize fertile land during famines, so they invented a forceful method of annexation, which was surprisingly replicated in the violent group that is Konoha Village.

Now, here comes the interesting question.

Who in Konoha Village has the ability to switch house deeds so seamlessly that they can withstand investigation by the Uchiha ninja?

That's really hard to guess!

Yamanaka Chukyu turned his gaze to the Hokage Building. In this building, which was completely controlled by Sarutobi Hiruzen, the entire second floor was the land certificate warehouse of Konoha Village.

At this moment, a high-level meeting is being held inside the Hokage Building, where the Konoha F4 are jointly pressuring Uchiha Fugaku.

They demanded that the Uchiha clan move out of their clan's central territory and relocate to their ancestral land on the edge of the village, citing the Sharingan in the Nine-Tails' eyes.

Of course, the village is in dire straits right now, and has not received a single penny of compensation for the demolition!

Fugaku Uchiha was naturally furious, but he was being threatened by four older men of higher status, so keeping his mouth shut and not saying a word was the limit of his resistance.

Just as the reconstruction work was in full swing, the higher-ups were pressuring the Uchiha clan, while the lower-level officials were plundering ordinary villagers.

The most absurd spectacle since the disaster unfolded in Konoha Village.

Not long after, a group of Uchiha ninjas appeared.

Strangely, Yamanaka Hatsukyu sensed that one of the Uchiha ninjas was special; he didn't have an arrogant facade and directly exposed his gentleness and enthusiasm.

The last time I sensed similar emotional characteristics was with Obito Uchiha, but while Obito's "goodness" was superficial and turbulent, this person's "goodness" was as calm as water.

Chu Jiu's curiosity was piqued. Another kind-hearted Uchiha ninja, who is he?

It is Uchiha Shisui.

That's fine.

When someone is ambushed from behind by Danzo Shimura, loses an eye, is severely injured and on the verge of death, and barely manages to escape even when they are exhausted, their thoughts are not on escaping, but on how to protect Konoha Village and the Uchiha clan, and they are even willing to commit suicide for it.

Regardless of whether Uchiha Shisui's methods were right or wrong, his good intentions are undeniable.

Knowing it was Uchiha Shisui, Yamanaka Chukyu planned to take the children on a detour to the shopping street to buy farm tools and seeds, so they could start clearing the land as soon as possible.

But he was then surprised to find that his mind had gone out of control, and the fine threads formed from his thoughts were automatically drifting toward Uchiha Shisui and continuously wrapping around him.

The ninth day of the lunar month in the mountains was stunned.

"How is this possible?"