Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 10 Thirty Kilograms

Time flies like an arrow; if you don't pay attention, it will slip away from you in an instant, and when you finally realize it, you'll be surprised to find, "Oh, so much time has passed..."

More than a month has passed since Yua proposed the wetland bridge project, during which time Yua finally succeeded in condensing the Flying Thunder God seal.

For a ninja of average skill, this speed is acceptable.

However, if we compare Yua to Eita from the manga...

Yeah, let's not compete, it's embarrassing.

The successful formation of the mark is only the first stage. Flying Thunder God is not just a mark; it has many other uses as well.

The Ninja Academy is also on holiday. It's worth mentioning that Yua's Shadow Clone Technique received a perfect score in the year-end exam.

Because he eventually managed to get Tobirama Senju to teach him the Shadow Clone Technique.

Based on this, Yua expressed his interest in the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to Tobirama Senju, but Tobirama sternly rejected him.

Multiple shadow clones are a great aid in cultivation, but the pain and exhaustion caused to the original body by the disappearance of each clone will accumulate.

If your physical condition isn't good enough, you won't be able to hold on.

It is obvious that Youya's physical condition is no match for that of Naruto, who is carrying Nine-Tailed Fox in his belly.

Therefore, if he uses the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to learn ninjutsu, it may damage his foundation.

Although he got full marks for the clone technique, he failed everything else except for math.

But overall it's enough, because Yuya got a passing grade in terms of actual combat. Although it was a bit embarrassing that he didn't beat Hyuga Kazuko and Uchiha Yu, he didn't beat anyone else either, so it's pretty good.

More than a month later, You Ya went out again. This time he went to the north side of the village, which is to continue north from the cliff.

Upon arriving at the destination, as usual, Yuya used her abilities to absorb the underground gold and gather it into a single golden cube. She weighed it using the scale inside the sealed scroll, and it turned out to be quite good; this location contained a full 360 kilograms of gold.

Sealed inside a scroll, which was then shrunk and placed close to his body, Yuya took out thirty kilograms of gold, transformed it into an irregular shape, and returned to Konoha Village.

Having Hashirama Senju around is really good; there's no need to worry about enemy spies appearing around Konoha.

After all, the fighting prowess of the God of Ninjas is guaranteed.

It's worth mentioning that Hashirama Senju seems to be getting better and better lately. His complexion is rosy, his voice is loud and clear, and his breathing is deep. He doesn't seem to be seriously ill at all.

Yuya became increasingly suspicious that the turning point in the manga, where Hashirama Senju died, might actually happen.

Well, it's better if it doesn't happen. The gold he has now is no more than 550 kilograms, which is far from enough for his growth rate.

With Hashirama Senju around, he didn't have to worry about Konoha being attacked and could focus on developing his village.

The construction of the wetland bridge is expected to be completed by the end of February next year, with a total construction period of three months. The total cost is not expensive, and the total funds, including workers' wages, will not exceed 50 million taels.

But as Youya had calculated before, the investment brought visible improvements in residents' happiness and prosperity.

During this time, some minor incidents occurred, such as someone being envious and wanting to cause trouble. Uchiha Kagami tried to stop him but was stopped by Yua using the Ninja Scroll.

It's acceptable for some people to cause trouble during the tour.

Or rather, if no one causes trouble, Youya would feel something is abnormal.

After all, it's understandable to feel resentful when you're eating coarse food while others eat rice and wear new clothes every day.

The key is that I'm willing to endure hardship, but you won't give me the chance!

Well, on the other hand, if you cause trouble, those who benefit from the system, namely the workers who are currently on duty, will definitely not be happy either.

They will not allow their interests to be taken away by these people, so conflict is inevitable.

Uchiha Kagami's other identity, the captain of the Uchiha Security Force's action team, makes him a perfect fit to step forward at this time.

This way, you can also boost the reputation of the garrison.

Since there are no entertainment options now, the village's entertainment relies entirely on the boasts of those with a silver tongue.

And this is something to brag about.

Uchiha Kagami saw this and admired the "advisor" the Second Hokage had appointed for him even more.

He repeatedly told Tobirama that he wanted to learn from this advisor how to do things, how to handle relationships among the villagers, and how to create greater value with minimal profit.

The Hokage's expression was strange for some reason.

But it doesn't matter. As long as Uchiha Kagami can learn these things and promote them within the Uchiha clan, he will definitely be able to change the clan's image and make it stronger. This way, the clan elders won't be thinking about causing trouble all the time.

Tobirama Senju neither agreed nor refused, but simply told Kagami Uchiha to do his job well. He could keep the Ninja Scroll himself and ask him any questions he might have.

Uchiha Kagami was very excited and would ask a question almost every night, which Yuya would then answer the next morning.

However, since You Ya came to dig for gold today, the matter was not continued.

It was already evening when Yua returned to Hashirama's residence.

As Yua had predicted, Tobirama Senju was indeed here today.

Generally speaking, Tobirama Senju, the second Hokage, only visits the temple when he has a reason.

His purpose in coming here today is very clear.

Yuya, too lazy to act like a child and cry for rewards like last time, simply shook out the gold from his backpack and grinned at Tobirama Senju, "This weighs about thirty kilograms. Uncle-Master, have you decided what ninjutsu to teach me?"

Tobirama Senju swallowed hard, then thought for a moment and said to Yua, "Why don't you just tell me where the gold mine is?"

Youya rolled his eyes: "It's not a gold mine, it's gold elements from underground seeping to the surface, and then my ability can sense their presence."

If there really were a gold mine, I definitely wouldn't have come back; I would have lived and worked there every day.

What You Ya said was true; he really could eat gold to fill his stomach.

The key is that the more gold he has, the stronger he becomes. If there really is a gold mine, then Youya definitely won't come out until he has absorbed and strengthened himself.

Tobirama Senju didn't care, taking Yua's words as an exaggeration.

However, he did believe You Ya's words; if there were gold mines, it would be impossible that no one had discovered them until today.

Previously, the Land of Fire was a battlefield everywhere. If there were really gold mines, news of it would have spread.

However, this put Tobirama Senju in a dilemma. Last time, he taught the Flying Thunder God Technique to this brat with just over ten kilograms of flesh, but this time it's over thirty kilograms...

More than 30,000 grams, at 5,000 taels per gram, that's a whopping 150 million taels... Wow...

Why don't we teach this brat the Impure World Reincarnation technique?

(End of this chapter)