Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 155 Black Zetsu: Let's cause trouble!

Kushina went berserk and used a paint bucket to create a high-intensity mural on the Hokage Rock for Yua.

You Ya was not angry at all; in fact, she almost laughed.

Of course, for Nara Shika and the others standing to the side, Yua was probably just laughing in exasperation.

Therefore, the group of people dared not utter a sound.

The two Uchiha clan members quickly brought Kushina down from the Hokage Rock, who was furiously splashing paint on it.

When the two members of the security detail brought Kushina to Yua, the two security detail members were intimidated.

After all, the Hokage Rock being defiled is something that...

That was truly the first time since the village was founded...

Yuya didn't care about his own portrait on the Hokage Rock, because to him, it was at most just a statue.

Why make things difficult for a five or six-year-old child because of a statue of himself?

Okay, Kushina is seven years old this year.

However, for the other people in Konoha Village, the Hokage Rock represents the Hokage, and having paint splashed on it is already a very serious incident.

Moreover, strictly speaking, most things in Konoha Village should be under the jurisdiction of the Security Department.

Since Tobirama Senju handed over the Security Department to the Uchiha clan, he had been suppressing it because he feared that the Uchiha clan would expand their power through the Security Department.

The Security Department has never had a good reputation in Konoha.

Especially after Yuya came to power and reformed the system, separating the Ninja Army into the Ninja Army to protect the area around Konoha and the Security Department to protect the village itself, the reputation of the Uchiha clan worsened.

After all, the Uchiha clan was marginalized from the core of power when Tobirama Senju was in power, so their desire for power was a morbid need.

In short, the more you suppress your desires, the more you want them.

But with Yuya, the suppression was suddenly lifted. You Uchiha want power? I'll give it to you. But what if you don't do a good job after I give it to you?

This is the current predicament of the Uchiha clan.

Youya granted the power.

In fact, their power has expanded due to the expansion of Konoha.

The problem is...

Even if you include all the genin who graduated in the last few years, the Uchiha clan only has a little over two hundred, almost three hundred ninjas!

Managing this number of people might have been manageable for Konoha in the past.

But now... Konoha has four districts: east, west, south, and north. This is just the inner city. The population of the inner city has already exceeded 700,000. 700,000 residents and 300 members of the security force...

It's like one Uchiha clan member has to manage 25,000 residents, ensuring they don't cause trouble, listening to their grievances, and arriving at the scene immediately to handle any problems that arise...

As for the Security Department, when Tobirama Senju established this organization to divide Madara Uchiha and the Uchiha clan, he said that it was a very important organization for managing Konoha Village.

Now that Yua has taken office and activated the powers of the Security Department, it is indeed, just as Tobirama Senju said, not just important, but extremely important.

After all, how much chaos would a city have without a police station? No normal person would even dare to imagine it.

However, human energy is limited.

In fact, some members of the Uchiha clan already felt that the Security Department should not be complacent and should recruit ninjas from other clans, or even some commoner ninjas.

This suggestion was also relayed by Uchiha Kagami.

Then Yuya spread his hands: Uncle Jing, do you think Konoha Village can spare any ninjas right now?

Uchiha Kagami remained silent.

It's a fact that all ninja clans in Konoha Village are short of manpower.

You can ask Youya to hire some workers, some ordinary people to help, that's fine, it's like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

But ninjas...

This isn't something you can just adjust on a whim.

Not to mention, three thousand ninja troops were also transferred from the Land of Whirlpools.

Konoha, which already lacked ninjas, is now even more so.

The patrol missions that used to be three teams working in three shifts have now been reduced to two teams working in two shifts. You can't expect those ninjas guarding the outskirts of Konoha to come back to the inner city just to help your Uchiha clan deal with some trivial matters concerning the villagers, can you?!

The Uchiha elders could shamelessly bring this up, but Uchiha Kagami wouldn't dare put this suggestion on Yua's desk!

Therefore, the Uchiha's security force is now desperately short-staffed.

And it is precisely because of this that the Uchiha Security Department often doesn't bother with trivial matters.

For example, the ninja who secretly protected Kushina was definitely from the Anbu.

But the problem is coming.

The sole mission of the Dark Division is to protect Kushina's safety.

Kushina carried a bucket of paint to splash paint on Yua's statue...

Has this incident affected Kushina's safety?

If Kushina falls, the ANBU ninjas will come to her rescue.

But if it's just splashing paint...

Then the management authority for this matter falls to the garrison command.

The above explains the current scope of authority among the members of Konoha Village, the Uchiha clan's current predicament, and why the Security Department only became aware of the situation and made arrests after Kushina had already splashed paint on her.

Who could have imagined that a six or seven-year-old girl would do something so outrageous?!

Yuya didn't make things difficult for the two Uchiha police officers. After waving them away, he smiled, put his hands on his hips, and looked at Kushina: "Kushina, can you tell your brother why you splashed paint on his statue?"

With tears in her eyes, Kushina pointed at Yua: "You're not my brother! You're a bad guy! You're a stinky old man!"

You Ya's face twisted instantly. "Damn it, even though I'm already a father of two, I'm only in my early twenties!"

How come he's not the older brother anymore!

Kushina's parents rushed over and covered her mouth, then kept apologizing.

You Ya waved his hand with a dark face: "I won't stoop to a child's level. The point is..."

You have to tell me... why... did you vandalize my statue?

Kushina burst into tears immediately, probably because she felt that even her parents weren't on her side. As a child, she threw a tantrum and felt extremely wronged, so she started crying.

While crying, she kept saying nonsense like she hated Yuya, hated math, and never wanted to go to school again.

You Ya understood instantly.

Ah, yes, I've been through that period myself.

However, Kushina is much stronger than me.

This girl is truly someone who dares to take action...

but……

Children are just children; they have no idea about the wickedness of the adult world...

Yuya reassured Kushina's parents, saying that the child was young and he wouldn't stoop to her level.

As for why Kushina wasn't appeased...

Yuya chuckled and waved his hand, indicating that as long as Kushina was in school, she had to score at least 80 points on her math exams, regardless of her grade. Even if she went to the Ninja Academy in the future, she would still have to maintain this. Don't give me any excuses about the math problems in the Ninja Academy being too difficult; in short, she had to score at least 80 points!

If one question is missing, she has to complete a whole math test, calculated according to her academic year.

Kushina stopped crying mid-cry; she had gone mad.

and so……

From now on, she'll not only have to study math every year... but she also has to excel in it?!

The Nine-Tails inside Kushina's belly was laughing so hard its stomach hurt.

It knew all along that Yua would definitely retaliate, but it didn't expect it to come so quickly, and it didn't let Kushina off just because she was a child.

Instead, it hit the nail on the head: You hate math, right? I'll make sure you have to work twice as hard at math from now on!

Otherwise, I'll show you what the power of a Hokage is all about.

Kushina was taken home by her parents with a blank expression.

I probably won't see her during her free time for a long time to come.

After all, the consequences of not getting 80 points in math are too serious.

Moreover, Youya fully utilized the excellent practices of the schools he attended in his previous life.

take an exam?

A small test every two weeks, a big test every month!

Want to slack off?

nonexistent!

Hmph, this little girl dares to show off in front of me. If I don't teach her a lesson in adult cunning and ruthlessness, she won't understand the harshness of society!

After reminding Kushina's parents to supervise her, Yua left, and the onlookers dispersed.

Although Kushina suffered misfortune later, it ultimately benefited her as well. After all, everyone knows that Konoha's army has been reorganized, but many administrative positions in the village remain vacant.

Personnel were only sent to a few particularly important locations where it was necessary to send someone to keep an eye on things.

For example, the director of a television station.

However, in many places, the administrators have made no arrangements whatsoever.

For example, there have long been rumors that a dedicated person would be assigned to manage affairs in each region.

That is, the so-called district head.

However, the district head did not appear; instead, offices were established in each subdistrict.

You Ya really likes people who are good at math.

Therefore, many people believe that You Ya is preparing to send someone he has promoted to serve as the district head or something similar.

That is indeed the case.

To be honest, the selection of officials is still very important.

Although Konoha currently only has four districts, it will definitely expand outwards in the future.

He's the district chief, second only to the Hokage; the importance of this position is self-evident.

Of course, it's too early to talk about these things now, and Youya is not incapable of handling them.

Konoha Village is only so big, and its population is less than that of a district in a city in my previous life. Apart from some trivial matters, how many things a day can only be handled by Yuya?

Therefore, Youya is not in a hurry to establish a district chief.

After finishing his business for the day, Yuya returned home to find Tsunade beaming with smiles.

It is obvious that Tsunade already knew about the paint being thrown on Yua's statue.

You Ya's face darkened, but then he smiled.

In any case, Tsunade has emerged from that state of grief.

that's enough.

So that's how it is...

Should we also thank Kushina?

Ok……

I'll send her a few sets of math Olympiad papers in a few days.

……

The peaceful atmosphere of Konoha Village does not mean that other places in the ninja world are the same.

Leaving aside the undercurrents between various factions, the bloody infighting within Kirigakure is enough to draw the attention of many, who want to see if they can get a share of the spoils.

Beyond these surface-level circumstances in the ninja world, in the northern part of the ninja world, at the boundary between life and death, there is a place known in legend as the closest to hell, called the Mountain Tomb.

With his bloodshot eyes open, Madara Uchiha, who was gradually entering old age, sat up from the gray bed.

It's been almost thirty years...

Madara Uchiha, who was defeated by Hashirama Senju in the battle at the Valley of the End, bit off a piece of Hashirama's flesh before dying, and was later resurrected at the cost of one of his Mangekyou Sharingan, has been here for almost thirty years...

Now 66 years old, Madara's long, white hair covers his other Mangekyou Sharingan, which he has lost sight of.

There was a mark of Hashirama's face on his chest.

This is because he transplanted Hashirama Senju's cells into his own body. Because it was only a small amount, Hashirama Senju's enormous and vigorous life force did not take him away.

This even extended Madara Uchiha's lifespan considerably.

It can only be said that Hashirama Senju's body is one man's meat and another man's poison.

For nearly thirty years, Madara Uchiha hid in the shadows, never daring to show himself, because he feared that Hashirama Senju would find out his location and come after him.

For the past thirty years, he has dared not walk in the world.

Therefore, he missed a lot of intelligence.

Of course, given Madara Uchiha's personality, even if someone told him that Hashirama Senju was supposedly dead, he wouldn't believe it.

He felt such immense vitality simply from transplanting a single piece of Hashirama cell...

Wouldn't that mean Hashirama Senju himself could live to be a hundred years old?!

Therefore, Madara Uchiha decided that he would not leave until he had finished his preparations.

And now... even if he wanted to leave, he was powerless to do so.

Time will treat everyone fairly and justly.

Madara Uchiha's body is not currently in a state where he is unable to move.

However, due to old age and frailty, his strength has declined significantly.

It's safe to say that nowadays, if even one elite Jonin were to fight Uchiha Madara, he would definitely lose. However, after the battle, Uchiha Madara would be nearly exhausted as well.

Madara Uchiha wouldn't give up his plan, so he couldn't die yet.

Over the decades, he has devoted a great deal of effort to transforming this mountain tomb into his base.

And now, what he needs is...

It's about completing your own plan...

Well, his plan is...

"Spiritual communication..."

With a violent earthquake, the Gedo Mazo, summoned by Madara Uchiha, was placed beneath this mountain tomb and has since been transformed into Madara's own base.

"In that case... I should be able to live for another ten years or so..."

Madara Uchiha clutched his chest...

His already weakened body became even weaker due to the massive draining of his chakra. But it's alright, once the Gedo Mazo is summoned, his life force will gradually decrease.

Although Nagato was tortured to such an extent by the Gedo Mazo, in essence, the Gedo Mazo could not only absorb chakra, but also replenish chakra.

However, since Nagato's Rinnegan was not his own, the various consumptions would increase exponentially, and only the Uzumaki clan could withstand this level of consumption.

Returning to Madara Uchiha's plan, his ultimate goal was, of course, to create a world where only the Infinite Tsukuyomi could bring happiness to everyone, as recorded on the stone tablet in the clan's forbidden area.

To complete this plan, not only the Rinnegan is needed, but also the power of the nine tailed beasts...

He has been here for decades, and the intelligence has become very outdated.

So his plan was...

"White Zetsu...go out and gather intelligence, bring it back to me, and I'll confirm the next step of the plan..."

Of course, it's to gather intelligence!

Intelligence is the foundation of everything.

"Why won't you let me gather intelligence for you? I am your will... your other half..."

Just then, a hoarse voice rang out.

Madara Uchiha snorted coldly: "Of course I know that, but only after all the information has been collected can we determine which path to take next."

not to mention……

I also want to know... what has happened in the outside world over the past few decades...

Black Zetsu fell silent, knowing that Madara Uchiha was still holding back against him.

Even if Madara Uchiha believed that he was created by him, he couldn't possibly believe him at this time...

It's impossible to trust him the way I once trusted Hashirama...

It's impossible right now, but Black Zetsu is confident that Madara Uchiha will gradually lower his guard after spending time together.

I can't keep asking. If they don't want me to go, then so be it.

Anyway...

We've waited a thousand years, what's another ten years or so?

Mother... please wait for me...

I will definitely...

Rescue your...