Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 156 A Few Things About the Uchiha Clan

It's impossible for Yuya to prevent those who secretly plot against him.

For example, he definitely knew that Madara Uchiha was up to something in the dark, but he definitely didn't know Madara Uchiha's exact location.

Although I know it's north of Konoha, that's such a large area, not to mention the exact location. That area is the territory of other countries, and going there rashly would cause a diplomatic conflict.

Although Konoha Village is the strongest village in the ninja world, Yua knows even better that the stronger it is, the less she should use her superior strength to pursue hegemony.

Otherwise, America's previous life, where she was attacked by a mob, would be a perfect example.

Therefore, Yuya's diplomatic policy toward Konoha Village is: it's best not to mess with me, but if you do, I'll kill you.

A prime example is the Land of Grass.

In short, Konoha Village does not seek hegemony, but it will not allow others to bully it.

Cases like the old one, where the elements of earth, wind, and thunder gang up on Qiu Feng, will definitely not be allowed to happen again.

Of course, You Ya also understood the principle that a tree that stands out in the forest will be felled by the wind.

The development of Konoha Village cannot be separated from the help of other villages, and it is acceptable for Yuya to allow other ninja villages to develop along with it in the process.

In March, Konoha Elementary School held its first monthly exam a month after the start of the new semester, and Kushina Uzumaki surprisingly scored a perfect score in math.

Yuya expressed his regret, saying it was too painful not to let Kushina be punished.

Kushina Uzumaki, however, was not happy.

Although I got a perfect score in math, I lost points in other subjects.

In the end, she not only failed to get second place, but also dropped to third place.

There are some children in this world who are geniuses at giving up. It's perfectly normal for them to start giving up without adults offering them toys or making promises to motivate them.

Kushina Uzumaki was the kind of child who had always wanted to be strong.

She wanted to be number one, ever since she came to Konoha and entered the school.

Especially compared to the blond-haired girl who consistently gets perfect scores in all subjects, she wanted to be number one even more.

After all, she was still thinking of taking the blond-haired guy as her underling.

It's a pity I never got first place, so I don't have the face to ask.

After school, Kushina went home with a long face.

Because it's a primary school, school ends at 4 PM.

In reality, because some children's parents have to work, most children stay at school until 5 p.m. before going home.

Kushina would normally play with her classmates until 5 o'clock before leaving.

She wasn't in the mood for it today.

When Kushina's parents saw their daughter like this, they quickly came over to comfort her.

They initially thought their daughter had failed her math test.

When I looked at the results, I realized I had failed everything except math...

Ah this...

Kushina's parents didn't know how to comfort her.

After all, Kushina's identity is too special. They can't possibly say things like, "It's okay, baby, you don't need to learn anything else."

As the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Kushina was destined to become a Konoha ninja from the moment the Nine-Tails was transferred into her body.

If one can skillfully control the Nine-Tails, then one will become a pillar of Konoha.

This is a very stressful thing for the couple.

Of course, even so, they can't leave Konoha now.

Konoha is far more advanced than the Land of Whirlpools. Moreover, Kushina's parents were not related to the elders of the Uzumaki clan who managed the family. They had no feelings for the Uzumaki clan elders who were killed by Yua. You can tell this by how they ignored the Uzumaki clan elders who lived in the mansion not far from their home, only a few hundred meters away, after they came to Konoha.

Don't mention anything about Kushina Uzumaki's family being related to the elders of the Uzumaki clan.

They're all from the same family, so there must be some blood relation between them.

However, this is not the reason why Kushina's parents would contact these clan elders to stand up for them.

After all, they are not from the direct line.

Not to mention... these elders have no intention of distributing the Uzumaki clan's assets to other members of the clan...

Of course, this is normal. Just like when the Shimura clan made Shimura Danzo their clan leader, only Shimura Danzo's lineage prospered. Other lineages had to be mindful of Shimura Danzo's wishes even if they wanted to get rich.

It's not that Danzo Shimura was stingy or anything, but the profit was just so-so. If Danzo Shimura treated everyone equally and everyone in the Shimura family received the exact same benefits, what would the people who followed Danzo think?

They went to great lengths to help you rise to power, just so they could give you benefits once you were in power.

If everyone received it, then it's the same as no one receiving it.

You Ya had long understood that although many people nominally say they are not worried about scarcity but about inequality every day, if they were to become the "scarce" in that saying, they would definitely show a completely different face.

The saying goes, "Your position determines your perspective," and "There's no harm in comparison."

Yua wants the people of Konoha to get rich, but it's impossible for everyone to get rich, since not everyone is willing to listen to Yua and follow in his footsteps.

There will always be people who try to be clever.

For example, the person who sold their house and rented a place to live, no matter how miserable their life is, Yuya won't care about them.

Moreover...

Later, we bought it back, although it was essentially a one-for-one exchange, and all the other subsidies and such were gone.

With such cases existing, Kushina's parents dared not lecture her about her grades this time.

To be honest, their expectations for their daughter are actually that she grow up like an ordinary woman, find an ordinary boyfriend who loves her, get married, and have children.

For Kushina's parents, living out their lives like this in Konoha was already a great happiness.

However, seeing how strong-willed her daughter is now...

To be honest, the elderly couple were quite speechless.

Even if Kushina, as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, didn't work this hard in the future, nothing would happen to her. Konoha would definitely support her for life.

But this girl turned out to be extremely competitive...

Mainly...

You have no reason to discipline your daughter...

Are you suggesting I tell my daughter not to be so frivolous?

Ok……

They definitely couldn't say that...

Feeling depressed, Kushina went straight to her bedroom after dinner and picked up a book.

Next time! Next time I'll definitely take first place!

……

The next day was just another ordinary day. Some villagers in Konoha got up early, while others went home after a night shift.

The cacophony of noise and hawking echoed through the factory area and traffic intersections of Konoha West City.

Wherever there are large crowds, there will always be people who will put their heads together and set up a stall to make money.

It's morning now, and most of the places here sell breakfast.

In the evening, this place will be frequented by a group of barbecue and late-night snack vendors.

It can only be said that the wisdom of the people is mostly similar.

However, street stalls also have their downsides; people with short tempers might start yelling at you and then a fight breaks out.

Therefore, a three-person squad from the Konoha Police Department is responsible for guarding this place every morning and evening.

Maintaining order is secondary; the main thing is to prevent these vendors from blocking traffic.

Konoha Elementary School opens at eight o'clock in the morning. Kushina left home for school with her little schoolbag on her back, and Konoha's inner city fell into the tranquility of the daytime once again.

Against this backdrop, a figure peeked out from the ground above the Hokage Rock...

It was White Zetsu who came to gather intelligence.

For Madara Uchiha, gathering intelligence on Konoha was naturally his top priority.

His stated reason was to see how far the Uchiha clan in Konoha had developed and whether they had been weakened by Tobirama Senju's targeting.

But anyone with eyes to see knows that what Madara Uchiha cared about most was undoubtedly news of Hashirama Senju.

Of course, White Zetsu, being a mere tool, would never know Madara Uchiha's main objective.

He needs to figure out how to gather more information about the Uchiha clan.

Upon seeing a patrol of Uchiha Inner City guards as usual, White Zetsu smiled. Possessing others to gather intelligence... he was quite adept at it.

So, White Zetsu followed the pair of Uchiha ninjas, remaining infiltrated with them. Madara Uchiha's orders to him were to gather as much intelligence as possible about the Uchiha clan, and he was given ample time—a full year.

Therefore, White Zetsu doesn't need to be in a hurry at all.

In fact, if we're talking about tracking and gathering intelligence, Black Zetsu is the real expert.

After all, Black Zetsu's Yin-Yang Release allows him to directly merge with the five elements and the terrain, making him a perfect scout who cannot be detected.

However, perhaps due to a mindset of not using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, or perhaps because Madara Uchiha didn't fully trust Black Zetsu, the mission was ultimately carried out by White Zetsu, who could be mass-produced.

White Zetsu followed the group of Uchiha clan members towards the Uchiha clan compound, while surveying the buildings surrounding Konoha's inner city.

Because White Zetsu came directly to Konoha.

Therefore, although Konoha was already quite developed compared to the Land of Fire and other places White Zetsu had passed through, it was normal for White Zetsu to think that the development over the past thirty years was very different from what Madara Uchiha had described before, since there was no other ninja village in the other four great nations to compare it with.

As White Zetsu followed the three across the border between the eastern district of Konoha's inner city and the Uchiha clan's territory, he suddenly felt a gloomy atmosphere rushing towards him.

This isn't some kind of psychological effect of White Zetsu.

Instead, the Uchiha clan's territory still retains the ancient and solemn atmosphere that Madara Uchiha once had.

Moreover, because many Uchiha clan members have left the Uchiha clan territory—this refers to ordinary Uchiha clan members, while very few ninjas have left—the area has become visibly abandoned.

Of course, that's just how it is outside.

These rows of houses outside are for ordinary members of the Uchiha clan to live in.

Now, these clansmen would rather leave their territory to make a living in Konoha's inner city than stay here, so naturally, the place has been abandoned and neglected.

White Zetsu followed the three ninjas, leaping and bounding for several minutes, until the core area of ​​the Uchiha clan's territory came into view.

The core area in front of us is completely different from the financial losses outside.

The place is well-maintained every day, and the walls were probably even recently repainted with tung oil. There are also various decorative stone lions, neatly paved blue brick floors, and bamboo planted on both sides of a specially extended path...

The wealth of the Uchiha clan's territory is evident.

After all, when Madara Uchiha was around, not to mention the Uchiha clan, even Sarutobi and Shimura at that time wouldn't have been so idle as to put together these useless decorations, such as stone lions, mahogany doors, and tung oil paint. They had too much money to burn.

White Zetsu looked somewhat puzzled. The Uchiha clan...

What exactly happened?

How come the exterior is so dilapidated, yet the interior is so wealthy?

However, White Zetsu knew that he didn't need to actively ask about intelligence gathering; he only needed to observe quietly and then report everything he saw to Uchiha Madara.

Anyway, Madara Uchiha had already entered survival mode after summoning the Gedo Mazo, so he didn't need to rush at all.

Just then, one of the three members of the team greeted an Uchiha clansman guarding the gate of the mansion: "Brother Yaoshui! Is it your turn to be on duty today?"

Seeing the three people approaching, Uchiha Yakusui said with annoyance, hands on his hips, "What can we do? Fewer and fewer people in the clan are willing to spin and weave. Now it's up to us women who have risked our lives and shed blood for the clan to weave and farm..."

The leader of the three-person team looked embarrassed and quickly interrupted, "Brother Yaoshui, um, that kid Yaowei from your family, I remember he's old enough to go to school, right? How did it go? Did he go?"

Uchiha Yaoshui slapped his thigh: "Hey! He went! Of course he went! That damn brat, he got an 80 on his monthly exam last month!"

The squad leader was taken aback: "80? That's good. I remember the total score is 100."

"Ugh, it's 80 points for all four subjects combined, and I even got a 0 in math! It made me so angry... Even if you let a chicken stomp on it a few times, it could still guess one or two multiple-choice questions right!"

Isn't that infuriating?!

The squad leader laughed, actually relieved that he had changed the subject.

The members of the Uchiha clan are increasingly disgusted with working for the clan.

It's not that I have any issues with the family, but rather a very basic...

Working for the family...

It's not as satisfying as working for the Hokage!

The Uchiha clan elders haven't shared the ten-figure dividends the water plant receives every year.

not to mention……

Strictly speaking, that money belongs to Uncle Jing. You old guys took Uncle Jing's money and are unwilling to share it with everyone. If it weren't for the fact that we all share the Uchiha surname, we would have quit long ago.

Of course, some Uchiha ninjas had already left the Uchiha clan's territory.

You asked this squad leader if he was willing to serve the clan?

Well, if the money is right, I'd definitely be willing.

There was no way around it; during Yuya's more than ten years in power, the practice of exchanging money for goods had become ingrained in the very bones of the villagers of Konoha.

The old saying that everyone shares the surname Uchiha and should work hard for the prosperity of the Uchiha clan is no longer widely believed.

No matter how eloquently it's described, it's a certainty that the Uchiha clan is now more prosperous and powerful than it was before and after the founding of Konoha.

You all keep saying it's for the prosperity of the Uchiha clan, but isn't the Uchiha clan prosperous now?

Go look through history, which period of the Uchiha clan was more prosperous than the current 8?

All they do is shout slogans all day long, but when it comes to dividing the money, those who follow you and risk their lives for you get the most.

Oh, we don't have the surname Uchiha, we're not members of the Uchiha clan?

What the hell is this?

Therefore, the Uchiha clan has now been divided into three major factions.

One faction naturally consists of the clan elders who are currently in power.

Sometimes reality is really interesting. Before Tobirama Senju came to power, it was these people who ousted Madara Uchiha.

Because they don't want to fight anymore, and everyone wants peace.

After Madara Uchiha left, Tobirama Senju, without any more scruples, relentlessly suppressed the Uchiha clan, even driving them to the eastern corner of the village.

At this moment, these clan elders dared not speak out, fearing the tyrannical power of Tobirama Senju.

Later, Yua came to power. Because of Kagami Uchiha, the Uchiha clan benefited. These clan elders felt that Yua was trying to lure them with benefits, so they opposed Yua again. The hospital that was originally planned to be built in their area was eventually moved to Sarutobi clan territory...

Then, seeing the hospital making a fortune every day, these clan elders became envious and wanted to talk to Yua to ask him to provide more facilities. Of course, Yua would never pay attention to the Uchiha clan members.

When Madara Uchiha stepped forward, these people said that Tobirama Senju would not suppress the Uchiha; they wanted peace, not war.

As a result, Madara Uchiha was ousted by them, they seized power from Madara Uchiha, and were then beaten to the ground by Tobirama Senju.

As a result, they chickened out...

Admitting defeat in a power struggle... one has to admit that these Uchiha elders were truly geniuses.

Later, when Youya loosened his control a bit, these clan elders felt they were invincible again and refused Youya's offer for the sake of some trivial matter of face.

Then Youya got too lazy to pay attention to these people.

With these repeated wrong choices of Uchiha clan members, you can't believe they have no complaints about the old guys in power now.

"Hey, I advise you to wait before going in," Uchiha Yaoshui whispered to the three team members, trying to dissuade them.

"Huh? Why?" The three of them were naturally puzzled.

Uchiha Yakusui shrugged: "That bastard Uchiha Setsuna is licking the boots of his uncles inside. Wouldn't it be awkward if you went in now?"

The three of them immediately turned pale.

As mentioned before, there are three factions within the Uchiha clan.

The first one is the current leader who is good for nothing and got four multiple-choice questions wrong with only two answers.

The second type is the "laissez-faire" faction, who don't want to care about anything and let the Uchiha clan fend for itself.

The third group consists of clan members, led by Uchiha Kagami, who wanted to serve the Third Hokage but had to abandon this idea because the ruling faction was in power.

This team wasn't from the third faction that wanted to serve Yuya; they were members of the second faction, the "retirement faction."

After all, Tobirama Senju really went too far back then, so although many people had a good impression of Yua, they didn't dare to bet everything on Yua, so they simply gave up.

But giving up doesn't mean you don't need to eat or don't want a good life.

Although working for the Uchiha clan earns money, it's definitely not as much as what Yuya Lisuo has.

For those who choose to give up, their work for Yuya is solely for these benefits; they are not as wholeheartedly devoted to serving the Hokage as Uchiha Kagami.

They're in it for the money! The money!

In that case, surely the ruling faction can't still target us, right?

However, the truth is that there are only so many Uchiha clan members. Many ordinary people left the clan to live a better life. Some low-end, low-skilled but important tasks need to be done by someone.

We can't count on the Hokage faction led by Uchiha Kagami, and since the ruling faction already holds power, their target is definitely you guys who are just sitting around doing nothing.

Is your main tactic to justify your intention to surrender?

Finish my work first!

Uchiha Setsuna was one of the people in the ruling faction who opposed Uchiha Kagami.

The elders in power definitely want Uchiha Setsuna to succeed as the next clan head.

However, Uchiha Kagami was so popular within the Uchiha clan that if it weren't for the fact that the Uchiha clan leader was appointed by the current clan leader, Uchiha Kagami would have been the next clan leader long ago.

However, if Uchiha Kagami becomes the head of the Uchiha clan, how can those in power feel at ease...?

On the surface, their reasoning is that once Uchiha Kagami takes power, he will definitely side with Yua. But what if Yua is like Tobirama Senju?

Do we really need to say more about what these people are thinking?

After you, Uchiha Kagami, took the stage...

Will our various factions be able to benefit from this? How much benefit will we be able to gain?

You stubborn brat, why don't you learn from Uchiha Setsuna and give us a promise?

Are you really that stubborn and unwilling to make even a single promise?!

If you promise that our positions will remain unchanged after you take office, then we will definitely support you.

They may talk a lot about principles, but in their hearts they're all about business.

Uchiha Setsuna was certainly aware of this, which is why he went to great lengths to make guarantees and promises to these uncles and elders, all for the sake of becoming the next clan leader.

Yua doesn't care about the next head of the Uchiha clan, and he can't possibly get involved in the process like Tobirama Senju did.

Getting involved personally is such a low-class thing to do.

If we're really going to play this game, let's play proxy elections.

(End of this chapter)