Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Why is Chapter 187 being so sentimental?

A huge, golden Buddha statue stands atop the mountain behind Huoying Rock, its surroundings shimmering with light under the sun.

Uchiha Setsuna's Susanoo is ultimately no match for Uchiha Madara's.

Although Yuya's Thousand-Armed Buddha technique was clearly inspired by Hashirama Senju's Sage Art Thousand-Armed Buddha Statue, it was precisely because of this that it was able to evoke the deepest fear in the hearts of the Uchiha clan.

Standing atop the Buddha statue, Yuya watched as Uchiha Setsuna's aura gradually weakened and his Susanoo could no longer be maintained, and sighed helplessly.

Ultimately, he was not a person who enjoyed violence.

However, plans often fall short of reality.

Uchiha Setsuna's current situation can be described as quite dire.

Having been slapped a thousand times by a ton of gold, to be fair, if Yua hadn't wanted to capture him alive to force him to reveal Black Zetsu's whereabouts, Uchiha Setsuna would probably be a pile of mud by now.

Although he didn't die, he was definitely seriously injured.

Susanoo is a powerful weapon for the Uchiha clan, capable of both offense and defense. However, using this skill is essentially telling others that you are inside this Gundam and that they should try to destroy it if they dare.

Hashirama Senju had this ability, and that's how Madara Uchiha was defeated.

Yuya also possessed this ability, and so Uchiha Setsatsu immediately knelt down.

When Yua first took office, he went to the Land of Lightning with Tobirama Senju and mined hundreds of tons of gold. For Yua, this was the foundation for the development of Konoha. With so much gold, Konoha would not have to worry about any major economic crisis.

However, this may also be related to the fact that Youya did not align with capitalism.

The kind of economic crisis that capitalism experiences—a minor crisis every ten years and a major crisis every twenty years—did not occur during You Ya's term in office.

It may also be related to the environment in Konoha. The people of Konoha do not reject merchants, but it is certainly impossible for a merchant to become a superior person.

The primary requirement for any important position is that you must be a ninja. Emotional intelligence and ability aside, as long as you are strong enough, you can surpass the status of most businessmen.

The reason it is said to be the majority is because the biggest businessman in Konoha is Yua. He uses Konoha as a pawn to do business with other countries. However, in essence, Yua is not doing it for himself, nor does he need to do it for himself. Even Tsunade alone can support a family of four.

That's a bit of a tangent. Let's get back to the battle between Yua and Setsuna Uchiha.

Initially, there were several hundred tons of gold, but after You Ya opened the bank, he faced a problem.

That is, what will Konoha's bank be linked to?

Yuya could certainly link Konoha's currency, and even the currency of the Land of Fire, to Konoha's credit, so that the printing press could run at full speed and frantically harvest resources from other countries.

However, this brings many problems. For example, the most basic one is that the problems that occurred during Yu Ya's administration are unlikely to occur because Yu Ya is confident in managing the economy.

But what happens after Yua abdicates or passes away?

Does the next Hokage have the ability to manage the economy?

There shouldn't be any.

This would create a lot of problems by linking the currency with Konoha credits.

When Konoha was strong, other villages didn't mind this, but if Konoha still wants to use this method after it weakens, then the other villages aren't stupid and won't let you reap the benefits for nothing.

Therefore, Youya pegged its currency to gold.

One consequence of this is that transactions between Konoha and other villages involve large sums of money, such as resource trading, which either involve resource swaps or gold settlements.

After all, Konoha doesn't need that much foreign exchange from other villages.

Therefore, Konoha Village's underground super vault is now filled with tens of thousands of tons of gold.

Don't think that tens of thousands of tons is a lot. If half the people of the entire ninja world came to Konoha and asked to exchange resources or Konoha's currency for gold, these tens of thousands of tons of gold would be gone in an instant.

Therefore, the storage capacity must continue to increase.

However, it's enough for fighting.

Previously, Yuya actually used a summoning technique to summon tens of thousands of tons of gold from the underground vault and then used his ability to control the golden Buddha to destroy Susanoo.

Fortunately, gold is indeed a very valuable commodity.

The quantity is simply too small. It would be great if Konoha had a vast, versatile energy source... [namely, oil].

It must be said that the gold standard was a good system, but it was indeed impossible for it to take off.

If it could be linked to some form of energy...

Ugh……

The massive aftershocks of the war uprooted much of the forest in the back mountains, revealing a vast expanse of bare land centered on the battleground.

Uchiha Setsuna coughed up a mouthful of blood. At that moment, only one question remained in his mind:

Why has no one ever mentioned the Third Hokage's immense strength?!

Uchiha Setsuna covered his mouth, feeling the churning within his body. Then, he gritted his teeth, looked up at a tiny black dot on the giant Buddha statue, and knew that the person there was Yua…

Uchiha Setsuna felt a surge of anger. He ignored everything and charged in that direction, then used a Body Flicker Technique to leap into the air...

Yuya certainly saw Uchiha Setsuna's actions, and also saw the red spiral pattern spinning rapidly in his eyes as he jumped into the air.

In a daze, Youya found himself in a dark place filled with thick, red blood.

"Ugh... That's disgusting..."

You Ya frowned, then closed his eyes. He remembered... it should be this location...

Yuya is very wary of illusion techniques.

Because when it comes to physical attacks, he is indeed not afraid of any ninja. Gold has the highest density and quality of any material. If it really comes down to physical attacks, Yua can just pilot the Gold Gundam.

But illusions are different.

Illusion is a form of magical attack.

Moreover, it can be said that illusion skills are virtually impossible to defend against.

The important thing is that after being under the illusion, everything you see and hear is an illusion, and it's hard for you to distinguish between what's real and what's fake. You might even end up hitting your own people.

Therefore, Yuya focused a lot of his energy on how to deal with illusions.

Yuya learned from many genjutsu ninjas that genjutsu is not invincible.

Because the essence of genjutsu is a chakra invasion that the user inflicts on the enemy, while one can move during the use of genjutsu, one cannot stop infusing chakra. This means that the enemy needs to maintain the infusion of chakra while fighting you. As long as the supply is cut off, the genjutsu will collapse on its own. This is unacceptable to many experts, after all, they have to maintain the infusion of chakra in the midst of intense battle...

Unless you're playing against a complete noob, or your opponent is not even on your level, then you can't play like that.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for experts to achieve effective results using illusion techniques in actual combat.

Of course, there is one type of illusion that is an exception.

Things like Itachi's Tsukuyomi.

The moment you fall under an illusion and the next moment may only be a few seconds, but in your perception, it feels like hours or days have passed...

Because the illusion lasted so short, your body didn't have time to react before it ended, but it was undoubtedly a major blow to your mind.

However, Tsukuyomi is not invincible.

The essence of illusion is that the enemy uses chakra to invade your body, and you just need to expel it.

To achieve this, you undoubtedly need to be stronger than your opponent and possess at least two elemental chakra types.

Yuya's strength is undoubtedly greater than Uchiha Setsuna's.

Even disregarding his cheat-like ability to control gold, Yua possesses five chakra natures. He simply dislikes fighting; if it really came down to it, he could certainly fight.

Yuya closed his eyes and unleashed all five types of chakra within his body, forming a faint mist on his skin.

When Yuya opened her eyes again, she had returned to reality.

As for Uchiha Setsuna, he had already been slammed into the mud by the Thousand-Armed Buddha...

Yuya smacked his lips, and just as he closed his eyes, he subconsciously controlled the Great Buddha to slap the spot where Uchiha Setsuna had appeared.

Looking back now, it seems like we went a bit too far?

Yuya jumped off the Buddha statue and headed towards Uchiha Setsuna.

Hey, you can't die, even if you have to...

Damn it, sell Black Zetsu to me before you die!

Yuya arrived at the spot where Uchiha Setsuna had been sent flying. Seeing Uchiha Setsuna lying motionless on the ground like a dead dog, Yuya's heart sank. Oh no! He'd gone too far!

Youya rushed over, thinking that maybe he could still say a few words before he died. Come on, tell me what Black Zetsu said before you die, please!

Yuya ran over, reached out and straightened Uchiha Setsuna, and then Yuya heard a "hissing" sound.

What the hell is that?

Yuya looked down and saw that the explosive tags beneath Uchiha Setsuna had been ignited...

"Oh."

"boom!"

The huge explosion attracted the attention of several people not far away.

After giving Minato Namikaze emergency treatment, Tsunade told Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze to go back with the ANBU ninjas who had come from the village, as she needed to check on the situation.

The explosion site was not far from where Uchiha Fugaku, the old Uchiha clan head, and Uchiha Kagami were located.

Therefore, the three of them rushed over immediately.

With just a few blinks, the three of them arrived here.

Then they saw a golden... egg?

The gold gradually faded, revealing what lay beneath.

Youya stretched: "Low-level tactics, but... they did reveal some things."

With two "swish" sounds, several more figures appeared. They were the three members of the Anbu who had arrived earlier, including Hatake Sakumo and his two companions, as well as Might Guy who had arrived later.

"Hokage-sama!"

Sakumo Hatake knelt on one knee: "I'm very sorry, we failed to protect the target..."

After guessing that Black Zetsu's target must be the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Yua formed a group with the three people he trusted most to protect Kushina Uzumaki.

However, the Mangekyou Sharingan is indeed a bit too overpowered.

Yuya looked at Hatake Sakumo and patted him on the shoulder: "It's not your fault. Besides, if the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki wasn't captured, then it's not a failure."

"You're injured, you should go to Konoha Hospital for treatment first."

Sakumo Hatake hesitated.

You Ya laughed: "We still have so many people here, and..."

Youya looked at the faint bloodstains on the blasted ground not far away: "That clever rat has outsmarted himself."

Although the bloodstains were concealed, they were blown out.

As Yuya spoke, he slapped his palm: "By the way, I remember you bought a few ninja dogs from the Inuzuka family, right, Sakumo?"

"How about we borrow it for a bit?"

You Ya revealed a very wicked smile.

……

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

Uchiha Setsuna clutched his chest, his heart pounding so hard it felt like it was about to explode.

The injuries to his body meant that Uchiha Setsuna couldn't actually escape very far.

He couldn't escape very far at all.

Konoha's patrol forces are deployed in concentric circles, starting from a radius of ten kilometers around Konoha Village.

Given his current condition, Uchiha Setsuna wouldn't stand a chance against any patrol group.

Therefore, it was impossible for him to leave Konoha.

Since that's the case, we might as well find a place to rest first...

"...This is unbelievable..."

A deep, hoarse voice rang out.

Uchiha looked up and saw a black head rising from the ground beside him.

"It's you." Uchiha Setsuna said calmly.

"This failure was due to incomplete intelligence gathering, so don't take it to heart," Black Zetsu said hoarsely. "The Third Hokage's individual strength is so formidable that probably no one could have imagined it."

"You should rest well first, and then think about what to do next."

Uchiha Setsuna raised his head to look at Black Zetsu. He narrowed his eyes and calmly said, "You are not Lord Madara."

Black Zetsu paused slightly, then looked at Uchiha Setsuna: "Of course, I am not him, I am just one he created..."

Uchiha Setsuna's face twisted violently as he hissed in a low voice, "Stop talking nonsense!"

"Cough cough cough cough..." Uchiha Satsuki aggravated his internal injuries, coughing violently for a while. Then, leaning against the cave wall, he looked at Black Zetsu with a mocking expression:

Even if Lord Madara leaves the Uchiha clan, it is impossible for him to be completely indifferent to matters concerning the Uchiha.

And you...

You're too impatient.

Uchiha Setsuna sneered, "You're already so eager to have me kidnap the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, even though we've only just finished the surgery."

Even after my failure, you still refused to give up, but instead told me to find a way to regroup and try to catch them again...

If you really were created by Madara-sama...

Why are we so fixated on the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?!

Is it merely the Eye of the Moon plan?

The Eye of the Moon... Is it really the plan that Lord Madara wanted to complete?

Or……

Actually, it was you...

Uchiha Setsuna had his hands behind his back, holding a kunai, clearly intending to kill Black Zetsu.

Black Zetsu remained silent for a long time, then smiled.

"Wouldn't it have been better if you had stayed that stupid? Why did you suddenly become smart? It's because..." Two eyes on Black Zetsu's jet-black head curved into mocking crescents:

"Is it because you realized that the power you've always craved was already handed to you by someone else, but you ignored it until now, and you can never have that power again, so you've finally calmed down?!"

Uchiha Setsuna's face twisted violently: "You bastard! If it weren't for you! If it weren't for you! If... Ugh! What?!"

A dark, hoarse voice softly echoed from the wall behind him: "Now that you're so weak, how can you possibly resist me?!"

Black Zetsu gradually enveloped Uchiha Setsuna's body from behind the wall.

Uchiha Setsuna felt his body no longer obey his commands.

I didn't want to kill you.

You're so stupid and arrogant, you're the perfect target to be exploited.

Why can't you just stay stupid forever?

Black Zetsu's sinister smile filled Setsuna Uchiha with endless regret.

He was filled with regret at that moment, deep regret.

He could have become the head of the Uchiha Security Department, and then the head of the Uchiha clan...

Why...

Why did things end up like this?!

I am not reconciled!

Black Zetsu was unaware of the rage in Uchiha Setsuna's heart, but even if he had, he wouldn't have cared.

Black Zetsu, controlling Setsuna Uchiha's hand, sneered, "I almost forgot, although you're a piece of trash, these eyes still have some value..."

"Woof woof woof"

Just then, a series of dog barks came from outside the cave.

Black Zetsu suddenly paused, his voice turning ugly: "Damn it, ninja dogs?! Why are there ninja dogs here?!"

Black Zetsu dared not delay any longer. He directly manipulated Uchiha Setsuna's hand to gouge out Uchiha Setsuna's eyes, then wrapped his body around them. Before leaving, Black Zetsu had Uchiha Setsuna insert the kunai he was preparing to use to ambush him into his heart, and then he directly penetrated into the wall and ran away.

A short while later, Yua, leading a group of people, arrived here with a ninja dog that was frolicking around...

What they saw was Uchiha Setsuna, his eyes vacant and his body trembling due to intense physical pain…

Yuya was momentarily stunned, then he felt the gazes of the others behind him. Yuya quickly raised his hands: "Hey, hey, hey! I did beat him up, but there's no way I would gouge out his eyes!"

after all……

I'm not some guy from the Shimura family who likes to put other people's eyeballs on his arms.

The old Uchiha clan patriarch ignored Yua's joke—and dared not. The three of them combined couldn't beat Uchiha Setsuna. Yua could easily crush Uchiha Setsuna like a chicken. How could he dare to be presumptuous?

He ran straight over, grabbed Uchiha Setsuna's hand, and asked seriously, "Who? Who dared to gouge out your eyes?!"

Uchiha Setsuna heard the old clan leader's voice and his expression finally changed.

He forced himself to stay alert, grasped the old patriarch's hand, and said while coughing, "...The family's, the family's stone tablet...the contents on it are fake..."

The old clan chief was taken aback, then a surge of anger welled up within him: "How do you know about the stone tablet?!"

Uchiha Setsuna coughed, not answering the question, and continued, "Clan, clan head... that Eye of the Moon plan... was fake... it was a conspiracy by a strange creature with a body made of black, slimy fluid..."

Clan leader... I've been bewitched by it... It told me that as long as the Uchiha clan members kill their most beloved, they can obtain the Mangekyou Sharingan and possess the power of Madara-sama...

I believed it... cough cough, and I did indeed gain that power, but...

This shouldn't be happening...

"We Uchiha...shouldn't have done this..."

After saying that, Uchiha Setsuna finally couldn't hold on any longer, his head lolled to the side, and he died.

The old Uchiha clan patriarch was overcome with grief: "No...!"

Yua, standing to the side, simply curled her lip: "He killed everyone in his own family, attacked Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and injured an elite Anbu squad. If it weren't for me, he would have really succeeded..."

Why are you being so sentimental?

The old Uchiha clan patriarch was somewhat bewildered when Yua interrupted his spellcasting.

No, are you really that heartless, Hokage?

Can't even let me yell a couple of times?!

Forget it, forget it, I won't howl then.

The problem now is...

Yuya turned to look at Uchiha Kagami and Uchiha Fugaku, then at the old Uchiha clan head:

"There are only the three of you Uchiha here. How do you plan to deal with what he just said? I won't pretend I didn't hear it."

After all, Uchiha Setsuna revealed Black Zetsu before he died, and that's enough.

As for the rest...

That's an internal problem within the Uchiha clan.

The three Uchiha also fell silent.

Just then, several whooshing sounds rang out from outside, and Tsunade arrived with a new squad of ANBU ninjas.

With just a few glances, Tsunade roughly understood. Just as she was about to speak, Yuya walked over and pulled Tsunade away from the cave.

Once outside the cave, Tsunade asked in a low voice, "Did you kill him?"

You Ya rolled her eyes: "Is your husband the kind of person who kills without saying a word?"

Tsunade's face immediately lit up with a gossipy expression: "So what's going on?"

You Ya turned to look at the cave entrance, then leaned against the wall, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and said with a deep expression, "Then it's up to them to choose."

Yuya thought he was incredibly cool. He assumed Tsunade was looking at him with eyes full of love. However, Tsunade was thinking about whether or not to slap this guy for daring to smoke in front of her.

However, after thinking about the scene in the cave, Tsunade felt that Yua might have acted this way because of the recent troubles, so she let Yua go.

After a while, the three members of the Uchiha clan came out of the cave.

"Have you made up your mind?" Yuya turned to look at the Uchiha clan patriarch.

The Uchiha clan chief nodded painfully, then knelt down and pleaded with Yua, "All of this was arranged by me. I was afraid that Uchiha Setsuna would take the position of clan chief, so I harmed him like this. I killed Setsuna's family, and I forced him to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to protect himself..."

"I did everything. There was no conspiracy behind it, and there's no truth to the claim that killing your own family members for power can awaken the Sharingan..."

All three of them knew that Madara Uchiha was a totem to many people in the Uchiha clan.

If the rumor really spreads that killing one's own relatives can evolve one's Sharingan into the Mangekyou Sharingan, then who knows, some Uchiha descendants might actually choose to try it out.

This is a consequence he cannot accept.

After a moment of silence, Yuya said, "This matter is an internal affair of your Uchiha clan. I will not interfere. Afterwards, remember to have someone submit a report to me."

With that, You Ya left in a dashing manner.

At least that's what he thinks.

Only Tsunade, completely bewildered, hurriedly left with Yua.

They also took away those few ANBU members who were just there for show.

After everyone else had left, Uchiha Kagami remained silent for a moment before speaking, "Today, you've finally started to resemble a clan leader."

The old Uchiha clan patriarch looked at Fugaku, then gripped his hand tightly: "What happened today... must not be known to anyone else!"

You must promise me! You absolutely cannot... let anyone else know!

Fugaku Uchiha could only nod.

……

Later, the old Uchiha clan patriarch confessed to his crimes and was imprisoned. Although he was well taken care of and given good food and drink, perhaps due to his advanced age or the shock of the experience, he passed away after a month in prison.

Afterwards, Fugaku Uchiha successfully used his Mangekyou Sharingan abilities to be promoted to vice-captain. The captain... was concurrently held by Kagami Uchiha.

Meanwhile, Fugaku Uchiha, with his Mangekyou Sharingan, stood out at the clan conference and became the new head of the Uchiha clan.

—Of course, it may also be related to the fact that Uchiha Kagami really didn't want to be the head of the Uchiha clan.

……

The other members of the Uchiha clan were deeply surprised that Fugaku Uchiha possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan. They said:

"These are the eyes that Lord Madara once possessed! How did you get them?"

After a long silence, Fugaku Uchiha finally spoke, "Perhaps it's because of the depth of my love for our clan..."

(End of this chapter)