Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 2 Senju Tsunade

Just as You Ya was packing his things into his backpack, the sound of footsteps "tap tap tap" came again.

However, the footsteps this time were much lighter than those of Hashirama Senju.

The sound of footsteps is clearly that of a child.

You Ya ignored him and continued stuffing things into his bag.

"Bang! Yuya-chan! Bang bang bang!" A little girl with a topknot pointed at Yuya and shouted.

Youya stared speechlessly at the little girl in front of him.

"Tsunade, your brother is packing his things. I'll play with you later, okay?"

Tsunade Senju, the future Fifth Hokage, but for now...

He's just a two-year-old kid.

He can't even speak clearly, but he can call people by name, such as grandpa, grandma, and his older brother.

That's something to be praised.

Tsunade stood barefoot at the door, ignoring Yua's words—and indeed, she couldn't understand them—and continued to stretch out her hand, but this time she didn't say anything.

Yuya sighed, stuffed his backpack in, then went over and picked up Tsunade. Tsunade happily reached out to touch Yuya's face.

Yuya was speechless for a moment; of course he knew what Tsunade meant.

With a sigh, Yua hoisted Tsunade onto his neck and then ran around the house amidst cries of "Ni-chan."

In the evening, Tsunade's mother came to pick up the child and bowed to Yua to apologize.

You Ya was so tired that he could only wave his hand, but he didn't have the strength to see the guest off.

Afterwards, it was time for dinner. Mito Uzumaki, who was in her thirties and at the most charming time of her life, and Yua knelt on the low table on the tatami mat. The dishes on the table were not plentiful, with only three dishes: one meat dish, one vegetable dish, and a soup.

Mito Uzumaki is not only beautiful, but also an excellent cook.

However, You Ya remained indifferent to his beautiful teacher's wife, even kneeling fearfully at the very end of the dining table.

If Mito doesn't move, Yuya certainly won't dare to move either.

The two of them knelt there quietly.

However, unlike Mito Uzumaki who stood up straight, Yua was hunched over, her head bowed, and she was nodding off.

"If you're sleepy, you can eat first, and then go to sleep," Mito Uzumaki said softly.

As if granted a pardon, You Ya immediately reached into his mouth and started shoveling rice into it.

Mito Uzumaki kept her eyes closed as if she hadn't heard Yua eating; she simply sat upright in her kneeling position.

When the time was right, she spoke softly, "Did Hashirama look for you today?"

You Ya suddenly stopped moving, glanced at his master's wife with an unusually guilty look, and found that she was still in the same position with her eyes closed.

You Ya swallowed the food in his mouth and respectfully asked, "What does Master's wife want to ask Master?"

Mito Uzumaki simply repeated, "Did your master look for you today?"

Sweat gradually beaded on You Ya's forehead. He hesitated, wondering whether he should lie to help his master keep the secret from his master's wife.

After thinking it over carefully, he bowed respectfully and said, "Reporting to Master's wife! Master came to see me today!"

Mito Uzumaki didn't make any move, but continued speaking: "Hmm, good, you didn't intend to lie to me, not bad."

You Ya's face was covered in cold sweat, and he was silently mourning for his master.

"What does he want from you?" Mito Uzumaki continued to ask.

You Ya gritted her teeth and said decisively, "My master wants me to use my abilities to help him evade his creditors! I righteously refused him! But my master is threatening and bribing me. He said he wouldn't give me food if I didn't agree, and that if I agreed, he would give me a day off tomorrow so I wouldn't have to go to school to face my uncle..."

I had no choice but to agree.

Mito Uzumaki finally opened her eyes, her gaze calmly fixed on Yua: "Really?"

You Ya patted his chest and declared, "Every word is true!"

Mito Uzumaki scoffed, "You give in so easily?"

You Ya coughed and looked aggrieved: "I want to eat. If you don't agree, you won't get any food. I'm terrified of being hungry before..."

Mito Uzumaki gave a cold laugh, then waved her hand dismissively, "Eat up, eat up, and get out of here."

"Okay, sure~"

After quickly finishing his meal, You Ya slipped out of the dining room, then took off his clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

While taking a bath, Yuya hummed the Naruto theme song "Heroes Return" and played with a rubber duck, sitting in the bathtub with a very comfortable expression.

However, the next second he was so frightened by a scream that he almost drowned in the bathtub.

Then came a continuous stream of screams.

You Ya shivered, clutching the little yellow duck. His teacher's wife was really something...

Yes, a person of strong emotions.

After taking a shower and lying in bed, Yuya silently mourned for Hashirama Senju for three seconds before drifting off to sleep.

……

The next day, Youya went to the basin west of the village. His ability could suck gold out of the ground, but of course, it wouldn't work if it was too deep. Right now, he could only absorb gold from a depth of one kilometer, but this distance would greatly increase as his strength improved.

However, it's practically impossible to reach the mantle level.

After absorbing the gold, Youya took out a scroll, bit his finger until it bled, and sealed more than 200 kilograms of gold inside.

The quantity is still too small. If only we could find a vein of ore.

Even small veins should contain tens of tons of ore.

If it's a large-scale operation, that would be great; with thousands of tons of gold, many problems wouldn't be an issue.

No wonder Hashirama Senju once remarked to Yua: If it weren't for you, he wouldn't have needed to sell those tailed beasts.

Konoha Village was established more than a decade ago. Although it reached a cooperation agreement with the Land of Fire, the assistance provided by the Land of Fire was not enough for Hashirama Senju to transform Konoha Village into a prosperous village where people no longer had to struggle for a living.

Moreover, the money required for the profession of ninja is basically a bottomless pit.

To put it another way, a ninja without money can train like Rock Lee to improve his strength.

It's different for wealthy ninjas. They can spend money to hire the best Chunin or even Jonin to guide their training. These missions are also considered missions, and the rewards are not low, so there will always be ninjas willing to take them on.

Having someone teach you and learning by yourself are two different things.

Not to mention that ninjas also need ninja tools, scrolls, and other equipment, all of which cost money.

So it's not hard to understand why every day is a rich woman; after all, anyone selling this stuff is basically a ninja and is a potential customer.

If Yua had been born fifteen years earlier, Hashirama Senju wouldn't have needed to sell tailed beasts to obtain start-up capital for Konoha.

The Five Shadows Summit was essentially a business transaction.

While there is indeed some truth to Hashirama Senju's claim that the Tailed Beasts are too dangerous and need to be sealed away, this reason is merely a facade.

If it's really dangerous, why not just kill it? Wouldn't the God of Ninjas have that ability?

They sealed it up and then sold it to other villages. Isn't that just setting up a memorial archway?

However, a proper facade is still needed, so that it can be sold in a legitimate way.

Moreover, the wealthy Land of Lightning even wanted to buy it all.

Finally, Hashirama stated that a maximum of two could be purchased.

So the Land of Lightning bought the most expensive Eight-Tails in the first round, and picked up the Two-Tails that others didn't want in the second round.

As for the tail...

To be fair, although the Kazekage at the time said things like, "We don't need to buy these things. Shukaku is within our Land of Wind, and we will capture it ourselves. Just don't interfere with me," upon closer inspection, it becomes clear.

This guy has no money; he can't afford a tailed beast at all.

If we can really afford it, wouldn't it be like the Land of Lightning, where we have to buy it?

This thing is like nuclear deterrence. If you piss me off, I'll send the tailed beasts to wreak havoc in your village and see if you can withstand the damage.

Therefore, the Five Shadows Summit back then didn't need to be viewed as something so lofty and grand.

Isn't this just a spoils-sharing party? Hashirama Senju did the work, everyone else contributed money, and as for the First Kazekage...

He has no money.

Let's set it for midnight. [Single-player mode is great, single-player mode is wonderful~ Single-player mode makes me happy, single-player mode makes me happy] I know that the protagonist's Devil Fruit ability turns gold because of Seastone, or rather, seawater, which makes it ineffective. But there is no such thing in the Naruto world, so I simply changed it so that it turns back to its original state when it comes into contact with water. It doesn't have much of an impact because from the beginning, I never intended for the protagonist to use his ability to trick people. There's no need for that.

(End of this chapter)