Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 200 Graduation and Marriage [End of Volume]

In mid-July of Konoha Year 39, Uchiha Kagami's daughter, Uchiha Shizuka, held a wedding.

Unexpectedly, Uchiha Kagami shed tears at the wedding.

Undoubtedly, Uchiha Kagami didn't pay much attention to his daughter, but that was because Uchiha Shizuka didn't have the talent to become a ninja. Or perhaps, Uchiha Kagami simply wanted his daughter to be an ordinary woman and not get involved in the ninja world.

For Uchiha Kagami, who is already the head of the Anbu, if his daughter is a ninja, she will inevitably be drawn into the power struggle.

For example, Uchiha Kagami's son.

Even though Uchiha Kagami had deliberately shown neglect towards his son.

However, his son is already 18 years old this year and has unsurprisingly become a Chunin of Konoha.

Because of his relationship with Uchiha Kagami, his son's career path has been smooth sailing. It can be said that if he wanted to, he could enter any department in Konoha without any problem.

Although Yuya is also involved in this.

Although Uchiha Kagami didn't want his son to get involved in ninja affairs, the fact was that if Uchiha Kagami's son and daughter were willing to go into politics, Yua would naturally pay more attention to them and would naturally help smooth over some minor matters on their path to promotion, aside from matters of principle.

Uchiha Kagami was naturally unwilling to do so, because he knew that many positions in Konoha Village were too tempting, and he was afraid that his son and daughter would not be able to resist the temptation, and then he would have to sacrifice his own family for the greater good.

Moreover, is it so easy to sit in the core position of the so-called power center?

Despite Yua's usual cheerful and easygoing demeanor, the position of Hokage inevitably means that Yua will come into contact with some very dark aspects of life.

In many cases, it was actually at the behest of You Ya.

One phenomenon is that people who stay in the center of power for a long time either become puppets of power, constantly demanding more power.

Either you want to get away from the center, or if you can't get away from it yourself, then try your best to keep the people you truly love away from here.

The farther the better.

And there is no doubt that many people in high positions do not actually love their descendants that much, or rather, they love themselves more than they love their descendants.

Kushina's parents were like this, as were many people in Konoha.

Once they've secured positions, they don't think about doing their jobs well; instead, they think about how to consolidate their power. As a result, people related to them by blood are given priority in their consideration.

This is what is known as succession of power.

To put it more bluntly, it might get swallowed up, so let's leave this discussion here.

In short, Uchiha Kagami's daughter married an ordinary person. Although her father was very reluctant, he still gave her his blessings at the wedding with tears in his eyes.

In any case, her daughter would be an ordinary villager in Konoha from now on, and her surname would follow her husband's family name. A weight was lifted from Uchiha Kagami's heart.

That's what he thought.

That very evening, You Ya came knocking on his door, asking for a drink.

One fact is that he has already left the Uchiha clan, no longer has Uchiha clan identity, and his identity as the head of the Anbu cannot be made public—

While this identity is public knowledge for many clan heads, it is not known to ordinary Konoha villagers.

Moreover, it was a daughter who was married off. In the Naruto world, no one discusses gender equality. The fact is that most of those who risk their lives on the battlefield in the Naruto world are men. Even if there are women, they are a minority of women with ninja talent, accounting for less than a quarter.

This resulted in Uchiha Kagami's daughter's wedding not being very grand.

Even for the man, the family member of his beloved wife was just a middle-aged civil servant working in the Konoha Public Office—which was true in some respects, of course.

You Ya could not possibly attend such a wedding, but he still gave a gift.

A pair of golden plaques inscribed with "May you have a long and happy marriage"—this is unlike the gifts given to other families that appear grand but are actually hollow inside.

The gold inside the plaque is solid and weighs 188 kilograms.

It's fair to say that when Uchiha Kagami's daughter produced this plaque, all the dowry from her husband's family became a joke.

Yuya's original intention was to let Uchiha Kagami's daughter bring honor to the family, but because of Uchiha Kagami's upbringing, the good girl who didn't want to put too much pressure on her husband's family chose to take out the gifts privately after the marriage, and when asked, she said they were gifts from her father's boss.

However, as long as the man isn't mentally unstable, he should be able to figure out that it was a gift from the current Hokage.

After all, apart from Yua, who else in Konoha gives gold as a gift?

Putting everything else aside, whether or not they have the ability is also a question.

One gram of gold costs ten thousand taels, one kilogram costs ten million taels, and billions of dollars are spent on a gift...

Nobody does this except for those who travel to Asia.

Naturally, Yuya's goal was achieved: to give Uchiha Kagami's daughter greater say in the family.

Knowing Yua's thoughts, Uchiha Kagami agreed to let Yua knock on his door that night to ask for drinks together.

After that, Youya subtly started chatting about everyday things.

"Jingxin is a good girl, and you've finally put one thing off your mind. Now you only have one task left. Unlike me, my brother and sister are still at least ten years away from getting married."

Uchiha Kagami looked at Yua suspiciously: "What exactly did you come here for today? What do you mean you only have one mission?"

Yuya chuckled: "Your son is 18 this year, right? I remember he was born in the year the war between Kumogakure and Konoha ended."

Uchiha Kagami rolled his eyes. Actually, before that, because Yua was gradually showing her importance, Uchiha Kagami was sent back to protect Yua before the war was over.

Even so, it was impossible for Uchiha Kagami to protect him 24 hours a day. At that time, Uzumaki Mito was still alive, and even if Uchiha Kagami had a thousand lives, he wouldn't dare to break in after Yua returned to the ancestral home.

So he went home, and after a few more encounters, his wife got pregnant again and gave birth to a big, healthy boy.

However, since it was wartime and Yua wasn't Hokage at the time, he didn't send any gifts.

In fact, Uchiha Kagami's daughter, Shizuka, was the same. The reason why Yua directly sent more than 100 kilograms of it was partly to make up for the debt she had owed in the past.

As for the matter of Uchiha Kagami's son that we're discussing now...

I, You Yaming, am a man of principle, and I have always acted with integrity. I have taken a liking to your grandson, so hurry up and get him married and have kids.

Of course, Uchiha Kagami didn't know that Yua had already set his sights on his grandson; otherwise, he would have been furious and fought Yua to the death.

He picked up his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, then shook his head and sighed.

You Ya asked, somewhat puzzled, "What's wrong? Is your son's situation really causing you trouble?"

Yuya said it in a joking tone, because Uchiha Kagami is the head of the Anbu. Is there anything in the entire Hidden Leaf Village that he can't handle?

It might exist, but if you include Yuya, then it doesn't exist.

Uchiha Kagami shook his head, then thought for a moment, and shook his head again with a troubled expression.

Yuya was now truly interested and condescended to pour Uchiha Kagami a glass of wine: "Tell me, tell me, tell me about it."

Uchiha Kagami looked at Yua speechlessly: "So you just wanted to watch the show?"

You Ya chuckled: "Just drinking is boring, let's talk, it'll be good as a snack with the drinks."

Uchiha Kagami thought for a moment and nodded: "Do you know Uchiha Wildfire?"

Yuya looked up and pondered for three seconds before nodding. "An old guy in the Uchiha clan's territory, what's wrong?"

Uchiha Kagami: "My son really likes his granddaughter."

You Ya took a deep breath.

This is interesting.

It is well known that the Uchiha clan members are now suffering from severe mental schizophrenia.

Many people in the clan's territory do not even consider those who leave the clan to still be considered Uchiha clan members.

The Uchiha clan elders held even stronger views.

They believed that only the Uchiha clansmen who stayed in the clan's territory were true Uchiha clansmen, while those who left the clan's territory were a bunch of damned traitors.

Yes, these clan elders even believed that the Uchiha clan members who left the clan's territory should die.

If that's the case...

The fact that Uncle Jing's son falls in love with the granddaughter of a certain Uchiha clan elder is equivalent to the most popular theme in many movies in Konoha these days—forbidden love.

Of course, it certainly didn't reach the extreme class disparity depicted in movies, like the prince and Cinderella, or the princess and the beggar man.

But that was enough to make Uchiha Lens feel the pain.

It was only at this moment that Youya truly experienced the impact of being a butterfly.

Although in the original Naruto manga, Shisui Uchiha only mentioned that he was a descendant of Kagami Uchiha, and judging from his age he should be a grandson, Shisui's parents never appeared in the manga.

Therefore, it is impossible to determine whether Shisui was the grandson of Uchiha Kagami in this world—that is, born to Uchiha Kagami's daughter—or the grandson of Uchiha Kagami—that is, the son of Uchiha Kagami's son.

However, due to Yuya's influence, there is no doubt that Uchiha Kagami's son and the girl he loved suffered difficulties.

If it were the Uchiha clan of the past, there wouldn't be so much trouble. If they liked each other, they could just get married. Besides, they were both Uchiha ninjas, so there wouldn't be any problems.

But now that the clans are divided into those within and outside their territory, this is troublesome.

Of course, Yua could use his status as Hokage to act as a matchmaker for Uchiha Kagami's son, but if this precedent were set, the division within the Uchiha clan that Yua had been pushing behind the scenes might be at risk of being resolved.

Yes, Yua is certainly behind the reason why the Uchiha clan has fallen to this point.

Putting everything else aside, if Yua, as the Hokage, were to mediate, the Uchiha clan would likely give him face, even if only because of the large sum of money he provides each year.

However, Yuya did not.

Even when it comes to the public disclosure of internal conflicts within the Uchiha clan, whether it's shown on television or published in newspapers, do you think Hiruzen Sarutobi would have bothered to make it public without Yua's approval?

Of course, it must be mentioned here that even though Yua's actions were indeed somewhat shady, it was still in contrast to Yua's incredibly glorious and noble image among the villagers of Konoha.

You Ya didn't spread rumors; he was reporting the facts. So naturally, even if others had their own opinions, they had no reason to blame him and could only spit on him behind his back.

But then I looked at the amount of money my family received each year…

Well, there's nothing wrong with Naruto, the problem lies with the Uchiha clan—that's become the consensus.

Now, Youya is pondering something: his eldest nephew, Zhishui, might, perhaps, seem to... have some problems?

Yuya ultimately chose to give up thinking and continue drinking with Uchiha Kagami.

Who cares? Let nature take its course.

Yuya will not deliberately suppress the Uchiha clan, but if you are not up to par, what does that have to do with me?

……

On the night that Yua returned home reeking of alcohol and was scolded by Tsunade for a full hour while being pulled by the ear, Fugaku Uchiha was also drinking in the Uchiha clan compound.

He wanted to send someone to deliver gifts to Uchiha Kagami's daughter's wedding.

However, the elders in the family firmly disagreed.

Fugaku just didn't understand. Those people clearly have the same surname as us, so why are you targeting them like this?

But there is no way.

He became the clan leader purely because of the public opinion surrounding his shared eyes with Madara Uchiha, and because he knew about Setsuna Uchiha's affair with the old clan leader, Kagami Uchiha.

It can only be said that he, as the clan leader, had power, but that power did not extend to the elders of the Uchiha clan.

This means he can command most of the guards, but he has no power over the elderly people living in the clan's territory.

It's impossible to just use a kaleidoscope to instantly kill these people, right?

Today, Fugaku Uchiha wanted to try and ease tensions with Kagami Uchiha.

Regardless, Uchiha Kagami's daughter got married, but her family consisted only of Uchiha Kagami and his wife, making it somewhat lonely.

However, his idea was met with a barrage of insults from those damned old men, and Fugaku Uchiha couldn't even retaliate.

Frustrated, he could only sit at home and drink alone.

He now realizes that if the Uchiha clan's problems are to be resolved, there is an opportunity, just like last time, to shift the focus of the conflict outwards in the short term.

That is, their Uchiha clan went to the battlefield.

However, after being betrayed by his incompetent teammate Danzo, Fugaku Uchiha made up his mind that unless the future Hokage took the lead, the Uchiha clan would never act on its own initiative again.

Strictly speaking, this is the current consensus among all the major families.

It's just that other clans don't have as much internal conflict as the Uchiha, so they don't seem to be in a hurry.

Moreover, Youya has been draining the population of various families, but the families are also fighting against him.

That is having a baby.

Increase the number of newborns by a large margin! Only then can the future of our family be secured.

This aligns perfectly with Youya's ideas.

After all, Konoha Village is short of manpower...

If you give Ya ten million young adults, Ya can boost its GDP to one trillion taels within five years.

If you give Yuya 50 million able-bodied men, Yuya will dare to launch a war of unification against the ninja world.

But it's only two million, and it includes men, women, young and old...

Nothing I do works...

So this matter can only be handled slowly.

……

As time passed, Konoha Village gradually became more peaceful, although some interesting things still happened from time to time, such as Hiruzen Sarutobi being beaten up by Biwako Sarutobi in her office because he hadn't been home for too long...

For example, at Konoha Hospital, Katsuragi retired completely because his health had indeed deteriorated to a certain point, and Tsunade officially took over as the director...

For example, it's graduation season again, and siblings Youji and Youlu are overjoyed to welcome their vacation...

and also……

The ninjas who graduated from Konoha in 39...

It's graduation season for them too.

……

Youya looked at the documents in his hand, then looked up at the figure in front of him, smacked his lips, and shook his head, saying, "I really didn't expect this..."

You actually brought it up yourself...

"To serve as the squad leader for these kids..."

As the gaze moves upward, past the information about Minato Namikaze in Yua's hand, standing opposite Yua is someone wearing an Uchiha clan robe...

Uchiha Fugaku.

Fugaku Uchiha looked at Yua calmly and without a smile: "Every Jonin who serves Konoha can apply for this position."

Although I have never taught any students, but...

I will do my best...

I will do my best to teach...my students.

Yuya looked at Uchiha Fugaku with some relief.

Although it is difficult to change the plight of the Uchiha clan, Fugaku Uchiha's method is still a way that can be tried.

After all, if that's the case, putting aside everything else, his three children certainly wouldn't have any prejudice against the Uchiha clan.

Regardless of the outcome, at least Fugaku Uchiha did it, and he set an example by personally taking part in the action.

Based on this alone, he completely outshone some guy who got out of prison and then became withdrawn at home.

Yua, of course, would not refuse Fugaku Uchiha's request.

In reality, mentoring these recent graduates isn't a good job.

If it weren't for the generous compensation offered by Yuya for this position, and the fact that there are always some Jonin who want to stay in the village for various reasons—such as Might Guy and Sakumo Hatake, who wanted to take care of their pregnant wives—not many people would be willing to take the initiative for this position.

After all, naughty kids are the most unruly.

However, since Fugaku Uchiha had taken the initiative to seek change, Yua was too lazy to give him three ordinary ninjas.

He directly placed Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki under his command.

As for the remaining person...

Yuya randomly picked up a piece of paper, and when she saw the name Nara Yoshino on it, she was slightly taken aback. Then she smiled and stuffed the information card inside.

"Then these three children... are entrusted to you..."

Yuya smiled and handed the three data cards to Uchiha Fugaku.

Fugaku Uchiha accepted the gift, bowed to Yua, and then left the Hokage's office.

After Yuya and the others left, they leaned back comfortably in their chairs, tapped the ground with their feet, and the chair's wheels carried Yuya towards the window.

Looking out the window at the steel jungle of Konoha Village, Yuya smiled.

He could feel it...

A new story...

It's about to begin.

Just as Yua had predicted, an ANBU ninja appeared in the office and presented Yua with some intelligence.

Yuya took it, and upon seeing that it was Orochimaru's exclusive inkpad, Yuya raised an eyebrow.

Orochimaru actually sent me a message?

hissing...

That's interesting.

So, Yuya took the scroll...

Fugaku Uchiha, who had just left the Hokage's office, sighed as he looked at the three data cards in his hand.

He didn't know if his choice was wrong, but...

He knew he had to do something...

"call!"

A gust of wind blew by, and Fugaku Uchiha, who was lost in thought, knocked the three data cards out of his hand. Fugaku reacted quickly and grabbed one, but the remaining two data cards...

It has already broken apart and drifted into the sky...

On these two profile cards, Kushina Uzumaki, making a peace sign, and Minato Namikaze, with a faint smile on his face, seem to be dancing in the wind...

[End of this volume]

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