Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 21 I'll Take Care of the Logistics

"What?! You gave ten kilograms of gold bricks directly to the Mist Ninja who attacked you?! Are you out of your mind?!" Tobirama Senju's roar made the secretary, Uchiha Yuu, Hyuga Kazuko, and the two children outside the temporary camp tremble.

Putting everything else aside, Tobirama Senju's zombie face is quite intimidating.

You Ya said nonchalantly, "I think it's worth it."

Tobirama Senju slammed his fist on the table with a loud "thud": "That's ten kilograms! Ten kilograms! The price of gold has skyrocketed because of the war, it's almost ten thousand taels per gram! Do you know what that means?!"

Yuya sighed, then sat down opposite Tobirama Senju, staring at him with deadpan eyes: "Uncle-Master, just say what you have to say."

Seeing that his furious expression couldn't intimidate the brat, Tobirama Senju could only cough awkwardly and try to explain, "I was genuinely afraid that your ten kilograms of gold would go down the drain."

Yuya, maintaining his deadpan expression, continued, "The caravan heading to the Land of Water has already set off. If that leading ninja wants to keep all ten kilograms of gold for himself, there's only one way: betray Kirigakure and become a rogue ninja."

There's something Youya didn't say: ten kilograms is a lot, and its current price is even tens of millions of taels of silver, but betraying the village for ten kilograms of gold seems a bit insignificant.

Yua's statement about sending the caravan to the Land of Water also had a hidden meaning: Yua had already prepared to have the merchants of these caravans deliver invitations to Konoha in the name of the village.

The post also indicated that Konoha was very keen to do business with the Land of Water, and even sent a ninja with a generous gift of ten kilograms of gold, a complete free gift with absolutely no strings attached. If you don't believe me, you can ask the ninja leader who led the attack on the Valley of Twin Cliffs.

Youya believed that as long as the Water Shadow wasn't brain-dead and single-minded, and trusted his subordinates completely, he would definitely inquire about the money.

After all... money from other people's hands always tastes better when it's in your own.

Even if we don't spend it on ourselves, we can still do something for the village with those ten million taels.

So Yua had many motives for giving that gold brick to the leader of the ice-style ninja.

However, the specifics of how to proceed depend on the actions taken by Kirigakure.

Seeing that Yua indeed had a plan, Tobirama Senju had no choice but to back down and simply banged on the table: "You kid definitely have other gold. Take it out, and we'll call it even."

You Ya remained expressionless: "That's all. I gave it all to that guy."

Tobirama Senju was furious: "You gave gold to everyone who attacked from Kirigakure! I'm your uncle-master!"

Yuya curled his lip: "If I give you the money today, you can take it and distribute it to the ninja troops at the front line tomorrow."

Tobirama Senju: "Isn't this a good thing?!"

You Ya sighed, "Uncle-Master, you really don't understand people's hearts..."

Tobirama Senju took a deep breath. This was his nephew, he couldn't fight him, he couldn't fight him. The main problem was that if he fought him, he wouldn't be able to get the money back. That brat definitely had more stock. Konoha Village still needed three roads to connect to the main road, two bridges needed to be built across the Hime River, the river channel needed to be dredged, the wasteland south and west of the village needed to be reclaimed, farm tools needed to be remanufactured, and food was also in short supply due to the war...

It's better not to think about it, because just thinking about Tobirama Senju brings tears to my eyes.

We're so short of money, so desperately short of money!

Taking a deep breath, Tobirama Senju maintained his zombie-like expression, but inwardly he was cursing, "You damn brat, do you think I'm the kind of person who wastes money?! You're so generous to others, but so stingy with me?!"

I really can't stand being the Hokage for even a day.

Although he cursed inwardly, Tobirama Senju calmly said on the surface, "Since you're so capable, then you take care of the follow-up supplies."

But in his heart, he was convinced that if that brat Youya wouldn't give it to him, he would definitely use money to take care of the logistical supplies.

This way, he can have one less thing to worry about.

Without hesitation, You Ya nodded in agreement.

To be honest, this time it also scared Yuya.

He was placed far from the front lines by Tobirama Senju, so in theory no one should have been able to attack him.

However, this sixth brother from Kirigakure actually tried to launch a sneak attack without even giving any warning.

You Ya was certain that their place wasn't the only one attacked; other places must have been attacked as well.

The extent of casualties is unknown.

But no matter how many people die, we will definitely avoid fighting Kirigakure if possible.

Although Konoha Village has the largest number of ninjas, it doesn't mean that it will actually fight with the other ninja villages.

If even the Valley of Twin Cliffs isn't safe, then Yuya thinks that the safest place right now is Konoha Village.

After all, if a small team of ninjas could cause trouble in Konoha, there was only one possibility: a complete collapse of the front lines.

Well, although Tobirama Senju, the second Hokage, wasn't very bright and wasn't very politically astute, he was still quite capable in military matters.

After all, the ninja world was forged through war when it still had the Five Great Nations.

Even so, it is impossible to take care of all the minor details.

Take this time, for example.

To be fair, if Yua admits that he is Hashirama Senju's disciple, then it's not impossible that he would fight to the death to prevent the emergence of a second God of Shinobi.

After all, Hashirama Senju alone kept these countries from making their move for seventeen years.

For seventeen years, they have been sharpening their knives every day, wanting to slaughter Konoha, this fat sheep, but they are afraid of the person sitting on the fat pig.

Now that person is dead, we absolutely must prevent the emergence of another Hashirama Senju.

Fortunately, Yuya thought of this and decisively stated that he was from the family of the richest man in Konoha.

That makes sense; he himself is the richest.

Of course, the other side didn't think that way.

Even so, the near-ambush by Lao Liu made Youya realize that even if they were close to the temporary base camp in the rear, there would still be danger.

Therefore, Yuya decisively accepted the task of handling the logistics.

Then I decided to show Tobirama Senju his skills.

Listen carefully, Uncle-Master, this is how the supplies are collected.

……

So, in the late spring and early summer of Konoha Year 17, in front of the Hokage's office building in Konoha Village.

Yuya built a high platform, stood on it, and picked up a megaphone with a built-in sound amplification function.

Yuya gave a speech to the residents of Konoha Village.

This speech truly brought him into the view of everyone in Konoha Village.

Of course, Yua did not claim to be Hashirama Senju's disciple. In fact, it wasn't until the day Yua became Hokage that the people of Konoha learned that the Shinkin Yua who led them to wealth was actually Hashirama Senju's disciple...

It all begins with today's speech.

(End of this chapter)