Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 229 School Opening and Arrest

In the 43rd year of Konoha, aside from the usual practice of other ninja villages coming to Konoha to sign new contracts for the year at the beginning of the year, there was nothing particularly special about it.

In February, the Konoha Ninja Academy started its new semester, and at the same time, all the kindergartens in Konoha also started their new semester. Yuya chose to come to the Southeast Kindergarten on the opening day.

After delivering a string of platitudes that offered no real substance and consisted entirely of words encouraging kindergarten children to study hard, You Ya approached the principal and teachers of Southeast Kindergarten.

Southeast Kindergarten Principal's Office:

Uncle Jian looked at You Ya with some nervousness, while You Ya smiled and patted Uncle Jian's shoulder reassuringly, "Don't be nervous, how have you been lately?"

The pharmacist, Nono, who had been standing silently with her head down, looked up slightly in surprise at Ken-san. Her uncle's behavior was truly unusual, and... somewhat interesting. Why was he so nervous, a man who was usually so serious and focused?

However, in order not to lose her composure, Yakushi Nonou definitely wouldn't dare to laugh out loud.

Uncle Jian, looking honored, quickly said, "Thanks to you, the Southeast Kindergarten is doing well, and I also receive a disability allowance of 60 taels every month. No one is deducting my allowance."

You Ya smiled and nodded: "That's good, that's good. I've seen the situation at your kindergarten. There weren't many children coming in the first two years, but there are more this year. I heard you turned down some teachers because you didn't have enough staff?"

Uncle Jian nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, we were on TV before because we bought a school bus, so a lot of students came this year. However, because we don't have enough teachers, I had to turn down some students' applications to enroll."

You Ya smiled and patted Uncle Jian on the shoulder: "That's because you were indeed the first to buy a school bus for the children, which shows that you are wholeheartedly for the children."

Actually, you don't need to refuse. If there's a shortage of teachers, just hire more. Why refuse your child's enrollment?

If there's no land to build a new school building, you can apply for a loan from a bank.

Uncle Jian hesitated before speaking, "But isn't this owing money? Is this really a good idea?"

Yuya laughed: "If the whole of Konoha thought like you, the village would develop too slowly."

Trust me, if you go to the bank, the managers will be eager to process your loan. As for the money you owe…

You can always pay it back when you earn the money later. That would be convenient for you and save you time.

You Ya said all this simply to give Jian Shu a shout-out.

Even though Kenjiro was already in office when Tobirama Senju was in power, Yua didn't intend to ostracize him.

Or rather, Youya has no intention of excluding anyone, since to Youya, the only difference is whether anyone is useful, how to use them, and how to extract value from them.

Take Nagato and Konan, for example.

You actually believed that Yua truly admired them when he told them he appreciated their ideals, offered them the status of guest retainers, and sent them to travel the ninja world?

Is the adult world really that easy and carefree?

Nagato and Konan traveled to other countries and ninja villages. When I chatted with you as guest retainers, I said that I was getting tired of staying in Konoha every day. It's not too much to ask you to tell me about the customs and culture of other countries and villages, is it?

Nagato and Konan wouldn't see anything wrong with this, but for Yua, it was information about other countries and ninja villages.

Doesn't this make you think Yuya is a jerk?

But Yuya's money didn't come from nowhere; he sponsored Nagato and Konan, so there has to be a return on his investment.

Someone as shrewd as You Ya wouldn't do something that yields absolutely no return.

As for Uncle Jian, You Ya did indeed tell him how to expand the kindergarten.

However, You Ya's purpose was not with Uncle Jian.

Instead, they used Kenjiro's Southeast Kindergarten as a benchmark and went to Hyuga, Sarutobi, and other kindergartens in Konoha.

You guys have been so focused on making money, now that you're making money, at least improve your service!

Using Southeast Kindergarten as a fulcrum, Youya is preparing to leverage the transformation of other kindergartens in Konoha Village.

Moreover, they have to pay for the renovations themselves.

Otherwise, just wait until all the children go to Southeast Kindergarten and not yours.

Stealing business? Did I say you can't steal?

If you're not good enough, who can you blame?

As for those who want to play dirty tricks, Yuya will be even happier, as she'll have even more methods at that time.

Therefore, You Ya had no ill intentions towards Uncle Jian; it was merely a reminder.

Although the idea was to use the other party to influence other kindergartens in Konoha Village, forcing them to reform and upgrade their own kindergartens, what Youya said could indeed drive the rapid development of kindergartens in Southeast China.

Therefore, You Ya has a clear conscience.

Of course, if this uncle doesn't want to listen to Youya, then Youya doesn't care. Anyway, the choice is yours. Whether it works or not depends on your own ability.

After chatting for a while, You Ya suggested that the two of them take him to see the children.

Meanwhile, Kenjiro and Pharmacist Nono brought Yua to the window of the kindergarten.

Looking at the teacher leading the children in doing crafts inside, Yakushi Nonou explained, "We only have three teachers here, and one of them couldn't come today because of a family emergency."

You Ya nodded to indicate that he understood.

Besides being a teacher at this kindergarten, Pharmacist Nonou also holds several other positions.

For example, she originally planned to hire a driver, but after doing the math, Yakushi Nonou felt that it might be better for her to get a driver's license herself.

Therefore, she is still a driver at the kindergarten.

She is responsible for taking the children to and from school every day.

Standing outside the kindergarten window, watching the children doing crafts, You Ya's eyes searched and then locked onto his target.

A child wearing a padded jacket with a palm leaf fan, typical of the Uchiha clan, was earnestly kneading modeling clay in his hands.

Suddenly, the child shouted, "I'm done!"

The sound was so loud that it frightened the two children into tears.

You Ya found it interesting, and upon closer inspection, he discovered that the child had created a tree out of clay.

Seeing the other party's smug expression, Yuya turned to look at Yakushi Nonou.

Yakushi Nonou immediately looked embarrassed: "This, this child's name is Uchiha Obito. Actually, he's a very good child, it's just, it's just a bit too noisy..."

You Ya smiled and told him not to be nervous.

Then a cold snort came from inside.

Obito Uchiha turned his head and saw a white-haired child raising his head and seemingly unconcernedly pushing his work forward.

It is a castle.

Although the sculpting wasn't great, the details were clearly much better than those of Obito Uchiha.

"Oh my god, Kakashi! Why do you always have to go against me?!"

The white-haired boy said indifferently, "It's probably because you're too weak."

Obito Uchiha's eyes instantly blazed with fury when a short-haired brown girl walked over and blocked his way: "You really are Kakashi..."

Then the girl said to Obito Uchiha with a serious expression, "You too, Obito, we're not little kids anymore. We're in kindergarten now, we can't be so childish anymore!"

Obito Uchiha scoffed dismissively, "What are you pretending to be an adult for? Besides, you're only six years old, just like us. What right do you have to tell me what to do?"

"Bang!" The kindergarten teacher gave Obito a sharp rap on the head.

Obito immediately winced in pain, turned his head, and saw the female teacher's fierce expression, and immediately became timid.

Yakushi Nonou's heart skipped a beat. She looked at Yua, but Yua didn't care. He was just a brat; a beating would be too lenient.

However, upon seeing the person he wanted to see, Yuya smiled.

If nothing unexpected happens, that guy hiding in the shadows will definitely show up today.

Therefore, Youya said that he had finished his visit and was ready to leave the kindergarten.

Kenjiro and Pharmacist Nono quickly saw them off.

Uncle Jian sighed with regret only after You Ya left.

Yakushi Nonou asked疑惑地, "Uncle Ken, why do you seem a little reluctant to part with him?"

Kenji shook his head at Yakushi Nonou: "You don't understand. You don't understand just how much our Hokage has contributed to the village."

Uncle Jian is in his forties this year.

More than 20 years ago, when he joined the Anbu and worked for Tobirama Senju, he mostly dealt with some rather shady matters.

For example, monitoring the Uchiha, monitoring the Uchiha, monitoring the Uchiha, and so on.

After Yua took over, the Anbu became even busier and monitored the Uchiha less, but the Anbu's treatment gradually improved.

He wasn't blind; he could definitely see the village changing day by day.

An accident broke his leg, and although he got a prosthetic leg, he could no longer perform his duties in the shadows.

If it were before, the rest of their lives would probably be like those of ordinary people, and their standard of living would gradually become similar to that of ordinary people.

However, Yuya implemented disability subsidies for ninjas.

To be honest, Yua's reputation in Konoha was already at its zenith after the First Shinobi World War ended twenty years ago, when he started providing subsidies to the ninjas who had died or been wounded on the battlefield.

This has never happened before.

Not only Konoha, but even other ninja villages have never had these things.

They might offer you some conveniences, but giving you a monthly subsidy of 60 taels is impossible.

Yakushi Nonou, a twenty-year-old, was unaware of these things.

People in this age group have likely witnessed firsthand Konoha evolve from a small ninja village into this international metropolis.

However, the impact on them was ultimately not as great as the impact on the adults who had grown up twenty years ago.

Therefore, Uncle Jian's reverence for Yuya was imprinted in his mind.

……

After You Ya left, a black, slimy substance appeared on a large tree outside the Southeast Kindergarten, enveloping a human head.

"The Third Hokage of this world actually chose to come to this kindergarten today. Could there be some kind of conspiracy behind it?"

A hoarse voice rang out as Black Zetsu, enveloping Obito's head from the other world, peered out from the tree and spoke.

As for his question, Obito from the other world paid no attention. He just stared at the short-haired brown girl who looked like a little adult inside the window, as if he couldn't get enough of looking at her.

He once said he wanted to create a world with Rin Nohara.

Even if that world is fake.

Even if that world is a fantasy world created by Infinite Tsukuyomi.

It doesn't matter.

He only needs Lin.

And now.

This is not fake.

Although this is another world, and although this is not his Lin, but...

But she was there.

She was there, lecturing her counterpart in this world. Her figure was so majestic, her movements so captivating. Obito from the other world couldn't get enough of her.

until……

"Hey! Obito! Obito!" The hoarse voice brought the Obito from the other world back to his senses.

He frowned. "Black Zetsu, what are you doing?"

Black Zetsu was absolutely furious, but there was nothing he could do. To achieve his goal, Obito was an indispensable part of the process.

So Black Zetsu suppressed his impatience and said in a deep voice, "It's been almost half a year since we came to this world, but you've been... monitoring the people of this world every day. Hmm, don't you think our plan is progressing a little too slowly?"

Obito from the other world frowned: "Really? I don't think so."

Black Zetsu: "..."

How the hell did I become so bewitched and follow you here?

Forget it, there's no other choice but to endure it!

So Black Zetsu changed the subject: "Kushina is still the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki in this world, so how about we create another Nine-Tails rampage?"

Obito from the other world frowned: "The Nine-Tails' rampage? What if someone gets hurt?"

Black Zetsu was burning with rage. "You weren't like this in the other world! Minato Namikaze was, strictly speaking, your teacher! And you still caused the deaths of him and his wife!"

You're pretending to be a good guy with me now, aren't you?!

But thinking of his mother still sealed away, Black Zetsu kept reminding himself:

There's no other choice, just endure it, endure it...

Black Zetsu continued, "The Uzumaki Kushina of this world lives in the northern castle of Konoha Village, which is quite far from the southern castle where Nohara Rin lives."

Obito from the other world shook his head: "No, that's old information. Now the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki lives with her friend, Yoshino of the Nara clan. That's in the West Castle, not far from the South Castle."

Black Zetsu cursed inwardly: "This isn't far? This is clearly farther than the distance from the North City to the South City! The North City is a straight line from here, but the West City is a diagonal line, you bastard!"

Black Zetsu was cursing wildly in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.

In fact, this wasn't the first time in the past six months that he had urged Obito from the other world to cause trouble.

The world is so peaceful, and Konoha Village is so powerful. If we let them continue to develop, we might never have another chance to seize the Tailed Beasts!

That damn Hashirama Senju! Why the hell did you have to arrest someone who was perfectly fine with their tailed beasts?!

Now we want to collect the Tailed Beasts, but it's so complicated!

Both Hashirama Senju and Hashirama Senju from different worlds are bastards!

This world is even more of a bastard; they actually adopted such an outrageous disciple and managed to develop Konoha Village so well.

You're doing so well, how could I possibly be causing trouble behind the scenes?!

And this idiot Obito, all you can think about is Rin, Rin! You know there's another world, you know this world might have Rin, but you just abandoned everything in that other world and came here? Are you out of your mind?!

Sasuke Uchiha was almost completely fooled, and you just gave up?!

Just because of Lin?!

Is a little girl who's less than 6 years old worth you taking this seriously?

Previously, he was almost caught by the Uchiha Police Department of this world, which also had Sharingan, because he was following people.

Honestly, if it weren't for his burning desire to rescue his mother, Black Zetsu would have given up long ago.

This is even more powerful than Obito from another world...

He's impossible to manage!

Meanwhile, just as Black Zetsu was trying to urge Obito from the other world to cause trouble, and Obito from the other world was only interested in a certain 6-year-old girl, kindergarten let out today.

In the other world, Obito used Black Zetsu's abilities to infiltrate the tree trunk, then prepared to move to Rin Nohara's house to continue stealing... um, to monitor.

When he peeked out, he saw an unfamiliar wall and...

Yuya grinned as he looked at the otherworldly Obito who had just emerged from the shadows: "Actually, my Earth Release techniques weren't bad to begin with."

Don't look at me like that. Actually, you were indeed in the park not far from Nohara Rin's house. I just used Earth Release to slightly alter the distribution of the soil underground, which led you here.

The method isn't difficult, is it?

The otherworldly Obito's face immediately turned cold as he looked at Yua in front of him. Just as he was about to ask Yua how he had locked onto him, a young man next to Yua stepped forward and looked at the otherworldly Obito with a serious expression.

"Peeping, stalking, maliciously infiltrating beneath Konoha Village, targeting a 6-year-old girl... Although I don't know who you are, but..."

Now, in my capacity as Minister of Security, I hereby announce…

You're under arrest.

Fugaku Uchiha stared coldly at Obito from the other world before him.

(End of this chapter)