Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 237 Uchiha: University, here I come!

Shizuka Nadeshiko, 13 years old.

Nadeshiko Himiko, a direct disciple of Nadeshiko Village.

For well-known reasons, she came to Konoha.

Well, it wasn't for any well-known reason, but rather a private agreement between Nadeshiko Himiko and Jiraiya.

It's quite obvious that Jiraiya never intended to take this promise seriously when he made it.

Therefore, Jiraiya certainly did not anticipate the current situation.

Yu Ya was furious about this.

You've been out there partying and gotten yourself into a mess of romantic entanglements. Now that someone's taken advantage of this study abroad opportunity to come to Konoha, and you're not even here, they're definitely not going to look for you!

The trouble is not me!

You bastard, get the hell back here right now!

Of course, what can Yua do about the child, Shizuka Nadeshiko?

This is such a pitiful kid who got screwed over by his own master and Jiraiya...

……

"I don't think I'm pathetic..." Shizuka Nadeshiko said earnestly to Yuu Uchiha, who was leading her to the special lounge for international students. "Many people from Nadeshiko Village want to marry into Konoha Village. I'm just luckier than them, able to get here so early!"

Uchiha Yu's eyes widened in confusion, and she could only nod awkwardly, "Is that so? Well, whatever makes you happy..."

Nadeshiko Shizuka politely thanked Uchiha Yu for bringing her to her place, and then began making the bed and cleaning.

Although people clean this place regularly, it's still quite dusty.

Without a doubt, given that Nadeshiko Village sent her here without a single servant, Nadeshiko Shizuka is remarkably mature, what we often call a little adult.

Such children are generally lovable.

Uchiha Yu is also a girl, and she hasn't married yet. People tend to have more affection for obedient girls like her than for girls her age.

……

Meanwhile, Minato Namikaze, unaware of the impending doom, is facing pressure from Kushina Uzumaki to get married.

Regarding the age of marriage, You Ya set a strict requirement after taking office: the minimum age must be 16.

Yua originally intended to set the age requirement at 18. However, since the Warring States period and the establishment of ninja villages, ninja clans generally require their ninjas to get married before the age of 16. Regardless of anything else, you get married first and then worry about whether or not you have children.

The case of Uchiha Kagami and Uchiha Kagami Masako is a prime example. After a hasty wedding ceremony, Uchiha Kagami went to the battlefield.

This left Youya with no way to deal with it.

The entire village values ​​early marriage, so what reason could Youya have to postpone his age?

The university hasn't even been established yet...

Therefore, it is perfectly normal for Kushina Uzumaki to want to settle her marriage directly in Konoha.

After all, they've reached the legal age this year; they're already 18. Tsunade was 18 when she married Yua.

Although the two are currently stuck at the Chunin rank, it doesn't mean they lack the strength of Jonin. Rather, after the Jonin Exams, they will have one to two years of patrol missions.

Minato Namikaze came from a commoner family, and he didn't mind being in charge of patrolling Konoha after becoming a Jonin.

However, Kushina Uzumaki was more concerned, as she wanted to join the Anbu with Minato Namikaze.

Once you join the Dark Division, you'll be part of Yua's direct forces.

It can be said that the management of Konoha Village's Anbu is quite strict.

Often, when you wear a mask, you're an ANBU ninja; when you take it off, you're a Konoha villager. Many Konoha villagers' families don't even know that their relatives are ANBU ninjas.

One advantage of joining the secret service is that you don't have to patrol outside the village.

The point of divergence between Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki lies here.

The two were classmates when they were young, became enemies when they grew up, and then the Uchiha Setsuna incident happened, which eventually brought them together.

You Ya felt no emotion at the fact that the two had finally gotten married.

It's just that Youya really didn't expect that he would still be unmarried at 18.

But there's no rush. The Crown Prince is still a long way from being born, at least four or five years away.

However, his lack of urgency doesn't mean that unexpected events won't happen.

Sure enough, Shizuka Nadeshiko came directly to Konoha.

Therefore, that night, Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze were in an apartment rented in Konoha when Yua came to block the door.

Minato Namikaze was shocked when he saw Yua.

However, he immediately stepped aside to let Yuya into the house.

After entering the house, You Ya sighed as he looked at the two-bedroom apartment that cost 12,000 taels of silver per month.

Even if the Crown Prince's life still starts in tragedy, there is no doubt that he has more resources than he did in his previous life.

Here's a side note: Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki didn't not want to buy a house. It's just that, as most married people know, before discussing marriage, couples usually choose to live together for a while to get used to married life before deciding whether to get married.

Forget it, why think so much?

I'm here today to confront you and demand an explanation.

So, Yua looked at Minato Namikaze, squinted, and asked bluntly, "What do you think of Jiraiya?"

Minato Namikaze looked completely bewildered: "What?"

Yuya thought for a moment, glanced at Kushina Uzumaki beside her, and decided that it was better not to tell them about Shizuka Nadeshiko.

So Yua changed the subject, saying, "Minato Namikaze, you studied ninjutsu with Jiraiya for a while, right?"

Minato Namikaze looked up and thought back for a moment. Ah, it seems there really was such a thing, but it only lasted a few days.

In this life, Jiraiya spends most of his time wandering outside the village. Every time he returns to the village, Yua, wanting to make use of his talents, makes him do some work.

Therefore, to be honest, Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya in this life cannot be considered to have a teacher-student relationship.

However, Yuya didn't know that; he still thought it was just Minato Namikaze because Jiraiya hadn't spent much time in the village either...

Moreover, because of his poor reputation, Minato Namikaze never talked about his relationship with Jiraiya.

That makes sense. If you had a master who was known throughout the village for peeping into the women's bathhouse, you wouldn't keep talking about him, would you?

Those with more extreme views would probably sever their master-disciple relationship with the other party directly.

Minato Namikaze, despite his blond hair, is actually quite kind-hearted; he wouldn't sever his master-disciple relationship with Jiraiya.

And because of his kind heart, even though the blond-haired Minato Namikaze knew that Jiraiya's reputation was terrible in the village.

But then he looked at Yua in front of him and thought about the relationship between Jiraiya and Yua…

So, the blond-haired Minato Namikaze cleverly said, "Although Jiraiya-sama is usually a bit unreliable, he has done some... well, rather outrageous things many times."

However, I think that Jiraiya-sama is not a bad person at heart.

Furthermore, he and Lord Orochimaru brought glory to Konoha Village in the Chunin Exams more than twenty years ago, achieving a top-eight finish, which is enough to demonstrate his contribution to the village.

Well, if you asked Yua herself to say that, it would definitely sound like she was being sarcastic and sarcastic.

But if Minato Namikaze said that... then it wouldn't feel out of place at all...

You can feel that he really thinks that way.

Yuya sighed inwardly and patted Minato Namikaze on the shoulder: "So that's what you think? Well... alright then, take care of yourself from now on..."

With Minato Namikaze looking completely bewildered, Yua turned and left.

Minato Namikaze blurted out instinctively, "Hokage-sama! Would you like to stay for a meal before you leave?!"

Kushina Uzumaki quickly grabbed Minato Namikaze, her eyes flashing with murderous intent.

What to leave behind?

What's the point of staying in Youya?

Are multiple people disturbing our time together?!

Do you even have a brain?!

After Yua left, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki began to enjoy their own time together.

During their conversation, the two naturally discussed their plans for the future.

In reality, the biggest difference between the Anbu and ordinary Jonin is simply the order in which they were appointed.

Joining the Dark Division first allows you to stay in the village.

If you choose to become a Jonin first, you have to leave the village and patrol the border for two years. You will live and eat at the border outpost.

This was unacceptable to Kushina Uzumaki, who was still deeply in love.

As they grew older, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki had little time left to consider things.

It's impossible for me to spend the rest of my life as a Chunin and then become a teacher at the Ninja Academy, right?

The monthly salary was only a little over 300,000 taels, which was pitifully low.

They're not lacking in Jonin strength, so why choose this path?

……

The next day, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki left the rented apartment together to prepare for work.

They are still Chunin, so naturally they have to accept some Chunin missions.

However, because the village's attitude towards ninja missions is now that they are optional, not many people actually accept some of the Chunin missions.

Of course, the quantity is not large.

If the task is closer to another village, these people would rather post it in another village.

After all, everyone knows that Konoha Village doesn't need the meager rewards you offer for issuing missions.

How much money do you expect a Jonin from Konoha with a monthly salary of 800,000 ryo to work for you?

Therefore, most of the missions assigned to Konoha Village are issued by people from the Land of Fire who live nearby, are not in a hurry, but are not something they can handle themselves.

Many people may also be thinking of visiting Konoha Village while they're at it.

Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze walked towards the northern part of Konoha, chatting and laughing.

The northern district of Konoha now primarily functions as a single area, housing most of the village's government departments, such as the government affairs hall, office buildings, and mission hall.

Although I don't really care about the rewards from missions, building a mission hall is still a must.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

Of course, Konoha Village can now completely disregard the Daimyo's wishes, but the question is whether it can bear the consequences.

What would be the consequences? Naturally, the Land of Fire's Daimyo Prefecture and Konoha would become enemies, and the Land of Fire would no longer provide Konoha with strategic depth.

Youya could not accept this consequence.

Or rather, Konoha Village, with its current population of just over four million, could not possibly accept this consequence.

To reiterate, until the population surpasses ten million and there is no capital for outward expansion, Konoha will remain the Land of Fire's most loyal ally.

You could even think of Konoha as the single city with the best economy in the Land of Fire.

Konoha Village is currently facing a shortage of land and population.

If you had put Yua in the position of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, and spent ten years trying to incorporate Konoha into your own, and another ten years focusing on farming and developing the economy, you would now be able to find ways to gradually conquer other countries.

There's no way around it; deep down, the Yuya people have a unified gene, and it's painful to see countries divided into so many parts.

Unfortunately, he wasn't a famous person.

As for the kind of arguments that you see online in your previous life, like the one about how a large land area is useless and a large population is useless just because a certain American country is stronger than China...

You Yadu doubted whether such a person actually possessed the bloodline of the Yellow Emperor.

Uh, I've digressed. Let's get back to the young couple.

Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze walked and talked, and naturally, they inevitably talked about Yua coming to their door last night.

Kushina Uzumaki smiled and looked at Minato Namikaze, saying, "I don't know why he asked you for your opinion on Jiraiya, but you're not allowed to imitate him."

Minato Namikaze sighed, "Jiraiya-sama didn't actually teach me for very long, so naturally I won't do things like him... well, do anything that's not very ethical."

"If that's really the case, then that's for the best." Kushina Uzumaki snorted, then left with her hands behind her back, chatting and laughing.

After the two left, around a corner, a girl with black hair peeked out and looked at the couple's retreating figures...

Did they just... say Jiraiya-sama?

Nadeshiko Shizuka lowered her head in thought, and when she looked up again, she found that Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato had already walked far away.

She stomped her foot, and just as she was about to chase after him, Uchiha Yu's voice came from behind: "Shizuka? What are you doing over there? We're going to the library to save seats."

Shizuka turned her head to look at Uchiha Yuu, then at Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato, who had already walked away...

Stomping her foot, Shizuka reluctantly gave up on her plan to follow.

Is this fate? Fate separated us?

But it's okay...

I will definitely defy fate!

Thinking this, the chuunibyou girl turned her head and followed Uchiha Yu's movements.

……

Yua is still furious about Jiraiya's situation and is just waiting for Jiraiya to return to Konoha so he can deal with him properly.

Unexpectedly, three days before Jiraiya returned to the village, something very normal happened in Konoha, but it was very important to Yua.

That was the oldest elder of the Uchiha clan... who passed away peacefully at the age of majority.

Upon hearing this, Yua immediately abandoned his plan to deal with Jiraiya.

Then he went to the Uchiha clan's ancestral lands to attend the funeral.

During the funeral procession, Yuya met with Uchiha Fugaku.

The two colluded and immediately reached an agreement, making a decision on the spot:

Konoha's first university is about to begin construction!

(End of this chapter)