Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 247 End of Year X Graduation X Shadow

People generally feel that the word "technology" is far removed from their own lives.

In fact, if you observe carefully in your daily life, you can discover many clues about technology.

For example, you used to need a key to enter the house.

Now you can simply swipe your card, or even open it directly with your phone.

For example, road repair used to be very slow, taking ten days to half a month, even if it was just some potholes on the road.

But now it can be completed in less than three days.

For example, in the past, you needed to carry cash when you went out, and it was difficult to get around without cash. Now, you can do everything with just a mobile phone.

For example, in the past, blackboards in schools were written with chalk, but now you can prepare the PowerPoint presentation in advance and start the class.

For example, in the past, you had to wait a long time to eat and have the chef cook it fresh. Now, you can just pop it into the microwave and heat it up in 30 seconds.

Well, okay, let's leave the last one out. It's just that as technology advances, there will always be some unscrupulous people who will take the opportunity to seek personal gain.

This kind of thing has been common throughout history and across the world.

However, one thing is undeniable.

That is, the development of technology is like a car that cannot reverse.

He could only move forward.

Perhaps he will take a detour, perhaps he will run headlong into obstacles ahead, perhaps, perhaps...

There are too many possibilities, but one thing is certain.

That is, once the pace of development begins, it cannot be stopped.

……

Konoha Ninja Academy, 46th Year:

"Hey Lulu, why is your phone different from ours?"

Yu Lu's best friend, a girl from the Hyuga family, came over and looked at the phone in Yu Lu's hand with only one screen, asking in confusion.

Yu Lu proudly showed off her phone: "This is the latest model. I specifically asked my dad to bring it home for me."

"Wow..."

A girl nearby casually asked, "But how do you type without a keyboard?"

You Lu smiled mysteriously, picked up her phone, placed it horizontally, and pushed it upwards. Only then did the other girls realize that there was a whole keyboard underneath the screen.

"Wow!" XN

"That's so cool! How much is this phone? How much is it?" a girl asked eagerly.

You Lu raised the corners of her mouth smugly: "This is not available for purchase yet. I had to beg my dad for a long time to get it."

Although... the price is having to call him "Dear Daddy"...

You Lu's body trembled.

Now that Yuru has entered her rebellious phase, she has undoubtedly begun to develop a resistant attitude towards Yuya.

It's not that I'm really against Yuya, it's just that when children go through their rebellious phase, they inevitably start to wonder whether their father's authority is real or not.

It's inevitable to wonder if what your parents say is right or wrong.

Is reality really as my parents say...?

Yu Lu is currently in this period.

Well, Yu Lu has only been rebellious for less than a year, while Yu Ya has already gone through this period.

Moreover, rather than being rebellious, he understands better what children like.

A sense of showing off.

Or rather, showing off.

Yu Lu's new phone can be described as a revolutionary advancement.

It not only supports built-in functions such as calls and text messages, but also, for the first time, includes a built-in browser.

At the same time, the video function of MP4 has been ported to mobile phones.

From now on, children can watch learning videos on their mobile phones.

Well... even a fool would know that these kids wouldn't use their phones to study.

Youlu proudly showed off to her girlfriends at school today. When it was time to go home after school, Youlu and her friends walked home chatting and laughing.

Just then, the TV displayed outside the electronics store showed the image of GG.

Brand new model!

Brand new quality!

It possesses groundbreaking emerging technologies!

It not only supports calls, text messages, and music playback, but also MP4 video playback!

Most importantly, it is equipped with the innovative and independently developed X1 mobile smart CPU chip, and can also connect to search engines via the network!

You can find answers to any questions you have on search engines!

The brand new GP N97 series will be available for purchase starting this month on the 25th! Hurry and grab yours!

Yu Lu: "..."

Her friend looked at her and said, "Lulu, this is... your phone, right?"

You Lu nodded dejectedly.

It's the beginning of the month today, and I got this phone more than half a month early, which is honestly more than enough.

However, if she could, she would like to receive more and longer envious glances.

"That's great...we still have to wait more than half a month to get it..."

A girl said enviously.

As for the price of this phone...

Although it hasn't been announced yet, they're not worried at all.

How expensive can it be?

Besides, even if it's a bit expensive, with their family's wealth, surely they can afford it?

What a joke.

Youlu walked to the fork in the road and said goodbye to her girlfriends.

Carrying a designer handbag with golden leaves printed on it, Yuru returned home.

"I'm back."

"Oh, isn't this our Konoha Village princess? Why the long face?"

Hearing the familiar voice, You Lu looked up and saw You Ji, with a clean-shaven buzz cut, sitting on the sofa, giving her a half-smile.

You Lu was instantly enraged. She walked over and glared fiercely at You Ji: "What did you say?! Don't think I can't hear your sarcastic remarks!"

The travelogue rolled its eyes.

"Alright, alright, you two siblings, stop arguing. Your brother finally comes home for a visit, can't you be a little more understanding of him?" Tsunade, wearing an apron, came out of the kitchen and scolded Yuru with a smile.

You Lu pouted: "Hmph, Mom, you're always like this, why are you always biased towards him!"

The travelogue rolled its eyes: "Ahhh, that's exactly how it is. I was the same way two years ago."

You Lu, hands on hips, exclaimed, "What did you say?!"

The travelogue scoffed, "I really envy you, to be at this stage now... I was back then..."

As he recounted the story, he recalled a time two years ago when he was 12 years old. He was caught skipping school to play video games, and when his father, Yuya, reprimanded him for talking back, his father unceremoniously started unbuckling his belt and then slapped him twice, leaving his buttocks swollen on the spot…

Back then, he only dared to stand during class...

That's terrible...

Youji sighed, looking at Youlu in front of him, he felt as if he were seeing his former self.

Hmph, now's the only time you can act recklessly.

You're doomed after you graduate!

"Click"

The door lock clicked open.

You Ya was holding a cardboard box filled with all sorts of folders.

After casually closing the door with his foot, You Ya looked at You Lu, then at You Ji standing on the sofa: "Oh, you're off today?"

You Ji sat up straight and nodded to You Ya: "Yes, I came here today specifically to keep my mother company."

Tsunade smiled radiantly.

You Ya rolled his eyes: "Don't give me that crap. I don't think your mother's buying it. Tell me honestly, did someone send you back?"

The travelogue writer was immediately embarrassed.

After thinking for a moment, he explained, "Captain Chizu wanted me to come to Father to ask you for a batch of the latest communication mobile phones for the research department. Of course, the main reason I came back was to see you and Mother."

Yuya rolled his eyes. Tsunade pinched Yuki's ear. Yuki didn't dare to resist and apologized to Tsunade with a sheepish smile.

"What do you need that phone for? Do you want you guys to play with that kind of thing instead of training?"

Youya asked casually, but to his surprise, Youji replied with a pleasant surprise: "No, our captain found a vulnerability in the jammers you used for our army before. However, those machines couldn't withstand the damage and couldn't be cracked through the terminal, so he wanted to see if the latest terminal would work."

You Ya looked at the travelogue with a subtle expression: "Loophole? What loophole?"

"Well, the captain said it seems to be sending our real-time location to some place at any time. Since it hasn't been cracked yet, we can't be sure where it is."

Youya began to cough violently.

Um, how should I put this loophole?

Yes, it definitely exists.

but……

He set it up on purpose...

Hmm, how can you call the loopholes in my Konoha Village's things loopholes?

That was clearly built in so that it could detect the danger you soldiers might pose at any time!

That's not a bug, it's a feature that was always there!

"Ahem, have your captain come to my office tomorrow."

The travelogue seemed a bit confusing, but he nodded nonetheless.

However, Yu Ji was unaware that the next day his good captain would be directly assigned to the research and development department by Yu Ya.

With that talent, why would you want to be a soldier?

Get your ass to the R&D department.

The captain was so miserable that he joined the ranks of those losing their hair, and by the age of thirty he was bald.

But now...

"……dad!"

Yu Lu's sudden loud shout startled You Ya and You Ji.

You Ya patted You Lu's head: "What's wrong? Why did you suddenly yell?"

You Lu pouted and looked at You Ya: "Could you postpone the release of that phone? At least... after I graduate?"

You Ya stared at You Lu silently, making You Lu feel a little uneasy.

Then he heard Youya sigh and say, "I really spoil you too much."

I will not agree to this condition.

Also... after graduating this year, I'll become a librarian.

As for when we can leave the library...

I'll let you know when the time comes.

You Lu looked at You Ya with a puzzled expression. You Ji patted You Lu on the shoulder: "Little sister, take care of yourself."

Yuru looked at Yuki with a puzzled expression, then turned to Tsunade, whose hands were folded in front of her stomach: "Mom?"

Tsunade shrugged: "If I, your mother, had the ability to read your father's mind, would the Hokage's secretary still be that guy, Nara Shikaya?"

You Lu looked speechless.

The Nara deer haven't been doing so well lately...

Since Nara Shikaya has only had one child all these years, it can't be said that he's out of place in the current environment of Konoha Village.

It just makes people wonder if you, Nara Shika, are... impotent? You've only had two children after all these years?

Nara Shika, the mastermind behind this public opinion, certainly knows who it is.

Good heavens, you're truly shameless! To prevent our Nara clan from crumbling, you'd resort to such underhanded tactics?!

This is slander! This is spreading rumors!

But the crux of the problem is...

Nara Shikaya's wife doesn't actually mind.

Or rather, because Nara Shikaya has been very busy every day these past few years—Yua has given him all her work—his wife and son, Nara Shikaku, understand his efforts to maintain the family.

But if we're talking about their marital relationship, well, that is, their sex life, he really hasn't touched his wife in a long time.

It's said that women in their thirties are like wolves and in their forties like tigers.

They don't expect you to actually get pregnant, but you still have to pay your due taxes.

Nara Shika was also helpless; he couldn't possibly reveal Yua's wolfish ambitions, could he?

Even if it were made public, Yuya would still have something to say: Who said I was eyeing your clan's ninjas and territory? You need to provide evidence! Besides, you said that as long as each generation has one child, the clan can continue stably, which is theoretically correct.

But what if your son is exceptionally talented? What if he can lead the Nara clan to new heights?

I think Shikaku is a good kid. He can lead your Nara clan to become bigger and stronger and create new glories in the future.

What can you say about the Nara deer? You can lie and say my son is no good, that he's not capable enough...

He'll have to kneel on a washboard when he gets home that night.

In short, while this kind of rogue tactic is shameless, it has had virtually no impact on him.

and……

Although he's been physically exhausted these past few days, his family life has definitely become much more harmonious...

Ugh……

The Nara deer are also suffering inside.

While the controversy surrounding Nara Shikama has subsided, its impact lingers.

Tsunade became somewhat irritated after hearing the news.

Well, that explains why Youya has been so reluctant to hand in his "labor tax" lately.

So that's because birds of a feather flock together!

He wasn't like this before! Last time I got my hair done, Yu Ya was completely smitten, but now even after getting my hair done multiple times, it's no use.

So the problem was with you!

Although it was an undeserved disaster, Tsunade was not an unreasonable woman; at most, she would only complain a few times.

You Lu tilted her head, somewhat puzzled.

Tsunade patted Yuru's head: "When you grow up and find someone who loves you and whom you love, you'll understand."

You Lu pursed her lips and could only remain silent.

At the end of Konoha Year 46, Yuru graduated from the Ninja Academy.

After that, he went directly to the Konoha Library to work as a librarian.

She complained a little, but Yuya didn't indulge her this time. Instead, he said to her, "Study more, and if you can, get into Konoha University within three years. After you finish your studies, you will be truly free."

You Lu inwardly complained about how much time it would take, feeling extremely annoyed.

But many years later, looking back on this period...

You Lu then realized that this period was actually the most important period of her life...

The time when learning and reality intertwine...

……

"Swish swish swish"

Several figures appeared on the Fire Shadow Rock.

The leader, dressed in a loose white robe with his upper body mostly bare, stood on the Hokage Rock, looking expressionlessly at the city that resembled a futuristic metropolis.

Beside him, a red-haired girl, a burly man, and a white-haired man followed closely behind.

The four men, all dressed in black robes, stood atop the Hokage Rock, gazing at the city before them with varying expressions.

"Wow, that's really something."

A soft chuckle rang out, and Uchiha Kagami, a man in his forties, appeared before the four. Standing around the rock wall, he narrowed his eyes as he looked at them: "The patrol actually let you in..."

Or rather...did you deal with those patrols?

Uchiha Kagami's jet-black eyes turned blood red, and the three tomoe within them emitted a chilling light.

The black-haired boy at the head of the group was somewhat surprised; his eyes uncontrollably transformed into red Sharingan, and the patterns within them continued to change...

"The Sharingan?!" Uchiha Kagami frowned, his expression turning serious. "Who are you?! There couldn't possibly be a Sharingan user in the Uchiha clan whom I haven't seen before!"

"Ugh..." The black-haired boy covered his eyes and squatted down.

The red-haired girl exclaimed, "Sasuke!"

Uchiha Kagami, his face cold, was about to continue questioning when a voice he knew all too well came from behind a tree: "Kagami? You... you're not dead...?"

Uchiha Kagami was stunned, and looked up in disbelief. Turning his head, he saw several figures slowly emerging from the darkness under the cold moonlight...

He knew two of them very well…

Although their eyes were pitch black, their appearance...

He could never forget...

"At first, the First Hokage also had... Tobirama... his master?!"

(End of this chapter)