Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 3 Tobirama Senju

The mansion where Hashirama Senju lived was located on the south side of the village.

To the north of Konoha Village is a cliff, and the village expanded outwards based on this cliff. To the west of Konoha Village is a dense forest, which is the territory of the Hyuga, Sarutobi, Inuzuka and other clans. To the southeast is the Ninja Academy founded by Tobirama Senju.

To the east lies Uchiha territory, stretching all the way to the Naka River—(the place where young Sasuke practiced Fire Release and wanted Fugaku to praise him; yes, that's also Uchiha territory)—of course, calling it territory is a bit too formal, since everyone is now in the same village, and theoretically, everyone is a comrade, a whole unit.

Well, that's what they say, but who really knows what will happen?

It's no secret that the Uchiha clan is ostracized by the village; everyone in the village knows it.

As evening fell, Yuya returned to the Senju mansion with her backpack on.

"I'm back." Youya said, taking off her shoes and removing her backpack.

"..."

Unlike before, Mito Uzumaki would usually respond with something like, "You're back," followed by washing her hands and face and preparing for dinner.

But it's very quiet today.

You Ya tilted his head, somewhat puzzled. What was wrong?

Then, after changing into indoor slippers, he ran "tap tap tap" across the entrance hall to the main hall.

"Master's wife? Isn't she here?!"

You Ya opened the wooden door and immediately froze on the spot.

His teacher's wife was kneeling in front of the table, drinking tea. Of course, that's not the point. Mito Uzumaki was quite nice to Yua, and Yua wasn't afraid of her at all.

—Yeah, I'm not afraid when I'm not angry.

Well, anyway, what made Yuya stiff all over was someone else.

His white hair stood on end, and his blood-red eyes could easily be mistaken for those of an Uchiha, though there were no lines in his eyes.

Tobirama Senju, the younger brother of Hashirama Senju.

The current Second Hokage.

In the eighth year since the founding of Konoha Village, Hashirama Senju, wanting to set an example for future Hokage, passed the position to Tobirama. Of course, on the surface, Tobirama's succession was the result of a public vote, chosen by the villagers of Konoha out of their love and support.

However, if you were to look it up, you would find that besides Tobirama Senju, who else would have been suitable to be the Second Hokage at that time?

Madara Uchiha?

You're always gloomy and sullen. In terms of strength, you can't compare to Hashirama Senju, and in terms of developing ninjutsu, you can't compare to Tobirama Senju. Why would anyone choose you?

To put it more bluntly, if we choose Tobirama Senju, he can develop more and stronger ninjutsu. What can we expect from choosing someone else?

Therefore, under the circumstances at that time, only Tobirama Senju was suitable to sit in this position.

Of course, You Ya only dared to mutter these things to himself; he wouldn't dare to say them out loud.

"Where did you go today?" Tobirama asked Yua calmly.

You Ya forced a smile: "Master, Master told me to rest today, so I went to play in the woods west of the village."

Tobirama's bloodshot eyes stared at Yua without a trace of emotion: "Just going to have fun?"

You Ya shrank back: "I really just went there for fun..."

Tobirama narrowed his eyes: "You should know what the consequences are for lying to me."

You Ya: "..."

A minute later, Youya covered his eyes and started crying and screaming, "Waaah... Leave me some! This is mine! This is my gold! You're stealing my gold! You're stealing my gold!"

Tobirama Senju rolled his eyes at Yua: "Be quiet."

Yuya pouted, looking at Tobirama Senju with tears in her eyes.

Tobirama Senju coughed once, then ignored Yua's fiery eyes and weighed the gold in Yua's backpack a few times.

"It's probably around ten kilograms, thirty pounds... Hey, you little brat, aren't you afraid someone will rob you if you're carrying a backpack full of gold around Konoha?" Tobirama Senju tried to keep a serious expression, but he just couldn't hold back.

To put it another way, the gold in Youya's backpack weighs over ten kilograms, which means that if converted to money...

A dozen kilograms is just over ten thousand grams. If one gram is worth 5000 taels, then it would be at least fifty million taels.

Hiss, fifty million... That's enough to pay over two hundred Jonin a month's salary and bonuses!

The key is...

Konoha doesn't have that many Jonin!

This money could even build a bridge!

Buy some more cement to pave the road...

It goes without saying how much a bridge can improve transportation.

but……

Seeing the tears welling up in Yua's eyes, Tobirama Senju coughed awkwardly. He certainly wouldn't stoop to stealing something from a child.

But to be honest...

He couldn't possibly let a child like You Ya carry those dozen or so kilograms of gold.

Putting aside the question of safety... if this gold doesn't go out, it's just a pile of pretty but useless ore.

So Tobirama Senju thought for a moment, then looked at Yua and said, "How about this, I can teach you a ninjutsu, which should be worth more than ten kilograms of gold."

Yuya instantly wiped away her tears, which made Tobirama Senju suspicious. This brat was just teary-eyed a moment ago, how come he's back to normal now?

Have I been scammed?

Tobirama Senju gripped the gold in his hand, feeling relieved. Whatever, he had the gold; he couldn't lose anything now.

This golden Tobirama Senju was tested with water; it's genuine.

It wasn't a fake made by that brat Yua using his "bloodline limit".

Since that's the case, there's no way you'll lose out.

"What kind of ninjutsu?! Is it S-rank?!" Yua stared at Tobirama with wide, excited eyes.

Tobirama stroked his chin. It seemed the kid was excited about learning ninjutsu, but he had been overthinking it.

"Forget about S-rank, there's no way I'll teach you that." Tobirama looked at Yua and ruffled his hair, then chuckled softly. "Wait for me at school tomorrow, and I'll take you to the training grounds on the back mountain."

You Ya nodded excitedly, then quickly went to wash his hands and face to prepare for dinner.

Mito Uzumaki didn't show it on her face, but she was happy inside.

The fact that Youya wasn't just going there for fun, but had a clear goal made her very happy.

But deep down, I still hoped this child could be as carefree as Tsunade...

With a sigh, Mito Uzumaki got up to prepare the meal.

Meanwhile, Tobirama, touching the gold in his hand, sighed deeply once again.

If Yuya had been born fifteen years earlier...

Konoha Village...

With a wry smile, Tobirama said goodbye to Mito and left the mansion.

……

The next day, in the Hokage's office:

"Bang!"

With a deafening roar, Tobirama Senju looked up to see Hashirama Senju charging towards him with his gaping maw, roaring furiously, "Damn it! You took all the gold yesterday! You left me nothing! Not a single bit! Are you even a little brother?!"

Tobirama Senju's expression instantly changed drastically: "Idiot! Don't say things like that here!"

Hashirama blinked. "Huh? Why?"

Tobirama Senju's already pale face turned even paler.

Ten minutes later:

"Tap tap tap tap tap," countless footsteps sounded, and a group of people rushed to the office door:

"Lord Hokage! I heard you found a gold mine?! Does that mean you're rich now?! Our Akimichi clan wants to apply for funding to... ah, no! We mean to train in the Expansion Technique!"

"Lord Hokage! Can you finally pay the compensation for the small villa that was demolished to fit into the village's ancestral home? You've got a gold mine!"

"Lord Hokage! The Hyuga clan would like to inquire when the Hyuga clan's ninja subsidies for this year will be distributed."

"Lord Hokage! Please grant us funds so we can select superior ninja dog offspring to improve Konoha's police dog genes!"

"Hokage-sama!"

"Hokage-sama!"

Tobirama Senju sat in a chair, his face ashen, while Hashirama Senju had already quietly slipped out and wiped the sweat from his brow.

Phew, it's been years since I did Naruto, I'd really forgotten...

These guys were like starving cats seeing mice when they saw money.

Well, I still have some money left from exchanging that fake gold from Youya last time, so I'll use that money today.

Hashirama whistled as he walked towards Konoha's commercial street, while his beloved younger brother...

Well, do your best, after all, you're the Second Hokage.

I changed the original storyline. Now, Madara Uchiha believes that Tobirama Senju will target the Uchiha clan after taking power. Madara foresaw this and wanted his clan members to be wary of the Second Hokage. However, no one in the clan listened to him; they only wanted to integrate into the village. Ultimately, he was isolated and ostracized by his own clan. Furthermore, Tobirama Senju won the Second Hokage election unanimously, leading to Madara's mental breakdown. He left Konoha and, with Kurama, went to fight. He was then defeated and killed by Hashirama. This time, instead of just opposing his own clan, he faced the entire village. Madara believed he was acting in Konoha's best interests, as Tobirama's targeting of the Uchiha clan was certain, and the Uchiha clan certainly didn't want to be targeted and would resist, thus destroying the village's stability. This was Madara's thinking, but unfortunately, no one stood by him, leading to his mental breakdown.

(End of this chapter)