Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 329 The Uchiha Clan... Are they really that bad?

Of course, don't misunderstand, Sasori of Sunagakure didn't play himself. He led the team to victory as a coach, so he wasn't qualified to play.

Or rather, he was just a figurehead.

Or rather...

He actually came here to work as a security guard.

The team from Sunagakure that came this time consisted of kids around fourteen or fifteen years old, each with incredibly fast reflexes. Sasori is 17 years old this year, and because he usually has to do ninja missions, he doesn't have much time to play games, but these kids admire him quite a bit.

Yes, if you can be the most outstanding person in your village for decades to come when you are 17, you will definitely be admired and adored by children.

Scorpion didn't care about these things, but he did want to be responsible for these children.

Well, the main problem is that these guys have never been to Konoha before and don't know how to get there...

October of Konoha 49.

Many people in Konoha Village are very angry.

Last year's Ninja League saw so many countries and so many participants, and they were the ultimate victors.

How come we lost this year?

Not satisfied.

I definitely won't accept it!

When Scorpion went to claim his prize, he noticed that others were looking at him subtly, so he quickly collected the money and left.

Yes, the prize money for the first Ninja League was calculated based on a percentage of the game's revenue.

The first edition had relatively few prizes, since the game had only been out for a few years, so the champion only received a little over ten million taels.

Compared to the millions of dollars in prize money that Yuya used to win in her previous life, this amount is indeed not impressive. However, it was still a pleasant surprise for Scorpion.

Scorpio took the money and ran away.

He had originally planned to meet the travel writer for a drink.

Unfortunately, the atmosphere was off, so he quickly ran away.

The travelogue is somewhat infuriating, but I can understand it.

Although it was a rare opportunity to meet, and they were friends, so it shouldn't have come to this, I decided to let the travelogue go without thinking about Scorpion's current predicament.

He is currently preparing for an exam.

He personally wanted to pass the university entrance exam at the age of 15.

However, You Ya didn't have much confidence in him.

This also made the travelogue feel like slapping his father in the face.

Unfortunately, he hasn't passed the exam yet.

Of course, 15-year-old You Lu also failed the exam.

Because the target audience was university, the exam questions were indeed a bit too advanced for the curriculum.

Although Yuya could use her position to get the two of them in, neither Yuki nor Yuru would be happy if she did so.

You Ya really doesn't need to worry about the personalities of these two children.

Although I didn't pass the exam...

After Sasori left Konoha and returned to Sunagakure, he was welcomed back to the village by the villagers as if he were a hero.

In peacetime, competitive sports events are like wars between nations.

Now that they've won, how can they not be happy?

……

In contrast, there's Konoha...

"I'm back……"

Minato Namikaze closed the door and then saw Kushina slumped on the sofa, looking utterly dejected.

"What's wrong, Kushina?" Minato Namikaze looked at Kushina Uzumaki with some confusion.

Kushina sighed, looked at Minato Namikaze, then clutched her head and said, "That bastard Kurama has been howling inside my head for hours!"

Minato Namikaze was even more confused: "The Nine-Tails?! What's he wailing about?"

Kushina sighed, "It's all because of the league's match; Konoha lost to Sunagakure."

Minato Namikaze frowned: "What does this have to do with the Nine-Tails?"

Kushina stroked her chin and said, "Maybe...it's related to his fondness for playing video games?"

Minato Namikaze was even more speechless: "He's really childish."

Kushina looked helpless: "Who says it isn't?"

In fact, the Nine-Tails' wailing was not just that.

Konoha lost to Sunagakure, and the other villagers were sad for a while but then got over it.

But Nine-Tails can overthink things.

Who are the members of Sunagakure?

One-tailed Shukaku.

Therefore, Kurama thought that if it saw Shukaku in the future, Shukaku would say: "Oh, isn't this Kurama who lost to our Sunagakure in Konoha 49?"

Wouldn't he explode on the spot?

That's what really made him angry.

Of course, there were also those who were disappointed and frustrated by Konoha Village's lack of strength.

After listening to Kushina's complaints, Minato Namikaze said to her, "Thank you for your hard work. Take a good rest these days. As for me, although I'll be leading my squad members during the day, I can still come back at night."

Kushina's eyes lit up upon hearing Minato's words: "The assignments have already been decided?!"

"Ah, it should have been assigned a long time ago, but Shinnosuke and others wanted to choose first, so I decided to accept the assignment last."

Kushina, cupping Minato's face, said somewhat angrily, "You're such a nice guy! In the end, what's distributed will definitely be what nobody else wants!"

Upon hearing this, Minato Namikaze immediately shook his head at Kushina and said, "No, Kushina, these teams are arranged according to the students' performance in school. Each team is very evenly distributed. For example, in my team, there is the first-place student in the class and the last-place student. If it were according to your idea, the first-place student would have been assigned to a team long ago."

Kushina's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this: "What's the name of that kid who got first place?"

Minato Namikaze: "Uh, Kakashi Hatake."

Kushina was taken aback: "Hatake? Could it be Mr. Hatake Sakumo's...?"

Minato Namikaze nodded: "Ah, it's just as you think, he's Mr. Sakumo Hatake's son."

Kushina covered her mouth in surprise: "Is it that amazing? Then you really got a great deal."

Although Hatake Sakumo was not well-known in Konoha, he was still somewhat famous among the ninjas.

Under Yua's rule, there have been virtually no wars in the last twenty years or so, with only border conflicts and occasional provocations from ninjas from Kumogakure.

However, there were no major conflicts.

Naturally, it's impossible for Sakumo Hatake's name, the White Fang of Konoha, to appear in this world.

However, Sakumo Hatake's name is still quite famous in the Konoha ninja circle.

After all, people like Kushina and Minato Namikaze would definitely have had opportunities to come into contact with the other party.

Minato Namikaze laughed: "What do you mean by 'getting a bargain'? I still have one last-place finisher, don't I?"

Kushina became interested: "Hurry up and tell me about your squad."

Minato Namikaze smiled indulgently: "Alright, alright, don't be in such a hurry."

The other two kids are named Uchiha Obito and Nohara Rin. Uchiha Obito usually likes to wear goggles, so I'm planning to give him goggles as a gift.

Lin is a very well-behaved girl, and I plan to give her some gifts later…”

"Oh, a girl, huh? Indeed, she's a girl, and she's in last place, so she definitely needs to be taken good care of," Kushina nodded.

Minato Namikaze was taken aback and looked at Kushina in confusion: "Last place? Uh, you're mistaken. The last place isn't this girl named Nohara Rin, it's Uchiha Obito."

Kushina: "???"

The Uchiha clan... are they really that bad?

(End of this chapter)