Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 357 Rocket Launch and Everyone's Confusion

May of Konoha 52.

In the past few months, Yuya has made no response to the ninja clans that promised to give up their clan lands and send clan ninjas to serve him.

This made many people wonder if Youya was planning to get something for nothing this time.

That won't do!

Hiruzen Sarutobi muttered to himself, while the Hyuga brothers, Hiashi and Hizashi, didn't seem to care. Recently, they had been exchanging pleasantries with the elders of the Hyuga clan, holding large meetings every three days and smaller meetings every five days. Basically, the central idea was: you bastard elders have to give me some face. I don't care about the Caged Bird Seal for now, but those who branch out must be able to enter the management positions of the Hyuga inner clan.

Strictly speaking, this condition is not excessive, after all, there are also powerful ninjas among the members of the Hyuga branch family.

For example, Hyuga Hizashi's strength is also that of a Jonin.

However, because of the Caged Bird Seal, Hyuga Hizashi had to be extremely respectful to even a junior ninja from the main branch of the clan.

Because the ability to control the cursed seal of the caged bird is something that all the ninjas of the main family possess.

Simply put, you can think of this as a kind of tight band, and everyone in the Spellcasting Clan will know it.

However, this does not mean that the Hyuga branch family is weaker than the main family overall.

As I said before, there are skilled fighters in the Hyuga branch family, and there are useless people in the Hyuga main family.

Hiashi Hyuga knew perfectly well that it was impossible to abolish the Caged Bird Seal system all at once.

Therefore, he tested the waters time and time again.

As for this time, to be fair, Yua was also unknowingly used by Hiashi Hyuga.

Because of Yua's long-standing reputation and the benefits he had brought to these ninja clans, Hyuga Hiashi took advantage of Yua's previous order to hand over their clan's lands and ninja territory and directly gave away all the vacant lands he still had.

Simply put, aside from the Hyuga residence and those schools, Hyuga Hiashi doesn't want any other land.

Of course, he wasn't the only one to make this choice; Hiruzen Sarutobi also made the same decision.

After all, their houses all have courtyards, and large courtyards with big lawns. Calling them houses is a bit of a stretch, but they are more like villas.

Therefore, if we really want to talk about open spaces, there are definitely still some.

However, this time they understood Yua's determination. Considering the contrast with the other world, since Yua had done such a good job, they decided to just give it to him directly. What was there to say?

However, Yuya hasn't said anything for the past few months, and now every time Hyuga Hiashi holds a meeting, the clan elders bring this up.

The same goes for this day.

Hiashi Hyuga slammed his fist on the table and roared at one of the clan elders, "It's been over two months! All I wanted to do was promote a few Jonin from the branch family?!"

"I'm the clan leader! And they're stronger than all of you. What makes you think you can act all high and mighty in front of me?!"

The elder sneered, "As the head of the main family, don't forget why we pushed you to the top! Besides, no matter how strong they are, they are still a branch family. Branch families are only required to serve the main family and protect the safety of the main family members. Joining the clan's guard? Or the management?!"

Are you crazy or am I crazy?!

"And what's with slamming your fist on the table? That's impressive! But what do you mean by giving Yua the Hyuga clan's territory and all the members of the branch family?!"

Hiashi Hyuga stared at the clan elder before him with a grim expression: "Yua? How dare you address the Hokage by his name?!"

The clan elder in front of Hiashi Hyuga looked disdainful: "We used to respectfully call him Hokage-sama because we could get a lot of profits from him every year."

Hiashi Hyuga narrowed his eyes: "We're getting quite a bit every year now."

The clan elder slammed his hand on the table: "It used to be only seven or eight hundred billion a year!"

Our Konoha Village now earns five or six hundred billion yen a year! We, on the other hand, only get three or four billion! Why?!

Hiashi Hyuga coldly looked at the clan elder before him, then at the other clan elders in the meeting: "Fine, fine, fine! Is that what you all think?!"

Another elder stepped in to smooth things over: "Third Elder, please calm down. The Hokage has treated our Hyuga clan quite well over the years, hasn't he? We should still address him with respect."

Then he looked at Hiashi Hyuga: "Hiashi, you too, you wouldn't have become the clan leader without the support of the Third Elder, would you?"

"And it's not that your Ninth Grandfather is stirring up trouble. This time, it really is the Hokage who's been unfair. It's been months! The Hokage hasn't made a single move. We're not asking for much, just a token amount like two or three billion will be enough."

Hiashi Hyuga looked at the group of old men before him, and suddenly a cold smile appeared on his face: "Aren't you afraid I'll tell the Hokage what happened today?"

The Ninth Elder remained calm, while the Third Elder sneered, "In all these years, how many times have you betrayed the family?"

Why has the Hyuga clan's territory shrunk so much? Don't you think you have no problem with that?

Hiashi Hyuga looked at the third elder in front of him and suddenly laughed—a laugh born of anger.

"You, Third Elder, are always the most enthusiastic when it comes to collecting money at the end of each year."

The Third Elder stood tall and proud: "I was doing that for the sake of the family."

Hiashi Hyuga stared coldly at the other person, and finally could only turn and leave: "Meeting adjourned!"

After leaving the meeting room, Hiashi Hyuga returned home. As he sat on the sofa, pressing his temples, he began to ponder.

Is it possible that You Ya really isn't going to give those who support him any benefits this time?

In the past, every time You Yake had offered benefits to families willing to make concessions, there was no reason not to this time.

Hiashi Hyuga was very puzzled, and he wasn't the only one with this problem.

Fugaku Uchiha and Hiruzen Sarutobi, the two who received the most land and the earliest supporter of Yua, are now under immense pressure within their respective clans.

And what about Yuya?

Yuya sat in the Hokage's office, legs crossed, looking at Nara Shikaya.

Yuya glanced sideways at the Nara deer and asked, "Why hasn't the Nara clan made a move?"

Nara Shika was also puzzled: "What's that noise?"

Yuya stared at the Nara deer and pursed her lips: "What do you think?"

Nara Shika's face immediately darkened, then he rolled his eyes: "Please, the reason there's discontent within the Sarutobi, Hyuga, Akimichi, Yamanaka, Inuzuka, and Aburame clans is because their people haven't been able to contact you for over two months. Within the Nara clan, my son is the current clan head, and I'm the Hokage's secretary. How could they possibly be as presumptuous as the elders of the Sarutobi and Hyuga clans?"

You Ya was taken aback, then thought about it and realized that it really made sense.

With a sigh, Yuya knew he couldn't deal with the Nara clan as well.

Damn it, families with lots of smart people are really troublesome.

but……

Let's deal with this matter first.

In June of the 52nd year of Konoha, Yuya announced that the first lunar landing plan would be launched soon.

These words left the entire ninja world utterly dumbfounded...

What does this mean?!

Konoha, are you really going to take over?!

(End of this chapter)