Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 364 I Have a Plan

Inside the dark underground space.

Danzo Shimura sat calmly in the main seat.

At this moment, all four elders of the Shimura clan, the managers of the three Shimura clan factories, and seven people who held management positions in the Konoha Ninja Army and the Hokage's office building were gathered here.

An old man slammed his fist on the table first: "For so many years, the Shimura family's annual dividends have not only not increased, but have decreased every year!"

You've completely squandered this opportunity! Danzo! Don't you have anything to say?!

Danzo Shimura slightly raised his head, looking at the elder of the Shimura clan before him. He spoke expressionlessly, "Blame me? In the past ten years, when have you ever truly followed my plan?"

Danzo Shimura was right.

The problem remains the same point I mentioned before.

Yuya did offer these Konoha ninja clans generous terms.

Take the Shimura family, for example.

After Shimura Danzo failed to compete with Yua for the Hokage position before it even began, Yua used the year-end bonus to bind all the ninja clans of Konoha to his side, and naturally some members of the Shimura clan no longer wanted to oppose Yua.

After that, the factories owned by the Shimura family gradually became less profitable, which made Danzo very anxious, but the fact was that he was unable to use his abilities to turn the losses into profits.

As a result, the Shimura family experienced some turmoil at this time.

At this point, Danzo naturally wanted to oppose Yua.

Or rather, he never stood with You Ya.

Previously, when Yuya insisted on pushing forward the so-called moon landing plan, he wanted to take this opportunity to say that Yuya was acting on his own initiative and wasting the tax money paid by the villagers of Konoha.

But at that time, Youya opened a door.

Or rather, it can be said that it gave the Shimura family an opportunity.

Do you remember those Shimura clan members that Shimura Danzo painstakingly trained, hoping they would make a name for themselves in the civil service exam organized by Yuya?

If Yua hadn't discovered the discrepancy in the list that year and changed the last question to an extremely difficult math problem, Shimura Danzo's plan would have actually succeeded.

Although Shimura Danzo's plan failed, these people were undoubtedly capable.

Yuya never considers which family someone belongs to when hiring them—after all, it's useless anyway, you still have to use them if necessary—well, in short, since these members of the Shimura clan who passed the civil service exam, Yuya has no intention of leaving them unused.

What fine cattle and horses they are! Wouldn't it be a waste not to use them?

So many years have passed; those kids who were teenagers back then are now in their thirties.

They were also promoted to management positions by You Ya.

Simply put, each area of ​​Konoha Village now has a district chief, and the inner city alone has fifty-seven districts, not to mention the outer city.

The district head is undoubtedly a high-ranking leader.

After all, the population of Konoha Village, including both the inner and outer areas, is more than eight million, and the inner city has more than six million people. A district would have at least a hundred thousand people, so a district chief is a very important position.

And these district chiefs, You Ya, certainly wouldn't target them.

Unless they make a mistake themselves or lose in the struggle.

However, these things were irrelevant to the members of the Shimura clan.

Ultimately, whether or not they make mistakes, and whether or not they succeed or fail in a struggle, depends on their own abilities.

There's nothing to complain about if you're not capable enough.

And these district chiefs are now naturally qualified to attend and even participate in the meetings of the Shimura clan.

So here's the question.

From whom do these district heads derive their power?

Yes, it was Youya who gave it to them.

The elders of the Hezhi Village clan were dissatisfied with the gradual decline of their family and the decreasing profits year by year.

They strongly approve of Yoa's rule.

Therefore, in this moon landing event, they actually agreed that the Shimura clan would provide Yua with support in many aspects, including land, funds, and personnel.

However, the elders of the Shimura clan disagreed, as did Shimura Danzo, who made the final decision.

This sounds very similar to the voices within the Uchiha clan.

The clan elders were all powerful, and the younger generation had no ill will towards Youya; in fact, they were very supportive of her.

However, these people are old and experienced, and Itachi Uchiha has not yet grown up, so he cannot kill all of these old guys one by one.

Well, okay, relying on Itachi Uchiha is a bit of a hellish joke.

and……

The internal instability within these families is exactly what Youya hopes for.

If these families are all united, how can he weaken them and make them abandon their families and prioritize the overall interests of Konoha Village?

However, unlike Shimura, Fugaku, the clan head of the Uchiha clan, agreed to reform according to Yua's method—he couldn't disagree, as all the young people in the clan had left.

Because the younger generation of the Shimura clan had previously received sponsorship from the clan, their food, clothing, and shelter were all provided by the clan. They only needed to study every day, so they couldn't just leave like the younger generation of the Uchiha clan.

The young people of the Uchiha clan don't owe the clan anything, but the young people of the Shimura clan do.

This is why they can only endure things even when they don't get what they want.

However, they have a solution to this:

Just keep going.

You're all so old. In less than ten years, there will definitely be very few of you left. By then, we'll only be in our forties, the perfect age to become officials and take over family power.

Therefore, they remained silent this time as well.

But what they didn't expect was that the elders and the clan chief started arguing.

It's not hard to understand what Shimura Danzo said. Although he always said he wanted to completely oppose Yua, the elders of the Shimura clan always felt that at least they could get a sum of money at the end of each year, and it was not a small amount. Moreover, in recent years, the Konoha Ninja Army had also opened up to these big clans. Maybe Yua wanted to back down?

Therefore, they always opposed Danzo's and Yua's proposals to completely oppose each other.

But now they understand perfectly well that You Ya has been able to achieve this by simultaneously appeasing them and carrying out his own plans over the past few years.

If Youya really doesn't give them anything, they might actually start targeting Youya.

But it's too late to regret it now. They weren't involved in the moon landing, so they won't even be able to sit at the table when it comes to dividing the spoils!

This is something they absolutely cannot accept.

So they argued for half the day, until Shimura Danzo, with a gloomy expression, finally made the decision to stop them:

"Stop arguing! I have... a plan..."

(End of this chapter)