Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 366 News Brought by Koharu the Dorm Owner

"Why are you spouting this nonsense?!"

Yua and Minato Namikaze leaped across the rooftops of skyscrapers. The ninjas of the past ran on rooftops; now, they run on rooftops...

Of course, the rooftops weren't very high in the past, so there weren't many requirements for ninjas of all ages. But that's not the case now. It's normal for a building to be tens of meters high. It's impossible for ninjas of all ages without the ability to fly to survive a fall from that height.

Therefore, apart from Jonin, no ninja in Konoha Village is qualified to run on rooftops.

Of course, Minato Namikaze and Yua definitely have it.

The two ran ahead, with several figures following closely behind.

These people were the Shadow Guard.

Minato Namikaze chuckled awkwardly at Yua's complaints and said, "Well, we really should have said something properly. Besides, Kushina went through so much pain during childbirth, I think it's perfectly fine for Naruto to take her surname..."

Although, I don't know why so many people find it strange.

Yuya glanced at Minato Namikaze, then casually said, "Because generally, only in cases like a woman marrying into a man's family and taking over the household will a child take the mother's surname."

Minato Namikaze was taken aback, then immediately realized what he meant and became somewhat angry: "I didn't marry into the family! Seriously, Kushina doesn't even associate with the Uzumaki clan anymore!"

Yuya chuckled as he ran, "But Kushina is definitely the one in charge at home, right?"

Minato Namikaze: "..."

Well, he really couldn't refute that.

The two chatted as they ran across the rooftop, and before long, Yuya and Minato Namikaze arrived at the Hokage's office.

At this moment, not only was the office worker Nara Shika present, but also Hiruzen Sarutobi and Koharu Utatane.

"You actually came?" Yuya felt a buzzing in his head the moment he saw Koharu Utatane, and then his expression changed.

He knew perfectly well that Koharu Utatane was someone he had arranged to go to the Daimyo's residence in the Land of Fire.

The purpose, of course, is to serve as a bridge between Konoha Village and the Daimyo.

Now that Koharu Utatane has come to Konoha, it means that this matter is likely to be very serious.

Xiaochun, who was turning over to her new room, took a deep breath and nodded.

Koharu Tsutomu was satisfied with Yuya.

Although Yuya and she didn't have a good relationship, or rather, Yuya didn't have any special relationship with her at all.

However, for Koharu Utatane, Yua was, after all, Tobirama Senju's designated successor.

And Tobirama Senju was her teacher.

Therefore, Koharu Utatane's feelings for Yua were more about satisfaction with the various achievements of the powerful Konoha over the years.

As for Youya asking her to take a position in Daming Prefecture, etc.

To be honest, she didn't care.

Just like how Yua arranged for Mitokado Homura to become the retired emperor of the Uzumaki clan, and made Sarutobi Hiruzen a so-called Minister of Culture with no connection to the core power of Konoha, all of this shows that Yua doesn't trust them, Tobirama Senju's disciples, at all.

They were fully aware of this and accepted it readily.

after all……

If it were them, they would do the same.

It's best to keep power in your own hands.

And these three people are undoubtedly likely to share the power in Youya's hands.

"Yes, this is a big deal. If it were just the death of a border soldier, it wouldn't have had such a big impact."

Koharu, who was turning over to her room, had no intention of catching up with Youya.

Of course, she didn't reminisce with You Ya about their past.

Upon hearing Koharu's words, Yuya frowned immediately: "What on earth happened?!"

Previously, Minato Namikaze only mentioned that something had happened at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Iron.

Yuya didn't care about this at all.

When is there ever a day when the Land of Fire doesn't clash with the borders of other countries?!

It would be news if there were no conflict!

The current situation is that if a war really breaks out on the border, it will only be a small-scale battle, and it is impossible for it to escalate into a war involving more than a hundred people.

The five great ninja villages are all well aware of this.

After all, the five great ninja villages have already signed an agreement with Konoha Village to establish a cooperative foundation for the next few years.

At this point, wouldn't it be idiotic to start a big fight between them?!

and……

There's no benefit to it!

How can there be eternal hatred between countries or between villages?

Konoha and Kumogakure have been fighting to the death, shouldn't they still be doing business?!

but……

What does "Tsunetsu Koharu" mean?

"An important person has died?!" Yuya frowned deeply.

The conflict wasn't significant, yet Koharu Utatane made a special trip to Konoha. The only possible reason is that the person who died in the conflict was someone of unusual status.

Koharu Utatane nodded: "The one who died was the youngest son of the daimyo of the Land of Fire."

After saying that, Koharu Utatane seemed afraid that Yua wouldn't understand the seriousness of the matter, so she added, "It's the daimyo's favorite son."

You Ya's face immediately turned ugly.

The presence or absence of the daimyo in the Daimyo's mansion is irrelevant to Yua, but the problem is that Konoha Village cannot function without the support of the fire country's daimyo at this stage.

The total population of Konoha Village is only about eight million, which is not enough to build up an army.

To put it another way, if a million people wanted to, supporting 10,000 soldiers would be the limit.

However, if the standard is changed to ninjas, then this number must drop precipitously.

Because the logistical costs for ninjas and ordinary soldiers are on completely different levels.

As mentioned a long time ago, after a war, aside from ninja tools like kunai and shuriken that can be recovered, ninja wars mostly rely on explosive tags and the like as means of attack.

Explosive tags are expensive. If you calculate it this way, with a population of eight million in Konoha, normal support can only provide about forty thousand ninjas.

If we were to focus all our efforts on leading Konoha Village toward war, that number could potentially triple or quadruple.

But even 200,000 ninja troops couldn't withstand the border pressure from all sides of the Land of Fire.

So ultimately it comes down to not having enough population.

If Yuya had fifty million men under his command right now, he wouldn't care about the daimyo's attitude anymore.

If Yuya has 100 million people under his control, it directly means that the Land of Fire should be part of Konoha Village.

But that's still far from enough...

Yuya sighed, suppressing his frustration, and looked at Koharu Utatane, asking, "Who's behind this?"

Youya didn't expect Koharu Utatane to be able to answer the question she asked.

As expected, Koharu Utatane told Yua, "I couldn't find anything. The attackers used all sorts of ninjutsu, and they were all basic Five Elements ninjutsu. Those who were killed by the Daimyo's guards didn't have any obvious characteristics."

Upon hearing this, You Ya frowned immediately: "Is that so?"

Tsurugi Koharu added, "Even so, we still managed to find a clue."

The attackers have intricate connections with the Konoha ninja army.

(End of this chapter)