Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 39 I Can't Live Without You

Tobirama Senju was completely stunned when he saw the news.

Then he tentatively asked a question: Is there a river inside Sunagakure Village?

The Sand Village ninja shook his head: No, does it have anything to do with that?

Tobirama Senju was speechless. "There's no river, what kind of water plant are you building?"

The Sunagakure ninja bid farewell to Tobirama Senju with great disappointment.

After seeing off the Sunagakure ninja, Tobirama Senju called Yua over.

Although You Ya is his secretary in terms of position, the two do not have a superior-subordinate relationship at all.

Instead, they interact as elders and juniors.

"It's ridiculous that Sunagakure wants to build a water plant."

Youya didn't agree, but instead took out a map of the Land of Wind and exclaimed softly, "That's really something."

Tobirama Senju paused for a moment, then looked at Yua suspiciously: "You brat, don't spout nonsense like that. Sunagakure doesn't even have a river, how are we going to build a waterworks?"

Yuya pointed to a location in the northeastern part of the Land of Wind and said, "This place borders the Land of Rain. There is a large river in the Land of Rain that flows horizontally through the Land of Wind."

Tobirama Senju leaned closer and said, "Well, this place is several hundred kilometers away from Sunagakure."

Yuya drew a line on the map: "We can just divert the water from the north to the village in the south. The project is a bit big and may take several years or even ten years to complete. Moreover, the upstream is controlled by both the Land of Wind and the Land of Rain. But it's still better than the current situation where people are dying of thirst every year due to water shortages."

Tobirama Senju looked at the map, and as he looked, he frowned.

Divert the water from the river that flows from the Land of Rain through the Land of Wind to Sunagakure...

Just a quick thought, and Tobirama Senju knew it was impossible, absolutely impossible.

But upon further reflection, Tobirama realized that... it might actually be feasible?!

Tobirama Senju remained silent for a long time, during which time Yua took a nap.

After figuring out whether this case was feasible, Tobirama Senju smiled.

Instead of waking Yua, he went to find the ninjas of Sunagakure on his own.

He told the leader of the Sunagakure ninja team about Yua's idea.

The team leader's first reaction was also that it was absurd, and he even thought that the Second Hokage was an idiot.

But after careful consideration, it turns out that it actually has a certain degree of feasibility?!

Why didn't we think of that before?!

You have to admit, he's the Second Hokage, his brains are definitely better than theirs.

The leader of the Sand Village ninja immediately became excited and thanked him repeatedly.

Tobirama Senju smiled enigmatically, then said that Sunagakure didn't need to thank Konoha in any special way, and that the two sides had been friendly for generations (although both countries had only been established for a little over ten years, strictly speaking, not even a generation had passed), and that they should continue to coexist peacefully.

The leader of Sunagakure nodded repeatedly, and then immediately headed towards Sunagakure.

Konoha has given the proposal, but the actual implementation will definitely have to be done by Sunagakure itself.

So the sooner we go back, the sooner this huge project will be completed, and the sooner Sunagakure will be able to live a good life—this is what the team leader thought.

When Tobirama Senju returned to his office in a cheerful mood, Yua, who had already finished her afternoon nap, looked at him with dead fish eyes.

"Uncle-Master, you must have taken my plan to the people in Sunagakure, right?"

Tobirama Senju smiled slightly: "That's right, and your uncle-master provided this plan to Sunagakure free of charge. Aren't you puzzled?"

You Ya tilted his head: "Why don't you understand? Isn't it just shifting the blame, watching from the sidelines, and using someone else to do the dirty work? What's so hard to understand?"

Tobirama Senju composed himself, reverting to his zombie-like expression, and looked at Yua: "Oh? Then can you tell me what my purpose is?"

Yuya: "Even if this project succeeds, Sunagakure will only have one more story of diverting water from the north to the south. Perhaps people in Sunagakure will no longer die of thirst due to lack of water in the future."

However, it did not contribute much to improving the combat strength of Sunagakure.

Furthermore, this would allow the Kazekage to focus a significant amount of manpower, resources, and attention on this project. After all, it's a massive project that could truly improve Sunagakure, and they couldn't possibly refuse to undertake it, regardless of the cost.

That's for sure. Not to mention leaving a mark on history, even for the sake of his descendants and the future of Sunagakure, the current Kazekage has no choice but to do this.

This is an open conspiracy. If Tobirama tells Sunagakure about this, Sunagakure won't have to do anything for the next few years; they can just focus on this project.

"The advantage of this is that Sunagakure will not have the energy to attend to the battlefield between Konoha and Kumogakure. Although we have signed an agreement, we can't guarantee that one day Sunagakure will not see that Konoha is too rich and want to rob us and launch a sneak attack."

However, this project is enough to attract the attention of Sunagakure for several years, allowing us to focus our efforts on Kumogakure without any worries.

These are just the current benefits. Even if the project succeeds in the future, whether this extra river channel will be drivable and how much water it will carry depends entirely on the attitudes of the Daimyo of the Land of Wind and the ruler of the Land of Rain.

The Kazekage, the daimyo of the Land of Wind, certainly wouldn't be offended. But the Land of Rain...

Youya shook his head: "The floodwaters that are causing so much damage in our own country are something another country desperately needs, and these two countries are even neighbors. Tsk tsk, this is really..."

But Uncle-Master, you really are too wicked.

Sunagakure originally had no reason to attack the Land of Rain. But now, even for the sake of the safety of this river, Sunagakure will force the Land of Rain to kneel down, otherwise they will have to be subservient to both sides for the rest of their lives.

"Then we Konoha villagers will just watch the show, right?"

Yuya gave Tobirama Senju a thumbs-up as he spoke.

This treacherous scheme of diverting blame, using someone else to do the dirty work, and watching from the sidelines was devised by Tobirama Senju in just a short while.

You Ya could only lament that his uncle was utterly wicked.

Tobirama Senju, however, did not think so. This brat had revealed all his thoughts, even foreseen that the conflict between Sunagakure and the Land of Rain would inevitably arise because of this river, something he had not considered.

Wouldn't that make me, as a senior martial uncle, look a bit disgraceful?!

This brat has really gone too far!

Yuya looked up and suddenly spoke to Tobirama Senju, "By the way, regardless of the circumstances, I was the one who told my master about this plan. Since my master is using my plan to carry out his own scheme, shouldn't he give me some kind of benefit?"

Tobirama Senju's initial anger vanished instantly.

Clearing his throat, Tobirama Senju looked at Yua and asked, "What do you want to learn?"

"Illusion! Illusion!" Yuya immediately raised his hand.

Tobirama Senju was silent for a moment before shaking his head: "You're not cut out for it. Your ninjutsu talent isn't outstanding to begin with, and genjutsu requires even more time and effort to learn..."

—Just a side note: whether Tobirama Senju is outstanding or not depends on who you compare him to. During the war, he followed Hashirama around, constantly observing the "God of Shinobi," so his standards were naturally higher. Strictly speaking, Yua's talent was quite good; he might not be a genius, but he was still excellent.—

Moreover...

Tobirama Senju glanced at Yua and said calmly, "Instead of wasting time learning genjutsu, you should use that time to think about how to make Konoha better."

The current Konoha...

"I can live without me, but I can't live without you anymore."

At this point, Tobirama Senju sighed.

Konoha has embarked on a path of rapid development, and it's like the gas pedal is floored.

If you just let Yuya work freely for two years, anyone who isn't blind can see that Konoha is developing rapidly.

Therefore, what Tobirama Senju said is indeed true.

Tobirama didn't think it was necessary to care about this, after all...

Tobirama Senju was willing to do anything for the sake of the village.

"Uncle-Master, it's disgusting that you're saying such things all of a sudden."

"...You little brat! I'm going to beat you up today!"

(End of this chapter)