Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 399 Konoha Year 57 and So Handsome!

Uchiha Kagami didn't really do much against Shisui.

Just as Youya had thought.

Given that those factories and shops bring in seven or eight hundred million taels of wealth every year, there's no way that Uchiha Kagami and his son and daughter-in-law would just give up all of that.

But now Shisui has pulled this stunt, clearly telling the others in Konoha that he, Shisui, is unwilling to take the path of Uchiha Kagami's Anbu; he wants to take the path of rising from the bottom.

Then you can't blame others for targeting you.

Don't be resentful. These people are in a higher position than you and they're all playing by the rules. Even though you have evidence that these people deliberately targeted you, the person who did it has been arrested, and you don't have any evidence that I'm behind it. So you have to abide by the rules.

Zhi Shui understood this principle, so he could only grit his teeth and wait for next year's performance review, and then climb the ranks step by step.

This is not wartime; there's no such thing as instant success.

Back when Tobirama Senju and the Second Raikage were fighting, they dragged a bunch of people to the battlefield. At that time, the entire village was on Yua's shoulders, so Yua was bound to promote some people.

For example, Nara Shikaya at that time was directly promoted from a nobody to Yua's secretary to the Hokage.

In fact, in other ninja villages, the position of Hokage's secretary is basically a prerequisite for becoming Hokage.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Hokage's secretary should be appointed as the successor.

However, there are exceptions, namely, there are other highly popular candidates in the village.

This is most prominent in Sunagakure today.

In Sunagakure, Granny Chiyo wants Rasa to succeed the Fourth Kazekage.

However, his grandson, Sasori of the Red Sand, enjoys high prestige in the village.

Furthermore, under Sasori's leadership, Sunagakure secured the qualification to host the World Championship in 56.

This is a very important point.

One world tournament directly brought Sunagakure Village tens of billions of yen in revenue.

This is just this year's revenue; the venues that have been built can still be used in the future.

Therefore, if they continue to perform well in the future, it is not impossible for them to make more money by using these venues multiple times.

Therefore, Sasori was loved by many people in Sunagakure, especially the younger generation.

However, because Rasa had made military achievements when he fought against the Bird Country and later forced them to sign an unequal treaty, he was a hero to Sunagakure. Therefore, Rasa had a higher prestige than Sasori.

However, this didn't matter to Yuya, since he didn't care at all who the Fourth Kazekage was.

After all, he didn't even know who to choose for the Fourth Hokage.

Shisui is definitely not an option. Even if he continues to grow and advances through the ranks, Yuya would never allow him to become Hokage.

The position of Hokage is not something you can hold onto simply by being able to handle administrative affairs.

This position represents many things; you need to take overall control.

Unless Zhishui suddenly becomes enlightened or is possessed by someone, he might not have a chance.

Now...

In any case, if Shisui continues to focus only on himself, he will definitely not be able to sit in this position.

But then again...

It must be incredibly difficult to focus one's attention entirely on the village, and even the entire ninja world...

Who on earth could have such a broad perspective?

(Otsutsuki Toneri: ??? Who called me out?)

...emmmmm, except for Otsutsuki Toneri, he was indeed watching over the entire ninja world continent in fact.

In short, Yua has not yet been found as a candidate for the Fourth Hokage.

As for Naruto and Sasuke, these two figures, one overt and one covert, from the original work...

To be honest, if Naruto could have the ability to transform Konoha into the kind of village that combines ninjutsu and technology that exists in Boruto, like he did in the later stages of the series, Yua wouldn't mind giving him his position.

However, on the other hand, Naruto was really outrageous in the early stages. Putting aside his talk-no-jutsu, Yua couldn't see how Naruto could have the ability to transform Konoha into a village that combines ninjutsu and technology in just over ten years.

Perhaps... Nara Shikamaru was helping out?

Yuya stroked his chin, so...

We still need to fleece the Nara clan.

……

Since it was already a fait accompli for Uchiha Shisui, and his family hadn't blamed him, Shisui was able to let go of his guilt.

Or rather, he transformed his guilt into unwavering motivation!

He is determined to climb higher. His family has declined because of him, but he will definitely make his family prosperous again!

Yes, this mindset pleased Uchiha Kagami.

If you really want to be honest, Uchiha Kagami has been working in the Anbu for so many years. If he really wants to get out of this situation, or to put it bluntly, if he wants to settle scores later, there will definitely be someone willing to help him deal with these guys.

However, Uchiha Kagami did not do that.

This is enough to prove that Uchiha Kagami wants to fade from people's view by using this incident.

Although he has been doing this, it has had little effect. But after this, many people will probably ignore him, the former head of the secret service.

That would be wonderful if we could actually do that.

……

And so Konoha's 56th year ended amidst this turmoil.

In the 57th year of Konoha, as was customary, other villages came to Konoha to sign new year's trade contracts. Although Kirigakure and Iwagakure kept saying that signing a contract every year was too troublesome, Yuya had no idea what these people were thinking.

Among the major commodities of Kirigakure is fishery, and among the major commodities of Iwagakure is grain crops; both of these are exported in large quantities.

However, these things are also dependent on the weather.

This year's harvest is good, but next year there might be unforeseen circumstances that lead to a poor harvest.

When the harvest is good, the price is definitely low; conversely, when the harvest is bad, the price is high.

You Ya knew that if he signed a three-year or five-year contract with them, believe it or not, except for the first year, their harvest would be poor every year after that.

Don't worry about the reasons, the harvest was bad.

You Ya is not stupid; naturally, he would not sign a long-term contract.

Anyway, it's a one-year contract, so if you don't want to, that's fine too.

Therefore, almost everyone attends this annual event.

It is estimated that even if war breaks out in the future, this annual contract will not be discontinued.

Make money, not shabby.

Nothing major happened in Konoha in 57.

There's something I need to say.

Although Naruto went to the Hyuga's kindergarten, since the kindergarten belonged to the Hyuga clan, it was impossible for some ignorant fool to bully Hinata. Therefore, little Hinata was not rescued by Naruto.

However, Hinata still fell in love with Naruto.

If you ask why...

……

In front of the arcade gate in Konoha's inner city:

Little Naruto turned around and patted his chest repeatedly in front of Hinata Hyuga, Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, Ino Yamanaka, Kiba Inuzuka, Ichigo Shimura, and a dozen or so other kindergarten classmates:

"Go inside and do whatever you want! It's on me today! Make sure you have a blast!"

Hinata Hyuga looked at Naruto with shining eyes:

So handsome!

(End of this chapter)