Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 4 Hiruzen Sarutobi

"I just lunged forward! I grabbed the tiger's tail! Then I flung it away! Then the tiger pounced on me! I slid in and used a kunai to rip open its belly! Then I roasted and ate the tiger~"

In a classroom at the ninja academy, Yuya stood with his head held high, looking smug and showing off to the students.

He's a pro at fooling these little brats.

"Alright, alright, class is starting, class is starting! Youya, stop bragging about your tiger-hunting exploits and sit down!" A young man walked in, lifted his headband, and chuckled as he addressed the group of kids in front of him: "I'm here to teach this class today. Your teacher, Mito, isn't feeling well, so I'm filling in for her."

Yuya pouted and said to the girl next to her, "Who is this guy? He looks so young, he's probably just a genin, right?"

The girl had smooth black hair and fair skin, but her eyes, which lacked any eye color, were somewhat intimidating.

Hyuga Kazuko propped her chin up with her hand and said impatiently, "Who knows? These kinds of middle-aged men are the greasy ones."

The young man on the podium stiffened slightly, then continued introducing himself: "Um, my name is Hiruzen Sarutobi. Everyone, please sit down and listen to the lesson, okay?"

However, the children, who had been sitting quietly, became increasingly unruly when they saw that the young man seemed to have a good temper.

Yuya and the Hyuga girl next to her also started making a ruckus.

The classroom erupted into chaos.

Hiruzen Sarutobi panicked and tried to stop the noisy children, but instead got hit by all sorts of books and backpacks.

For a moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi could only keep covering his face with his hands, looking utterly pathetic.

Finally, unable to bear the humiliation any longer, Hiruzen Sarutobi roared, "Quiet down, all of you!"

Then he put his hands together and said: [Earth Release: Earth Formation Wall] (miniature version).

Then, stone platforms emerged from under the children's feet, their edges bulging, trapping the children inside.

"Wow! Cool!" Yuya's hands gleamed.

After using his Earth Release technique to intimidate the kids, Hiruzen Sarutobi began the lesson.

Around 3 PM, after the Ninja Academy let out, Yuya declined the invitation from a few kids to play in the back mountain and ran like the wind towards the Hokage's office building below the cliff of Konoha Village.

Upon arriving, You Ya saw a group of middle-aged men crowding outside the office door, making a noisy commotion and expressing their eagerness.

Several people also saw Yuya and knew that he was the disciple of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and now lived in Hashirama's house. Tobirama Senju was his senior apprentice. However, they came today to ask for money, and they couldn't possibly leave empty-handed just because they saw a child and didn't want to lose face in front of him.

As mentioned before, Konoha Village's development from nothing to its current state is thanks to Hashirama Senju's influence and the strong support of the various clans.

At that time, without the cooperation of the Inuzuka, Sarutobi, Hyuga, and Aburame clans, it would have been impossible for the Senju and Uchiha clans alone to set up Konoha.

Because both the Senju and Uchiha clans are mercenary clans, simply put, the ninjas in these clans are all skilled at killing people. However, these people do not engage in production, and ninjas require a great deal of resources.

Putting aside everything else, the amount of food we consume every day is enormous.

However, ordinary people in both families cannot afford to support so many mouths to feed.

This explains why the powerful Senju and Uchiha clans are relegated to menial tasks like killing people for others.

Everyone's just trying to make a living.

Simply put, in terms of sheer strength, all the other clans combined might not be able to match Hashirama Senju, but the contributions these clans made to Konoha were real, tangible, and real.

Konoha's current size is also thanks to the help of these families.

But here's the problem.

We were all poor before, so there's nothing to say about that; we were all in the same boat.

But now I hear the second generation has found a gold mine...

That's a gold mine!

Something that can allow everyone in Konoha to live a good life for decades!

How could these people not be tempted?

We were all poor together before, but now that we have such good things, you can't forget me.

That's probably the mentality behind these middle-aged men coming together to try and get something for nothing.

You Ya knew he couldn't get in right now, but he wasn't in a hurry. He sat on the wooden planks outside the room and dozed off.

Meanwhile, Tobirama Senju was making an oath to the heavens before the heads of the Hyuga, Sarutobi, and Shimura clans:

"I really only got my hands on these ten-odd kilograms of gold! How did it become a rumor that I found an entire gold mine?! Who's spreading these rumors?!"

Tobirama Senju was very angry. Well, it's no wonder. He only got a dozen kilograms of gold, but due to rumors and misinformation, it became what it is now.

Tobirama Senju is so frustrated!

Seeing that Tobirama Senju was practically ready to tear out his heart and reveal his true feelings, the heads of the three major clans were somewhat embarrassed.

The main thing is that it's okay if everyone is poor together; we can tighten our belts and get by.

But as soon as they heard that they had money, fearing that the money would go to someone else, they rushed over immediately.

Tobirama Senju then told the heads of the three major clans that the money was to be used to repair the stone bridge in the swampy area west of Konoha.

It was a vast expanse of water, and it was beginning to show signs of forming a lake.

Across the water is a wetland where many valuable herbs, plants, and seasonal crops grow.

In the past, every autumn, Konoha's Chunin would spend a month doing nothing but plundering the wetlands' resources.

Even so, the seasonal crops and fruits brought back each year are only a small portion.

Because these things can't be put into the reel. Theoretically, these things are plants, and plants are living things. Unless you dry or roast the fruit, you can't put them in.

Before, I could only look at it and drool.

Tobirama Senju's first reaction upon receiving the money was to build a bridge leading to the wetlands.

The three major families had no objection to how the money was used.

As long as you don't give it to a specific family, everything is negotiable.

Now that the wetland bridge has been successfully built, they can also benefit from it.

At least now ordinary members of their family can also go to the wetlands to pick fruit.

Having dealt with the three major families, the other families can basically be dealt with as well.

After Tobirama Senju came out, he explained the situation to the other clan leaders. After finally resolving the farce and sending the clan leaders away, he saw that little Yua had already fallen asleep against the wall.

Tobirama Senju shook his head, a slight smile playing on his serious lips, and walked over to hoist Yua onto his shoulder.

Since I promised to teach you ninjutsu, I won't go back on my word...

(End of this chapter)