Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 405 The New Meeting

In September of Konoha Year 57, the manned lunar landing mission, jointly funded by the alliance of the five nations of Fire, Earth, Wind, Water, and Lightning, officially began.

It was originally scheduled for Konoha in 56.

However, as we all know, plans can never keep up with changes.

Not to mention that Youya fell ill at the end of last year—[It's a fact that Youya didn't show up for several weeks, and this can't be hidden, but it can be changed to the fact that Youya fell ill]—which further delayed the plan.

Of course, the other villagers had mixed feelings about Youya's illness at the end of last year.

They felt it was a pity that Youya had been taken away by illness this time.

However, there was also some relief.

After all... they couldn't guarantee that if Yua died now, the next Hokage would treat them peacefully as they were now, or that after decades of fear, the next Hokage would suddenly become aggressive and thuggish.

It's not impossible.

Anyway, they asked themselves honestly, if they were in Youya's position, they would definitely demand money and food from other villages.

Of course, they don't understand economics. If they did, they would discover a terrifying fact: the purchasing power of Konoha's currency is far greater than theirs.

While goods from Konoha Village are nominally subject to additional transportation and tariffs when sold to their village, it is common for them to be twice as expensive as when sold in Konoha itself.

This is actually already a form of bloodsucking.

Not to mention the many merchants who risked their lives to rush to Konoha Village.

Even though Youya had just reaped a wave of profits a few years ago.

However, because all the reasons that Youya gave were legitimate, some businessmen felt that as long as they did not break the law, they could do whatever they wanted.

Of course, there might be people from Youya (the company behind Youya) pulling the strings in this public opinion environment...

Are you kidding me? Konoha's TV station has its own channels in other villages!

If You Ya were to let others have the power to spread propaganda and public opinion, he might as well just kill himself.

You Ya is not going to relinquish the high ground of public opinion to anyone else.

Yuya was extremely happy on the day the rocket took off.

For him, this step today will lead to a united front among all the villages in the Naruto world.

Previously, other villages had cooperated with each other to varying degrees.

However, this is the first time I've seen a situation like the current joint action of five villages.

During this live stream, if even one person feels the urge to unite the five villages, it would be a huge win for Yuya.

Isn't this how the spark of thought is sown?

As long as enough seeds of revolution are sown, someone will eventually rise up and unify the entire ninja world after Yua dies.

Of course, by then, whether or not Konoha Village had successfully unified was no longer of concern to Yua.

Anyway, he has done his best.

And no one can find fault with it.

……

After the rocket took off, Youya extended an invitation to the people of the other four villages.

Yu Ya plans to host this Five Shadows Summit himself.

The issues to be discussed at this meeting are very important, and the entire meeting has only one theme: building a lunar base.

Yes, it has been confirmed that the moon separated from this planet.

Previously, when Yuya sent Minato to the moon to dig up the soil and bring it back, tests confirmed that it was indeed exactly the same as the soil from the Ninja World continent.

This leads many people to believe that the moon was formed long ago when a meteorite crashed to Earth, shattering it into pieces, and then, through gravitational forces, it was reshaped into the planet and moon we know today.

Yu Ya declined to comment on this.

Anyway, he wasn't really interested in it.

His purpose in building a lunar base was all too clear.

It's obvious that it's a defense against the Otsutsuki.

Of course. Yuya couldn't possibly tell the other villagers about this purpose.

For the other villages, this issue was indeed extremely important.

A base on the moon serves as a bridgehead for external exploration.

Taking over the lunar base is like securing the first ticket to the future.

The problem now is...

One step ahead leads to another.

The first village to begin researching flying was Kumogakure.

But those idiots from Kumogakure just made a big balloon, flew it for a thousand or two kilometers, and then stopped, proudly showing it off to Konoha.

As a result, Konoha immediately began researching rockets to the moon.

At first, the people of Kumogakure stubbornly insisted that Konoha was wasting money.

The discovery that there were actually people on the moon sparked a public outcry and ignited everyone's thoughts.

If there are people on the moon, are there people on other planets too?

Having people means having resources.

As a result, many people's minds became active.

They also developed a greater interest in other planets.

Now, only Konoha is capable of going to the moon, and naturally, only Konoha is capable of building a lunar base.

What else is there to say?

There's nothing I can do but come.

As for safety...

Don't be ridiculous. If a security incident occurs at this meeting, which is clearly the highest-ranking meeting of the Five Kage, Konoha will completely lose face.

Of course, Yua would certainly not allow any safety incidents to occur in Konoha.

There is another reason why Youya held this meeting.

That's what Youya wanted to see...

I want to see who the next generation will be selected from other villages.

Yua's deputy is definitely Nara Shikaku.

Although Yua knew that Nara Shikaku would definitely not become the next Hokage, the other villages certainly didn't know that.

Therefore, Youya can pretend to be innocent and fool the other villages. You don't care what you can fool, you can fool as much as you can.

October of Konoha 57.

In Konoha, Nara Shikaku was preparing for the year-end review, while Yua took Nara Shikaku to the outer gate of Konoha to welcome the Kage of other villages.

Etiquette must still be observed.

In reality, some other villages were still quite conflicted about who should be their deputy in charge of the expedition.

Ultimately, the people they each brought were:

First, there was Kumogakure in the Land of Lightning: the Third Raikage arrived in Konoha with his son and the Raikage Guard.

It seems that the Hidden Cloud Village is preparing for direct succession from father to son.

It's fine, really. Anyway, the impression that the Raikage in Kumogakure is a brute has persisted for three generations. It seems that the people of Kumogakure will be more used to the fourth Raikage being a brute.

Kirigakure: Yagura Karatachi brought a beautiful woman to Konoha.

It was Terumi Mei.

Well, Mei Terumi in her early twenties is indeed a great beauty.

Yeah, I don't know why she can't get married.

Tsuchi-gakure: Onoki brought his son, Kotsuchi, to Konoha.

Well, there's not much to say.

As for Sunagakure...

Yua was somewhat surprised by what happened at Sunagakure.

Granny Chiyo actually... brought Gaara's father, Rasa, from Konoha?!

Why isn't it decorated with scorpions?

Scorpions have a good reputation.

At least this life is good.