Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 41 Spring of Konoha Year 19: Reckless!

At the ninja academy, when the teachers came to class today, they discovered that several students in their class were being ostracized.

Simply put, the people who should be sitting next to them would rather squeeze in with others than sit next to them.

The children of Sarutobi, Shimura, Hyuga, and Inuzuka families were isolated.

The teacher frowned: "What are you doing?"

Go back to your seats! You're so young, yet you're forming cliques and isolating your classmates! We're all classmates, we're all friends! What are you doing?!

A student stood up defiantly: "But teacher! It's because of them that the water pipes that were installed in our house aren't working!"

My mother has to carry a bucket to that water source that's really far away every day to fetch water!

With one child taking the lead, the other children stood up and echoed his sentiments.

Konoha now has a water collection point in each of its four districts: east, west, south, and north.

However, the water collection points are fixed. Some people are too lazy to carry their buckets that far, so they buy water from mobile vendors from the rivers outside Konoha. The water is quite clean and clear, at least it was like that before it was polluted by industry.

Since there are many people at the water dispenser, and you might have to queue if you go there, it's better to just buy water directly to avoid the hassle.

Some people, even though they have a little money now, still don't want to spend money to buy water, so they travel a long way to fetch water.

In fact, the water pipes had already been laid during the first phase of the renovation of the four urban areas in the east, west, south and north, but there was no water because the water plant had not been built.

—Speaking of this, Tobirama Senju admired his nephew even more, for he had conceived of future plans two years ago—a capability he himself certainly couldn't possess.—

Now, the house that was built two years ago was supposed to have running water, and it was said that it would be connected to the water supply, but in the end it was never done.

Don't you think these people are infuriating?

Of course, in Yuya's eyes, this meant that the interests of most people in Konoha had been ruined by the selfishness of a few families.

Cutting off someone's money is like killing their parents. Although this matter is not that serious, it is definitely unpleasant.

The adults were also wary of the ninjas from these families, or they were worried about straining relations.

This is clearly reflected in children.

I don't want to play with you, that means I don't want to play with you.

The main point of the children's play is authenticity, without any scheming or backstabbing.

The teacher felt somewhat helpless and could only educate the elementary school students that this was wrong and not acceptable.

In reality, the teacher himself hated those families to the core.

If it weren't for them, he might have been able to get running water himself in a while...

Many people can remain indifferent when their own interests are not involved, but when they are, they become all too real.

The classic saying, "Why would someone be willing to donate a million dollars but not a cow?"—is based on the principle that "because I actually own a cow."

But the child is innocent, and no matter what, the teacher can't take their anger out on the child.

……

The Ninja Academy is just a microcosm. Although everyone in Konoha is working during the day, they can't help but complain about those few ninja clans while they're at work.

Now, with one or two weekly updates and occasional extra chapters, Ninja News has become the top choice for many people to pass the time.

I've almost made it a habit to buy a copy whenever I pass by a newsstand.

The first news I saw in the ninja newspaper today was this mess.

Many people were furious.

But that's reality, what can they do?

Let's get back to work.

The Uchiha clan is now somewhat bewildered.

They are still debating whether or not to accept Tobirama Senju's proposal, with radicals and conservatives arguing fiercely.

As it turns out, there's no need to argue anymore, because those clans demanded that the Uchiha clan not only build factories but also benefit them, so the project fell through.

The Uchiha clan is furious.

But what can be done?

They've been discussing this for over a week, but Tobirama Senju hasn't received a reply, and the other families are protesting. What can they do?

This is indeed a good thing, but this is the only possible outcome.

Then, in the end, the Uchiha clan's water plant was gone, and they still had to repair the waterwheel upstream of the Naka River for Konoha.

That's something Tobirama Senju couldn't possibly allow the Uchiha clan to neglect, since it could irrigate farmland.

The Uchiha clan knew that if they didn't agree, the people of Konoha would probably curse them along with them.

Let's forget about it then. Let's fix it. If it's fixed, they'll benefit too; they'll have land there.

And now that the water plant is gone, they were saying that Tobirama Senju wanted to bribe the Uchiha clan, but that plan fell through. You're going to compensate me for such a huge water plant!

The radical faction in the Uchiha clan territory was in an awkward position this time, but there was nothing they could do. Water plants are huge investments, after all, they are related to the water supply of hundreds of thousands of people in Konoha.

hold head high……

How come this water usage seems to match up with the number of hundreds of thousands of people...?

For some reason, I felt that this water plant wasn't actually that big.

But never mind, we'll definitely build it to accommodate a million people. We're not afraid of a large scale, we're only afraid that a small scale won't be enough.

Anyway, the blueprints are already done. Now we just have to wait until those clans back down and the Uchiha clan begs Tobirama Senju for help before we can start construction.

Clearly, You Ya's judgment was correct.

These families aren't exactly tough either. You Ya's move directly provoked a media offensive, and these families have never experienced this kind of war before.

These ninja clans would rather fight a real battle on the battlefield than be vilified behind their backs in the village.

With these clans backing down, the next step is for the Uchiha clan to beg Tobirama Senju to continue repairing the waterworks.

Then Tobirama Senju waited for a day, two days, three days...

After waiting for half a month, Uchiha Kagami finally arrived, looking embarrassed and ashamed, yet forced to plead with Tobirama Senju in a low voice.

Tobirama Senju remained silent for a long time, and finally just gave Kagami Uchiha a sigh before telling him that the water plant would begin construction the next day.

Yuya could tell that Uchiha Kagami was very aggrieved, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, he is surnamed Uchiha.

Not long after the water plant was built, the entire village of Konoha was filled with excited shouts on the day the water was supplied.

For Yuya, this was nothing out of the ordinary, but for most people in Konoha Village, it was truly the first time they had ever seen anything like it.

Time quickly passed to the nineteenth year of Konoha.

Huh? What? Did you forget something?

Ah, oh, indeed. The Mizukage and Tsuchikage perished together; Konoha needs to give some kind of response.

Hmm... let's skip that.

At this point, Konoha's internal development is the most important thing. The mutual destruction of the Tsuchikage and Mizukage would indeed benefit them, but the long-term effects would be limited.

You Ya was merely going through the motions by sending people to the two villages to offer condolences.

Also, I'd like to ask the Tsuchikage if he's interested in joining Konoha's commercial district.

The Land of Earth has enough food; potatoes are definitely a staple.

But...

These two countries seem to be fighting internally over the position of the Third Kage...

Well... Ignore them, developing our own business is the main thing.

Then came the spring of the nineteenth year of Konoha.

The Raikage has sent people to Konoha.

The central idea is simple: judging from the current situation, it seems like the fighting can't continue. How about we call a truce?

Tobirama Senju waved his hand dismissively: Stop my ass! I'm going to keep going! You think you can just stop fighting whenever you want?!

However, Yuya stopped him.

Yuya suggested: The most important thing for Konoha right now is to develop itself. As long as it becomes strong, everything else is secondary.

Tobirama Senju accepted Yua's suggestion and then proposed a condition: a ceasefire could be reached, but the Raikage had to come to Konoha to sign a ceasefire treaty.

If they don't come, then keep fighting!

Enraged, the Raikage resumed the battle between Kumogakure and Konoha in the spring of the nineteenth year of Konoha's reign.

Even though Kirigakure and Iwagakure could no longer get involved between the two, Sunagakure was also working on the North-to-South Water Diversion Project and could not get involved either.

But Yunyin felt he couldn't back down.

He's stubborn and wants to fight Konoha.

The key word is: reckless!

Today is the 5th. The first round of promotions only lasted three days, and I haven't received any private messages for the second round yet. I sent mine, and it's true, I'm just a lousy novelist, yet so many people criticize my plot, saying why the gold I conjure turns back to normal when it gets wet. It's a miracle if I get good results.

(End of this chapter)