Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 415 is really called that?!

"How could you be so stupid!" Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted nothing more than to whip his son with a slipper.

Sarutobi Asuma gritted his teeth and said, "The Third Hokage is the greatest Hokage of all time. I, your son, believe... that no one can surpass the Third Hokage..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi glared at Asuma Sarutobi, gritting his teeth.

"Don't I know? Do I need you to tell me this?! Do you even know what you've given up?! Do you even know you have people supporting you both inside and outside the village?! Giving up like this, aren't you just letting these people down?!"

Sarutobi Asuma looked up at his father: "Back when the Second Hokage was still alive, didn't you immediately give up too?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned for a moment, then glared angrily at his son: "That's because the Second Hokage is still alive! Your father didn't want to disappoint him! That's why I..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's roar did not frighten Asuma Sarutobi in the slightest.

Sarutobi Asuma simply looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, just quietly watching.

Hiruzen Sarutobi gritted his teeth and finally sighed helplessly.

At first, he was indeed unhappy. He thought, why should his teacher, Tobirama Senju, hand the village over to Yua? What could a mere brat possibly do well?!

Then, Yua, that brat, accomplished something that made Hiruzen Sarutobi no longer have the will to fight back.

When the First Hokage founded the village, most of the people in Konoha were toiling in the fields. The village had few people and little land, and was mostly surrounded by forests. The ninja clans had been allocated a lot of land, but this could even be considered a burden, because they simply couldn't afford to support the land and the people.

But at least the war is over, there's no more fighting, and children no longer have to go to the battlefield at a young age because of war.

Hashirama Senju was indeed great.

but……

However, Hashirama Senju will not develop further.

Or rather, Tobirama Senju would not have developed into a character.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rubbed his temples.

Konoha's development to its current state is certainly inseparable from Yua's abilities, but...

Yuya will die eventually...

Moreover, Youya is already fifty years old and is showing signs of fatigue. He is not a god; he may live to be seventy or eighty.

But so what? At most, he'll be Hokage for a little over twenty years.

Not to mention that people's energy declines as they get older...

He needs someone to help him share the burden...

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed and waved to Asuma Sarutobi: "You may leave."

Sarutobi Asuma breathed a sigh of relief, got up, and ran out.

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Asuma Sarutobi and sighed helplessly.

He himself couldn't even muster the desire to compete with Yua for the Hokage position, so why should he let his son compete for it?

Not everyone is a fool like Danzo, a guy who has no self-awareness.

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt he still had some sense of shame.

Sarutobi Asuma left, and Sarutobi Hiruzen was having a headache when the door opened.

It was his wife, Sarutobi Biwako.

"Actually, I think Asma doesn't need to bear so much pressure."

Biwako spoke to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked up at the door Asuma had left through and muttered to himself, "Pressure... I guess... it is."

Asma sighed and shook his head.

He was truly obsessed, without considering at all the pressure Sarutobi Asuma would face if he accepted the Hokage position.

That's the Hokage! The Hokage who inherited the title of Third Hokage, Kin Yua!

When the time comes, everything he does will be compared to the Third Hokage. Hiruzen Sarutobi felt he couldn't handle it, let alone his son Asuma.

"Forget it, let nature take its course."

In fact, Hiruzen Sarutobi had more than just Mitokado Homura as an ally.

Koharu Utatane is actually an ally of Hiruzen Sarutobi.

It can be said that if Sarutobi Asuma could follow the path set for him by Sarutobi Hiruzen, then after Sarutobi Asuma married a woman from the Shimura clan, the combined power of Sarutobi and Shimura, with Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado on the outside, would be enough to support him in securing his position.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi never considered whether Asuma Sarutobi actually had the ability to hold the position.

After much deliberation, Hiruzen Sarutobi finally gave up on his plan to force his son to follow the original plan.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was already weak in the original storyline, and his style of doing things was not assertive, let alone when it involved his own son.

What else is there to say? Forget it, we're not interested in the Hokage position anymore. Let's just leave it at that.

……

the next day.

You Ya arrived at the office carrying a thermos.

Nara Shika also clicked his tongue twice as he looked at Yua's face: "You're really amazing, Third Hokage. You can still be so strong at your age."

You Ya snorted and said while drinking his goji berry tea, "That's right, don't you know who I am? Even now, I can still get an erection every morning."

After saying that, Yuya glanced sideways at Nara Shikaya: "Don't give me that nonsense. As for the next Hokage, at least give me a plan. I don't expect you to be certain, but at least provide a shortlist of candidates!"

Nara Shikaya: "...Alright, it's just a few names, it should be fine."

Just then, a thumping sound came from outside.

"Enter."

A female clerk walked in carrying a tray, placed it on Yuya's desk, and said to Yuya, "Lord Hokage, this is a letter from the Land of Rain requesting assistance for our Konoha Village."

You Ya was taken aback and looked at the letter requesting help.

"Okay, I understand, thank you."

As Yu Ya spoke, he picked up the letter, opened it, and looked at its contents. Yu Ya then touched his chin.

"What's wrong?" Nara Shika asked.

Yuya: "In the Land of Rain, a conflict has broken out with Sunagakure."

Nara Shika was taken aback, then asked speechlessly, "Is it going to be about water again?"

Yuya laughed: "It really is a water problem. The Land of Hot Water wants the leader of the Land of Rain to build a canal connecting their territory, but if it is built, the water flow of the canal in the Sand Village may be reduced by a quarter or even more."

This was something the residents of Sunagakure, who were accustomed to living on the canals, could never agree to.

Nara Shika sighed, "It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality."

Yuya nodded: "That's the point. Over the years, ever since the Second Kazekage started building the canal, the canal has been the biggest contributor to the residents of Sunagakure, who no longer have to suffer from water scarcity."

Now that someone is trying to take over the river, they certainly won't agree to it.

By the way, who is the leader of the Land of Rain? This method of instigating conflict between the Hidden Sand Village and the Land of Hot Springs is quite something.

Nara Shika thought for a moment and said a name: "Yahiko, it seems... it seems like that's his name?"

Yuya was taken aback and asked Nara Shika, "Are you sure? Is that really its name?!"

(End of this chapter)