Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 426 You were the one who took the initiative before!

Nagato never expected that the person who had been holding him back all along was actually his own family member.

As a member of the Uzumaki clan, the position of the Grand Elder is still very prestigious.

Especially now that Princess Kushina of the Uzumaki clan has made it clear that she doesn't want to return to the clan, the status of these clan elders seems even more prestigious.

Why?

Power is a good thing, but relatively speaking, the power generated on fixed land is relatively fixed.

For example, if Kushina had been willing to return to the Land of Whirlpools before, then the Uzumaki clan elders wouldn't be needed now.

However, Kushina stayed in Konoha, got married, had a child, and it seemed she had no intention of returning.

Who calls the shots in the Land of Whirlpools?

The elders of the Uzumaki clan discussed it and concluded that, as the saying goes, a country cannot be without a ruler for a day. Although we have not reached that point, it would be reasonable to ask our descendant Kushina to manage the Land of Whirlpools for a while.

Regardless of whether you think there's anything wrong with it or not, these clan elders themselves think there's nothing wrong with it.

Thus, these elders began to take control of all matters, big and small, of the Whirlpool Clan.

The existence of a family is very good in this respect.

If the Land of Whirlpools didn't have a clan, then Yua would have a thousand ways to make the Land of Whirlpools a vassal of Konoha, and make the people of the Land of Whirlpools willingly submit.

However, there is an entire clan in the Land of Whirlpools, and the sealing techniques of the Whirlpool clan are definitely useful no matter how you look at them.

Therefore, there is no way to use force.

If force is not an option, then appeasement is the only choice. However, certain special powers cannot be granted to the Vortex Clan, such as the power to appoint and dismiss officials and civilians, the power to promote them, and the power to handle senior executives. These are all impossible to grant.

But as for the rest, that's negotiable.

For example, this time...

The Hidden Cloud Village itself can calculate how much it can profit from this, so are the elders of the Uzumaki clan even more stupid than the Hidden Cloud Village?

impossible.

So, knowing that there were hundreds of billions of taels of profit involved, these people were naturally tempted.

Power is alluring, and wealth is tempting.

Nagato had foreseen everything, but he never expected that his grandfather's generation would betray him so easily.

Is Nagato able to accept this ending?

impossible.

But he had no choice but to accept it.

Because these people are family, there are many things that cannot be done too excessively.

Nagato could turn against Yua, and he could stand in front of Yua and say that the Land of Whirlpools should handle its own affairs, but he could not say that in front of these clan elders.

Because of these clan elders...

They were originally members of the Uzumaki clan.

……

The door creaked open gently.

Minato Namikaze said as he changed his shoes in the entryway, "I'm home."

"Daddy! Daddy...Daddy..."

A beeping sound appeared, and a small voice called out "Daddy!" as it ran out to greet Minato Namikaze, wearing toe-toe shoes.

"Oh my, my lovely flower spirit!" Minato Namikaze happily hugged his daughter.

"You're back? Get in here right now!" Kushina's furious voice rang out.

Minato Namikaze felt a jolt in his heart, then looked at his daughter's face and was speechless.

No wonder they were so eager to welcome me; it turns out my mom was having a meltdown.

Minato Namikaze chuckled and, after changing his shoes, saw his son Naruto kneeling on a washboard, holding a kindergarten math book in his hand, head down, not saying a word.

"Um, uh, Kushina, what's wrong? You don't have to treat Naruto like this..."

Although his daughter was born, Minato Namikaze was not the kind of person who would favor his own child.

Therefore, he felt somewhat dissatisfied with the scene caused by his wife.

Kushina glared at Minato Namikaze: "You too! What kind of father are you?! Did Naruto inherit your zero from you?!"

Minato Namikaze looked at Naruto speechlessly: "Mathematics, a zero..."

And it's elementary school math...

Naruto, who is now eight years old, looked dejected.

Minato Namikaze coughed and said, "Mathematics, mathematics is indeed not easy. Kushina, don't be too angry. As long as you study hard in the future, it will be fine, right?"

Kushina angrily swung the feather duster in her hand: "If it were just this, would I be this angry?! You son are still not learning good manners! Fighting with others!"

Minato Namikaze's expression immediately turned serious upon hearing this: "Naruto, you got into a fight? Did you hurt anyone?"

Naruto cautiously raised his head to look at Kushina and whispered, "No..."

Minato Namikaze breathed a sigh of relief and quickly smiled at Kushina, "Look, Kushina, Naruto didn't hurt anyone, so don't be angry..."

Kushina glared at Minato Namikaze and said angrily, "That's what I'm angry about! This brat got beaten up black and blue before, and then told me he didn't hurt anyone! Doesn't that mean he lost?! My son can fight, but how can he lose?!"

Naruto and Minato both gaped open:

So this is what you're angry about?

Naruto immediately perked up, standing up from his kneeling position on the washboard and shouting, "Who said I didn't hurt him! That bastard Sasuke got a good punch from me too! I aimed right for his left eye! I was pressing him down, punching him once with my left hand and once with my right..."

Naruto suddenly realized what was happening, turned to look at Kushina, picked up a book from the side, and obediently knelt down.

Kushina's hair moved without wind. Finally, she coldly looked at Minato Namikaze: "Minato Namikaze! You get in here!"

Minato Namikaze's legs began to tremble.

Naruto breathed a sigh of relief and gave his dad a helpless look. Namikaze Karen also jumped out of Namikaze Minato's arms and then clung to Naruto's arm, trembling.

In the end, this farce concluded with Minato Namikaze being bitten hard by Kushina, his screams echoing through the sky...

That night, Naruto and his sister Hana went to their grandparents to seek help.

Since Kushina was marrying down to Minato Namikaze, Minato's parents couldn't blame Naruto and Hana. They could only comfort their grandchildren and say that they could come to their house to rest after the official start of the school year or during the holidays.

Anyway, their house is quite big, and it would be too lonely for just an elderly couple to live there.

Naruto and Hana-ryu readily agreed.

This also gave Minato Namikaze and Kushina some space to be alone together.

That evening, Minato Namikaze chuckled and said that they could definitely practice another alt account.

But Kushina pushed him away with a look of disgust: "Why do you think about this kind of thing every day?"

Minato Namikaze was completely dumbfounded—you were the one who took the initiative before!

(End of this chapter)