Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 5 Shadow Clone and Flying Thunder God

With his face bruised and swollen, Hashirama Senju shoveled rice into his mouth while watching Yua eat with one hand and make a claw shape with the other. He then asked, holding his breath and somewhat curiously, "Little Yua, what are you doing?"

Yu Ya's face turned bright red: "I'm practicing ninjutsu."

Hashirama's face showed two question marks: "Ninjutsu? What kind of ninjutsu requires learning like this?"

"My martial uncle taught me a ninjutsu called the Flying Thunder God Mark," Yuya replied before continuing to hold back.

Mito Uzumaki frowned: "Let's stop for now and eat first."

Yuya: "Wait! I feel it! I feel like I can use chakra to condense my first rune!"

Mito Uzumaki put down her chopsticks and looked at Yua with a smile: "Let's eat first, then we can talk about this, okay?"

You Ya was slightly taken aback. Sensing a very dangerous aura, he quickly put down his hands, picked up his chopsticks, and began to eat.

Mito Uzumaki nodded: "That's a good child."

Hashirama Senju, who was standing to the side, felt his eyelids twitch. "No, Mito, do you know that treating a child like this will leave him with psychological trauma?"

However, Hashirama only dared to mutter these thoughts to himself; he certainly wouldn't actually say it out loud.

The next day, Yuya went to the Hokage's office building early in the morning with his backpack.

"Knock knock knock"

"Please come in," came Tobirama's calm voice.

You Ya raised his hand, grasped the doorknob, pushed it open, and looked around.

Tobirama Senju, without looking up from his project proposal on his desk, asked, "What are you looking for?"

You Ya chuckled awkwardly, "Let me see if those three uncles from yesterday are still here."

"They're not doing nothing either." Tobirama frowned and pondered for a long time before finally signing his name on the proposal on the table.

You Ya came running over, placed his hands on the table, tilted his head, looked at the proposal on the table, and asked, "What's this?"

As the Hokage, Tobirama Senju had two tall stacks of "unprocessed documents" piled on his desk. However, the fact that he specifically took out one of them made the Second Hokage frown, which meant that things were definitely not that simple.

Tobirama wasn't angry; in his view, it was normal for children to be curious about everything.

Or rather, it is precisely because of children's innate curiosity that they possess the ability to learn from the heart.

For Tobirama, he actually enjoyed his time as a teacher at the school more.

Unfortunately, he is now the Hokage, with countless things to deal with every day, and he hasn't taken on any new students for almost ten years.

"Hmm? A wetland bridge project? What's this? Hmm, requesting five Jonin with Earth Release techniques to help build a bridge? Why send Jonin?"

Seeing Yua tilting his head in confusion, Tobirama shook his head. After all, he was just a child, and it was normal that he couldn't understand many things.

Tobirama ruffled Yua's hair and said, "With the help of the Jonin, this bridge can be built in a day. Then, next autumn, everyone can go to the wetlands to gather herbs and fruits."

Yuya looked at Tobirama: "If that's the case, why send a Jonin? They can build this bridge in a day, and then it won't be usable until next autumn?"

Tobirama: "Hmm? Is there a problem?"

Yuya frowned at the second-generation leader: "Why not let ordinary people build this bridge?"

Tobirama waved his hand: "Ordinary people are too inefficient, it's better to send ninjas..."

"But you also said that this bridge won't be ready until next autumn, right?"

Tobirama opened his mouth, then frowned and looked at Yua: "What do you know, kid? This isn't just a matter of efficiency; it can also create a mission for five Jonin."

Konoha doesn't have that many missions for its ninjas.

If they don't receive missions, the Jonin won't receive rewards, which will affect their strength.

Yuya: "Is that so? But I think it would be better to find a few hundred ordinary people and keep them employed until the bridge is completed, rather than giving the reward to five Jonin?"

Yuya blinked at Tobirama, looking completely innocent.

Tobirama Senju stared at Yua in deep thought, then turned his head expressionlessly and asked, "What exactly are you here for?"

Yua raised his hand, grinning at Tobirama Senju, and exclaimed, "Look, look! I've completed the first symbol of the Flying Thunder Seal!"

Tobirama Senju: "..."

"You're already so smug after just the first one? Get back to your training." Tobirama Senju looked at his junior disciple speechlessly.

You Ya pouted: "Once we get to the beginning, the rest will be a piece of cake, right? And Uncle-Master, don't forget..."

Youya narrowed his eyes: "I spent over ten kilograms of gold to get this. To be honest, Uncle-Master, I gave you so much gold, and you only taught me this one ninjutsu? Isn't that a bit too much?!"

Tobirama Senju understood; so this was the reason the kid had come so early.

He pressed his throbbing veins and forced a smile as he said to Yuya, "Little Yuya, this ninjutsu is a very powerful ninjutsu, definitely worth more than ten kilograms of gold."

You Ya pouted: "These are all your words, Uncle-Master. Who can guarantee whether it's worth it or not?"

There's a saying that goes something like this: artwork by the living and artwork by the dead have two different prices.

Although Tobirama Senju was not an artist, the principle is the same.

When Tobirama Senju was alive, he created more than a thousand ninjutsu. Did these more than a thousand ninjutsu really receive a lot of attention?

Not at all. Otherwise, they wouldn't have given Eiryuu, a commoner ninja, the opportunity to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Of course, you could say that there are many reasons why Eiji was able to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique: the Third Hokage's approval, her own battle achievements, and her own talent.

However, it's impossible to say that this ninjutsu is extremely valuable at this stage.

After all, Tobirama Senju himself is right here, and he's not that old; he still has several decades to live.

The world is peaceful now, and there are frictions between villages, but no deaths.

Things aren't worth much in peacetime.

For example, gold.

Gold during wartime and gold during peacetime are worlds apart.

Tobirama Senju was furious. "Yes, I invented this ninjutsu!"

In my opinion, that certainly can't compare to your dozen or so kilograms of gold! But that's still me!

Can you learn this ninjutsu from someone else in this world?! No way.

So, by that logic, my ninjutsu is priceless!

You can't buy it with money!

After Tobirama Senju spoke to Yua in this way, Yua stared with dead fish eyes and said, "Then give me back the gold."

Tobirama: "..."

Taking a deep breath, Tobirama Senju looked at Yua and forced a very strained smile: "Tell me, what kind of ninjutsu do you want to learn? Something too outrageous won't do."

Tobirama Senju's first reaction was that this kid wanted to learn his older brother's awesome ninjutsu.

Unexpectedly, You Ya spoke up without the slightest hesitation: "Clone Technique! I want to learn the Clone Technique! The school exams are in a few days, but I still haven't learned it, so please teach me, Uncle-Master."

Tobirama Senju's long face froze instantly, then he kicked Yua in the butt in anger: "Get out! Get out of here!"

I thought you wanted me to teach you calculus, but you want me to teach you elementary school multiplication tables instead?

Are you insulting me, a doctor of ninjutsu?!

After driving Yua away, Tobirama Senju sat down at the table, rubbing his aching head as he looked at the construction plan for the wetland bridge in front of him.

A moment later, Tobirama Senju gave a smile, got up, and climbed out of the window.

We headed straight to a casino in the commercial street of Konoha Village.

(End of this chapter)