Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 542 Neji VS Sasuke (Part 1)

Hyuga Neji, a genius of the Hyuga clan.

Back when the Hyuga clan still had a main family and branch family system, Hyuga Neji was already considered the iconic figure of the Hyuga clan.

Well, the system of separating the main family from the branch family was abolished not long ago, less than a year at most.

Against this backdrop, Hyuga Neji challenged Uchiha Sasuke. In reality, it was Hyuga Neji who vindicated the Hyuga branch family and made the major clans of Konoha understand that the Hyuga branch family was not inferior to the Hyuga main family.

However, nominally speaking, thanks to Toneri Otsutsuki's reminder, the Hyuga clan no longer has a main family and branch family system. Therefore, Neji Hyuga represents the entire Hyuga clan.

In name only, the battle between Hyuga Neji and Uchiha Sasuke was a conflict between the two major clans, Hyuga and Uchiha.

The title of the number one ninja clan in Konoha has been a subject of intense rivalry between the Uchiha and Hyuga clans for many years, even after the Senju clan disbanded.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Hyuga Neji's victory makes the Hyuga the number one ninja clan, just as Uchiha Sasuke's victory makes the Uchiha the number one clan.

A ninja clan considers all aspects of life.

This is especially true in Konoha Village today.

After all, the current Konoha Village has a Hokage who is recognized by all the villagers, including the ninjas of these ninja clans themselves.

This is very important.

With Yuya above them, even if these people wanted to show that they were the number one ninja clan, they couldn't resort to any violent means.

So, this kind of competition between juniors seems to be a good way to suppress the other party?

In short, against this backdrop, both families began intensive preparations.

Yua and Nara Shikaku naturally wouldn't miss out on such an opportunity.

What? You're saying that it's not proper for the Hokage to be out there sparring with two juniors?

Is it possible that its very presence here is a political statement?

Recently, things have stabilized in the Land of Whirlpools, and Minato Namikaze has taken initial control of the situation—he has sent his proxy, Nagato Uzumaki, to deal with those old fogies—and has indicated that he will send someone to Konoha next year to participate in the Chunin Exams.

However, the team size has not yet been determined.

It's worth mentioning here that the three-person team system is a fixed structure in the Naruto manga. Yua didn't change this system, and nowadays a team is basically composed of three people.

However, unlike the original work where three people are randomly selected to form a team, Yua's three-person team should ideally have ninjas who can complement each other. For example, when supplementing teammates for the Uchiha clan, taijutsu ninjas and medical ninjas are given priority.

If not, and if three offensive ninjas are really needed as teammates, Yua also provides these teams with a three-to-three system.

Regardless of how much it can improve their combat effectiveness, it can at least increase their chances of survival.

As long as they survive, they can create value for the village.

That's the case for Yuya.

Meanwhile, Minato Namikaze has already selected his personnel.

However, it hasn't been decided yet how many teams to send.

Well, I should mention this again. Karin is actually very ordinary in the Land of Whirlpools... well, although she is not ordinary in terms of ability, Karin is a very ordinary girl from the Uzumaki clan in terms of characteristics.

Since the Uzumaki clan has not been wiped out, it is conceivable that the list of eligible individuals selected by Minato Namikaze is almost entirely composed of people with the surname Uzumaki.

Therefore, Karin's name doesn't seem out of place in the story.

Therefore, Yuya did not specifically indicate that Karin would definitely come to Konoha next year.

Konoha Village doesn't really need another girl like Karin.

With the events in the Land of Whirlpools concluded, Yua naturally shifted her focus to Konoha Village.

After learning that Konoha Village would fall apart within ten years of his death, Yua would certainly try to leave behind some means.

One aspect is to thoroughly integrate these families into the village. On the other hand, You Xi plans to try to encourage intermarriage between these families.

This is a very troublesome and difficult thing.

Members of the Uchiha clan prioritize marrying women from within their own clan. For example, Itachi Uchiha was dragged into Yua's household work shortly after his marriage.

To be honest, Yuya felt somewhat frustrated about this.

You could at least marry a commoner ninja like Obito did.

Or perhaps we should learn from Sarutobi Asuma?

Yes, Sarutobi Asuma seems to be having some internal conflicts with the Sarutobi clan because of his relationship with Yuhi Kurenai.

Without the constraints of the Hokage position, Hiruzen Sarutobi was very supportive of his son marrying Kurenai Yuhi.

For Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sarutobi clan has lost its territory, so frankly, Asuma Sarutobi's position as the Sarutobi clan leader isn't very valuable.

Not to mention that even if the clan's territory wasn't handed over to Yua, all of that combined still wouldn't compare to Sarutobi Asuma's current position as the president of Konoha Bank in Konoha Village.

Some people may wonder, what makes Sarutobi Asuma qualified to be the president of Konoha Bank?

Well, the reason is simple: Sarutobi Asuma doesn't cause trouble and won't use Konoha Bank's money to do anything like leverage.

He spends his free time dating Kurenai Yuhi, doing ninja missions, and when there's something related to banking, he acts as a lazy submitter, handing over whatever's handed to him.

What an easy bank manager! Putting everything else aside, just because he doesn't cause any trouble, You Ya is willing to give him this position.

It's a pity that these ninja clans seem to have never wanted their members to intermarry with other clans.

As Yuya was thinking this, just as Hyuga Neji and Uchiha Sasuke were about to begin their sparring, he suddenly heard someone shout loudly from the side:

"Go for it, Neji!"

You Ya turned her head and saw a familiar bun hairstyle and cheongsam.

Isn't this Tian Tian?

Yuya's eyes lit up; he seemed to have come up with a plan to have Hyuga Neji and Tenten marry and then publicize it.

However, these thoughts only flashed through Youya's mind before he shook his head.

No, I can't be so shameless.

It's their own business who they marry, why are you, an old man, meddling in?

Strictly speaking, intermarriage with other families or ordinary villagers in the inner city of Konoha would be very beneficial to the rule of Konoha.

It also helps to strengthen the cohesion of Konoha Village as a whole.

Unfortunately, Yuya was not the kind of heartless machine who would disregard human ethics for the sake of politics.

He can't bring himself to force two people who don't like each other into a relationship.

everything……

We can only let nature take its course.

You Ya sighed, then rallied his spirits.

Putting everything else aside, let's take a look at today's match...

(End of this chapter)