Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 647 Neji and Tenten [Part 1]

What will Naruto choose?

Haha, You Ya is thinking about this issue from his own perspective.

But if we focus on Naruto...

Naruto never even considered taking money from the official sources.

……

"Hana-chan, how much did that video generate?" Naruto asked Hana-chan while playing a game at home.

Namikaze Karen took out her phone and looked at it, then said to Naruto, "It's a total of over ten million taels."

After thinking for a moment, Namikaze Karen added, "This is both of our money."

Naruto retorted, "What do you mean 'yours' and 'mine'? My dear sister, why are we taking this so seriously? What's yours is mine, isn't it? Give this ten million taels to your brother, and then I'll go see how long it lasts."

Namikaze Karin immediately cried out in despair, "You! You're shameless! How could you be such a brother? It's too much! Waaah, you actually took your own sister's money!"

Naruto retorted, "You're filming me in your videos! If it weren't for me, nobody would watch your videos!"

That's true. Most people watch Naruto-related videos to see what kind of trouble he can get into.

If Naruto wasn't in the videos that Namikaze Karen filmed, then basically not many people would watch them.

Namikaze Karen knew this too, and immediately lost her tough stance.

She looked at Naruto and thought for a moment before saying, "I put a lot of effort into editing these videos, so I should get a share of the money, right?"

Naruto chuckled and nodded, "That's right, that's right! Of course you get a share. Consider that half the money a loan from your older brother!"

After hesitating for a long time, Namikaze Karen finally nodded.

Then, in his latest video, Naruto said that as long as the baby is born in his territory, the bonus of more than 10 million yen is already prepared.

Everyone else naturally saw what Naruto did.

It's important to know that a child's birth will be registered in whichever jurisdiction they are born in. Even if a year later, during the final inventory, it's discovered that the child has returned to their original jurisdiction, they will still be counted as belonging to that jurisdiction.

Konoha Village currently only has two public hospitals: the First and Second People's Hospitals. However, there are many private hospitals.

Some private hospitals are even better equipped than the First and Second Hospitals.

That's true.

After several renovations by Yua, the area of ​​Konoha Village's inner castle has been greatly increased, transforming it into the size of a medium-sized city.

There are more than ten hospitals in a city.

Not to mention that every community has a community health center.

It can be said that Konoha Village is at the forefront of the world in terms of medical care.

Well, in many other aspects, we are also at the forefront of the world.

Naruto's outrageous move caused the other candidates to reconsider whether to follow suit.

Sasuke was the first to follow suit.

No matter what Naruto does, he has to follow up.

Moreover, you, Naruto, only get a reward of 100,000 taels, while I get a reward of 110,000 taels. I just want to outdo you.

And it's just that it only slightly surpasses you.

This maneuver is difficult to evaluate, but it has made it clear to others.

They either have to follow suit, or they can only watch as these two guys attract newborns to their jurisdiction.

Sarutobi Asuma didn't want to follow suit, but Sarutobi Hiruzen retorted: What? Not follow? What gives you the right not to?! Do you think the Sarutobi clan is short of money?!

Follow! We must follow hard!

They even raised the standard to 150,000!

As a result, before Naruto's standard was even officially implemented, everyone else simply copied it.

Naruto was very angry in Namikaze Karen's video, denouncing these people's plagiarism.

Namikaze Karen was quite happy, as her little bit of money had been saved.

Naruto was helpless, but he had no choice but to give up on attracting new people due to practical reasons.

What Naruto didn't know was that his actions earned him points with Yua.

Although from Naruto's perspective, he never intended to use official funds; he's not the type to use other people's money to do things for himself.

Therefore, the idea of ​​using official funds never crossed his mind.

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki breathed a huge sigh of relief.

It's actually good that my son is a little stubborn sometimes.

If official funds are used this time, a huge deduction will definitely be made.

You Ya felt a little regretful, as he had come to understand the situation.

Naruto didn't understand any of that nonsense; he was just doing what he was supposed to do.

As for the money in the official treasury...

In Naruto's mind, it's money that doesn't belong to him.

I never even had that thought.

However, since Naruto has this idea, we should give him credit.

However, on the other hand, this time, apart from Naruto, none of the others used official funds.

Then everyone will be on the same starting line.

But it's okay.

Youya's various tactics haven't stopped yet.

Do you really think that simply increasing the population means increasing the number of newborns?

The annual newborn population in Konoha Village's inner city is only around 100,000.

These approximately 100,000 newborns, when divided among each region, would average out to only 10,000 people.

Taking control of this entire population can be considered both difficult and not difficult.

The key point is...

There's absolutely no need for that...

Isn't there a way to attract a large population to one's own jurisdiction from within the inner city?

You Ya was eagerly anticipating who would be the first to discover this method.

To his own surprise, the first person to come up with this idea was Hyuga Neji.

Perhaps because I was one of the people who separated from my family, I experienced a period of low spirits when I was a child.

Therefore, Hyuga Neji knew about the lives of the lower-class people in Konoha Village.

The vast majority of these lower-class people in Konoha Village are from the outer city of Konoha Village.

Yes, the outer city of Konoha Village.

The number of local residents in the inner city of Konoha has exceeded eight million, but what about the outer city?

The answer is fifteen million.

However, setting aside these so-called registered populations, the current population living in Konoha Village's inner city is over 16 million.

In other words, there are still about seven million people living outside the outer city of Konoha.

This is the real massive boost that Youya prepared for the first year's assessment.

Whoever can draw the most blood from this blood pack will become the person who absorbs the most people.

Of course, if you use illegal means, then at Youya, they will definitely deduct all your points.

Neji Hyuga hadn't thought that far ahead.

Just like Naruto never even considered using official funds.

Neji Hyuga didn't believe he was destined to be the ultimate victor and become the next Hokage.

He just wanted to do his job well.

That's all.

Therefore, Hyuga Neji has always been adapting to his new identity.

While Naruto was pulling off some crazy moves, he was diligently learning how to become a qualified manager.

While the others were catching up, Neji was learning how to handle various affairs within his own jurisdiction.

Because he and Hizashi Hyuga lived in the inner city when they were young, Neji Hyuga knew the process of renting a house and what to pay attention to when sharing a house with others.

They also learned that some of the dormitories in the houses did not even have private bathrooms or washrooms.

These are qualities that the other candidates do not possess.

No one else, not even Uchiha Shisui who had always been rooted in the grassroots, could possibly know the specific details of these dormitories.

I don't know if it's time to shower, but a group of people are washing their bodies naked in the bathroom, and they have to be quick because someone is waiting for them to give up their spot.

Neji knew all this after he and his father left the Hyuga clan.

Back then, in order to separate the main family and the branch family, Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Hizashi made a very firm statement that the branch family would separate from the main family. He then gave all his property to the members of the branch family and came to Konoha's inner city with his wife and children, starting from the bottom.

Hyuga Hizashi delivered takeout, and Neji's mother also worked at a restaurant, serving dishes.

He used to be very secretive about this experience when he was in school, feeling it was very embarrassing.

However, when Toneri Otsutsuki came to Konoha, he revealed the secrets of the Hyuga clan. Hiashi Hyuga seized the opportunity to say that the main family and the branch family were originally one, and that the Caged Bird Seal was a product of the old era! It had to be abandoned!

The elders of the Hyuga main family wanted to object, but faced with the temptation of the Byakugan evolution, they could only keep quiet.

You have to shut up! Look at how many Mangekyou Sharingan users the Uchiha clan next door has!

Shisui, Obito, Itachi—and these are the new generation!

The older generation, Uchiha Kagami and Uchiha Fugaku, were also the owners of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

If things don't change, the Hyuga clan will continue to be overshadowed by the Uchiha clan.

So, Neji and his family, who had endured several years of hardship in the inner city, regained ownership of a portion of the Hyuga clan's resources and moved out of those cheap shared apartments.

It was this experience that made Neji Hyuga wonder if he could do something for these people.

Some might say that Hyuga Neji isn't that sentimental.

However, Neji Hyuga himself knew his own situation.

When Neji's family moved into a shared apartment, the older man who lived with them squeezed into a room with his coworkers to give the family some space, and would often bring Neji delicious food and drinks.

Neji was simply not good at expressing himself, but he kept those past events in his heart.

Of course, Hyuga Hizashi later repaid this uncle. Now the uncle is a small foreman with a construction team of thirty or forty people. Although he is not rich, he can definitely support his family.

only……

There must be many people like this uncle.

People from the outer city of Konoha mostly find jobs in the inner city, such as working in factories, construction sites, and delivering food or running errands.

This kind of work requires a lot of people, but it is indeed the lowest level of work in the inner city of Konoha.

Normally, one could earn 50,000 to 60,000 taels a month, and with some effort, even 70,000 to 80,000 taels.

In Konoha Village, the average price of a meal is around 100 taels of silver. If you want a better meal, the price will double.

This is just one meal. Even if you eat sparingly, a monthly food allowance of 10,000 taels is still necessary.

When you factor in other expenses like rent and utilities, the financial burden becomes enormous.

So the fact that these people live in shared apartments doesn't mean they don't have money.

I just wanted to save some money.

Why live in a shared apartment and save 40,000 taels a month when you can only save 10,000 to 20,000 taels a month in a single apartment?

Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Neji looked at the policy he had pondered for a long time and nodded solemnly.

He did not directly waive these people's rent, utilities, or anything like that.

But he came up with a solution.

That means creating more jobs.

How can we increase the number of jobs in an area where the basic structure is already fixed?

There are only a few types.

Break down the workload, or increase new investment.

So, while Naruto and the others were still thinking about how to pull off some crazy moves, Neji issued an announcement.

[Several announcements regarding investment promotion in this region...]

Yes, it uses the concise and clear title style that Yuya has always used.

The main point is that you can tell what I'm trying to say just by looking at the title.

Neji had no intention of absorbing more people; he simply wanted to improve the lives of the people in his region.

Therefore, he had been spending a lot of time in the library, reading about all the measures Yu Ya had taken after taking office.

That's right, Neji just wanted to copy, but he only copied Yua's various strategies.

However, things took a turn for the worse than he had anticipated.

Not many businessmen are willing to open shops in his jurisdiction, nor are they willing to build pollution-free workshops here.

As for the others...

Naruto and Sasuke, among other candidates, were somewhat confused about the meaning behind Neji's promulgation of this regulation.

Are they trying to attract merchants over and then get them to change their household registration?

When the condition is population, then the perspectives of these people will naturally be skewed.

Neji's announcement didn't get a good response, so no one else really cared.

Neji was somewhat disappointed.

Indeed, a real official career is not so easy.

Neji plunged headlong into the middle of the library once again.

He wanted to find the key to breaking the deadlock from You Ya.

And soon, he found it.

The process of Yuya becoming Hokage is recorded in great detail in the history books in the library.

Although there was no record of Yua's inner thoughts, only the reality at the time was marked, Neji was not stupid and quickly noticed the clues.

The Sarutobi and Shimura families targeted Yua before he came to power, but after he took office, these two families were not purged. On the contrary, Yua was willing to add their share to the annual dividends...

What's going on here?

The Hokage is magnanimous; he can laugh off others' attacks and repay evil with kindness.

Hyuga Neji shook his head decisively. "Look at Konoha now, there isn't a single real ninja clan left. All that's left are the individual families of Konoha. You know, Yuya spent decades dismantling all these ninja clans."

With this kind of ability, you say the Hokage likes to repay evil with kindness? Hyuga Neji simply doesn't believe it.

Then there's only one answer...

I see……

Compromise...

Hyuga Neji spent three days in the library. When he came out again, he didn't go home but went straight to the largest ninja tool merchant in Konoha.

That's right, it's Tian Tian's place.

(End of this chapter)