Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 662 Hand Disease

Chapter 662 Thousand Hands Disease

The news of You Ya's return to the village did not cause a sensation among the villagers.

Because very few people knew about it. However, some important people received the news immediately.

For example, the Minato Namikaze family.

When Minato Namikaze came to visit, Yuya and Tsunade were at Shisui's house playing with their granddaughter.

Although he didn't see him right away, Minato Namikaze waited for a full three hours in front of Yua's house.

Later, when Yuya returned home chatting and laughing, he was somewhat surprised to see Minato Namikaze at the door.

It wasn't that I was surprised Minato Namikaze actually came, but rather...

"You're the only one who came?" Yua asked Minato Namikaze with a puzzled look.

"Well, I was afraid of disturbing your rest, so I'm here on their behalf to report to you..." Minato Namikaze said to Yua somewhat nervously.

Yuya smiled, opened the door, and invited Minato Namikaze to come in and sit down.

You Ya's home is cleaned by a professional about once a week.

Therefore, although I haven't been back for almost ten years, the house is still very clean and can be used to entertain guests.

"Lord Hokage, we..." Minato Namikaze wanted to report as soon as he entered the room, but Yuya waved his hand, indicating that Minato should change his shoes and sit down on the sofa.

After Minato Namikaze sat down, Yua smiled and sat on the side chair next to him, crossing his legs, and said, "How well you guys did is not of much concern to Tsunade and me."

Minato Namikaze was slightly taken aback, then looked at Yua with a puzzled expression: "Hokage-sama, what... what does this mean?"

Yuya stretched out his palm to stop Minato Namikaze from continuing.

"I've already stepped down. The current Hokage is Hinata, and she's doing a pretty good job, hasn't she?"

Minato Namikaze looked at Yua with some hesitation and thought for a moment before saying, "But over the years, the village's economic growth has slowed down, and now it's only growing at a little over one percent per year."

At that moment, Tsunade brought over a fruit platter and placed it on the coffee table to entertain Minato Namikaze.

You Ya picked up a banana, ate it, and casually said, "The rate of economic growth can't always be as fast as mine every year."

And didn't the economic growth rate slow down later in my term?

Minato Namikaze opened his mouth, somewhat speechless.

Yuya sighed and said, "Economic growth is not the basis for judging whether Hinata is a good or bad Hokage."

At least……

During Hinata's nearly ten years in power, Konoha Village did not engage in war with other villages, the village's unemployment rate dropped significantly, and now almost everyone has work. She also expanded the size of Konoha's inner castle, blurring the lines between the inner and outer castles. Isn't that a great achievement?"

Minato Namikaze fell silent for a moment, then said softly, "But compared to you..."

Youya threw the banana peel into the trash can: "If all the shadows wanted to compete with me, that would be great. The shadows from the other four villages would be very ashamed."

Minato Namikaze remained silent.

"As long as the village remains stable, Hinata is capable of doing this job."

I hesitated at first about putting all this pressure on Hinata, but thankfully, she did a really good job, didn't she?"

Minato Namikaze took a deep breath and nodded, indicating that he understood Yua's thoughts.

After thinking it over, Minato Namikaze prepared to take his leave.

"Aren't you going to ask me the real reason I came back?" Yuya crossed his legs and looked at Minato Namikaze.

Minato Namikaze paused for a moment, then shook his head.

You Ya grinned: "I'm going to die."

Minato Namikaze shuddered and looked at Yua in disbelief.

You Ya shrugged: "Have you heard of the Thousand Hands Disease?"

Minato Namikaze was taken aback, then immediately looked at Tsunade as a reflex.

Tsunade sighed and sat down next to Yua, taking his hand in hers.

The Thousand Hands Disease is actually a variant of Alzheimer's disease in the ninja world.

However, this disease was discovered by Tsunade in the ninja world, so she named it "Senju Disease," which can be seen as a way of giving hope to the Senju clan.

Although the Senju clan has now integrated into Konoha, Tsunade's younger brother, Nawaki, is responsible for expanding the clan. He has three sons, two daughters, and more than a dozen grandchildren and great-grandchildren. It's safe to say that Tsunade always gets gritted his teeth whenever she thinks about him.

After all, such a prolific breeder is fine when the kids are young, but they become more and more unruly as they get older.

Nawaki has no talent for business, so Tsunade had to support his family. To be fair, if someone wanted to find fault with this, it would be a rare black mark on Yua.

Therefore, for the sake of Yua's future, Tsunade almost broke off her relationship with Nawaki.

Fortunately, You Ya managed to persuade him to stay.

It's just about being able to give birth; being able to give birth is a blessing!

Now, Nawaki is old and wanders around aimlessly all day. I heard he's recently become obsessed with fishing, rain or shine. With Yua and Tsunade not in the village, he's completely let loose and nobody can control him anymore.

Ahem, I've digressed. Let's get back to the "thousand-hand disease".

Minato Namikaze looked at Yua with a puzzled expression: "Senju disease... it only affects memory... it shouldn't be fatal, right..."

"Swish!" Yuya reached out and stopped Minato Namikaze from continuing.

Then, You Ya slowly took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out a cigarette, and slowly lit it.

Tsunade did not intend to stop it.

Smoking and its health effects... are things that Youya doesn't care about at all these days.

"Hmph... For me, losing my memory and forgetting everything about myself is a hell worse than death."

Yuya smiled at Minato Namikaze: "I would rather die than let myself forget this and that day by day, and end up as a useless person who needs other people's help to live a normal life."

Minato Namikaze remained silent.

Yuya smiled slightly, took a deep breath, and said softly, "Don't worry, there are still two years left. Besides, Tsunade has been by my side all along, so maybe this time can be postponed even further. After all, she is the best doctor in Konoha."

Tsunade had a smile on her face, but her expression was somewhat downcast.

In the nearly ten years since then, after Yuya was diagnosed with the disease a few years ago, Tsunade felt like the sky had fallen.

Because she couldn't accept that Yuya would one day forget her.

The love between the two had long since transformed into a familial bond where they could not bear to lose each other.

The thought that Yuya might forget her one day made Tsunade very sad.

What's even more upsetting is that Youya made a decision immediately after learning about it:

When one truly begins to forget everything... that is when one begins to die.

Tsunade couldn't accept it, and Yua couldn't accept it even more.

Moreover, Yua's inability to accept it was even more terrifying than Tsunade's...

What Yua fears most is not just Tsunade, not just this world, but the memories of another world in his mind that are disappearing one after another.

This is the only memory that Youya is unwilling to forget, and unwilling to accept the outcome of losing.

Minato Namikaze's hands began to tremble.

"It's... only two years left?"

You Ya took a drag of his cigarette and pursed his lips, saying, "Who knows, maybe another three or four years? Well, this kind of illness doesn't matter, don't worry about it."

The important thing isn't that I'm sick; the important thing is that I didn't come back from somewhere with nothing better to do.

Minato Namikaze immediately straightened his posture, adopting an attitude of attentive listening.

Youya said softly, "I came here this time..."

The most important goal is to take away some of the guys who haven't quite figured things out yet.

Minato Namikaze was somewhat surprised, but then somewhat relieved.

However, Minato Namikaze still had some doubts: "You... knew all along?"

Yuya shrugged: "Jiraiya is a master at gathering information. Although he only comes back once a year with Himiko during the New Year, I asked him to regularly collect relevant information about certain people every year."

Fortunately, these people's affairs aren't hard to investigate, are they?

Minato Namikaze broke out in a cold sweat.

Seeing this, You Ya laughed: "Why are you panicking? You haven't done anything shady."

Although the current head of the Anbu is theoretically Shisui, it's quite normal that you, who have been out of office for almost ten years, still wield considerable influence.

Minato Namikaze bent slightly, feeling an invisible pressure that made it hard for him to breathe.

"I...I will resign from all my positions tomorrow..." That was all Minato Namikaze could say.

You Ya rolled her eyes: "If you quit, who's going to do the work?"

Minato Namikaze looked at Yua with some confusion.

He really couldn't understand what You Ya was planning to do.

Yuya crossed his legs and took out his cigarette case again, but Tsunade raised her hand to stop him: "We still have to eat later, so hold off for now and smoke after you finish eating."

Reluctantly putting the cigarette pack back in his pocket, Yua crossed his arms on his knees and looked at Minato Namikaze, saying, "I want you to go and arrest Sarutobi Shinnosuke, Shimura Isshin, Hyuga Hizashi, and Uchiha Mizuki."

Minato Namikaze was taken aback, looking at Yua with a puzzled expression: "But these people are innocent!"

Yuya looked calmly at Minato Namikaze.

Minato Namikaze's mind raced, and he quickly grasped Yua's intention.

Youya wanted to sever his ties with these ninja clans.

At the same time, it also serves as a warning to these ninja clans, extinguishing their hopes of rising again.

Yes, that's right. After Hinata took over, Sarutobi, Shimura, and even the elders of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans started thinking about rebuilding their clans.

To reassure these people about abandoning their clans, Yuya offered them high-profit factories within Konoha's inner city or companies directly under the Hokage as management positions. He even granted them the ability to appoint and manage these companies, using these opportunities to compensate them for the loss of abandoning their clans.

However, people are inherently greedy.

These are just profits, but in Konoha, the highest ruler of power is the Hokage.

The Hokage only needs one sentence to deal with them.

Youya only needs one sentence to deal with them.

This situation makes them feel very insecure.

But they didn't dare to jump out when You Ya was around.

Later, Youya left.

In the first year, the second year, the third year, and even the first five years, they were honest and very dutiful, without engaging in any shady dealings.

But starting from the sixth year... people began to have their own ideas.

In the seventh year, the formal trial began.

At that time, rumors about Youya began to circulate in the village.

Some say that Youya is dead, that he died in another village.

Some people said that Youya had settled in another village. In short, rumors were flying everywhere, and the conclusion was: Youya would not be coming back.

The villagers caused quite a commotion at the time.

Ultimately, Hinata vouched for them in the name of the Hokage, and the situation gradually calmed down only after no related news was received.

But all of this forced the Hokage to prove it in the name of the Hokage...

In fact, the impact has already been extremely negative.

Everyone knows what these people's purpose is.

only……

Hinata ultimately lacked experience.

Or rather, Hinata doesn't understand what ruthlessness is.

Why did Yua keep these ninja clans from ever acting recklessly? Was it really because Yua was kind-hearted and the best Hokage in history?

Shit!

During Yuya's reign, more than 50,000 ninja clans were arrested! That's an average of thousands of people arrested every year, and many of them were repeat offenders. Which ninja clan in Konoha Village wasn't targeted by Yuya?

Even the Nara clan was caught selling deer blood that did not meet quality standards, and several people were imprisoned.

It can be said that Yua was even more ruthless towards these ninja clans during his reign than Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.

Hashirama Senju only used force to suppress, while Tobirama Senju wanted to play dirty tricks. Unfortunately, his skills were not as good as Yuya's, his reign was not very long, and there was also the Fourth Shinobi World War, which caused his conflict with these shinobi clans to end before it even began.

After Yuya came to power, he initially did manage to exchange what he needed with these ninja clans through compromise.

They've been targeting them ever since.

However, these ninja clans are also developing. Now, if you don't look at the whole inner city of Konoha, large clans like Sarutobi, Shimura, and Hyuga have already exceeded 10,000 in population.

Even the Uchiha clan has surpassed 6,000.

So it's normal for these people to have such thoughts.

If they could organize ten thousand clansmen together, how powerful would their clan be?! Even Hinata, the Hokage, would have to give way, right?

Of course, the idea is just an idea; it hasn't been implemented yet.

In fact, the people Yuya named were all people who did not want the ninja clan to reappear.

What does it matter if you're pushed to the forefront?

Isn't it obvious what happened to Sarutobi Danzo?

Danzo and Yua were fighting, but the Shimura clan remained unscathed.

The person who was hiding behind the scenes was afraid of being purged, so he brought Danzo out into the public eye.

Yuya knew this, so he only killed Danzo and didn't target anyone else.

There's no way to target it.

After all, everyone needs to follow the rules of the game.