Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 81 Uchiha: I'm Seriously Trying to Find You a Wife

"Agent, these are... um, cough, invitations from other families..." Nara Shika handed Yua a stack of invitations.

Yuya looked at Shika with a twitching mouth: "Do you think I'm blind and can't see the words 'Nara' at the top?"

Lu also gave an awkward laugh, then put his arm around Youya and whispered, "Isn't this an order from the old man in the family? Let me give it a try."

You Ya sneered: "And then you sold me out?"

Lu clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction and said, "How can you say I sold you out? You should have thought about your own marriage in the first place."

Ninjas usually get married very young. Look at Brother Kagami, he got married at sixteen.

Uchiha Kagami, who had been hiding, couldn't take it anymore and stepped out of the shadows: "My clan arranged for me to be engaged at sixteen, but I didn't get married! My wife and I got married when we were nineteen!"

Nara Deer also shrugged.

You Ya sighed helplessly.

Now that Uchiha Kagami had come out, he decided to drop the pretense and coughed at Yuya, asking, "Um... my clan also asked me to ask you, what are your feelings for Xiaorou...?"

You Ya's lips twitched. "Damn it, are all of you guys brainwashed with a bunch of lewd nonsense?! Am I still a kid?!"

Um... wait...

You Ya raised his head. When did the Crown Prince get married again?

Um... When I graduated from school, it was indeed said that I graduated at around twelve years old and became a genin. Then I was grouped with Sasuke and Sakura. After that, it was Shippuden, and I chased Sasuke for three years. Three years later, Sasuke joined Akatsuki, and then came the Fourth Shinobi World War...

It doesn't seem like it's been that many years...

Wait a minute, so the Crown Prince must have married Hinata when he was seventeen or eighteen, definitely no older than nineteen?!

Ah this...

Youya sighed helplessly. Okay, I guess I'm just out of place, but...

You Ya looked up, his dead fish eyes staring at the two of them: "Who told you about this outrageous idea?"

The Nara deer also started whistling.

Uchiha Kagami chuckled, and Yua immediately turned her head to look at him.

Uchiha Kagami reluctantly surrendered: "There's nothing I can do. What you did before made many people wary of you. They gathered together and discussed it, and the conclusion they came to was..."

Yuya's lips twitched as he looked intently at Uchiha Kagami and asked, "I'm asking... which bastard came up with this suggestion?!"

Uchiha Kagami promptly betrayed the other party: "The Hyuga clan elder."

Yuya suddenly felt a toothache. Are you guys crazy, Hinata?!

Why would you, a fence-sitter, come up with such a terrible idea? It's not like I haven't given Hyuga some benefits!

Actually, this idea wasn't just conceived by the Hyuga clan.

After Yua made the Sarutobi clan hand over the remaining half of their clan territory, and indeed did so, many clans wondered if there was any way to help them escape this calamity.

Ultimately, the solution they came up with was...

To emulate the Uzumaki clan and the First Hokage.

To arrange a marriage.

Don't worry about how badly the Whirlpool Clan is being beaten up right now.

It is a fact that he effectively controlled a country.

Many families want it but can't get it.

Although it's unknown how far Yua can go, the ordinary people of Konoha may think that the changes in Konoha over the past few years are brought about by Hokage Tobirama Senju. However, the clans of Konoha are not fools. If Tobirama Senju had such abilities, then Konoha's development over the first seventeen years would not be able to match the changes in these few years.

That's just not the type.

Since they didn't want to confront Yua head-on like the Sarutobi clan, they naturally had to find other ways.

Then they decisively thought of a marriage alliance.

Ninja clans typically do not accept arranged marriages.

The Uchiha clan ninjas intermarried within the clan; Sarutobi married Sarutobi members, Shimura married Shimura members, and the Hyuga clan did the same.

The reason why the future prince and Hinata's wedding was able to happen was because Naruto was already a very influential figure in Konoha at that time.

It's almost a certainty that he will be the seventh Hokage after Kakashi.

Hinata had no reason to stop this good thing.

Of course, even so, the old man of Hyuga will inevitably face criticism for this fact.

and……

Naruto taking over doesn't mean he'll favor the Hyuga clan; he's not that naive.

When Boruto airs, you'll see that the Hyuga clan is still in the same territory, and their food, clothing, and daily necessities aren't too extravagant. This shows that even though the Hyuga clan has become related to the Hokage through marriage, they haven't become arrogant or thought they're the best in the world. Instead, they've become more low-key.

In this respect, Hyuga's political wisdom is truly remarkable.

Anyway, it's definitely better than those unlucky Uchiha.

This is also reflected in this incident.

Don't the other families know that the best way to deal with Youya is not to fight but to cooperate?

Of course I know!

But none of them should be allowed to say this.

Because once they say it, it means they will break away from this ninja clan alliance.

This organization is invisible and intangible, and there are no fixed rules or regulations, but it is a tacit understanding among everyone.

Just like when the Sarutobi clan led the charge and was crushed by Yua, the other clans immediately became obedient and did not give Yua the opportunity to continue to take advantage of the situation and target them.

This time, even if they had thought of it, they couldn't possibly say it aloud.

Because that would mean breaking away from everyone's tacit understanding and going to find Youya to cling to.

The struggle isn't even that obvious yet, so why rush into it with the whole family? Isn't that a joke?

After all, the idea this time is to marry off a daughter to form a political alliance; if she really marries into the family, the entire clan will be on her side.

However, Hinata did not have this concern.

Everyone in Konoha knows he's a fence-sitter, so I'll be a fence-sitter too. If you won't say it, I will.

Not only did I say it, but I also gave the first candidate: Hyuga Kazuko and Yua have been mentored together at school for two or three years, so they probably have some feelings for each other. I reckon they should be able to make it. Do you want to go for it? If not, then someone from my clan will go. That's fine too, no competition.

Seeing that the Hyuga had already spoken openly, the other families readily accepted the situation.

Only the Sarutobi clan remained silent. It is said that the gates to their clan's territory have been closed recently, and no sound has been heard from them, so no one knows what they are doing.

These people didn't care about the Sarutobi clan; they just wanted to give it a try. As for the boys and girls, it was just a matter of taking a quick look.

If you really hit it off, please don't kick me out of this group. This was suggested by Hyuga and the others.

Believe it or not, when the Hyuga clan made this proposal, the other clans had absolutely no objections. In fact, it was foreseeable that even if they succeeded and came to power, they wouldn't target the Hyuga clan.

What is tacit understanding? What is wisdom?

Anyway, the Uchiha clan definitely won't be able to learn it.

That old clan chief, that idiot, rejected Yuya's money-making suggestion about the hospital last time, and this time he didn't think too much about it either, actually sending Uchiha Kagami to inquire...

Seriously, what the hell were you guys thinking?!

Last time I personally went to your clan's territory to discuss the proposal, offering plenty of benefits, but you still didn't agree. This time, where do you get the nerve to ask Uchiha Kagami to recommend Uchiha Yuu to me?!

Um... wait...

These idiots don't actually believe that the families recommending girls around my age are genuinely trying to find me a partner, do they?!

Yuya fell silent, based on his understanding of the Uchiha's straightforward nature...

That's quite possible...

Thank you so much for correcting my mistake!

(End of this chapter)