Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan.

Chapter 374 One Year Later

One year later.

Over the course of a year, the entire ninja world, after experiencing the initial chaos caused by the destruction of the original ruling class, has gradually returned to normal.

The five great states no longer possessed the jewel of the daimyo, and instead formed the position of regent.

Like the Shadow, it cannot be inherited; its qualification is assessed by the Shadow who controls the violent institutions.

A series of crop seeds and seedlings developed through the cooperation between the Ministry of Science and Technology and Orochimaru have begun to take shape, and telephones have also been initially used in the five major ninja villages.

Various tools powered solely by electricity are constantly emerging and are slowly being introduced into the ninja world.

The desertification of the Land of Wind has begun to show results, but the effects are not immediate and are very slow.

However, there are also advantages. The first test site for solar and wind energy was chosen in the Land of Wind.

Although the term "Five Great Ninja Villages" was still used for a year, Konoha actually held the initiative in the entire ninja world. Even the appointment and dismissal of the governors of the major countries were entrusted to Konoha by the Kage of each ninja village to assess their qualifications.

Peace is a good thing for ordinary people, but not necessarily for ninjas.

After the four great ninja villages surrendered, the Akatsuki successively destroyed the various daimyo prefectures.

In this situation, the previous practice of countries tripping each other up will no longer exist.

There weren't many wandering ninjas, so naturally, there were fewer and fewer B-rank missions where you could encounter hostile ninjas. As life got better, many of the outlaws who had become bandits also left the mountains to make a living.

Missions to eliminate mountain bandits have also become much less frequent.

The existence of ninjas is based on missions. After peace became the norm, Konoha, as the gathering place of ninjas, naturally became a burden due to its large number of ninjas.

Hokage Building.

"Bang bang bang".

After a knock on the door, Shikaku came in.

"Uzumaki Sora has been here for two days now. If I hadn't asked Yun, I probably wouldn't even know he was here yet."

He placed the water gate handle on his slightly bald forehead; the hard work of the past year had thinned his hair considerably.

"Not only is he unwilling to take over as Hokage, but he's also holding everyone back..."

Lu Jiu replied helplessly, "Yun said he's been keeping an eye on Xuanwu Kong these past two days and hasn't let him do anything out of line."

"How did you keep an eye on me?"

Uh……

"Ichiraku Ramen, yakiniku restaurants, onsen izakayas (Japanese pubs)..."

"Hehe, the hospitality is quite good."

Minato's eye twitched.

Some things are best left unseen in comparison. A year ago, he wouldn't have cared, since he wasn't as busy then as he is now.

But now I'm almost bald from pulling out my hair, and this guy is doing nothing all day long. He didn't even ask when the vortex came to the village. It's just too much.

"As planned, let's have Yun come first..."

"clear."

……

Commercial street, izakaya (Japanese pub).

Having just come of age, Uchiha Yun could finally drink openly. He experienced two sensations after drinking one cup of wine, like a storyboard, which was indeed a unique feeling.

There was no need for the main body and the clone to speak; they simply enjoyed each other's drinks and snacks in a relaxed and pleasant manner.

At that moment, the conversation coming from outside the door caught their attention.

"It's just a small loan, we've known each other for decades. Don't worry, I've already found a way to make money."

"Make-Out Paradise recently released a new anime series, it's a limited edition, you'd better hurry up and get it."

"I already bought you drinks, and you still say that? Believe me, I won't buy you any more!"

"You charged me for the flowers you bought last time and the time before that at the flower shop in the mountains, do you think I didn't know?"

"Uh... →_→ Kakashi, don't be so stingy! You're the class leader of the Jonin team, and you're still so stingy! I've lent you my Mangekyou Sharingan for so many years, and you haven't paid any rent, have you?"

"This...isn't this the gift you gave me to become a Jonin? Why don't we go to the memorial stone and ask Rin? She can testify for me."

"You're truly shameless! I shouldn't have gone back to save you in the first place; otherwise, you bastard would be trapped under that boulder!"

"Heh... If I weren't going back, would I need your eyes?"

Although the two were bickering, they still honestly went into the izakaya.

The Chunin Exams were forced to stop a year ago, and only Naruto and Shikamaru became Chunin due to their outstanding performance; Team 9 remained Genin. Therefore, Kakashi, as the Jonin leading the team, has been quite idle lately.

They're so bored they don't even have the money to buy a love paradise anymore.

However, as soon as the two entered, Kakashi paused and immediately blocked Obito behind him.

"Oh, you two big shots are here too? Excuse me."

As he spoke, he stepped back, trying to push Obito out from behind him, but this made things even more difficult, and his movements were rather unseemly.

He was unaware that Uzumaki Sora had visited Konoha. In fact, if Uchiha Kumo hadn't informed him, even Minato and Shikaku wouldn't have known until now.

As the controller of the Akatsuki organization, Kakashi was unsure whether Uzumaki Sora would capture Obito and bring him back to Akatsuki, given that Obito had previously defected from the organization.

On the other hand, although the clouds were also here, the Hokage's decision to leave Obito in Konoha was inherently driven by his own selfish motives.

If a conflict were to break out, and if Kumo and Uzumaki were to become enemies for selfish reasons, the Hokage Building would not allow such a decision to occur, nor would the teacher make such a decision.

"There's no need to run away the moment you see an old acquaintance you haven't seen in so many years, is there?"

The sound of Vortex Sora made the two people, who were pressed chest to back, pause.

Compared to the tense Kakashi, Obito was much more relaxed.

Coming to Konoha was a choice made by these two bastards in front of me.

Bypassing the tense Kakashi, Obito walked to the private room of the two and smiled: "I didn't expect someone like you to come to Konoha, but with Uchiha Yun watching over you, it's not surprising."

Her acting was superb.

After a moment's thought, Uzumaki Sora asked, "I just heard you found a job? Konoha allows you to be a ninja?"

Obito shook his head: "I also took advantage of a loophole. More and more merchants are coming to and from Konoha, and I use my alternate dimension to store and transport their goods, making a little money."

Uh →_→

Kamui's Mangekyou Sharingan was used as a means of transportation?

This was something that Vortex Sora hadn't anticipated; it was fast, convenient, and easy—definitely a viable approach.

Uchiha Yun, sitting opposite him, asked, "You don't have a registered identity in the village, do you? Those merchants couldn't have trusted you in the first place."

Obito scratched his head: "Um... Kurama vouched for me."

→_→←_←

In an instant, all three gazes turned to Obito.

"According to it... it has been cheating and swindling too much, and the garrison has warned it too many times, so it has to find another way to make a living."

"The guarantor had no malicious intent and provided a guarantee for the shipment of goods. After the first task was completed, the second one was much simpler."

Uchiha Yun smiled and asked, "After the first time, you should be able to work independently, right? After all, once you have a good reputation, you can lower the price a bit. Merchants are profit-driven, so they should agree."

Obito hesitated for a moment before replying, "The Nine-Tails even brought in the Hokage's son as a shareholder. I heard that Naruto is a bit short of money, and being the Hokage's son makes a difference."

Naruto?

⊙_⊙

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

Kakashi was wondering whether he should tell Minato-sensei or go and give Naruto a talking-to himself.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Yun was considering something much deeper.

The supernatural abilities of ninjas and the productivity brought by technology will inevitably lead to a tenfold increase in the world's resources.

As resources increase, the population will also double and double again over the next few decades.

At the same time, these resources also create a group of people who become extremely wealthy. For example, businessmen, and guys like Naruto who live off others' profits.

"call……"

After letting out a breath, Uchiha Yun waved his hand and said, "Alright, you guys go drink."

Obito nodded, then turned and left with Kakashi.

Drinking is out of the question; finding another izakaya would be better.

……

"Heh... The budding of capitalism coupled with collusion between officials and businessmen, although that brat Naruto probably didn't think that much about it, it's not a good thing that these signs have appeared so quickly..."

"Naruto's hundred photos of Sasuke after his bath have been exposed. The first thing Sasuke did after his eye transplant was to fight him. He's probably in a hurry because he's heavily in debt."

Why are you explaining this to me? It's not like I don't know.

"Two sides of the same coin, can't you experience talking to yourself for once?"

After he finished speaking, the two fell silent.

A few seconds later, a member of the secret service appeared at the door of the private room.

"Lord Yun, the Hokage requests your presence."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Yun replied and then disappeared from the spot, while his clone continued drinking.

……

Hokage Building, Office.

As soon as Uchiha Yun entered, he saw two pairs of dark circles staring at him, their eyes filled with envy and jealousy.

"You spent two days with that person?"

"I spotted him as soon as he entered Konoha. He said he hadn't been here for many years and asked me to entertain him. Considering our current cooperative relationship, I agreed..."

"So you only played for two days, right?"

Shikaku sighed, "Uzumaki Sora can see some information about the future. After a year of reforms, the ninja world has shown initial results, but more and more problems are also emerging."

"Recently, there have been fewer and fewer high-level, high-reward missions. The decrease in wandering ninjas and bandits has led most merchants to only accept C-level missions, and for short distances, they will even request D-level missions."

Yun, sitting opposite, shrugged: "So, the ninja profession has become unprofitable?"

Minato, who was leaning back, waved his hand to interrupt Shikaku: "There's no need to ask him about these things."

As he spoke, Minato looked at Kuma: "The main reason I asked you to come over first is the issue of balancing forces. The time for the Uzumaki Sora deal is approaching again, and I need to know if you can still maintain a balance with him."

"After all, based on the last transaction, we guessed that you would be handing over Otsutsuki Urashiki to him in the future."

After thinking for a moment, Yun nodded.

"It shouldn't be a big problem. My strength has been improving over the past year, and I've never stopped training to push my physical limits."

These words reassured Minato considerably, even though they shared the same goal and he was certain that an even stronger enemy would emerge in the future.

Based on the decision made by the clouds twenty years later, Konoha made concessions in the Uzumaki Sky deal, but still hoped to maintain the balance.

"Alright, Lord Yun, you can continue having fun. We still have work to do."

Uh!

Yun felt a little embarrassed and bowed slightly, saying, "Then I'll trouble you two. I'll go and get that guy over here."

Before Minato could bring up the matter of succeeding as Hokage again, Uchiha Yun disappeared from the spot.

"He runs quite fast, but I'm afraid I'll let him succeed the fifth generation."

"Now I think the Fifth Hokage might not be him. As the top combatant, just being a mascot who eats, drinks, and has fun is probably his goal."

"Then who will replace me?"

"Anyway, it's not Yun. Just look at the Nine-Tailed Fox; you can actually tell what his inner personality is like."

They had only exchanged a few words when a spatial passage appeared in mid-air above the office building.

After landing inside, Sora Uzumaki waved to the two of them.

"Actually, the speed could be faster, but I wanted to show some respect to our partners, so I deliberately slowed down."

Minato rubbed his temples: "If you want to show respect, you should use the main entrance. And you shouldn't be playing around for two days before coming here to talk business."

Whirlpool shrugged and casually dragged a chair over to sit down.

"The problems you're facing were actually anticipated from the beginning. It's likely that the four great ninja villages are also seeking solutions from you, and that's the biggest pressure."

"After all, Konoha is currently the undisclosed leader, and all orders are obeyed. If problems arise, Konoha will naturally be the one to solve them."

Shikaku nodded in agreement: "That's true. Ordinary people's lives are getting better and better, but this situation also leads to a decrease in the demand for commissioned missions, and the number of missions for each ninja village is decreasing."

"Ninjas are human too, and those who possess chakra naturally have a greater need for food and resources than ordinary people, such as the Akimichi clan..."

Uzumaki Sora replied, "After wiping out the various daimyo prefectures a year ago, a large amount of gold and silver treasures were in the hands of the Akatsuki organization. These can be given to you."

"As the leader of Konoha, everyone likes it when people give out money, so let's stabilize things first. As for fundamental solutions, I've seen some things here."

As he spoke, Uzumaki Sora recounted the antics that Obito, Naruto, and the Nine-Tails had pulled off, and Minato and Shikaku reacted differently to this.

Minato thought that Uzumaki Sora was just making a casual report, and he also thought that Naruto had gone astray. He immediately said that he would have Kushina deal with him when they got back.

However, Shikaku frowned and pondered for a long time.

Admittedly, using the abilities of the Mangekyou Sharingan as a means of transporting goods does seem absurd.

However, relatively speaking, the original impoverished household, Dai Tu, is now showing signs of becoming wealthy, and that's the result.

"Splitting the ninjas?"

Shikaku looked at Uzumaki Sora: "There are only a very few ninjas who possess space-time ninjutsu abilities like Obito. Most ninjas are genin or chunin. So where do they go?"

Shikaku was deep in thought, his brows furrowed.

Genin and Chunin are not like Jonin; most of them only know one or two ninjutsu.

In this situation, how should the traffic be diverted?

……

(End of this chapter)