I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapters 380 & 381: Five Shadows (Revised)

"Your Majesty, please stop slacking off!"

After the silver-haired girl, Liliana, gave a polite greeting, she immediately began to offer her advice in a serious tone.

The girl had an ethereal beauty; her long, beautiful silver hair was loose and somewhat disheveled, and the dark circles under her eyes were particularly noticeable on her pale face.

It's like being exploited by a ruthless company, an overworked corporate slave, on the verge of burning out.

Although her frail body tried her best to stand upright, it still felt somewhat unsteady, like a white lily swaying gently in the wind.

"I've been very busy lately. Lily, thank you for your hard work..."

Seeing Liliana, who was exhausted but still meticulous and trying her best to maintain a proper posture, the "idle" Uchiha Naruto couldn't help but feel inexplicably guilty.

Just then, Liliana's face turned pale, her body tilted, and she was about to fall to the ground.

Naruto Uchiha, who was sitting on the stone seat, instantly flashed behind Liliana and supported her slender waist.

From this angle, you can clearly see the three-tomoe mark of the Heavenly Curse on the back of Liliana's neck, and her pointed ears beneath her silver hair.

"My apologies! I have made a fool of myself in front of the King."

Liliana's face flushed slightly as she broke free from Uchiha Naruto's embrace and bowed.

Naruto Uchiha's expression hardened as he carefully examined Liliana's face.

Liliana's elfin-like appearance is not just a metaphor; she actually has a pair of slightly longer, pointed ears like an elf!

"Making Lily enter her cursed state to work overtime? Am I being a bit too cruel, as the boss?"

Like Hagoromo Shiranui's fox ears and tail, Liliana's long ears are also a consequence of being cursed.

Three years of the Juedi Tiantong era passed in the blink of an eye, but in reality, a lot happened.

Just like finding Inaba in the moonlight, Naruto Uchiha, who inherited the female destiny of the Uchiha Sage, went on to find four other girls with strong personalities and tragic fates.

Uchiha Naruto's seal technique has been upgraded to LV4 (max), surpassing even Orochimaru's level.

Orochimaru openly has two backups: Sasuke Uchiha and Anko. Even if the Heavenly Curse Mark planted on Sasuke is removed by the Totsuka Blade, he can still be resurrected from Anko's Heavenly Curse Mark.

For Naruto Uchiha, as a backup plan for resurrection, it's natural that he wouldn't only have Inaba Tsukimi, but rather as many as possible.

The number of people who can plant the Heavenly Curse Seal with the LV4 Curse Seal technique is five.

Happy people are all alike; every unhappy person is unhappy in their own way.

Along with Tsukimi no Inaba, whose parents died in the line of duty and who was used as a human experiment by Higuchi Orochi, the other four also suffered misfortune, either facing desperate situations or losing their place in the real world.

If they were ordinary girls with no desires or wants, Naruto Uchiha wouldn't have dragged them into the underworld of the extraordinary side.

As a backup of the Heavenly Curse Seal, among the extraordinary individuals transformed by Uchiha Naruto, the importance of Tsukimi no Inaba and the other four was second only to Uchiha Senmon.

In that case, it would be less convenient to remain behind the scenes.

Naruto Uchiha is the origin of all human superhumans. He can take away the ninjutsu, chakra, and even the life of other superhumans in an instant.

The Heavenly Curse Seal is imbued with the chakra containing Naruto Uchiha's will. Under the subtle influence of the absolute difference in chakra quality, it can establish a bond closer than blood ties.

Naruto Uchiha had no idea that they might leak information.

Of course, the Akatsuki members, the gods and Buddhas, and even the Lord of Mount Tai were all just aliases of Uchiha Naruto, and Uchiha Naruto would never reveal a word about this.

Instead, they used a similar excuse to that of PUA Tsukimi Rii Inaba to lure them onto a pirate ship.

As for the rest, leave it blank for them to fill in the blanks with their own imagination.

Since there were five of them, Uchiha Naruto, in a moment of mischievousness, named them the "Five Kage".

The Five Kage, acting as representatives of Naruto Uchiha, directly manage the entire Hawk organization.

Others within the organization, even extraordinary individuals like Yamashita Toru, only knew that above the Five Kage was a mysterious and unpredictable "King," and nothing else.

Within the Hawk organization, Liliana was essentially Uchiha Naruto's secretary and chief steward.

After Tsukimi no Inaba, whose status was second only to Uchiha Naruto, fell into a deep sleep, both the practical battle plans and the management of the royal city fell on the shoulders of Liliana, the youngest of the Five Kage.

Even with Uchiha Naruto's current arrogance, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

"Lily, would you like to sit down and rest for a bit?"

Seeing that Liliana looked weak and unsteady on her feet, Uchiha Naruto was afraid that she would die from overwork, so he looked at the stone seat on the steps.

"This is the king's throne; please forgive me for refusing."

Although she was still a little unsteady, the silver-haired girl refused in a firm and methodical manner.

"But it would be my honor to be seated by Your Majesty. If you would allow, I will prepare my own seat."

After obtaining Uchiha Naruto's consent, Liliana flicked her finger at the puppet beside her, and the humanoid puppet transformed into a futuristic wheelchair.

However, Liliana did not sit down. Instead, she stood upright with a straight expression and eyes fixed straight ahead.

Seeing this, Naruto Uchiha had no choice but to go back up onto the stage and sit down on the stone seat.

"Sorry."

Liliana then sat down in her wheelchair.

"Seeing is believing, Your Majesty. Please come with me to tour the city."

"No need. I just took a look at the whole situation, and it's completely different from when I came here half a month ago."

Naruto Uchiha wasn't particularly interested in the renovation and restoration of the Uchiha clan's ruins, saying:

"Lily, just give a brief introduction."

"Yes."

Sitting in her wheelchair, Liliana flicked a thin, almost invisible chakra thread at the remaining puppet, opening its abdominal cavity and releasing several mechanical spiders.

The mechanical spiders stretched out their arms and legs, transforming into small drones that flew out of the dilapidated hall one after another.

Next, the puppet's head separated and transformed into a projector, projecting images captured by the camera mounted on the drone.

Liliana then began to report to Uchiha Naruto about the first phase of the renovation project.

Naruto Uchiha chose the ruins of the Uchiha clan as the rear base of the Hawk organization. Many of the buildings were weathered and decayed due to their age and were not suitable for habitation. The most severely damaged ones even had to be demolished and rebuilt.

Under Liliana's leadership, the Uchiha Ruins have gradually been transformed, leaving traces of modern civilization on top of the original ancient Eastern architectural style.

The city's main thoroughfare has been completely renovated and paved with cement, creating a straight and wide avenue that stretches from the mountainside all the way to the foot of the mountain.

Streetlights and utility poles are spaced at regular intervals along the street, and several signal towers stand tall.

Water supply, electricity, communications, and even the local area network have all been set up.

While living in the ruins of the Uchiha clan is certainly not as convenient as living in the city for ordinary people, it is at least bathed in the light of civilization, which is infinitely better than before.

"The first phase of construction has been completed. I plan to complete the second and third phases of construction this year, so that the living conditions in the royal city can reach the level of a town."

Liliana said with great enthusiasm.

I didn't realize you were such an infrastructure fanatic, Lily.

Naruto Uchiha glanced at Liliana uncomfortably.

Although your words and dark circles are very convincing, I'm really a little worried that you won't be able to keep it up.

Naruto Uchiha raised his head again and looked at the screen.

At the construction site at the foot of the mountain, large construction machines were being dug and leveled under the direction of engineers wearing yellow helmets, working busily and enthusiastically.

The people busy at the construction site were not ordinary workers, but a large group of puppets who had been specially modified to specialize in construction.

It was thanks to these puppets who worked tirelessly, without eating, drinking, or sleeping—working even harder than the 996 work schedule—that the Uchiha Relics were able to be built so quickly, contributing to Naruto Uchiha's cause.

Seeing the traces of modern technology altering the puppets, Uchiha Naruto raised an eyebrow, revealing a hint of approval.

The ninjutsu Liliana learned from Naruto Uchiha was the Puppet Technique.

She controls hundreds of puppets on the construction site, no wonder she's so busy and overwhelmed, she doesn't even have enough hands and arms, she even wants to borrow a cat's paw.

"Lily, there's no need to rush the city's reconstruction."

Uchiha Naruto hesitated for a moment before asking:

"Are we currently manpower-efficient?"

"If you allow me, I would like to recruit the same number of skilled workers and engineers," Liliana replied respectfully.

Repairing and renovating the Uchiha ruins in a secret location was naturally a top-secret project.

In fact, the hundred skilled workers and engineers currently working at the Uchiha Ruins were all swindled and tricked by a large foreign company controlled by Hawk behind the scenes.

Calling it a scam or deception isn't quite accurate, because the contract was extremely harsh, implying that one would have to work in secluded places like Africa for one to three years; due to the restrictions, one would not be able to contact the outside world or see one's family; and one would have to obey all orders from the client.

Such treaties were extremely harsh.

However, the job offers extremely generous compensation and benefits, with a salary more than five times that of the industry average, and a year's salary is paid on the spot upon selection.

The skilled workers and engineers who came to sign up were naturally full of doubts about such a strange contract.

I was terrified that I would be kidnapped to some horrible place and have my kidneys cut off.

But what kind of scammer would be so generous as to pay such a huge resettlement fee, especially since the person recruiting is a construction company owned by a Forbes-listed billionaire?

After the advent of the extraordinary era, the doomsday prophecy also resurfaced. Who knows if it was just a wealthy person's sudden whim to build a doomsday castle or underground fortress in some secret location?

Naruto Uchiha wasn't planning on sensitive or high-tech projects like high-speed rail or nuclear power plants; he was just doing simple urban infrastructure and civil engineering. People like that are everywhere in the world.

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

The recruitment of about a hundred skilled workers and engineers was completed quickly, but once on board, getting out was not so easy...

In reality, the Hawk is not a notorious and evil super-terrorist organization like Akatsuki on Earth; on the contrary, it is doing quite well outside of Japan.

During the three years of the Sekiji Tenchu, Uchiha Naruto's activities were mainly concentrated in Japan. In addition, the hand seals and ninjutsu of Naruto were heavily influenced by Eastern mythology and were not suitable for being disguised as supernatural powers such as magic or fighting spirit.

He wasn't keen on causing trouble abroad. The Twelve Divine Generals and the Eagle's extraordinary beings were mostly Japanese, and the locations where the secret realms opened were mostly in Japan.

After all, Naruto Uchiha was not an anti-human or anti-social individual. He carefully controlled the selection of those who obtained superhuman powers. Apart from fighting with the Twelve Divine Generals for resources in secret realm dungeons, the superhumans of the Hawk would not run into the real world and indiscriminately kill innocent people.

This resulted in the Japanese and American governments being the only ones directly clashing with the hawks.

The Hawk Organization has a good reputation among the Japanese public.

Outside of Japan, Eagle's reputation soared even higher.

To this day, many major powers do not have any extraordinary beings under their command, so they naturally flock to extraordinary powers and are eager to find talented individuals.

The nation yearns to regain its strategic advantage in the new era, while individuals aspire to greater power, longevity, and immortality...

Governmental representatives from various countries and representatives of international conglomerates are openly and covertly trying to make contact with members of the Eagle Organization, extending warm invitations for them to develop in their countries with all sorts of enticing offers.

Ideally, we could bring the entire eagle to our homeland, creating something from nothing and transforming it into a superpower comparable to Japan.

At the height of the power struggle between the Eagle Organization and the Twelve Divine Generals, the Supernatural Police Department also sincerely wanted to recruit the Eagle Organization and incorporate it into the national system.

It wasn't until last year, in 2024, that Tsukimi Inaba and Shiranui Hagoromo broke into the secret base at Yokosuka Port and rescued Yamashita Tetsu and other human experiment subjects, that they truly broke ties with the Japanese and American governments.

Even so, Japan and the United States' attempt to list the Hawke as an international terrorist organization was thwarted by other major powers and failed.

With power and the Mangekyou Sharingan at the level of Naruto Uchiha, manipulating a country would be as easy as turning one's hand.

Without even needing Naruto Uchiha to intervene, Hawk directly or indirectly controlled several large international corporations, establishing bases around the world.

Besides the engineers, getting engineering equipment, materials, and daily necessities in is a piece of cake.

After instructing Liliana not to rush the infrastructure construction at the Uchiha ruins, Uchiha Naruto glanced at the silent female ninja kneeling on the ground and asked carefully:

"Yoruichi, what do you have to report?"

"My lord, we have found a lead regarding the mass-produced superhumans you asked me to investigate, those capable of projectile bone blades and bone projectiles."

Kato Yoruichi lowered her head, remaining kneeling motionless, while the black cat at her feet strolled out and activated its telepathic technique:

"Shuichi Satomi sent me a message saying that he had participated in this human experiment."

(End of this chapter)