Naruto, aspiring to become a well-known figure in the ninja world

The higher-ups of Konoha had long since gotten used to Gojo Jieyue's often weird remarks.

Ninjas do not share the same joys and sorrows.

On one side, the reformists led by Gojo Kegetsu were chatting and laughing with the foreign businessman Kobori and his men. On the other side, the conservatives represented by Shimura Danzo were in deep silence.

Shameful, so shameful!

Even with Shimura Danzo's stubbornness, he couldn't seem to find any good point to reprimand Gojo Kegetsu for bribing nobles from other countries.

He is just a businessman, but he has already recovered most of the coins he spent.

At this moment, Danzo Shimura felt that he had spoken a little too loudly in the Hokage Building just now.

Danzo looked at Gojo Kegetsu deeply. This time, he won.

"Yan, let's go." Danzo Shimura turned around and was about to leave. Staying in such an occasion would only bring humiliation to himself.

Mitomon En quickly caught up with Danzo and said, "Danzo, is that it?"

"Even if he's awesome at this, what about the ninja forehead protector?"

"The laws of our ancestors cannot be changed. I will never wear that new forehead protector."

Shimura Danzo turned his head and looked at his old friend with a dim gaze. There seemed to be an invisible long braid behind his head:

"The Uchiha clan has been more active recently, so we should pay more attention to this."

"As for Gojo Jieyue..."

"Ignore it for now."

Volume 28: I've been to Konoha, where people are free to speak

"Ah, this is a rare opportunity, let's take this opportunity to go to Ichiraku Ramen and have a meal."

"By the way, let's talk about the new ideas for Yimu while we eat."

After settling the foreign businessmen, Gojo Keizuki took Namikaze Minato to Ichiraku Ramen.

Ichiraku Ramen is located in a prime location on the commercial street. It happened to be dinner time, so there were many customers in the store.

It took a while before it was Wu Shui and the other man's turn to sit down.

"Really...if you want to discuss business matters, you should choose a formal setting."

Minato Namikaze looked around. The environment was crowded with people and eyes everywhere. It didn't seem like a suitable place to talk.

"Oh my, it's all Danzo's fault. I was supposed to give it to you this afternoon, but it was delayed."

"Hey, let's not talk about this for now, Minato, come and take a look at my new masterpiece."

When the ramen was served, Gojo Keizuki handed over the book "Adaptability Required for Living in the Ninja World" which he had written in the afternoon.

"This is……"

Namikaze Minato took the draft.

Last time, "The Konoha Store Under Attack" was just as Gojo Jieyue said, attracting foreign investment into Konoha. What kind of surprise will it bring him this time?

Namikaze Minato looked at the first line of text with great anticipation, and couldn't help but read it out in a low voice -

"…His name is Gojo Kegetsu." Minato raised his head and glanced at Gojo Kegetsu who was spinning ramen with some surprise, then continued reading.

"Use force to gain for yourself..."

As one of the two protagonists in the story, a glimmer of reminiscence flashed across Minato Namikaze's eyes.

The 50 years of Konoha were truly a difficult time.

His title of "Yellow Flash" in the ninja world and the divine robe he was wearing were all earned during that period.

Although a year has passed, Minato Namikaze still has a deep impression of what happened last year.

He scanned his memory, but could not find the fact that he had gone to the prison to meet Gojo Kegetsu.

If he had expected it, this was another completely made-up article.

The more he read, the weirder Minato Namikaze felt.

As we all know, the one who ruled the rice industry for 50 years was his teacher's teacher - the third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen.

It's only been a year since the change of leadership. Is this really something we can talk about?

Putting that aside...

Regarding the compensation, it is true. At that time, Konoha was facing the "coalition" policy of the ninja village, and continued to reduce the number of enemies, so it did not pursue the fault of Kirigakure...

There is resentment among the people, but it is not to the point where there are marches and protests.

The ninjas of Konoha Village are very obedient to the Hokage, who represents the will of fire.

Even if we take a step back and say that even though the teacher's ideas seem conservative and outdated now, if a demonstration really happened, it would not lead to putting Jie Yuejun in jail.

Namikaze Minato fell into thought.

He is well versed in Gojo Jieyue, and his frequent "crazy talk" and "lofty speeches" are always new to hear.

It is precisely because of this that Namikaze Minato tried hard to keep up with Gojo Kegetsu's thinking, but he still could not understand the deeper meaning.

After a long time, he said:

"Hey, Jieyue-kun. I think this article is...inappropriate."

Hearing Namikaze Minato's comments, Gojo Kegetsu was not surprised. He picked up a piece of delicious barbecued pork and put it into his mouth, and asked:

"What's wrong?"

Minato organized his words: "If "Konoha Shop" is to spread the friendliness of our Konoha to foreign merchants, then this adaptation, isn't it exposing our own shortcomings?"

"Besides, it's a made-up story. What happened last year wasn't as serious as this."

If the relationship between the two was not as strong as that between a jinchūriki and a tailed beast, Namikaze Minato might have suspected that Gojo Kegetsu wrote the article just to flatter himself.

"No, no, no, Minato, you're focusing on the wrong thing."

Gojo Jieyue shook his head repeatedly: "As the victorious village, our Konoha still has complaints from the civilian ninjas. Do you think that as the defeated village, their village will be peaceful?"

"Ok?"

Gojo Kegetsu's words seemed to awaken Minato Namikaze. He picked up the draft again, trying to see some differences.

After a long pause, he tentatively asked, "You mean... free will? Free speech?"

"Yes."

Gojo Jieyue nudged his chopsticks: "Let me give you an extreme example. You know what happened in Kirigakure recently, Minato."

"You mean... bloody mist."

The current Mist Village practices cruel rule and persecutes ninjas with bloodline limits. It is also known as the Blood Mist Village.

"Under such a high-pressure environment, even ordinary ninjas without bloodline are in danger. Dissatisfaction with the village is about to reach its peak."

"Daimyo Mizukage, is there any kind of person?"

"Look at the Konoha Village. Even an ordinary Chunin can become a high-ranking village official as an advisor."

"Are we worse than Gojo Jieyue? We work like cattle and horses every day!"

"Overthrow the corrupt village government, the glory belongs to the ninja..."

Gojo Jieyue casually said what might happen: "It is rare for the lower class to defeat the higher class in the ninja world. I need to give them some confidence."

"Tell them that freedom of speech is a must!"

"Look, even a certain minister of the Fire Nation has said that if the village doesn't allow freedom of speech, he will support the use of force!"

"This……"

Namikaze Minato was speechless. If everything really developed as Gojo Kegetsu said, such an extreme situation would indeed happen.

In the ninja world, the Hidden Mist Village is an exception.

The public anger there is the most severe, and a large-scale rebellion at the ninja level is most likely to occur.

As for other ninja villages, they probably won't revolt, but there will be enough "awakened" ninjas who "open their eyes to the ninja world" to cause trouble.

Making trouble = hindering development.

While hindering the development of other villages, Konoha is thriving. According to the five equations, this is a win-win situation for Konoha.

The big question now is…

"It's a good idea, but how many ninjas will believe it?"

"As for the story, people who are willing to believe it will believe it even if they don't believe it. People who are unwilling to believe it won't believe it even if it's true."

"You can never wake up a ninja who's pretending to be asleep. Minato knows that."

"That's it..."

Namikaze Minato scratched his head, nodded as if he understood, and finally figured out Gojo Jieyue's purpose.

Like "Konoha Shop", "Adaptability" is also for the development of Konoha.

"Jie Yue-kun, you really... worry about Konoha."

Namikaze Minato felt a little heavy-hearted, but still said: "I understand what you want to do, Jieyue-kun. But..."

"After all, the text implicitly hints at the Sandaime. I would like to personally ask for his opinion on this matter."

"If the Sandaime disagrees, I hope the hint in the text can be changed to a clear direction."

"It points to Elder Danzo."

Volume 29: Don’t learn it, this is PUA!

Gojo Jieyue's hand, which was about to move his chopsticks, paused slightly and he sighed in his heart.

After all, Minato is still one of the best good guys in the ninja world.

There is another purpose he didn't mention, and "Adaptability" still contains some of his little thoughts.

That is to weaken the influence of the Sandaime in Konoha Village and in the ninja world. Weakening the influence of Sarutobi Hiruzen is equivalent to indirectly weakening the Konoha F4 small group behind him and increasing the prosperity of Konoha politics.

This is a perfect solution for Konoha with no disadvantages.

Even if Danzo is replaced, the goal of allowing the ninjas of the four major ninja villages to pursue "freedom of speech" can be achieved...but the other part of the plan cannot be realized.

Danzo's title is the Darkness of the Ninja World, no matter how much he is weakened, it will only be like that!

Who knows, he might even blame it on Mitomon...

It’s all Danzo’s fault!

Gojo Jieyue cursed in his heart again:

"Well, you are the Hokage, Minato."

"I'm sorry, Jieyue-kun. I will report this to the Sandaime tomorrow and give you an answer." Namikaze Minato said apologetically, "I'll pay for this ramen."

He finished the ramen in the bowl in just a few bites.

Minato Namikaze stood up and walked towards the uncle who was fighting with him.

"Boss, how much is it?"

"Oh, it's the Fourth Hokage!" When Kobori Tetsu, who was busy in the kitchen, saw that it was Minato, he smiled brightly: "Two bowls of ramen, a total of 120 taels, round off, you can just give me 100 taels."

Namikaze Minato nodded.

A bowl of ramen filled with all the ingredients is only 60 taels, which is really the conscience of the ninja world.