Hostile to the Uchiha? Don't regret relocating your entire clan!

He really wanted to ask Uchiha Yuzuru, "You're working so hard, but who the hell is actually in Kumogakure?"

Just then, an ANBU member appeared in the Hokage's office.

"Lord Hokage, this is a scroll sent by someone from Kumogakure."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart sank. He opened the scroll, glanced at it, and almost fainted on the spot.

Those bastards from Hidden Cloud Village are going to make them pay 10 billion taels in compensation again.

They're treating them like ATMs.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was furious for a moment, then sighed helplessly.

The current Konoha really can't withstand any more turmoil.

So what if we lose money?

This is something he's best at.

After thinking for a while, Hiruzen Sarutobi made a decision.

Let each household in Konoha contribute a little more money, and then let the powerful ninja clans contribute even more.

Finally, like the Hidden Cloud Village, they overthrew the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and extracted some money from those nobles and royalty.

If you calculate it that way, there might even be some left over.

"Do you know what the situation is with the Allied Shinobi Forces right now? We haven't heard from them for days."

"Nonsense, the battles at the front are definitely classified. Do you expect me to report the latest developments to you every day?"

"That's true, but I still feel a little uneasy."

"This time, it's a joint ninja force formed by Konoha, Kirigakure, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure, with the support of various daimyo. What's there to worry about?"

"Yes, as long as we win this battle, we can repay the humiliation we suffered a hundredfold!"

“Well said. This time, we will also make the Hidden Cloud Village pay us compensation and make the Uchiha clan come to apologize.”

Because Danzo Shimura and Orochimaru returned to Konoha with only a few dozen people, and because they deliberately concealed the truth, the villagers of Konoha still do not know that the Allied Shinobi Forces have been defeated.

Just as they were having a heated discussion, two members of the secret service pushed through the crowd and posted a notice on a bulletin board in the street.

After the Anbu left, all the Konoha villagers nearby curiously gathered around.

The next second, their faces all turned ugly.

"What a joke! The Allied Shinobi Forces actually failed? What were they even doing?!"

"Where did Shimura Danzo come from? How can someone I've never even heard of be appointed as the commander-in-chief?"

"Another payout? After beating us like this, how can you treat us like this?!"

Although each family only needs to contribute 5,000 taels compared to last time, this is undoubtedly adding insult to injury for the already impoverished villagers of Konoha.

They can't even afford to eat, yet they still have to lose money...

Many people have frozen to death in winter!

They didn't live like this before, how did they fall to this state in just one year?

Inside the Hokage's office.

The Nara clan, the Akimichi clan, the Inuzuka clan, the Hyuga clan, the Yamanaka clan, the Aburame clan...

The heads of all the ninja clans in Konoha gathered together for a rare occasion.

They looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi and said, "Hokage-sama, we have already lost many of our clan's elites in this war. Now you want each of our clans to pay hundreds of millions of ryo in reparations? Isn't that a bit too much..."

So many of their people died, and they didn't get any benefits, and now they have to pay compensation...

There's no such logic in the world!

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi's attitude was unusually tough when facing the ninja clan leaders of these villages.

He took a drag of his cigarette and said in a deep voice, "With great power comes great responsibility."

“It’s all about the village.”

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the various clan leaders were as if they had eaten excrement.

Someone was about to say something when they were glared at by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"I am the Hokage of this village! Do you intend to disobey my orders?!"

Sensing the aura emanating from Hiruzen Sarutobi, the clan leaders in the office exchanged bewildered glances and ultimately had no choice but to concede defeat.

When the Uchiha clan left the village, they thought they could get a bigger slice of the pie and celebrated.

But the Uchiha clan actually thrived outside.

Not only did they not get to eat the cake, they also had to give up a lot of benefits.

Looking back now, it's really ironic.

If we had provided more support to the Uchiha clan back then, would things have turned out the way they are today?

The ninjas of Kumogakure paid no attention to what was happening in Konoha.

Because they are all busy with the same thing—

Write a thank-you letter to Konoha Village!

Chapter 74 Novel Compensation Methods

The newly installed mailboxes can be seen on every street.

In front of each mailbox stood many villagers and ninjas from Kumogakure.

Their faces were full of excitement, and they were holding pens and notebooks, discussing things incessantly.

"Today is the deadline for writing thank-you notes to Konoha. Do you have any other ideas?"

"It's all gone, not a single drop left. I feel completely drained."

"Hahahaha... You guys are really cunning, managing to write so much in one letter. Those guys in Konoha will probably be furious when they see this."

"I don't care whether they're angry or not, because what I wrote on it was all from the bottom of my heart."

"Hehehe...Let me see, let's have a chat!"

The same scene kept playing out in different parts of Hidden Cloud Village.

The Third Raikage and the others watched the villagers' happy faces from the Raikage's office, and they couldn't help but smile.

The Third Raikage said to Yuzuru Uchiha, "Yuzuru, I really admire you more and more. You've managed to get these roughnecks in our village to write letters so enthusiastically."

"You know, normally when we ask them to write a task log, they complain for a long time, and they start to doze off after writing just a few words."

"This is the first time I've ever actively picked up a pen and pondered deeply to write something like this."

Makoto Azabu laughed, "Lord Raikage, this is not surprising at all. Just thinking about what Yuzuru is about to do makes me want to laugh, let alone the people in the village."

"When people do bad things, their energy is comparable to that of a tailed beast."

Upon hearing the words of the Third Raikage and Azabu Makoto, A couldn't help but let out a soft snort.

I never expected that Yuzuru Uchiha would not only be so incredibly strong, but also so cunning. I'll never dare to offend him again.

Otherwise, it's one thing to get beaten up, but if he manages to kill you, it will be too late to regret it.

Uchiha Yuzuru didn't say much, but simply pulled Hatake Sakumo to the desk: "Sakumo, write a thank-you letter to Konoha as well."

Sakumo Hatake pointed to himself, somewhat surprised: "Me? But I don't know how to write these things."

"What's the big deal? I'll teach you," Uchiha Yuzuru laughed. "Just write down your true feelings after arriving in Kumogakure, and then focus on thanking the Third Hokage for his contributions."

Seeing Uchiha Yuzuru's persistence, Hatake Sakumo gave a wry smile and could only pick up his pen and start writing.

It's better not to write, because once I start writing, inspiration just flows like a spring.

In just a short time, he had already written two thousand words.

After finishing writing, Sakumo Hatake asked somewhat embarrassedly, "Yuzuru, I'm not very good with words. Do you think it's okay?"

Uchiha Yuzuru gave a thumbs up: "Awesome!"

Killing people is also heartbreaking.

Uchiha Yuzuru felt that these thank-you letters would be just as damaging to those bastards in Konoha as the previous two wars he had waged against Konoha.

After all, physical injuries are easy to heal, but mental trauma is difficult to recover from.

Just as the group was talking, Tsuchitai pushed open the office door and walked in.

"Lord Raikage, Lord Yuzuru, all the compensation payments from the various villages have been delivered over the past few days."

“Iwagakure and Kirigakure each paid 5 billion ryo in compensation, while Konoha paid 10 billion ryo.”

"Sunagakure paid 2 billion ryo in compensation, and also sent some gold dust and ninjutsu scrolls."

After listening to Tu Tai's report, everyone present couldn't help but feel excited.

More than 20 billion!

This money came too easily.

I wish there would be more good things like this in the future. Anyway, apart from consuming some chakra, they didn't pay any price.

After calming himself down, the Third Raikage looked at Uchiha Yuzuru: "Yuzuru, you contributed the most this time. How do you think we should distribute this compensation?"

Although the Allied Shinobi Forces only mobilized 10,000 men this time, if it weren't for Uchiha Yuzuru's final strike that brought the Allied Shinobi Forces to their knees, this war would have continued for who knows how long.

After all, with the support of the Daimyo, the four great ninja villages joined forces, and they had both money and manpower.

If they get dragged into a protracted war, then the Hidden Cloud Village might not necessarily have the last laugh.

Therefore, the Third Raikage believed that as the greatest contributor, Uchiha Yuzuru should be the one to distribute these rewards.

Uchiha Yuzuru didn't mince words and thought for a moment before saying, "Let's do it the same way as last time. Our Uchiha clan will take half of the compensation money, and the village can manage the rest."

"The ninjutsu scrolls will be shared by the Uchiha clan and the village."

"After the gold is refined, let's split it equally."

Uchiha Yuzuru wasn't overly greedy.

Although he did contribute the most in this battle, and even if others had contributed more, it wouldn't have mattered. But he always respected others as much as they respected him.

With the compensation from the last time, the Uchiha clan will not be short of money for a long time.

Since it's just sitting there anyway, we might as well use this money to build up the Land of Lightning; that would be making the best use of it.

"Okay, then I'll do as you say."

Like Uchiha Yuzuru, the Third Raikage didn't pretend to be polite and directly agreed to Uchiha Yuzuru's idea.

After overthrowing the daimyo, the Land of Lightning has been carrying out infrastructure construction such as road and bridge building, which is exactly when money is needed.

Just as the Third Raikage was preparing to write several ceasefire agreements for Tsuchigata and send them back to the other villages, Uchiha Yuzuru raised his hand to stop him.

"Yuzuru, what's wrong?"

Uchiha Yuzuru said calmly, "Other villages paid the full amount of compensation, but Sunagakure only paid two billion ryo. I'm not very satisfied with that."

Upon hearing this, Tsuchida explained, "Lord Yuzuru, the Land of Wind is all desert, and both its population and resources are extremely scarce."

"Two billion taels is about their limit."

"If you take into account the value of these gold dust and ninjutsu resources, the difference won't be that much."

After hearing Tsuchida's explanation, Uchiha Yuzuru still shook his head: "No."

Seeing Tsuchida's pleading look, the Third Raikage asked in a deep voice, "Yuzuru, what are you planning to do?"

"Should we attack Sunagakure?"

He didn't really agree with attacking Sunagakure; even if they won, they wouldn't gain much from it.

Moreover, other ninja villages might be lurking in the shadows, eyeing them covetously. If they were to attack Sunagakure, they would find themselves unable to defend themselves from both sides.

If other villages take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, they'll be in trouble.

Sensing the gazes of the Third Raikage and others, Uchiha Yuzuru smiled and said, "War is merely a means, not an end."

“It doesn’t matter if they don’t have money. What I mean is to have Sunagakure compensate us with a ninja who has a bloodline limit.”