That night, the Konoha troublemaker dragged a bunch of VIPs along to experience what it felt like to do a 360-degree free fall from midair.
At that moment, except for the Third Hokage and Kazekage, along with a mastermind schemer, an old man, and another ancient relic, all these big shots were screaming they wanted off the plane, repeatedly insisting they had urgent matters needing immediate attention.
The Konoha troublemaker paid no attention whatsoever. Instead, he accelerated to maximum speed, making all those VIPs temporarily forget about their so-called emergencies.
After landing, everyone arrived at the Sunagakure guesthouse.
Inside one small room, an elder and a younger person were secretly discussing something.
"Doing alright for an old-timer, Third. Didn't even make you cry," seeing no outsiders present, Shen dropped his well-behaved child act immediately.
"The salt I've eaten in my lifetime far exceeds the miles you've walked. How could such minor turbulence possibly threaten me?"
"Please, don't think I don't know what kind of 'business' you're really doing inside restrooms. You know my Elemental Chakra Mode has certain capabilities."
"!!!" Hearing this, the Third Hokage immediately lost composure.
Never did he expect his little secret getting exposed—especially by a seven-year-old kid.
Considering the Konoha troublemaker's personality, undoubtedly there was plenty of evidence left behind regarding his restroom novel-reading habits.
If this ever made it into the newspapers, it would be front-page material—a real bombshell.
"So you see, don't celebrate too early, Third. I've still got more surprises waiting for you."
The other party's innocent expression completely shattered the Hokage's psychological defenses: "Good kid... can we keep this between us?"
Shen immediately switched to capitalist mode: "Sure thing. But from now on, no longer assigning missions outside the village."
"Agreed agreed! I guarantee no more leaving-village assignments."
"Nope. Not going to happen. Don't think I'm building you any telephones. That technology won't be available for at least three to five years." Shen saw through the plan instantly.
Although suffering heavy losses, the Third Hokage refused to give up: "Then tell me what should we do?"
Seeing business opportunities arising, Shen immediately went full extortionist: "Uchiha clan or village higher-ups—you pick one."
Facing outrageous demands, the Hokage naturally needed counteroffers: "Nope, needs additional conditions."
"Then I guarantee completing telephone development within four years, plus arranging future airplane orders. So how many positions can you offer?"
"At most one. If you complete this railway within two years, maybe add another."
Hearing this, Shen's face immediately turned gloomy.
Not only having to invent telephone from scratch, but also completing over a dozen aircraft orders, finally serving as laborer for two years at this godforsaken place.
"I'm no time-management guru," he shot back. "Maybe you should find someone better at negotiations."
"Don't don't don't! Everything can be discussed," seeing him rising, the Third Hokage panicked immediately.
Shen was quite satisfied with the other party's actions and gave his final offer: "I won't handle the tracks, but I'll take care of the airplanes and telephones. I need two spots though."
"Alright then, two spots it is. But there's no way in hell you're taking this spot." The Third Hokage had a deep understanding of Konoha's troublemaker's destructive power.
Forget whether a 7-year-old kid could even make it into Konoha's upper ranks. Judging solely by this person's usual behavior, if he really got into this position, would the Hokage Tower ever have a peaceful day again?
He might just set a wall on fire with a [Fire Release] technique if he didn't like the look of it.
By that time, Shen would have to apologize to Hashirama and Tobirama.
So Shen left the small room with a face full of smiles.
"You brat aren't pulling one over on me, right? Our Uchiha clan will have two people in upper ranks now?"
"Listen old man, why would I lie to you about something like this?"
"I hit the jackpot! Never thought a three-month business trip would bring me so many unexpected gains!"
"Not just that, take a look at my eyes."
When Jian Zhi saw the six tomoe inside those red eyes, he immediately raised his hand to rub his own eyes.
"Could it be that my eyesight has gotten worse from too many supplements recently?" He firmly believed those triple tomoe were just an illusion.
But Shen cast a genjutsu for him anyway — a wrestling spectacular from his previous life — though of course it was proper and fully censored.
Lately, since spending more time with Wen and Wu, his mind had started acting strangely, constantly replaying these kinds of scenes automatically in his head all day long.
"! What the hell kind of thing are you showing me? What's so interesting about watching two muscular men rolling around on the ground?" Jian Zhi exited this genjutsu in less than ten seconds.
Originally he had planned to carefully watch just how realistic his little son's genjutsu could be, but couldn't even last ten seconds — clearly demonstrating how mentally polluting it was.
"Ah, old man, your mind is still relatively healthy. Maybe I'll try those other two on you someday."
When Jian Zhi heard this whispering, his face immediately darkened: "What do you mean? If your father had weird preferences, do you think you'd even exist?"
With both hands behind his back, Shen solemnly said: "You can't judge a man just by appearances." He shook his head before continuing: "Who knows what kind of person you really are behind others' backs?"
"You little brat asking for a beating!"
Immediately after, Jian Zhi chased after Shen, who had already started running at full speed. It seemed like the Sunagakure village would soon experience just how powerful this legendary father-son pair truly was.
While the air in Sunagakure village was filled with cheerful energy, Danzo was deep in thought within his own room.
"The Uchiha have already placed over a dozen airplane orders, not to mention the profits from the railways and trains." Supporting his chin with one hand, Danzo could already imagine that the Uchiha must have made a fortune this time.
"Dammit, and we're splitting profits with the village fifty-fifty. We didn't get to gain any benefits at all. These money-hungry bastards, Koharu and Yan Men — even if they agree to let the Uchiha submit their technology, they'll definitely take even more."
The more he thought about it, the more depressed and frustrated he felt. Opposite him had given up part of their profits as a move of retreating to advance, while simultaneously occupying the high moral ground of responding to hostility with virtue.
If they resorted to brute force and succeeded, Konoha would instantly gain a reputation as thieves who stole what others worked hard for. After that, no clan would dare keep anything valuable within reach.
"Who exactly is behind this? That bold political maneuver is truly brilliant. It not only allows the Uchiha and Konoha to negotiate as equals but also grants them protection for years to come."
The first name that came to Danzo's mind was Kazushi. He had kept track of how many times the other man had sabotaged his schemes.
"Shen Uchiha? I won't believe that a child could actually create so many remarkable inventions. The Uchiha must be using Orochimaru's name."
He refused to believe that all these new marvels appearing in Konoha in recent years were co-created by those two individuals.
"Darn you, Kazushi! You really think acting like an idiot will make me believe you're not the one calling the shots?" The mastermind conspirator reached his conclusion based on the arrogant and shameless attitude the other had shown over the past couple of years.
"You Uchiha just wait!" Danzo bellowed in rage.
So, Shen was once again completely overlooked by the grandmaster of all blame, floating high above the atmosphere with half his body already out in outer space.
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