Konoha.
Meeting Room.
Just now...
Senju Tobirama, representing his brother Senju Hashirama, convened a meeting of all high-level officials of Konoha in the name of the First Hokage. Initially, everything in the meeting was normal. He planned to continue deepening Konoha's internal reforms next year, especially in terms of capital investment. Investment in Konoha's commercial development and the ninja training model must be increased... In short, learn from the Akatsuki Ninja Village in all aspects!
But he was too impatient.
His series of actions could be called drastic!
As everyone knows... taking too big a step can easily tear the crotch.
Uchiha Makoto had planned the future of the Akatsuki Ninja Village since its founding, robbing the family assets of the nobles of the Land of Fire and even the entire ninja world several times, fighting a ninja war in between, and sending the uncles in the village to see the Sage of Six Paths, before successfully leading the Akatsuki Ninja Village out of the vicious circle of traditional ninja villages.
So... it wouldn't be so easy for Senju Tobirama to replicate the path of the Akatsuki Ninja Village.
Admittedly.
The big cooperations facilitated by Uchiha Makoto would occasionally include Konoha. Because of Uchiha Makoto, Konoha's financial funds had been steadily increasing in recent years.
But according to Senju Tobirama's reform plan, Konoha's financial funds would inevitably be unable to support it.
However, Senju Tobirama had a plan in mind.
"We can only make the hardworking and capable Konoha ninjas in the village suffer a little!"
"Take a cut from mission rewards, lower the salaries of public servants, beg the Daimyo again..."
"As ninjas, we are people who endure. It won't be bitter forever... As long as we persist in enduring hardship, every difficulty can be overcome... Everything is for Konoha!"
The first pot of gold for capital accumulation is either robbed from others or exploited from one's own people.
So... Senju Tobirama chose to let Konoha ninjas work hard for a few years to accumulate enough capital for Konoha, and then make Konoha's business bigger and stronger.
Eventually surpassing the Akatsuki Ninja Village!
But most of the ninja clans within Konoha were actually conservatives, and the uncles were more stubborn than the last.
Convincing them was not an easy task.
Hearing that Senju Tobirama decided to divert funds originally invested in training ninjas to the commercial field, and various acts of "exploiting" ninjas.
They instinctively felt uneasy.
It was a time of peace now, and there were no large-scale ninja wars in the ninja world, especially within the Land of Fire.
So the number of ninjas in each family had been steadily increasing.
But because of peace, the total volume of traditional missions had been declining in recent years. Coupled with the storm of public opinion and the deliberate suppression of Konoha by the high-level officials of the Land of Fire, generally speaking, life for Konoha ninjas would not be easy in the next few years.
Once the village reduced funding for ninja training and increased "exploitation" of ninjas.
How could they explain to the ninjas in their families?
Hard work for a few years?
Easier said than done!
If the ninjas within the village became dissatisfied and even caused trouble, who would be responsible?
And the Konoha ninja clans were not deaf to matters outside the village.
The Akatsuki Ninja Village rose all the way. Since the Kumogakure war, many ninja clans in Konoha had turned their eyes to the Akatsuki Ninja Village and consciously collected various intelligence within it. Plus, the Akatsuki Ninja Village had made such big moves in recent years, and various media newspapers in the Land of Fire spread it wantonly.
Even if Senju Tobirama deliberately blocked some news about the Akatsuki Ninja Village.
But trying to hide it from these old ninjas who had been in intelligence all their lives was almost impossible!
Next door, the Akatsuki Ninja Village was a scene of vitality, where all things compete for freedom.
Akatsuki ninjas not only had more style and prestige than Konoha ninjas when performing missions in the ninja world, but their treatment was also higher year by year.
At the current development speed of the two villages.
In a few years, the treatment of ordinary villagers in the Akatsuki Ninja Village might be better than that of Konoha Genin!
Although Genin could be said to be cannon fodder-level ninjas in both villages.
But Genin were ninjas after all!
It was ridiculous that the life of ninja masters couldn't compare to an ordinary villager!
Do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution.
The efforts of those vermin in the Land of Fire were not in vain.
This glaring gap could be said to have been laid bare before Konoha ninjas.
Konoha ninjas who originally thought Konoha was stronger than the Akatsuki Ninja Village began to gradually disappear.
The most direct manifestation was that the sales of the Akatsuki Ninja Village's "The New Ninja" remained high in Konoha, and little stories about the Akatsuki Ninja Village were sung in the streets and alleys of Konoha... and then... they found that most of the rumors were actually true!
Although it couldn't make them betray Konoha and run to the Akatsuki Ninja Village, they were definitely extremely envious in their hearts, and could even be said to regret it!
For example, the Hyuga clan.
The Kaguya clan had a deep relationship with their clan.
Communication between the two families had never stopped, and the nouveau riche Kaguya always showed off in front of the Hyuga clan leader.
Back then, the Hyuga clan had the opportunity to join the Akatsuki Ninja Village!
And envy turning into resentment was almost instantaneous.
Konoha was richer than the Akatsuki Ninja Village back then, but after a few years, its development was inferior to the Akatsuki Ninja Village, and the difference was not just a little bit. Who should be blamed?
You can't blame the First Hokage Senju Hashirama who established Konoha, right?
First of all, it's you, the Shadow Hokage, who is incompetent!
—Even if you fainted from exhaustion, it can't cover up this fact.
Now you want to cut the funds originally invested in Konoha ninjas and "exploit" ninjas, it's simply outrageous.
However, due to Senju Tobirama's power and status in Konoha.
No one in the conservative opposition was willing to be the bird that sticks out its neck and publicly oppose Senju Tobirama... This could easily lead to being purged by the Shadow Hokage!
However.
Except for... the Uchiha clan!
"Lord Tobirama, you are not the Hokage. In such a major meeting today, it doesn't seem to be your turn to give orders here."
"You are sitting in the Hokage's seat."
"Ah... I almost forgot, you have been sitting in Lord Hashirama's office to work all along. Shouldn't you move out? Those who don't know might really think you are the Hokage of Konoha!"
"Everyone, do you think I'm right?"
Uchiha Setsuna, as the leader of the young and vigorous faction of the family, spoke arrogantly in public about matters outside the discussion of this meeting.
Everyone present immediately widened their eyes.
Representatives of small families who were originally somewhat drowsy immediately became spirited.
Senju Tobirama was stunned at first, then instantly realized that this was a declaration of war against him!
Deceiving the heavens!!
"Damn it, Uchiha clan, I'll kill you all!"
"You are simply lawless!"
"Want me to move out of the Hokage's office? In your dreams!!"
Although anger surged into his heart instantly, Senju Tobirama did not lose his reason at all, and did not even refute immediately. In his eyes, Uchiha Setsuna was just an insignificant character.
The real key was, why did Uchiha Setsuna suddenly bring up this matter?
He had been sitting in the Hokage's office for many years, and his status had long been tacitly accepted by all the ninja clans in Konoha. Even his brother agreed to this.
At this moment, the other party suddenly brought up old matters, which was too abnormal and could be said to be weird everywhere.
So.... behind Uchiha Setsuna, someone must have instigated it!
Uchiha Makoto, is it you again?
Almost instantly, Uchiha Makoto's handsome face appeared in Senju Tobirama's mind.
"Damn it!!"
"Why come to torment me again?"
Senju Tobirama felt he had found the mastermind behind the scenes.
Several months had passed since he returned from the Akatsuki Ninja Village last time. Konoha's situation had been relatively stable, without any major fluctuations. Apart from Uchiha Makoto, who else would deliberately hinder Konoha's development and cause trouble for him?
Now he wished he could teleport to the Akatsuki Ninja Village directly with the Flying Thunder God Technique and stab Uchiha Makoto, this naturally evil Uchiha brat, to death with a kunai!
But... the trouble at hand was the most important thing.
"What, make me move out of the Hokage's office, and then... you want to sit in my brother's position?"
"Let me tell you, everything I do has my brother's permission. Even my sitting in the Hokage's office to work is the same. My brother has no objections. What are you to dare to dictate to me here?"
"Also, today I convened a meeting of all high-level officials of Konoha on behalf of my brother to discuss Konoha's development next year. You are talking about irrelevant things here, clearly with ulterior motives. Don't think that with the support of that person behind you, you can do whatever you want in Konoha."
"This is Konoha!"
"Colluding with outsiders to disrupt Konoha's internal affairs, do you really think Konoha's ANBU is a decoration?"
Senju Tobirama gave Uchiha Setsuna no face at all.
This is Konoha, his home ground. His brother as the Hokage supports him. What's wrong with him sitting in the Hokage's office giving orders?
His brother agreed!
Do I need you, Uchiha Setsuna, to dictate here?
If Uchiha Makoto came personally, or if Uchiha Madara was present.
He would have to be a bit scrupulous.
But neither Uchiha Madara nor Uchiha Makoto were here!
With these words, he almost pointed at his nose and scolded him, and incidentally put a big hat on Uchiha Setsuna.
Facing the extremely tough Senju Tobirama.
Uchiha Setsuna was a bit flustered. Senju Tobirama's guess wasn't actually off track—someone was indeed instigating behind the scenes for the Uchiha clan to suddenly attack him.
But it wasn't Uchiha Makoto.
But... from the high-level officials of the Land of Fire.
Although the Uchiha clan received Uchiha Makoto's support, Uchiha Makoto also had his own little calculations.
To ensure that the Uchiha clan always relied on the support of the Akatsuki Ninja Village, he didn't want the Uchiha clan's voice in Konoha to be too powerful, so his help to the Uchiha clan was always limited.
Senju Tobirama was also sparing no effort in Konoha to find ways to suppress the expansion of the Uchiha clan's power in Konoha.
For example, half of the wealthy merchants of the Arasaka Zaibatsu who first contacted the Uchiha clan had now been won over by Senju Tobirama.
If the Uchiha clan weren't Uchiha Makoto's family, this proportion would continue to increase... Senju Tobirama could really lower his face to toast with wealthy merchants.
Once Senju Tobirama recovered and gritted his teeth to survive these most difficult years.
I'm afraid even the advantages Uchiha Makoto helped them establish originally could be given away. Maybe they would still be trapped in the cage of the Konoha Military Police Force and unable to get out. At most, their end would be a bit better than the original work, not suppressed to the point of genocide.
It can only be said that the Uchiha clan is really too weak, otherwise they wouldn't have been firmly suppressed by Senju Tobirama all the time, and even suppressed to genocide by the political legacy he left behind (Konoha F4).
The Elder of the Land of Fire keenly saw the current predicament of the Uchiha clan.
Based on the principle that watching the fun is not afraid of big trouble, and provoking the conflict between the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan as much as possible, he planned to stir up this cold stove.
The Uchiha clan was naturally extremely happy about this.
After all, the Elder of the Land of Fire was the Daimyo's confidant, which meant that the Daimyo of the Land of Fire supported the Uchiha clan!
The Elder of the Land of Fire targeted Konoha's deformed political ecology and premeditatedly began planning Konoha's internal strife.
Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara were too strong and their sharp edge had to be avoided for the time being.
But Senju Tobirama... there were too many places where he could be attacked.
For example, his name was not right and his words were not smooth!
Not being the Hokage but exercising the power of the Hokage. If he governed Konoha into a scene of vitality where all things compete for freedom, it would be fine.
But he didn't!
The neighboring Akatsuki Ninja Village had left Konoha far behind, and Uchiha Makoto was a member of the Uchiha clan.
There was a lot to be made of this!
.....
"Lord Tobirama, what a big official authority!"
"Opening your mouth with Hokage, closing your mouth with Konoha. When Lord Hokage established Konoha, it is no exaggeration to say that our Konoha was the strongest and most prosperous village in the ninja world. But since Lord Hokage gave power to you to manage Konoha, what has our Konoha become now? It has become extremely backward!"
"To put it bluntly, the Akatsuki Ninja Village is at least twenty years ahead of us!"
"Open your eyes and look at the Akatsuki Ninja Village... Under the leadership of Uchiha Makoto, the Akatsuki Ninja Village has established a complete ninja welfare system... Ordinary Genin... even ninja beasts... and those ordinary people... can live with dignity and decency!"
"This is what Konoha should look like!"
"As everyone knows... Uchiha Makoto is a member of the Uchiha clan, which is enough to prove the ability of our Uchiha clan!"
"You failed Lord Hokage's trust!"
"Now Konoha should be handed over to someone more worthy of trust. I believe that if you move out of the Hokage's office and our Uchiha clan takes over your position, we will definitely do better than you!"
Uchiha Setsuna recalled the words of the Elder of the Land of Fire and tit-for-tat with Senju Tobirama.
He became more confident as he spoke.
Especially when mentioning Uchiha Makoto and the Akatsuki Ninja Village, he looked intoxicated.
What a powerful and prosperous ninja village!
This is a ninja village established by our Uchiha clansmen!
Uchiha Makoto can do it alone, can't our Uchiha clan composed of so many Uchiha clansmen do it?
Tobirama is incompetent and delayed Konoha's great development time!
Now it is time for the Uchiha clan to set things right for Konoha!
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