Konoha: Uchiha Shisui's Advisor Alliance

Chapter 170 The Role of Consultants

"Are you Uemura Takeshi?"

In a courtyard outside Konoha, Kamimura Takeshi was frowning and thinking hard. Suddenly he heard a question and subconsciously looked up.

He saw four eyes, two big and two small, staring at him deeply.

Kamimura Takeshi was startled and rubbed his eyes quickly before taking a closer look. It turned out that the two lower ones were nostrils.

"Is it Clan Leader Shisui? No, is it Lord Hokage who is looking for me?"

After noticing the family emblem on Izayoi, Uemura Takeshi immediately stood up and asked excitedly.

"Not bad." Shizayoi nodded slightly, very satisfied with the other party's attitude.

"May I know what your name is, sir?" Kamimura Takeshi behaved very cautiously. The other party's attitude seemed to be even colder than that of Uchiha Pan. He had been idle at home for more than a month. Although he had earned a lot of money working for Uchiha, he was afraid that Shisui would no longer need him, so he was very anxious.

"Uchiha, Izayoi."

Izayoi replied casually. Although he didn't care about the other party, it was a task issued by Shisui after all, so he would still complete it seriously.

"What?! You are Izayoi-sama!"

Kamimura Takeshi immediately exclaimed, the news that Izayoi had opened the Mangekyō had spread throughout Konoha, and now her status in Uchiha could be said to be second only to Shisui.

"Hokage-sama actually let such a strong man protect me!"

Kamimura Takeshi's breathing became rapid, he was deeply moved, and his heart was finally at ease.

"Hokage-sama asked you to return to Tōkaidō to take care of the business there. I will personally protect your safety until that ninja is dealt with."

Upon hearing this, Kamimura Takeshi's lips moved and he was about to express his gratitude, but was interrupted by Izayoi.

"No need to say more, just be grateful and get ready, we will set off today."

Izayoi was still very satisfied with Kamimura Takeshi's attitude and wanted to speak in a gentler tone, but when he thought about separating him from his children because of such a person, his words became a little inhumane.

Fortunately, Kamimura Takeshi was already used to it and knew the personalities of these people. He nodded repeatedly and turned around to pack his things.

Then they brought some recruited guards, and a group of more than 20 people left the Konoha gate openly after lunch.

Along the way, Izayoi stayed on the top of the carriage and stared at the surroundings. Before leaving, Shisui had mentioned to him the connection between the tiger-masked ninja and the Nine-Tails incident in the past, so he had to be on his guard. If the other party showed up, he had to find out enough information no matter how much it cost.

Until night, the team gradually moved away from Konoha. The two sat by the campfire, and the others divided the work, some were on guard, and some prepared dinner.

After a while, Kamimura Takeshi carefully handed the dinner to Shinobi. Seeing him like this, Shinobi couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Pan's sacrifice.

"How much income can Tōkaidō's business bring? Pan actually used his life to protect you from leaving."

Not a question, just an expression of emotion.

Naturally, Kamimura Takeshi did not dare to refute anything and nodded repeatedly.

"Your Excellency is right. My ability is limited. For the time being, the business in Tōkaidō can only earn the family about 100 million taels of silver each month."

"One hundred million taels a year is still quite a lot."

Izayoi glanced sideways when he heard that. Although he did not participate in the family management, he had heard about the family's annual income. A net income of 100 million taels already accounted for half of the family business.

"Not bad, huh? Wait, how much did you say?"

Izayoi's tone slowed down a bit, then he suddenly realized something was wrong and asked again subconsciously.

Uemura Tsuyoshi's heart skipped a beat, and he smiled awkwardly, "It's not 100 million. Last month, it was only about 60 million. If there hadn't been this attack, I can guarantee that it would have reached 90 million in two months."

"Every month?!"

Izayoi took a deep breath and looked at Kamimura Takeshi again. He was shocked and finally understood why Shisui cared so much about the Tōkaidō business.

"Uh, well, that's not bad. Keep working hard. I will protect you because Hokage thinks so highly of you."

"Yes, then I'll leave it to you, Master Izayoi."

"Well, just call me Izayoi. We will be in contact for a long time in the future, so there is no need to be so polite."

"Then I'll leave it to you, Izayoi-kun."

Kamimura Takeshi was puzzled and didn't understand why the other party's attitude suddenly softened. However, based on his understanding of the Uchiha, he absolutely could not ask in this situation, otherwise he would step on the other party's tail.

Izayoi nodded reluctantly, then left the fire under the pretext of being on guard.

In this way, the first day of contact between the two was barely pleasant.

Over the next ten days, the team moved steadily towards the Tokaido, and all the ignorant bandits along the way were dealt with by Izayoi in advance.

At the same time, the Ninja Academy also opened on time. Shisui prepared his speech and stood in front of many students like the Third Generation did back then, loudly expressing his love for Konoha and his expectations for them.

All the students looked at the young Hokage curiously, with countless gazes filled with expectation and envy.

Under such gazes, Shisui began his speech.

"In the past, the ancestors of the Uchiha named the village Konoha, hoping to build an era with the first generation so that children would not have to experience war. Now that the first generation has passed away, the ninja world is in turmoil again. I have inherited the will of the ancestors of Konoha, and with the will of fire in my heart, I have finally stood here after going through wars of all sizes.

I exist to protect Konoha's future, which is you!"

"I, Uchiha Shisui, the Fifth Hokage, will stand at the forefront of Konoha with all the ninjas of Konoha to protect you until you grow up to become the pillars of Konoha and eventually stand in my position to protect the next generation.

Just as the Uchiha ancestors and the first generation established the village for the purpose, everything is for the future of Konoha, for you!"

Shisui's voice was passionate, filling the entire venue.

"For the future of Konoha!"

The students followed suit and were extremely excited. They admired the Hokage and they admired the young hero even more. They were extremely excited that such a hero regarded them as the future of Konoha.

The applause rang out and the cheers shook the sky.

Itachi in the crowd looked at the spirited Shisui and couldn't help but smile happily on his face.

"Itachi, the clan leader is so powerful. He is not much older than us, but he has already become the Hokage. Of course, Itachi-kun is also very powerful!"

Next to Itachi, a girl with teardrop moles at the corners of her eyes whispered.

The girl is truly Itachi's rare friend, Uchiha Izumi.

Itachi listened to her voice and the smile on his face gradually turned into a polite smile, and then gradually faded away, and responded: "Brother Shisui is the number one genius of the Uchiha. I am far behind him."

"Weasel"

Seeing that Shisui's speech was over, Itachi's real body no longer had the idea of ​​staying in school, and left before Izumi could finish speaking, making an excuse for having something to do.

Izumi was left in the crowd, feeling rather aggrieved. Shisui was not clear about Itachi's emotional state, and after the speech, Shisui summoned the top ninja school leaders to discuss the involvement of Konoha's history.

Naturally, no one had any objections to such a small matter and they all expressed their cooperation. They only needed a teacher to be in place and the vice-principals would make the arrangements on their own.

In this way, after a few days, Shisui had mastered the progress of various events and continued to take time to study the art of sealing.

At this time, the former Anbu member in charge of the defense line of Yuno no Defense brought the latest news from the north.

"Hokage-sama, this is written by Jiraiya-sama, the latest news about Kumogakure."

"Kumogakure?"

Shisui's eyes changed slightly, and he immediately remembered Sima Yi's previous reminder, so he quickly opened the letter to read it.

"Go and call the three advisors."

"Yes!"

Shisui took a quick look and quickly understood the situation in the north.

As Sima Yi expected, the Fourth Raikage could not swallow this humiliation. He did not listen to the advice of his assistant and directly led 5,000 ninja troops south to the battlefield in person.

The Fourth Raikage had a somewhat impatient personality. After leading his troops to arrive, he only rested for one night before leading his army to provoke Konoha, and used provocation to lure the Konoha army into a head-on confrontation.

Jiraiya was a veteran of the battlefield and would not be fooled. Sima Yi would not give up his defensive advantage and fight the enemy, so the Konoha side ignored the Kumogakure.

Seeing that Konoha was not fooled, the Fourth Raikage had to take advantage of his military strength to attack Konoha, and both sides suffered losses.

Things were normal up to this point, but the Fourth Raikage was not so reckless. After the battle, he took advantage of Jiraiya's unpreparedness and captured Hyuga Hizashi alive on the battlefield. He then secretly sent people to discuss the hostage exchange and the ransom of the tailed beasts.

"There is a subtlety in the rough, and the shadow of a village should not be underestimated."

The purpose of fighting is to prove that Kumogakure is still capable of continuing the war with Konoha. As for the peace talks, there may be other intentions.

While he was thinking, three consultants arrived one after another.

"The Fourth Raikage wants to negotiate and is willing to pay to redeem the hostages and the tailed beasts. What do the three advisors think?"

Yan Shifan is still in the clan helping him to control other matters inside and outside the clan. If there is nothing important, he would not come to the Hokage Building now.

Danzo walked up to take the letter and read it by himself. After reading it, he handed it to the other two and said, "Hostages can be sold, but tailed beasts cannot. If they get the tailed beasts, they will definitely continue to attack Konoha."

Shisui was a little surprised. He didn't expect Danzo to actually consider Konoha.

While I was wondering, Danzo paused and continued, "Leave the power of the tailed beasts to me. I will select a qualified Jinchūriki and train him into an excellent weapon!"

Shisui nodded slowly and looked at Utane Koharu expressionlessly.

"Let's sell them all. If we don't, the Raikage won't let it go. Right now, Konoha should focus on recuperation. As for Hyuga Hizashi, we can let the Hyuga clan pay to redeem him."

Shisui took a deep look at Utane Koharu, feeling deeply moved.

Finally, there is Mito Kado En, who supports Danzo's point of view that people can be sold but the tailed beasts cannot.

In fact, he knew very well that the tailed beasts belonged to Uchiha, not Konoha, and it was not their turn to discuss whether to sell them or not. Shisui might have other purposes in calling them here.

Sure enough, after combining the opinions of the three people, Shisui frowned and sighed, "Now the funding from the daimyo is getting less and less, the village's income and expenditure are already unbalanced, and it is a time when we are short of money. In addition, keeping so many hostages is also a huge expense."

In the three ninja wars, there had never been such a large-scale capture of prisoners among the five major ninja villages.

If Kumogakure wants to redeem the prisoners, they will have to supplement a large amount of funds on the basis of exchanging the prisoners, which is what Konoha urgently needs right now.

"But."

After stating his needs, Shisui changed the subject and said, "But once the hostages are released, with Kumogakure's vindictive character, it will definitely not lead to a truce. The North needs reinforcements.

In addition, the activities of Iwagakure in the Land of Grass are becoming more frequent. I am afraid that the Tsuchikage has already had some bad ideas. Konoha needs enough funds to cope with it."

The three of them were silent. Danzo was indifferent. He was neither the Hokage nor a wealthy businessman. He could not help, and he did not intend to pay attention.

Utatane Koharu's heart skipped a beat, fearing that Shisui would pay attention to the Utatane clan, so she said directly: "Now the only clan in Konoha that can afford this money is the Uchiha clan. Why don't the Hokage borrow this money from the Uchiha clan and return it when Konoha has some spare money."

After these words were spoken, Danzo nodded slowly, Mito Kadoyan's pupils trembled and he glanced sideways at Utane Koharu.

Shisui smiled gently, did he really look stupid?
"Borrow money from the family?"

However, Shisui was not angry. Instead, his eyes lit up and he whispered, "Advisor Tatsune is worthy of being a person that the Sandaime relies on. He is indeed very wise. As long as the families are willing to contribute, plus the ransom from Kumogakure, Konoha's problems will be solved."

"Shisui really agreed? Wait, the various families?"

Utatane Koharu's face suddenly changed. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Shisui continue, "Since it was proposed by Utatane Counselor, I'll leave this matter to Utatane Counselor. Once enough money is raised, the funds for organizations such as the Root can be distributed as scheduled, and the layoffs at the Ninja Hospital can be delayed."

Danzo's eyes lit up, he glanced at Utane Koharu and nodded slightly.

The corners of Utane Koharu's mouth twitched and she stared at Shisui.

Looking at this gentle smile, she wished she could tear the mouth apart.

"What do you think, sleeping arrangement consultant? If you think it's inappropriate, don't force it. We can think of other solutions. Everything is for Konoha."

Utane Koharu gritted her teeth and said, "The Hokage's plan is very good, so let's do it. I feel a little unwell, so I'll leave first."

"Advisor, please take care of yourself. Please go ahead."

After Utane Koharu left, the two did not stay for long, especially Danzo. He wanted someone to keep an eye on the money, as whether the Root could come back depended on this.

"I will pass on the sleeping consultant's intentions and hope that all departments will actively cooperate."

"Yes!"

After dealing with the issues in the north, Shisui shook his head and continued to read the Book of Seals.

"It's amazing that the second generation has developed so many unique ninjutsu, but the targets of these ninjutsu are..."

The more Shisui watched, the more he could feel the Second Hokage's malice towards the Uchiha. There were so many ninjutsu used to deal with the Uchiha that it made his scalp tingle.

"Multiple Shadow Clones, Shikigami, and the Flying Thunder God Technique that made the Yondaime famous."

One after another, wonderful ninjutsu flashed before Shisui's eyes. Of course, he only glanced through them. Even if he had some talent in practicing, it would be impossible for him to learn these extremely difficult ninjutsu at just one glance.

"This is Impure World Reincarnation, a ninjutsu to revive the dead!"

Shisui narrowed his eyes slightly and remained silent.

After two weeks of preparation, today it was finally my turn to report at the group meeting. The report went quite smoothly. I came back at 9:30 and started writing, and I actually finished it. It was the limit!

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(End of this chapter)