Naruto: Yes, Uchiha-sama.

Chapter 190 Naruto continues a thousand-year tradition of starvation, a century-long revolution of light and shadow, reaching for the stars and the sea!
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

Shinji Uzumaki felt that if he continued to press the matter, he would definitely hear a very bad answer.

In order to quickly change the subject, Shinji Uzumaki decided to talk about something lighthearted to ease the atmosphere in the room.

"Makoto, how has Tsubaki Shizuku been lately?"

"Hmm, not bad. Since she got pregnant, she hasn't been cultivating much. Now she gets up on time every day, sunbathes, and exercises occasionally. She can even prepare dinner for me every day when I come home."

Hearing Uchiha Makoto say that.

Shinji Uzumaki's face beamed with joy.

The Hokage of Konoha is elected through a vote by the ninja clans, but the next Hokage of Akatsuki is not stipulated to be elected. According to the current mainstream tradition, bloodline succession is the only rightful and legitimate method!

The child of Makoto Uchiha has the highest chance of becoming the next Kage.

Therefore, if the Uzumaki clan and Akatsuki Village want to maintain their alliance, the issue of Uzumaki Tsubaki's offspring is of paramount importance.

Only if Tsubaki Shizuku gives birth to a child with Uchiha Makoto's Uchiha clan bloodline can the alliance between the two sides be given a crucial layer of protection.

This matter used to weigh heavily on Shinji Uzumaki's mind like a huge rock.

Now, Tsubaki Shizuku is finally pregnant.

He has finally put one worry to rest.

"That's really nice."

"Ha, I almost forgot, there's one more thing I haven't told you. After using secret techniques to investigate, I found out that Tsubaki Shizuku's child is a boy. Moreover, last year during the New Year, I had already discussed with Lord Hashirama that our family would be betrothed to his granddaughter. In the future, we will be even closer relatives."

Uchiha Makoto was in a good mood at the moment.

Following this topic, he told Shinji Uzumaki about the marriage alliance between Konoha and Akatsuki—his son had been betrothed to Hashirama Senju's granddaughter since childhood, and if nothing unexpected happened and there were no dramatic twists like "the engagement being called off" or "the tides turning," the alliance between Konoha and Akatsuki would be strengthened, making their relationship even closer.

"Cheng, you gave me a surprise today, didn't you!"

Shinji Uzumaki was overjoyed.

He was well aware of the significant political implications of the marriage arrangement between the Uchiha Makoto and Senju Hashirama families.

The granddaughter of the Hokage and the son of the Light Shadow, their child can inherit the glory of the Light Shadow, or with effort, the honor of the Hokage.

—It would be perfectly legitimate for a child with the bloodlines of Hashirama Senju and Makoto Uchiha to become the rightful heir of both villages.

If there's a willingness to push it forward, a merger between Akatsuki and Konoha in the future is not impossible.

Although the matter of the alliance has little to do with the Uzumaki clan.

But, the successors of the two villages later.

The son of the Light and Shadow is still the Light and Shadow, and the granddaughter of the Hokage is still the Hokage. Now that they are related by marriage, they can pass on the two foundations laid by the Uchiha and Senju clans for generations to come.

They were all related to the Uzumaki clan. They were all relatives.

The Uzumaki clan can also continue to exist for generations thanks to the relationship between the two sides.

Shinji Uzumaki was overjoyed and his fatigue from the past few days of travel had lessened considerably.

However, the alliance between Konoha and Akatsuki is not so simple. Tobirama Senju is like a roadblock in front of us. If we want to unite Konoha, we must get rid of him!
Uchiha Makoto, of course, only reported the good news and not the bad.

He never mentioned the petty scheming between him and Tobirama Senju.

There's no need to create unnecessary trouble while both sides can still maintain at least a basic level of understanding.

"Don't make this public for now, let's talk about it after the baby is born."

"Don't worry, I understand."

Shinji Uzumaki chuckled and nodded repeatedly.

Uchiha Makoto said no more.

After giving Shinji Uzumaki a pep talk, it's time to boost his strength—Uzumaki and the Akatsuki ninja have unlimited friendship, and they fight for the Akatsuki village for the sake of the Uzumaki clan.

"Regarding the sealing techniques for the tailed beasts, we'll need your Uzumaki clan to put in more effort. We can discuss the reward."

"Makoto, what are you saying? What money? My Uzumaki clan doesn't lack money!"

Shinji Uzumaki rolled his eyes, speaking with an air of boundless pride.

But that's the truth.

The cannery business brought unprecedented wealth to the Vortex Clan, supporting half of their finances.

Life is much better than it was when we relied solely on assignments for funding.

Given the current expansion trend of canneries, the Vortex Clan will earn even more in the future.

The Uzumaki clan isn't some ungrateful wretches. It was Uchiha Makoto who pulled the Uzumaki clan into this big deal back then, and the Uzumaki clan remembers all of this. Otherwise, Uzumaki Shinji wouldn't have rushed to Akatsuki Village to help as soon as he received Uchiha Makoto's letter.

"Oh, how can this be so embarrassing."

"Even close brothers should keep clear accounts; the service fee cannot be reduced by a single cent."

"Sincerity, you really know how to be honest."

As the two of them were pulling and tugging at each other, Uchiha Makoto led Uzumaki Shinji out of the Kage's Office.

Soon, the two arrived at a heavily guarded research base.

Makoto Uchiha led Shinji Uzumaki on a general tour of this secret research base, which would be the long-term workplace of the Uzumaki clan's sealing master.

Incidentally, Makoto Uchiha also described his ambitions to Shinji Uzumaki.

Chakra is such a useful energy source.

In the original story, the Sky Village, using the power of the Zero-Tails, was able to maintain a floating fortress for a long time using only the chakra converted from the pain and despair of a few dozen people.

It's easy to imagine how outrageous the energy density and usability of chakra are.

Otherwise, the Otsutsuki clan wouldn't have been collecting chakra from all over the universe to refine pills and increase their strength.

This is far more efficient than electricity.

Therefore, Makoto Uchiha intended to use chakra, a high-density energy source, as a power source to drive various large-scale production equipment.

Such research projects have already begun in Xiaoren Village.

The technical problems can be overcome little by little, and considerable progress has already been made.

However, one problem has remained unresolved, hindering the practical application of the technology—the inability to find a large and usable source of chakra.

Zero-tail technology is indeed very useful.

Harvesting dark emotions and life force can be converted into a large amount of chakra.

The ninja world today truly has the advantage of low human rights. It's only because the Uchiha clan is genuinely kind that they've turned Akatsuki into a fertile land. Elsewhere, people aren't treated like human beings at all. Dark emotions permeate the entire ninja world. As for life force, since the ninja world doesn't treat people like human beings anymore, what's the big deal about taking a little life force?

At least they have value in living so that chakra can be extracted. The real fear is that the insects will despise them for wasting food just by keeping them alive.

This technology could be used to build chakra extraction centers in major cities.

In this way, first in big cities, then in small cities, and finally in rural areas, a large number of chakra extraction centers were built, forming a complete chakra energy extraction system in the Land of Fire.

The Akatsuki has only just begun to implement Zero-Tail technology.

Based on the effects and abilities of the Zero-Tails from the original story, Makoto Uchiha made a request to the Akatsuki researchers, but instead used human dark emotions combined with life force to convert them into a massive amount of chakra.

—This kind of absurd ninjutsu research. Heaven knows how the researchers in the original story's Sky Village painstakingly overcame the technical difficulties.

When the original researchers from the Hidden Ninja Village heard these research requirements, they almost cursed out loud, if it weren't for the fact that Uchiha Makoto was the Light and Shadow.

However, since Makoto Uchiha was the client, they still began the research on the Zero-Tails according to his requirements.

However, if we want to truly develop it to the level of the original work, the development time will definitely need to be measured in years.

In any case, don't even think about it for the next few years.

Unless a powerful figure suddenly joins the research team and helps them overcome the difficulties—yes, I'm talking about Tobirama Senju.

Unfortunately, that's not realistic at all.

It's impossible for Tobirama Senju to spend a lot of time in the Akatsuki village's laboratory as a research laborer.

For the next period of time, he will also be busy with the internal reforms of Konoha.

Moreover, he himself still has a lot of ninjutsu research to solve.

—The absurdity of the Impure World Reincarnation technique is even greater than that of the Zero-Tails technique.

Therefore, using Zero-Tails to solve the problem of chakra source is currently not feasible.

Besides the zero-tail method.

Itagaki once mentioned the Grell Stone to Makoto Uchiha. This kind of ore contains a large amount of chakra and can solve the problem of chakra source.

However, Makoto Uchiha only knew that the traces of this vein of minerals were roughly located within the Land of Wind.

The Land of Wind is a desolate desert!
Even if Akatsuki sends ninjas to search, finding the vein of Grell Stone would be extremely difficult. They would have to find a way to attract attention and avoid the ninjas of Sunagakure.

So far, Akatsuki Village still has no clue what to do.

—Probably because no side quests have been triggered yet.

The most likely solution to the problem of chakra source currently lies with the tailed beasts.

"Cheng, it seems you've been planning this for a long time."

"Of course we must do our best for the development of the village. This time, we really have to rely on your Uzumaki clan."

"Okay, leave it to us."

Shinji Uzumaki was shocked by the ambitious blueprint that Makoto Uchiha had described.

This is just the tip of the iceberg.

Even a traditional ninja like Shinji Uzumaki could realize that if Makoto Uchiha were to accomplish these things step by step, the entire landscape of the ninja world would be changed as a result.

He couldn't yet describe what changes had occurred in the ninja world.

But Makoto Uchiha knew that this was a revolutionary energy event.

If everything goes smoothly, I hope that in my lifetime, Makoto Uchiha will be able to lead the ninja world to the moon!

"This will be a revolution, initiated by ninjas, led by ninjas, and carried forward by ninjas!"

"The future of the ninja world will be divided in two because of us. Sooner or later, we will leave this planet and venture into the stars."

"The daimyo ruled for a thousand years, yet they never had enough to eat; the ninja revolution lasted a hundred years, reaching for the stars and the sea."

Uchiha Makoto's tone was inexplicable.

"Sicheng, you can't just say things like that."

"I love telling the truth."

Shinji Uzumaki keenly sensed the unusual meaning in Makoto Uchiha's tone—Makoto Uchiha has lofty ambitions!
But so what?

With the connection between the Uzumaki clan and Akatsuki Village, it wouldn't be a problem to continue the lineage for another thousand years.

He was truly grateful that technology was in the hands of civilization.

Thus, Shinji Uzumaki and his Uzumaki clan temporarily settled in Akatsuki Village and began researching and developing large-scale, multi-layered nested sealing techniques, as well as various supporting sealing techniques.

They were just as busy as Uchiha Makoto every day, their feet barely touching the ground.

The more deeply the Uzumaki clan members became involved in the internal affairs of Akatsuki, the more unfathomable Akatsuki seemed.

That staggering amount of research funding was just the tip of the iceberg, and it already made them dizzy. Turns out we're still broke!

Furthermore, seeing the flourishing development of Akatsuki Village every day on their way to and from get off work, the Uzumaki clan members felt even more that Akatsuki Village truly had a promising future.

A vibrant scene of life unfolds before our eyes, with all things flourishing.

Even though they are just allies of the Akatsuki, the thought of the Akatsuki's wealth and power makes them involuntarily puff out their chests—see this thick and strong thigh? We, the Uzumaki clan, have already clung to it tightly!

three days later.

Light and Shadow Office.

After working hard for half a day, Uchiha Makoto stretched and drank some water. Then, an ANBU ninja appeared in the room, holding several letters in his hand.

—It's a letter from the bigwig of the Land of Fire.

Uchiha Makoto opened each letter one by one.

As he expected, these bigwigs from the Land of Fire were very interested in the agricultural revolution that Uchiha Makoto had mentioned, and were very willing to find time to come to Akatsuki Village to discuss it in detail and cooperate deeply with Uchiha Makoto.

These people are just really slow.

It wasn't that they were deliberately giving Uchiha Makoto a hard time, but rather that these were all necessary courtesies.

Communication between ninjas is always swift and efficient.

In aristocratic tradition, inviting someone requires at least three days' notice; otherwise, it is not an invitation but an order.

A simple exchange of pleasantries can take up a whole week of time.

A week really won't have much of an impact.

But Makoto Uchiha is already so busy every day that he's practically running around. These ridiculous rules should have been swept into the trash long ago.

But there's nothing we can do about it.
These people are the real big shots of the Land of Fire, generations of nobles, holding high positions and wielding great power; all they care about is maintaining a respectable image.

If both parties want to cooperate, then maintaining a certain level of decorum is only natural.

Makoto Uchiha replied to each of them with a letter, and in the letter he agreed to meet them at the same time in Akatsuki Village.

After processing these letters.

News of Hashirama Senju arrived shortly afterward. After receiving a letter from Hashirama Senju, Makoto Uchiha opened it and quickly scanned its contents.

Remove the small talk and nonsense.

In short, it can be summarized as: "We're preparing to capture the Tailed Beasts, and we're just missing you, so hurry up!"

concise.

The letter has been received.
Uchiha Makoto immediately decided to set off.

With Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju personally leading the team to capture the Two-Tails, this trip won't take long at all—let's go have some fun!

(End of this chapter)