Naruto: I'm in Konoha, my name is Uzumaki Menma

Chapter 62 By order of Lord Shura, we have come to provide support.
In the basement of Menma's house in Konoha Village.

The Flying Thunder God Kunai was hung upside down, and Menma lightly stroked the intricately engraved spell patterns on its surface.

The shadow clone remaining in Konoha Village reported the latest situation and research progress to the main body of Menma, who was active outside, by dissolving the clone.

In particular, there were some breakthroughs in the research of Yin-Yang Release Technique, so Menma's main body returned to Konoha Village directly through the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"This Flying Thunder God Kunai is really useful." Menma toyed with the Flying Thunder God Kunai in his hand.

In just two months, he built secret teleportation bases in nine countries, including the Land of Fire, the Land of Lightning, the Land of Fields, and the Land of Hot Water, leaving behind his own specially made Flying Thunder God Kunai.

They even dispatched two shadow clones to build secret bases in countries such as the Land of Water, the Land of Wind, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Rainbows, and set up specially made Flying Thunder God kunai.

It's believed that before long, the entire ninja world will become a chessboard for him to roam freely.

Upon entering the training room on the second floor, two shadow clones were practicing the precision of chakra control.

Mianma walked to the table, his eyes quickly scanning the data in the lab notebook.

“This research direction should be correct, but…” Menma muttered to himself, stroking his chin, and then suddenly fell silent.

Then, he raised his right hand and mixed the Yin and Yang chakra in his body in a certain proportion, gradually condensing it into a short black rod.

This black stick is less than 20 centimeters long, only the size of a little finger, and extremely unstable.

However, the Yin-Yang escape techniques contained within it are becoming increasingly apparent.

bass--

With a crisp cracking sound, the black rod in Menma's hand instantly disintegrated, turning into a ball of chakra and dissipating into the air.

Mianma stared at his empty palm, savoring the feeling and sensation of what he had just experienced.

He had already grasped the basics of Yin-Yang Escape Technique, and was just one step away from mastering it.

After leaving several shadow clones to continue practicing chakra nature transformations and precision control, Menma's main body deactivated the transformation technique and reverted to his child form.

His persona in Konoha is that of a pampered young master, so he naturally has to go out and about often. As for the arduous training, he can leave that to his shadow clones.

Thanks to the physique of the Uzumaki clan and the vast chakra provided by the Dark Nine-Tails, he was able to support countless shadow clones, allowing him to excel in everything from practicing ninjutsu and taijutsu techniques to conducting scientific research.

When the shadow clone dissipates, all sorts of memories and the soreness in all the muscles are transmitted back to the main body, which is quite a tingling sensation.

Walking on the streets of Konoha, Menma pondered whether to go find Naruto or Hinata today.

But after thinking about it, I realized that the Hyuga clan's training is quite extensive, and if I were to get out, Hinata would definitely come looking for me; while Naruto's identity is special, and he is being monitored by the Anbu, so even though I'm still just a kid, it wouldn't be good for him to visit them too often.

'Sigh, looks like I'll just have to wander around by myself.' Menma walked listlessly through the bustling streets of Konoha, his hands behind his head.

As the largest ninja village in the ninja world, Konoha has a population of 80,000 to 90,000, and at least one-fifth of them are capable of refining chakra.

During the Fourth Shinobi World War, each country formed a ninja force of over 87,000 people. The five great nations each had an average of over 10,000 ninjas. Konoha was able to fight on multiple fronts against several great nations in each Shinobi World War, so its military strength was probably the largest.

Let's assume that Konoha has more than 15,000 ninjas.

Given the premise that all ninja villages are soldiers, and assuming a 1:5 ratio of soldiers to population, Konoha would have at least 75,000 people.

Of course, this was a special case during the Fourth Shinobi World War, in which many retired ninjas and ninjas from various clans who were not registered in their villages joined the Allied Forces, which led to the calculation.

Otherwise, based on Kishimoto's statement in the manga that Konoha produced a total of over 13,000 ninjas, the number of registered ninjas in other ninja villages would be even less than that of Konoha, making it impossible to assemble a combined ninja force of over 87,000.

"Wow! How cute!" A joyful laugh came from a nearby shop, attracting Menma's attention.

He turned his head slightly and saw a somewhat familiar sign.

The emblem of the Uchiha clan.

Menma stopped and looked up. It was a weapon shop with a cat ear sign. A Uchiha boy of about seven or eight years old was being forced to wear a cat ear headband by a female ninja of the same age with two braids, with his back to Menma.

Beside the two, there was a team leader wearing a Jonin vest with several scratch marks on his face, and another boy with spiky hair, also wearing cat ear headbands, holding a struggling cat in his arms.

Seeing passersby looking over, the spiky-haired boy quickly turned his head away.

"Itachi! Look! He's so cute!" The girl said to Uchiha Itachi with starry eyes.

Eight-year-old Itachi Uchiha did not resist, but curiously touched the cat ear headband on his head.

The Jonin leading the team, whose face was marked with scratches, watched the heartwarming daily life of the three little ones with tenderness.

The group of people, chatting and laughing, walked into the weapons shop while each carrying a cat.

'He's Itachi's teammate and teacher...' Menma clicked his tongue twice.

He watched the group of people enter the weapons shop as they walked away, as if they were dead.

Being targeted by Obito Uchiha was simply their bad luck.

and--

What does this have to do with me?

Mianma hummed a little tune as she continued shopping.

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The capital of the Bear Kingdom.

Kado and Kakuzu, who had already arrived in the Bear Kingdom, were waiting for another team at a suburban camp.

"Strange, the men I sent out didn't find out anything unusual about Hoshigakure." Gato, wearing small glasses, scratched his head.

On the box opposite, Kakuzu crushed a heart with utter disgust.

As he watched the dark heart, still oozing with fine threads, turn into black blood and drip onto the ground, Kado felt nauseous.

"Jonin? Pshaw, I think that kid is only Chunin at best." Kakuzu was very dissatisfied with the guy he had met earlier who claimed to be a Jonin. His heart strength was not even as good as that of a special Jonin from a major ninja village, which made Kakuzu happy for nothing.

A gentle breeze blew by, and Kakuzu was the first to notice something amiss, looking towards the camp gate.

This camp was a supply depot for the Kado Group on the outskirts of the Bear Kingdom's capital, and Kado had long since driven away the guards.

Kado followed Kakuzu's gaze and saw two women walking over with a child.

He was about to get up and reprimand them when he saw that Kakuzu had also stood up.

Kado, who was good at reading people, immediately noticed that something was wrong.

These two women with children...could they be...?

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Vanilla Uzumaki, holding the somewhat timid Karin in her hand, bowed to the two unfriendly figures in front of her: "We have come to provide support on the orders of Lord Shura."

"Whirlpool Vanilla".

"nameless."

Uchiha Hikaru took a step forward, his three-tomoe Sharingan swirling, meeting Kakuzu's gaze.

Kakuzu, who had initially been somewhat dismissive, trembled in his blue pupils when he saw those eyes.

"It's... the Uchiha clan!" Kakuzu, who had lived since the Warring States period, exclaimed in surprise from behind his mask: "And... the Uzumaki clan!"

(End of this chapter)