Konoha: Rebuild the glory of the Uchiha!

It wasn't until the era of Tobirama Senju that, due to the prolonged and escalating First Shinobi World War, the proportion of ordinary children in ninja academies began to rise slowly, as the front lines urgently needed cannon fodder. Now, under the era of Uchiha Nan, it has skyrocketed. He has poured money into education, and ordinary children make up the vast majority of the student body. After all, the number of ordinary people is large, and there is no need for elite combat training.

"It's so lively!"

The commotion of thousands of students surging out of the ninja academy didn't give Uchiha Madara much time to think. He still needed to find Ito Sousuke, who had lent him the book yesterday. He, Uchiha Madara, would never break a promise made to a child!

Madara Uchiha's eyes darted through the crowd, quickly locking onto Sosuke Ito's location. He pushed through the crowd and grabbed Sosuke Ito's arm.

"I've come to return the book!"

"Grandpa scared me!"

"You're a ninja; staying alert at all times is a basic requirement. Going into battle like this will easily lead to..."

"Sir, I'm not a combat-oriented ninja; I'm a multi-functional type."

Uchiha Nan gave these low-level ninjas a nice-sounding name: multi-functional ninjas. They were like a stack of ninjas, ready to be moved wherever needed.

"I haven't forgotten, but no matter what, staying vigilant is essential for a ninja."

"I understand, sir. Have you eaten?"

"No."

Ito Sousuke took the book and chatted with Uchiha Madara as they walked through the crowd. Upon learning that Uchiha Madara had not eaten yet, he took the initiative to lead Uchiha Madara to the ninja students' cafeteria.

"You all eat here?"

"Yes, the Hokage built a cafeteria especially for us. Students can eat here for free with their tickets, and the food is even better than what my mom eats in the cafeteria. I have some tickets I saved up, so let me treat you today. Judging from your appearance, you must be like me, a refugee who came to Konoha."

Soon after, Madara Uchiha stood outside the cafeteria waiting for Sousuke Ito to get his food. He watched the students coming and going; the food looked really good, and there was even meat!

Madara Uchiha knew life in the ninja world very well. The fact that they could eat meat was enough to show the level of this ninja academy!

Uchiha Nan was a great guy!

There's nothing we can do about it. It's a habit that Uchiha Nan carried over from his previous life: no matter how poor we are, we can't skimp on education; no matter how hungry we are, we can't neglect our children's education. Education is a luxury in any world, and the literacy rate and accessibility of education in the ninja world are practically nonexistent.

Ordinary people, especially refugees, who come to Konoha would rather send their children to work in factories or screw in screws than send them to school because they don't have the money to pay tuition or support their children who are not working full-time. The best thing is to get them to work in factories as soon as possible and earn more money. It would be best to get married and have children early, and then send them to work in factories to earn money after four or five years of raising them.

Uchiha Nan could only leverage Konoha's financial resources. As long as a student was qualified to enter the Ninja Academy, tuition would be waived for students from impoverished families after review, and three meals a day would be provided. They immediately and decisively responded to the great Hokage's call—to send their children to the Ninja Academy.

Everyone knows that being literate is good. If you can't read, you can get scammed even if you write an IOU. Anyway, when a large number of factory workers sign mortgages, they just glance at the document and sign it without any regard for the fact that Konoha would cheat them. They are just living on because Konoha gave them food, and there is nothing for Konoha to care about.

Unfortunately, what Uchiha Nan was after was their lives—in other words, their labor force, and their next generation.

"The food is here!"

Ito Sousuke, carrying two plates in both hands, stumbled towards Uchiha Madara. Madara took a few steps forward and took the plates from Ito Sousuke, and the two found a place to sit and eat.

Ito Sousuke wolfed down his food. He was indeed very tired after a morning of classes. Although these students would not be involved in combat missions in the future, their physical training as ninjas was still very rigorous. They had to run laps around the playground every day and train hard!

Madara Uchiha's eating manners were much better, after all, he came from a noble family with a bloodline limit, so he knew table manners. But he wasn't much better. He had spent ten years in a dark underground cave and hadn't eaten any decent food. He usually ate soldier rations, mainly to fill his stomach and replenish his chakra.

What do you think of Uchiha Nan?

Madara Uchiha wiped the grease from his mouth, somewhat curious about Uchiha Nan's place in the children's hearts. Although Madara already had the answer in his heart, there were some things he still wanted to hear with his own ears.

"Sir, that's the Hokage! You can't just call him by his name!"

Ito Sousuke took a sip of water and corrected Uchiha Madara, which surprised Uchiha Madara. He, the dignified Uchiha Madara, the founder of Konoha and the ancestor of the Uchiha clan, still had to respect Uchiha Nan and call him Hokage-sama.

Even Hashirama himself has never called him that!

However, seeing Ito Sousuke's unhappy expression, Madara decided to let it go this time, since he had just gotten a free meal from a kid. He might as well let Uchiha Nan have it.

"It's Sousuke, you against the Hokage."

"The Hokage is the greatest person in the world. Before my mother and I came to Konoha, we went two or three days without eating that awful landlord. My father even starved to death while protecting us."

"However, my mother and I were very lucky. We walked for a long time, I don't remember how long we walked, we ate tree bark, soil and insects along the way, and we made it to Konoha just by staying alive."

"Lord Hokage, is it...?"

When Ito Sousuke talked about the days before he came to Konoha, his expression became sad, but after he arrived in Konoha, his whole demeanor changed.

Madara Uchiha listened silently to Sousuke Ito's words, his mind seemingly lost in thought.

"Let's go, I'll take you back to school."

After listening for a while, Madara Uchiha decided to send Sosuke Ito back to school. However, Sosuke Ito resolutely refused the suggestion. Children are naturally playful, and going back to school right after lunch would be a huge disappointment!

"Come on, old man, I see you have nowhere to go, I'll take you to an interesting place!"

Ito Sousuke gestured for Uchiha Madara to follow, and they soon arrived at a street not far from the Ninja Academy. This was considered one of the best locations for shops in Konoha, as it was backed by the Ninja Academy and the shops here were extremely popular, especially after school.

"Where is this place?"

Madara Uchiha was led by Sousuke Ito to the entrance of a shop filled with students from the Ninja Academy. "Boss, give me another bag!"

"I have to pull out something good today!"

"It's the First Generation again?"

"Come again!!"

Sosuke Ito watched with great interest as his classmates drew cards.

This shop was opened at Uchiha Nan's behest. Students' money is easy to earn, especially the money of those ninja clan members, who are never short of money!

Uchiha Nan slightly modified the gacha game that elementary school students had played in his previous life and then directly introduced it to Konoha.

A pack of cards might contain Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, Tobirama Senju... well, I haven't stepped down from my position as Hokage yet, so I'll leave that for now. There's also the One-Tail, the Two-Tail, and the Nine-Tail.

The initial production of cards is limited to ensure their scarcity. The most common card is naturally Hashirama Senju, followed by Tobirama Senju. For Tailed Beasts, the more tails they have, the fewer cards they have. As for Madara Uchiha and Nanami Uchiha, the fewest cards were produced. This indirectly raises the value of the Uchiha clan!

Uchiha Nan even took some special measures to ensure fairness—such as the Hyuga clan. Technical support was naturally provided by Tobirama Senju. Uchiha Nan remembered that Tobirama Senju had cursed him quite rudely for this matter, asking why he would bother him with something like this.

Coupled with the movies released during the Lunar New Year, the gacha game quickly became popular at the Ninja Academy. The excitement of drawing cards, the scarcity of the cards, and the competitive spirit among the students—Uchiha Nan's gacha game perfectly captured the essence of the Ninja Academy students.

Now, as soon as school is over, a large number of students visit this store, taking out their pocket money and spending it all on cards designed by Uchiha Nan.

The price isn't cheap, and there's only one card in each bag, but kids' money is really easy to make. Given its current popularity, it could earn hundreds of thousands of taels a year.

The ninja clan members all have plenty of gold coins from their families, and they get a lot of pocket money. The merchant also promises that as long as you collect all the cards, you can get the Hokage's autograph. This alone is attractive enough.

To satisfy his collecting obsession and competitive spirit, he draws cards without batting an eye.

"This is the good place you were talking about?"

Madara Uchiha, an old man from the previous era, naturally couldn't understand why students would spend money to buy these useless cards.

"This is the most popular gacha game in school! The shopkeeper said that if you collect all the cards, you can take him to the Hokage and get his autograph. You can actually meet the Hokage in person!!"

"This card pack contains the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and the Tailed Beasts."

Sosuke Ito enthusiastically introduced the gacha game. Although he didn't have any money to draw cards, he found it very interesting just watching his classmates draw cards. The excitement of tearing open the packaging was so thrilling!

"Boring."

Madara Uchiha gave his assessment without expression: "I'll just stay here for a while. Consider it playing with the kids. I don't have anything else to do anyway, and spending time with children makes me feel better."

As for trying to awaken the Rinnegan?

What Rinnegan!

We've tried for so long and there's still no progress. A little more time won't make a difference.

"Please don't let it be Lord Hashirama! My allowance for the whole week is almost gone. I'll use ten years of my luck to make a wish for the rarest card ever!"

"I want the Nine-Tails! I want the Nine-Tails!!"

"It's Hashirama-sama again?! Aaaaaah!!!"

"Me too!!!"

"I've drawn the Six-Tails!!!"

"What? That's awesome!!"

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The noisy sounds of drawing cards filled the air. For a moment, Madara Uchiha couldn't understand what the kids were thinking, wasting their time and money on these pointless cards.

Back in his childhood, he lived a life of constant danger, barely surviving. Unlike kids these days, who are utterly ignorant and incompetent!

Uchiha Nan, aren't you going to do anything about this?

Won't the children become distracted by play and neglect their studies?

Ito Sousuke watched the card draw from the side. Although he didn't open the packaging himself, his mood still fluctuated with the appearance of the card.

"Grandpa, watch for a while, don't you find it interesting?"

"Boring. These kids are happier to draw Tobirama Senju's card than Hashirama's."

Madara Uchiha watched for a while and noticed that the card that appeared most often in the gacha was Hashirama Senju's. Everyone looked dejected, as if drawing Hashirama's card was a very unlucky thing. This really annoyed Madara Uchiha.

And to actually smile after drawing Tobirama Senju's card is truly unlucky. Is my Hashirama really worse than Tobirama Senju?

Which bastard designed these cards?

"Grandpa, there's nothing we can do about it. The First Generation Lord had the most cards, and they were the most common. The Second Generation Lord's cards were much rarer."

"The rarer the card, the better."

"Whose card is the rarest?"

"Of course it belongs to Lord Uchiha Madara!"

Madara Uchiha was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then revealed a smug smile.

"This gacha game isn't as boring as I imagined!"

"The person who designed the card really has a good eye!"

Chapter 123 Lord Uchiha Madara, stop smoking, I'm scared!

"The rarest card in the collection is Madara Uchiha. There haven't been many of them yet. I remember the last time one appeared was a week ago. Hmm, let me think... He's an Uchiha clan ninja. I'm so envious that I had to buy over a hundred packs to get him!"

Sousuke Ito recalled the last time Madara Uchiha's card appeared; the scene was incredibly lively. The moment he drew the card, he became the object of admiration and envy among the students at the Ninja Academy.

The power of money is simply terrifying!

On one hand, it was to satisfy his competitive spirit; on the other hand, as long as he collected all the cards, he could meet Uchiha Nan and get his autograph.

The wealthy young men of the ninja clan are never short of money. Some lucky ones get rare cards on their first try and immediately offer high prices to buy them.