Konoha: Rebuild the glory of the Uchiha!

Tobirama Senju looked at Uchiha Nan with a gloomy face. He had actually been reduced to calling an evil brat from the Uchiha clan "Hokage-sama"!

It's really like a tiger being bullied by a dog.

But fortunes change every thirty years, so let's wait and see!

"I'm fairly satisfied."

Uchiha Nan nodded, quite satisfied with Senju Tobirama's submission.

Tobirama Senju's cry of "Hokage-sama!" made Uchiha Nan feel as refreshed as drinking ice water on a sweltering summer day.

In all the years that Tobirama Senju has dominated the ninja world, the only Uchiha he could compromise to this extent is himself.

Cool!

"Enough with the nonsense, what do you want me to research?"

"Do you want a forbidden technique that can kill hundreds of people in an instant, a forbidden technique to modify and strengthen your own body, or a forbidden technique like the Impure World Reincarnation that desecrates the souls of the dead?"

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Tobirama Senju launched into a long and detailed explanation of his forbidden techniques to Uchiha Nan. He had extensive knowledge of the development of forbidden techniques and even stated that he could handle all of them for Uchiha Nan as long as there was enough funding.

Even a fool could see that Uchiha Kusanagi went to such great lengths to resurrect himself using the Impure World Reincarnation technique in order to develop a powerful forbidden jutsu.

Since we're after excitement, let's go all the way. I had some ideas about these forbidden techniques during my lifetime, but for various reasons, I was unable to develop them.

What a pity.

As Uchiha Nan listened to Senju Tobirama's endless introduction, he frowned. "Senju Tobirama, how dare you call me the evil brat of the Uchiha?"

Tobirama Senju, if you enjoy developing forbidden techniques for killing so much, why can't you use your research capabilities to improve the productivity of the ninja world and benefit all the people of the ninja world?

"You evil old devil from the Senju family!"

"Who asked you to research and develop these boring, forbidden killing techniques!"

Uchiha Nan couldn't help but curse, which startled Tobirama Senju, who was speaking eloquently.

These are my lyrics!

"What do you mean?"

Tobirama Senju was a little confused about Uchiha Nan's intentions. Isn't the purpose of scientific research to develop forbidden techniques? If ninjas don't use forbidden techniques to kill people, what else do they want to do?

"Tobirama, you have disappointed me greatly."

"But in the end, it's not your fault. Even though you were once a Hokage, you are still a ninja at heart."

"A ninja only needs to think about killing, but a Hokage has to think about many other things."

Uchiha Nan shook his head. As the Hokage, having to ask the Daimyo for money and beg for help was simply too humiliating.

"What do you mean?"

"Are you saying I'm not qualified to be Hokage?"

Tobirama Senju glared at Uchiha Nan with hostility. He was the one who built Konoha from scratch.

The eldest brother, Hashirama, only provided military intimidation. He spent his days eating, drinking, and having fun, while Madara Uchiha was sneaking around doing who-knows-what. Madara would often swindle money from him and then lose it at the gambling den.

He founded Konoha himself, yet he dares to imply that he, as Hokage, is unqualified?

"Of course not. You are certainly qualified to be Hokage, but I think there is still a lot of room for improvement."

For example, regarding the issue of funding.

Uchiha Nan was implying that having multiple daimyo above one's head was superfluous.

The term "Daimyo" does not refer to a specific person, but rather to a system that has been entrenched in the ninja world for thousands of years. Uchiha Nan found the distorted and deformed technological development, backward productivity, and production relations extremely displeasing.

"Humph!"

"The Fire Country Daimyo's funding for Konoha is the highest in the entire ninja world!"

"I've asked for several billion more this year!"

"Let me tell you, according to my estimates, the budget for Sunagakure in the Land of Wind might have to be cut again!" Tobirama Senju felt that Nan Uchiha was nitpicking, as he had indeed overspent considerably during his tenure as Hokage in order to win the war.

However, it's not normal for war to burn through funds!

Which ninja village isn't in debt right now?

Konoha's finances are already considered excellent, and they also have a big financial backer who is willing to add money to help Konoha recover!

Ugh?

Tobirama Senju, you're quite proud of yourself?!

They've even started comparing how bad things are! This damned tradition of comparing how bad things are seems to be prevalent in every world!

"Tobirama, we need to broaden our perspective. Why should we ask the daimyo for money?"

We must learn to be self-reliant!

Uchiha Nan decided to try to comfort Tobirama Senju.

"You mean the money the ninjas get for taking on missions?"

Tobirama Senju looked at Uchiha Nan and thought Uchiha Nan had lost his mind.

The self-sufficiency of ninja villages is simply sending ninjas out to take on missions and taking a cut, but at most they can only take three-tenths of the profits.

The lion's share still needs to be left to the ninjas, and they still want to take more money for Konoha. Tobirama Senju is worried that he might be ambushed by his own ninjas when he walks at night.

This amount of money is basically a drop in the ocean when it comes to war; it will be gone in a few months.

Since the ninja village has no national support, it's fine during peacetime, but it can't be sustained for long in the event of war.

Who doesn't want to be self-reliant and stand tall? Even a hero can be brought down by a penny. Even if you work yourself to death on an S-rank mission, you still can't earn as much funding as those daimyo.

"Of course not. I mean we can also engage in production, establish our own production methods, and then these daimyo will become useless."

Uchiha Nan felt that it could be put more clearly that ninjas might not need daimyo in the future, but the power of daimyo in the ninja world right now should not be underestimated, and this power certainly does not refer to force.

Although ninjas are powerful, their numbers are extremely small.

The scale of a single Fourth Shinobi World War was only a battle of tens of thousands of ninjas, while Konoha's current ninja force has been severely reduced to the point that it can't even muster five figures.

However, the number of ordinary people in the ninja world is far too large, measured in hundreds of millions. Moreover, ninjas have a bad reputation among the common people, being called killing tools, executioners, and all sorts of other derogatory terms.

The name represents the interests of ordinary people and a group of conservatives.

Ninjas are a newer generation, an imported species, originating from the Otsutsuki clan. In the past, samurai were the dominant force, possessing considerable strength.

Aside from the descendants of the Otsutsuki family, ordinary ninjas start out weak and are initially ostracized by the samurai as outcasts.

However, as the ninjutsu system continued to develop and improve, the power of ninjas became stronger and stronger, even to the point that they could kill samurai at will.

The former daimyo were keenly aware of this and began to win over the ninjas, offering them money, women, and food.

Over countless years, the practice of ninjas serving the daimyo and receiving generous rewards in return gradually became a tradition, allowing everyone to continue enjoying themselves together.

It's just a matter of the common people suffering a little more.

The pen is still in the hands of the great masters, and the ninja tool theory has stood out over a long period of time. What a mess!

These various reasons make it difficult for ninjas to rise to become true rulers.

Uchiha Nan pondered inwardly, awaiting Tobirama Senju's reply.

Let me patch this up. It's really unreasonable for the Daimyo to stand so high above the ninjas. I can only try to improve the world-building with my own logic. If you, the readers, feel that the explanation is not thorough enough...

That's all Kishimoto's fault!!!

Chapter 65 Tobirama: What did you do to our remains?

Tobirama Senju's pupils contracted, and he looked at Uchiha Nan with a look of fear, shocked by Uchiha Nan's ambition.

They actually set their sights on the Daimyo, who usually kept a low profile and hid behind the scenes, using money, power, and food to win over the ninjas of the ninja world.

You must know that the daimyo have been benevolently winning over the ninjas for a thousand years. The relationship between the ninjas and the daimyo is intricate and complex, impossible to sever or untangle. Rashly challenging the rule of the daimyo might give them a temporary advantage, but the final outcome is still uncertain.

This is power accumulated over a thousand years. To think that one can overthrow the rule of the daimyo with just Konoha is far too presumptuous.

If Madara Uchiha and his elder brother joined forces, they might have a chance to eliminate the Daimyo, simply overwhelming him with sheer force.

But what can be done afterward? Even if the daimyo is eliminated, the ninjas don't know how to govern a country, and things might get even worse. It's better to accept the status quo, and the daimyo of the Land of Fire is willing to spend money.

The Konoha ninjas were doing alright; it was just a matter of more people dying, but they could endure it and continue to reproduce.

Ninjas are people who need to be patient.

On the contrary, Uchiha Nan's idea is far too dangerous!

As expected of the Uchiha clan, their ideas are always earth-shattering and awe-inspiring. They can easily lead Konoha into a dangerous and dangerous situation.

Tobirama Senju explained the pros and cons to Uchiha Nan, attempting to dissuade him from his idea.

"Tobirama, of course I know all that you're saying!"

"I'm not that stupid to go and kill those daimyo. If I did that, those conservative ninjas in Konoha would probably distance themselves from me."

"The ingrained ideology of ninja as a tool is too strong, so I'm not planning to change my approach."

"Start from the bottom and directly undermine the foundation of the daimyo!"

Uchiha Nan shook his head. True friends are hard to find in this world.

"The daimyo's martial prowess is negligible. The reason they can stand high above the ninjas is simply because they rely on the old production relations and monopolize the ninjas' means of survival."

“The daimyo rule over ordinary people and use the productive value created by ordinary people to control us ninjas, while ordinary people regard ninjas as a scourge.”

"But why can't ninjas take the place of the daimyo and represent the interests of the vast majority of ordinary people? All those people want is to have enough to eat and wear."

“Tobirama, I don’t believe you haven’t seen those ordinary people who starved to death. The destructive power of ninja wars is too great, and it has seriously affected the survival of ordinary people. This will only push ordinary people to the side of the daimyo. I am determined to change all of this.”

Uchiha Nan attempted to change Senju Tobirama's mindset.

Uchiha Nan instilled a great deal of theory about explosive productivity in Senju Tobirama, including researching high-yield crop seeds and combining chakra with technology to increase productivity.

While the theory of productivity as the sole determinant is flawed, it can solve many problems. The key to unlocking a productivity explosion now lies in the hands of a ninja world research master like Tobirama Senju.

All sorts of whimsical ideas sparked Tobirama Senju's imagination, but for Uchiha Nan, these were things that were commonplace in the Rabbit Kingdom in his previous life.

As one of the most intelligent people in the ninja world, Tobirama Senju was blinded by a single leaf. Once he was given a starting point, he would understand immediately. Initially, it was Uchiha Nan who was explaining, and Tobirama Senju was quick to learn and was able to improve upon the shortcomings by following Uchiha Nan's line of thought.