Konoha: Rebuild the glory of the Uchiha!

Is it a debt left over from a ninja war?

I'm sorry, Second Hokage, the Third Hokage has given us far too much.

When Tobirama Senju saw that Uchiha Nan agreed so easily, he was extremely excited, but his expression did not change at all. He continued to discuss the future development of Konoha with Uchiha Nan.

"I remember there was a generator in Konoha. I led the team to build it back then. If we wanted to popularize electricity in Konoha, such a small generator wouldn't be enough."

"Not only do we need to improve them, but we also need to build more and convert them into large power plants."

"Regarding the power source for the generator, I have two options: chakra and coal. In the past, Konoha's demand wasn't high, so we always used chakra. Now that we're using electricity on a large scale, the chakra that the original ninjas had won't be enough."

Uchiha Nan frowned. Supplying electricity to the entire Hidden Leaf Village would cost a fortune just for burning coal every month. You don't know the cost of firewood until you're in charge of the household. Although Hidden Leaf Village is wealthy now, Uchiha Nan would still try to save money wherever possible.

"Tobirama, how long do you think the chakra drained from one tailed beast could supply Konoha with electricity?"

Uchiha Nan thought of the Nine-Tails and felt that the tailed beast should be put to good use. It was such a waste to keep such a large tailed beast in the house and let it sleep inside Mito Uzumaki's belly all day.

Such a massive Nine-Tails possesses an abundance of chakra, comparable to the ocean. After draining the Nine-Tails dry, it can still slowly regenerate its own chakra—a top-tier power bank that's never wasted.

Most importantly, it doesn't cost any money. The Nine-Tails is Konoha's property, so they can use it for free.

To put it bluntly, the day Mito Uzumaki became the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, in Konoha, the attributes of her as a weapon outweighed her attributes as a human. She was also Konoha's property; it's just that Mito Uzumaki's status was too special, so no one dared to say that.

He could use his Hokage status to freeload off Mito Uzumaki's labor.

"You're truly heartless and insane!"

"With the chakra level of the Nine-Tails, Konoha's current size could sustain an attack for at least six months."

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Even Tobirama Senju wanted to crack open Uchiha Nan's brain to see what it was made of. How come he hadn't thought of such a brilliant idea?

"This solves Konoha's power problem!"

"Tobirama, you need to speed things up and get all of this done. The electric lights are also a top priority; you can start with those!"

"I'm going to install electric lights all over the streets of Konoha!"

Uchiha Nan became very interested; electric lights were of great significance to humanity.

At night, the entire Hidden Leaf Village becomes pitch black, much like a small, fifth- or sixth-tier town in China.

As soon as it got dark, there was no one left on the street.

Konoha's future lies in being the center of the ninja world, the most prosperous area; how could it be in such a state?

"Why are you in such a hurry to turn on the light?"

Tobirama Senju was somewhat curious about Uchiha Kusunoki's answer, thinking that given Kusunoki's thought process, his answer would definitely be different from what he expected.

Upon hearing Tobirama Senju's question, Nan Uchiha's expression turned serious.

"The popularization of electric lights has a revolutionary effect on Konoha. From now on, whether it is ninjas or villagers, they can not only work during the day, but also exploit or release their labor at night to contribute to the development of Konoha."

After hearing this, Tobirama Senju suddenly felt an urge to hang Uchiha Nan on a street lamp.

Chapter 84 Nine-Tails: Uchiha Kusanagi, how are you going to repay what you owe me?

夜晚

After Uchiha Nan and Senju Tobirama reached an agreement, they immediately selected a suitable sacrifice from the Anbu dungeon to recreate a body for Tobirama.

Of course, Uchiha Nan still imposed a long list of restrictions on Senju Tobirama, just like before, to ensure that Tobirama could only work for him in the underground laboratory every day.

Although Uchiha Nan wasn't afraid of Tobirama Senju turning against him, he still wanted to avoid trouble whenever possible.

It wouldn't look good if word got out that someone had secretly dug up the grave of a previous Hokage and forced the deceased Hokage to serve them like a slave.

Then, Tobirama Senju, with a dark face and a look of resentment, threw himself into scientific research, creating more than sixty clones at once to carry out research work. They became the strongest research team in the ninja world.

This was already the limit of Tobirama Senju's Edo Tensei body. He completely abandoned his combat abilities in pursuit of the number of clones, and a single punch could turn the clones into smoke.

As expected of Tobirama Senju, who possessed an innate physique, he completed the blueprints for the light bulb, large storage battery, generator modification, and power plant design in just about three weeks through his all-out efforts.

All that's left is to throw money at implementing the plan. This is a lucrative business, and Konoha's future electricity consumption will definitely not be a small number.

In the future, the power plant might be able to support Konoha just by selling electricity all year round. Investing in the power plant is investing in the future.

Building a large power plant is not cheap; it requires a budget of at least three billion, not including research and development costs.

Apart from Konoha, no other ninja village would invest in this project.

In the past, this amount of money would have been an astronomical sum for Konoha, but now Konoha's finance department is rolling in money and can certainly afford it. However, Uchiha Nan still has to consider the family's interests.

Uchiha Nan directly planned to use his position as the head of the Uchiha clan to allow the Uchiha clan to invest in Konoha's power plant, and Uchiha Nan generously prepared to contribute half of the money.

Such a large investment is considered a major project of "village-level" significance in Konoha, which naturally attracted the attention of the Konoha ninja clans. On the same day, Hyuga Takuma visited Uchiha Kusunoki with Hyuga Asuka and a bunch of gifts.

Uchiha Nan is eating shit right now, and even Hyuga Takuma is coming over to share a bite to see how salty it is. Maybe this shit is actually a miracle cure, it just looks like shit. But when you eat it, you'll be begging Uchiha Nan to take you along.

And that shameless Hyuga Takuma still hasn't given up on pimping for himself; that little girl is only 12 years old. Besides, the two girls in his household are already making Uchiha Nan increasingly thin; if another one comes along, Uchiha Nan feels he'll die young.

Next up are Nara Shikamaru and Senju Momoma.

It seems the Uchiha clan won't be able to keep it all to themselves.

These ninja clans now all have money. A mere 3 billion yen is easily divided among the major and minor clans, and the amount is gone. The clans are even arguing over who should contribute and what percentage of their shares they should get. Uchiha Nan is delighted with this; these ninja clans are finally starting to understand things.

In the end, it was Uchiha Nan who made the final decision: Konoha would contribute 30%, the Uchiha clan 20%, and the Hyuga clan 30%.

As long as the Uchiha clan retains control of the Hokage position, they will always have veto power over the future development of the Konoha Power Plant.

The remaining issue is recruitment. The large-scale power plant project is too big, and the construction teams within Konoha Village simply don't have enough manpower, so they have to recruit more people from outside the village.

The moment the job posting was released, it ignited the enthusiasm of the unemployed people around Konoha who had been displaced by the war.

These people lived a life of aimless wandering, relying on the occasional relief food from Konoha, sometimes starving and sometimes full. Konoha wasn't a charity; it was already a kindness of Uchiha Nan to keep them from starving.

But now they finally have work to do that will give them enough to eat.

Uchiha Nan had originally planned to pay some wages, as the project was large and a lot of workers needed to be recruited. However, these starving refugees started to compete for construction jobs, willing to work for Konoha for free as long as they were provided with food.

Uchiha Nan naturally accepted such kind offer with a smile; emerging capital was simply thriving in this distorted ninja world.

So the boss of the Konoha construction team complained to Uchiha Nan with a sullen face that his men needed to make a living, and that the first generator in Konoha was built by these workers.

Considering the difference between experienced workers and unskilled migrants, the wages for this batch of construction teams will remain unchanged, and Konoha will continue to support local skilled workers.

Time flies, and more than a month has passed in the blink of an eye. This project mobilized far more financial, material, and human resources than any previous public welfare project in Konoha, and it also boosted Konoha's economic development.

Hokage's Office

The progress is encouraging!

Uchiha Nan sat in his office, slacking off, and sighed sincerely. With one hand he looked at the progress report of the power plant construction site, and with the other he held a cup of goji berry tea, sipping it slowly. He had indeed been overworking lately and needed to replenish his energy.

The original generators have been modified and are ready for use. The remaining generators are still under construction. In the area where the power plant is being built, rows of bottle-shaped structures have been erected, each nearly ten meters high and several hundred in number. These were built by workers working around the clock. They are used to store the tailed beast's chakra, ensuring that the Nine-Tails can be drained dry in one go.

A massive circular building connects these bottled chakra storage devices, which are used to extract the chakra of the tailed beasts.

Everything is ready, except for the Nine-Tailed Fox, which is like a power bank.

Uchiha Nan ordered his men to invite Uzumaki Mito to his office.

Mito Uzumaki learned of Uchiha Nan's idea and was surprised by Uchiha Nan's boldness, as the ninja world uses tailed beasts as weapons.

Uchiha Nan, on the other hand, treated the Tailed Beasts like an infinitely rechargeable power bank.

"Uchiha Nan, you know, Kurama's temper is anything but ordinary."

"It wasn't easy for me to control the Nine-Tails and extract its chakra."

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Mito Uzumaki began to pour out his grievances, rambling on and on. Uchiha Nan wasn't stupid, so he naturally understood what he was saying.

Uchiha Nan could get Tobirama Senju for free, but he couldn't get Mito Uzumaki for free.

Wanting Mito Uzumaki to do the work without paying her, this matter reached the shareholders of the various ninja clans, and Uchiha Nan didn't gain anything either.

Mito Uzumaki is, after all, a real person with a special status. She has both power and position. The shareholders haven't evolved into fully-fledged capitalists who are shameless and greedy for money yet; they still have some sense of propriety.

Besides, we see each other all the time, and offending Mito Uzumaki and the Senju clan behind her won't do any good.

"50 taels of silver for one draw!"

Uchiha Nan set a price, roughly the price of one A-rank mission. Compared to burning coal, this price is dirt cheap, and one draw can last for half a year.

As long as Mito Uzumaki agrees, Uchiha Nan will still make a huge profit.

If coal were burned for a year, the price would be in the hundreds of millions. Uchiha Nan did a thorough cost survey, taking advantage of Uzumaki Mito's lack of market knowledge.

"Besides, the Nine-Tails lives here with me, and I have always advocated using love to influence the tailed beasts."

"I've spent so much time with Kurama, you outsiders can't possibly understand the feelings we have. Kurama is practically family and a dear friend to me."

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Mito Uzumaki was spouting nonsense with such deep affection; she didn't say this when she used chains to whip the Nine-Tails before.

Mito Uzumaki's meaning is clear: the price is wrong, you have to pay more!

This time, the money didn't go into the Senju clan's account; it went into Mito Uzumaki's own pocket. In the past, ninjas could only earn money by doing missions, but the day she became the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, she could say goodbye to missions forever, and her income from that source had been cut off for many years.

However, as the darling of the Senju clan, Mito Uzumaki naturally had no shortage of food, clothing, and other necessities, and she could easily obtain money from the Senju's accounts if she wanted it.

But Mito Uzumaki was, after all, a wife who had married into the family. She had always received money from her husband's family, and given her power and status, everyone thought it was perfectly acceptable, even though as a strong woman, she always felt a thorn in her side. But that wasn't the main reason.

Mito Uzumaki is thinking about the future; she needs to save money for Tsunade. Tsunade's gambling is getting increasingly worse. Before, it was just small bets of a few thousand taels, but now she's losing tens of thousands. She even used her transformation jutsu to gamble at the gambling den and almost got detained there.

What will happen when they grow up? They'll lose hundreds of thousands, even millions of taels of silver. That's gambling debt! The Senju clan isn't just Hashirama's family; it's a large clan with thousands of members. How can we possibly help Tsunade pay off her gambling debts when she grows up?

Unless the Senju clan becomes extinct and Tsunade inherits all their legacy, but that possibility can be ruled out, as the Senju clan has existed for over a thousand years.

If you love your son, you will plan far ahead for him.

Mito Uzumaki has fully witnessed Tsunade's gambling addiction, which is even more pronounced than that of her grandfather, Hashirama Senju, and there is absolutely no hope of correcting it.

Mito Uzumaki knew that Uchiha Kusanagi, that rich bastard, had plenty of money, so she had to ask for as much as possible. She planned to deposit this money in a bank and, after her death, send Tsunade a monthly allowance to ensure Tsunade wouldn't live a miserable life.

"One million taels per mission, that's the price for an S-rank mission. Don't push your luck. An ordinary Jonin can only do a few S-rank missions a year, and S-rank missions are life-threatening."

Mito Uzumaki thought for a moment. He would draw one million ryo each time, and he would probably draw several times a year. He would earn at least two million ryo a year. He was old and could live for another ten or twenty years without any problem. He would earn at least tens of millions of ryo. For an ordinary ninja, this was already an astronomical figure. After all, the death compensation for a Jonin in Konoha was at most five million ryo.

"make a deal!"