Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 139 Mina Returns to the Village (Please Subscribe)

Although the peace agreement between the Land of Rivers battlefield and Sunagakure has not yet been signed, the village is already spreading the good news.

The pressure of the recent war had cast a shadow over the entire village. This time, defeating the Sand Village will allow Konoha to finally hold its head high.

They defeated the Cloud Ninja some time ago. Although the Cloud Ninja failed to steal and kill the Two-Tails and shifted the blame to Konoha, they did not sign the defeat papers. However, the Cloud Ninja did not send any ninjas to the Land of Hot Springs.

This marked a turning point in the relationship between Konoha and Kumogakure. Kumogakure subsequently sent people to negotiate, asking them to sign a letter of defeat in exchange for the return of the Two-Tails.

However, the Konoha leadership couldn't do this, so it was delayed.

Although the Cloud Ninja were defeated, they do not acknowledge it in name and have no written document of defeat. They could start another war at any time, but they have not yet entered the Land of Hot Springs.

The Sand Village ninja were truly prepared to concede defeat this time, but they didn't want to concede in name only. So they changed the pretext and asked to sign a peace treaty, meaning that no one had lost, but they didn't want to continue the war for the sake of peace.

As for the contents of the peace agreement, such as the mission assignments and resource allocation to the Land of Rivers, those will need to be negotiated and determined. However, the Sand Village will likely end up with nothing; they will be the losers in this war, and the losers get nothing.

Konoha Police Force.

In the past two months, his reputation within Konoha has been completely transformed, giving everyone a refreshing feeling.

The authority remained as imposing as ever, and the enforcement of the law was ruthless, leaving no room for pleas; however, the enforcement style and procedures of the security force had completely changed, and the enforcement regulations were made public to everyone in Konoha.

Unable to bear the numerous tedious tasks every day, Uchiha Yoichi convened a meeting of the guard captains a few days after becoming the captain of the guard team to discuss the matter.

Detailed punishment regulations were formulated, with the minimum being a warning for the first offense of spitting and a fine for the second, and the maximum stipulation being twenty years imprisonment or death for engaging in espionage.

Uchiha Yoichi compiled all the previous judgment standards of the guard team, then customized a set of detailed disciplinary regulations, and set up notice boards in five places in the village (east, south, west, north, and center) to post these disciplinary regulations.

The measures will be implemented after a two-week public notice period.

Anyone who makes another mistake will be arrested and punished according to the above regulations.

With the notice boards and punishment regulations in place, the civilians and ninjas in the village knew what they should and shouldn't do. Moreover, if someone made a mistake and was caught, the guards would post the reason for the arrest on the notice boards so that everyone would know.

Even things like spitting or littering will be known to all the villagers; then those people will be unable to spread rumors about the police force, and will instead be despised by others.

After the security force made these changes, Uchiha Yoichi's burden was significantly lighter. The squad leader of the security force could now decide the severity of punishment for 80% of the village's trivial matters.

The remaining 15 percent can also be decided by the four squad leaders, and they can be sent directly to Konoha Prison.

Only the last five percent was what Uchiha Yoichi needed to do.

After the garrison reform was completed, the garrison's reputation improved significantly. Those who said that the Uchiha were enforcing the law arbitrarily disappeared. Spreading rumors would also result in imprisonment, with a minimum penalty of three days' imprisonment plus 1,000 taels of silver, and serious cases could result in imprisonment for up to a year.

Furthermore, the security force also began recruiting non-Uchiha ninjas. Uchiha Yoichi's plan was to keep the ratio of Uchiha to non-Uchiha ninjas at 50/50, so that more Uchiha ninjas could be freed up to develop their own clan's influence in the ninja world.

Spending all day in a security force, patrolling the village and arresting people, is utterly useless. They should go out and develop the reputation of the Uchiha clan.

When the news spread, the village ninjas initially didn't believe it, but the recruitment notices for the security force were posted on the bulletin board, proving that Uchiha Yoichi wasn't joking.

They eventually received eleven applications, and seven people successfully joined the security force. Although they were all genin, they were still able to patrol and deal with villagers who violated regulations.

After a month of training, they will be ready to officially carry out their missions.

Furthermore, Uchiha Yoichi personally ordered that everyone in the security force be treated equally, and anyone who disobeyed his orders would be in for a beating.

After Uchiha Yoichi's stern warning, the seven newly joined genin, after serving in the security force for a while, all felt that the Uchiha were not as terrifying as the rumors suggested, and that the benefits in the security force were much better than when they were genin performing missions.

The Uchiha supermarket and food court were also built. Mikoto was busy for a long time and even found many chefs who were good at cooking. She asked Uchiha Yoichi to describe several dishes from his memory and finally recreated about 80 or 90 percent of them.

On opening day, the supermarket was almost packed, and the customers on the third and fourth floors were almost all Uchiha clan members.

The first and second floors have lower prices, which are within the reach of ordinary people. The upper floors offer more high-end goods, such as top-quality fresh seafood, expensive beef, and magic goats that are available in limited quantities every day.

There aren't many ordinary people in Konoha who can afford to go to the third or fourth floor; only ninjas can afford such spending, and most of them are from the Uchiha clan, because the monthly welfare allowance they receive is the envy of everyone, even the Hyuga clan can't compare to the Uchiha.

These changes were all made by the new clan leader, Uchiha Yoichi, including welfare benefits, supermarkets and food courts, and the gradually improving reputation of the security forces.

In just a few months, Uchiha Yoichi's reputation within the clan grew higher and higher. Even among the pacifist clan members, more and more people admired Uchiha Yoichi because he acted according to the rules.

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That day, after returning from the Hokage Building, Uchiha Yoichi summoned Uchiha Masato and Uchiha Shinji, the latter being the squad leader of the security force who had succeeded Uchiha Yatsuho.

Although Shinji Uchiha was a pacifist and had even temporarily adopted Itachi Uchiha, when news of the Eighth Hokage's sacrifice reached him, Yoichi Uchiha still inquired about Shinji Uchiha and eventually took over the position of squad leader of the security force.

"Masato-senpai, Shinji-san, the Third Hokage plans to hold the Chunin Exams, but this time he will invite ninjas from many small countries to participate. Moreover, it is an exam with a very high mortality rate. When you go back, ask around and see which clansmen are willing to participate."

After summoning the two men, Uchiha Yoichi immediately told them about the information that Hiruzen Sarutobi had just given him.

"The two wars between Konoha and Kumogakure and Sunagakure have weakened the village's power considerably, so some small countries have started to make a fuss. Konoha plans to hold a Chunin Exam to showcase its national strength, but last year's Chunin Exam was postponed."

It is now Konoha Year 48. Originally, Uchiha Yoichi planned to have Kurenai Yuhi and the others participate in the Chunin Exams of Konoha Year 47, but the village was facing war at that time, so it was postponed and canceled.

Now that the war is over, smaller countries feel that the larger countries are no longer strong enough and want to provoke Konoha, which often leads to incidents such as vying for mission assignments and border clashes.

This is a provocative act, but if it leads to war, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, a ninja from a small country, is not capable of doing such a thing, then Uchiha Yoichi thinks it would be a good thing to do it.

Send ninjas directly to attack. If you win, make the smaller ninja village bear all the losses and pay double the compensation. Give them a good beating once and for all, and they'll learn their lesson and won't dare to provoke you anymore.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi insisted on using the Chunin Exams to demonstrate Konoha's military strength, and he also invited all the surrounding small countries, including the newly allied Amegakure.

"Explain the situation clearly to the clan's lower-ranking ninja. This time, the mortality rate will be very high, not the failure rate. I estimate the mortality rate could be more than 50%. Don't let the weak lower-ranking ninjas participate; wait for the next time."

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Masato and Uchiha Shinji nodded simultaneously and said, "I understand, clan leader."

A 50% mortality rate is already terrifying. If Konoha sent out a hundred genin, probably less than ten would be promoted to chunin.

After letting them leave, Uchiha Yoichi also received a message from the shadow clone that Kurenai Yuhi and the other two had decided to participate in the Chunin Exams.

The three of them are capable and have been on the battlefield. Their teamwork is also good. Even though the Chunin Exams are dangerous, Kurenai and the others have a great chance of being promoted to Chunin.

Furthermore, Uchiha Yangyi allowed them to concede at crucial moments, and as long as they didn't lose their lives, they could continue to participate in the Chunin Exams next year; if it were a normal Chunin Exam, the three of them would definitely be fine, but this time they encountered a special situation.

"It's about time they came back."

Uchiha Yoichi sensed the distance to Geiz and found that he was already near the village, so he got up and walked outside.

After the reorganization of the security force, Uchiha Yoichi was much more relaxed. He no longer needed to sign in at the security force every day. If something happened that even the four squad leaders couldn't handle, someone would come to him to report.

Now that Mina and Geiz are back, Yoichi Uchiha naturally won't stay in the boring police station building.

When he arrived at the gates of Konoha, the returning group had just entered through the gates.

Mina Uzumaki sensed Yoichi Uchiha's chakra early on. Upon entering the village, she spotted him and anxiously spoke to those around her.

"Asami-senpai, I'll leave the arrangements for the wounded to you. I have something to attend to right now."

Seeing the somewhat anxious Mina Uzumaki in front of her, and also noticing Yoichi Uchiha standing in the distance, the medical ninja Asami joked, "That must be Yoichi, the man you often talk about in your dreams, right? The Konoha Raiga from our village."

"Asami-senpai~, I wasn't talking in my sleep."

Mina Uzumaki said embarrassedly that she does often talk in her sleep, but she denies it when she wakes up because she is too embarrassed to talk about what happened in her dreams.

Mami said, "You go ahead, leave the rest to me. You've worked much harder than us on the battlefield this time, so you should get some rest now that you're back."

"Thank you so much, Asami-senpai! I'll be reporting to Konoha Hospital tomorrow!"

After saying that, Mina Uzumaki ran towards where Yoichi Uchiha was standing, quickly overtaking Geiz and arriving in front of Yoichi Uchiha. She couldn't help but hug him.

However, after embracing Uchiha Yoichi, Uzumaki Mina realized something was wrong; she was about to lose control of her bladder in public.

However, after waiting nervously with her eyes closed for a while, Mina Uzumaki did not experience the stimulating sensation of her body tightening. She slowly opened her eyes with some confusion.

"Mina, you're hugging me too tight!"

Uchiha Yoichi said, "Although it is very soft, this is on the street, and there are more and more people. It seems that it is still not as soft as Lady Mikoto."

"Sorry, Mr. Yang, I got a little excited."

Mina Uzumaki chuckled, then looked up and asked, "Yoichi-sama, were you waiting for me?"

"No, I'm waiting for Gates."

".snort."

When Mina saw Uchiha Yoichi's smile, she knew he was joking with her, but she was still a little disappointed when she didn't hear the answer, so she kept bumping her head against Uchiha Yoichi's chest.

"Let's go back first. I had someone send food home for lunch. You guys have come all the way here, so you probably haven't had lunch yet. Hmm, Gates, you got some too."

Gates wanted to yell a question, but fell silent after hearing Uchiha Yoichi's words.

However, when Mina saw Gates approaching, she nudged him with her leg, telling him to stay away and not bother her because of the food.

On the way back, we passed by the Uchiha Supermarket and food court, which had developed in the six months since Mina Uzumaki left the village. It is expected that there will be more and more entertainment venues in the village in the future.

Uchiha Yoichi has already invested a lot abroad. All he needs is time and a peaceful environment to make Konoha the largest city in the ninja world.

When they arrived at their doorstep, Uchiha Yoichi suddenly remembered that Uzumaki Mina didn't know about Mikoto's situation at home, nor about Yugito's situation.

Hearing someone enter, Mikoto went to the door and was somewhat surprised to see Mina Uzumaki. She immediately understood why Yoichi Uchiha had bought so much food today. Although she felt a little envious, Mikoto still smiled and said...

"Welcome back. Your food has arrived. Come in, wash your hands, and eat. And Mina, welcome back!"

"Huh? Oh, okay."

When Mina saw Mikoto suddenly walk out of the house wearing a scarf, she didn't react yet, but nodded and started changing her shoes.

However, she quickly realized that she was the wife of the Uchiha clan leader, so why was she in her and Yoichi's house?

And her words and demeanor just now were so much like those of a mistress of the house.

"Yang, Lord Yang, what's going on? I remember she's the clan chief's wife, what's she doing here?"

As Mikoto turned to leave for the restaurant, Mina Uzumaki quickly tugged at Yoichi Uchiha's sleeve and asked in a low voice.

She suddenly felt that her status at home had been taken away, and alarm bells were ringing loudly in her mind.

"Mina, this matter is complicated. I'll tell you after we finish eating. There's another girl inside; she's the Jinchuriki of the Two-Tails from Kumogakure."

Uchiha Yoichi said to Uzumaki Mina, "Strictly speaking, Mikoto is indeed the clan leader's wife, but now the clan leader has changed to him."

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