Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 147 It's time to change the cast (Please subscribe)

After Jiraiya's interruption, Minato Namikaze smiled.

Then, Hiruzen Sarutobi put down his pipe and asked Minato Namikaze, "Minato, if you were in this situation, how would you handle it?"

Minato Namikaze was taken aback upon hearing this, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "Even I, the Third Hokage, am not entirely sure."

"But I probably won't agree to the Cloud Ninja's request. They've shown an untrustworthy attitude twice already, and this time I really can't believe it. If they get the Two-Tails back, won't they retaliate against Konoha?"

"Furthermore, what he proposed is completely incomparable to the Two-Tails. We're not familiar with the Six Paths tools; what if the Cloud Ninja gives us a bad one?"

It's common sense in the ninja world that you have to be extremely careful even with the enemy's ninja tool kits, let alone the legendary ninja tools of the Sage of Six Paths. If they used the ninja tools given to them by the Cloud Ninja and suffered any major casualties, they would become a laughing stock in the ninja world.

"Yes, you're right, Minato. You've already mastered the ability to see things from the Hokage's perspective."

Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled and praised, then glanced at Jiraiya: "Jiraiya, if it were you, you might say 'I don't know.'"

Jiraiya immediately crossed his arms and said angrily, "Old man, don't look down on me just because you found out about Minato. You should know that I trained Minato!"

"Luckily, Minato didn't learn your despicable spying techniques."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said with disdain, then looked at Minato Namikaze and continued, "Minato, what's your opinion on the Two-Tails?"

"The Two-Tails, Yugito, now that she has joined Konoha, she is a Konoha ninja. If I become Hokage, I will protect her as Hokage."

"But you know nothing about her, whether she can control the tailed beasts, or whether she will cause unrest in the village. Right now, all you know is her movements outside the Uchiha clan's territory."

Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, then continued, "Minato, you've witnessed what a Jinchuriki can do when they're out of control. Kushina almost killed you back then, even with your help in sealing her. Imagine a free Jinchuriki unleashing the power of a Tailed Beast in the village."

These words silenced Minato. He had once been pierced through the chest by an out-of-control Kushina, and naturally had a deep impression of the consequences of a Jinchuriki losing control.

"If it were me, I would personally find Yugito, tell her my true intentions, and then persuade her to agree to Konoha's method of managing Jinchuriki."

After thinking for a while, Minato Namikaze said, "Everyone in Konoha is my comrade. I will try my best to understand my comrades and to make them understand me. That's my thought."

"That's right, Minato."

Jiraiya praised with satisfaction that in his novels, he hoped everyone could understand each other, so that war would be eliminated.

His apprentice inherited his will and was even better than him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded. Although it wasn't the answer he wanted, it was acceptable. Minato had high initiative and willpower, and he also had his support.

Afterwards, Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to summon his two advisors to discuss matters, so he sent Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze away.

After leaving the Hokage Building, Minato Namikaze quietly asked Jiraiya, "Jiraiya-sensei, are the Uchiha clan really that powerful in the village?"

"It was alright before. I remember that before Fugaku defected, he had a pretty good relationship with the old man; but after the new clan leader took over, the Uchiha's attitude became more assertive."

Jiraiya stroked his chin and said that he had dealt with Uchiha Yoichi before, in addition to the rumors he had heard in the village.

"I've heard that the Uchiha clan is divided into two factions: one that hopes to achieve its goals through more peaceful means and the other that is more aggressive. The new clan leader, Uchiha Yoichi, belongs to the latter faction. Even Danzo, who is among the village's high-ranking officials, is a hardline fighter."

"It's just that a militant style isn't very popular in the village, since most ninjas yearn for peace."

After hearing Jiraiya's words, Minato Namikaze nodded in understanding. He wondered how the Third Hokage had reacted to him earlier. It seemed that he still had a long way to go if he wanted to become Hokage.

the other side.

Hatake Sakumo originally wanted to take Uchiha Yoichi to a dumpling shop, but the two disagreed halfway there, and in the end, Hatake Sakumo was led to the food area by a single sentence.

"Senior Shuo Mao, it's almost noon and you haven't eaten yet, have you? Why don't you go check out the new hot pot restaurant that opened in my clan? You could give me some pointers."

And so, Hatake Sakumo stood at the entrance of the Uchiha Hot Pot restaurant. Before even going inside, he could smell the pungent, spicy aroma emanating from within.

How could such an inappropriate place exist in Konoha Village?

Hatake Sakumo was about to make an excuse to go home, but Uchiha Yoichi forcibly dragged him inside.

He then ordered an extra spicy hot pot, but seeing that Hatake Sakumo's expression had changed, he changed it to a double-flavor hot pot, which finally made Hatake Sakumo's expression relax.

After the hot pot arrived, Uchiha Yoichi ordered ten more servings of Magic Goat meat. Only two hundred servings are available each day, and they are usually sold out shortly after noon. Luckily, they arrived early.

"Sakumo-senpai, do you think the Cloud Ninja will start another war?"

"We couldn't be sure before, but after what just happened, it's highly likely that war will break out."

Hatake Sakumo said with a smile, "It's not because of Uchiha Yoichi's slap. If the Cloud Ninja didn't want to start a war, they wouldn't fight even if they cut off Tsuchida's two legs."

However, the fact that the Cloud Ninja are so eager to exchange for the Two-Tails, even bringing out the Six Paths Ninja Tools and being willing to admit defeat, suggests that they likely intend to continue the war after bringing back the Two-Tails.

This is not like the style of the Cloud Ninja.

"The Third Hokage just called us over, which doesn't seem like he intends to have a proper negotiation with the Cloud Ninja. Otherwise, why would he have called me along?"

Uchiha Yoichi picked up a piece of the magical goat meat and dipped it in the pot. He hated being schemed against, and he always felt uncomfortable about Hiruzen Sarutobi sitting in the Hokage's seat.

Besides, he's been Hokage for over twenty years, shouldn't it be time for a change? Does he really intend to stay in office until he's in his sixties or seventies?

"Sakumo-senpai, I heard that the Fire Country Daimyo will also be attending the Chunin Exams?"

"That's right. The daimyo of the Land of Fire and the daimyo of the three smaller countries of the Land of Waterfall, the Land of Grass, and the Land of Rain, after all, it is a rare joint Chunin Exam involving six countries."

"Is Sakumo-senpai familiar with the Daimyo of the Land of Fire?"

"We've crossed paths a few times. I served as a daimyo's bodyguard for a period of time when I was on a mission before, but that was a long time ago."

Uchiha Yang nodded, then said to Hatake Sakumo, "Could you please introduce me, Sakumo-senpai? I'd like to meet the Daimyo of the Land of Fire; I have something I'd like to discuss with him."

Although I could have gone there myself, having Sakumo-senpai's help would make the daimyo take it more seriously.

Without much thought, Hatake Sakumo nodded and said, "Alright, the Daimyo will probably be watching the third Chunin Exam. I'll pay him a visit then."

"Thank you, Sakumo-senpai."

After finishing his speech, Uchiha Yangyi recommended an extra-spicy red oil hot pot.

However, Hatake Sakumo quickly shook his head and refused. If it weren't for the fact that half of the soup base was seafood, he would have left immediately.

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The first round of the Chunin Exams ended quickly. Because there were so many people participating in the Chunin Exams, Konoha adopted a laissez-faire approach, trying to eliminate the genin who were just there to make up the numbers in the first two rounds.

Therefore, the first round basically supports mutual elimination among the participating candidates. As long as the methods are not too bad, the proctors will pretend not to see them.

Seventy-two people were eliminated in exam room 201, and more than a dozen of them were eliminated by Kurenai Yuhi's group sound illusion alone.

More than fifty people were eliminated in the 301 exam room. The number of people eliminated in the first round was already quite large, close to half of the participating genin.

However, there were still too many ninjas. The planned second round of exams was canceled. The second round was originally a team competition between testing teams, but with nearly forty genin teams, even if half were eliminated, there would still be more than sixty people advancing to the third round.

Therefore, the second round of the test was changed to collecting intelligence scrolls in the Death Forest. Ten scrolls were randomly dropped, and only the team that found all ten scrolls could enter the third round.

Compared to the first round of exams, the second round was several times more difficult.

The Forest of Death was originally prepared for the Chunin Exams, and some of the huge wild beasts inside were specially found by Konoha. If their numbers decrease, Konoha will capture some more from outside.

They had to fend off the beasts in the Death Forest and compete with their opponents for the scrolls. It was already quite an achievement to keep ten teams in the third round.

Perhaps someone will destroy the intelligence scroll if they can't win the fight. Besides, the Chunin Exams don't generally support killing opponents, but if you kill an enemy and Konoha doesn't notice, it's fine.

After finishing their meal, Uchiha Yoichi and Hatake Sakumo went to the examination hall. When Kakashi, Kurenai Yuhi, and the others came out, they learned that the content of the second exam had been changed at the last minute.

However, sudden changes are common in missions. Kakashi once experienced a situation where they were supposed to protect their employer, but suddenly they became the murderers of their employer and had to flee everywhere.

"Clan Chief Yang Yi."

Obito Uchiha approached and greeted Yoichi Uchiha with great excitement. He said that his life was much better than before, and because of Yoichi Uchiha, Obito was able to attract a lot of attention when he went out wearing his fan-shaped clothes.

"It's Obito. Do your best and try to eliminate Kakashi in the third round."

These words struck a chord with Obito, who immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Yes, Clan Chief Yang, I will definitely do my best!"

Kakashi rolled his eyes. Yoichi-senpai was causing him trouble the moment they met.

After meeting Kurenai Yuhi's three subordinates, Uchiha Yoichi originally intended to return to his family home in the clan, but after wandering around for a while, he headed towards the supermarket.

He seemed to notice yesterday that Mikoto didn't look well, and he wasn't sure if it was from being tired or in a bad mood, so he planned to go and check on her today.

Arriving at Uchiha Mikoto's office, I pushed the door open and went in. I found that Uchiha Mikoto's desk was very tidy, but her face did not have the gentle expression she had before; instead, it looked somewhat worried.

"Mikoto, what's wrong? What's bothering you?"

"Yoichi-kun."

After seeing Uchiha Yoichi, Mikoto seemed to have a better understanding of the situation. Before she could say anything, Uchiha Yoichi pulled her up and sat her down on the sofa next to him.

"Yoichi-kun, I may not be a good mother. I forgot the time I was supposed to meet Itachi last time, and only remembered later. But when I went to find Itachi again, I felt that no matter how I tried to make up for it, I could never make up for breaking my promise that day."

Mikoto seemed very regretful. If she went to find Itachi now, Itachi would still call her mother, but there always seemed to be a barrier between them.

"Yang Yi-kun, what should I do?"

Mikoto grasped Uchiha Yoichi's hand helplessly, hoping to get help from her reliance on him.

"Uchiha Itachi? I remember he was only three years old. Let him come and live with you. Last time I asked you, you were worried that you were too busy. If you live together, your worries will disappear."

Uchiha Yoichi gently massaged Mikoto's soft, white hand and said, "You don't need to be too busy with work. Just find a few more clansmen to help you. Four or five hours a day is enough. I won't be in the guard unit for more than two hours a day, so there won't be any problem."

"But Shinji-san has a request from Fugaku."

"What does a request from a rogue ninja matter? I am the clan head. I will speak to Shinji Uchiha. Mikoto, you are Itachi Uchiha's mother."

Uchiha Yang tried to persuade her, but then he suddenly caught sight of Mikoto's black stockings and fleshy feet, and involuntarily clenched them in his hand.

It was probably because of Mina Uzumaki's habit of stuffing her white-stockinged little feet into Yoichi Uchiha's hands whenever she had free time that he developed a special interest in her.

"There is a lot of empty land around my room. Mikoto, you can choose a place there to build a house, and then bring Uchiha Itachi to live with you. There's no use dwelling on the past oversights now. You can make up for it in the future."

"Besides, you were really too busy before, and I shouldn't have entrusted you with so many things, making you so busy that you sometimes didn't even have time to eat."

Mikoto was deeply moved upon hearing this. Uchiha Yoichi was so considerate of her situation and even helped her solve her problems.

"Yang Yi-kun, it was my own choice before, so I don't blame you. If only I had been more careful."

Mikoto blushed slightly as she spoke; her feet were quite sensitive, and being played with like this quickly aroused her. However, she was still thinking about Itachi, making it difficult for her to remain still.

"Yang Yi-kun, it's me."

"I know, there's still some time. I'll go to the security station later. Mikoto, you should also share the work as soon as possible. It's impossible for one person to handle everything."

After Uchiha Yang finished speaking, he put Mikoto off him.

If we don't help Mikoto resolve this matter soon, she might not even be able to eat properly anymore. Although Uchiha Yoichi doesn't particularly like Uchiha Itachi, there's no need for him to deliberately make Mikoto uncomfortable.

Before leaving, Mikoto gratefully helped Uchiha Yoichi straighten his clothes, even though there wasn't much to tidy up. Perhaps Mikoto wanted to rediscover her memories of being a wife through this method.

After Uchiha Yoichi left, Mikoto felt a little relieved. What had happened before would not change, and she would make up for it in the future.

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