Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 183 A New Hokage Assistant (Please Subscribe)

"Although the tasks performed by Root are the same as those of the Dark Division, some of their tasks involve taking on the dark side of the village, which is why Root exists as a department."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression darkened slightly before he explained, "Root also sends personnel to the Anbu; it's essentially a department for training talent."

"Oh"

Uchiha Yoichi couldn't help but chuckle, then said, "I'm not laughing at you, Third Hokage. The darkness that even special forces find difficult to handle in assassination tactics is really making me want to laugh. Now, even if Konoha's funding is approved, priority will be given to village construction and pensions, and the funding for other departments has been reduced, with the security force seeing a 70% cut."

"As for the security force, the Uchiha clan can provide subsidies to temporarily alleviate the village ninjas' concerns about supporting their families. But what about the ninjas in other departments who suddenly lose so much pay and can't even support their families? What will they do?"

"The most important thing is that the Fourth Hokage doesn't even know about this department. All they need to do is provide the Anbu with a few 'talents' every now and then to get so much funding. Fourth Hokage, the Uchiha clan is applying to establish a new Root, and we guarantee that the number of talents provided will be twice that of the old Root!"

Uchiha Yoichi's words made Sarutobi Hiruzen's face extremely ugly. He knew that Root was probably doomed today, but being questioned so forcefully by Uchiha Yoichi made him extremely angry.

One of Root's most important tasks is to limit the development of the Uchiha clan. Could Hiruzen Sarutobi say such a thing? He simply couldn't. He originally wanted to find an opportunity to tell Sakumo Hatake about the Second Hokage's concerns about the Uchiha.

But it seems impossible now, as Sakumo Hatake probably has a deep relationship with the Uchiha clan.

Sakumo Hatake did not answer immediately. After thinking in silence for a while, he called over an ANBU member and said to him, "Go and invite Elder Danzo here. Tell him that the Third Hokage and I have something to ask him."

"Yes, Fourth Generation Lord."

After the ANBU finished speaking, they left immediately, and the room fell silent.

Sakumo Hatake also spoke up, saying, "This was my oversight. The ninjas in the village who rely on a fixed salary to support their families are definitely facing some difficulties now. Does anyone have any good solutions?"

Unlike mission squads, ninjas with fixed positions receive a fixed monthly salary. However, salaries in various departments have been drastically reduced, with the security force seeing a 70% cut, leaving them with less than a third of their original pay.

The salaries of interrogation and task force members have also been cut by 50%, with the lowest cuts being 40%.

When it comes to solutions, it all boils down to making money, but where does the money come from?

The revenue from the Daimyo's grants and mission commissions is the main source of income for Konoha, but it has already been secured by Hatake Sakumo and the Uchiha clan. Nara Shikasuke has no way to find other sources of funding.

Or perhaps he has a solution, but he can't bring it up because he has to be responsible for his people!

After a moment of silence, Uchiha Yoichi finally spoke, "The Uchiha clan can provide loan subsidies. As long as you have a certificate issued by the Hokage's office, you can go to the Uchiha clan to receive a sum of money. This is for those who really need help; they can repay the money after five years when they are no longer in trouble."

"In that case, on behalf of the ninjas in the village who need help, I thank the Uchiha clan."

Hatake Sakumo said with a smile, "This can be considered as solving the problem for a small number of ninjas whose families are in slightly difficulty. After these few years, Konoha should be in better shape."

The others in the room remained silent, listening as Uchiha Yoichi and Hatake Sakumo resolved the matter one sentence at a time.

While the Sarutobi, Nara, and Yamajunas are ninja clans, they primarily focus on providing for their members' basic needs. Konoha Village can't even guarantee the salaries of its active ninjas, so how could it possibly care about ninja clans? In the end, they'll all have to rely on their own clans.

Even if the clan had some savings, they wouldn't dare to take on this matter. Only the Uchiha clan, with their deep pockets, dared to lend money to others, and for five years at a time, without charging any interest.

Danzo was summoned quickly. Whenever he was in Konoha, he would rush over to the two Hokage's summons, even if he had a fever or a cold.

"Elder Danzo, today's budget for the Root organization was only slightly reduced, but there are many things I don't understand. I hope you can explain them to me."

When Hatake Sakumo saw Danzo enter, he invited him to sit down and then asked him with a smile, taking on the question from Uchiha Yoichi himself.

"What are Root's missions? How many personnel does Root provide to the Anbu each year? And what kind of darkness do Root ninjas bear?"

Upon hearing this, Danzo knew that the Fourth Hokage, Sakumo Hatake, was preparing to take action against his Root organization. After a moment of silence, he said, "The mission Root carried out has already been reported to Hiruzen. If the Fourth Hokage wants to know, ask Hiruzen."

"As for the darkness that the roots bear, it's to guard against anything that might threaten the village!"

Sakumo Hatake shook his head and said, "Elder Danzo, this won't convince me to continue allocating funds to Root. Furthermore, I want all classified missions in the village to go through the Hokage's office, without exception."

If he becomes Hokage, he will absolutely not allow the kind of betrayal of his fellow villagers to happen again!

Danzo remained silent after hearing this, leaving the Hokage's office quiet for a few minutes.

"In that case, I will later dispatch a squad of Anbu to take over the Root's ninja duties and missions, after which Root will be merged into the Anbu; if there are too many personnel, I will streamline some of the ninjas and have them serve as Chunin or Jonin team leaders."

Seeing that Danzo did not speak, Hatake Sakumo was too lazy to say anything else and directly dealt with the root.

It consumes a huge amount of funds every year, and the Root ninjas are still out of control. Even if Sakumo Hatake wanted to be generous to his comrades in the village, he would not allow such a thing, especially since Danzo has a criminal record.

Moreover, what Root did is unknown to others, but those present are all high-ranking officials of Konoha. Don't they know?

Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but speak up, "Sakumo, why don't you reconsider? The village still needs Root members. Root members have done a lot for the village in the past."

Hatake Sakumo shook his head and said, "Third Hokage, let's rebuild Root when we have the chance in the future. You know how tight the village's finances are right now, and the Anbu is enough for the short term."

Afterwards, Hatake Sakumo instructed the captain of the Dark Guard to handle the matter, and he would definitely go to Sarutobi Hiruzen's place in private to retrieve the Root's mission and information.

Danzo then spoke up, saying, "Since Root has been abolished, I no longer need to serve as Hokage's assistant. Fourth Hokage, please choose someone else."

"Is that so? Okay then."

Hatake Sakumo nodded, then looked at Uchiha Yoichi and asked, "Yoichi-kun, why don't you become the Hokage's assistant? As for the matter of the security team captain, we'll talk about it later."

"I understand, Fourth Generation."

As soon as Uchiha Yang finished speaking, he quickly controlled the corners of his mouth that were about to turn up, and to his surprise, it went so smoothly that even he was a little taken aback.

The next question is whether Danzo will leave the village or not. However, killing Danzo directly would probably put Sakumo Hatake in a difficult position. He doesn't want to see his fellow villager killed and would prefer Danzo to die at someone else's hands.

As for the others, before they could even react, Uchiha Yoichi had already become the Hokage's assistant.

"Shuo, Shuomao."

Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to say something, but he suddenly felt that nothing he said would make a difference; Danzo withdrew, Sakumo Hatake agreed, and then Yoichi Uchiha became the new Hokage's assistant.

Aside from the surprised Hiruzen Sarutobi and others, Danzo almost clenched his fist so hard that his nails dug into his flesh. He had just stepped down from his position as Hokage's assistant, only to have the Uchiha clan take over.

Are the Uchiha clan members worthy?!

Danzo's face was cold and ugly. He now hated even Hiruzen Sarutobi. If Hiruzen hadn't been wary of him, he wouldn't have lost the Second Hokage's will and allowed Sakumo Hatake to become Hokage.

After discussing a few more matters, the meeting adjourned, with Uchiha Yoichi remaining behind while the others departed.

Nara Shikaku barely spoke throughout, because he wasn't yet the leader of the Jonin team. He had only been recommended by his father to become the leader of the Jonin team at the very end, but the Fourth Hokage would have to review the application.

Compared to the Jonin squad leader, his friend Yamanaka Inoichi took over the interrogation squad much more smoothly, as the Yamanaka clan's secret techniques made them the most suitable for the interrogation squad.

"Shikasuke, Shikaku, and Inoichi, come to my house for a visit."

After leaving the Hokage Building, Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled and said to Nara and his son, as well as Yamanaka Inoichi, before calling Danzo and the others over.

He felt that Sakumo would never listen to his teachings, nor did he need the experience of the Third Hokage.

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After discussing some matters privately with Hatake Sakumo, Uchiha Yoichi left the Hokage Building.

The main tasks were to assist the Hokage, as well as the missions for Kusagakure and Takigakure. Hatake Sakumo was afraid that if Uchiha Yoichi massacred the two ninja villages, Konoha's reputation would be so bad that other merchants would be afraid to get close to them.

The security force doesn't need to hand over Uchiha Yangyi for the time being. Whether he's handed over or not, the situation remains the same. The security force is currently operating according to the rules, and it won't make any mistakes even without him as its captain.

Moreover, the garrison's reputation in the village is getting better and better. If they're not sure, they won't arrest anyone. If you encounter difficulties, you can ask the garrison for help, which has directly reversed their previous somewhat bad reputation.

Anyone who makes a mistake and gets arrested can no longer slander the police force, because their arrest, along with the reasons and details of their arrest, will be recorded on the notice board.

Uchiha Yoichi planned to spend some quality time with Mina and Mikoto after returning home tonight. He would be away from the village for at least half a month before returning. Although Kusagakure and Takigakure were small ninja villages, they still had several thousand ninjas.

The time spent on the road, plus the time spent with these thousands of ninjas, will also take some time.

As he walked down the street, Uchiha Yoichi suddenly paused, as the memories of his shadow clones returned.

The morning's instruction had ended, and Yuki was so exhausted that she only had the strength to walk.

Yugito is a single fire-attribute user, so Uchiha Yoichi first taught her fire-attribute chakra nature transformation. Although she could use fire-style ninjutsu without being taught, studying chakra nature transformation would make her fire-style ninjutsu more powerful.

Even within the same Fire Release ninjutsu, there are differences!

Once Yugito has a solid foundation, she can learn Sage Mode. Tailed Beast Mode and Sage Mode do not conflict, and Sage Mode has advantages that Tailed Beast Mode does not, such as being more alert and having stronger perception.

Through the relationship between the wooden man and the two-tailed beast, Matatabi can also help gather natural energy.

After returning home, Yugito and Uchiha Yoichi are now the only ones who have relatively free time.

Mina Uzumaki took Rin Nohara to have surgery, while Mikoto was busy with business matters. The Uchiha clan's business was growing bigger and bigger, and the money they earned each month from medicine and ninja games was unimaginable.

There were also magic goats and other businesses, but fortunately Mikoto listened to his advice and hired many assistants so that she wouldn't be too busy.

"You're back?"

As soon as Uchiha Yang entered the house, Yugito, who had just finished taking a bath and dried his hair, came out of the house.

Having just finished a morning of cultivation and taken a comfortable hot bath, the fair-skinned young girl's face was as delicate as a lotus emerging from the water, and her body was still damp with moisture.

Upon seeing this, Uchiha Yoichi immediately collapsed onto the sofa and feigned exhaustion, saying, "I've been in meetings all morning, I'm about to die from exhaustion. Please, Yugito."

Upon seeing this, Yugito's face immediately flushed red, then she stomped her foot angrily and shouted, "H! You big pervert!"

After saying that, Yukito angrily went back into the house, but a few minutes later she came out of the house again. Her clothes were unchanged, except that she now had a pair of smooth and delicate white knee-high stockings on her slender and beautiful legs.

Then, with her face flushed, the girl stomped her way to the sofa as if there were some enemy under her feet, and then skillfully sat down on the back of the sofa.

"That pervert gave me pointers on my cultivation all morning, and he was so dedicated. I'll consider this my way of repaying him."

Yugito snorted inwardly, then stretched out her round, full white silk feet, her tender girlish toes stepping onto Uchiha Yoichi's hard back.

Aside from the hard rubber material on the top layer, Yukito felt as if she were stepping on a piece of steel.

Even with all my might, I could only feel pain in my tender soles.

"Perverted human desires"

Yukito couldn't help but whisper.

However, Uchiha Yangyi didn't seem to care, closing his eyes and enjoying the massage as he replied, "What are you talking about? It's just a normal massage. This kind of thing is quite common all over the ninja world!"

"Hmph~"

"By the way, I also spoke with the Fourth Hokage about you joining the squad, and he agreed. If a suitable squad comes along, the Fourth Hokage will arrange for you to join."

Uchiha Yoichi suddenly spoke up, saying, "However, your foundation is too weak. Without using the power of the Two-Tails, you'll have some difficulty even facing Chunin. So, wait a month before joining the team. In the meantime, focus on basic training."

".Um"

The girl's voice was very soft; if Uchiha Yang hadn't had such sharp ears, he probably wouldn't have heard it. But the next second, he felt the pair of silky, tender feet on his back stepping on him with even more care and force.

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