Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 213 The Office. (Please subscribe)

Not long after Sasuke was born, Mikoto had a private conversation with Itachi.

Not long after, Itachi took the initiative to change his address to Uchiha Yoichi as his father, and Uchiha Yoichi accepted it.

They've been calling each other that for months now. Although they're not biological father and son, everyone in the clan knows it. Moreover, Mikoto is pregnant and has given birth to Uchiha Yoichi's son.

Mikoto's decision also made the small number of people who disliked Fugaku Uchiha and hated Itachi Uchiha by association restrain themselves, and they started calling Yoichi Uchiha "father". Itachi Uchiha was one of the highest-ranking second-generation shoguns in the village.

"Yoichi-kun, you're back; Itachi, put Sasuke down, it's time to eat."

Mikoto came out of the kitchen and saw that Uchiha Yoichi had returned. She smiled gently and called Itachi over.

Now that Mikoto has given birth to Sasuke, she exudes an even more mature and beautiful charm, a completely different style from Mina; especially when Mikoto wears a fitted suit skirt, her long, straight legs wrapped in smooth black stockings.

She can only be described as incredibly charming!

The current Mikoto shows no signs of having done what she did the night before last; she is completely a virtuous wife and loving mother.

"Itachi, don't hug Sasuke while you're eating."

"Understood, Mother."

Although Itachi Uchiha was reluctant to part with his adorable younger brother, he still put Sasuke back in the stroller after hearing this.

Only then did he sit down at the table, pick up his bowl and chopsticks, and begin to eat.

"Where are Mina and Karin?"

"She went to see Kushina, supposedly to share some of her experience as a mother with her."

"Mina? She's still a child herself, and Kushina really dares to imitate her?"

Uchiha Yoichi said with a face full of doubt, "Uzumaki Mina is usually cheerful and has no pressure. She usually only stays at the Konoha Hospital for half a day before coming back."

However, at night she transforms into a lovesick woman, as if she wants to make up for all the time she missed by Uchiha Yoichi during the day.

Among the Uchiha clan, Mina Uzumaki is the one with the least pressure, able to do whatever she wants; aside from helping Uchiha Yoichi with some tasks, she is almost the happiest person in the village.

After the meal, Mikoto asked, "Yoichi-kun, on the day the Sand Village visits, should I go with them, or should we meet separately?"

"They might split up at that point, since it would be a shameful thing for them, and the Sand Village has no chance of starting a war with us right now."

After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Yoichi said that within the past year, Mikoto's business had gradually started to target merchants dealing in grain, oil, salt, and other commodities, and had slowly acquired quite a few of them.

They also formed a chamber of commerce alliance, with Uchiha Mikoto as its president, to impose price increases and blockades on essential goods such as grains, oils, and salt exported from Sunagakure and the Land of Wind.

Sometimes, disrupting a region doesn't require war. Even a small-time thug like Gato can blockade a small country, let alone the Uchiha clan. Moreover, the Uchiha clan isn't as weak as Gato. If the Land of Wind is blockaded, they won't be able to buy what they want at all.

The Land of Rain also needs to import supplies. The Land of Demons and the Land of Bears are both small countries and cannot possibly supply the Land of Wind. The Land of Earth also has some animosity with the Sand Village because of the presence of the Rock Village.

The Land of Wind's own territory is 60-70% desert, and the land it cultivates is simply not enough to satisfy its own people.

The price increase and blockade began a few months ago, and now the Sand Village and the Land of Wind are starting to show signs of being unable to sustain themselves; although the nobles have not been affected much, the ninjas and commoners have been greatly impacted.

"They might use the Chunin Exams as an opportunity to make demands, but Mikoto, when you're negotiating with them, you can rip them off handsomely. You can ask for things like allowing Uchiha merchants to enter the Land of Wind."

Uchiha Yang said that even if Sunagakure could survive this year, it wouldn't survive next year or the year after.

The Sand Village sent an envoy to the Leaf Village this time, ostensibly to hold a joint Chunin Exam, but its real purpose was definitely to persuade the Uchiha clan's trading company to lift the blockade on the Sand Village.

Otherwise, given the generally strained relationship between the two ninja villages, why would they suddenly propose the Chunin Exams?

Mikoto smiled gently and said, "I understand."

"Then I'm going out."

Uchiha Yang said that many things need to be decided as soon as possible, and Tsunade has also decided to come back, probably this afternoon.

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"Sister, is this...is this Konoha?"

Rope Tree stood on the high wall surrounding the village and was stunned by the sight before him; the vast village was twice the size of what he remembered.

The buildings in the farthest distance were almost invisible, and there were many five- or six-story buildings in the village, standing side by side, creating a sense of prosperity.

"Sister, if we had known the village would develop this well, we should have come back sooner."

"I've been away from home all this time, how would I know the village has developed so well?"

"Your brother-in-law already told you, it's because you've been playing around all the time."

"Stop arguing!"

Upon hearing this, Tsunade angrily punched Nawaki. She had already let Shizune teach her a lesson before, but now there was Nawaki too; these two little brats were really outrageous, showing no respect for their elders at all.

Moreover, as soon as that guy came to see her, he tried every means to coax her into bed, and didn't talk much about village affairs at all.

"Go back quickly and see what the tribe's territory has become."

Tsunade grabbed Nawaki's collar and said something, then she, Shizune, and the other two headed towards the Senju clan's territory. Shizune didn't have any relatives left, and now she was Tsunade's disciple, so they would live and eat together from now on.

When Tsunade and her two companions arrived at the entrance to the Senju clan's territory, they happened to see Uchiha Yoichi waiting there.

"Why are you here? I thought you were handling something."

When Tsunade stepped forward, a smile appeared on her face naturally, but when she suddenly remembered how this brat had bullied her a few days ago and almost made her unable to get out of bed, her expression turned stern.

However, Uchiha Yangyi went up to Tsunade and put his arm around her, saying, "I knew as soon as you returned to the village. Let's go in and take a look. Although the appearance is still the same, everything has been replaced with new ones."

"Idiot, we're still outside."

Tsunade said somewhat awkwardly. She didn't really care what changes were happening at the Senju clan's territory, but this brat was being so affectionate in public; what if someone saw them?

"Whatever happens outside, even if others see it, they won't say a word."

As for whether he would talk about it in private, Uchiha Yoichi didn't care. With Mina and Mikoto by his side, the label of "womanizer" could never be removed from him.

"Let's go in and take a look."

After saying that, Uchiha Yoichi put his arm around Tsunade's waist and walked inside, as if he were the master of the Senju clan's territory.

Nawaki and Shizune followed behind, but when Tsunade looked around, she suddenly saw the mocking look on Nawaki's face, so she swung her fist at her younger brother as a warning.

When Nawaki was away, she missed him terribly, but once Nawaki came back to life, Tsunade beat him up more and more often. That brat!

The Senju clan's territory is currently the most spacious and best-preserved place. In the future, it may become a vast clan territory where Tsunade, Nawaki, and Shizune live in dozens of houses.

The house was renovated, the training ground was repaired, and the furniture and appliances were brand new, just as Tsunade had left it. Even the water bottles were placed exactly the same as before.

After returning and taking a look around, Tsunade was surprised to find that this place didn't feel unfamiliar at all.

After Nawaki turned around, he gave Uchiha Yoichi a thumbs up: "Brother-in-law, this is almost the same as before, you can hardly see any changes, but it's brand new, it's really amazing."

"It only cost a little money, I'm glad you like living here."

Then, Uchiha Yoichi said to Tsunade, "Tsunade, go and talk to Sakumo-senpai, and Nawaki also needs to be re-registered."

"Okay, let's go together then. No need for silence. Go buy some food and we'll have a good celebration tonight."

Tsunade paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and continued to say to Shizune, "Remember to buy plenty of sake, Shizune."

"I understand, Lady Tsunade."

Shizune said with a smile that she was very happy to return to Konoha Village. She didn't know any friends outside, so Konoha was much better.

Afterwards, Tsunade and Nawaki followed Uchiha Yoichi to the Hokage Building. It was still quite dilapidated, but when Uchiha Yoichi became the Fifth Hokage, he would definitely renovate the building.

Upon arriving at the Hokage's office, Hatake Sakumo originally intended to inquire about Uchiha Yoichi, a Sand Ninja, but his attention was quickly drawn to the two people behind him.

"Tsunade, come back. Is he Nawaki?"

Hatake Sakumo's eyes widened, and after seeing Nawaki scratch his head sheepishly, he quickly connected the boy in front of him with the memories in his mind.

"It really is Nawaki. Yoichi-kun, the person you mentioned last time who was resurrected must be Nawaki-kun."

Nawaki and Nohara Rin are different. One just died or even is still alive, while the other has been dead for more than ten years and her body has been buried for a long time.

"It is indeed Nawaki. He was training outside and just came back today, wanting to become a ninja again."

"Then let's register again. Not many people knew Nawaki back then, but there should still be some. I'll have the ANBU follow Nawaki for a few days. If they recognize him, we'll issue a gag order to them."

Sakumo Hatake spoke up, saying that the arrangement for Nawaki would be the same as that for Rin Nohara last time; however, arranging for Nawaki would be much easier, since he was someone from more than ten years ago, and no one would have such a deep impression of someone who had been dead for so long.

"Then I'll leave this matter to you, Sakumo-senpai."

"Well, Tsunade, where are you planning to go? Still to the medical department? We have some very good medical ninjas, but we lack someone like you."

Sakumo Hatake turned to look at Tsunade. Since she was back, it meant that her hemophobia should be cured. Moreover, the medical department really needed a medical expert. He had originally intended to entrust this matter to Mina Uzumaki.

However, Mina Uzumaki only comes two days a week at most, and those two days are spent teaching medical ninjutsu, so her mind isn't really on it; now that Tsunade is back, the medical department can only be handed over to her.

As for Koharu Utatane, she was the last resort; although Koharu Utatane was also very capable, she had too many ideas of her own and didn't take the Hokage Building seriously at all.

"The medical department sounds like too much trouble. Forget it, I'll leave it to you."

Tsunade sighed and said that now that she was back in the village, she had made up her mind long ago; although it would be a bit troublesome, her younger brother and lover both wanted to make Konoha better, and she had to do her part.

Furthermore, research on genetic energy and the Extinction Virus is needed, making Konoha Hospital the best choice.

Hatake Sakumo nodded and said, "Then there's nothing else. By the way, Yoichi-kun, you can take these documents; they're all for you to handle."

"So many! Why did the people below send them to the wrong place again? Sakumo-senpai, isn't this about the Chunin Exams? Shouldn't the Hokage decide?"

"Yoichi-kun, I'm not very clear about what's going on in Sunagakure. You've been in charge of everything, so why don't you take charge?"

Sakumo Hatake said calmly that he had calculated that by sending those documents away, he could get off work before dark today.

He'd been in the Hokage position for two years, doing nothing but paperwork, and lately he was increasingly thinking about a new Hokage election; but Uchiha Yoichi always gave the same answer: "It's not time yet, please, Sakumo-senpai, hold on a little longer!"

"Please, Yoichi-kun, today is Kakashi's birthday!"

"Sakumo-senpai, that's going too far. I just gave Kakashi a birthday present half a year ago."

After arguing for a while, Uchiha Yoichi ended up taking the documents away.

Normally, the Hokage wouldn't have so many things to do; but recently, Konoha has been developing rapidly, with construction underway in various places, and every construction project needs to be reported, and more important matters need to be reported to the Hokage.

Uchiha Yoichi was still undertaking large-scale projects, and he would have been overwhelmed if it weren't for the help of Mikoto, Toshiki, Tokugawa, and others within his clan.

After leaving the Hokage's office, Uchiha Yoichi carried some documents and headed towards his own office.

Tsunade, standing beside her, asked curiously, "Are there a lot of things happening in the village now?" She remembered that when her great-uncle was Hokage, there weren't so many things happening in the village.

"It's increasing every day, because I have a lot of ideas."

Fearing that Tsunade might not understand, Uchiha Yoichi changed to a simpler way of saying, "After the Third Shinobi World War, there were only a little over 70,000 people in the village, but now there are almost 150,000."

Tsunade opened her red lips in surprise and said, "So many! No wonder there are so many high-rise residential buildings."

"What's so high about five or six stories? There will be more than ten stories to come."

After Uchiha Yang finished speaking, he and Tsunade went to his office. There was a new stack of documents on his desk after they left the meeting.

Tsunade noticed the empty tables and chairs nearby and asked, "Who are these for?"

"My assistant, or my alter ego; there's too much stuff, if I were to handle it all by myself, I'd be working until very late."

As Uchiha Yangyi spoke, he put down the file, closed the door, and turned to Tsunade's side: "Tsunade, would you like to be my assistant? If it's you, one person is enough."

"You little brat, are you sure you want me to be your assistant...?"

As Tsunade watched Uchiha Yoichi approaching, her face flushed slightly. She was quickly cornered and sat down on the table.

"It's too close, and this is an office~"

"What's the big deal? My office is naturally protected by a barrier, so no one will notice."

Uchiha Yoichi said slowly, then leaned close to Tsunade's soft face and kissed her directly.

Having developed the Yin Seal, Tsunade can now maintain her youth forever. She has also begun to cultivate genetic energy, which provides a continuous source of energy, making it impossible for her to age.

Her skin is now even whiter and smoother than a young girl's.

The curtains aren't drawn yet.

As Tsunade spoke, her fair arms wrapped around Uchiha Yoichi's neck.

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Yoichi raised his hand, and a piece of wood grew from it, eventually turning into a wooden plank to seal the window.

"Tsunade, I miss you so much."

As the light in the room dimmed, Tsunade took the initiative, even more so than Uchiha Yoichi, and brought her lips closer.

"Hmm~"

"Um"

"Hmph~"

"Are you... are you Rope Tree?"

Jiraiya had just returned to the Hokage Building, preparing to submit a mission, when he suddenly saw a very familiar face, which immediately brought back his memories.

So he quickly went to Rope Tree, pressed down on its shoulder, and examined it carefully.

"Brother Jiraiya? You've gotten old."

Nawaki was also taken aback for a moment, but after recognizing Jiraiya, he quickly smiled and said; but he soon remembered that this was not the place to talk, so he pulled Jiraiya to a secluded place.

"Brother Jiraiya, it's a long story, but I have indeed been resurrected. And you must not tell anyone that I died before. If other ninja villages find out about my resurrection, it will probably cause a lot of trouble."

Jiraiya's face was still showing shock. He nodded subconsciously and said, "You, how did you come back to life? Who did it? Was it Tsunade?"

"No, he's my sister's boyfriend."

"Has Kato Danya been resurrected?"

Jiraiya asked in shock, feeling that what he had heard today was no less than the information about the Rinnegan he had heard before.

Nawaki shook his head and said in a low voice, "It wasn't that Kato-kun. My sister's lover is Uchiha Yoichi. He's the one who resurrected me."

"Who? Uchiha Yoichi!?"

Jiraiya was completely stunned, devoid of any other emotion. He stood frozen for a long time after hearing the news before finally grabbing Nawaki's shoulder and hurriedly asking...

"Why Uchiha Yoichi? How could he be your sister's lover? And he already has two wives, Nawaki, you're not lying to me, are you? And why did he revive you? How did he do that?"

"Stop, Jiraiya-nii, you're asking me so many questions all at once, I can't answer them all."

After breaking free from Jiraiya's grasp, Nawaki sighed and asked, "I don't know much. I've been training outside by my sister for the past year, and I just returned to the village today. I don't even know about the resurrection."

"Brother Jiraiya, if you really want to know, it's better to ask your sister."

Jiraiya was filled with a million questions. Besides the matter of Nawaki's revival, what he wanted to know even more was why Tsunade had become Uchiha Yoichi's lover, especially since that guy already had a wife and children!

Where is your sister?

"I think I went to my brother-in-law's office just now. I'm Jiraiya's older brother, who came down to process my ninja identity. Try not to think too much about it."

Nawaki spoke up, saying that when Jiraiya took good care of him, he knew that his older brother Jiraiya liked his older sister; he didn't know what had happened during the time he was dead, he only knew that his sister now liked Yoichi's brother-in-law very much.

"I'll go find Tsunade in the office."

After Jiraiya finished speaking, he planned to go to the top floor, but stopped halfway there and said to Nawaki, "Nawaki, I'll invite Orochimaru to give you a welcome dinner tomorrow."

After saying that, Jiraiya rushed to the top floor, to the office of the Hokage's assistant.

He knocked on the door, but there was no response from inside, and a barrier appeared on the door.

Are you discussing confidential matters?

After seeing the barrier, Jiraiya had no intention of breaking through it; doing so would be tantamount to slapping the other party in the face.

He then went to another corner of the corridor to wait, but the longer he waited, the more agitated he became; after hearing that Tsunade's lover was Uchiha Yoichi, his mood never calmed down.

"Maybe Tsunade is lying to Nawaki. She might have made some compromises regarding the resurrection. Nawaki might just be guessing. Tsunade is so proud; how could she like someone with a wife and children, especially one from the Uchiha clan?"

Jiraiya gritted his teeth and frowned in thought, but the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Tsunade used to be very proud, so it should be true.

The idea of ​​resurrection is simply unbelievable; Nawaki has been dead for over a decade and he can come back to life, so what about his disciple Minato Namikaze?

The old man probably doesn't know about this. What kind of technique can achieve such a forbidden effect?

After an unknown amount of time, the door finally opened, and the person who had caused Jiraiya's confusion came out of the house.

"Tsunade."

Jiraiya spoke and stepped forward to call out, but after taking only two steps, he noticed that Tsunade was acting strangely.

Her cheeks were flushed like peaches, and she seemed to be sweating. Strands of golden hair were stuck to her face, and her lips were redder than before—no, they looked a little swollen.

"Jiraiya? What are you doing here?"

Jiraiya's face twitched, then he scratched his head and chuckled, "I just saw Nawaki, and there are some things I don't understand, so I wanted to ask you about them."

"Nawaki, don't tell anyone about him. This is a closely guarded secret."

Tsunade gave her a reminder, then realized she wasn't feeling well and wanted to go back to take a shower and change her clothes, so she said, "I still have some business to attend to at the clan's territory, I'll head back now."

"Wait a minute, Tsunade, are you free today? I was just saying I'd throw a welcome-back party for Nawaki, and Orochimaru must really miss him."

Jiraiya spoke up instinctively; he suddenly felt a strong urge to get to the bottom of things.

"I see. Then call Orochimaru and come to my house tonight. I've already sent Shizune to buy some things."

After thinking for a moment, Tsunade said, "Orochimaru was Nawaki's mentor back then. Although he didn't show it after Nawaki's death, he did change a lot later on."

It's good to tell him now that the Rope Tree has been revived.

I'm very sorry for being half an hour late. 10,000 words completed.

But I still have to shamelessly ask for your monthly votes!

(End of this chapter)