Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 288 News of Uchiha Madara Spreads

"Yoichi-sensei, this is the list of Hyuga clan ninjas. You will now assign them all tasks."

Hyuga Satomi smiled and handed a list to Uchiha Yoichi. It was a list of ninja information for all the Hyuga clan members that she had compiled. Except for a few members of the main branch, all the others were on it.

"A total of 831 people, Teacher Yang Yi."

"So many? That guy Hiashi, he kept making excuses when we asked him to send more people last time, but it turns out there are so many people hidden in the clan. Rimi, what are all these clansmen of yours doing?"

Uchiha Yoichi knew about the commotion Rimi had caused within the Hyuga clan, but he ignored it and waited for the final outcome.

Konoha is currently short of manpower, and all the Uchiha clan ninjas have been sent out. The Uchiha Merchant Guild is now recruiting people from all over the Land of Fire, and they even need to use Edo Tensei (impure world) techniques for some of the armed protection.

Uchiha Yoichi had previously warned the Ino-Shika-Cho clans, demanding that they hand over their clan's ninjas; however, the village's ninjas were still insufficient. Putting aside everything else, just establishing security forces in various regions would require the number of ninjas to be quadrupled.

Moreover, it was the lowest-ranking security force, only capable of maintaining order within the town.

"Whether it's training, maintaining the clan's business, or just doing nothing, even if some branch clan members want to become ninjas, the elders of the main clan will oppose their ideas in the name of the clan's greater good."

When Hyuga Satomi talked about these clan elders, her tone was full of complaints and disdain. It was these people who wanted her to leave the ninja world and return to the clan to get married.

If it weren't for the fact that none of the clan elders showed up and it was all done by her and Hyuga Hiashi, Hyuga Satomi would have really wanted to try out the Tenseigan Chakra Mode.

"This should be all the branch family ninjas in the clan. I originally wanted to follow the policies of Yoichi-sensei in the Uchiha clan, but I found that it wouldn't work; finally, on the advice of the seniors in the branch family, I made some slight changes."

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Yoichi chuckled and said to Hyuga Rimi, "The Uchiha clan isn't so easy to learn. The difficulty of awakening the Byakugan and Sharingan is quite different."

Although the Uchiha clan distributed a lot of money, most of the money that ended up in the hands of the clan members was earned back by the clan's trading companies. Moreover, the benefits for ninjas with the three-tomoe Sharingan were the biggest part, but there were very few of these clan members.

There is no evaluation standard for the Hyuga's Byakugan; it can be awakened almost anyone after a certain amount of training. Therefore, if the Hyuga were to adopt the policies of the Uchiha clan, they would not be able to continue implementing them for more than a few years.

"You can arrange these ninjas. Start with the security forces in the Sand Special District and Amegawa District. You and Kurenai should go find Uchiha Masato and the others and have a good talk with the security forces."

Uchiha Yoichi handed the matter over to Hyuga Satomi and the others. Years of experience in government affairs had made Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Satomi very skilled in handling village politics, and they also knew what Konoha needed most at that moment.

Just follow the steps.

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"Next, only the Five-Tails are left."

Madara Uchiha looked at the several corpses lying on the ground without any emotion; these people did not give him any interest in fighting.

At this point, the Gedo Mazo had opened eight eyes. Apart from the Nine-Tails' chakra that was sealed in the Gold and Silver Brothers, only the Five-Tails remained uncaptured.

"Black Zetsu, where is the Five-Tails?"

"In another forest, also in the Land of Earth, but quite far from here, Lord Madara, they seem to still be alive?"

"Then let them live. They're just a few insignificant people."

After dispelling the summoning technique of the Gedo Mazo, Madara Uchiha had already walked outside. He had no interest in returning to finish off the enemy. Although ninjas need to finish off their enemies to confirm their death, Madara Uchiha didn't care whether these people were dead or not.

"Oh well."

Black Zetsu didn't go against Madara Uchiha's wishes. Anyway, his mother was about to be resurrected. Although he didn't quite understand why his mother's will would be revived, once the Five-Tails and Nine-Tails' chakra were sealed onto the Gedo Mazo, Madara Uchiha would be completely useless.

Even the Infinite Tsukuyomi no longer needs Madara Uchiha to release; the mother's will will be directly revived in the Gedo Mazo.

Long after Madara Uchiha left, the Iwa ninja outside Huaguo Mountain noticed something was wrong.

They sent people into the interior of Flower Fruit Mountain, only to find that Qirabi, Huangtu, and the others were all lying on the ground. Terrified, they rushed forward to check and found that everyone except Huangtu was dead.

"Quickly, medical ninjas, come and save them!"

Soon, the Iwa ninja rescued the only survivor, Huang Tu, and after some treatment, they finally managed to revive him.

The moment Huang Tu woke up, Onoki asked what had happened. Even the Cloud Ninja were there, looking at Huang Tu with very grim expressions.

Killer Bee is not only the only perfect Jinchuriki in their Hidden Cloud Village, but also the younger brother of the Fourth Raikage.

Now that they've died in the Land of Earth, how are they going to explain this to the Raikage?

"It's Uchiha Madara. He's collecting the Tailed Beasts, and counting the Four-Tails and Eight-Tails, he's already collected seven. Father, Uchiha Madara is going to find the Five-Tails now. Contact the ninjas there immediately!"

"Uchiha Madara!?"

Huang Tu's words immediately brought back unpleasant memories for Onoki. Back then, he and his teacher, the Second Tsuchikage Musashi, were easily dealt with by Madara Uchiha, who didn't even take them seriously.

"Why does that guy want to collect the Tailed Beasts?"

Huang Tu coughed twice and said weakly, "I'm not quite sure, but before the Eight-Tails was captured, it told us to protect the Five-Tails and not let Madara collect all the tailed beasts."

After barely managing to recount the whole story, Onoki understood what had happened, but his expression was quite grim.

Before the Four Kingdoms Alliance even began, Amegakure was nearly destroyed, Kirigakure had just agreed, and the relationship between Iwagakure and Kumogakure became somewhat unstable.

Onoki knew how important Killer Bee was to the Hidden Cloud Village, but now he was dead in the Land of Earth.

"Tsuchikage, that's what happened. I know Killer Bee is important to your Kumogakure, but a more dangerous enemy has emerged. I hope you can have a good talk with that Fourth Raikage and not make any decisions that would benefit the enemy!"

Upon hearing Onoki's words, Tsuchida's heart sank, and he said, "I will do my best to persuade the Raikage."

The enemy is clear, and even their purpose is known. Logically, the Cloud Village should have formed a closer alliance with the Rock Village to jointly deal with Madara Uchiha and Konoha.

However, Tsuchida is not entirely sure what the Fourth Raikage will decide, since the person who died was his younger brother, and the death of the Third Raikage in the Land of Earth was also unusually mysterious.

"Third Tsuchikage, I hope to go with you to the place where the Five-Tails was resurrected."

Onoki, with his hands behind his back, said, "Of course. Let's set off immediately. If we have time, I even hope the Fourth Hokage will bring the Cloud Ninja as well, since the enemy is Uchiha Madara."

Tsuchita's mind raced, and he immediately asked, "How much longer until the Five-Tails is revived?"

"Well, it will probably take another month. When the Four-Tails started gathering chakra, the Five-Tails hadn't made any moves yet, so it should be about a month later than the Four-Tails."

Upon hearing this, Tsuchikage nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said, "In that case, Third Tsuchikage, I hope your village will allow the Fourth Hokage to bring the Cloud Ninja here. Only if the Fourth Hokage investigates personally will he believe it."

Ōnoki immediately understood what Tsuchidai meant. He simply wanted the Fourth Raikage to see the murderer, Uchiha Madara, so that the hatred would be focused on Uchiha Madara, and the alliance between Iwagakure and Kumogakure would become even stronger.

Tsuchitai didn't want the relationship between Iwagakure and Kumogakure to break down at this crucial moment, so he came up with an idea.

Onoki said, "Let him come. Even if he brings a thousand Cloud Ninja, it's fine. Iwagakure will arrange everything for you. But it would be best if he brought strong fighters, because our next enemy is Uchiha Madara!"

"Understood, I will go and report to the Fourth Lord right away."

After finishing speaking, Tsuchikage immediately left the ward to report the matter to the Fourth Raikage.

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Konoha Village can hardly be called Konoha Village anymore. The longest stretch of the village is nearly 100 kilometers long, and many tram tracks have been laid within the village. Public transport vehicles have also been specially set up.

Otherwise, it would be very difficult for ordinary people to walk around the village; it would take several hours to get from one side of the village to the other.

"Naruto, hurry up!"

Kushina sighed and called out to Naruto that he was going to train with Sasuke and Karin today, and she would go along to chat with Mina.

Minato Namikaze had been gone for three days, and she had gradually forgotten about him since that day.

The mere mention of this incident made Kushina grit her teeth in hatred. For two consecutive days and more than ten hours, they did that kind of thing without stopping. She didn't dare to mention Minato's name at all, and now she didn't even dare to think about it, for fear that Uchiha Yangyi would just pin her against the wall and go in.

"Coming, Mom."

After changing his clothes and putting on his shoes, Naruto went out with Kushina.

As they walked, Naruto suddenly asked, "Mom, where's Dad? He hasn't shown up for three days."

"He went to a very far place. You'll understand when you grow up."

Kushina didn't want to lie to Naruto, so she spoke vaguely.

However, after the mother and son had walked for a while, they suddenly ran into an acquaintance, Jiraiya.

"Kushina, good morning, where are you all headed?"

After greeting him, Jiraiya asked, "By the way, I haven't seen Minato these past couple of days. I need to talk to him about something."

Upon hearing this, Kushina lowered her head and said to Naruto, "Naruto, you go find Sasuke first, I'll be there in a bit."

After sending Naruto away, Kushina said, "Minato... he has already returned to the Pure Land."

"This...so fast?"

Jiraiya's face showed surprise. Although he knew Minato Namikaze's plan beforehand, he thought that Minato would wait a while longer before returning to the Pure Land.

"Why is Minato in such a hurry? Kushina, what are your plans next?"

"Just live a good life and raise Naruto, that's all."

Kushina said in a calm tone that she was now reluctant to deal with people associated with Minato because she was pregnant with another man's child, which made her want to avoid Jiraiya.

"I see. Naruto then."

"I have something to do with Mina, so I'll be going now, Jiraiya-sensei."

When Kushina heard Jiraiya mention Naruto's name, she guessed what Jiraiya was going to say next. He had mentioned it to her when Minato was still around, but things had changed now.

Naruto is currently a Jinchūriki, with a powerful beast sealed within him. Training with Uchiha Yoichi would be best for Naruto.

Besides, Kushina wasn't afraid that Uchiha Yoichi wouldn't take care of Naruto, since Naruto was the older brother of the child in her belly.

"Ah, Kushina."

Seeing Kushina leave immediately, Jiraiya called out twice, but even though she heard him, she didn't stop to acknowledge him. He gave a helpless, bitter laugh and muttered to himself, "Am I being rejected?"

Kushina quickly caught up with Naruto and the two of them then arrived at the Uchiha clan's territory.

When Naruto arrived, Sasuke, Haku, and the others had already started training. Upon seeing this, Naruto shouted "I'm here!" and joined them in training.

The three of them are now almost like little monsters. Although the strange beasts have been sealed inside their bodies for only a few days, they can already use the abilities of those beasts.

Uchiha Yoichi erased the consciousness of all the summoned alien beasts but retained their abilities, as if he had placed a power bank inside them, allowing Sasuke and the others to use the abilities of the alien beasts within them at any time.

Sasuke, Haku, and Naruto's strength has increased by two levels. If the three of them use their abilities, even Kimimaro and Itachi would be no match for them.

Sasuke can now easily unleash A-rank Lightning Release ninjutsu, and casting ten or more in one go is effortless. Under these circumstances, any tactic seems utterly ineffective.

Therefore, Uchiha Yang could only enable Sasuke, Naruto, and Haku to cultivate genetic energy.

Genetic energy can help them completely internalize the alien beast abilities within them, and it can also increase their strength.

After refining the strange fire, Uchiha Yoichi also cultivated at home. Now he can slowly refine the strange fire without affecting others, although his body feels a little hot.

However, this had little impact on Uchiha Yoichi, who had mastered Godzilla's abilities.

By refining a little bit each day, the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame can be completely refined within two months.

"Kushina, you've finally arrived! Look, I specially prepared salted meat cake for you!"

After Mina brought out some snacks, she smiled and placed them in front of Kushina.

However, Kushina wasn't as happy as usual. Upon seeing the salted meat cake, she felt nauseous and pushed it away, saying, "Never mind, Mina, I don't want to eat this today, ugh."

"Hmm?" Mina asked curiously, "Didn't you used to love this? Is your stomach upset today?"

"Hmm, haha, maybe a little."

Kushina quickly laughed it off, but still pushed the snacks on the table away from her; she didn't even want to smell them right now.

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