Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 332 Giving Advice

"This is really difficult. I have absolutely no idea how this thing was made."

Tsunade rubbed her temples, feeling a bit of a headache. Because of Sakura's message and seeing the effects of the secret medicine after returning, she was initially quite interested; however, after studying it for a while, although she knew the ingredients, she just couldn't make it.

This quickly exhausted Tsunade's patience, especially since she had racked her brains but had no clue whatsoever.

Sakura, stroking her chin thoughtfully, said, "Lady Tsunade, could it be that our methods are different? I remember Hanabi saying that she saw flames erupting from the palm of that boss, Yang Yi, when he was refining the secret medicine. Maybe we're missing the most crucial method."

Uchiha Yang's secret medicines are too expensive; the cheapest one costs 300,000 ryo, which is at least equivalent to an A-rank mission in Konoha. But now that the world is at peace, there aren't that many A-rank missions to generate expenses for the village.

Before the Fourth Shinobi World War, Konoha's income was roughly split 50/50 between the Daimyo's grants and mission rewards. Now, mission rewards are lucky to make up 20%, and the village basically needs the support of the Fire Country Daimyo to keep operating.

Therefore, Shikamaru wanted to ask Sakura to try to research a substitute for this secret medicine, so that it could save the village a lot of money and perhaps allow more ninjas to use the secret medicine, otherwise it could only be supplied to a few ninjas.

Sakura and Tsunade studied it for a long time, but they never succeeded.

"Forget it, there's no need to continue. Without a crucial step, we can't even make a substitute for the simplest secret medicine."

Tsunade shook her head and said that she was seventy years old and should have been enjoying a peaceful life in the ninja world, but she was called back to Konoha Hospital to do one boring experiment after another.

It's been over a month and there's been no progress at all. I'm afraid there won't be any progress for the next few months either.

"Lady Tsunade."

Sakura called out, but didn't know what to say, so she shook her head and gave up; she also felt there was little hope, having tried everything she could think of during this time.

"Then let's go relax a bit, Lady Tsunade. Would you like to check out Ino's flower shop?"

Tsunade's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she said, "That's a good suggestion, Sakura. Let's have a drink together after we find Ino!"

"Ahaha, I never said I wanted to drink, Lady Tsunade."

Sakura smiled, her lips twitching slightly. However, Tsunade had already made up her mind and was walking out in a cheerful mood. Seeing this, Sakura had no choice but to follow.

Lady Tsunade has been working very hard, so she decided not to disturb her good mood today.

The two women tidied themselves up and quickly left Konoha Hospital, arriving at Yamanaka Ino's flower shop.

However, when Sakura and Tsunade arrived, they found the flower shop closed and empty. In the end, Sakura could only accompany Tsunade to the izakaya (Japanese pub), it seemed she would have to drink a little today.

Yamanaka Ino was at Uchiha Yoichi's izakaya at the time. She hardly ever did ninja missions. Besides running a flower shop, she usually took care of her family. After learning that Uchiha Yoichi's izakaya had been renovated and opened, she had come twice.

Moreover, every time she came, she would run into Uchiha Yoichi drinking. There weren't many people in the shop, and since Yamanaka Ino didn't want to drink alone, she took the initiative to greet him and sat down with Uchiha Yoichi.

In the past, Yamanaka Ino, a married woman, would never have done such a thing, sitting at a table with another man drinking while her husband was busy. That would have been absolutely impossible.

However, Yamanaka Ino was in a bad mood every day. In addition, Uchiha Yoichi gave her a mysterious feeling and pointed out the problems between her and Sai. For these reasons, Yamanaka Ino took the initiative to come over after seeing Uchiha Yoichi drinking.

"Boss, do you always drink alone?"

Uchiha Yoichi glanced at the sexy married woman and casually said, "This is a way to relax after a busy day. But you, as a full-time housewife, isn't it inappropriate to come to an izakaya during the day?"

Yamanaka Ino clenched her fist, a "well" shape appearing on her forehead, and said, "I'm not a full-time housewife, I'm a working ninja!"

However, Yamanaka Ino still believed that Uchiha Yoichi was busy, because he had a strong medicinal fragrance on him that could be smelled with just a slight whiff, and it wasn't pungent at all. In fact, smelling it made her feel relaxed.

"Boss, give me some advice on how to get Sai and me through these so-called seven years."

After drinking a glass of wine, Yamanaka Ino, who couldn't hold her liquor, had a slightly flushed face. Her curvaceous figure and snow-white belly made this married woman even more charming.

Uchiha Yang glanced at it, then looked away and said, "What can I do? Besides, didn't I already tell you that you could just go on a trip?"

"Sai is busy with missions, he simply doesn't have time."

"Then go help him complete the mission. You're a ninja too, right?"

"I can't go out; I have to take care of my family."

"Then you..."

Uchiha Yoichi suggested several methods that could help Yamanaka Ino ease the tension in her family, but for various reasons, Yamanaka Ino rejected them all.

He was also aware of Yamanaka Ino's family situation, which is why he stood in her shoes and offered those impossible "good solutions".

Victor's plan has already begun. His medical company is secretly buying death row inmates from the five major powers under the guise of experimental drugs, and then sacrificing them to the artificial sacred tree.

He also asked some organizations in the underworld to steal Hashirama's cells from Konoha.

Sai was already busy investigating news about Uchiha Yoichi's arrival in Konoha, and with several underground organizations showing interest in Hashirama's cells, he's become even busier.

In addition, Uchiha Yoichi deliberately left Kara organization marks on some bounty hunters so that Sai would discover this information, making him even busier now.

If Konoha discovers a mysterious organization lurking beneath the Five Great Ninja Villages, they certainly won't let it go.

Therefore, after Sai discovered the news about the Kara organization, he sent out a lot of people to investigate. However, the Anbu had cut too many members, so although they got some information, they didn't make much progress.

This information was even leaked to Konoha by Kamui's clone, but it was enough to make the people of Konoha take it seriously.

After obtaining such important information, Sai also plans to personally infiltrate the Valley Country to investigate thoroughly. He is currently discussing this matter with Naruto and Shikamaru.

"This won't work, that won't work. Your problems are more difficult than saving the ninja world. You might as well go back and figure it out yourselves, and stop bothering me!"

After all his proposed methods were rejected, Uchiha Yoichi immediately feigned an impatient expression.

Seeing this, Yamanaka Ino said somewhat guiltily, "It's really difficult to achieve. Boss, do you have any other methods? Please, just one last one. I already consider you a friend."

Anyone can say nice things, but I'm not your friend, not even an acquaintance.

Seeing that he had fished out enough fish, Uchiha Yang said, "Alright, let me give you one last idea; you can try faking an affair to make your husband nervous, and then he will care about you. As for the person you fake an affair with, you can ask your friend. I remember that ninjas all know the transformation technique, right? That should be able to do it."

Upon hearing this, Ino Yamanaka hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Would faking infidelity work?"

Uchiha Yoichi asked, "Tell me, how would you feel if you saw your husband with another woman?"

Yamanaka Ino angrily pounded her fists together and shouted, "I'm going to beat him to death!"

"What if he's with another woman right now?"

"He's dead meat!"

"That's right! If he truly loves you, he'll act just like you, rushing to your side immediately. Then you can have your friend explain things clearly. As for the person on the other end of the line, you can have your son relay the message; that will make your husband believe you more!"

Upon hearing this, Yamanaka Ino paused for a moment, then clapped her hands together with a delighted expression and said, "Great idea! Didn't you have a good plan? You should have said so a long time ago!"

Uchiha Yoichi shook his head and said, "You were just saying we'd be friends, and now you're saying 'you bastard,' you really turn your back on me."

"Okay, okay, don't worry about the details. If it works out, I'll treat you to dinner. Thanks!"

After finishing her sentence, Yamanaka Ino immediately stood up and prepared to leave to find Sakura for help.

However, after taking a couple of steps, she suddenly felt dizzy, the alcohol was starting to take effect, and she swayed and leaned to the side; but that was exactly where Uchiha Yoichi was sitting, and Yamanaka Ino didn't notice and leaned against Uchiha Yoichi.

The heavy dumpling was immediately placed on Uchiha Yoichi's shoulder, making him feel a soft sensation.

After feeling her ball being squeezed, Yamanaka Ino, her face flushed, sobered up somewhat. She quickly stood up straight, her face still flushed, and said, "I... I'll go now!"

After Yamanaka Ino left in a somewhat flustered manner, Uchiha Yoichi chuckled to himself, thinking, "The Kamui clone should be making its move soon, almost five years ahead of schedule. I wonder if Isshiki's weapon is ready, and whether he'll impulsively reveal himself."

Compared to Isshiki's cultivation of the Ten-Tails, Victor's artificial divine tree was merely an appetizer. Once the artificial divine tree was fully cultivated, Victor would lose his value.

His regeneration technique and other research results were all obtained by Kamui's clone.

Based on the current scale of cultivation, as long as Victor's people can obtain Hashirama's cells, they can make the artificial Divine Tree mature in three months. At that time, he can harvest the Chakra Fruit and try to refine pills using the artificial Divine Tree Fruit.

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Night falls

A dozen or so figures bypassed the members of the Konoha Police Force and once again stealthily made their way to the village cemetery.

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