Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

Kirito thought to himself.

A moment later, he said to Uchiha Homura, who was eagerly waiting, "If you can't get rid of those bad apples for the time being, then let them lose the capital to continue to grow stronger. How about reforming the Uchiha Guard? Don't you think there are too many people in the Guard?"

"Uchiha Security Force?"

When Uchiha Homura heard Kirito say that he was going to do this, his brows furrowed immediately, and he was filled with conflicting emotions.

The Uchiha Guard is the main manifestation of the Uchiha clan's power in Konoha.

This is a very powerful department that manages the security of Konoha. The guards have the right to investigate and interrogate villagers and outsiders who are suspected of having problems at any time.

Because the Second Hokage directly granted the Uchiha clan the power to manage the Uchiha police force, the police force has always been managed by the Uchiha clan, and even the Hokage has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of the Uchiha police force.

However, ever since Madara Uchiha killed Hashirama Senju, many people in Konoha have been hostile to the Uchiha clan. In order to prevent the power of the security force from being divided, the Uchiha clan has kept all members of the security force as Uchiha people and has never hired outsiders.

As a result, the Konoha Police Force gradually became the private property and power structure of the Uchiha clan.

Because the guard force has enough power to manage villagers and outsiders, it is a very lucrative department. Not only does it receive regular funding from Konoha, but it can also collect a lot of "legitimate" fines. As for the various illicit incomes it receives, there is even more.

It can be said that the security force is an important source of funding for the Uchiha clan.

The numerous positions it offered provided were the lifeline for many Uchiha clan ninjas, allowing Root ninjas to avoid the hardships of ordinary ninjas who had to go to the Hokage Building to take on dangerous missions and earn money.

This demonstrates the importance of the security force to the Uchiha clan; any action taken against it would inevitably involve various internal conflicts of interest within the Uchiha clan.

It might lead to a lot of embarrassing things.

The Uchiha clan members are also human beings. They possess all the weaknesses of human nature, such as laziness, greed, and vanity. In fact, because of their rich emotions, these weaknesses are amplified many times over.

The fact that the security forces granted the Uchiha clan such great power naturally made it easy for corruption to arise.

Moreover, there are certainly bad apples within the Uchiha clan, and the existence of these bad apples is the main reason why the villagers of Konoha have a bad reputation for the Uchiha Police Force.

As the saying goes, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast.

The villagers rarely remember the good things about the Uchiha Police Force, but they definitely remember the bad things about it very clearly.

As the head of the Uchiha clan, Homura Uchiha was also the highest-ranking officer in the security force, so he naturally knew the situation within the security force very well.

Therefore, he was well aware of how difficult it would be to reform the garrison.

Unsurprisingly, once he takes action against the security forces, a large number of his people will immediately rise up to oppose him.

Now, when he heard that Kirito planned to have him touch the Uchiha clan's purse strings, his head started to ache, and the pain was getting worse.

"Chief Yan, is this also off-limits?"

Kirito looked at Homura Uchiha's changing expression and said with some disappointment.

If he couldn't directly harm people, then he could touch their money; that was the safest way he could think of.

Even the hawks of the Uchiha clan are human beings who need to eat. If you control their money, they will have no choice but to obediently go to the Hokage Building to take on missions and earn money, just like other ninjas. At that time, they will naturally not have much free time to care about the affairs of the clan.

Doing missions is dangerous, and it's normal for things to go wrong during a mission.

In this way, the neurotic Uchiha who are dissatisfied with Konoha can be eliminated one by one without worrying about triggering the nerves of other neurotic Uchiha who are dissatisfied with Konoha. It is a win-win situation.

"I estimate that taking action against this will cause a bigger reaction than directly targeting people. Currently, many Uchiha ninjas are working and holding positions in the security force. If they are all dismissed, these people will lose their jobs and will definitely gather together to cause trouble."

Uchiha Homura said with a troubled expression.

"Chief Flame, that's not right of you. You should know the internal situation of the guard team better than I do. The current number of guards is far greater than the number of guards Konoha needs. There is no need for so many guards to patrol many places in Konoha."

It's absurd to assign five or six extra people to a task that could be done by one person.

It can be said that there are too many idlers in the guard force who do little work and some of them don't even do proper duties. You have every reason to dismiss some of these idlers.

The security force should be the Konoha security force, not the Uchiha security force. Chief Flame, you'd better remember that.

Do you know why the Uchiha ninjas complain and express dissatisfaction with Konoha all the time? It's because they have too much free time. With the security force on their side, they have a secure job and don't have to take on missions or go out to earn money like other ninjas. Their material needs are easily met, so they start to pursue a spiritual life.

"Just fire these idle people, let them take on jobs to earn money to support their families, and see if they still have so much time to complain every day."

Seeing that Uchiha Homura was still resistant to his suggestion, Kirito coldly mocked her.

Uchiha Homura's face turned ugly after being mocked by Kirito, but she couldn't refute him.

Because what Kirito said was true, there were indeed too many idle people in the Uchiha Guard. Just as Kirito said, these people were too idle on weekdays, and since their material needs had been met, they began to pursue spiritual needs.

This psychological need is that they want to gain more say in Konoha or seek recognition from other people in Konoha.

But this is precisely the kind of spiritual need that Konoha cannot provide for them.

So they started causing trouble, which widened the gap between the Uchiha clan and Konoha.

"It seems that Clan Chief Yan is not ready to integrate the Uchiha clan into Konoha at all. Just consider my suggestions as nonsense. It's getting late, so I should take my leave."

Seeing that Homura Uchiha neither refuted nor intended to listen to his advice, Kirito decisively chose to take his leave.

Are you kidding me?

This won't work, that won't work, and they still want the Uchiha clan to be integrated into Konoha?

That's just wishful thinking.

If the Uchiha clan wants to integrate into Konoha, the first thing they need to do is to reorganize their internal affairs. Without this determination, simply talking about wanting the Uchiha clan to integrate into Konoha is nothing but empty talk.

Clearly, this Uchiha clan leader had the will, but lacked the determination.

He can only continue to be a powerful clan leader who cannot refuse the demands of his clansmen. At most, he can only use his personal strength and prestige to restrain the Uchiha clan members, but he cannot change their will, let alone solve the serious problems within the clan.

Indeed, it takes ambitious young people to make changes; it's much harder for lethargic older people to do so.

"Ah~"

As Uchiha Homura watched Kirito turn and leave without hesitation, he expressed his disappointment in Kirito and let out a long sigh, a look of dejection appearing on his face for the first time.

He, Uchiha Yan, possessed the power to suppress the Uchiha clan, yet he struggled to reorganize the clan internally. Furthermore, he was told to his face by a junior that he was incompetent, which made him feel particularly distressed.

However, what hurt him even more was discovering his own weakness.

Without realizing it, he had become so weak.

"Isn't there any other way for the Uchiha clan to successfully integrate into Konoha?"

Uchiha Homura said with a heavy heart.

As he spoke, his originally straight back suddenly became somewhat hunched.

Chapter 134: The blond-haired little boy

When Kirito left the Uchiha clan's territory, he had already calmed down and was no longer angry about Uchiha Homura's repeated rejection of his good suggestions.

Now that he thinks about it, he realizes he had no reason to be angry. His partner was Chizuru, not that old man Uchiha Homura.

Of course, he actually wanted to plan ahead so that Chizuru would face less resistance when she reformed the Uchiha clan in the future. Unfortunately, Uchiha Homura was all show and no substance and couldn't bring himself to eradicate the cancerous cells within the Uchiha clan.

Ever since Nono's shop was bullied by scoundrels from the Uchiha clan, he had been secretly investigating the Uchiha Police Force, which is why he had a fairly detailed understanding of the Uchiha Police Force.

There are approximately one thousand ninjas in the Uchiha clan, and the Uchiha Guard has more than eight hundred members, but only about three hundred actually perform tasks.

Since the actual inhabited area of ​​Konoha is not very large, the required number of security personnel is far too many. In addition, ninjas have many ninjutsu to assist in reconnaissance, Kirito felt that more than 300 people were too many for the daily duties of the security force.

There are only a little over three hundred people actually doing the work, but there are more people who don't do anything. These people can just hold a position in the garrison and receive a salary without any guilt. Their lives are incredibly comfortable.

Without a doubt, these people are parasites on the system.

The other civilian ninjas have to work hard all day long to do missions and earn money to support their families.

Therefore, it's not without reason that ordinary ninjas have grievances against the Uchiha clan; they are simply envious of the Uchiha ninjas who can live a life of leisure.

It's not just ordinary ninjas who are envious; Kirito himself is quite envious.

His salary was earned from his daily work at the sealing workshop and the hospital; it was all hard-earned money.

Why should Uchiha clan ninjas be able to receive salaries without having to work?

Just thinking about it makes one feel psychologically unbalanced.

It's no wonder the Uchiha clan is hated and disliked by the people of Konoha.

Even so, these Uchiha clan ninjas were still not satisfied; they wanted more to satisfy their hearts, which had become empty due to their constant idleness.

"Their personalities are unpleasant, they have no connections in the upper echelons, and most of the people in the clan are just sitting around doing nothing. They have a secure job provided by the system, but they don't have to work. They still complain that the higher-ups don't give them enough, and they are even dissatisfied with their current power and want to rebel. It would be a wonder if the ninja clan is not wiped out in the future. They deserve to be wiped out."

Kirito watched as several security team members walked by arm in arm, straddling the main road. He smelled the strong stench of alcohol on them and sneered inwardly.

Look, drinking during work hours has turned him into a drunkard who disturbs the peace.

What an exceptional group of people.

The Uchiha Police Force must be reformed, otherwise it will be extremely difficult for the Uchiha clan to change their image in the eyes of the people of Konoha.

Unfortunately, judging from the current situation, this reform still has a long way to go.

"I really want to grow up quickly, I'm still too young."

Kirito felt a little annoyed that his suggestion couldn't be implemented. Looking at his tender hands, he suddenly felt a desire to grow up quickly.

Only when he grows up can he hold a high position in Konoha, win over more people, and then build Konoha into the kind of place he envisions.

Although he has already gained strength in his current child form, it is clear that in the eyes of some senior figures, he still needs to continue training.

"The battlefield? I'll go see it in another year, when I'm ten years old. If you want to win people over, you have to show enough outstanding achievements. Didn't Minato Namikaze shut up those seniors with his illustrious record?"

At that moment, Kirito thought to himself, recalling the words Orochimaru had said to him at the hospital.

"Kirito-kun."

Suddenly, Kirito heard someone calling him from behind. He immediately came to his senses, turned around, and saw a blond-haired little boy.

Speak of the devil and he appears.

This blond-haired little boy is none other than Minato Namikaze, who is in the same grade as him but is a different age. He is now nine years old, five months older than him.

"It's Minato. Long time no see."

Although Kirito and Minato didn't usually interact much, they had played together a few times and even fought against each other a few times, so they were considered friends. Kirito immediately greeted him warmly.

"Hmm, it's been a while since I've seen you since you graduated and went to study in the medical field."

Minato said with a smile.

"Huh? Konoha headband, you applied for graduation early?"

Kirito finally noticed that Minato had a Konoha headband wrapped around his left arm and said in surprise.