Konoha thirty-three years, May.
With the end of the Chunin Exams, the bustling village suddenly fell silent.
Starting from Konoha's lightning trip to Daming Mansion, a large number of ninjas left the village to perform tasks.
There were originally many tasks after the war, not to mention, a large-scale political show attracted the attention of countless businessmen and nobles... For a time, documents piled up in the Hokage Building, and Konoha became the busiest logistics company in the entire ninja world.
Isn’t it just a multinational logistics company
Goods from the Country of Snow are escorted to the Country of Tang; herbs from Hongzhou Island are sent to the Country of Iron; a young lady from this family marries an old man from that country; a young man from that family marries a rich woman from this country...
In short, the tasks are all over the world, all kinds of strange, and have everything.
At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't care about anything else. Not to mention ANBU and root ninjas, even the usually unpopular police force was temporarily dispatched by him to perform tasks...
In short, as long as the Uchiha clan does not cause trouble, he does not mind being generous and making some concessions that are not painful.
Even when Hiruzen Sarutobi was sitting alone in his study, working on his wife, he would occasionally think: "It would be great to make money just standing like this. Everyone is peaceful and harmonious... fighting for power and profit is really a boring thing."
"Huh?" He closed the "interesting" comic book and wondered, "How could I have such an idea? No, it's too calm. There is also an inexplicable feeling of being boring and seeing through the world of mortals..."
With such confusion, he stood up again, looked at the sketched calendar, and murmured: "There are still five months left, Lake Biwa is due to give birth... It's so difficult."
Not to mention the Third Hokage who fell into sage mode, if the village sent so many ninjas at once, it would inevitably fall into a void in terms of defense.
However, fortunately, it had only been a year since the war ended, and no one would attack Konoha at this time.
However, the void in defense has to be treated with caution.
You know, Konoha's existing barrier system was established under the leadership of Uzumaki Mito.
This big man has been dead for several years, and Konoha continues to expand.
Although the barrier defense is constantly expanding, the effect is not always satisfactory.
At least, it's much worse than the barrier Mito completed himself.
Fortunately, Kushina, as a disciple of Mito's words and deeds, also began to enter the barrier class. Although she is young, she possesses the talent inherited from the Uzumaki clan's bloodline.
In addition, for some unknown reason, the little fox who always liked to be lazy became diligent, and his attainments in the sealing technique were also improving by leaps and bounds.
This amazed the ninjas in the barrier class and called him a genius.
The most tragic thing is that Minato and Naoki are in a dilemma.
I thought that after joining the Anbu, I would reach the pinnacle of my life. Who would have thought... What I would face is the difficulties and teasing from all kinds of old men.
However, the Third Hokage turned a blind eye to this matter.
Who hasn’t picked up soap
If you really don’t want to pick it up, then increase your strength.
From the perspective of the Third Hokage, the two of them had gone smoothly before and had not suffered many setbacks. Even if they had, they would have been easily dealt with by Chen.
This is not conducive to their growth.
Now, ANBU was a good whetstone, so why would he interfere
Not only will he not interfere, he will also add fuel to the flames.
As for whether the knife will be broken by sharpening... Is a knife that can be sharpened still a good knife
In short, everyone is busy.
But there are one or two who are quite thick-skinned.
For example, Tsunade and Jiraiya.
Not long after Uchiha Tatsu left the village, the two of them also started packing their bags, preparing for a casual trip.
I have seen lazy people, but I have never seen such lazy people.
Sarutobi Hiruzen even wondered if Jiraiya and Tsunade were preparing to piss him off so that they could inherit his Konoha flower.
Unfortunately, he couldn't return the goods. If he could, he would have packaged the two items and sent them back by express delivery.
However, he finally understood that neither Tsunade nor Jiraiya had any interest in the Hokage's position. In another ten years, the person sitting in the fourth generation position may be Orochimaru or Sakumo.
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In short, Konoha is still the same Konoha, let's not mention it for the moment, let us return our attention to Daming Mansion.
A few days later, after a somewhat uneventful few days of traveling, Uchiha Tatsu and his party finally arrived at the capital of the Land of Fire.
After completing the procedures for entering the capital, the three of them slowly stepped into the city gate.
With the end of the war, Daming Mansion is even more prosperous than three years ago.
Most of the pedestrians walking on the road are either rich or noble, and they are everywhere in fine clothes. It is impossible to see anyone who is hungry and has a sallow complexion.
This scene is simply unparalleled anywhere else.
The three of them walked like this, occasionally paying attention, but they only looked at it a few more times and stopped paying attention.
Daming Mansion is the city that never sleeps in the Land of Fire. It is extremely prosperous. If a few people are knocked down with just a brick, they may be related to some important person.
Even the common people in the alleys and markets claimed to have seen such-and-such patriarch and such-and-such shadow. Who would care about three and a half-year-old children
The three of them just strolled along the main axis. After an unknown amount of time, they finally saw the castle tower at the end of the road.
From a distance, the castle tower is surrounded by solid walls and moats. The walls are painted with white paint and matched with green roof tiles, and each flying eaves is decorated with animal shapes of tigers, dragon heads and fish bodies made of gold foil.
During the Warring States Period, it served as an observation tower, material storage room and military defense.
However, with the establishment of one country and one village, the castle tower has been slowly transformed over the past thirty years, and has gradually lost its significance as a military defense, and has become more of a symbol of the daimyo's power and enjoyment.
The three of them were preparing to cross the river when suddenly a carriage came at a gallop. The driver was sweating and anxious.
Uchiha Tatsu waved his hand to signal Mikoto and Himeji not to be impulsive, and at the same time stepped aside to get out of the way, narrowly avoiding the two galloping horses.
A few people didn't want to cause trouble and didn't mind the collision of carriages, but the groom who came out of the general's residence felt that the three and a half-year-old children were an eyesore.
You should know that the general who suppressed Japan in the car had delayed the daimyo's morning meeting because he got up late, and he urged him hard all the way. As a car driver, he was also in a very bad mood, and he hit people with his whip in anger.
As for the consequences... The mansion supports countless ninjas and samurai, but this place is still under the influence of the daimyo. Are you still afraid of him
Uchiha Tatsumi smiled and made no move. The groom who waved his whip screamed "Ah" and fell down from the car.
The two tall horses stopped suddenly because of fright, then raised their hooves high and stepped on his chest with a click, breaking four ribs.
After the carriage stopped, a middle-aged man with a bloody head and head stepped out of the carriage.
He covered his head and saw the misfortune that had befallen his servants. He became furious and cursed.
Basically, he was angrily scolding the ninjas who dared to kill people outside the castle tower, and asked them to report their names.
He naturally saw Konoha's forehead protector, otherwise he wouldn't be so confident.
You must know that Konoha Hidden Village has strict orders not to kill civilians at will, let alone a high-ranking official of the Fire Country like him.
Moreover, after the bandits in Rogge Town were wiped out by ninjas four years ago, most of the local villagers fled and became pirates. It was by killing these people that he became the "Japanese-Suppressing General" and won the trust of the daimyo.
Even the reconstruction of the Guardian Shinobi included ninjas recommended by him.
If not, he wouldn't have dared to threaten Konoha ninjas casually outside the castle gate.
The young man couldn't help but laugh when he saw the middle-aged man being helpless and furious, spitting everywhere, and then he shouted slowly:
"Police, come out to clean the floor."
… … (To be continued)