Naruto: Yes, Uchiha-sama.

Chapter 71: Senju Tobirama: Maybe I was really wrong. I should learn from the Akatsuki Village!
Hokage Office.
After completing the mission, Hashirama Senju brought Uchiha Madara to the Hokage's office to say goodbye to Tobirama Senju and make a routine report.

According to common sense, if you reach the position of Hokage, you will basically be isolated from any missions.

But Senju Hashirama is obviously an exception.

"Brother, I knew that the plan you mentioned earlier would only end up wasting Konoha's precious funds."

"But since you refuse to give up, then I'll let you do as you please. But you must be careful when you go out on missions, and don't make any big news in the ninja world."

"You must remember what I said."

Senju Tobirama sat on the chair in front of the Hokage's desk. While speaking earnestly, he raised his head to look at his elder brother, and at the same time glanced at Uchiha Madara who was standing next to Senju Hashirama.

Uchiha Madara stood where he was, not even looking at Senju Tobirama. He didn't want to have any communication with the inherently evil Senju Tobirama. He was just a piece of trash!
of course.

The same goes for Tobirama Senju.

If possible.

He didn't want to have any contact with the inherently evil Uchiha Madara, but he was just a little worried now.

If Hashirama Senju went out on a mission alone, Tobirama Senju would not be worried at all, but his eldest brother insisted on dragging the naturally evil Uchiha Madara to go on the mission with him.

This made Senju Tobirama very worried.

Of course, according to the strength of these two people, the S-level mission is just a piece of cake for them, so Senju Tobirama is not worried that they will fail to complete the mission, causing Konoha's reputation to decline. What Senju Tobirama is really worried about is that these two guys will fight for no reason when they are together. The scene of the sky collapsing and the earth cracking may not be enough for the reward of the mission to compensate for the compensation for the damage caused by the two of them.

It's not the first time that Senju Tobirama has experienced something like this. During an escort mission, when encountering danger, his eldest brother failed to control his strength and destroyed all the escorted goods. Not only did they not earn the reward for the mission, but they also had to pay a sum of money. In the end, they had to personally go to the initiator of the mission to bow and apologize.

"Tobirama, I know, I know!"

"What you're talking about happened a long time ago. It happened because my strength had just made a huge leap back then, and I wasn't fully familiar with it yet."

Senju Hashirama laughed awkwardly a few times and tried to make amends for himself.

"In that case, I will leave with Madara first. I'll leave Konoha to you for the time being."

"Also, I almost forgot. I haven't told Mito about this yet, so when you go back tonight, remember to tell Mito about this."

As Senju Hashirama said this, he impatiently pulled Uchiha Madara with him, intending to leave Konoha immediately and start the mission they needed to complete for the first time as a team.

"Brother, you bastard!" "Won't I get yelled at again tonight?"

Senju Tobirama looked at the back of Senju Hashirama as he left, and said indignantly in his heart that every time he had something to do and had to stay out overnight, he didn't go to inform his sister-in-law, but asked me to tell her. He didn't know that once his sister-in-law got angry, her diamond chain would not recognize anyone.

After some cursing.

Senju Tobirama picked up a book on the table, the latest issue of "New Ninja". Ever since Senju Tobirama noticed that his elder brother Senju Hashirama's "condition" had worsened, he began to collect every edition of "New Ninja".

Thanks to Uchiha Makoto's money power, he bribed many people, and the print volume of "New Ninja" increased day by day. It has become an extremely popular publication in Konoha. There is nothing special about the content, and it is basically no different from ordinary periodicals, except that "New Ninja" will add a short essay in the most conspicuous place that even Senju Tobirama finds it a little incredible after reading it.

The previous short essay had already made Senju Tobirama feel its power. When he considered that the protagonist of the story was the Akatsuki Village founded by the inherently evil Uchiha Makoto, this made Senju Tobirama even more wary.

"Should we take compulsory measures against 'New Ninja'? The stories in it may seem ordinary on the surface, but they are too easy to mislead people!"

Senju Tobirama thought so. The reason why he had not made up his mind was because "New Ninja" did not contain any content that violated Konoha's safety regulations. Taking compulsory measures against "New Ninja" rashly would definitely cause boycott from Akatsuki Village, and it would also be unreasonable.

"Take a look at the latest edition to see what kind of misleading content it contains."

Senju Tobirama opened "New Ninja" and a short story in it quickly caught his attention.

[The Akatsuki Village has a strange law: every new student at the Ninja School is given two coupons by their teacher: a "book coupon," redeemable for any book, and a "honey coupon," redeemable for a small jar of Akatsuki Village brand honey. Both coupons must be used simultaneously; neither can be omitted.]

No one knew why this law was enacted. That was until Master Guangying gave a speech at a school.

Young Uchiha Makoto wasn't wearing the Shining God robes, but instead cradled an old book. He flipped open the title page, revealing a water stain—remarkably like a drop of honey. "Fifty years ago, my grandfather was the poorest Genin in the clan." "That day, he was on a mission, and his house caught fire. He rushed back, only to find two things: this burnt, curled ninjutsu book, and a half-opened can of honey." "Grandpa said that the truly valuable things in the fire were the principles of ninjutsu within the book, and the honey was just a little sweetness to keep the principles from being too bitter, a way to sweeten the future."

Changing the subject, Uchiha Makoto pulled out a document from his pocket—the "Akatsuki Village Research Funding Supplementary Plan." The cover was also stained with a drop of honey. "From today on, for every book voucher used in the village, the Ministry of Finance will automatically allocate 1790 taels to the 'Akatsuki Village Research Fund.'" "This money is for children under twelve to apply for—to buy books, spare parts, or even lab wrenches. The only condition is: a page from their favorite book must be included in the budget report."

The audience was silent for a moment, then exploded. A parent muttered, "Can buying books save money?" Uchiha Makoto laughed, "Books are seeds, and scientific research is the tree. The Ministry of Finance is simply pre-discounting the future shade."

A few days later, a long line formed outside the Ninja School bookstore. The children exchanged their newly received coupons for books like "Three Years as a Medical Ninja, Five Years as a Medical Master" and "Introduction to the Nature of Fire Style Chakra." The Ninja Bookstore owner even put up a blackboard outside the door: "Today's Hot Book - 'Introduction to the Nature of Fire Style Chakra' is now available."

Just two months later, a group of students in Akatsuki Village had mastered the basics of Fire Style. On the day of the school performance, they collectively used Fire Style to spell out the words: "Books are sweet, and so are funds." From then on, Akatsuki Village had a saying: "The more you read, the faster you'll get funding; the faster you get funding, the faster you'll learn ninjutsu."

A daimyo, arriving incognito, listened in the shadows as the children used fire escape techniques to spell out, "Books are sweet, and so are funds." He finally understood: those two coupons, one honey, those 1790 taels, were all seeds of fire planted by Master Guangying himself. The daimyo tapped the guardrail and sighed to the accompanying clerk, "See? The backbone of Akatsuki Village has never been ninjutsu. It's been books as seeds, silver as spring water—every page a child turns, a spoonful of funds watered; every time a tree grows taller, a branch is cut and planted back in the soil. This cycle repeats itself, and knowledge grows into a forest. One day, Akatsuki Village will become the most powerful and prosperous village in the ninja world!"

(End of this chapter)