Konoha: We, the Uchiha, are ready to give up!

Yup!

If this guy can think of these things, how could he not have a solution?

With that thought in mind, he no longer hesitated.

He immediately shook Uchiha Jin, who was enjoying himself with his eyes closed, awake.

"Jin, wake up!"

"You must have a way, right? Tell me quickly!"

“Although I know you have no feelings for your community because of the radicals, we all have the same blood flowing in our veins.”

"How could you bear to watch your tribe be wiped out?!"

Uchiha Jin: "..."

He never expected that Shisui would come to him for help.

Good guy!

He didn't want to talk about it today.

Because with something like this, one certainly wouldn't dare say too much at the moment.

After all, Shisui is not Nara Kazama!

For this kind of person, the only solution is to guide them gradually.

and so.

Even though Shisui has already said that, he is unwilling to say anything more now.

of course.

It's not a big problem to throw more mud at Hiruzen Sarutobi!

Thinking of this, he immediately shook his head.

"Shisui, don't shake me."

"I'm just a little kid, what can I do?"

"The difference between the Uchiha clan and the Hokage lineage is simply too great!"

"Think about our Uchiha clan. They are arrogant, conceited, simple-minded, disdainful of everyone, and foolish. They act like the Uchiha are the number one clan in the world."

“It’s okay to be stupid, the key is to be stupid without realizing it.”

"They act like they can fight against heaven, earth, and even the air just because of the Uchiha's glory."

"But they don't realize that times have changed!"

"If it were during the Warring States period, families would fight their own battles, and as long as they were strong enough, they could sweep everything aside."

"But what about now?"

"Since the establishment of Konoha, we have entered the era of villages."

"Even if the Uchiha are powerful, they've already formed an alliance!"

"You think you only need to kill Sarutobi, but in reality, once you make a move, you'll be dealing with Sarutobi, Shimura, Utatane, Mito, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, Aburame, Inuzuka, and a whole bunch of other civilians."

"Even if you learn from Hyuga, even if you look like a coward, at worst you'll just lose face a little."

"But can the Uchiha do it? No!"

"Actually, let alone dealing with the entire Hidden Leaf Village, the Sarutobi clan alone is something the Uchiha clan cannot contend with."

"Did you think that when Konoha was first established, the Uchiha were the founding clan, and Sarutobi was just joining Konoha?"

"Since Hiruzen Sarutobi held the position of Hokage for so many years, do you know how many ninjas the Sarutobi clan has now?"

"More than three thousand, nearly four thousand ninjas."

"The Uchiha clan works hard to earn money by completing missions, while the Sarutobi clan controls the village's finances and uses the village's funds to support their own clan every year."

"The Uchiha clan these days probably only has six or seven hundred ninjas at most, right?"

"Moreover, every war consumes ninjas from various clans. How many Sarutobi clan ninjas have you seen on the battlefield?"

"The Sarutobi clan's ninjas are constantly expanding, while the Uchiha clan's ninjas are constantly being depleted."

"Can it be compared?"

"Rebel against the village and try to seize the Hokage position? That's utter nonsense!"

"Even if the Uchiha clan could take on three out of three ninjas from the Sarutobi clan alone, so what?"

"Even a single spit from each of them could kill you!"

"Now you understand why I hid my strength, Shisui?"

"The Uchiha clan is full of idiots, and with the help of Fugaku, that useless clan leader, they've created numerous factions. Now, they can't even maintain the most basic unity within the clan."

"How could I be so foolish as to associate with such a powerful force?"

"Even the Hokage lineage won't do!"

"Those old silver coins, if you follow them, you'll probably be counting the money for the seller even if they sell you out."

"I might as well just stay put and let things take their course!"

"And I advise you to think more positively and stop worrying about so many useless things."

Nothing in this world is difficult if you know how to give up.

Chapter 40 continues the deception, putting Shisui in a dilemma.

Upon hearing this, Shisui rolled her eyes.

give up?

Even though he feels very lost now, he still doesn't consider 'giving up' as an option.

But, same thing.

After listening to Uchiha Jin's long speech, he felt as if his worldview had been shattered.

He never imagined that the Uchiha clan's situation had deteriorated to such a dire degree.

Moreover, the Sarutobi clan.

He recalled the scenes he had witnessed on his journeys to the Sarutobi clan to report on the Uchiha clan to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Houses packed tightly together, ninjas packed tightly together.

At the time, he simply remarked that it was indeed worthy of being the Hokage's family.

It's really thriving!

But now that I think about it...

Yup!

When Konoha was first established, Sarutobi was just a small clan.

How many years has Hiruzen Sarutobi been Hokage? Where did the Sarutobi clan get so much money and how could they suddenly have so many more ninjas?

Now, Jhin has given him the answer.

The village's finances!

Consider the Uchiha's guards; they live frugally every year, and the village rarely allocates any money to them.

So where does the village spend the more than 2 billion yuan that Daming allocates every year?

The village hasn't changed much.

It's actually more depressed than before.

The rewards for ninjas completing missions come from the missions being issued by wealthy patrons.

The village not only doesn't have to spend a single penny, but it also gets a share of the loot from each mission.

Konoha Hospital?

How much money could that cost!

The secret service is indeed a place that costs money, but ten or twenty million a year is enough.

Interrogation and torture department? Mission hall? Ninja school?

It doesn't seem to cost much!

It's just that I spend a lot of money on supplies like kunai and explosive tags every time the battlefield opens.

But the problem is...

Every time a war begins, the daimyo allocates special funds!

Well, the problem is coming.

Where did all the money go?