Autumn Fruit Organization

Fugaku traveled with Jiraiya's team, staying at bathhouses the whole way.

With a towel draped over his head, he watched Minato snore soundly in the hot spring beside him.

Yoshimaru lay by the poolside, eating fruit from a wooden tray.

He asked Yoshimaru, "Yoshimaru, does Minato... really enjoy doing farm work that much?"

Ever since he had joined Jiraiya's team, Jiraiya had ignored everything except visiting bathhouses. Where they went and what they did were all decided by Minato.

The team did not visit major cities, only rural villages.

It had been a month since the rice seedlings were planted. Whenever Minato arrived somewhere, he used Ninjutsu to help people remove pests and fertilize their fields.

Yoshimaru swallowed an entire tangerine and said,

"Minato created many Ninjutsu just for farm work. What was the one he just invented called again? It's only one of his many agricultural Ninjutsu."

"Earth Release: Scattering Like Snow, Flowers Falling, Fertilizing Technique."

"Yes, yes, yes. I didn't expect you to remember such a strange name."

After exhausting himself all day, Minato slept for a long time before suddenly waking up.

Rubbing his eyes, he said, "It's a shame Haneina can't go to the Women's Bathhouse. She doesn't get to enjoy this kind of relaxation."

Fugaku glanced at the rear wall. Beyond it was the Women's Bathhouse, and beyond that was Jiraiya, peeping on it.

His mind was full of questions. Was this the village leadership that had oppressed the Uchiha Clan until they could barely breathe?

Jiraiya was undoubtedly part of the village leadership. Judging from Minato Namikaze's current strength, he would inevitably become part of the village leadership in the future as well.

Why was every member of the village leadership so uninhibited, while every member of the Uchiha Clan seemed so burdened and grim?

Minato had rested well and recovered much of his energy.

He bit his finger, formed hand seals, and summoned a tiny blue toad the size of his palm.

The little toad croaked twice and jumped into the bath.

Holding it in both hands, Minato asked Fugaku,

"Fugaku, you said a few days ago that Chakra is very wondrous. If you keep channeling Chakra into small animals, can they grow stronger?"

"That's right. Many members of the Uchiha Clan raise crows and use Chakra to help them evolve. The crows become smarter and smarter, and once their numbers reach a certain point, they can even gain spiritual intelligence."

Fugaku looked at the little blue toad and said,

"The toads of the legendary Mount Myōboku are even more impressive. They have cultivated Chakra on their own for thousands of years, evolving stronger and stronger.

What was your little toad called again?"

"Boli G Lang."

Fugaku fell silent. The name was too strange. How could anyone give a toad such a name?

Minato focused intently on channeling Chakra into Boli G Lang. Chakra left his hands and entered Boli G Lang's body.

Much of it dissipated into the air, but a tiny thread of Chakra vanished into Boli G Lang's belly.

Boli G Lang absorbed far more Chakra than during its first attempt.

It enjoyed this nurturing very much, half-closing its eyes in contentment.

Half an hour later, Fugaku and Yoshimaru had soaked until they were tired. They climbed out of the pool, wrapped themselves in bath towels, and sat on chairs beneath the wall.

Minato was still in the water, nurturing Boli G Lang.

The little blue toad, Boli G Lang, stirred. It seemed full, then suddenly opened its mouth and fired a water bullet forward.

The water bullet was as large as a fist and shot straight at the water's surface.

Fugaku was slightly surprised. A toad the size of a palm had spat out a water bullet the size of a fist. It flew rapidly, smashing up a wave half a meter high.

Yoshimaru asked, "Minato, are you planning to raise a Summoning Beast yourself?"

Minato nodded. "Partly to raise one, partly to experiment with Chakra's effects on animals."

This world had Chakra, so it could not be judged entirely by the experience of his previous life.

In his previous life, mechanization had been agriculture's only way forward. In the Ninja World, perhaps chakraization was another path.

Heavy labor such as plowing might perhaps be replaced by livestock capable of wielding Chakra.

Under the effects of Chakra, Boli G Lang had progressed rapidly. It had only been a month since it metamorphosed from a tadpole into a frog, yet with Minato's help, it had already mastered Water Release: Water Bullet.

Boli G Lang was Toad Hiro's son and was now already a genius little toad of Mount Myōboku.

Unfortunately, Toad Hiro adamantly refused to acknowledge that his son was called Boli G Lang. It did not matter. Minato would call Boli G Lang that anyway.

A week later, Minato returned to Nuanhe Town, the town where Guangxia lived.

"Lord Minato! You're here!"

When Guangxia saw Minato Namikaze arrive, there was a blue toad perched atop his head.

The toad was very beautiful. Its belly was white, while the rest of its body was blue. Its blue skin resembled gemstones.

"Guangxia, let me see how your promotion of agricultural Ninjutsu is going."

"Lord Minato, I've already found more than thirty like-minded people. We study agricultural Ninjutsu together, search for children with Chakra talent together, and use Ninjutsu to handle farm work together."

Minato said, "Agricultural Ninjutsu is relatively simple. It does not require people with particularly high Chakra talent. As long as they can use D-Rank Ninjutsu, they can be brought in as companions."

Minato did not want agricultural Ninjutsu to become a skill that only elites could master. How much talent did D-Rank Ninjutsu require, anyway?

Soon, many people emerged from Nuanhe Town. More than a dozen gathered around Minato, all thanking him. It was Minato who had taught them agricultural Ninjutsu and made farming easier for them.

Looking at the dozen or so people, Minato felt deeply gratified.

In truth, during this period, he had continuously received Power of Reformation from Guangxia's side.

His Chakra reserves had gradually reached 162 units.

This kind of Chakra growth was much faster than cultivating painstakingly on his own.

Watching Minato surrounded by the crowd, Jiraiya leaned against a tree in the back, his eyes filled with gratification and affection.

At such a young age, Minato could influence so many people and earn the gratitude and admiration of farmers he had never met. How was he not the Child of Prophecy?

Yoshimaru and Haneina were already used to scenes like this, but it was Fugaku's first time seeing one.

Fugaku was astonished. Was this what affinity meant? Could someone possess such affinity simply by having a sunny smile like Minato's?

He could not help pressing a finger against the corner of his mouth. The corners of his mouth naturally turned downward, and coupled with the pressure of being the young clan head, he rarely smiled.

When it came to affinity, the Uchiha Clan could never compare to those from the Hokage line.

The Uchiha leadership all knew that Hiruzen Sarutobi was a smiling tiger, cruel and cold at heart. Yet it could not be denied that ordinary villagers of Konoha Village felt close to and encouraged by Hiruzen Sarutobi whenever they saw him.

Minato said happily, "Guangxia, you've gathered many people around you too. Why not establish a mutual aid organization? Do you have a name for it?"

"No, Lord Minato. Why don't you give us one?"

Yoshimaru and Haneina both sensed trouble. Minato was about to name something.

Minato said,

"I thought of one long ago! Let's call it the 'Light of Summer, Fruit of Autumn, Harvest Explosion, Better Than Dancing' Organization!"

Guangxia hurriedly said, "Great! We'll call it the Autumn Fruit Organization!"

He felt that "Light of Summer" was too closely tied to himself, and he did not want to take that credit. But "Autumn Fruit" was quite good.

As for the long string of words Lord Minato had suggested, they would just pretend it had not happened.

Minato did not take his naming seriously either. Instead, he said, "Guangxia, I got a new Summoning Beast. The Autumn Fruit Organization is going to learn new Ninjutsu again."