After returning to Konoha, Uzumaki Mina went to Konoha Hospital and brought back two medical ninjas.
One hundred thousand ryo each was roughly equivalent to receiving the maximum reward for a C-rank mission. Since they were only being asked to treat a Summoning Beast, they naturally had no objections.
Ninjas were not short of money, but they would not refuse money that was so easy to earn. After the two medical ninjas arrived at the Uchiha compound and saw Gates in such a miserable state, they said nothing and immediately began treatment.
They cut away the burned fur and applied ointment. Although the larger wounds had stopped bleeding, they still needed to be stitched up, while some of the wounds also required the use of the Mystical Palm Technique.
Motivated by the money, the two medical ninjas treated the matter as a mission and worked with great care.
An hour later, the two medical ninjas were so exhausted that they no longer cared about their appearance and simply sat down on the ground.
The two of them had expended a huge amount of Chakra to treat all the wounds on Gates' body. Now, he only needed to rest for a few days to fully recover. Uchiha Yoichi had also learned through their soul connection that Gates was doing much better.
Afterward, he paid them and sent them away.
The next day.
After resting for a night, Uchiha Yoichi felt much better. When he got up, he also discovered that his bedding had been warmed until it was scorching hot, at least fifty or sixty degrees.
It should have been related to Godzilla's evolution inside his body. However, Uchiha Yoichi did not feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, after sleeping, his energy had recovered very quickly.
In the morning, he went to visit the Second Elder and asked him to use the clan's power to find people talented in making electronic equipment. It was time to get his money-making business off the ground as well.
There was now another glutton in the household. Even the cheapest pork cost forty or fifty ryo per jin, and Gates did not like pork. To satisfy him, they needed at least mutton or beef.
Cheap beef now cost around 340 ryo per jin, while slightly better beef cost 460 ryo per jin. If he wanted to feed Gates well, the beast's daily meals alone would cost 320,000 ryo!
Even if he used lower-quality beef, it would still cost more than 200,000 ryo a day.
After calculating that figure last night, Uchiha Yoichi had barely slept.
All his wealth would only be enough to raise Gates for a little over a year. His Summoning Beast was indeed powerful. Once it became familiar with ninja combat, ordinary ninjas were no match for it.
Once Gates reached adulthood, he would be a standard Tailed Beast.
Although it would take quite a long time, Gates had told him that one thousand years was the natural time it took for an Earth Bear to reach adulthood by doing nothing but lie in its cave and sleep. However, most Earth Bears searched for food that could help them grow quickly.
As a result, quite a few Earth Bears reached adulthood at around seven hundred years old. With the help of their parents, reaching adulthood at five or six hundred years was not uncommon either. Unfortunately, Gates was an orphan bear. His mother had gone out to find food for him and never returned.
If Uchiha Yoichi wanted Gates to reach adulthood sooner, he would definitely need another huge sum of money.
There was also the Uchiha Clan's welfare system, along with the money needed to hire other ninjas. Once he calculated everything, expenses were everywhere.
Elder Kenji wanted him to become the Clan Head, and Uchiha Yoichi did not refuse.
What was wrong with becoming the Clan Head of the Uchiha Clan? They were practically the greatest clan in the Ninja World, with enormous potential and many powerful members.
Once someone awakened the Three-Tomoe, they became a Jonin, and it was difficult for them to lose in a one-on-one fight against another Jonin.
One-on-one? Run for your life.
This was not something the Uchiha had made up themselves. It was something other ninja villages had concluded through their battles with the Uchiha. If someone encountered an Uchiha alone outside, they should run as quickly as possible.
Once someone fell under an Illusion Technique, there was no one to help break it. After all, not everyone was like Might Guy, capable of training themselves to fight while staring at their feet.
As for what was bad about becoming the Clan Head of the Uchiha Clan, perhaps it was that a few lunatics would always appear within the clan. Most of the clansmen were perfectly normal, though. Awakening the Three-Tomoe did affect Uchiha clan members, but not to a great extent.
However, to become the Clan Head, he first had to establish the welfare system. Only then could he win people's hearts.
As he thought about this matter, Uchiha Yoichi suddenly noticed what was happening ahead.
A mature and beautiful woman holding a gift box had just walked out of a house. The home's female owner had also come to the door to see her off, looking somewhat embarrassed. After seeing the mature beauty off, she returned inside and closed the door.
The woman sighed after stepping outside, but when she noticed Uchiha Yoichi passing by, she hid the disappointment on her face.
"Madam Mikoto, did you come to give Captain Ryota a gift?"
Uchiha Yoichi glanced at the gift box in Uchiha Mikoto's hands. It was wrapped quite beautifully, though he had no idea what was inside.
But was this Uchiha Fugaku's instruction? Had he started taking the wives' route too, hoping to win over the clansmen through their wives?
"This wasn't Fugaku's instruction. I wanted to do something for Fugaku."
Uchiha Mikoto spoke with a complicated expression. Earlier, she had seen that object belonging to Uchiha Yoichi, a junior of the clan, and had been somewhat rude to him. At first, she had felt rather embarrassed.
Later, however, Mikoto heard that Uchiha Yoichi had completely fallen out with Fugaku, joined the Second Elder's side as part of the clan's hardline faction, and had even nearly injured Fugaku.
This left Mikoto feeling conflicted. Still, she knew that, strictly speaking, the Young Yoichi before her was no different from an enemy of her family.
Although it seemed inappropriate to regard a clansman as an enemy, Mikoto knew what attitude her husband held toward Uchiha Yoichi at home. A woman followed her husband after marriage, so naturally, she had to follow in her husband's footsteps as well.
She had come to visit Uchiha Ryota this time to help Fugaku, but Mikoto had not expected Ryota's Wife to seem as if she had received instructions beforehand. She had neither accepted the gift nor shown any intention of becoming close to her.
"Young Yoichi, we are all members of the same clan. Why can't we work together? Fugaku doesn't have any ulterior motives."
"Madam Mikoto, I believe what you said. The Clan Head probably doesn't have any ulterior motives, but he doesn't have the ability. Do you understand?"
Uchiha Yoichi interrupted the beautiful woman before him as she tried to persuade him. Even without him, the Uchiha Clan under Uchiha Fugaku's leadership would certainly be unable to escape the fate of being wiped out.
"I never had much desire to become the Clan Head, but the Clan Head has repeatedly tried to wrong me even though I did nothing wrong. So I had no choice but to resist!"
"To be honest, I don't acknowledge Uchiha Fugaku as the Clan Head. If I get the chance in the future, I will definitely become the Clan Head myself. You don't need to make any more useless efforts."
Uchiha Yoichi spoke with absolute certainty. Then he pointed at the gift box in Uchiha Mikoto's hands and asked, "Do you still need this?"
"Huh?"
Uchiha Mikoto froze. She had not expected Uchiha Yoichi to suddenly ask about the gift box in her hands. Since she had not given it away, there was no use in taking it back either.
"Then lend it to me for a while."
When Uchiha Yoichi saw Uchiha Mikoto raise the gift box without saying anything, he took it from her and tore off the wrapping.
Then he carried the unwrapped gift box toward Uchiha Ryota's home.
After pressing the doorbell, Ryota's Wife opened the door a moment later. Seeing Uchiha Yoichi standing outside, she asked, "You are?"
"Madam, I am Uchiha Yoichi. Captain Ryota took good care of me some time ago. I happened to be passing by today, but I didn't prepare a proper gift for my visit. Once Captain Ryota is home, I will come to formally thank him."
"Ah, so it's Young Yoichi. There's no need to be so polite. Ryota often mentions you."
After hearing that he was Uchiha Yoichi, Uchiha Ryota's wife immediately smiled and naturally accepted the gift box. "Young Yoichi, would you like to come in and sit for a while?"
"No need, Madam. Once Captain Ryota returns, I will come to visit him properly."
"All right, then. Young Yoichi, you're welcome to visit next time."
Uchiha Mikoto became furious when she saw this. She knew that Uchiha Yoichi was using this method to tell her that her approach was completely useless.
This sense of failure caused frustration to rise in Uchiha Mikoto's heart. She bit her lip in unwillingness. Then, when she saw Uchiha Yoichi nod at her almost boastfully, Mikoto turned around and left.
Fugaku was right. This man really is annoying!
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