Minato's Family Banquet, Kakashi's New Ninjutsu

Half an hour later.

One by one, Uchiha lay dead on the training field.

He wailed, his body curled up, unable to rise again.

"You're already exhausted after such a short time?"

Qingye shook his head helplessly.

So be it.

These people's willingness to borrow has increased to some extent.

For Shisui, after the previous provocation, and by using his childhood friend Uchiha Fūshi as a tool in his attack, Shisui's willingness to lend money has finally exceeded 20%.

Others improved by two or three points, while others improved by five or six points.

There have been some gains, but it's still a long way from reaching the maximum value needed for permanent loans.

"Team, Captain----"

Shisui tried to stand up straight, but her thighs were weak and she felt utterly powerless. After struggling for a long time, she finally knelt down, panting, "I really can't hold on any longer—"

With his Chakra being severely depleted, even his Sharingan could no longer be maintained.

If Feng Si were truly captured by the enemy on the battlefield, and the enemy were as strong as the captain, so strong that even his best efforts would be futile—

As Shisui thought to herself, her breathing became more and more rapid, and she felt as if her previously exhausted pupil power was about to become active again.

"Um?"

Qingye's brow twitched.

Shisui's lending intentions have increased by another five percentage points?

It seems that doing this today really worked.

We'll continue in the future!

"Alright, stop howling! Everyone get up, it's my treat today!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Uchiha who had been lying on the ground pretending to be dead instantly perked up and jumped up like carp leaping out of the water.

"Captain, you said it yourself!"

Completely ignoring his fatigue and pain, Uchiha Tekka said expectantly, "If the food is too shabby, it'll be a disgrace to you, Captain!"

"Oh----"

Qingye smiled and said, "Of course I won't be stingy, but—seeing how energetic you all are, let's continue our extra training after we finish eating and resting!"

"Ah?!"

Another chorus of wails erupted.

Two days have passed.

Minato Namikaze of Fire Capital to pay homage to the daimyo, has returned safely.

Upon returning to Konoha, Kakashi, wearing a mask, came to their door, saying that Minato Namikaze wanted to treat them to a meal.

--

Seeing Kakashi's appearance, Qingye raised an eyebrow. "Kakashi, you've become Anbu?"

"Um."

Kakashi nodded and led the way towards Minato Namikaze's residence. "Our master has only just become Hokage, and the Anbu's organization hasn't changed much yet. Right now, he doesn't have many people he can fully command."

For example, the captain of the Anbu is still Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the son of the Third Hokage.

After optimizing a group of older Anbu, Minato Namikaze promoted a new group of Anbu, including himself.

"So----"

Qingye nodded slowly.

It seems that there are still quite a few conflicts between Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi regarding power.

Is it possible to use this opportunity to improve these two people's willingness to lend or borrow?

It seems a bit difficult----

Minato Namikaze is young, has just become Hokage, and is exceptionally strong. He feels he has plenty of time and shouldn't be in a hurry at all.

Could it be that I need to break through from Hiruzen Sarutobi?

So what exactly is this old guy thinking right now?

With these thoughts in mind, Qingye followed Kakashi to Minato Namikaze's house.

"Qingye, you've come!"

Nohara Rin opened the door to greet her with great surprise.

Since returning from the battlefield of Kirigakure, she has never had the chance to see Qingye again.

"Rin, you arrived first?" Qingye activated his Sharingan and examined Nohara Rin abdomen. "How's the Three-Tails inside you? Is it stable?"

Nohara Rin pursed her lips, somewhat helplessly saying, "I've been staying at Minato-sensei's house lately—"

The power of the Tailed Beast is still too great.

Even if it's only Three-Tails.

She can only barely serve as a vessel for the Three-Tails; she is not a qualified Jinchūriki.

Although Minato-sensei rearranged the seal and strictly controlled the leakage of the Three-Tails 'Chakra, it was still impossible to guarantee that no problems would arise.

Just in case, at Kushina Uzumaki's suggestion, Minato-sensei took her to live with him at his home.

It just so happens that her parents died in battle a few years ago, so moving to a different place to live wouldn't be a problem.

"Don't worry, with me here, that little Three-Tails will be no problem!"

Kushina Uzumaki radiant red hair, placed a hand on Nohara Rin's shoulder and confidently declared, "I can subdue the Nine-Tails, so as long as I'm here, I guarantee the Three-Tails will behave itself!"

"Hmm----"

Nohara Rin's brow twitched.

Inside the sealed space within her body, Isobu heard these words and flew into a rage, cursing loudly.

"You must be Qingye? I've often heard Rin mention you. It's great to meet you today." Kushina Uzumaki greeted her with a beaming smile.

"Kushina!"

Nohara Rin was a little embarrassed.

She doesn't say that often.

"Alright, come in quickly. Rin and I will go prepare the food. Qingye, you and Kakashi wait a bit."

Step into the living room of Minato Namikaze's house.

Minato Namikaze was sitting at the dining table, holding a newspaper in his hand. The top headline read, "Konoha Daily - Qingye, you've arrived?"

Minato Namikaze raised his head and said with great interest, "I heard you're the one who started this newspaper? It's quite interesting, though the name is a bit ordinary."

Qingye:

What kind of fancy tricks do you want to pull with the name of a newspaper?

He only started up this Konoha Daily in the last couple of days.

He originally proposed to Uchiha Fugaku that the clan allocate funds to publish a newspaper, which would both carry recent news from the Shinobi World and disseminate information about the Konoha Military Police Force's daily law enforcement activities.

As a result Uchiha Fugaku did not agree!

They said they didn't know if they would lose money by creating such novel things, and that their Uchiha newspaper was directly named "Konoha Daily," which might be a bit presumptuous.

Qingye was too lazy to waste any more words with him, so she simply paid for it herself, contacted a publisher, and took care of it herself.

"The Fourth Hokage's visit to the Daimyo is expected to bring new financial allocations to Konoha."

"Kirigakure Karatachi Yagura of Kirigakure succeeds as the Fourth Mizukage and proposes negotiations with Konoha ----"

"A routine Konoha Military Police Force operation: A gambling addict committed domestic violence against his wife in the street. After being apprehended by the Konoha Military Police Force, his wife obstructed the Konoha Military Police Force' actions and was also apprehended."

Minato Namikaze read each page aloud, nodding repeatedly.

"The results achieved this time with the daimyo will be published in the newspapers tomorrow," Qingye said.

"That's exactly what I was going to say!"

Minato Namikaze's eyes lit up.

He's only just become Hokage, so this is the perfect opportunity for him to expand his influence!

"Then, Minato, you just need to write the draft and have someone deliver it to Shisui at the Konoha Military Police Force."

Once the newspaper is up and running, the daily publication of articles will be handled by Shisui and Uchiha Tekka. Qingye will at most glance at them and doesn't plan to waste any more time on it.

"No problem."

Minato Namikaze nodded happily.

There was another newspaper from the previous day on the table. When Minato Namikaze saw Qingye looking over, he coughed awkwardly and quickly turned the newspaper over.

The page that was originally facing upwards had the headline. "Hot Spring Town Voyeur Arrested by Konoha Military Police Force, Confesses to His Voyeurism"

Below is a photo of Jiraiya blurred.

Minato Namikaze was also quite helpless.

His teacher was excellent in every way, except for his lustful nature, which even he couldn't control.

Being lustful is fine, it's only human nature, but why did you have to peep on me?!

With my teacher's resume, they're definitely not short of money!

He had just returned from the Fire Capital and had barely entered the Hokage Building when the Third Hokage approached him, hoping he could intervene and persuade the Uchiha to remove that advertisement—it was too embarrassing.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, as a teacher, felt ashamed, and so did his disciple.

But Minato Namikaze thought about it and decided to let it go, thinking it would be good for his teacher to learn a lesson.

After Qingye took his seat, he secretly marked Minato Namikaze with the system.

The ability data starts with "Elite 1"—definitely a cheat code!

Borrowing intentions have hit a record low, less than 5%!

Come to think of it, at the age of 23, Minato Namikaze was already famous throughout the Shinobi World, serving as the Hokage of the Shinobi World's largest ninja village, and even had a happy family!

Even Qingye didn't think this kind of person would have a high willingness to borrow money.

"By the way, Kakashi, how's your new Ninjutsu trial going?" Minato Namikaze asked curiously. "Qingye is also skilled in Lightning Release, so we can study it together."

"It will take some more time."

Kakashi shook his head in frustration. "Chidori focuses on nature transformation, but because of the Lightning Release Chakra, it's too fast for my eyes to keep up with."

"Therefore, I plan to incorporate more form transformations into the new Ninjutsu, compensating for the loss of speed and thrusting ability by increasing the range and breadth of the attack."

"This might consume more Chakra, but it shouldn't be a problem for me."