Uzumaki Mito: At last, the day has come. Uchiha Nan, you've finally come crawling to me!

"You're home."

Uchiha Nan looked at Konoha not far away, feeling very happy.

I took a trip and experienced the local customs and culture of Yugakure. Although the hot springs were great and the scenery was nice, nothing felt as comfortable as being at home. There were no big beds in Yugakure, and no lovely twin sisters on the beds.

This time, not only the Konoha delegation returned with Uchiha Nan, but also the Sunagakure delegation led by Chiyo, as well as the Chinoike Clan that Uchiha Nan brought back from Hell Valley.

At the entrance of Konoha, Nara Luyuan led a welcoming party, waiting early in the morning for Uchiha Nan's return. The return of Konoha's big boss must be accompanied by a grand welcome ceremony, Nara Luyuan thoughtfully prepared one for Uchiha Nan.

Salutes, red carpets, banners, flags—everything you could want.

Chiyo stepped onto the red carpet, surrounded by the sound of firecrackers exploding, a hint of envy flashing in her eyes.

Konoha is truly wealthy; they can afford to waste money on this pointless extravagance.

Nara Luyuan walked over to greet him warmly. Uchiha Nan had already sent someone to inform him that the Sunagakure delegation was coming to Konoha today, and that they must present the best side of Konoha.

"Gentlemen, let's not stand here any longer, let's go into the village together."

"Wow, so many people!"

"This ground is so smooth. What's that? There seem to be electric lights outside the village too; they've even installed them outside the village. Wow, that house is huge!"

"How sweet the air here is!"

Since entering Konoha, the group has been filled with exclamations of admiration. The ninjas from Sunagakure are like country bumpkins entering the city, their worldviews being violently shaken, and they marvel at everything in Konoha.

As for the Chinoike Clan, it goes without saying that even sending them to Sunagakure would be considered an improvement in their living conditions, let alone in Konoha.

Walking on the wide and clean cement road, green belts have been built on both sides, planted with flowers and grass. Looking around, there are new two-story houses with clean white walls and beautiful doors and windows.

The Sunagakure ninjas kept looking around. Did the Konoha ninjas usually live here?

There was no wind or sand, no choking sand, no frequent sandstorms, and even the ground was spotless, without a single piece of trash.

Envy, amazement, curiosity—all sorts of whispers arose, causing the Konoha Ninja mixed in with the group to straighten their backs.

Are you already incredibly envious?

Is the standard of living in Sunagakure really that bad?

Tsk tsk tsk. Luckily I was born in Konoha.

After walking for about a few minutes, they arrived at a bustling downtown area. The ninjas in charge of security had already cleared a path for Uchiha Nan to return to the village.

"Lord Hokage!!"

"Lord Hokage!!!"

The villagers spontaneously cheered for Uchiha Nan's arrival on both sides of the road. Uchiha Nan enjoyed the cheers, raised his arms to wave to both sides, and then there was another wave of thunderous shouts in response.

Chiyo followed behind Uchiha Nan, listening to the shouts around her. The scene before her eyes greatly shocked Chiyo, and her heart was inexplicably stirred.

Uchiha Nan only became Hokage for a year, yet he gained such prestige. What exactly did he do in that year?

Chiyo suppressed her emotions and observed the expressions of the villagers. She had never seen such a scene in Chiyo life: fervent and loyal, with faces flushed.

Konoha is invincible!

Chiyo suddenly recalled this sentence: When the First Hokage was alive, Konoha was invincible. The four great ninja villages were in awe of the First Hokage Hashirama Senju's unparalleled power, and thus remained obedient for many years. Only after Hashirama Senju died did they reveal their ambitions.

But things are different now; Konoha no longer needs Hashirama Senju's power.

Konoha remains invincible; those who haven't witnessed this scene will never understand.

Uchiha Nan completely changed Konoha.

Perhaps, this alliance with Konoha is the best decision Sunagakure has ever made.

Chiyo walked along the road, her eyes scanning her surroundings, lost in thought.

What exactly did Uchiha Nan do to develop Konoha to this extent? It cannot be simply explained by saying that Konoha was lucky and occupied the best land.

Is it commercial?

Chiyo recalled Uchiha Nan's remarks at the drinking party.

"We must vigorously develop commerce and improve the village's..."

"Economic foundation"

The obscure and difficult-to-understand language, the technical vocabulary— Chiyo, an old-school ninja, couldn't comprehend this approach. She had never even considered having ninjas go into business, and she couldn't distinguish right from wrong.

But everything that was happening in Konoha made Chiyo realize that her own beliefs about right and wrong no longer mattered, because the answer was right before her eyes.

The Konoha model is correct. As long as it can improve the strength of Sunagakure and allow the Sunagakure to live a better life, then they should learn from it completely!

Chiyo pondered whether the Konoha model could be replicated in Sunagakure, but after a moment's thought, she realized that it was simply impossible.

Sunagakure is so poor that all it has left is sand. It's a pipe dream for them to want to learn from Konoha and develop commerce. What kind of good person would risk their life to cross the desert to do business in Sunagakure?

Even the roads beneath their feet are something Sunagakure can only envy; the constant sandstorms would drive up the cost of maintaining them to the heavens.

Sunagakure wants to change its current situation, but it can't even find a direction to do so. Does it really have to spend twenty years slowly planting trees?

Too slow!

Before she knew it, Chiyo had arrived at the Hokage Building. The Konoha delegation had disbanded, and everyone had gone home. After being away on business for so long, it was time for them to go home.

Nara Luyuan arranged for the Chinoike Clan and the Sunagakure delegation to stay at the Konoha guesthouse for a while.

As a newly joined ninja clan in Konoha, the Chinoike Clan needed time to be allocated land and have houses built. Only the current Clan Head of the Blood Pond clan came to the Hokage Building with Uchiha Nan Uchiha Nan discuss the Chinoike Clan's development in Konoha.

Uchiha Nan sat back down in his chair after a long absence and casually poured himself a glass of iced cola.

Chiyo and Chinoike Toen were placed in separate rooms. The two sat somewhat awkwardly on the sofa. The Hokage Building had already been renovated by Uchiha Nan. Don't worry about spending money, just go all out and make sure the comfort level is maximized.

Uchiha Nan has always been willing to spend money on enjoying life, and the staff working in the Hokage Building naturally agree wholeheartedly, as they are benefiting from the Lord Hokage's lifestyle.

Chiyo and Chinoike Toen, one from the countryside and the other from hell, were suddenly placed in this luxurious office. They were extremely cautious and dared not make any sudden movements.

"Hu Yan, what demands does your Chinoike Clan have of Konoha?"

Let bygones be bygones; we must look forward.

Looking at the reserved Toen, Uchiha Nan casually said, "If the Chinoike Clan is properly nurtured, they can definitely occupy a place in Konoha. Their bloodline limit is very powerful, capable of mass-producing human bombs, which is extremely useful in war and can cause large-scale group damage."

The individual combat abilities of the Chinoike Clan are also quite strong. Even during the Unburnable Transformation, Chino, the last surviving member of the Chinoike Clan, was able to briefly exchange Sasuke thanks to her bloodline limit.

They were just unlucky; they ran into the Uchiha.

Uchiha Nan wanted to locate the Chinoike Clan's new clan territory near the Uchiha, partly to facilitate the Uchiha's surveillance and management of the Chinoike Clan, and partly to facilitate their care and rebuild the relationship between the two clans.

A newly emerging family with Dōjutsu is worth Uchiha Nan's attention.

Uchiha Nan thought so too, but he still needed to consult the opinion of the Chinoike Toen. A forced marriage is never sweet, especially since the two clans had a blood feud.

"Everything is at the Lord Hokage's command."

Chinoike Toen didn't have many thoughts; he was only focused on enjoying the bright future. He was perfectly content to live in Konoha, which was like paradise!

"In that case, I'll arrange for you to be placed next to the Uchiha Uchiha, so it will be easier for them to take care of you."

"The children of the Chinoike Clan will be going to the Ninja Academy in a couple of days."

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Uchiha Nan gave a long explanation of the arrangements for the Chinoike Clan, Chinoike Toen nodded repeatedly.

Uchiha Nan was quite satisfied with this. As for whether Chinoike Toen truly didn't care about the hatred between the two clans, Uchiha Nan didn't take it to heart.

Uchiha Nan was confident he could eliminate the deep-seated grudges between the Chinoike Clan and the Uchiha, having learned from the numerous methods used in his previous life in the Rabbit Country.

Through education and brainwashing, bestowing favors, and marriage between the two clans, the Uchiha, with its current dominant position in Konoha, can easily absorb the Chinoike Clan, which now numbers only a few dozen. Perhaps in a few decades, the Chinoike Clan and the Uchiha will merge into one family.

The Ketsuryūgan of the Chinoike Clan and the Sharingan of the Uchiha —what kind of Dōjutsu would be created by combining them? It's truly intriguing.

After explaining everything, Uchiha Nan had someone take Chinoike Toen to the guesthouse. He also instructed the Ministry of Finance to allocate funds to the Chinoike Clan so that they could establish a foothold in Konoha and have money to travel around the Konoha these days.

After resolving the matter of the Chinoike Clan, Uchiha Nan arrived at Chiyo's office.

"Lord Hokage."

Chiyo immediately stood up from the sofa when she saw Uchiha Nan enter. The waiting had felt like an eternity, her mind constantly racing as she tried to figure out how to extract some valuable items from Konoha.

After exchanging pleasantries, the two quickly got down to business and began negotiating the sale of Chakra.

The most important part of this deal was naturally the One-Tailed Shukaku. To Uchiha Nan's surprise, Sunagakure successfully sealed the One-Tailed Shukaku into the Jinchūriki's body.

Without the physique and powerful Sealing Jutsu of the Uzumaki Clan, successfully sealing Tailed Beast into a ninja's body would be an impossible task. Chiyo casually glossed over the process, simply saying, "After numerous experiments, a monk named Bunpuku successfully contained Shukaku and became the One-Tail Jinchuriki."

However, Uchiha Nan could tell from Chiyo's expression that many people must have died in the process.

"Lord Hokage, the seal on the One-Tailed is not stable. Buying and selling One-Tailed Chakra sounds simple, but putting it into practice is quite difficult."

Chiyo expressed her concerns: if the seal became unstable during the Chakra extraction process, and the One-Tailed Beast escaped, that would be a huge problem.

The One-Tailed Beast is Tailed Beast, and once it runs out and causes destruction, it can't be repaired by simply selling Chakra a few times. Sunagakure has experienced the tragedy of Tailed Beast going berserk. It was a scene straight out of hell.

To prevent the One-Tailed Beast from sneaking out while he was sleeping, Bunpuku has barely slept since the day he became its One-Tail Jinchuriki.

People will go crazy if they don't sleep for a day or two, but going without sleep for decades will lead to a mental breakdown.

The Gaara of later generations went completely mad, even needing to kill to quell his inner turmoil. Of course, this was also partly due to Gaara's vengeful father.

Becoming the One-Tail Jinchuriki in Sunagakure is truly tragic— Sunagakure lacks a mature Tailed Beast Sealing Jutsu. Unless the Jinchūriki can achieve One-Tailed connection with the One- Tailed Beast and actively keep it within their body without causing trouble, this is out of the question. The current Tailed Beast are all extremely irritable; unless you beat them to a pulp, they won't listen to your nonsense.

Even Naruto, who possesses the "Talk-no-Jutsu," only truly opened his Naruto Nine-Tailed Demon Fox communicated with him on an equal footing after first pressing the Big Ball Rasengan against Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's face.

Uchiha Nan naturally understood Chiyo's doubts, but he didn't have any good solutions. Uchiha Nan didn't know much about Sealing Jutsu, and the Forbidden Scroll of Tobirama Senju only contained a few words.

The Uzumaki Clan hasn't been wiped out yet, so Konoha naturally can't accept their Sealing Jutsu. All advanced Sealing Jutsu are the exclusive patents of the Uzumaki Clan.

After some consideration, Uchiha Nan decided that he should still ask Mito Uzumaki for help with this matter.

So, Uchiha Nan went to the Senju Clan's territory and approached Mito Uzumaki. Upon hearing that Uchiha Nan needed her help, Mito Uzumaki was overjoyed.

The day has finally arrived!

Uchiha Nan, in the end, you still have to rely on yourself.

Mito Uzumaki made a show of wanting Uchiha Nan to say some nice things to make her happy. Ever since she met Uchiha Nan Uchiha Nan, she had never gained the upper hand over him; she had only suffered losses.

However, Uchiha Nan, with his unyielding spirit, couldn't possibly stand by and watch Mito Uzumaki "gain her power." So what if she was a master of Sealing Jutsu? Did Uchiha Nan really think there was no one else besides Mito Uzumaki?

Isn't Uzumaki Yangyue human?

She's been learning Sealing Jutsu to deal with Tailed Beast since she was a child!

And there are Uzumaki Luwei!

Although Uzumaki Luwei had returned to the Uzumaki Clan, he would immediately rush to Konoha to solve Uchiha Nan's problems as soon as Uchiha Nan made a call.

"Hmph, if you won't do it, plenty of others will!"

"Yang Yue, you can stay at my place from now on. I'll be troubling her a lot lately anyway!"

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