Madara Uchiha: How Can the Kids Get Hooked on This Boring Gacha Game!!

The Ninja Academy has changed so much.

Madara Uchiha stood at the main gate of the Ninja Academy, surveying his surroundings. It was much larger than when he had left Konoha.

Are there still statues here?

Uchiha Nan, I'm growing more and more fond of you. Madara Uchiha looked at the main gate of the Ninja Academy, where statues of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha still stood, and couldn't help but smile.

To Uchiha, reverse the covert suppression of the Uchiha during Tobirama Senju's rule, and elevate the Uchiha's status in the eyes of the Konoha, Uchiha Nan went to great lengths. He not only made a movie to whitewash Madara Uchiha, but also placed statues of Konoha's founders, Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, in various important locations in Konoha, gradually raising the Uchiha's status from the very beginning.

The fact that the major shareholder who founded Konoha directly defected is a stain that will take time to erase. In a few years, Uchiha Nan thinks he can even use the annals of history to slightly revise the textbooks, saying that Madara Uchiha only traveled outside the village and went to the Valley of the End for... cough cough, just for a friendly spar.

Madara Uchiha was admiring his own statue, then glanced at the statue of Hashirama beside him, before skillfully sinking into his memories.

The last time I came to the Ninja Academy with Hashirama, I think I scared a little girl to tears. How awful!! Why did that bastard Hashirama manage to cheer her up with just a flower!

"Ring ring!!"

Madara Uchiha was still reminiscing about the past when the school bell rang. Moments later, the students of the Ninja Academy happily rushed out of the classroom. The moment when school ended at noon is always the happiest time!

"How wonderful. "Madara Uchiha's previously cold expression softened into a smile; this was the new life of Konoha. (The contrast between Madara's smile after helping the little girl in the anime is truly striking.)

So many ordinary people's children! Madara Uchiha observed the students. Now, the majority of students at the Konoha Ninja Academy are villagers and ordinary people. Is this what they call universal education?

Before Madara Uchiha left Konoha, the Konoha Ninja Academy was very small, initially consisting mainly of Uchiha and Senju disciples. Later, as Konoha expanded, various ninja clans from the Land of Fire joined Konoha seeking protection, and the Ninja Academy grew in size accordingly.

It wasn't until the era of Tobirama Senju, due to the prolonged and escalating First Shinobi World War, the proportion of ordinary children in the Ninja Academy began to rise slowly, as the front lines urgently needed cannon fodder. Now, under the era of Uchiha Nan, it has skyrocketed. With massive investments in education, ordinary children make up the vast majority of the student body, as the large number of ordinary people means there's no need for elite combat training.

"It's so lively!"

The commotion of thousands of students surging out of the Ninja Academy didn't give Madara Uchiha much time to think. He still needed to find Itou Sousuke, who had lent him the book yesterday. He, Madara Uchiha, would never break a promise made to a child!

Madara Uchiha's eyes darted through the crowd, quickly locking onto Itou Sousuke's location. He pushed through the crowd and grabbed Itou Sousuke's arm.

"I've come to return the book!"

"Grandpa scared me!"

"You're a ninja; staying alert at all times is a basic requirement. Going into battle like this will easily lead to..."

"Sir, I'm not a combat-oriented ninja; I'm a multi-functional type."

Uchiha Nan gave these low-level ninjas a very nice name: multi-functional ninjas. They were like a stack of ninjas, ready to be moved wherever needed.

"I haven't forgotten, but no matter what, staying vigilant is essential for a ninja."

"I understand, sir. Have you eaten?"

"No."

Itou Sousuke took the book and chatted with Madara Uchiha as they walked through the crowd. Upon learning that Madara Uchiha had not eaten yet, he took the initiative to lead Madara Uchiha to the ninja students' cafeteria.

"You all eat here?"

"Yes, the Lord Hokage built a cafeteria especially for us. Students can eat here for free with their tickets, and the food is even better than what my mom eats in the cafeteria. I have some tickets I saved up, so I'll treat you today. Judging from your appearance, you're probably like me, a refugee who came to Konoha."

Soon after, Madara Uchiha stood outside the cafeteria waiting for Itou Sousuke to get his food. He watched the students coming and going; the food looked really good, and there was even meat!

Madara Uchiha knew life in the Ninja world very well; the fact that they could eat meat was enough to show the level of this Ninja Academy!

Uchiha Nan was a great guy!

There's nothing we can do about it. It's a habit Uchiha Nan carried over from his previous life: no matter how poor we are, we can't skimp on education; no matter how hungry we are, we can't neglect our children's education. Education is a luxury in any world, and the Ninja world's education and literacy rates are practically nonexistent.

Ordinary people, especially refugees, who come to Konoha would rather send their children to work in factories or screw in screws than send them to school because they can't afford the tuition or support their children who are no longer employed. The best thing for them is to get to work in a factory as soon as possible and earn more money. It would be best to get married and have children early, and then send them to work in a factory to earn money after four or five years of raising them.

Uchiha Nan could only leverage Konoha's financial resources. As long as someone was qualified to enter the Ninja Academy, tuition would be waived for students from impoverished families after review, and three meals a day would be provided. They immediately and decisively responded to the great Lord Hokage's call—to send their children to the Ninja Academy.

Everyone knows that being literate is good. If you can't read, you can get scammed even if you write an IOU. Anyway, when a large number of factory workers sign mortgages, they just glance at the document and sign it without any regard for the fact that Konoha would cheat them. They are just living on because Konoha gave them food, and Konoha have nothing to be concerned about.

Unfortunately, Uchiha Nan was after was their lives—in other words, their labor force, and their next generation.

"Dinner's here!"

Itou Sousuke, carrying two plates in both hands, stumbled towards Madara Uchiha. Madara Uchiha took a few steps forward and took the plates from Itou Sousuke, and the two found a place to sit and eat.

Itou Sousuke wolfed down his food. He was indeed very tired after a morning of classes. Although these students would not be involved in combat missions in the future, their physical training as ninjas was still very rigorous. They had to run laps around the training ground every day and train hard!

Madara Uchiha's eating manners were much better, after all, he came from a noble family with a bloodline limit, so he knew table manners. But he wasn't much better. He had spent ten years in a dark underground cave and hadn't eaten any decent food. He usually ate Soldier Pill, mainly to fill his stomach and replenish his Chakra.

What do you think of Uchiha Nan?

Madara Uchiha wiped the grease from his mouth, somewhat curious about Uchiha Nan's place in the children's hearts. Although Madara Uchiha already had the answer in his heart, there were some things he still wanted to hear with his own ears.

"Sir, that's the Lord Hokage! You can't just call him by his name!"

Itou Sousuke took a sip of water and corrected Madara Uchiha, causing Madara Uchiha to be taken aback. He, the founder of Madara Uchiha and the patriarch of Konoha Uchiha, had to respectfully call Uchiha Nan -Lord Hokage?

Even Hashirama himself has never called him that!

However, seeing Itou Sousuke's unhappy expression Madara Uchiha decided to let it go this time, since he had just gotten a free meal from a kid. He might as well let Uchiha Nan have it.

"It's Suke Ito, you against the Lord Hokage!"

"The Lord Hokage is the greatest person in the world. Before my mother and I came to Konoha, we went two or three days without eating that awful landlord. My father even starved to death to protect us."

"However, my mother and I were very lucky. We walked for a long time—I don't remember how long—and ate tree bark, dirt, and Insects along the way, barely managing to stay afloat until we arrived at Konoha."

"Lord Hokage, you are..."

When Itou Sousuke talked about the days before he came to Konoha, his expression became sad, but after he arrived in Konoha, his whole demeanor changed.

Madara Uchiha listened silently to Itou Sousuke's words, his mind seemingly lost in thought.

"Let's go, I'll take you back to school."

After listening for a while, Madara Uchiha decided to send Itou Sousuke back to school. However, Itou Sousuke resolutely refused the suggestion. Children are naturally playful, and going back to school right after lunch would be a huge disappointment!

"Come on, old man, I see you have nowhere to go, I'll take you to an interesting place!"

Itou Sousuke gestured for Madara Uchiha to follow, and they soon arrived at a street not far from the Ninja Academy. This was considered one of the best locations for shops in Konoha, backed by the Ninja Academy, and the shops here were extremely popular, especially after school.

Where am I?

Madara Uchiha was Itou Sousuke to the entrance of a shop filled with students from the Ninja Academy.

"Boss, give me another bag!"

"I have to pull out something good today!"

"It's the First again?"

"Again!!"

Itou Sousuke watched with great interest as his classmates drew cards.

This shop was opened at Uchiha Nan's behest. Students' money is easy to earn, especially the money of those ninja clan members; they're never short of cash!

Uchiha Nan slightly modified the gacha game that elementary school students had played in his previous life and then directly introduced it to Konoha.

A pack of cards might contain Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, Tobirama Senju... well, I haven't stepped down from my position as Hokage yet, so I'll leave that for now. There's also the One-Tailed, the Two-Tailed, and the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.

The initial production of cards is limited to ensure their scarcity. The most common card is naturally Hashirama Senju, followed by Tobirama Senju. For Tailed Beast, the more tails they have, the fewer cards are produced. As for Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Nan, the fewest were produced. This indirectly increases the value of the Uchiha!

Uchiha Nan even took some special measures to ensure fairness—for example, the Hyuga Clan. Technical support, of course, remained with Tobirama Senju. Uchiha Nan remembered that Tobirama Senju had cursed him quite rudely about this matter; why would he bother with something like this?

Coupled with the movies released during the Lunar New Year, the gacha game quickly became popular at the Ninja Academy. The excitement of drawing cards, the scarcity of the cards, and the competitive spirit among the students— Uchiha Nan's gacha game perfectly captured the essence of the Ninja Academy students.

Now, as soon as school is over, a large number of students flock to this store, taking out their pocket money and spending it all on cards designed by Uchiha Nan.

The price isn't cheap, and there's only one card in each bag, but kids' money is really easy to make. Given its current popularity, it could earn hundreds of thousands of taels a year.

The ninja clan members all have plenty of gold coins from their families, and they get a lot of pocket money. The merchant also promises that as long as you collect all the cards, you can get the Lord Hokage's autograph. That alone is enough to attract people.

To satisfy his collecting obsession and competitive spirit, he draws cards without batting an eye.

"This is the good place you were talking about?"

Madara Uchiha, Old man from the previous era, naturally couldn't understand why students would spend money to buy these useless cards.

"This is the most popular gacha game in school! The shopkeeper said that if you collect all the cards, you can take him to the Lord Hokage and get his autograph—you can actually meet the Lord Hokage in person!!"

"This card pack contains the First Hokage, the Second Hokage Tailed Beast."

Itou Sousuke enthusiastically introduced the gacha game. Although he didn't have any money to draw cards, he found it very interesting just watching his classmates draw cards. The excitement of tearing open the packaging was so thrilling!

"Boring."

Madara Uchiha gave his assessment expressionlessly. "I'll just stay here for a while. Consider it playing with the kids. I don't have anything else to do anyway, and spending time with children makes me feel better."

As for attempting to awaken the Rinnegan?

What Rinnegan!

We've tried for so long with no results, a little more time won't make a difference.

"Please, please, not Lord Hashirama! My weekly allowance is almost gone! I'll use ten years' worth of luck to wish for the rarest card ever!"

"I want the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox! I want the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox!!"

"It's Lord Hashirama again?! Ugh!!!"

"Me too!!!"

"I've drawn the Saiken!!!"

"What? That's awesome!!"

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The noisy sounds of drawing cards filled the air, Madara Uchiha couldn't understand what these kids were thinking, wasting time and money on such pointless cards.

Back in his childhood, he lived a life of constant danger, barely surviving. Unlike kids these days, who are utterly ignorant and incompetent!

Uchiha Nan, aren't you going to do anything about this?

Won't the children become distracted by play and neglect their studies?

Itou Sousuke watched the card draw from the side. Although he didn't open the packaging himself, his mood still fluctuated with the appearance of the cards.

"Grandpa, watch for a while, don't you find it interesting?"

"Boring. These kids are happier getting Tobirama Senju's card than Hashirama's."

Madara Uchiha watched for a while and noticed that the card that appeared most often in the gacha was Hashirama Senju's. Everyone looked dejected, as if drawing Hashirama's card was a very unlucky thing. This really annoyed Madara Uchiha.

And to actually smile after drawing Tobirama Senju's card is truly unlucky. Is my Hashirama really inferior to Tobirama Senju?

Which bastard designed these cards?

"Sir, there's nothing we can do about it. The First Lord had the most cards, and they were the most common. The Second Lord's cards were much rarer."

"The rarer the card, the better."

"Whose card is the rarest?"

"That's of course Madara Uchiha!"

Madara Uchiha, then revealed a smug smile.

"This gacha game isn't as boring as I imagined!"

The person who designed the card really has a good eye!