Uchiha Nan immediately told Uchiha Tomita to pack his bags. Tomorrow, he would head to the Land of Fire's capital and ask the Daimyo for money.
There was no time to waste. Konoha was already broke, and a whole crowd of people under his command were demanding payment.
To put it nicely, Konoha was a ninja village. To put it less nicely, it was a mercenary organization. The only difference was that the Daimyo of the Land of Fire was its biggest employer and also held the formal title of their lord.
People joined the army to get paid. Now they were fighting at their own expense. If they didn't get their money, they could mutiny at any moment.
Uchiha Tomita nodded and went out to pack Uchiha Nan's bags.
After seeing Uchiha Tomita off, Uchiha Nan patted his face. He couldn't let all these troubles ruin his mood.
Just moments ago, the notification that he had completed the Long-term mission "Become the Hokage of Konoha" had sounded. Wasn't all his hard work these past few days for this reward?
"Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Jade Emperor, Jesus."
Following protocol, Uchiha Nan prayed to the heavens first, then opened the wheel and hit the lottery button. Let's see what he got!
The pointer spun around the wheel dozens of times before finally stopping on the golden slot he had been dreaming about.
"Mangekyō Sharingan (Itachi Uchiha version)!"
Tch. Uchiha Nan spat dismissively. His luck was still as terrible as ever. There were so many good things among the Gold rewards, and this was what he got? What a dud.
The Mangekyō Sharingan was powerful, but it had a flaw: using it too much would make you go blind.
And he hadn't even been given the chance to awaken his own eye technique. Uchiha Nan was a little curious about what kind of technique his personality would have awakened.
Never mind. Uchiha Nan shook his head. There was no point dwelling on it. With his own abilities, he probably wouldn't have had a chance to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan in this lifetime.
He'd been an orphan since childhood and had no one he especially cared about. How could he ever awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan?
If he really had someone he cared about enough to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, Uchiha Nan wouldn't be willing to trade her life for it.
The evolution of his clan's bloodline limit really was a mess.
Uchiha Nan sighed and tapped the button to claim his reward.
A cold, chaotic, evil Chakra flooded his eyes, then surged upward into his brain, making Uchiha Nan feel as if he were in agony and ecstasy all at once.
Then a refreshing coolness appeared, dispelling all the negative effects.
At least the wheel had done one thing right. It hadn't let the Mangekyō Sharingan's eye power drive him insane.
Huh?
A new mission?
So many!
Uchiha Nan opened the mission tab. After becoming Hokage, he'd suddenly been given a whole bunch of Long-term missions.
Combat missions?
They were categorized, too? Had the wheel secretly updated itself after he became Hokage?
Never mind. He'd check out the missions first.
Long-term mission: Defeat Hashirama Senju in a head-on fight
Reward: One Gold reward chance
Long-term mission: Defeat Madara Uchiha in a head-on fight
Reward: One Gold reward chance
Long-term mission: Defeat Kaguya Otsutsuki in a head-on fight.
Reward: One Gold reward chance.
What kind of missions were these?
Were these even missions someone at his level could complete? He wasn't looking at these anymore!
How infuriating!
Uchiha Nan felt the wheel was deliberately making things difficult for him!
Disgusting. Just disgusting!
There were achievement-type missions, too?
Uchiha Nan scrolled down through the interface.
Long-term mission: Earn the Recognition of the Predecessors: Get the sincere approval of every Hokage who came before you.
Mission reward: One Gold reward chance.
Seriously?
What a rip-off.
There had only been two Hokage before him so far: Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.
Hashirama Senju would be easier. He could just bring him back with Impure World Reincarnation and trick him. He'd died early, after all. He didn't know anything.
As for Tobirama Senju, if he brought him back with Impure World Reincarnation right now, Tobirama would probably eat him alive.
He'd spent so long pretending to be an unambitious man in front of Tobirama, then gone and killed the Third Tobirama had personally chosen.
And now he was supposed to expect Tobirama's approval?
He'd better not dream of it. But he couldn't help feeling reluctant to give up. This was a Gold reward mission, after all.
What a miserable feeling. Uchiha Nan sighed and continued scrolling through the missions.
Long-term mission: I Have a Konoha Dream: Build Konoha into a great village in the Ninja world, so that ninja from other villages would be willing to become missing-nin and join Konoha to pursue their dreams.
Mission reward: One Gold reward chance.
Long-term mission: Steel Resolve: Create a modernized army and destroy a ninja village.
Mission reward: One Gold reward chance.
Long-term mission: Master of Grain: Control the food supply, and you'll become the ruler of the underworld. Create a company that controls food prices throughout the Ninja world!
Mission reward: One Gold reward chance.
Long-term mission: Entertainment to the Death: Shape the entertainment trends of the Ninja world. Create a company and turn it into the most powerful entertainment company in the Ninja world.
Mission reward: One Gold reward chance.
Long-term mission: Financial Tycoon: Create a company and control the economy and trade of a country.
Mission reward: One Gold reward chance.
The farther Uchiha Nan scrolled, the uglier his expression became. Could a person really complete these missions?
Not one of them could be completed at his current level, and every single one offered a Gold reward!
They were obviously trying to tempt him!
Cruel and heartless. Absolutely cruel and heartless!
Uchiha Nan suppressed his anger and kept scrolling. There were still some everyday-life missions below.
Hopefully, they wouldn't be too difficult.
Long-term mission: Call Me Cao Cao: Have three or more widows as your lovers.
Mission reward: Ten Lottery chances.
Long-term mission: Brothers Are Like Limbs, Women Like Clothes: Follow Emperor Zhaolie's example. After marrying, spend three months sleeping with your brothers at your feet.
Mission reward: Ten Lottery chances.
Long-term mission: Two Qiaos Locked Deep in the Bronze Sparrow Tower: Have a pair of twin sisters.
Mission reward: Ten Lottery chances.
Long-term mission: Save the Last Bullet for Me: Marry a young girl who is younger than you.
Mission reward: Ten Lottery chances.
What the hell!
These missions were just making a fool of him!
Uchiha Nan completely lost it. The everyday-life missions weren't difficult, and the rewards were decent enough.
But could any normal person do those things?
If he forced himself to complete them, outsiders would think he was some kind of human-shaped turd that had achieved sentience.
His dignity was already in pieces.
He might as well declare his life as a human being over.
In his previous life, he'd always used incognito mode in his browser, afraid that if he suddenly dropped dead one day, people would see his browsing history and he'd die of social embarrassment.
As it turned out, he'd been right to be cautious. He really had dropped dead later.
These damn missions were clearly trying to drive him into a corner, without leaving him any way out.
Power, or dignity?
Uchiha Nan slapped the table hard, trying to ease his anxiety.
Outside the room, Uchiha Tomita had finished packing Uchiha Nan's bags. Hearing the sound of someone banging on the table inside, he knew Uchiha Nan was angry.
Being Hokage was hard!
On his very first day, people had pointed at his nose and demanded money. It was so tough.
Uchiha Tomita decided not to go in just yet. He'd give Uchiha Nan a little time to vent.
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