No Money, and You Want to Keep Me?

Tobirama Senju glared angrily at Uchiha Nan. He had lost count of how many times he had lost his temper and broken down tonight, as if Uchiha Nan was born to torment him.

"Alright, alright, I don't want to argue with you anymore."

"Bring paper and pens, and the equipment and materials needed for scientific research experiments."

"I'll give you a list; you go and prepare it."

Tobirama Senju waved his hand, indicating that he no longer wanted to deal with Uchiha Nan, and beckoned Uchiha Nan to get paper and pen, intending to make a list for Uchiha Nan to prepare laboratory equipment for him.

The laboratory needs to be large, and the equipment used for experiments needs to be new and advanced!

The materials need to be expensive and have a high sensitivity.

Tobirama Senju was writing on the paper with a Tobirama Senju, the tip of the pen making a scratching sound. Uchiha Nan didn't pay much attention at first, but five minutes later Uchiha Nan realized something was wrong.

Tobirama Senju isn't finished yet!

Uchiha Nan watched Tobirama Senju, muttering something to himself.

This culture medium is very expensive, it costs five thousand taels of silver. If you don't have any, bring fifty bottles first.

This potion seems to only be found in the Land of Demons; it's incredibly rare and expensive, even money can't guarantee you'll buy it. Oh well, I'll just write it down for now.

If we're talking about cultivating grain seeds, I've heard of the Land of Rice Fields.

Uchiha Nan hardened his fist; this guy was really taking advantage of him.

Half an hour later, Tobirama Senju handed a thick stack of papers to Uchiha Nan. Uchiha Nan glanced through them and saw that they were filled with all sorts of experimental equipment, some imported from the Land of Wind and others specially made from the Land of Lightning.

The number of medicines was countless, basically covering all the countries in the Ninja world. There were several places that Uchiha Nan had never even heard of, secret solutions produced in some remote and obscure country, and the price was even calculated by the gram.

Uchiha Nan was so angry that he opened his Sharingan and roughly estimated the price in his mind. It was at least 3 billion, and that was just the price of building the laboratory, not including the subsequent losses incurred during the experimental process.

"You old bastard, are you doing this on purpose?!"

This time, it was Uchiha Nan broke down. Even if he gave Uchiha Tobirama Senju, it wouldn't be enough for him to build it up.

"What do you know? Do you even understand science?"

Do you know how much it actually costs to conduct scientific research experiments?

"Behind every scientific and technological discovery lies the burning of countless funds."

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Tobirama Senju spoke with righteous indignation, his eyes filled with contempt as he looked at Uchiha Nan. Tobirama Senju hadn't made up these expenses; they would definitely be useful in the future.

However, the experimental equipment and raw materials that Tobirama Senju. If the budget was insufficient, there were substitutes, but the effect would be slightly less.

Some of the instruments and solutions that Tobirama Senju would never have been willing to buy in the past were simply outrageously expensive.

There was a reason why Hashirama Senju kept advising Tobirama Senju to do less scientific research experiments: they were too expensive.

"You're not broke, are you?"

Tobirama Senju sneered. Just now, Uchiha Nan had confidently declared that he would obtain the power of Hashirama Cells no matter the cost.

This power doesn't come cheap!

"I"

Uchiha Nan choked. Konoha still needed tens of billions of yen to achieve comprehensive development, and he had even managed to squeeze a portion out of the ninja clans, but that still couldn't fill the gap.

The previous funds have already been deposited into the Konoha Finance Department. In order to reduce corruption, Konoha will regularly publish detailed accounts. Although there will be some embezzlement in the process, it is acceptable to make the accounts look good.

Before, when there was a war, the funds were allocated to the military budget. You dared to send accountants to audit the accounts? Even if you sent several groups of people, the end result was that they were all stabbed in the back and committed suicide.

But three billion is no small sum. Everyone in Konoha is eyeing this funding. For money, Uchiha Nan even snatched food from the jaws of the ninja clans.

If you make any small mistakes at this time, or if there's even the slightest discrepancy in the accounts, those ninjas will seize on it and never let it go.

Uchiha Nan didn't dare to imagine what the consequences would be if they were discovered.

He'll probably be impeached and removed from office.

"The Hokage of Konoha can't even afford this little bit of money?"

Tobirama Senju decided to strike at Uchiha Nan's spirit, and finally saw him suffer a humiliating defeat.

That felt great, so great!

"You're such an amateur, you have no idea about the cost of scientific research experiments. You dared to spout such nonsense just now, saying you'd spare no expense?"

"You evil brat from the Uchiha, you're too young!"

Tobirama Senju decided to press his advantage and continued speaking.

"So that's your excuse for embezzling?"

Uchiha Nan instantly thought of the ten billion ryo that Senju Tobirama Senju and began to retaliate.

"You embezzled one billion taels of silver this time, didn't you?"

"You're the Hokage! How dare the Hokage embezzle? You must have embezzled plenty in the past. If I were to audit the accounts, I would definitely find out. What if I spread this news?"

Um?

Tobirama Senju was unsettled. He recalled his correspondence with the Daimyo. For so many years, the Hokage's office had always been his own private office. He had gotten used to keeping secret things there, since no one dared to enter except his elder brother.

I died suddenly and forgot to destroy it!

Tobirama Senju's flustered appearance was as if he had forgotten to clear his browsing history before he died.

"Cough cough."

"Actually, there are substitutes for these things. I can rewrite it for you."

Tobirama Senju pretended to be nonchalant, picked up the stack of papers, and wrote down some alternative materials.

Uchiha Nan looked at Tobirama Senju's feigned composure and sneered inwardly.

I knew this scoundrel was trying to scam funding; he's just like Orochimaru in later generations!

After Tobirama Senju Uchiha Nan writing, he handed the bill to Uchiha Nan recalculated the bill and found that the price had dropped by nearly one-fifth.

Yes, it's still an astronomical figure.

"This is already the cheapest option. Don't look at me like that; scientific research requires investing a lot of money."

Seeing Uchiha Nan's embarrassed expression, Tobirama Senju said considerately from the side.

"I see."

Uchiha Nan nodded helplessly. He knew that scientific research required a lot of money, and good things were naturally expensive.

Unfortunately, I really don't have any money.

"We can start with research projects to increase steel and grain production, as well as generators."

Uchiha Nan also remembered the home appliances she won in the last lottery: a refrigerator, a television, an air conditioner, and a radio. She needed to collect all three items she had previously acquired for her wedding.

Clicking the extract button, Uchiha Nan summoned these appliances, intending to have Tobirama Senju study their structure to see if they could be mass-produced.

"These things?"

"Special ninja tools?"

Tobirama Senju examined the appliances in front of him. They were really strange gadgets. He really wanted to take them apart and study them.

As the greatest experimenter in the Ninja world Tobirama Senju was instinctively curious about its structure.

"Tobirama, if you figure these things out, you can make a fortune."

Uchiha Nan instructed Tobirama Senju Tobirama Senju had figured out how to use these appliances and mass-produced them, the first thing to do was to sell them to the Daimyo of the Ninja world. They had money and pursued a high quality of life, so they wouldn't be reluctant to spend money.

Uchiha Nan wants to sell each of these air conditioners for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Once production increases, they'll lower the price.

Tobirama Senju nodded, indicating that he would study these things carefully. He then looked around and realized that the secret room was too small to accommodate the future laboratory equipment.

"This place is definitely not suitable as an experimental site; we need to find another location."

"I see a spot in the Death Forest on the outskirts of Konoha. That place looks pretty good."

Tobirama Senju made his request in as calm a tone as possible.

Say yes, say yes now!

Tobirama Senju. He still wanted to take advantage of the move to see Mito. Uchiha Nan had become Hokage, and he needed to plan carefully if he wanted to deal with Uchiha Nan legitimately.

"It's alright. The Uchiha clan has a large dungeon that was originally intended for dealing with and interrogating spies, but the Anbu intercepted that job, and it hasn't been put into use yet."

"Moving there would be perfect."

Uchiha Nan recalled the dungeon that Tomita had casually mentioned last time. It was a remote corner of the clan's territory, a place that even clan members rarely went to.

Depend on!

Tobirama Senju couldn't help but want to punch his past self.

Under their own arrangement, the Anbu had long since taken over the task of interrogating spies from the Military Police Force.

"Alright, Tobirama, I'll be leaving now. You stay here and think about how to conduct future experiments. I'll try to come and keep you company every day."

Uchiha Nan then gave Tobirama Senju orders to stay in the secret room and not to use any Ninjutsu.

A barrage of commands bound Tobirama like computer code, turning Tobirama Senju face ashen.

"Uchiha Nan, you're really cautious."

"Of course, you are Tobirama Senju, I'll take you seriously."

After saying that Uchiha Nan turned and walked out of the secret room. He had spent the whole night with the Senju brothers, and the two little ones at home were still waiting for him to go to sleep.

A short while later, Uchiha Nan emerged from the secret chamber. It was already late at night, and he wasn't in a very good mood.

How are we going to deal with that extra two billion? It's impossible to take money from the clan; this is for the sake of Konoha's scientific research, and we can't let the Uchiha bear it alone, nor can we afford it.

How can we cleverly find a pretext to divert a portion of the funds?

Sorrow

how so.

Uchiha Nan finds himself in trouble now that he's become Hokage, and he's worried about Konoha's finances.