Uchiha Feminization Plan!

"Toru, didn't you say you had some ideas to discuss with Danzo?"

The Third Hokage took a drag from his pipe and slowly exhaled a ring of smoke.

"Uh... I do have a few ideas. But before that, I want to ask—Lord Hokage, can you accept taking twenty years to resolve the Uchiha problem?"

As he grew older, Sarutobi Toru now called Sarutobi Hiruzen "Lord Hokage" in the Hokage's Office, only calling him Uncle Hiruzen in private.

"Twenty years? It would be good enough if it could be resolved within my lifetime! I'm not actually afraid of the Uchiha Clan's overall strength. I'm afraid that one day, the Uchiha might produce someone... like Madara."

The Third Hokage had probably wanted to say a Mangekyō Sharingan lunatic, but remembering that the Mangekyō Sharingan was still classified, he did not say it aloud.

Still, his thinking was indeed correct. The Uchiha Clan itself had not stirred up much trouble, but the greatest lunatic of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Obito, had brought no small amount of trouble to the entire Shinobi World.

A lunatic was not scary. A lunatic holding a nuclear warhead was.

"So, I remember that all pregnant women in Konoha get their prenatal checkups at Konoha Hospital now, right?"

"What are you trying to do?! If something happens to the Uchiha's next generation, they'll go insane immediately!"

"Ahem, how could I do something that stupid? I'm not an idiot!"

"Then what do you mean?" the Third Hokage asked doubtfully.

"Lord Hokage, do you know what an imbalanced sex ratio is?"

Watching Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō stare at him in utter confusion, Sarutobi Toru gradually revealed a perverted expression.

"Compared to men, women are more emotional, less ambitious, more patient, and more dependent on their husbands..."

"Um... Toru, what exactly... do you mean?" the Third Hokage asked, somewhat confused.

"Lord Hokage, you must have guessed it already. While researching a new medicine, I happened to discover a synthetic hormone that can make a fetus female one hundred percent of the time!"

No, I really hadn't guessed that! —Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Think about it. If only girls are born into the Uchiha Clan for the next twenty years, will they still have ambitions?"

"When these Uchiha women grow up and reach marriageable age, if the Uchiha Clan still insists on its clan glory and refuses to move out of the clan compound, they'll probably wipe themselves out!"

"And once the Uchiha Clan begins marrying outsiders, won't the Uchiha naturally integrate into Konoha?"

The Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō were dumbfounded, their faces plainly saying, Holy shit, that's an option?!

Bloodline Clans preferred to live together largely because it made intermarriage within the clan easier. Though those too closely related would not marry, marriages between cousins were actually quite common.

Even if they truly married outsiders, the Uchiha Clan had no way to forcibly stop them. After all, Konoha would not indulge them. But because of the atmosphere in the clan compound, coupled with their pursuit of bloodline power, there were practically no examples of them marrying outsiders.

But if only women were truly born for twenty years, then the Uchiha would have only two choices: integrate into Konoha or wipe themselves out.

Danzo's eyes widened, and his breathing quickened. "Excellent, what a fine strategy! Killing without spilling blood! What do you think, Hiruzen? I told you he was born to be excellent Root material."

The Third Hokage's expression was a sight to behold. Give it a rest, Danzo. With that brain of yours, which only knows killing and brainwashing, you might not even outplay my twelve-year-old nephew!

After all, ruthlessness had nothing to do with high intelligence. Danzo was ruthless enough, but he truly was not especially intelligent.

After thinking for a moment, the Third Hokage shook his head. Danzo immediately grew anxious, but the Third Hokage had already spoken. "It's too deliberate. If all the children born at Konoha Hospital are girls, it will be easy for people to suspect that the hospital is the problem."

Sarutobi Toru thought for a moment. "I can dilute the medicine and ensure that fetuses have more than a ninety percent chance of being female!"

"Ninety percent? That's enough!" The Third Hokage revealed the smile unique to an old schemer.

Danzo:?! Hiruzen, so this was the kind of person you were!!

"All that remains is to find a suitable person. Mix this medicine into the pregnancy stabilizers, then give the Uchiha only these enhanced medicines. Twenty years from now, the Uchiha will naturally integrate into Konoha Village!"

"The matter of choosing someone will be left to your Root. Danzo, you're the expert in this area. As for the medicine, Toru, you will be personally responsible for it. Do not let anyone else learn of it!"

"When Root handles something, you can rest assured!" A sinister smile appeared on Danzo's face.

After leaving the Hokage's Office, Sarutobi Toru looked toward the Uchiha Clan compound from the Hokage Building. With this, where would the Uchiha's fate lead? What would Uchiha Obito, Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, and Uchiha Sasuke become? And what would ultimately become of the entire Shinobi World?

In any case, Uchiha Madara had yet to awaken the Rinnegan. By the time he did, more than a decade would have passed. Would he still be able to find an Uchiha pawn then?

As for losing his so-called advantage of foreknowledge, Sarutobi Toru was not worried. His strength advanced by leaps and bounds every day. The Moon Eye Plan had succeeded in the first place only because of many strokes of luck and coincidences. With prior preparations and his current strength, sabotaging it would not be difficult.

Moreover, the mastermind Black Zetsu was patient by nature. Once Sarutobi Toru displayed too much strength, Black Zetsu might hide away with the Rinnegan and try to outlast him. That would conveniently give him time to research immortality.

"What will the future be like, I wonder?"

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was already Konoha Year 27.

Six years earlier, after the lively and bustling Chunin Exam, Konoha's reputation throughout the Shinobi World had nearly reached its peak. For a time, the mission volume of Konoha alone was almost equal to that of the other Four Great Ninja Villages combined.

Unwilling to accept this, the Four Great Ninja Villages took turns hosting the Joint Chunin Exam every year afterward. Relying on home-field advantage and certain arrangements during the exams, they finally managed to recover some face.

But their exams were far less spectacular than the first one, which had gathered so many rising stars. Furthermore, the harsh environments of the other Four Great Ninja Villages could not compare with Konoha at all. As a result, their reputations improved somewhat, but they did not gain much from the Chunin Exams.

Thus, this year, the other ninja villages showed little interest in the Chunin Exam hosted by Konoha. Clearly, they no longer wanted to be utterly crushed.

In the Hokage's Office, Sarutobi Toru looked over the intelligence reports on the other Four Great Ninja Villages and their nations, slightly furrowing his brow.

Eighteen-year-old Sarutobi Toru stood nearly two meters tall, with a lean build and handsome features. Simply standing there gave people a sense of perfection. He was the pinnacle creation sculpted by more than a decade of internal adjustments from the Hormone Fruit, combined with the Yang God Martial Way.

"Inflation, currency depreciation, rising prices, and the number of ninja is still increasing? The problem is getting serious!"