Rising Sun Organization

Just as Yamanaka Chujiu had anticipated, the first time one approaches their limit is the easiest opportunity to break through it.

He successfully established a faith, shattered his own limitations, and pushed the level of his life to a brand-new height.

Within his heart, a smooth, golden sphere of light appeared, radiating immeasurable light and heat.

That was the Golden Core of an immortal, the divinity of a god, the spirit crystal of a hive, a seed of law, a reincarnation seal, a sanctuary crystal, a divine treasury...

What it ultimately becomes depends on where Yamanaka Chujiu heads in the future.

For now, it is merely a seed condensed from faith.

Compared to the path of becoming a god through faith that Yamanaka Chujiu knew of, the step he had taken was far too easy.

There were no earth-shattering merits, no long-standing traditions of faith; he had succeeded relying solely on the belief of fifty-some children.

If this hadn't been an intuition born in the heat of the moment, but rather a long-term scheme, Yamanaka Chujiu might not have dared to take this step today.

Regardless of how one looks at it, he had crossed the threshold.

From this moment on, he no longer had a so-called ceiling to his strength, only an endless accumulation.

Even now, Yamanaka Chujiu's strength had seen a non-negligible increase.

His mental energy had at least tripled, allowing him not only to extract more chakra from his cells.

Furthermore, once his mental energy drifted outside his body, it no longer dissipated into nothingness as it had before; instead, it persisted within the range of the Heart Severing Realm and could draw in chakra from thin air.

Yamanaka Chujiu was certain that this chakra did not come from any person, but from living things like trees, grass, insects, fungi, and bacteria.

It even came from the soil, from the earth beneath his feet.

This was truly incredible!

Yamanaka Chujiu's assessment of his own strength was completed in an instant within his mind.

When he regained his composure, the children—no, his believers—were still immersed in their excitement.

Uchiha Itachi, a child who "thought like a Hokage," relied on his brilliant mind and his faith in Yamanaka Chujiu to be the first to recover.

He brought up the question of putting their ideals into practice: "Senior Chujiu, you finally agree with my view on the Third Hokage. Can you tell me how to end the Third Hokage's rule and make Konoha great again?"

Yamanaka Chujiu first signaled for the children to quiet down, then looked at Uchiha Itachi and replied: "Whether it is ending the Third Hokage's rule or making Konoha great again, these are political goals."

"And to achieve political goals, one must start by solving the primary problem."

"That is: Who are our enemies? Who are our friends?"

"If this primary problem is not solved, all thinking and effort is like a blind man riding a horse toward a cliff at night; there is no possibility of success."

This answer was too abstract, and for most of the children, it left them completely confused.

Lacking the necessary life experience, they had no way to understand.

But Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, and a few naturally bright children understood.

For the children who could grasp these words, they struck like a thunderclap, exploding in their minds.

In an instant, the lightning illuminated the entire world, and the children saw the path forward clearly.

Especially Uchiha Itachi; after understanding the meaning of enemies and friends, he couldn't help but mutter: "Wrong, Father and the others are all wrong!"

"How should I act to know who are the Uchiha's enemies and who are the Uchiha's friends?"

Itachi did not frame his question with Konoha as the subject, and Yamanaka Chujiu laughed with satisfaction: "That is a good question. The best way to know the answer to who are your enemies and friends is to investigate personally."

"Investigate the household assets, sources of income, goals, and past actions of everyone in Konoha."

"Summarize common characteristics from this information, categorize the stances of groups possessing these common traits, and then, starting from these common stances, analyze the conflicts or alliances of interests between different groups."

"When the information you have investigated is detailed enough and the analysis is clear enough, the answer to who is a friend and who is an enemy will appear automatically."

Following this, without needing Yamanaka Chujiu to explain specific investigative methods, Uchiha Shisui shared the techniques and approaches taught in ninja training.

The children listened, mesmerized, feeling they had gained a great deal.

As the sky grew dark, Yamanaka Chujiu announced the dismissal, and the children were surprisingly reluctant to leave.

Not only did they feel closer to Yamanaka Chujiu, but they also felt that their friends were like family, perhaps even better.

Working together, sharing the fruits of their labor, and keeping common secrets all served to deepen the relationships between people.

Coupled with the resonance of ideals and faith, with Yamanaka Chujiu as the core connection, a small group centered around him had formed.

The next day, Yamanaka Chujiu led the group of children to complete the harvest of all the fruits.

The grain was dried and processed, then distributed to all the children according to their labor contributions, filling the rice jars in their homes.

Various vegetables and beans were sold directly for money, which was then distributed to each child.

As the price for letting Kazamatsuri Harume reveal her Wood Release, Yamanaka Chujiu personally participated in every sale to cover up the abnormal harvest.

During face-to-face bargaining, he fully understood the merchants' desire to drive down prices, taking the opportunity to project threads of thought to implement mental control.

His greatly increased strength allowed him to hypnotize the merchants instantly, making them believe they had gotten a great bargain, and by using the principle of keeping wealth hidden, he guided the merchants to keep the transaction confidential.

The political system of the Konoha Hokage was extremely crude; there was no specialized commerce department, not even a professional tax department, and its ability to monitor the market was zero.

When both parties to a transaction do their best to conceal the truth, no matter how hard the Anbu ninjas try, they cannot discover what kind of incredible feat Yamanaka Chujiu has pulled off.

After much painstaking effort, Yamanaka Chujiu successfully kept the intelligence regarding Kazamatsuri Harume's Wood Style under wraps, confining the secret to their small circle.

Uchiha Itachi followed Yamanaka Chujiu the entire time, watching him haggle with merchants, watching him distribute money to every child, and watching the joy on the faces of all the parents as they saw a glimmer of hope.

In his eyes, Yamanaka Chujiu had not betrayed his ideals and was truly working hard to bring hope to Konoha.

He admired Yamanaka Chujiu from the bottom of his heart and wanted to establish an even closer bond with him.

Thus, Uchiha Itachi suggested, "Senior Chujiu, let's give ourselves a name."

Hearing Itachi's request, Yamanaka Chujiu couldn't help but be taken aback for a moment.

"Ourselves? You mean the people who worked together yesterday?"

Uchiha Itachi nodded, "Yes, that's us."

"Once we have a name, we will be different."

Yamanaka Chujiu acknowledged Uchiha Itachi's judgment; the children had already transformed into his followers, their convictions were highly aligned, and they were tightly organized—it was indeed time to have a name.

Yamanaka Chujiu smiled, "Itachi's suggestion is excellent."

"The teacher once said: The world belongs to the old, and the world belongs to the young, but in the final analysis, it belongs to us."

"He also said: We young people are full of vigor, like the sun at eight o'clock in the morning, and the hope of leading the world toward the light rests upon us, so..."

"We are the 'Rising Sun'!"