The Absurd Scene in Konoha Village

After dinner, Yamanaka Rino held Yamanaka Ino, relaxing by the fireplace in the living room.

The Yamanaka brothers, under the witness of the Elder, signed the land lease contract; as the saying goes, even brothers must settle accounts clearly.

The Elder asked skeptically, "Chujiu, do you even know how to farm? Do you realize that reclaiming wasteland takes three years?"

Yamanaka Chujiu replied with a smile, "Elder, I am aware."

"But I believe that chakra and ninjutsu can create miracles."

Carrying the contract, he gathered the forty-three bereaved families once more and announced his farming plan.

The adults looked at each other, voicing the same concerns as the Yamanaka Elder.

Yamanaka Chujiu said, "Everyone, do not worry. You may continue with your usual tasks; I will take the children to reclaim the land."

"If we succeed, I, the Yamanaka clan, and all of you will benefit."

"If we fail, it will only be a few days of time wasted by me and the children."

After a year of care, Yamanaka Chujiu had established prestige among the forty-three families, so even with such an outrageous plan, everyone felt it was worth a try.

After all, Yamanaka Chujiu had anticipated everything for them, placing no additional burdens or risks upon their shoulders.

Yamanaka Chujiu immediately began to act, for time was tight.

War was about to break out.

Over the past two years, Konoha had struck out in all directions, forcing Kumogakure and Kirigakure to bow their heads in succession, all thanks to the power of the Yellow Flash, Namikaze Minato.

In the battle of the Land of Waves alone, Namikaze Minato had crushed the Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure and the supposedly strongest Three-Tails Jinchuriki with an unrivaled, overwhelming posture.

Namikaze Minato had also thwarted Kirigakure's conspiracy, preventing them from sealing the rampaging Three-Tails Isobu into Nohara Rin and detonating her within Konoha.

As a result, the Three-Tails Isobu was completely eradicated, and Nohara Rin was successfully rescued.

Indeed, it was Yamanaka Chujiu who had flapped his wings, using Orochimaru to warn Namikaze Minato and avoiding the tragedy of the Fourth Hokage losing all his students.

Because Nohara Rin did not die, Yamanaka Chujiu assumed Obito would not turn twisted and the Nine-Tails incident would not occur, so he lowered his guard.

Yet, the disaster happened right on schedule.

Whether it was the corrective force of history at play or Uchiha Madara showing Obito illusions, it remained unclear.

In any case, the Fourth Hokage sacrificed himself to the Nine-Tails, and Konoha's deterrent power over Kirigakure and Kumogakure instantly vanished.

The Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure was ambitious, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure were stirring.

It was entirely foreseeable that the Fourth Raikage would inevitably turn hostile before long, and the Fourth Mizukage would seize the opportunity to restart the war.

A more fatal crisis lay within the village itself.

Orochimaru had not ascended to become the Fifth Hokage, and neither Jiraiya nor Tsunade had returned.

Who, then, would become the new Hokage?

Only the children who had not yet come of age could fail to guess that a power struggle was about to erupt in Konoha.

How absurd!

And even more absurd things were already happening.

Yamanaka Chujiu was taking the children to the commercial district to purchase farming tools when they were blocked halfway by a large crowd of villagers.

The villagers were surrounding a newly repaired large courtyard, crying out in agony:

"My house was right here, how could it be gone?"

"It's you! You built houses on my land and occupied my property!"

"Compensate me for my house, return my land!"

"..."

The gates of those row houses were tightly shut, and Yamanaka Chujiu could sense people inside, radiating feelings of secret delight and schadenfreude.

Their arrogant, unbothered attitude made it clear they were certain that even if the Uchiha police arrived, they could do nothing to them.

Clearly, the villagers crying at the gate had been swindled.

During the reconstruction after the disaster, their homes had been deliberately erased from the maps.

Yamanaka Chujiu's memories regarding history were activated; terms like land-grabbing, fraudulent registration, and property seizure swirled in his mind.

He quickly determined that someone was secretly tampering with the records.

They were taking advantage of the chaos following the great disaster to sneakily alter the archives in the Hokage Building, usurping the legal land and housing assets of others.

The Nine-Tails incident had erupted too suddenly; it was already a miracle for ordinary people to escape their homes with their lives, let alone remember to bring their property deeds.

When the sturdy houses collapsed, the deeds hidden inside were naturally lost, leaving the village's archived records as the only proof of ownership.

For these guys to be so confident, they must have already swapped the archived documents.

In the feudal era of China, the gentry found it too slow to seize fertile land during famines, so they invented powerful methods of annexation—and now, these were being replicated within the violent organization that was Konoha.

Now, the interesting question arose.

Who in Konoha had the ability to swap property records so seamlessly that they could withstand an investigation by the Uchiha?

It is truly so hard to guess!

Yamanaka Chujiu cast his gaze toward the Hokage Building; within this structure, which was completely under the control of Hiruzen Sarutobi, the entire second floor served as the repository for all land deeds in Konoha.

At this moment, a high-level meeting was underway inside the Hokage Building, where the Konoha F4 were jointly pressuring Uchiha Fugaku.

Using the excuse that the Nine-Tails' eyes had displayed the Sharingan, they demanded that the Uchiha clan move out of their ancestral lands in the center of the village and relocate to the outskirts.

Naturally, the village was currently in dire straits, so there was not a single cent of relocation compensation to be had!

Uchiha Fugaku was, of course, absolutely furious, but being coerced by four old geezers of higher status, keeping his mouth shut was the absolute limit of his resistance.

Just as the reconstruction work was in full swing, the higher-ups were oppressing the Uchiha clan, while the lower-level officials were plundering the ordinary villagers.

Konoha was staging the most absurd spectacle in the aftermath of a disaster.

Not long after, a group of Uchiha ninja appeared.

Strangely, Yamanaka Chujiu sensed that one of the Uchiha ninja was quite special; he lacked the arrogant emotional shell, exposing his gentleness and warmth directly on the surface.

The last time he had sensed similar emotional traits was with Obito Uchiha, only Obito's "goodness" was superficial and volatile, while this person's "goodness" was as calm as water.

Chujiu's curiosity was piqued; another kind-hearted Uchiha ninja—who could he be?

It was Uchiha Shisui.

That explained it.

When a man is ambushed from behind by Shimura Danzō, has one of his eyes gouged out, is beaten to the brink of death, and struggles to the point of exhaustion just to barely escape, yet his thoughts are not on survival, but on how to protect Konoha and the Uchiha clan—even being willing to commit suicide for the sake of it.

Regardless of whether Uchiha Shisui's methods were correct or not, his goodness was beyond question.

Knowing it was Uchiha Shisui, Yamanaka Chujiu intended to take the children and detour to the commercial district to buy farming tools and seeds, so they could begin the land reclamation work as soon as possible.

But then, he discovered to his astonishment that his Heart Severing Realm had lost control; the fine threads condensed from his thoughts were drifting automatically toward Uchiha Shisui, continuously wrapping themselves around him.

Yamanaka Chujiu was stunned.

"How is this possible?"