Half past eight.
Hokage Office Building, conference room.
"The Sunagakure battlefield will not be an obstacle to us for the time being. Uchiha has left deep enough scars on Sunagakure. This surrender letter personally signed by Chiyo's mother-in-law and Fourth Kazekage is the best proof."
Ruohuo sat opposite Third, announcing the battle report with a serious look on his face.
"Iwagakure's ninjas tried to invade Land of Rain's territory, but were defeated on the spot by Uchiha. There were too many corpses to recover them all. In order to save resources, I burned them to ashes."
"You can calculate the specific number of people by the weight of their ashes. There are 2,499 people in total. I have them here... wait a moment."
Ruohuo paused and reached out to Shisui behind him.
Shisui immediately handed over the breast milk bottle, and Ruohuo held Nanako with one hand and breastfed with the other. Her technique was unfamiliar, but fortunately Nanako was very cooperative, neither crying nor fussing, and kept slurping her milk. Her big eyes never left Ruohuo for half a second.
The two elders and Third in the conference room looked at Ruohuo with strange expressions. This meeting is related to the Uchiha Clan's current record and will directly determine Konoha's next war plan.
It should have been a very serious meeting, but at this moment it wasn't serious at all...
An eight-year-old child patriarch, accompanied by two children aged six and seven respectively.
She was holding a newborn baby in her arms...
Tsunade is absent. There are a total of eight people in the conference room, half of whom are from Uchiha, but their combined age is not as old as any of the elders...
It's amazing.
Fugaku on the side covered his face, somewhat regretting that he agreed to Ruohuo's help in raising the baby...
Fugaku even once doubted whether his daughter had been subjected to some illusion spell by Ruohuo.
Otherwise, why do you have to stick to this kid to stop crying?
"This is the list of military exploits drafted under the witness of Elder Danzo at that time. It has the signatures of myself, Elder Danzo, elder Fugaku, and teacher Orochimaru."
"Master Third Hokage and the two elders can confirm."
Danzo is not dead, but is performing a secret mission in Land of Rain. This is no longer a secret in Konoha High Command.
Ruohuo slid Sunagakure's letter of surrender and the list of military achievements in front of Third.
F(4-1) passed each other around, and their expressions gradually became more exciting.
The signature is correct, Danzo is stamped, Orochimaru is also signed, Fugaku and Ruohuo are wearing the same pair of pants, so they can be ignored.
The key is the merit bounty...
"You want a bounty of 240 million taels this time!?"
Finance Minister Utatane Koharu was immediately unhappy, "Konoha Where can I get so much money for you!"
"I didn't set the price."
Ruohuo nursed the baby calmly and said without raising his head, "Konoha has strict rules and regulations regarding military merit. You should be familiar with these regulations than me..."
"The opponent's strength varies. The average price per person is one hundred thousand taels, which is already the lowest price."
Ruohuo knocked on the table and looked at the three of them calmly, with a touch of pressure in his eyes.
"And that's not counting Uchiha Clan's pension. When I left the village, I brought a total of 1,000 ninjas with me, but when I came back, there were only less than 100..."
"This pension should be borne by Konoha. I don't want much, one million per person, and I hope it will be implemented as soon as possible, at least not slower than other ninjas."
The pension for a deceased Uchiha is one million taels.
This number is ten times that of Iwagakure.
There seems to be no problem. Isn't a Uchiha worth more than a Iwagakure?
But if you add them all together, it's close to one billion taels...
Utatane Koharu can still calculate this basic math problem. Faced with this astronomical figure, of course she will not agree and said angrily:
"This is simply unrealistic. This is war time, and Konoha simply cannot afford so much money."
"And the pension you want is too much, one million taels per person, do you think..."
Halfway through his words, Utatane Koharu suddenly shut up consciously.
Because the three-headed beasts of the Uchiha Clan have already revealed Sharingan, with undisguised murderous intent, locking her tightly!
"Ruohuo!"
Fugaku spoke up in time.
Ruohuo glanced at Fugaku gently, gave him face, put away his murderous aura, and continued to tease Nanako.
"I haven't even calculated the merits of defeating Sunagakure until it surrendered, the merits of defeating the entire Land of Rain, and killing Hanzo of the Salamander. You guys have already started bargaining..."
"It's really interesting."
Ruohuo's tone was calm, but the sarcasm in his words was not concealed.
Orochimaru Keep smiling and keep silent.
Before the meeting started, he had reminded the two elders to try their best to comply with Ruohuo's request.
If the two elders don't listen, then there's nothing he can do...
"Little Ruohuo..."
Third spoke with a very heavy tone, "I understand your feelings. Uchiha Clan made a huge sacrifice for Konoha. They are all heroes."
"Konoha will properly handle the funeral affairs of every hero. The blood of Uchiha people will not be shed in vain."
"But one million taels per person, which is close to one billion taels..." Third sighed, "Little Ruohuo, you also have to understand Konoha's difficulties."
"This is a time of war. Even in peacetime, this is a sum of money that is difficult to come up with..."
Compared with Utatane Koharu, Third first expressed condolences for the deceased, and then avoided the topic of "Is one Uchiha worth one million taels?"
But Ruohuo definitely can't give in a little bit.
"It's hard to take it out, so don't take it."
Ruohuo looked at Third coldly, "The reason why Uchiha's clan members sacrificed their lives is because of my order as the clan leader."
"Konoha should not bear any responsibility. As for the pension, it is nonsense."
"Everything is just wishful thinking by Uchiha..."
Ruohuo outputted in reverse. "As for military exploits, that is also an internal matter of Uchiha. It should be borne by me, the patriarch, and has nothing to do with Konoha."
"Konoha does not need to pay Uchiha even one tael. After all...Konoha now has nothing to do with Uchiha..."
Snap--!
Ruohuo pulled Headband off his head with one hand and slapped it heavily on the table.
Bang bang--!
Obito and Shisui followed closely behind, and also slapped Headband on the table!
"..." Fugaku didn't wear Headband today, because this was Ruohuo's request to take care of the baby...
"In this case, then Uchiha has no reason to stay with Konoha."
Ruohuo stood up with Nanako in his arms and solemnly announced his declaration as the leader of the Uchiha Clan.
"Uchiha has officially separated from Konoha from today and returned to the clan area upstream of the Naka River. From now on, it is only responsible for Daimyo and has nothing to do with Konoha."
"Third Hokage, starting from today, we are in a competitive relationship..."