Let You Revel for a Few Days

Yushu then paid a visit to Mitsuba's home and spent the entire afternoon talking with Qiyue.

In the end, Yushu had Qiyue secretly join the Konoha Military Police Force. He also left behind several templates and told Qiyue to fabricate Danzo's dirt one item at a time according to Konoha's chronicle of major events.

Did they really think Yushu had established the Publicity Office within the Konoha Military Police Force solely to cultivate entertainment stars? That had merely been a necessary choice due to the difficulties at the start.

But now that Yushu had tasted the benefits, he had no intention of giving up. He even intended to step things up.

After all, there were so many handsome young men and pretty young women in the Uchiha Clan. Not every one of them excelled as a ninja.

As long as they looked decent and knew a bit of ninjutsu to add special effects to performances, they could try training as entertainment stars.

As for dealing with Danzo, although televisions existed in Konoha, they were not widespread, so Yushu ultimately chose newspapers.

Regarding the timeliness of newspaper news, Yushu figured that this was everyone's first time seeing newspapers anyway, so there was no need to fill them with daily news.

The newspaper's main purpose in its early stages was to smear Danzo, just as Danzo had once done to the Uchiha Clan.

As for having no evidence, so what? As the saying went, start with one picture, and make up the rest of the content.

Time quickly passed, and a month went by.

Konoha had been exceptionally peaceful this month.

Even Danzo, perhaps because most of his foundation had been wiped out, had not come out to stir up trouble.

Yushu only wanted to say to that, Lord Danzo, don't be afraid. Keep causing trouble. Cause more of it. After all, I can only make up so many issues based on old events.

Aside from coming to the commercial district every day to supervise construction progress, Yushu still spent most of this month building relationships with Konoha's various ninja clans.

The results were pretty good. Now, when Yushu walked down the street, he would occasionally encounter ninja from clan backgrounds who took the initiative to greet him. It was no longer like before, when people would immediately take a detour upon seeing an Uchiha.

As for Shisui, he continued performing in Konoha every day, and a newly debuted girl group had appeared under him as well.

Yushu could not favor women over men, after all. He also had to consider grown men's demand for idols.

The most popular person in Konoha now was neither Uchiha Yushu nor the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. It was Uchiha Shisui.

The machines Yushu had commissioned from the capital were finally delivered yesterday, and Yushu released the first issue of his newspaper in Konoha.

The next day, Konoha's villagers and ninja discovered that shops throughout the streets and alleys now carried something called the Konoha Daily.

At the same time, children holding those newspapers could occasionally be heard hawking them through the streets.

Nearly all those children came from the Konoha Orphanage. Of course, there were also children who had seen the job posting and voluntarily asked to do the work.

Yushu had even made a special trip to the Konoha Orphanage for this, but unfortunately, he had not seen either Nonō or Kabuto.

After carefully recalling the plot he had seen and considering Konoha's current situation, Yushu felt that Nonō was most likely serving as a spy in Hidden Stone Village. When her mission ended, it would probably also be when Kabuto killed her.

Very good. That was another reason to deal with Danzo. Both Nonō and Kabuto were rare talents, yet Danzo had ruined them.

Konoha's villagers quickly learned that a newspaper cost only one ryo per copy. Some residents who enjoyed trying new things immediately bought one.

At that price, let alone making money, it would not even be possible to recoup the cost. Yet Yushu did not care in the slightest.

After all, making money had never been the main purpose.

The villagers who bought newspapers immediately began reading, letting out exclamations from time to time.

"So Konoha was originally founded jointly by the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan."

"Huh? So this is how the Will of Fire came about."

"Our Konoha is actually this powerful? No wonder it's the number one ninja village in the ninja world."

"Huh? Flame Girl will perform a new dance on the west side of the commercial district tonight."

The people gathered around him heard his muttering and became curious as well, craning their necks to see what was written.

To their surprise, he shrugged his shoulders and shifted to the side. "Get lost. Go buy one yourself if you want to read it. It's not like you can't afford it."

This new thing called a newspaper became popular throughout Konoha in just half a day. For Konoha's residents, who usually lacked entertainment, the Konoha Daily's content was extremely appealing. Even the advertisements Yushu had specifically placed for the shops in his own commercial district sparked discussions.

Yushu did not immediately go all out in smearing Danzo. He did not even mention him.

At the beginning, he needed some real, everyday events to make everyone acknowledge the newspaper's authority.

If he began by wildly fabricating false content, people would lose trust in the newspaper and treat its contents merely as unreliable rumors.

But if he could not smear Danzo for the time being, he could praise the Uchiha Clan instead.

Yushu compiled the Uchiha Clan's contributions to Konoha throughout its various eras and released a little in each issue.

Moreover, all of it was genuine and verifiable. It was not excessively exaggerated, merely given a suitable amount of embellishment.

Less than ten minutes after the Konoha Daily appeared in Konoha, a copy had been placed before both Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo.

After reading through the newspaper, Hiruzen Sarutobi also found it quite interesting. His favorite was the article that deeply analyzed the Will of Fire.

"Who exactly is this 'A Cloud over Konoha'? I would truly like to discuss the Will of Fire with him."

Hiruzen Sarutobi had naturally seen the article praising the Uchiha Clan. Though he felt it was somewhat beautified, everything it said was true, so he did not pay it much attention.

At that moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi was considering whether he should start a newspaper too and praise himself a little, but after thinking it over, he decided against it.

Boasting about himself a little in the Ninja Academy textbooks was enough. His prestige among Konoha's villagers did not need something like this to bolster it.

But in Root's hidden base, Danzo was far from calm after seeing the Konoha Daily.

He had paid a tremendous price, only for the Uchiha Clan to reap the benefits.

Now the relationship between the Uchiha Clan and the village had grown increasingly harmonious. For someone who coveted the Sharingan's power, this was truly not good news.

Danzo slowly raised his right hand. It was a pale white arm with many holes gouged into it, each containing a Sharingan—three-tomoe, two-tomoe, and one-tomoe.

Ever since replacing his arm with this one three days ago, Danzo had constantly felt as though his entire body was being eroded.

Fortunately, there was finally some slight relief today. The arm seemed to have begun fusing with his body.

This tiny degree of fusion alone had restored some of Danzo's strength. Feeling as though his body was growing younger in reverse, Danzo anticipated the day his right arm completely fused with him.

Staring at the newspaper laid out before him and the Uchiha clan crest printed upon it, Danzo's eyes were full of gloom.

Hmph! Uchiha Yushu, let you revel for a few days.