As the sun rises, golden rays of dawn bathe the entire Konohagakure.
Outside the towering and majestic East Gate of Konoha.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
A muffled thud, like the rolling thunder of spring, came violently from the end of the official road!
Smoke and dust swirled and billowed in the sky.
Thirty large Black Iron Wood carriages, each pulled by a heavily armored foreign behemoth.
Like a black steel dragon stretching as far as the eye can see, it strides proudly and marches into the city in a mighty and majestic manner!
The wheels of each carriage sank deep into the cobblestone road, emitting a heavy, teeth-grinding creak.
On both sides of those huge, tightly closed carriages.
It was covered with the highest-grade scarlet anti-counterfeiting seals, the kind Underground Exchange!
At the top of the first giant chariot.
Senju Kenya shirtless, his floral shorts fluttering in the morning breeze, wearing flip-flops, and a white jade pipe dangling from his lips.
He was holding a string of candied hawthorns he had just bought at the city gate, chewing them with a satisfying crunch and enjoying their sweet aroma.
"The Emperor has returned to the village!!"
"Look! The Senju the Great is back from his business trip!!"
It's unclear who it was that first roared out.
In an instant!
The once peaceful Konoha was instantly set ablaze!
Tens of thousands of civilians, off-duty ninjas, and even members of various ninja clans surged out of the streets like a tidal wave!
They were packed up on both sides of the wide main road!
Colorful ribbons fluttered in the air, and cheers resounded through the sky!
It is directly in front of the main road.
Tsunade of the Fifth Hokage, Shikaku Nara with his hands tucked into his sleeves, Uchiha Fugaku Hyuga Hiashi, and other members of Konoha's highest command.
They had been fully armed and excitedly lined up for a long time, waiting!
"Boom--!"
The convoy slowly came to a stop in the very center of the newly built Konoha Central Assembly Plaza.
Kenya casually tossed away the leftover bamboo skewers, took a drag on his pipe, and leaped off the roof of the car, which was several meters high.
"Clatter."
Flip-flops slid across the smooth marble floor of the square.
Kenya rubbed his neck and snapped his fingers at Kato Yosuke, who was pushing up his gold-rimmed glasses behind him:
" Yosuke, don't just stand there."
"Let's show the 'specialties' we brought back to the village to our aunt and the clan elders!"
"Yes, sir!"
Kato Yosuke loudly and suddenly swung his arm:
"Everyone! Open the boxes and inspect the goods! Unload for Konoha!!"
With a command from Yosuke.
Fifty elite thugs from the Chamber of Commerce, dressed in sharp black suits and each wielding a large black iron crowbar, pounced on the carriage like wolves!
"Snap! Snap! Bang--!!"
Accompanied by the ear-piercing sound of sturdy chains and heavy wooden crates being violently pried apart.
The next instant.
Under the horrified gazes of tens of thousands of ninjas and civilians, whose eyes nearly popped out of their sockets!
A miraculous scene that has shaken the Shinobi World for hundreds of years suddenly erupts!
"Splash splash splash--!!"
Tens of thousands of Pure Gold bricks, meticulously forged at high temperatures!
Like rotten potatoes being dumped, it poured out wildly from the thirty giant carriages!
The gold bricks collided and tumbled wildly on the marble floor of the square, producing a deep, metallic roar that sent chills down your spine!
Immediately afterwards.
Thousands of oversized animal hide sacks were ripped open!
Thick stacks and bundles of silver notes bearing the royal seal of the Land of Fire and the secret codes of various underground banks, totaling millions of taels!
Like snowflakes dancing in the sky, they fluttered and piled up in the morning sunlight!
There are also countless top-grade Chakra gems, hundreds of millions of savings accounts plundered from Kakuzu's flesh, and 500 million taels of gold exchange vouchers sponsored by the Daimyo's Mansion!
Thirty large truckloads in total!
Physical gold and circulating silver worth billions of taels!
In the very center of the central square, a Pure Gold mountain, as tall as a two-story building and hundreds of meters in circumference, was erected!
"Buzz--!!"
The rising sun shone on the golden mountain, reflecting a dazzling golden light that almost blinded everyone!
Dead silence.
An absolutely shocking silence.
Tsunade stood before the golden mountain, her beautiful, bright eyes wide open, bigger than copper bells.
On that stunningly beautiful face, her mouth was so wide open that a large donut could fit inside!
Shikaku Nara's folding fan fell to the ground with a "thud" and was crushed into pieces by his own foot, but he was completely unaware of it.
The two clan heads Uchiha Fugaku and Hyuga Hiashi, were usually dignified and imposing.
At that moment, his legs went completely weak, and he leaned against a nearby stone pillar, his gasps for breath sounding like he was having a seizure!
Billions of taels of cash!!
Mountains of gold bricks!!
The Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, ruled for decades, Tenten complaining about being poor in his office, and even repairing a sewer required layers of approval.
Never before have I seen such tyrannical and brutal wealth!
"You little... you little bastard..."
Tsunade's voice trembled so much that even her tone changed as she pointed at the mountain of gold:
"You... you've dug up the Land of Fire and the Land of Rivers, territories and brought them back to Konoha?!"
"Ha! It's nothing!"
Kenya strode forward, stepping on the scattered gold bricks, and stood majestically at the very top of the gold mountain.
He puffed on his white jade pipe, looking down at the tens of thousands of tearful villagers and ninjas below, his voice like rolling thunder echoing through the heavens and earth:
"I said before I left, I'm going to be the mastermind behind Konoha!"
"Follow me, and you'll have plenty of money and lots of meat!!"
With a sudden, domineering wave of his hand, Kenya initiated a massive village-wide profit-sharing ceremony:
" Tsunade! Transfer one billion to Konoha's treasury!"
"Recharge and waive all the fees at the village's hospitals and orphanages!"
"Starting today, the pensions of all retired and disabled veterans who shed blood for the village will be tripled!"
Kenya pointed to Fugaku and Chōza:
" The Uchiha and Akimichi clans, responsible for the expansion of Iron Fist Heavy Industries, will receive an immediate subsidy of 500 million ryo as a high-temperature allowance!"
Finally, Kenya surveyed the entire crowd of poorly dressed commoners and Genin, his voice echoing across the land:
"The remaining money will be distributed among all the men, women, and children in the village, calculated per capita!"
"Whether you're a garbage collector or Genin, everyone will receive a cash prize of 100,000 taels of silver!"
"The whole village is eating meat! Everyone's lifting weights!!"
"Boom--!!!!"
This was a wild declaration of arrogance that reached the galaxy.
This caused a massive earthquake in Konoha Square, a hundred times more terrifying than the Nine-Tails' descent!
"Long live the Emperor!!"
"Long live the Senju the Great!!"
Countless civilians and low-ranking ninjas burst into tears on the spot, trembling with excitement!
The patriarchs of all the major families knelt down in unison, their awe and submission reaching an unprecedented peak!
On this day, Konohagakure became incredibly wealthy!
The following morning.
In the backyard of the Senju Old House, amidst the dense woods and fragrant flowers, birdsong filled the air.
Having received a large sum of special training bonus and a large piece of deep-sea beast meat, Naruto Uzumaki was in high spirits, radiating an astonishing masculine aura.
He was shirtless, his dark arms bare, gripping a heavy, specially made solid black iron Shuriken tightly.