Chapter 346

346. Chapter 341: Haven't I been hoping for a job for so many years?

"Do you think you can defeat Uchiha Madara?"

The pineapple head of the Nara clan sighed endlessly. After Uchiha Madara suddenly left, he had recommended himself to Senju Hashirama many times, wanting to take over the work of mission management, but he was rejected by the other party for various reasons. Now it seems that that position had actually been reserved long ago.

The crowd, recognizing reality, shook their heads. The crazy idea of competing for the Second Hokage had already been extinguished, crushed, and swallowed into their stomachs earlier that day.

Me fight Uchiha Madara?

I'll die!

"However, I'm a bit worried now. After Uchiha Madara succeeds, will he do something crazy?"

Shimura Kenichi, who had a very low favorability for the Uchiha clan, puffed out his fat belly, the worry on his face clearly visible.

"Yeah, after all, the Uchiha clan's brain circuits are a bit strange, and their mental state is also very worrying."

Others echoed one after another. It wasn't that these ninja clans were badmouthing the Uchiha behind their backs, but that the Uchiha's nature was just like that.

If an Uchiha's emotions weren't delicate enough, then they could never become a true powerhouse in their entire life.

"I don't have this worry."

Looking at the worried crowd, Sarutobi Sasuke, who had once served as the leader of the Ninja Alliance, shook his head very firmly.

"Oh? Why?"

"Because Mr. Gin is here..."

Even if Uchiha Madara becomes Hokage, he is still a younger brother after all.

"Uh... that's true."

The ninja clan members, who felt the same way, nodded tacitly.

The Uchiha clan's territory.

All the Uchiha clansmen in the village, regardless of gender, age, or whether they were limping or using crutches, except for a certain curly-haired guy who was sleeping, were all present. The huge venue was packed with dense figures, and for a time, heads were moving.

"Big Brother, you hid it from us so bitterly!"

On the high platform in front of the venue, Uchiha Izuna, wearing a high-collared robe, could not hide his excitement. His black eyes stared tightly at Uchiha Madara, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, his tone full of complex emotions.

"Sorry, Izuna, that mission was related to the overall situation of Konoha's development, and I really couldn't reveal too much to you."

Uchiha Madara looked at his own younger brother with great guilt. When he left back then, the entire burden of the clan fell on Izuna's shoulders. Fortunately, he had trained him well before, so there were no mishaps in clan affairs.

Hehe~ I really have foresight!

"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back!"

Izuna felt that he had finally made it through. With his big brother back, he could safely be his hands-off shopkeeper, go home to his wife and children, and live a few comfortable days.

Should he take advantage of being young and have a second child with Mieko?

The name would be Fugaku. Big Cousin didn't let him use this name last time, but he shouldn't care anymore, right?

"You've worked hard, Izuna."

"Not hard, not hard, this is all what I should do!"

"So it wasn't hard, then I'll trouble you to continue doing it. I still have work to familiarize myself with at the Hokage Building, and I'm tied up."

"Huh?"

Uchiha Madara showed his true colors. Since this kid Izuna was lying with his eyes open, he would just go with the flow and let his hardworking younger brother continue to work as an illegal laborer.

This was what Hashirama taught him; younger brothers should be used like this!

"Clan Leader-sama! We've waited so bitterly for you~"

"Clan Leader-sama, if you don't come back again, we'll rebel!"

"Clan Leader-sama, what have you been doing these past few years?"

"Clan Leader-sama!"

"Clan Leader..."

Not only was Uchiha Izuna on the stage excited, but the clansmen squeezing below were also full of passion. Pairs of scarlet eyes, carrying undisguised joy, asked Uchiha Madara in a jumble.

So the Clan Leader, who was the spiritual symbol of the Uchiha, hadn't abandoned them!

Feeling the expectant eyes of the clansmen, Uchiha Madara, after arranging for his younger brother, clenched his fists, started at zero frames, and performed a dogeza to all the clansmen. His proud head, which never compromised, was now pressed tightly against the ground, and then he channeled his chakra to amplify his voice.

"Sorry, I've made everyone worry!"

This sudden kneeling caused the noisy venue to fall silent instantly.

The next moment,

"Clan Leader-sama!"

"Thump!"

"Thump!!"

"..."

Accompanied by the sound of everyone kneeling, Uchiha Madara slowly raised his head. Looking at the dense fan clan emblems in front of him, he was flattered, and his heart was suddenly filled with unspeakable complex emotions.

I, Uchiha Madara, will never fail the expectations of my clansmen in this life!

After the meeting with the clansmen ended, Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna entered the inner hall. The two brothers, who hadn't seen each other for several years, had a lot to say.

"Big Brother, what mission did you go to do, that even I was kept in the dark?"

Uchiha Izuna, sitting cross-legged, was most curious about the reason why his big brother left the village. Just how important was that confidential mission that it made Uchiha Madara, as the head of a clan and one of Konoha's high-level officials, resolutely leave his home?

"It doesn't matter if I tell you in advance, Izuna. Do you know about the Tailed Beast Knights?"

Uchiha Madara pondered for a moment. The content of his mission would be exposed before long. Since that was the case, revealing it to Uchiha Izuna first wouldn't be considered leaking secrets.

"Tailed Beast Knights? I've heard of them."

Frowning, Uchiha Izuna recalled the Tailed Beast Knights who had been in the limelight in recent years, and then nodded.

Ever since Uchiha Gin distributed the belts to the other major countries, except for the Land of Wind, the Land of Water, Land of Earth, and Land of Lightning had all successfully given birth to Tailed Beast Knights one after another. Added to the Hunter Knight Swords wandering among the people, there were seven known knights.

These mysterious knights, relying on extremely high efficiency and overpowered combat power, easily completed many tricky S-rank missions, establishing a good reputation and word-of-mouth for their countries' ninja villages.

Taking the Land of Water as an example, the two Tailed Beast Knights of the Hidden Mist Village even achieved the record of completing three S-rank missions in one day. Their enthusiasm for rushing for performance was amazing, and it also made people more curious about the emerging profession of knight.

"My trip out was for this."

Seeing that Uchiha Izuna knew the intelligence about the Tailed Beast Knights, Uchiha Madara took out the gray driver from the four-dimensional chrysanthemum behind him and placed it in front of him.

"Big Brother, what is this?"

"That's right, I am also a Tailed Beast Knight now."

Looking at his younger brother's dumbfounded expression, Uchiha Madara, who was very satisfied in his heart, had a flash of pride in his eyes, and then announced his hidden identity.

"Is it the Nine-Tails?"

The only Tailed Beast whose whereabouts were unknown now was the Nine-Tails that Senju Hashirama had released back then. Now that his big brother had become a Tailed Beast Knight, then nine times out of ten it was the Nine-Tails Knight.

"Hmm."

Uchiha Madara nodded slightly, took out a card exuding a violent aura from his waist, on which was drawn a red fox baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, with nine slender tails floating behind it.

"Hmm... this important news must be told to Big Cousin. I really want to see his shocked expression."

Uchiha Izuna clenched his fists excitedly. He thought of Uchiha Gin for the first time and wanted to share this earth-shattering secret with him.

As a result, just after he finished speaking, Uchiha Madara, sitting opposite, showed a strange expression on his face and waved his hand at Izuna.

"Big Cousin already knew about this matter."

"Huh?"

"But he didn't even come today?"

Uchiha Izuna, who had just stood up, frowned and sat back down. Obviously, Uchiha Gin had even skipped such an important clan meeting today, so how could he possibly know his big brother's latest news?

"Big Cousin has known my affairs like the back of his hand from beginning to end."

"Ah? Wait... you mean, even the reason you went out, Big Cousin knew about it?"

A thick sorrow rose in Uchiha Izuna's heart, and his eyes became hollow. With a final glimmer of hope, he asked in a trembling voice,

"Yes, when I left back then, Big Cousin even came to see me off~"

Woo woo woo...

A tough guy sheds tears.

Obviously everyone was brothers, why was he excluded?

Creak~

Just as Uchiha Izuna was crying bitterly, the tightly closed door of the inner hall was pushed open from the outside.

The harsh sound of the door opening made the two brothers, who were communicating their feelings, frown in unison. They had clearly instructed the guards just now not to let anyone in. Who was so ignorant?

"Ha~ Sashiburi (Long time no see), you recovered so quickly, Little Cousin~"

The two brothers, who were originally unhappy, saw the fluffy curly hair of the person who came, and their expressions instantly relaxed. Uchiha Izuna even hurriedly stood up to make room for his old and wealthy Big Cousin.

"The level of the village doctors is quite good."

Uchiha Madara, who felt full of vitality, showed a rare smile and said to Uchiha Gin, who looked lazy.

"Big Cousin, sit here, I just warmed it up for you~"

Uchiha Izuna on the side pointed to the seat he had just sat on like a sycophant.

"Hmm, Little Prison-Bottom has a heart."

Uchiha Gin, who had just finished dinner, timed it perfectly and wandered to the Uchiha clan territory.

Along the way, he met many clansmen with joyful faces. He knew that his peak-shifting trip was fine, and the headache-inducing clan meeting must have already ended.

"Don't I know the level of those doctors? They're okay at treating gynecological diseases. You can be jumping around so quickly, it must be the ancestors' blessing."

Uchiha Gin half-squinted his drooping dead-fish eyes, looked Uchiha Madara up and down, and then shook his head firmly.

With that group of vegetable-level guys in Konoha's medical department who even needed his guidance for gynecological diseases, how could they cure Little Cousin so quickly? It was probably the Nine-Tails secretly exerting its strength.

Or...

Looking at the rich vitality exuding from Uchiha Madara at this moment, Uchiha Gin had to associate it with another factor.

Yesterday at the hospital, Senju Hashirama gritted his teeth and poured his precious life essence fiercely into Uchiha Madara's body. The chakra containing the ancient Asura aura thus merged into Little Cousin's bloodline.

This power made his physique leap forward in enhancement. Ordinary minor injuries healed in seconds, and fatal injuries were just a matter of minutes.

Hi! Hashirama's cells are really easy to use~

Uchiha Gin, who was pondering while touching his chin, raised his head to look at Uchiha Madara's pitch-black eyes, his expression becoming a bit colorful.

In this way, Little Cousin was a few steps closer to unlocking the progress of the circles.

"Big Cousin, your eyes are a bit impolite..."

Stared at by Uchiha Gin with strange eyes for a long time, Uchiha Madara moved his butt uncomfortably. Although there was no malice in the other party's eyes, he always felt that Big Cousin was frantically arranging him.

"Illusion, it's definitely an illusion~"

Uchiha Gin denied it flatly, and then set his gaze on the driver on the table.

"Are you used to using this thing?"

The driver used by Little Cousin was an advanced version that Uchiha Gin had added ingredients to. Compared with the old driver, it had stronger compatibility, not only being able to borrow the power of the Tailed Beast but also flexibly using chakra of other attributes.

However, it was also because of this reason that Indra's chakra had an opportunity to take advantage of, carrying out a possession operation after a thousand years.

"I feel great. Next time I will definitely be able to beat Hashirama!"

Stroking the gray driver, a faint light flickered in Uchiha Madara's eyes. In the previous contest, if it hadn't been for that weird Black Fox Knight interfering, he, in the posture of the White Fox Knight, would definitely have been able to suppress Hashirama and rightfully take over the name of Hokage.

"Is this thing really as strong as the legend says?"

Because the Land of Fire didn't have official knights, Uchiha Izuna had always held a skeptical attitude toward the legendary power of knights circulating among the people. If it weren't for being tied up, the competitive him would have slipped out to find a knight to test his depth.

"Do you want to try?"

Not expecting Little Cousin to dare to question his technical achievements, Uchiha Gin looked at him with slight displeasure.

"Izuna, it's been years, let me test your capacity to see if you've wasted your training because of trivial matters."

Uchiha Madara, who had already recognized his knight identity, also looked at the ignorant Uchiha Izuna with displeasure, held the driver in his hand, and took the lead to walk out.

"I'm not the me I used to be. Big Brother, don't hold back, be careful of capsizing in the gutter!"

Uchiha Izuna, who had always put training first in recent years, had absolute confidence in his own strength. Even if he was slightly inferior to his big brother, he was definitely not without the power to fight back, and he might even be able to turn into a water ghost and overturn Uchiha Madara's galaxy battleship.

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

Is this the legendary fearlessness of the ignorant?

Uchiha Gin, who was watching from the sidelines, looked at the confident Little Cousin with great regret. In a while, this kid might cry very loudly.

"Woo woo woo coach, he's cheating, I'm not playing anymore!"

Three minutes later, Uchiha Izuna, lying on the training ground, had tears in his blue-black panda eyes that made people call him deserved. He raised his head slightly and looked at the fox knight in front of him, whose body was red and covered with white patterns. His voice was full of desperate fear.

Uchiha Izuna, who was at full power, didn't even last three minutes before lying on the ground, opening his mouth and closing his eyes.

"Isn't this Izuna? It's been years, why are you so weak?"

This sparring session, which didn't even count as a warm-up, made Uchiha Madara even more convinced that his current combat power had definitely topped the combat power ranking list No. 1.

"Ouch, Little Cousin is not young anymore, don't let him off~"

Uchiha Gin on the side secretly fanned the flames. Who told this kid to dare to look down on his invention.

"Next time, continue. I hope you can last more than three minutes."

But fortunately, Uchiha Madara in this timeline still had some humanity. After canceling the transformation, he pulled up the bruised and swollen Uchiha Izuna.

"Ah, is that it? I want to see blood flowing like a river!"

Uchiha Gin, seeing this scene, curled his lip in slight disappointment. As a result, Uchiha Madara seemed to remember something, turned his head, and said to him,

"Stop fanning the flames, Big Cousin, I have something to discuss with you."

"What is it?"

"Hashirama gave me a part of the Hokage's authority. I want to find you to consult."

"Cough cough cough, I've reached the age of retirement..."

Once he heard it was serious business, Uchiha Gin instantly lost interest. After coughing a few times, he feigned exhaustion.

"Alright, then I can only discuss with Izuna about how to manage the Konoha prison and security work..."

"Wait a minute! Twenty-two years of seniority, Level 8 jailer Uchiha Gin, ap! ply! to! return! to! duty!" (End of chapter)