Chapter 346: 346. Chapter 341: Haven't I Been Hoping for a Job After Working for So Many Years?

346. Chapter 341: Haven't I Been Hoping for a Job After Working for So Many Years?

"Do you think you can defeat Uchiha Madara?"

The Nara clan's pineapple head 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 seemed that that position had actually been reserved long ago.

The people who recognized reality shook their heads. The crazy idea of competing for the Second Hokage position had already been pinched, crushed, and swallowed into their stomachs during the day.

Me fight Uchiha Madara?

I'll die!

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

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

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

Others spoke up to agree. It wasn't that these ninja clans were badmouthing the Uchiha behind their backs, but that the Uchiha's nature was inherently like this.

If an Uchiha's emotions weren't delicate enough, then they wouldn't be able to 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 Clan Alliance, shook his head very firmly.

"Oh? Why?"

"Because Gin-sensei is here..."

Even if Uchiha Madara became Hokage, he was still just a younger brother in the end.

"Uh... that's true."

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

Uchiha clan grounds.

All the Uchiha clansmen in the village, regardless of gender, age, 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 painfully!"

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

"Sorry, Izuna. That mission concerned the overall situation of Konoha's development, so I really couldn't reveal too much to you."

Uchiha Madara looked at his own younger brother with great guilt. Back then, he had walked away, and the burden of the entire clan had fallen on Izuna's shoulders. Fortunately, he had trained him well before, so there hadn't been any 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 manager, go home to his wife and children, and live a comfortable life for a few 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 interfere again now, 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 stretched thin."

"Huh?"

Uchiha Madara showed his true colors. Since this kid Izuna was talking nonsense with his eyes open, he would just go with the flow and let his hardworking brother continue to work under the table.

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

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

"Clan Leader-sama, if you didn't come back, we would have rebelled!"

"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 carried undisguised joy, asking Uchiha Madara questions in a jumble.

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

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

"Sorry, I've made everyone worry!"

This sudden kneeling made the noisy venue fall silent instantly.

The next moment,

"Clan Leader-sama!"

"Thump!"

"Thump!!!"

"..."

Accompanied by the sound of everyone kneeling in unison, Uchiha Madara slowly raised his head. Looking at the dense Uchiha clan crests in front of him, he was flattered, and his heart was instantly filled with unspeakable complexity.

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 years, had a lot to say.

"Big Brother, what mission did you go on? You even kept me in the dark."

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

"It's fine to tell you in advance. Izuna, do you know about 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 count as 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 Sword 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 performance was astonishing, and it also made people curious about this emerging profession of knights.

"My trip out was for this."

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

"Big Brother, what is this?"

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

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

"Mm."

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

"Mm... 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 at the first moment, wanting to share this earth-shattering secret with him.

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

"Big Cousin already knew about this."

"Huh?"

"But he didn't even come today?"

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

"Big Cousin has known everything about my affairs from beginning to end."

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

A thick sorrow welled up in Uchiha Izuna's heart, and his eyes became hollow. Carrying the last bit of luck, he asked with a trembling voice.

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

Wuwuwu...

A tough guy sheds tears.

Clearly everyone was brothers, why exclude him?

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 exchanging feelings, frown in unison. They had clearly instructed the guards not to let anyone in, so who was so ignorant?

"Ha~ Sashiburi, you recovered so quickly, Little Cousin~"

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

"The level of the village doctors is not bad."

Uchiha Madara, feeling full of vitality, showed a rare smile and said to Uchiha Gin, who had a lazy look on his face.

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

Uchiha Izuna at the side pointed dog-leggedly to the seat he had just sat on.

"Mm, Little Izuna has a heart."

Uchiha Gin, who had just finished dinner, arrived at the Uchiha clan grounds right on time.

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

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

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

Relying on that group of vegetable-like people in Konoha's medical department who even needed his guidance for gynecological diseases, how could they cure his big cousin so quickly? It was eight out of ten that the Nine-Tails was secretly exerting force.

Or...

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

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

This power had caused his physique to be enhanced in a leap-frog manner. Minor injuries basically 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 with his chin in his hand, raised his head to look at Uchiha Madara's pitch-black eyes, and his expression became a bit colorful.

In this way, his big cousin was a few steps closer to unlocking the circles.

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

Being 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 his 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 his little cousin was using was an advanced version that Uchiha Gin had added ingredients to. Compared to the old driver, it had better compatibility, not only being able to borrow the power of tailed beasts but also flexibly using chakra of other attributes.

But it was also because of this reason that Indra's chakra had an opportunity to take advantage of, performing a top-account operation after a thousand years.

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

Stroking the gray driver, Uchiha Madara's eyes flickered with light. In the previous contest, if it hadn't been for that strange 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 legends say?"

Because there was no official knight in the Land of Fire, Uchiha Izuna had always held a skeptical attitude toward the knight's greatness circulating in the streets. If it hadn't been for being stretched thin, he, who was competitive, would have slipped out to find a knight to test their depth.

"Do you want to try?"

Not expecting his little cousin to dare to question his technical achievements, Uchiha Gin looked at him with a bit of displeasure.

"Izuna, we haven't seen each other for years. Let me test your capacity to see if you've wasted your training on trivial matters."

Uchiha Madara, who had already recognized his knight identity, also looked at Uchiha Izuna, who didn't know the height of the sky and the depth of the earth, with displeasure. He held the driver in his hand and walked out first.

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

Uchiha Izuna, who had put training first all these years, had absolute confidence in his strength. Even if he was slightly inferior to his big brother, he definitely wasn't 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 his little cousin, who was full of confidence, with great regret. In a while, this kid might cry very loudly.

"Wuwuwu... 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, looking at the fox knight in front of him who was covered in red and white patterns, his voice full of desperate fear.

Uchiha Izuna, firing on all cylinders, hadn't even lasted three minutes before he lay on the ground, opening his mouth and closing his eyes.

"Isn't this Izuna? Haven't seen you for years, why are you so weak?"

This sparring, 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 isn't young anymore, don't let him off~"

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

"Continue next time, 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 Uchiha Izuna, who was bruised and swollen.

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

Uchiha Gin curled his lip in disappointment when he saw this scene, but 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 has divided part of the Hokage's authority to me. I want to find you to consult."

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

Hearing that it was serious business, Uchiha Gin instantly lost interest, coughed a few times, and feigned exhaustion.

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

"Hold on! Twenty-two years of seniority, Level 8 jailer Uchiha Gin, ap! plies! to! return! to! duty!" (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 347 =====