Chapter 27: The Rising Sun Organization

Just as Yamanaka Chujiu had anticipated, the first time one approaches their limit is the easiest opportunity to break through it.

He successfully established faith, broke through his own limits, and pushed the level of his life to a brand-new height.

Within his mind, a smooth, golden sphere of light appeared, radiating immeasurable light and immeasurable heat.

It was the Golden Core of an immortal, the divinity of a god, the spirit crystal of a brood mother, a Fazhe Zhongzi, a seal of reincarnation, a crystallization of a holy domain, a divine treasury...

What exactly it was depended on where Yamanaka Chujiu would head in the future.

For now, it was merely a seed condensed through faith.

Compared to the "becoming a god through faith" that Yamanaka Chujiu knew of, the step he had taken was far too easy.

Without earth-shattering great merits, without long-standing, widespread faith, he had actually succeeded with the faith of only fifty-some children.

If this hadn't been an intuition that struck at the moment of truth, but rather a long-term plan, Yamanaka Chujiu might not have dared to take this step today.

Regardless of how one puts it, he had crossed that threshold.

From this moment on, he had no so-called upper limit to his strength, only an endless accumulation.

Even now, Yamanaka Chujiu's strength had seen an improvement that could not be ignored.

His mental energy had increased by at least three times, and not only could he extract more chakra from his cells.

Furthermore, after his mental energy escaped his body, it would no longer dissipate in vain as it had before; instead, it persisted within the range of the Mind Severing Realm and drew in chakra from thin air.

Yamanaka Chujiu was certain that this chakra did not come from any person, but from life forms such as trees, grasses, insects, fungi, and bacteria.

It even came from the soil, from the earth beneath his feet.

This was truly incredible!

Yamanaka Chujiu's assessment of his own strength was completed in an instant within his mind.

When he regained his composure, the children—no, his believers—were still immersed in their excitement.

Itachi Uchiha, a child who "thought like a Hokage," was actually the first to recover, relying on his brilliant mind and his faith in Yamanaka Chujiu.

He raised the issue of putting ideals into practice: "Senior Chujiu, you finally agree with my view on the Third Hokage. Can you tell me how to end the Third Hokage's rule and make Konohagakure great again?"

Yamanaka Chujiu first had the children quiet down, then looked at Itachi Uchiha and replied: "Whether it is ending the Third Hokage's rule or making Konohagakure great again, these are both political goals."

"And to achieve political goals, one must start by solving the primary problem."

"That is: Who are our enemies? Who are our friends?"

"If this primary problem is not solved, all thinking and effort will be like a blind man riding a horse, walking along a cliff at night; there will be no possibility of success."

This answer was too abstract; for most of the children, it was all heard in a fog.

Their life experience was insufficient, so they had no way to understand.

But Shisui Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, and a few naturally clever children understood.

For the children who could understand this sentence, it was like a clap of thunder, exploding in the minds of these clever children.

In an instant, the lightning illuminated the entire world, and the children saw the path forward clearly.

Especially Itachi Uchiha; having understood the meaning of enemies and friends, he couldn't help but mutter: "Wrong, Father and the others are all wrong!"

"What must be done to know who is an enemy of the Uchiha and who is a friend of the Uchiha?"

Itachi did not frame his question with Konohagakure as the subject, and Yamanaka Chujiu laughed with satisfaction: "That is a good question. The best way to know the answer to who are enemies and friends is to investigate personally."

"Investigate the household assets, sources of income, goals, and past actions of everyone in Konohagakure."

"Summarize common characteristics from this information, categorize the groups possessing these common characteristics by their stance, and then, starting from these common stances, analyze the conflicts or alliances of interests between different groups."

"When the information you have investigated is sufficiently detailed and the results of your analysis are sufficiently clear, the answer to the question of who is a friend and who is an enemy will appear automatically."

Following this, without needing Yamanaka Chujiu to explain specific investigative methods, Shisui Uchiha shared the methods and techniques from ninja education.

The children listened, utterly enthralled, feeling they had gained much.

When the sky began to darken and Yamanaka Chujiu announced the dismissal, the children were actually reluctant to leave.

They were not only closer to Yamanaka Chujiu, but also felt that their friends were like family, and perhaps even no worse than their own kin.

Working together, sharing the fruits of their labor, and harboring common secrets in their hearts—all these things could strengthen the relationships between people.

Coupled with the resonance of ideals and faith, with Yamanaka Chujiu as the core connection, a small group with him at the center was formed.

The next day, Yamanaka Chujiu led the children's group to complete the harvest of all the fruits.

The grain was dried and processed, then distributed to all the children according to their labor contributions, to be stored in their family rice jars.

Various vegetables and beans were sold directly for money, which was distributed into the hands of each child.

As the price for letting Kazamatsuri Harume reveal her Wood Release, Yamanaka Chujiu personally participated in every sale to cover up this abnormal harvest.

In face-to-face bargaining, he fully understood the merchants' desire to drive down prices, taking the opportunity to deploy Thought Threads to implement mental control.

His greatly increased strength allowed him to hypnotize the merchants in an instant, making them believe they had gotten a great bargain, and by using the common principle of "not flaunting wealth," he guided the merchants to keep the transaction secret.

The Hokage political system of Konohagakure was extremely crude; there was no specialized commerce department, not even a professional tax department, and its ability to monitor the market was zero.

When both parties to the transaction tried their best to hide it, no matter how hard the Anbu ninja tried, they could not discover what kind of incredible thing Yamanaka Chujiu had done.

After some hard work, Yamanaka Chujiu successfully kept the intelligence of Kazamatsuri Harume's Wood Release hidden, keeping the secret within their small circle.

Itachi Uchiha followed Yamanaka Chujiu the whole time, watching him bargain with merchants, watching him distribute money to every child, and watching the joy of all the parents when they saw hope.

In his view, Yamanaka Chujiu had not betrayed his ideals and was truly working hard to bring hope to Konohagakure.

He worshipped Yamanaka Chujiu from the bottom of his heart and wanted to establish a closer relationship with him.

Thus, Itachi Uchiha suggested: "Senior Chujiu, give us a name."

Yamanaka Chujiu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Itachi's request.

"Us? Do you mean the people who worked together yesterday?"

Itachi Uchiha nodded: "Yes, us."

"With a name, we will be different."

Yamanaka Chujiu acknowledged Itachi Uchiha's judgment; the children had already transformed into his believers, their convictions were highly consistent, and the organization was tight—it was indeed time to have a name.

Yamanaka Chujiu smiled: "Itachi's proposal is very good."

"The teacher said: The world belongs to the old, and the world also belongs to us young people, but in the final analysis, it belongs to us."

"He also said: We young people are full of vigor, like the sun at eight o'clock in the morning, and the hope for the world to move toward brightness lies within us, so..."

"We are the 'Rising Sun'!"