As the great war between Amegakure and Konoha Village came to an end, the restive Sand Ninjas, the watching Rock Ninjas, and the distant, restless Mist and Cloud Ninjas all became much quieter.
While they had quieted down, Black Zetsu, who had suffered heavy losses, discovered a "major error" in their monitoring of the Rinnegan amidst this strange atmosphere!
Having lost a large number of White Zetsu, Black Zetsu had almost severed its complete intelligence network in the Land of Rain.
"Uchiha Madara's precious Rinnegan is still with Nagato in the Land of Rain."
Black Zetsu was now exceptionally anxious. "If the Rinnegan is damaged or lost, this will be the greatest failure I have faced in the last thousand years."
Black Zetsu secretly fumed, "If I can't find the Rinnegan, I'll have to let the decrepit Madara come out and cause a scene."
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The end of the Second Ninja War brought a rare post-war economic recovery to Konoha, which had long been shrouded in the haze of war.
Coupled with Uchiha Fucheng's vigorous looting, a massive amount of cash, food, supplies, and people from the occupied areas of the Land of Rain were all brought back to Konoha by the Uchiha Clan.
The entire Konoha economy ushered in a rare post-war boom.
Because Uchiha Fucheng had made significant contributions in the final battle, Orochimaru and Jiraiya unanimously agreed to the "Village Advisor Expansion Plan" submitted by Fucheng.
Returning in triumph, Uchiha Fucheng, with the support of the Sannin, naturally no longer needed to exchange pleasantries with the Third Hokage.
Fucheng proposed increasing the number of high-level KonohaAdvisors from 3 to 5, establishing a new Konoha political structure.
This proposal, placed on Hiruzen Sarutobi's desk, made his mood exceptionally complex.
Looking at the current high-level KonohaAdvisors, the three Advisors were: Homura Mitokado, Utatane Koharu, and Danzo Shimura.
These three, along with Hiruzen Sarutobi, were all former students and bodyguards of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.
If the number of KonohaAdvisor positions were to be expanded, the first to gain the spots would inevitably be the other two people who had joined the Second Hokage's guard: Akimichi Torifu and Uchiha Kagami.
Akimichi Torifu went without saying; he was the pillar of the Akimichi Clan, a major Konoha clan. He represented not only himself but also the series of political demands of the "Ino–Shika–Chō" alliance.
The remaining one, Uchiha Kagami, was a bit strange.
Among the Second Hokage's guards, he was the only Ninja to have died mysteriously.
It was only because Uchiha Fucheng lacked concrete evidence to prove that Kagami was killed by Danzo; otherwise, he would have long since wanted to take action and dampen the arrogance of the Shimura Clan.
According to his wishes, Uchiha Kagami's Advisor qualification could be taken over by the Great Elder, Uchiha Setsuna.
Having such a hawkish UchihaNinja join the high level of Konoha would be perfect for competing with Hiruzen Sarutobi at the policy level and stirring up the muddy waters of Konoha.
But he hadn't expected the charge of Uchiha Setsuna "murdering the Second HokageTobirama" to be too conspicuous.
This matter had caused such a huge stir back then that the Konoha leadership would never consider Uchiha Setsuna for the position.
Hiruzen Sarutobi thought for a long time, and although he finally agreed to expand the number of Advisors, he only accepted the Second or Third Elder of the moderate faction to join the advisory group.
Fucheng secretly laughed. How could he not know that Uchiha Setsuna couldn't be an Advisor?
But if he hadn't mentioned Uchiha Setsuna, Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn't have agreed so readily to let the Second Elder become an Advisor.
Political creatures—pfft—are born good at compromise.
The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, quickly adjusted his mindset. He even thought, "Expanding the Advisors isn't necessarily a bad thing. Five Advisors pulling each other's legs might actually help concentrate the Hokage's power."
The only person who felt his power was being infringed upon was likely "Konoha's Pot-Shadow" Danzo Shimura.
Originally, with three Advisors, as the one with the most influence, he could always maneuver Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu into agreeing with his opinions.
He could even rely on pressuring their clans to get the two to be in complete alignment with him on key decisions.
Now, things were different.
The Ino–Shika–Chō clans formed their own faction, and the Uchiha Clan was a place where not even a needle could be inserted or water could leak through. Those Uchiha Ninjas who had originally promised to be his internal informants also began to shirk his orders in every possible way.
With two old guys becoming Advisors and stirring things up, his, Danzo Shimura's, words in Konoha were no longer so effective.
Danzo subconsciously touched his right eye and vented his anger viciously, "This Uchiha Chiyanzhi, although he can be considered a moderate of the Uchiha, is ultimately not as easy to fool as a fool like Uchiha Kagami. I must find a way to make the Uchiha Clan fall into internal chaos first."
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The core commercial district of Konoha Village was composed of four intersecting streets, nicknamed by the villagers as the "Konoha Tic-Tac-Toe Streets."
After the war ended, many clan Ninjas wearing the Uchiha crest were directing workers to expand commercial shops.
Uchiha Fucheng had brought back various "talents" from the Land of Rain through coaxing and deception, and most of them were invested in commercial development.
One major category was the commercial operation of food and beverage.
For the Land of Rain's specialty snacks, roasted meat, creative noodles, river fish cooking, and fruit delicacies, Uchiha Fucheng had poached quite a few talents who "knew some unique tricks."
Many of the shops currently being expanded were places Uchiha Fucheng planned to open restaurants.
Roasted meat and fish, baked desserts, specialty snacks, and river fish hot pot—these were all food categories that had never existed in Konoha Village before.
This situation, where food restaurants were blossoming, made "Otsutsuki Ichiraku," who was interning as an apprentice at a noodle shop, unable to sit still.
Teuchi, whom everyone jokingly called Otsutsuki Ichiraku, now had the greatest dream of opening his own noodle shop.
But he watched helplessly as the shops in the better locations of Konoha Village were all occupied by these cooks from the Land of Rain.
He was so anxious that his eyes were spitting fire.
It was only when Uchiha Fucheng, who had returned to Konoha, brought Mikoto over to eat noodles that he discovered the miserable, frowning appearance of "Otsutsuki Ichiraku."
Fucheng was baffled by what Teuchi said.
He hadn't expected that his commercial planning had almost ruined the most famous "Ichiraku Ramen" in Konoha.
Fucheng guided him patiently, "Teuchi, how about this?"
"I still have some shop fronts in suitable locations on hand. I will fund you to open a noodle shop. I don't need you to share the profits; I only need you to give me a certain amount of ramen meal vouchers every month, which I will use to distribute to those war orphans."
Teuchi's eyes lit up when he heard this.
"Really? I agree, Lord Fucheng, I agree!"
Teuchi rubbed his hands in excitement, looking at Uchiha Fucheng with immense happiness.
"Lord Fucheng, you don't need to reduce the profit sharing. I can also give meal vouchers for the children to eat for free myself; I also really want to help them."
Fucheng revealed his signature "Uchiha Smile."
"Teuchi, then go find this address. They will arrange the shop and start-up capital for you. As for the profit sharing, I really don't need you to give any. You just need to take 20% of your profits and send me the corresponding consumer meal vouchers."
Watching Teuchi be so grateful, Fucheng touched the young "Otsutsuki Ichiraku" and encouraged him with a bit of dark humor.
"By the way, in a month, I will also put up 5 million ryo as a prize to invite famous chefs from the entire Ninja World to participate in the Konoha Cup Food God Competition. You and your friends are welcome to participate."
As soon as these words were spoken, not only did Teuchi's face flush with excitement, but even many of the onlookers burst into surprised exclamations.
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Until they returned to the clan grounds, Mikoto was still a bit strange, "Why are you so good to this Teuchi? Is there something special about him?"
Fucheng didn't have time to answer before a system prompt arrived.
[Changed the fate trajectory of Teuchi]
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