Konoha Village, backed by the daimyō's unconditional support, developed at an astonishing speed.
The other shinobi villages were the same, all desperately pushing their economies forward.
This period became the most peaceful era in the entire shinobi world since Hashirama's time.
All the major villages were planning for expansion, and even the small nations weren't willing to be left behind.
Border conflicts dropped sharply...
And just like that, three full years passed.
...
Konoha Year 28.
After three years of development, Konoha had already taken on the scale it would have in the Naruto and Sasuke era.
Technology had jumped straight to the level seen in the original story around Year 60.
As long as there was money, development naturally followed.
No one knew which genius came up with the policy:
As long as you had children, you could receive subsidies.
The more children you gave birth to, the more money you got.
In an instant, the population skyrocketed!
The other villages, seeing this, immediately copied the idea.
With a larger population, the number of newborns with shinobi aptitude would also rise.
It couldn't be seen in the short term, but give it ten or twenty years…
The number of shinobi in every village would become absolutely absurd.
Even now, the number of shinobi was steadily growing, and every village's overall strength had already reached its peak.
Not just Konoha—every other shinobi village was the same.
And all of this was thanks to the full support of every nation's daimyō!
Aside from the national budget required for basic spending, all remaining assets were handed to the shinobi villages.
If they still couldn't develop, then something was seriously wrong.
And if they really failed to develop, that could only mean someone was embezzling.
But this kind of situation almost never happened.
The village leaders weren't idiots—they wouldn't do something so foolish.
Trading the village's development for petty profits…
Only a truly stupid daimyō would do something like that.
And in fact, that was exactly the case.
When the daimyō used to control economic affairs, village development was painfully slow.
It wasn't until they got rid of the daimyō that things finally changed.
...
Hokage's Office.
"Danzo, why did you call me here?"
Renya pushed open the door and walked in, casually pulling out a chair and sitting down.
Danzo had long since gotten used to Renya's rudeness.
The Hokage's Office only had three chairs—two belonged to the Hokage and the Hokage's assistant, and the remaining one belonged to Renya.
Anyone else attending a meeting—including the Hokage's advisors and the clan heads—could only stand.
"You've heard about the Uchiha situation, right?" Danzo said, face dark.
"What? Uchiha?"
Renya's expression was blank—he had no idea what was going on.
He spent all day at home and didn't know anything about the Uchiha's current affairs.
He usually only learned things from Uchiha Kagami...
Could it be that Uchiha Tanaka, that old bastard, finally kicked the bucket?
That would really be cause for celebration!
Should he go join the fun?
But judging from Danzo's expression, the old thing probably wasn't dead yet.
Most likely the Uchiha were planning another coup.
It had been over twenty years, and they still hadn't acted.
The Uchiha's ability to swallow their grievances was truly impressive.
If it were Uchiha Madara, he would've launched the coup ages ago.
He wouldn't have waited twenty years.
No—that guy had gone straight for destroying Konoha entirely...
"We'll wait for Kagami to arrive," Danzo said coldly.
Hiruzen glanced anxiously at his friend, worried he would act irrationally.
Before long, Uchiha Kagami entered the office with a grave expression.
"Sorry, Danzo."
"Hmph. I told you your method wouldn't work!" Danzo snorted coldly.
Back then, Kagami had said that as long as he was given actual power, he could keep the Uchiha hawks under control.
Danzo had warned him—this would only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.
But Kagami had wanted to try…
At first, he really did stabilize the Uchiha hawks, but as time passed, the hawks began plotting to replace him as Hokage.
With no other choice, Uchiha Kagami had come to Danzo for help.
Renya instantly guessed the entire situation.
It was definitely because the Uchiha clan wasn't satisfied with having only a Hokage advisor—they wanted to seize the position of Hokage itself.
So Kagami came to Danzo to complain.
No one understood the Uchiha clan better than him—not even that old brat Tobirama!
"Renya, here's what happened—"
Uchiha Kagami started to explain, but Renya waved him off.
"Alright, isn't it just the Uchiha wanting to start another coup?"
The three others in the room all wore complicated expressions.
They hadn't even explained, yet he already knew.
As expected, only an Uchiha could truly understand an Uchiha.
Fortunately, Renya had been adopted by Tobirama-sensei since childhood, making him half a Senju.
He was fundamentally different from those evil Uchiha!
"Danzo, how do you want to resolve this?" Renya asked directly.
This kind of matter depended on how the Hokage chose to act.
If it were up to him, he'd simply slaughter the entire hawk faction.
Then his lab would finally have a whole wall of Sharingan.
Upon hearing his question, both Kagami and Hiruzen turned their gaze to Danzo.
Uchiha Kagami's palms were sweating—he was deeply worried that Danzo's decision would bring irreversible harm to the Uchiha.
Even though the hawks constantly shouted about staging a coup, they had never actually acted.
They were just loudmouths.
He hoped Danzo would show leniency for his sake.
Leniency, however, was impossible.
Danzo had long been fed up with the Uchiha clan.
Now that they were becoming even more reckless, a thunderous crackdown was the only option.
All Uchiha hawks would be thrown into Konoha Prison!
"Kagami, give me a list of the Uchiha hawks. I'll take the ANBU and arrest them immediately!"
Shinobi Danzo's eyes burned with fury as he spoke.
He had given the Uchiha too much respect over the years.
Danzo could tolerate the Uchiha's arrogance, but he absolutely would not tolerate them reaching for his Hokage seat!
He had only been Hokage for a few years.
Yet these inherently evil Uchiha hawks wanted to stage a coup to take his position.
What a joke!
Even if they were only talking and never acting—that didn't matter!
He had to crush them with overwhelming force!
Renya raised an eyebrow, puzzled.
How had Danzo become such a "saint" after being Hokage for a few years?
He was actually planning to arrest the hawks instead of killing them all?
His gaze drifted instinctively toward Hiruzen.
The two were together every day. Danzo must have been influenced by Hiruzen.
"Danzo, isn't this a bit too much?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned, voicing his concerns.
"The Uchiha haven't even started a coup yet—if you bring ANBU to arrest them, you'll only escalate tensions between the village and the Uchiha…"
Everything required evidence.
He believed Danzo's approach had major issues.
"I agree with Hiruzen," Uchiha Kagami quickly added.
Danzo's plan was far too extreme—it would only make the hawks more dissatisfied with the Hokage.
They needed a softer method.
Renya: "…"
Great, now the holy mother routine was spreading.
If they waited until the Uchiha actually launched a coup, the situation would be far worse.
He really didn't know what these guys were thinking.
"Ahem…"
Renya's light cough drew all three gazes toward him.
He smiled and voiced his own opinion.
"In my view, why not just kill all the hawks?"
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