I practice breathing in Konoha

Chapter 119 Interrogation (3)

"Well, my grandfather is not in good health. Do you think I can offer you a high-quality one? You won't lose the money!" Just as the hotel owner was about to politely reject Takemoto Kaede's proposal, there was a piercing sound behind Takemoto Kaede. sound.

"You're not in good health, so don't run so far to watch the game!!" Harsh laughter came from behind Kaede Takemoto, and a well-dressed man appeared behind Kaede Takemoto, teasing with a playful tone .

As he spoke, he ignored the "Three Generations of Hokage" who were still in line and directly jumped in line: "Come to a room, and you won't lose the money."

"Okay, okay, okay, Li Nai, lead this gentleman to the 4th floor." After finishing all the formalities, the hotel owner handed out a bunch of keys and hurriedly greeted the guest.

After finishing the work, the hotel owner looked at Takemoto Kaede and the "little old man" kindly again.

It's just that there is a bit of "sarcasm" in that kindness.

Hiruzaru Sarutobi secretly pulled Kaede Takemoto's clothes and let them walk out of the shop.

Takemoto Kaede resisted the "shame" on his face, and helped Sandai Hokage out of the hotel.

"Wait, old man, it's okay if you want to live in!" The man who went up the stairs just now stopped at the stairs, looked at Takemoto Kaede's face, stretched out his saliva-stained tongue and licked his lips slightly.

"This kind of thing can only be done by others, and you need to pay them the necessary "money"."

Kaede Takemoto swallowed the dumpling, looked at Hiruza Sarutobi of the Third Hokage, and after a long silence, he slowly expressed his inner thoughts: "Because you control the distribution of ninjutsu, tasks, and money."

The corner of Sarutobi's mouth slightly curved.

There are a few beggars begging next to them, wearing tattered clothes.

"Analyze again, why do you "respect" me?"

"Just let your grandson live with me."

"We use money to control the people. They need money for food, clothing, and life."

"Including the Sarutobi clan."

Looking at Kaede Takemoto sitting on the side, Hiruzaru Sarutobi was silent for a long time, before speaking after a while.

"Uchiha, Hyuga, Nara, Akimichi, Yume, Yamanaka."

"So, I formed a group of elders to bind other families with interests."

On the bench are two cans of drinks and "three-color balls" and "purple rice cakes" made of strings of glutinous rice.

I have done enough etiquette, but I just refuse to open a first-class room for the third Hokage.

Takemoto Kaede was stunned suddenly, not knowing how to answer Sandai Hokage's words.

Helplessly, Takemoto Kaede could only wander the streets with the Third Hokage.

"Xiao Feng!" Kaede Takemoto, who ate the last dumpling, bit the dumpling, turned to look at Hiruzaru Sarutobi.

"Develop your own power to counter them."

"Listen to Kaede Takemoto, what I'm going to say next may be cruel, and it may also subvert the honor, bond, and responsibility you learned in the ninja school."

Third Hokage quietly pointed at the group of beggars next to him holding the drink, and asked in a low voice, "Will you beg those beggars? Will you perform the tasks assigned to you by those beggars?"

I am munching on rice balls made of glutinous rice.

"Humans eat people, but they are much more civilized than natural beasts. We use money as fuel for cooking and eat slowly."

As he spoke, he picked up his drink and took another sip.

"If you continue like this, I will report it to the Konoha Police Department for the crime of disturbing the people."

Cut a bit of pastry and put it in your mouth, savoring the taste slowly.

"But after the two of them passed away, Konoha's power was so strong that no one from Konoha could control it anymore, not even me at that time."

"This is Konoha, not other places."

"It's not a good way to rely on the gratitude of the people, it's just a cult of personality, just like the first Hokage."

"However, it cannot be said that the people produce property to support the "ninjas", and the "ninjas" concentrate on solving problems for the people by force."

"In the future, you have to be careful, these family powers have already expanded."

"At that time, the power of their family alone was enough for me to bear."

The third generation can no longer live up to the old age before, and the perennial ninja career has made him straight, like a pine tree that has experienced many vicissitudes.

The third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruza, took a sip of his drink and said, "The tasks you are doing are, to put it bluntly, an extension of the will of me and the elders."

Kaede Takemoto smiled wryly as he told the Third Hokage, and Hiruzaru Sarutobi nodded from time to time.

"If they live a life without worrying about food and clothing, and all the problems of life have been solved, you will no longer bring them any benefits. It is difficult to drive them only by self-consciousness."

"Guest! Please don't shout here." The hotel owner looked at the person standing on the stairs with disgust in his eyes, but he still said calmly.

"And your time is limited, but you have unlimited things to do, what do you want to do, you can't waste time on such mechanical things without any progress."

"That's right, Kaede Takemoto." Third Hokage turned his head away from Kaede Takemoto.

"Although it is very realistic, I still have a little affection for Konoha in my heart. I don't want to make me so vulgar. My parents live here. Even if it is a little selfish, in order to protect them, I have to protect this place. "

"But this kind of means may also be what you need to master when you enter the center of power, which is how to use means to implement your will."

"But I ask you? How can you ensure that your will will be carried out? Rely on equality, rely on the gratitude of the people to you? It's not that simple!!"

He really won't listen to the orders of people weaker than himself, and he is still a group of people who can't bring him "benefits".

When the two sat down again, they sat on a remote bench.

"Mutual benefit!"

Looking at the guests who went upstairs with frosty faces, the hotel owner came out and apologized to Kaede Takemoto.

Said Sandai Hokage smiled and looked at Takemoto Kaede, looking at Sandai Hokage's face, he never felt that Sarutobi Hiruzani was as gloomy as today.

"Everything in Konoha was gathered by relying on the strong prestige of the first generation of Hokage. The first and second generations could control this huge chariot with their strong personal prestige at that time."

Looking at Kaede Takemoto with a calm face eating the three-color dumpling in his hand.

"It still tastes the same, but the pastry is a little smaller."

"Xiaofeng! Do you know why the currency printed by the "Kyoto" printing factory can run rampant in several major countries?"

"It's because of the strong military force! It's the prestige accumulated after winning three ninja wars, and the strength of Konoha Ninja guarantees the basic credit of the currency."

Takemoto Kaede looked at the Third Hokage, and he no longer pretended at this time, but spoke out what he had seen and heard in his mind: "This is the most fundamental "credibility" of the currency of the Fire Kingdom."

"That's right, but that's only one of the main reasons!" Sandai Hokage nodded slightly, and the smile on his face seemed to grow stronger, and what he said made Takemoto Kaede even more puzzled.

(End of this chapter)