The Rise of the Namikaze Clan in Konoha

With Sakumo's completely dull expression on his face, Hatsuo happily ate up the three newly served bowls of ramen, and then also devoured the chicken drumsticks that Sakumo had not touched.

"Hey, finally nothing was wasted!"

The newborn patted his belly, burped, and nodded with satisfaction.

Sakumo stretched out his hand and pinched the newborn's arm, and said regretfully: "What a pity. If you were born in Konoha, even if you were just a commoner, with such a one-of-a-kind physique, you would definitely become an outstanding taijutsu ninja. of."

"Oh, Tsunade also said that I am too old, otherwise I would definitely be able to become a unique hunk."

In fact, the freshman who didn't have much interest in becoming a ninja said casually, raised his head and asked: "So Sakumo-san, what exactly do you want to see me for?"

Looking at the somewhat coquettish big boy in front of him, Chusheng understood a little bit why in the future, he would commit suicide because of some gossip and hide the heart-breaking skills behind it.

Although this guy has no strength to speak of, he is really bad at socializing and expressing his emotions.

He's not a killer who has no emotions, he's a shy killer.

Sakumo hesitated for a moment, then sheepishly took out a shuriken from his arms and placed it on the table.

The freshman was stunned, and quickly checked his package. The shuriken sample inside was indeed missing one.

"It's very presumptuous that I didn't return it to you directly when I picked it up on the street." Sakumo put his fingers on the table and asked, "Can you tell me where this shuriken was made?"

Probably because he felt that he was still a little abrupt, Sakumo further explained: "The craftsman who made this weapon must be making a ninja tool for the first time, right? His iron-making level is very high, but he is a little green on some small details."

"As expected of you, Sakumo-kun!"

Chusheng nodded and said: "This is indeed the work of a group of professional blacksmiths, and they have always loved peace and made a living by making farm tools.

But as the ninja world once again became chaotic, he had to build weapons to protect his family. "

Sakumo suddenly became excited when he heard this, "Where can I hire these blacksmiths?"

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It turns out that Hatake Sakumo is the patriarch of the Hatake family of this generation.

Since the population has always been thin, in his generation, only Sakumo was left.

It seems that the glory of the Hatake clan will dissipate with the wind and disappear in the long history of Konoha, just like the population of this family.

However, fate took a turn at this time, and genius is always born in desperate situations.

Hatake Sakumo, the undoubted top student of the Ninja School since the founding of Konoha. He was a ten-year-old chuunin and a fourteen-year-old jounin. He entered the ANBU in the same year and quickly won the title of Konoha White Fang.

Now, the young Sakumo has even surpassed his father and become the most successful ninja in the history of the entire family.

Now that he has such a perfect start, Sakumo feels that he must also take on the responsibility of a man and completely revitalize the family business.

However, the rejuvenation of a family is not enough to rely solely on the efforts of the family head. The establishment of related industries is the key to ensuring the prosperity of a family.

The famous families in Konoha, such as Senju, Uchiha, Hinata, and Aburame, all have mature family industries, forming behemoths that even the Hokage is afraid of.

For a medium-sized family like Zhuludie, the importance of family industry is second only to family secrets.

For example, the drug stores in Nara and the flower shops in the mountains have basically formed a certain degree of monopoly in Konoha.

The industry earns money, the money supports the ninja, the ninja protects the family's interests, and the family's interests protect the development of the industry... Such a mature line has been formed.

Relatively speaking, Konoha's ninja tool business is still a blank slate. The first family in this industry in the future, Tiantian's family, has not yet been formed.

After all, the Tiantian family, with their strong Chinese elements, look like outsiders.

In short, if the Hatake family wants to revive, it is essential to reorganize the family industry. The ninja industry is undoubtedly a good choice, but metallurgical and forging talents are rare.

In order to support Sakumo to become a ninja, all the Hatake family property has been sold.

Now Sakumo has saved a lot of money relying on mission bounties, but he just can't find a suitable investment channel. After all, he is better at killing people than doing business.

From Chusheng, Sakumo seemed to see some hope.

"Anyway, Mr. Chusheng, I hope you can introduce me to these blacksmiths from other villages, please!"

Looking at the sincere face of Hatake Sakumo, he held his chin in embarrassment: "That Sakumo-san, you may not know something, they have been working for our Namikaze clan..."

"The Namikaze clan..." Sakumo looked at Hatsuko a little confused.

"Well... although our Namikaze is just a small family, we actually have some followers..."

The first student was talking nonsense while changing the subject. After all, although they have a family name, the Namikaze family has been farmers and fishermen for five generations, so it has nothing to do with the famous family.

"Although the Namikaze family has been in decline, those guys are surprisingly loyal. The Oyuki family, the Kishimoto family, and the Togashi family still follow me..."

"Oyuki? Ogyo Eiichiro?" Sakumo couldn't help but screamed in surprise.

"You know him?"

"Uh... I think I've heard of it, I can't remember clearly..."

Sakumo, who originally planned to conduct an investigation on the newborn, gave up this plan after hearing the name Oyuki.

Because he had accidentally seen this name in a high-level ANBU document, and it was said that "that gentleman" personally requested special approval to be added to the list of memorial monuments.

Although his status has reached Sakumo's level, he is far from entering the core power circle of Konoha, but he still hears various secrets from time to time.

According to Sakumo's own judgment, this Ogyuki Eiichiro is probably Danzo-sama's confidant!

No wonder the young man in front of him, who had no chakra fluctuations, was chatting and laughing with Tsunade Hime. It turned out that he really had something special about him.

After understanding this, Sakumo couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that the path to the ninja tool business was over.

Elder Danzo wants to start this business, who dares to seize the opportunity from the tiger's mouth?

Although Elder Danzo had been busy working for the village, he had never taken any benefits or privileges for his family.

But people can change.

Especially since some bad news has come out recently. It is said that Elder Danzo's health is deteriorating and he may retire at any time. However, the Shimura clan seems to have not heard of any outstanding young people. At least Sakumo has not encountered any in the army. been.

The only thing I heard was that Elder Danzo's nephew was very unsatisfied and did not go to work at the Konoha Ninja School as he wished.

Under such circumstances, it is understandable for Elder Danzo to make more plans for his family, and Sakumo understands it very well.

But understanding is understanding, and loss is inevitable.

However, at this moment, a contract suddenly appeared in front of him.

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