Naruto: Start by eating the golden fruit.

I called Hinata's roommate, and he immediately came running over in a hurry.

But when he ran over, Hinata had already woken up.

Sharing the same dormitory with Hinata is the civilian ninja Haruno Sakura.

This was not something that Youya had specially arranged. Generally speaking, if you were a descendant of a large family such as the Hyuga, Uchiha, Shimura, or Sarutobi, then the ninja that would be matched with you would not be a member of the family.

Take Sasuke and Naruto for example. You may ask yourself whether Naruto is a commoner ninja. Although his parents are strictly speaking upper-class people in Konoha, he has no family behind him, so he is a commoner ninja.

Of course, if the number of people is too large, some fine-tuning will be done. After all, there are not many people who really have ninja talent.

Well, at least that's the case if you judge by Yuya's standards.

Sakura came here angrily, she thought Naruto had bullied Hinata.

But when he saw Sasuke, he immediately changed his attitude.

Of course, this may also be due to the fact that Hinata has already woken up.

In the end, what had originally been a group of people coming out for breakfast somehow turned into a class reunion.

Of course, the students here are not annoying at all.

……

"...We will spend three years of our study in school, and we will contribute all our abilities to the school..."

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, husband, where is your camera?"

On the roof of a building in the distance, Kushina patted Namikaze Minato's shoulder excitedly and looked over here with a telescope.

The two of them were the ones who were originally on vacation in the Hidden Cloud Village.

However, after receiving the news that Naruto was selected as the freshman representative, the two immediately returned without stopping.

The direct flight from the Hidden Cloud Village to Konoha took six hours for the two of them to return.

It’s not long since I came back, and now it’s happening.

Fortunately, the two did not miss Naruto's speech for other reasons, otherwise they would definitely regret it.

Just ...

"How can this brat be so listless?" Kushina muttered.

Although the two were very happy to be chosen as freshman representatives, Naruto's impatient expression when he went up to read the manuscript greatly reduced the power of the manuscript.

Kushina even doubted whether this manuscript was written by Naruto.

How to put it, it’s not like her son’s style, writing articles.

"A-choo!" Iruka couldn't help but sneeze.

Hmm, who is talking about himself?

……

At the end of the freshman representative conference, You Ya went on stage to give a speech.

Although this happens every year, this year is indeed a little different.

Yuya didn't give a long speech like he did last year or in previous years. He just grabbed the microphone and smiled and said, "I hope that the next Hokage can be born from among you."

Then Youya indicated that he had finished his speech.

The teachers looked confused, while Naruto, Sasuke and other students clapped wildly.

Who doesn’t like a speech that ends without any further ado?

Yuya walked off the stage, and Narashika came up to him and whispered to Yuya, "There's news from the Whirlpool Country."

You Ya paused slightly and looked at Nara Shikaya's expression. He didn't look serious, which meant that the matter was not a big deal.

In that case, what's the rush?

So, Youya continued to follow the procedure and shook hands with the teachers at the school before finally leaving the Ninja School.

After leaving the school, Nara Shika followed and whispered, "It's about the development of submarines. Nagato, the head of the R&D department of the Whirlpool Country, and Yahiko, the leader of the Rain Country, have already started the first round of submarine launches."

Youya immediately frowned and looked at Nara Shikaya: "You should tell me directly about such a big thing!"

Nara Deer was also confused: I don’t think this matter is that serious.

Well, most people in this world think that submarines are not very useful.

After all, there are five big ninja villages in this world, and four of them are on the mainland.

If a war really breaks out, what use will submarines be?

Can this submarine directly cross the land and hit the mainland? No? If not, then what is there to be afraid of? !

Therefore, when other countries in this world saw that Youya was developing the Rain Country and the Whirlpool Country and doing some inexplicable submarine development, and Youya was getting involved, most people's first reaction was that Youya was wasting money again.

Of course, these people are right.

However, what Youya needs is not the submarine's offensive capability, but only the escort capability.

The submarine has been developed, and it has one and only one function, which is to protect the cities on the coast of the Fire Nation and the various landing points on the coastline.

Simply put, Youya values ​​the submarine's escort capability more than its so-called offensive capability.

It's just that most of the time, the thinking of people in this world is still to fight a decisive battle as soon as the war starts. They don't think about local conflicts, nor do they think about doing business while fighting.

Of course, if they were to completely abandon their coastline it wouldn’t mean the country would not survive, it would just significantly increase transportation costs.

After all, when transporting things from the Hidden Cloud Village to the Hidden Leaf Village, apart from the direct railway transportation between the two sides, the method with the lowest cost and the highest cargo volume is sea transportation.

If we put aside the target of Konoha Village, if the target is the coast of the Land of Fire, or the Land of Bears, the Land of Hot Springs, or the Land of Whirlpools on the side of Konoha Village, then there is only sea transportation.

It’s just that the GDP provided by these three countries combined is less than one-third of Konoha’s.

Therefore, the Hidden Cloud Village has never taken it seriously.

But the same thing goes, others may not take it seriously, but Yuya is the Hokage, he cannot ignore it.

So, the next Hokage will be even busier.

The Nara deer was also confused.

No, it's just a submarine, is it that important?

Youya ignored Nara Shikaya. After all, strictly speaking, Nara Shikaya's considerations made sense. From a practical point of view, sea transportation is indeed not as convenient and fast as land transportation, at least when doing business with Iwagakure, Sand Village, and Cloud Village.

Then the role of submarines is very niche.

You Ya knew that he couldn't explain the cost calculation problem here. After all, some things cannot be stopped just because the profit is low.

For example, in some remote mountainous areas of the Fire Nation, Youya did not give up on them. Why?

Because the people's will is something that cannot be seen or touched, but if you really do it, people will see it.

And in the future, when the time comes and Konoha Village raises the banner, the people of the Fire Nation will not fight Konoha to the death, but will at least act badly. This is very likely!

This is exactly the effect Youya wants, so he has to do something that doesn't make much money but is necessary...

Must do!