Chapter 79
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Becoming a Jonin at fourteen, this was a record in the Leaf Village before Kakashi became a Jonin.
In future Jonin meetings, Yoichi will also be able to participate and even propose suggestions.
With his identity as a member of the Uchiha clan, as well as his achievements in capturing the Shimura family within the village, no one dared to underestimate him.
After announcing Yoichi's promotion to Jonin, Hiruzen also encouraged the other six Jonin of the reconnaissance teams, praising their contributions to the successful negotiation.
However, it was clear to everyone that this reconnaissance mission was virtually completed by Yoichi alone.
The contributions of the six teams were not even enough to be considered icing on the cake, and the incident where a member of Shigeru's team harbored resentment towards Yoichi and engaged in an argument was seen as a disgraceful matter.
Although Shigeru knew that Hiruzen did not intend to think deeply about it, he still felt somewhat ashamed when he heard the praise.
"Yoichi-kun, do you have any plans to become a leading Jonin? There are many Genin in the village who need to be trained. If they could join your team, they would surely grow rapidly," Hiruzen asked, which took Yoichi by surprise.
Training Genin, such a troublesome task, was something he did not want to do. It would be better to spend that time on his own training; now that he had the ability to absorb natural energy, he had one more direction for training, which was Senjutsu.
Yoichi shook his head and said, "Lord Hokage, I have no such plans at the moment. Moreover, my experience is far from sufficient to teach others. Teaching Genin might lead them astray. Maybe we can talk about this again later."
"Alright, that's fine. If you ever want to form your own mission team, just let me know after you have gathered your members," Hiruzen did not press further.
It was indeed a bit much to ask someone who had just become a Jonin to start teaching, especially since all the newly graduated Genin had already been assigned, and those who were left were older than Yoichi, making it awkward for them to be his students.
However, Hiruzen had not given up on the idea. The tradition of Jonin instructors nurturing students was a method of passing on the Will of Fire.
After leaving the Hokage Building, Yoichi planned to visit again at night, thinking it should be easy to find the Sealing Book given the limited number of rooms.
Upon returning to the Uchiha district, Yoichi decided to pay a visit to the Second Elder's house.
Now, he had a very good relationship with the Second Elder, even better than with Fugaku, his own patriach.
However, as he was about to visit the Second Elder, Yoichi encountered Mikoto, Fugaku's wife, returning from grocery shopping. It had been a while since he last saw her, and her belly had visibly grown.
"Mikoto-san, it must be hard doing grocery shopping by yourself while pregnant," Yoichi remarked, noticing the bulging belly which, unfortunately, contained a future troublemaker with the mindset of a five-year-old.
If Yoichi were a ninja from another village, he would wish for Konoha to have more ninjas with the mindset of a five-year-old. Ideally, each clan should have one, with two from the Hyuga branch family.
"Fugaku is busy with clan and village affairs. Such minor matters naturally do not require his presence," Mikoto said, biting her lip slightly. Despite being younger, standing in front of him made her feel a strange pressure.
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"Yoichi, well done!"
Kenji did not skimp on praise for the young man in front of him. Although he was unaware of how Yoichi came to know about the Third Kazekage's summoning beast, the fact that he thought to investigate the Kazekage through the summoning beast proved he was no ordinary person.
"Sarutobi has miscalculated this time. Such a difficult task was completed by you, leaving him no excuses to prevent your promotion to Jonin."
"I happened to hear this information outside and then went to the underground exchange to inquire further," Yoichi said, taking out a purple clay teapot from his bag and placing it on the table.
"This teapot caught my eye on my way back. Elder Kenji, you might find it suitable for brewing tea."
"The shape is very exquisite, but are there no tea cups?"
"No, it's meant to be drunk directly from the spout," Yoichi shook his head, explaining the absence of cups.
Even without cups, the unique and refined design of the purple clay teapot was enough to make Kenji take a few more glances and grow fond of it; the teapot was small enough to fit perfectly in one hand.
"Yoichi, this is something from Junshu about the pharmaceutical factory. I don't understand it well, but Junshu said the situation looks promising and we could soon make a significant profit," Kenji said, taking out a stack of documents and newspapers.
The front page of the newspaper featured a half-body image of Tsunade, next to the Uchiha-engineered medicine, with 'recommended by the medical sannin' written at the top.
Besides the newspaper, there were also several recent orders signed by the pharmaceutical factory. After Yoichi left, advertising began, attracting shrewd businessmen to their doorstep within days.
Just these few orders alone amounted to over two hundred million ryō, and that was just the beginning, without even fully expanding throughout the Fire Country.
"The pharmaceutical factory is set to make a large profit. Elder Kenji, it seems in two years, we could propose establishing the Uchiha welfare system," Yoichi suggested, anticipating the establishment during the upcoming conflicts between countries as an opportunity to solidify clan loyalty and contrast with the Hokage's limited support for families of fallen ninjas.
(End of Chapter)