“Go! Go!~”

“I didn’t expect to see such a good show during the Chinese New Year!”

“Don’t waste time. If you go too late, there won’t be a good seat.”

On the streets, groups of Konoha residents, holding snacks in their hands, hurried to the village entrance, fearing that they would be late and miss the show.

“Ha~ What’s going on?”

On the side of the road, Uchiha Gin, who was strolling leisurely on his way to work to kill time, looked at the crowd rushing towards the gate of Konoha with confusion.

“Is the circus coming?”

“Gin-san~(^_^)／Good morning.”

Just when Uchiha Gin was full of curiosity, a golden head popped out from a street shop. After seeing him, the other party immediately greeted him with a smile.
“Wow~ That’s a pretty good breakfast!”

Uchiha Gin turned around and looked at the first generation immigrant from the Land of Waves. He also smiled warmly, and his lazy eyes fell on the bun in the other’s hand.

“Let’s eat something together?”

“How can I be so embarrassed? What kind of filling is it?”

“Chives and eggs.”

“Then give me two. I love eggs.”

Unceremoniously taking the buns handed over by the blond middle-aged man, Uchiha Gin stretched his neck to look into his shop.
“Where’s your boy?”

“He went to do a mission outside the village.”

Speaking of his son, the middle-aged man showed a proud smile on his face.

“Are you already a Chunin?”

“No, I just passed the assessment a few years ago.”

“Needle doesn’t poke, are you interested in working in the prison?”

Hearing that the son of an acquaintance was quite good, the kind-hearted Uchiha Gin didn’t want to take advantage of him for free, so he immediately said that he had connections in the prison.
The blond middle-aged man froze when he heard this, and his proud expression froze on his face. After scratching his face with a little embarrassment, he was very moved and rejected Uchiha Gin’s kindness.
“Thank you Yin-san, but you are still a young man who needs to gain some experience and see the world.”

“Okay, if you have any ideas, you can contact me.”

Uchiha Gin shook his head regretfully. Where in the world is there a more leisurely job than in prison? Not only are there five social insurances and one housing fund, but there are also fixed holidays.

There is no workplace bullying and no PUA from superiors, and the most difficult job is to beat the prisoners.

The most important thing is that the food that Uchiha Gin once complained about the most has also improved.

Now, there is really not a single flaw in the prison work. I would not even trade Uchiha Gin for a Hokage.

“By the way, what happened at the entrance of the village?”

While chewing on a big steamed bun stuffed with chives and eggs, Uchiha Gin suddenly remembered the crowd that had just swarmed over, and immediately asked the blond middle-aged man who had opened the shop early,

“I just heard from a guest that there seems to be a group of Beggars’ Clan causing trouble, clamoring for the First Generation to give them an explanation.”

The middle-aged man stroked his chin and recalled for a moment, then answered with some uncertainty,

“Beggars’ Sect? Looking for Hashirama’s prison?”

Uchiha Gin stopped chewing the buns, and his two half-closed eyes showed a curious light.
Of course he couldn’t miss this kind of excitement!

“You go ahead and do your work. I’ll go take a look. The buns taste good. I’ll put more chives in them next time.”

Saying goodbye to the blond middle-aged man, Uchiha Gin quickly finished the buns in his hand, wiped the grease from the corners of his mouth, raised his hand and made a seal.

“The art of shadow clone.”

bang~
“You go to work.”

“Ah? You didn’t ask me to go eat buns, but asked me to do the dirty work like work? I want to eat melons too!”

The summoned clone was immediately displeased upon hearing the cruel order.
Why should you get all the benefits?

“Just go if you’re told to. Why are you, a black slave clone, talking so much?”

Looking at the unhappy clone with a threatening look, Uchiha Gin’s tone became unfriendly.

“Good good.”

Seeing this, the clone had no choice but to submit and turned to leave in the direction of the prison.
“NND, I’m going to eat all the desserts you’ve stored in the office!”

The indignant shadow clone became more and more angry as he walked, and immediately decided to teach Uchiha Gin a painful lesson.

On the other side, Uchiha Gin, who didn’t know he was about to lose his beloved, blended into the crowd leisurely and headed towards the main gate of Konoha.
Along the way, listening to the information passed down by word of mouth by people around him, he roughly understood the whole incident.

“Taki-nin? What are you doing here at this hour to find Hashirama in prison?”

It turns out that the so-called Beggars’ Gang was actually Takinin who came from afar, but their image was too simple and frugal, so the onlookers who did not know the truth mistaken them for beggars on the street.

Uchiha Gin scratched his head in confusion. The relationship between Hashirama Senju and Taki Ninja can be traced back to the beginning of Konoha’s establishment.

At that time, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha started a tailed beast capture competition in order to compete for the position of Hokage.
Among them, the Nanabi Shigeaki was the one that was snatched away from Takinin by Hashirama Senju.

But so many years have passed, why did Taki Shinobu just come to seek explanation? Could it be that he was sure that Hashirama Senju was not in Konoha at the moment, and wanted to use this opportunity to announce the disappearance of the First Hokage to the world?
“Look! It’s the Hokage-sama!”

As he was thinking, there was a sudden cheer from the crowd. Uchiha Gin looked up and saw his older cousin, wearing a divine robe, jumping gracefully between the rooftops, followed by his younger cousin and Jingzi.

Seeing that his eldest cousin was alarmed, Uchiha Gin frowned slightly.
It seems that the matter has become serious. The other party is so eager to know the whereabouts of Hashirama in prison. What is his plan?
Konoha gate.

“woooooo”

The Taki ninjas kneeling on the ground had swollen eyes like sad frogs, and they cried more painfully than Silema.
At this time, the guards of the Konoha gate were just two ordinary Chunins, not the Konoha gate gods that even Pein would fear in the future.

After the two of them looked at each other, they knew that they could not let the situation escalate any further, so one of them stood up and warned in a deep voice,
“If you keep making trouble like this, we won’t be polite!”

As he said this, he was about to step forward to disperse the old man who was beating the broken drum.
Seeing the Konoha guard trying to touch him, the old man’s eyes flashed with a gleam of success. The moment the other party touched his arm, he fell back suddenly and fell heavily to the ground.
“Oh!”

“Ouch! My arm!”

“what?”

The Konoha guard looked at his outstretched hand in confusion. He clearly hadn’t touched the old man yet, so how did the other party fly backwards several meters away?

“Oh my god! Konoha security guards are so bad at beating people up!”

Soon, his face turned visibly darker. It turned out that he was a scammer!
“you!”

Without waiting for the guard to explain, the kneeling Taki ninjas quickly crawled to the old man who was rolling on the ground. They looked indignant and glared at the innocent guard.
“We have traveled all the way to Konoha with great difficulty just to seek justice, but you, Konoha, are bullying us by taking advantage of your power!”

“He says he loves peace, but he says one thing and does another!”

“Call a doctor quickly, the old leader is in trouble~”

Dozens of Taki ninjas were talking back and forth, leaving the guard speechless and scratching his head anxiously.
“Although these people are suspected of obstructing traffic, the guards can’t do anything, right?”

“The old man had half his legs in the coffin. How could the guard have the heart to do that?”

“Look at them, they are all pale and thin, and their clothes are ragged. I think it must have been very difficult for them to get here.” “Don’t you just want an explanation? The first generation is a man of high moral character. This must be a misunderstanding.”

“That’s right, Shodaime-sama, please come out and clarify!”

The crowd watching on the sidelines were also moved by the emotions of the Taki ninjas, and the pressure of public opinion was instantly exerted on the Konoha officials.

Seeing that his side had taken the moral high ground, the leader of the Takinin Village grimaced in pain, his eyes filled with hidden pride.

The Iwagakure Village asked him to force out Hashirama Senju, but who stipulated that he had to use force?
He is a great actor!
“Shua!~”

Just when the scene was in chaos, three tall figures descended from the sky. They were Uchiha Madara and others who had rushed over.

“Look, it’s the Nidaime-sama!”

“You guys took action?”

As soon as he landed, Uchiha Madara’s cold gaze fell on the old man who was covering his arm and groaning in pain.
“Report to the Hokage, your subordinate.”

The guard who heard the question was terrified and quickly knelt on one knee, trying to defend himself.
The leader of the Takigakure who was lying on the ground had an even more smug look on his face. They were a vulnerable group now. If Konoha dared to use force against them, they would inevitably suffer from the pressure of public opinion.

This Uchiha Madara is no more than that. In order to calm things down, he will definitely punish the guard and then comfort himself.
At that time, the initiative of the entire incident will be in the hands of Taki Ninja.

“Well done.”

“what?”

“For these types of lawless elements who cause trouble, coercive measures should be used.”

Uchiha Madara nodded slightly. He was very satisfied with the guards’ tough approach. If they showed any timidity, he would only feel disgusted.

“Phew~ Fortunately, my cousin has not been corrupted by power. He is still the same Uchiha Madara.”

In the crowd, Uchiha Gin, who thought something bloody was going to happen, heaved a sigh of relief after seeing Uchiha Madara’s usual tough attitude.

“It was you, Konoha, who did it. We are just here to ask for an explanation.”

Unexpectedly, Uchiha Madara did not play by the rules. The Takinin leader, who had just rolled on the ground in pain, quickly turned over and protested tremblingly,
“Who are you?”

Uchiha Madara looked at the disheveled old man in front of him, his eyes fixed, and a real pressure emanated from his body.

“I am Yuji, the current leader of Takinin Village.”

Faced with the strong breath, the old man almost couldn’t breathe. Fortunately, he had enough strength to not fall to his knees. However, the tone of his voice was much weaker than before.

“Takinin Village? Leader?”

Uchiha Madara heard this and smiled disdainfully.

“Dressed like this, I think you are just a bunch of wandering ninjas, swindling people here under the name of Taki ninjas.”

“I think what Hokage said makes sense. Takigakure is a well-known ninja village. How could the ninjas there be so incompetent?”

“That’s right. I saw a ninja from the Land of Grass some time ago. Although he wasn’t as energetic as our Konoha, at least he was dressed decently.”

“He must be a scammer who is here to scam me!”

Before he could achieve his goal, he was questioned by Uchiha Madara, and the surrounding public opinion began to change.
“cough cough”

The leader of Takinin Village, who had been acting so hard for half a day, was immediately out of breath. After pretending to cough a few times, a look of sadness appeared on his haggard old face.

“Everything we have now is thanks to the first generation of your village, Senju Hashirama.”

Upon hearing the name of his best friend, Uchiha Madara’s expression turned cold, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.

The leader of the Taki Ninja saw that Uchiha Madara remained silent and thought that he was in the wrong, so he immediately began to explain the history.
“Back then, he not only broke into the Takiguni Village without permission and injured our Takiguni backbone, but also captured the sacred beast that we worshipped during the Takiguni era. Our leader went to argue with him, but was severely injured by the nine-tailed demon fox he released, and I…”

As the old man spoke, he pulled open his tattered clothes, revealing the hideous wound on his chest.

“He also suffered a difficult-to-heal injury during the battle with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.”

“This old guy is lying!”

Just as Uchiha Madara was immersed in the story of the leader of Takigakure, a shrill voice suddenly sounded in his sea of ​​consciousness.

“When I was at Chongming’s lair, I fired a Tailed Beast Ball and left. I didn’t even see anyone resisting.”

Hearing the Takinin leader bragging about his battle with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, the Nine-Tailed Fox hiding in Uchiha Madara’s sea of ​​consciousness immediately became unhappy.
If you want to commit fraud, just do it, why did you commit fraud on me?
Boasting like this makes me, Nine-Tailed Fox, look very insignificant, and anyone, cat or dog, can fight me.

“So, what is the purpose of your visit?”

Ignoring the Nine-Tails that was complaining in his mind, Uchiha Madara narrowed his eyes and asked in an inexplicable tone,
“Since Hashirama Senju stole our Takinin’s sacred beast, he directly cut off the foundation of our Takinin, causing Takinin Village to fall into decline and become increasingly dilapidated.”

Thinking that his story had moved Uchiha Madara, the leader of Takigakure became excited again.

He was originally only thinking about finding out the whereabouts of Senju Hashirama, but then he came up with a bold idea, and greed flashed in his eyes.

Now that things have come to this, it would be unreasonable not to make some false accusations.

“So, on behalf of all members of our Takigakure, I am filing a claim to compensate for the economic losses caused to our Takigakure by the First Hokage.”

“Crack~”

Uchiha Gin, who was standing at the forefront of the crowd, slapped his forehead when he heard the nonsense of the old man from Takigakure.
Is this old guy tired of living?

Dare to make compensation on the dark side of the ninja world.

There are only two people in the entire ninja world who can squeeze money out of Uchiha Madara.

“Oh?”

Uchiha Madara was slightly stunned when he heard this. He didn’t expect that the ragged old guy in front of him was so brave.

Do you really think that Konoha is a charity?

“You want compensation?”

“That’s right!”

“Do you want Hasi Lama to explain it to you in person?”

“That’s natural.”

The leader of the Takinin, who thought he was in the right, nodded repeatedly in response to Uchiha Madara’s question.
“Huh, did the waterfall damage your Taki ninja’s head?”

“Ha! Hashirama Senju took our Takinin’s sacred beast by force, and you Konoha still think you are right?”

Looking at the aggressive old man, Uchiha Madara, who was almost laughing in anger, was too lazy to continue wasting time with him, so he waved his hand and
“Take him down and send him to the prison to be knitted into sweaters.”

“Yes!”

Uchiha Kagami, who was standing behind Uchiha Madara, received the order and made a secret signal to his men in the crowd.
The next moment, dozens of eager figures jumped out from the crowd and surrounded the Taki ninjas.
“What are you going to do? It was you, Konoha, who took the lead in signing the peace agreement! You are bullying the weak!”

Seeing that the situation was developing in an uncontrollable direction, the old man began to raise the banner of peace.
The reason why he was so confident on this trip was that he relied on the peace agreement signed jointly by the five major countries.

Hearing the words “peace agreement”, Uchiha Madara, who was about to leave, stopped and looked back at the people around him with different expressions, and said loudly,

“Sorry, when Hasi Lama was doing this, the peace agreement hadn’t been signed yet.” (End of this chapter)