Senju Tobirama wearily opened his eyes.
He had been really tired these days, not only because of the many affairs of Konoha's reform but also dealing with the sudden public opinion offensive launched by the Uchiha Clan.
When it came to the position of Hokage, he would not give up no matter what.
As usual.
When the sky was still dim, he had already finished washing up.
And a top-tier workhorse like Senju Tobirama certainly had no time to eat breakfast at home.
"Boss, give me a set meal."
"Alright, Lord Tobirama."
Senju Tobirama rolled his dead fish eyes and looked at the boss selling breakfast in front of him with a very subtle gaze.
It wasn't that he had any opinion about the breakfast boss in front of him.
But he saw a very familiar logo... Akatsuki Village again.
Actually, ever since Konoha began to accept various investments from Akatsuki Village on a large scale, Uchiha Makoto had consciously infiltrated every industry in Konoha related to clothing, food, housing, and transportation.
Currently, Konoha itself had no awareness of protecting its own industries. Well... Konoha actually didn't have any decent industries of its own.
So Akatsuki Village's large enterprises blossomed everywhere in Konoha in a very short time.
Industries like breakfast were the first to be infiltrated. Facing Uchiha Makoto's abundant cash flow and ruthless price wars, coupled with a tiny bit of power crushing, those small vendors fighting alone had no power to fight back. They went bankrupt one after another in a very short time, leaving stalls vacant one by one, and eventually, all were conveniently incorporated by Uchiha Makoto.
Replacing them were uniform uniforms, uniform suppliers, uniform convenient and good-looking carts.... and the uniform Akatsuki Village logo appearing in every street and alley of Konoha.
This situation was really bad.
If this situation was allowed to spread.... even Senju Tobirama realized something was wrong.
However, so far, Senju Tobirama had not taken any action.
There was no helping it; at this stage, Senju Tobirama simply couldn't attend to these matters.
The Uchiha Clan causing trouble in Konoha was already troublesome enough. If he provoked Uchiha Makoto because of these things, Senju Tobirama really couldn't accept Uchiha Makoto joining forces with the Uchiha Clan.
Moreover, the lives of Konoha villagers were not affected.
On the contrary, they quite liked these standardized and tidy carts. Not only were the prices fair, but the speed of serving meals was also very fast.
"Lord Tobirama, it's ready. wish you a pleasant meal."
Senju Tobirama still had a face like a dead person, then took out money from his pocket intending to pay the bill.
"Here is the change."
The change returned was still Akatsuki Village currency.
Senju Tobirama grabbed it and refined it instantly, the process done in one go.
He had even become accustomed to this. What he usually carried in his pocket was also Akatsuki Village paper currency; this stuff was indeed easy to use.
Arriving at the Hokage's office.
Senju Tobirama quickly finished his breakfast and began his day's work.
According to his work habit, he always browsed through the important intelligence already screened by the Anbu first.
Among this intelligence, only a few things were particularly important.
"Uchiha Makoto, this guy didn't lie to me.... I'm afraid production will definitely decrease this year."
"Maybe it will even affect next year."
The profession of ninja had little to do with farming, but because of Uchiha Makoto's reminder, Senju Tobirama also paid attention to this year's agricultural situation.
He had sent Anbu ninjas to investigate all over the Land of Fire, and the investigation report was only submitted to his desk today.
The situation was naturally not optimistic, even slightly more serious than Uchiha Makoto described.
And regarding Uchiha Makoto's previous guarantee, he was half-believing and half-doubting.... What if this black-hearted bastard joined forces with those grain merchants to rip him off severely?
Taking advantage of the time still available for preparation.
Senju Tobirama also intended to hoard grain for the village, and could even secretly earn a little in the process.
Secondly, the news that Senju Tobirama paid particular attention to was the upcoming Six Kage Summit.
Definite intelligence had come from Akatsuki Village that several Kages had already set off and would arrive in Akatsuki Village in a few days.
Up to now.
Senju Tobirama still didn't know who his big brother was going to take to participate in the Six Kage Summit.
This matter really worried him.
However, Senju Tobirama quickly adjusted his emotions and entered into the day's work.
With the rapid passage of time.
An urgent intelligence report interrupted Senju Tobirama's work.
It was the Uchiha!!
Senju Tobirama had never relaxed his monitoring of the Uchiha Clan, especially recently; he would know about any abnormal moves of the Uchiha Clan immediately.
However, the intelligence in his hand made Senju Tobirama frown involuntarily.
"Uchiha Madara summoned all Uchiha clansmen who have awakened their eyes to enter the Naka Shrine for a clan meeting?"
"But what about the content... nothing at all?"
"Sorry, Lord Tobirama, we have tried our best. This time, even after inquiring from many sources, there is no news...."
"There are so many Uchiha clansmen with awakened eyes; how could everyone's lips be so tight?"
"That is the situation. A gag order was issued within the Uchiha Clan, and even... it seems curse seals were used."
Senju Tobirama's heart skipped a beat.
Usually, through various means, he could always get some internal news of the Uchiha, but this time, absolutely no news was leaked.
Uchiha Madara, clan meeting, all Uchiha clansmen with awakened eyes, secrecy curse seal.
These light words were like a Wood Release punch, knocking him dizzy.
Damn it....
Uchiha Madara is gathering the entire strength of the family, preparing to seize the position of the next Hokage by force!
The Uchiha Clan is rebelling!!
Good, good, good!!
And after a brief panic, Senju Tobirama even started to feel happy.
In this situation, the Uchiha Clan rebelling was naturally a bad thing for Konoha.
But for him, Senju Tobirama.... it was a blessing from heaven!
Now he could finally attack the Uchiha Clan with a legitimate reason. What qualifications did a rebellious Uchiha Clan have to compete with him for the position of Hokage?
"Quickly call Big Brother over, quickly call the Hokage, the Uchiha Clan is going to rebel!"
"Huh?"
"No, don't alert the Hokage with this news for now. The Konoha Anbu will enter combat readiness immediately, closely monitor every move of the Uchiha Clan, and report immediately if there is any abnormal reaction."
Senju Tobirama originally wanted to notify his big brother Senju Hashirama immediately.
However, he quickly calmed down.
Senju Tobirama actually wasn't worried at all about what waves Uchiha Madara leading the Uchiha Clan could stir up in Konoha. After all, Big Brother's Wood Release was enough to suppress everything.
What he was really worried about was that his big brother would drop the ball at such a critical moment..... Uchiha Madara rebelling wasn't scary; what was scary was that if the Uchiha just threatened casually like this, his big brother would chicken out first.
He must let the Uchiha make the first move!!