Chapter 122 Uchiha Madara: How can children be addicted to such a boring card drawing game! !
Chapter 122 Uchiha Madara: How can children be addicted to such a boring card drawing game! !
Ninja School. It's changed a lot.
Uchiha Madara stood at the gate of the Ninja School, looking around him. It was much bigger than when he first left Konoha.
Are there any statues here?
Uchiha Nan, I like you more and more. Uchiha Madara looked at the gate of the ninja school, where the statues of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara were still placed, and the corners of his mouth could not help but rise.
In order to publicize the legitimacy of the Uchiha clan, reverse the secret suppression of the Uchiha clan during the reign of Senju Tobirama, and improve the status of the Uchiha clan in the hearts of the Konoha villagers, Uchiha Nan put a lot of thought into it. Not only did he make a movie to whitewash Uchiha Madara, he also placed statues of the founders of Konoha - Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama in various important places in Konoha, slowly raising the status of the Uchiha clan from the source.
The major shareholder who founded Konoha directly defected. This stain really needs time to slowly wash away. After a few years, Uchiha Nan felt that he could make use of the history books and directly modify the textbooks slightly to say that Uchiha Madara just left the village to travel to the Valley of the End... ahem, just to spar.
Uchiha Madara was admiring his own statue, then looked at the statue of Hashirama next to him and fell into his memories again.
The last time I came to the Ninja School with Hashirama, I think I scared a little girl to tears. Damn it! How come that bastard Hashirama made her happy with just a flower!
"Jingle Bell!!"
Uchiha Madara was still there reminiscing about the past when the bell rang for the end of get out of class. A moment later, the students of the Ninja School ran out of the classroom happily. The moment when school is dismissed at noon is always the happiest moment!
That's great. Uchiha Madara's originally cold expression showed a smile, this is the new sprout of Konoha. (The smile on Madara's face after he helped the little girl in the anime is really a big contrast.)
There are so many ordinary people's children. Uchiha Madara observed the students. Now the students of Konoha Ninja School, villagers, and ordinary people's children have accounted for the majority. Is this the so-called universal education?
Before Uchiha Madara left Konoha, the Konoha Ninja School was very small, and in the beginning it was basically composed of the children of Uchiha and Senju. Later, Konoha expanded in size, and the large and small ninja clans of the Fire Country joined Konoha to seek refuge, and the size of the Ninja School also expanded accordingly.
It was not until the reign of Senju Tobirama that the First Ninja World War lasted for a long time and its intensity gradually escalated. The front lines were in urgent need of cannon fodder, and the proportion of ordinary children in ninja schools began to slowly increase. Now in the era of Uchiha Kusunoki, it has skyrocketed. A lot of money has been spent on education, and the proportion of ordinary people accounts for the vast majority. After all, the base number of ordinary people is large, and there is no need for elite combat training.
"It's so lively."
The noisy sound of thousands of students pouring out of the ninja school did not give Uchiha Madara much time to think. He still had to look for Ito Sosuke who lent him a book yesterday. He, Uchiha Madara, would not break his promise to the child!
Uchiha Madara's eyes kept moving among the crowd and soon locked onto Ito Sosuke's position. He passed through the crowd and grabbed Ito Sosuke's arm.
"I'm here to return the book!"
"You scared me."
"You are a ninja, and staying alert at all times is the most basic requirement. It's easy for you to go to the battlefield like this..."
"Sir, I am not a combat ninja. I am a multi-functional ninja."
Uchiha Nan gave these small ninjas a nice name, "multi-functional ninjas". They are just a bunch of them and can be moved wherever they are needed.
"Yes, but no matter what, staying alert is a must for a ninja."
"I understand, sir. Have you eaten?"
"No."
Ito Sosuke took the book and walked in the crowd with Uchiha Madara to chat. When he learned that Uchiha Madara had not eaten yet, he took the initiative to take Uchiha Madara to the cafeteria for ninja students.
"You all eat here?"
"Yes, the Hokage built a cafeteria for us. Students can eat here for free with tickets. The food is better than what my mother eats in the cafeteria. I have some saved tickets here. I'll treat you today. You look like me, fleeing to Konoha."
Not long after, Uchiha Madara stood outside the cafeteria waiting for Ito Sosuke to get his meal. Looking at the students coming and going, the food was really good and there was even meat.
Uchiha Madara is very clear about the life in the ninja world. The fact that he can eat meat is enough to show the level of this ninja school!
Uchiha Nan is awesome!
There's nothing we can do about it. It's a habit Uchiha Nan brought from his previous life. No matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education. No matter how hungry you are, you can't starve. Children's education is a luxury in any world. The popularity and literacy rates of education in the ninja world are no different from a pile of shit.
Ordinary people, especially refugees, who come to Konoha, would rather let their children work in factories to screw screws than send them to school because they have no money to pay tuition and no money to support their children. The best way is to work in a factory as early as possible to earn more money. It is best to get married and have children early. After raising the children for four or five years, they can send them to a factory to work and earn money again.
Then Uchiha Nan could only make use of Konoha's financial advantages. As long as they were qualified to become students in the Ninja School, students from poor families would be exempted from tuition and provided with three meals a day. They immediately and decisively responded positively to the call of the great Hokage - to send their children to the Ninja School.
Everyone knows that being literate is good. If you can't read, you can be cheated even if you write an IOU. Anyway, when a large number of factory workers go to sign a mortgage, they just take a symbolic look and sign directly. They can't read at all and don't believe that Konoha will cheat them. They only survive because Konoha gives them food, so there is nothing worth Konoha's concern.
It's just a pity that Uchiha Nan is concerned about their lives - in other words, their labor force and their next generation.
"The food is here!"
Ito Sosuke held two plates in each hand and stumbled towards Uchiha Madara. Uchiha Madara took a few steps forward and took the plate from Ito Sosuke, and the two found a place to sit and eat.
Ito Sosuke wolfed down the food. He was indeed very tired after the morning classes. Although students like them would not have to participate in combat missions in the future, the ninja's physical training would not be reduced at all. They had to run around the playground every day and train hard!
Uchiha Madara did look much better when eating. After all, he was born into a wealthy bloodline family and knew some table manners. But he wasn't much better either. Having stayed in a dark underground cave for ten years, he had never eaten any food that tasted good. He usually ate Qia Bingliang Wan, which mainly filled him up and replenished his chakra.
"What do you think of Uchiha Nan?"
Uchiha Madara wiped the oil stains from his mouth and was somewhat curious about Uchiha Nan's position in the children's hearts. Although Uchiha Madara already had the answer in his heart, there were some things he still wanted to hear with his own ears.
"Sir, that's the Hokage, you can't just call him by his name!"
Ito Sosuke took a sip of water and corrected Uchiha Madara, which made Uchiha Madara stunned. He was the great Uchiha Madara, the founder of Konoha and the ancestor of the Uchiha people, but he still had to respect Uchiha Nan and call him Hokage?
Even Hashirama himself has never called him that!
However, Uchiha Madara looked at Ito Sosuke's unhappy expression and thought that he had gotten a free meal from the kid, so he decided to let him do as he pleased this time and let Uchiha Nan get away with it.
"It's you, Sosuke, against Hokage-sama."
"Hokage is the greatest man in the world. Before my mother and I came to Konoha, we didn't eat for two or three days. My father starved to death in order to protect us.
"But my mother and I are very lucky. We walked for a long time. I don't remember how long we walked. We ate tree bark, dirt and insects and finally arrived at Konoha with one breath."
"Hokage-sama is..."
When Ito Sosuke talked about the days before coming to Konoha, his expression became sad, but when he talked about coming to Konoha, his whole spirit changed.
Uchiha Madara listened to Ito Sosuke's words without saying a word, and no one knew what was going on in his mind.
"Let's go, I'll take you back to school."
After listening for a while, Uchiha Madara planned to send Ito Sosuke back to school, but Ito Sosuke decisively rejected this suggestion. Children are playful by nature, and going back to school right after lunch would be a real bummer!
"Come on, I see you have nowhere to go, I'll take you to an interesting place!"
Ito Sosuke signaled Uchiha Madara to follow him with his eyes, and they soon arrived at a street not far from the Ninja School. This was considered to be one of the best shops in Konoha. With the Ninja School behind it, the shops here were extremely popular, especially after school.
"Where is this place?"
Uchiha Madara was brought to the door of a store by Ito Sosuke. The store was filled with students from the ninja school. "Boss, give me another bag!"
"I have to pull out something good today!"
"Another Shodaime-sama?"
"Come again!!"
Ito Sosuke watched his classmates drawing cards with great interest.
This shop was opened at the instruction of Uchiha Nan. It is easy to make money from students, especially the money of the children of the ninja clan, they are not short of money at all!
Uchiha Nan slightly modified the card drawing game he played as an elementary school student in his previous life and directly introduced it to Konoha.
A pack of cards may contain Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, Tobirama Senju. Uh... I haven't stepped down from the position of Hokage yet, so let's forget about it for now. There is also the One-Tail, the Two-Tail, and the Nine-Tail.
When the initial cards were produced, there was a limit on the number to ensure the scarcity of the cards. The most cards naturally belonged to Hashirama Senju, followed by Tobirama Senju. The more tails the tailed beasts had, the fewer cards they had. As for Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Kusunoki, the least were produced. This was a disguised way of raising the value of the Uchiha!
Uchiha Nan also took some special measures to ensure fairness - such as the Hyuga clan. The technical support was naturally provided by Senju Tobirama. Uchiha Nan remembered that Senju Tobirama scolded him quite badly for this matter. How could he trouble himself with such a thing?
In conjunction with the movie released during the Chinese New Year, the card drawing game quickly became popular in the Ninja School. The excitement of drawing cards, the scarcity of cards, and the competitive spirit among students, the card drawing game designed by Uchiha Nan captured the students of the Ninja School very well.
Now, as soon as school is over, a large number of students visit this store and spend their pocket money to buy cards designed by Uchiha Nan.
The price is not cheap, there is only one card in a bag, but it is really easy to make money from children. According to the current popularity, you can make hundreds of thousands of taels a year.
The children of the ninja clan all have a lot of gold coins from their families, so they have a lot of pocket money. The merchant also promises that as long as you collect all the cards, you can get the autograph of the Hokage. This alone is enough to attract people.
In order to satisfy his collecting habit and competitive spirit, he draws cards without blinking an eye.
"Is this the good place you said?"
Uchiha Madara, an old guy from the last era, naturally couldn't understand why students spent money to buy these useless cards.
"This is the most popular card-drawing game in school. The boss said that as long as all the cards are collected, he can take him to find the Hokage and get his autograph. This means he can meet the Hokage in person!!"
"This card pack contains the Shodaime-sama and the Nidaime Hokage's Tailed Beasts."
Ito Sosuke enthusiastically introduced the card drawing game. Although he had no money to draw cards, he found it very interesting just watching his classmates drawing cards. The excitement he felt when he tore open the package was so thrilling!
"Boring."
Uchiha Madara gave his evaluation with a blank expression. He decided to stay here for a while. Even if it was just to play with the children, he didn't have anything to do right now. He would feel better if he was in touch with children.
As for trying to open the Rinnegan?
What is the Samsara Eye!
We've been trying for so long and there's no movement. We don't mind spending a little more time.
"Please don't let it be Hashirama-sama, my pocket money for the week will be gone, I will use ten years of my luck to wish for the rarest card!"
"I want the Nine-Tailed Fox, I want the Nine-Tailed Fox!!"
"Why is it Hashirama-sama again, ahhhhh!!!"
"Me too!!!"
"I pulled out the Vulpix!!!"
"What? Bullshit!!"
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The noisy sound of card drawing was endless. Uchiha Madara couldn't understand for a moment what the kids nowadays were thinking, wasting their time and money on such boring cards.
Thinking back to the life he led as a child, he had to live on the edge of a knife to make a living. He was nothing like the kids nowadays, who are simply uneducated!
Uchiha Nan, don't you care about anything?
Children won’t be obsessed with playing, right?
Ito Sosuke watched the card drawing from the side. Although he did not open the wrapping paper himself, his mood still fluctuated the moment the cards appeared.
"Uncle, please watch for a while. Do you think it's interesting?"
"Boring. These kids are happier when they draw Senju Tobirama's card than when they draw Hashirama's card."
Uchiha Madara looked at it for a while and found that the most common card that appeared when drawing cards was Senju Hashirama's. Everyone was dejected, as if drawing Hashirama's card was a very unlucky thing. Uchiha Madara was really angry.
Moreover, he was able to smile even after drawing the card of Senju Tobirama. It was really bad luck. Is his Hashirama worse than Senju Tobirama?
Which bastard designed the card?
"Sir, there's nothing we can do about it. The Shodaime-sama has the most cards and they are the most common. The Nidaime-sama's cards are rarer than his."
“The rarer the card, the better.”
"Whose card is the rarest then?"
"Of course it's Uchiha Madara-sama!"
Uchiha Madara was stunned after hearing this, and then he smiled smugly.
"This card drawing game is not as boring as I thought!"
“The person who designed the card really has a good eye!”
(End of this chapter)