Uchiha Fucheng opened the treasure chest he had obtained from Root.
Looking at the small booklet in his hand, Uchiha Fucheng felt that he needed to re-evaluate the ruthlessness of Danzo Shimura.
In his memories, Uchiha Kagami and Danzo Shimura had gotten along quite well ever since they became teammates.
Not to mention Tobirama, Hiruzen, or younger members of the Senju clan like Tsunade and SenjuNawaki, all of them spoke highly of Uchiha Kagami.
Uchiha Kagami was a rare "gentleman" and an incredibly good person.
During the First Ninja World War, Uchiha Kagami had saved Danzo Shimura's life on multiple critical occasions.
Logically speaking, a bond forged by saving each other's lives should have earned him Danzo Shimura's gratitude and generous treatment.
Yet why did Uchiha Kagami's death end up becoming a mysterious, unsolved case?
It even made everyone so tight-lipped about Kagami's death that they dared not mention it.
One must know that Uchiha Kagami's grandson, Uchiha Shisui, whose talent and ability even surpassed Uchiha Itachi, was also an unfortunate victim who had his eye gouged out by Danzo Shimura.
Uchiha Fucheng deeply suspected that Uchiha Kagami had very likely died at the hands of Danzo Shimura.
The eye that Danzo Shimura currently has covered is very likely Uchiha Kagami's right eye.
"People really shouldn't be too kind!"
Uchiha Fucheng looked at the "Uchiha KagamiNinjutsu Notes" with an amused expression.
He thought of Uchiha Shisui, who had also had his eyes gouged out.
These grandfather and grandson, who were "exactly the same" in their kindness, ended up with very similar fates.
The personal notes of Uchiha Kagami in his hand came from the mysterious treasure chest that White Zetsu had previously seized from Root.
Also discovered at the same time were two Uchiha secret techniques: "Izanagi" and "Izanami".
This discovery was a big deal.
Because in the clan's secret vault, these two self-mutilating secret techniques had been destroyed at some unknown point in time.
Apart from clan elders like Uchiha Setsuna who might still master these secret techniques, among the younger generation of Uchiha Ninjas, there were probably very few who had even heard of them.
Both secret techniques required the permanent loss of a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, making them sacrificial forbidden techniques, and Uchiha Fucheng was not willing to spread them widely.
After all, these two secret techniques were products of the Uchiha clan's civil war.
What he hoped for more was a united Uchiha clan.
A faint sound of crying came from the courtyard.
Accompanying it were the soft consolations from Shoichi, Kuroko, and others.
Uchiha Fucheng walked to the courtyard and saw that the one sobbing softly was the usually well-behaved Yakushi Nono.
The little girl was crying pitifully.
"What happened?" Uchiha Fucheng asked.
Yakushi Nono wiped her tears and choked out, "Ever since you announced the care plan for war orphans, I have been helping out.
Today, when I went to buy grain as usual, they directly quadrupled the price and also severely shortchanged the weight.
For one hundred and fifty catties of grain, they shorted me by more than forty catties.
When I said I wouldn't buy it, they wouldn't let me leave.
I couldn't win the argument, so I tried to run, but they chased after me and cursed at me for a long time.
Many villagers who didn't know the inside story thought I was doing something bad."
Uchiha Fucheng understood that someone had recently been deliberately hyping up war topics, trying to hoard grain and supplies to make a huge profit.
But quadrupling the price suddenly, along with shortchanging the weight and forcing sales, was disgusting.
This was clearly bullying Yakushi Nono because she was a little girl.
"Don't cry, watch me take revenge for you." Uchiha Fucheng affectionately patted Yakushi Nonou's little head and comforted her gently.
Mikoto and the others thought that Uchiha Fucheng was going to go and scold the other party.
Or assign Ninjas from the Konoha Military Police Force to cause trouble for them.
Unexpectedly, Uchiha Fucheng just grabbed Yakushi Nonou and strolled out the door.
...
In the southwest of the Konoha commercial district, there was a grain shop with a storefront in the front and a courtyard in the back.
Three men with fat, mean-looking faces were brazenly teasing the Konoha women passing by the shop.
A thin, weak man just wanted to enter the shop to ask about the prices, but unexpectedly, he was immediately cursed at viciously by the people inside.
"The price of grain changes every day now. Are you going to buy it or not? If not, get lost, and stop asking questions every damn day."
The thin man didn't dare to retort, just pointed honestly at the rice bag.
"I'll buy it, I'll buy it. I just wanted to ask if the price would be cheaper if I bought a whole bag."
"Cheaper?" a bearded grain shop clerk sneered.
"Right now, one catty is 400 ryo. Even if you buy a cartload of grain, it's still 400 ryo per catty."
"Four? 400 ryo?" The man buying grain recoiled in shock.
"So expensive?!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the fat, mean-faced shop owner immediately got angry.
"Where is it expensive? Our Shimura Grain and Oil has had this price for so many years."
The shop owner looked impatient, "Sometimes you should look for the reason in yourself, okay? After all these years, has your salary increased? Have you been working hard?"
The poor grain buyer shivered from being shouted at.
He was so scared he wanted to turn and leave, but before he could turn around, the three of them grabbed him back.
"You just said you'd buy, and now you want to run? If you don't buy a bag, do you believe we won't let you leave this street?"
...
Seeing that the thin man was about to be forced by them to buy grain, Uchiha Fucheng happened to arrive at the shop entrance.
The four large characters on the signboard, "Shimura Grain and Oil," made Uchiha Fucheng couldn't help but chuckle.
"No wonder they are so arrogant; it turns out they have a backer."
Fearing that the others might recognize Yakushi Nono, Uchiha Fucheng had her watch from a distance.
He walked into the shop himself.
Uchiha Fucheng: "Hey, buddy, how much is this rice per catty?"
The shop owner was immersed in the joy of forcing sales, glanced at Uchiha Fucheng who had entered, and his tone was somewhat cautious.
"400 ryo per catty."
Uchiha Fucheng asked with a surprised smile, "Holy crap, are these rice grains made of gold? Or is the rice bag made of gold?"
The shop owner put away his smile, his face looking mean and his eyes fierce, "Look, where can you find grain now? This is all grain we transported from the Land of Rice Fields over a long distance. You think it's expensive? Hmph, I think it's expensive too."
Uchiha Fucheng was extremely happy to hear the other party playing along.
For this routine, he gave this boss 100 points.
"Good, come on, get me a bag."
At this time, Mikoto, Kuroko, Shoichi, and Yakushi Nonou were all mixed into the crowd on the street, watching Uchiha Fucheng toy with this grain shop owner.
The shop owner couldn't guess what this well-dressed man wanted to do, so he just grabbed a bag, "Sure. How about this big bag?"
Uchiha Fucheng was amused and nodded repeatedly in agreement, "Sure, I'll take this bag. This rice of yours~ is it old, stored rice?"
The shop owner squinted one eye and scanned Uchiha Fucheng up and down, "This is the largest grain shop in Konoha Village; would I sell you old, stored rice?"
Seeing him answer this way, Uchiha Fucheng was even happier.
Uchiha Fucheng continued to press, "I'm asking you, is this rice of yours old, stored rice?"
The shop owner immediately became unhappy.
He had his two subordinates release the struggling thin man and surrounded Uchiha Fucheng, "You damn bastard, are you deliberately looking for trouble? Just tell me if you want it or not!"
Uchiha Fucheng nodded with a chuckle, "If this rice is good rice, I definitely want it. But what if it's old, stored rice? What do you say we should do then?"
As Uchiha Fucheng spoke, he walked to the chair the shop owner had been sitting on and sat down in a domineering manner.
The shop owner looked at Uchiha Fucheng's strong aura and felt a bit uneasy.
He just wanted this person to buy it quickly and leave.
"If it's not good rice, I'll eat it raw myself. Satisfied? One hundred and fifty catties, 60,000 ryo."
Uchiha Fucheng pointed at the rice bag, "With a rice bag this small, how could it be one hundred and fifty catties? Your scale has a problem."
The shop owner was furious upon hearing this, "Are you trying to pick a fight? Do you want it or not?! Do you want it or not?!"
Uchiha Fucheng kicked the grain scale away.
"Your scale has a magnet in it.
Besides, like you said, if this rice is old rice, you'll swallow it raw yourself."
The shop owner was now beyond furious, "You f***ing kicked my scale, didn't you?"
Watching him jump around in a rage, Uchiha Fucheng, standing to the side, supported his forehead with one hand and threw his head back, laughing wildly with joy.
That posture was even more authentic than the wild laughter of Edo Tensei Madara.
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