stonecrandall Chapter 237 Times Have Changed! Yuuki and Sakumo, Who Don't Get Introverted!
Chapter 237 Times Have Changed! Yuuki and Sakumo, Who Don't Get Introverted!
October of Konoha 35.
Day 1: Playing mahjong.
The next day, we played mahjong.
On the third day, they played mahjong at the Uchiha camp.
On the fourth day, Uchiha Yuuki washed his face and looked at his handsome face in the mirror. "Yuuki, Yuuki, how could you be so addicted to mahjong!"
The development plan for the swarm and the sacred tree is still on the table.
You absolutely cannot continue to be addicted to playing mahjong.
On the fifth day, we played mahjong.
On the sixth day, we played mahjong.
On the seventh day, they played mahjong and drank alcohol. Tsunade acted crazy while drunk, and the scenery was quite charming.
On the eighth day... the Land of Fire was attacked again.
"Two dots." Tsunade, who originally planned to go to the battlefield herself, sat at the mahjong table at home and threw down a two of bamboo. "I've really learned something new. What level do they have to dare to play against the Land of Fire?"
The last village to attack the Land of Fire, Takigakure, had all its trade blocked.
The remaining five hundred ninjas in the entire village are almost starving.
The number of defectors was increasing daily; on the busiest day, a total of twenty-one people defected!
How did Konoha find out?
It is no exaggeration to say that one-third of the merchants in Takigakure Village come from Konoha Village!
The village they relied on, Iwagakure, never intervened, and even took a piece of Takigakure's resources along the way.
“A small ninja village with little knowledge.” Yuuki tossed out a six-of-a-kind card: “The Sky Village and the Valley Country are nothing to worry about. The only one to be careful of is the Mountain Country. The ninjas of the Blazing Village are quite strong and are famous for making explosive tags. Legend has it that the Blazing Village supplies 80% of the explosive tags circulating in the ninja world.”
"Eighty percent?" Mikoto Uchiha exclaimed in surprise, "How can the Five Great Nations tolerate so many explosive tags?"
The resource advantages held by the five great nations are not limited to the guarantee of tailed beasts.
Furthermore, a nation must possess absolute advantages in various sectors, such as education, resource production, and cargo transportation, to qualify as a major power.
Great powers wield significant influence throughout the ninja world.
Small countries without a powerful backing dare not disobey.
This is the true majesty of a great power.
Even though the Land of Rain produced a top-tier powerhouse, Hanzo the Salamander.
At most, we should give the same respect to major powers.
The government may give Hanzo the salamander face, but it will never give him the substance.
Therefore, it's hard to believe that such a small village like Yangyan Village accounts for such a large share of the sales of explosive tags.
"It's just the allure of statistics."
"A lie that isn't a lie, but a lie, woven to sell goods and build a reputation."
"Huh?" Uchiha Mikoto didn't understand.
"I know! I know!" Kushina shouted, raising her hand and almost messing up the mahjong tiles in the process.
Tsunade's chakra surged, and the entire mahjong table remained perfectly still!
Tsunade narrowed her eyes, staring intently into Kushina's eyes with a hostile expression: "Little Kushina, what do you want to do?"
"Ahem, Tsunade-nee, wahahaha..." Kushina laughed awkwardly twice, then turned to Mikoto: "I took the Medical Association's Statistics and Public Relations course!"
Based on the lectures, the medical association further organized vocational skills training courses.
It provided more learning space for all the villagers of Konoha.
At the same time, it has also led to intense competition within many industries.
Kushina, hands on her hips, said proudly, "As long as the scope is small enough, the statistics will definitely be large!"
"For example, that dumpling shop on the east side of the village could call itself the number one dumpling shop in Konoha!"
"Because there's only one dango shop in the entire Hidden Leaf Village!"
"This kind of promotional method is very common in the emerging film industry."
"That actor named Wei Liangpingping made a traditional ninja movie, and his fans managed to come up with dozens of 'number one of the year' titles as promotional material."
“That’s right.” Yushu continued, “Explosive tags are military supplies controlled by various major powers and are not circulated outside of them at all.”
"Especially during times of war."
Tsunade sighed, "We've only been quiet for a few months, and the small ninja village is in turmoil again. The peaceful days won't last much longer."
A touch of melancholy welled up on Mikoto and Kushina's faces.
Although they were not Kage-level powerhouses, their strength was still among the top tier in the ninja world.
I'm not worried about dying in battle.
However, nobody likes war.
Yuuki: "Yeah, it all depends on which one breaks through first."
He and Tsunade exchanged a knowing glance.
When will the Ninja World War reignite? It all depends on which clan produces a second ninja who surpasses the Kage level.
The news of the theft of the Leiju refining method could not be kept from the two of them.
Akimichi Torifu and Orochimaru delivered the message overnight.
The next day, Hatake Sakumo visited the police department and told them about the theft of the refining agent.
This performance also signaled that Hiruzen Sarutobi's plan had failed.
His envisioned strategy was to "have Kage-level fighters investigate Kage-level fighters, and have Hatake deal with the Uchiha clan."
It was a complete failure.
Tsunade complained, "That old man is getting more and more senile. He can't even handle such an important matter properly. He only notified Sakumo Hatake and Orochimaru, but didn't inform the police department to investigate. I don't know what he's up to!"
“In the past, at least the decisions were not wrong, it was just that the plans themselves were problematic.”
To put it bluntly, the previous third generation leader was daring, but utterly incompetent.
"And now? How can we manage Konoha's politics with an old man like that!"
Yuuki smiled and said, "The Third Generation Lord is old and his eyesight is not very good. He can't see the scenery in the distance."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's original intention was simply to gather a group together and fight a group together.
Konoha has limited resources, Hatake wants to change things, and the police department wants to develop.
This will inevitably lead to a scene where Hatake confronts the Uchiha.
The Hokage mediates between the two sides, reclaiming power amidst the chaos.
But times have changed.
Uchiha Yuuki unlocked the mental shackles of young ninjas, while Hanzo the Salamander's killing of nobles unlocked the material shackles.
The ninjas can never go back to the past.
Involution is mostly a financial issue.
The young ninjas, shifting their gaze outward, suddenly discovered a vast untapped market of financial opportunities.
Such a vast land of fire, with countless ordinary people.
Why are we huddled together in a small village, engaging in cutthroat competition?
Instead of conflict, Uchiha Yuuki, Hatake Sakumo, and Orochimaru worked together to spread their influence outwards!
"I won!" Tsunade excitedly slammed her hand on the table and threw down a pair of '30,000' tiles.
"Tsunade-nee~" Yuuki said quietly, pushing the mahjong tiles aside: "I have three 30,000s, are you going to win by bluffing?"
Tsunade, with a divine touch, muttered as she shuffled the tiles, "Hey, can you call this 'blown hand' in mahjong?"
Phrases like "inherited gambling luck," "misreading the cards," and "ruthless shuffler" filled the air with a cheerful atmosphere.
...
Because the evil forces led by the Sky Ninja Village declared war on the Land of Fire, which is full of righteousness.
They declared war directly on the Land of Fire, focusing their attacks on remote villages and barely touching any of the locations where Konoha ninja were stationed.
Even so, a group of elite Jonin, including Jiraiya, were transferred back to the village to improve mobility.
Jiraiya once again summoned Minato Namikaze to the training grounds to learn ninjutsu, this time teaching him a B-rank Wind Release ninjutsu.
"I never expected that even the training grounds would start charging fees."
Jiraiya reluctantly put away the frog wallet.
After returning to the village, he didn't earn much money; instead, he spent it all.
Will the village ever recover?
The cost of daily life is too high.
Minato Namikaze: "Huh, even a Jonin like you, Sensei, is feeling the increased pressure to survive?"
"The other ninjas are probably having an even harder time, aren't they?"