November is drawing to a close.
The Shinobi World seems to have forgotten about the Land of Water incident. Apart from the tentative contact between Konoha and Kirigakure, the overall situation in the Shinobi World seems to have remained unchanged.
However, beneath this calm surface, the undercurrents in the Shinobi World never cease.
Hinata sometimes wonders if the Fourth Shinobi World War would have still happened if it weren't for the threat from the Akatsuki.
The answer should be yes.
In fact, ever since Sunagakure agreed to Orochimaru's Konoha Crush Plan, the Shinobi World had already entered the era of the Fourth Shinobi World War.
The ninjas of the major Shinobi Village may all yearn for peace, but peace means that ninjas lose their purpose.
If a ninja village wants to maintain relative independence, it cannot be completely dependent on the Daimyo.
While fearing that outsiders would seize control of their ninja power, the ninja villages also sought to expand their own power.
The Kage and leaders of each ninja village wanted to keep the power of the ninja in their own hands forever, instead of letting it be controlled by the Daimyo of the country.
However, the Daimyo of various countries had to accept the policy of one village per country because they feared the power of ninjas, but that did not mean they had no other thoughts in their hearts.
The Daimyo desire peace.
Once the Shinobi World is free of turmoil, they can use 'peace' as an excuse to cut funding for ninja villages and restrict their development.
This is a contradiction inherent in the system; unless one side first relinquishes its desire for power, this contradiction will be irreconcilable.
Therefore, at this time, the Shinobi World needs a great war.
The ninjas survived on mercenary contracts; what they needed was a chaotic world, a world teeming with bandits and where people suffered terribly.
Therefore, if you want to change the structure of the ninja world, what you need is not war, but a reasonable system.
Konoha has already begun reforms.
In fact, Konoha has always been a pioneer in Shinobi World reform. Whether it's the ninja village system, the Anbu system, or the Ninja Academy system, they all originated in Konoha and spread Shinobi World.
In November, two major events occurred in Konoha.
The first thing was that Konoha Hospital established branches in ten important towns within the Land of Fire.
Konoha Hospital primarily employs medical-nin, but also recruits some ordinary doctors to provide medical care and treatment for all civilians in the city.
The hospital was immediately welcomed by all the people of the Land of Fire as soon as it was established.
medical-nin's skills are far superior to those of ordinary doctors; many serious illnesses are considered minor ailments by medical-nin.
In the past, medical-nin only served ninjas and the common people in their own villages.
The medical-nin receive a large amount of Konoha's funds and play a significant role, yet they cannot generate even a tiny bit of revenue for Konoha.
This is also why Tsunade's opinions could never be implemented.
However, the establishment of the Konoha Hospital Branch gave Tsunade hope.
Konoha Hospital quickly became famous throughout the Shinobi World, and major Shinobi Village sent spies to infiltrate the Land of Fire to gather intelligence.
Establishing hospitals nationwide staffed by medical-nin is essentially a form of employment, and it doesn't contradict the ninja's way of life.
The principle behind patients hiring medical-nin to treat them is the same as that of wealthy merchants and nobles hiring ninjas to protect them.
The establishment of the branch academy provided medical-nin with additional income. Although this income was only a drop in the bucket for Konoha's massive military group, it opened up a new avenue for Konoha.
To change the way ninjas survive.
Once ninjas are needed in peacetime, peace in the Shinobi World can continue.
The Hokage's Office.
Tsunade has been in high spirits lately. She has always wanted to establish a comprehensive medical-nin system, but she has been unable to implement it due to Konoha's limited funds.
However, with the establishment of the Konoha Hospital Branch, a plan to train medical-nin on a large scale has become urgent.
Konoha needs more medical-nin, and the Land of Fire also needs more medical-nin.
Medical-nin themselves are Konoha's logistical support.
Hinata lay sprawled on the sofa.
Hinata has been exhausted for the past month and now she doesn't even want to move a finger.
Hinata really brought this upon herself.
One person led a few Genin to film a movie. Hinata used Shadow Clone to play all the roles in the crew. It took a month to finally finish filming the movie.
Hinata wrote the script herself and had a clear understanding of the character in the film, Hinata filming was not difficult.
As for movie special effects... do ninjas even need special effects?
At most, they'll just hire a few Chunin unleash a few flashy Ninjutsu.
Several days ago, Tsunade ordered people to promote Hinata's movie throughout the Shinobi World, so that it could be released simultaneously across the entire Shinobi World once post-production was complete.
Using ninjas in a movie is a publicity gimmick in itself, not to mention that the protagonist of the movie is Hinata Hyuga, the eldest daughter of the Hyuga Clan, the Ninja World's Number One Noble Family.
Hinata is enough to make someone buy a movie ticket and go to the cinema to watch her.
Hinata was just testing the waters. If making movies could make money, then Hinata wouldn't need to be in charge of the subsequent filming.
Konoha has so many 'veteran' Genin they could film several movies at the same time.
Holding two documents, Tsunade said to Hinata, who was lying on the sofa, "The establishment of the Konoha Hospital Branch and the filming of the movie are now on track. If these two plans succeed, it will prove that ninjas can do more than just carry out missions."
"However, so far we have only solved the problem of medical-nin and veteran Genin."
"But the village is mostly Chunin... They still need to complete missions to earn commissions."
Jonin are the top combatants of a ninja village, Chunin are the backbone of a ninja village, and the ninja village itself is the military force of the country.
Therefore, no matter how the way ninjas live is changed, it can only be done without affecting the fighting strength of the ninja village.
In fact, the reason why these two plans were implemented was mainly to better develop Konoha, rather than to reform the Shinobi World's structure.
Tsunade sat in her chair, her expression serious, and asked, "What are your thoughts on Chunin, the village's Hinata?"
Hinata grumbled, "Not at all!"
Konoha is the military power of the Land of Fire. It's fine to let those veteran Genin make movies, but if even the Chunin stop fighting, Konoha's combat strength will drop instantly.
Tsunade knew this was difficult, but if she didn't change things, the Shinobi World would continue to repeat the same pattern of history.
War, peace, war, peace... and so on, in an endless cycle.
In Hinata's view, the best way to change the ninja system is to seize national power, and ninjas actually have that power.
However, in the Ninja World, this is actually quite unrealistic.
Because the common people would not accept the rule of the ninjas, even if the ninjas forcibly seized power with absolute force, the country would be in turmoil for a long time.
If foreign powers take this opportunity to attack the Land of Fire, Konoha, beset by internal and external troubles, could very well lose everything.