"Did those Sand Ninja bastards agree to our demands in the end?"
Suikazan Fuguki looked at Sunagakure's reply, a smile appearing on his face. He said to Vegapunk beside him, "They really wouldn't give up until they saw the coffin. Shouldn't we demand more supplies this time?"
Vegapunk flipped through the supply list and shook his head. "No need. You'd be better off having them directly allocate some mining areas to us. Those people are wasteful and slow when it comes to mining. If a mining area is even slightly barren, they have no way to extract anything from it."
Although the Sand Ninja had Rasa, a Gold Miner, his advantage was limited to gold mining. When it came to extracting other minerals from the Desert, they were equally at a loss.
"And..." As though he had thought of something, Vegapunk spoke calmly. "If my plan succeeds, Sunagakure can more or less become our Back Garden as well!"
The conversation ended there. Vegapunk left the Mizukage's office and headed toward the Laboratory.
By now, Sea Ninja Village's Laboratory had become the largest institution in the entire village, as well as a genuine money pit. Countless resources flowed into it, and it had become the very center of Sea Ninja Village.
To put it bluntly, if enemies attacked both the Mizukage Building and the research center at the same time, the Ninja would definitely reinforce the research center first. Even the Mizukage Building would have to take a back seat.
Though that so-called research center was actually only studying inventions Vegapunk had already developed, merely carrying out repetitive work.
As for Vegapunk's own Laboratory, it naturally was not located here. The most important thing was not the instruments and materials in the Laboratory, but the Quantum Brain in his possession.
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