Country Bumpkin

Naruto thought Rasa was pretty dumb, so he shot Sasuke a look dripping with superiority.

(A trained kid... and he actually buys that? What's wrong with the Kazekage's brain? Can't he see we're wearing Konoha headbands?)

Sasuke couldn't bear to look at his IQ and shot back instantly.

(Shut up, idiot! You're just now noticing? No one in Suna sees us as Konoha ninja!)

"Tch... don't be so mean!"

Naruto muttered his complaint and made a face at him.

Sakura, keeping an eye on their back-and-forth, wore a mysterious smile, as if all was right with the world.

"Virtual Reality?"

Rasa's expression went blank, his imposing aura crumbling in an instant.

He suddenly felt like a country bumpkin.

He knew every word Wang Yan said, but put together, they made no sense at all.

"What is that thing?"

As the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa might have plenty of bad habits. He was autocratic, stubborn, arrogant, and headstrong—but he wasn't the type to pretend he understood something he didn't.

Wang Yan smiled, his tone like a shady merchant hawking his wares: "A Virtual Reality game. It lets you experience a whole new, exciting life."

"Just a game?" Rasa's face showed disappointment.

As the helmsman of Sunagakure, after the death of the Third Kazekage—dubbed the strongest—he had resolutely shouldered the heavy burden, stabilizing the shaky situation and maintaining peace across Suna.

You could say his own life was a legend. He was confident he lived more vividly than anyone else, and couldn't care less about Wang Yan's spiel.

Wang Yan gave Rasa a knowing half-smile, didn't dwell on it, and smoothly changed the subject: "Let's set that aside for now and not discuss it."

"I'm here on behalf of the Ninja World Peace Council. The first matter is providing Humanitarian Aid to Sunagakure."

Though some of the words made Rasa's head throb, he could still grasp the meaning.

"Aid?"

The Fourth Kazekage's expression softened considerably. "What kind of aid?"

Wang Yan didn't disappoint his expectations and answered bluntly: "Material Support. You know, Suna is just too poor—can't even match that shabby Konoha. A small sample reveals the whole. I thought the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire was already a stingy miser, but the Feudal Lord of the Land of Wind is even worse."

His undisguised disdain made Rasa a bit awkward.

As for flying into a rage and teaching this reckless merchant a lesson?

The Fourth Kazekage never even entertained the thought!

Different trades—the man was a merchant, not a ninja. If he resorted to force, not only would the already-sealed Material Support be lost, but no merchant would ever come here again.

Sure, merchants weren't exactly united—for double the profit, they'd risk everything, even their dignity—but Sunagakure clearly didn't have that kind of appeal.

The Land of Wind's geography was just too terrible! Especially Suna—there was almost nothing worth selling at a high price elsewhere. Were they supposed to have those money-grubbing merchants haul a few crates of Jujube to other nations?

If word got out, Suna's foreign trade would be finished!

In fact, Wang Yan's words didn't just sting the Kazekage.

As a born-and-bred Konoha native, Sakura's mouth felt bitter, like she'd been hit by a verbal carpet bomb: "Konoha... shabby?"

Naruto pouted and muttered under his breath: "Ayame and Teuchi make great Ichiraku Ramen, though..."

Sasuke, on the other hand, felt nothing for Konoha.

Don't even mention a sense of honor—that had vanished from his heart the day the Uchiha Clan was wiped out.

In fact, ever since becoming a Reincarnator, he'd made up his mind: once he had enough power, he'd drag out everyone responsible for the Uchiha massacre and make them wish they'd never been born.

Of course, deep in Sasuke's mind, he'd already automatically excluded the direct perpetrator from his revenge list.

What could he do?

He was desperate too!

If he named Itachi as the main culprit, wasn't he an accomplice himself?

After all, Itachi had agreed to the Konoha higher-ups' terms to save him, then teamed up with Obito—posing as Uchiha Madara—to slaughter the entire clan.

"Just how strong is Instructor Wang Yan? It's... terrifying..."

Sasuke's train of thought diverged completely from his two teammates.

He watched the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, who showed no sign of noticing anything strange, and a storm raged in his heart.

Details he'd never paid attention to before Showed one by one In front of you.

A few days ago, Naruto's true identity was exposed, and rumors flooded the streets. The Third Hokage and the Elder Council were painted as scheming villains and despicable politicians.

Sasuke didn't believe those rumors hadn't reached Konoha's higher-ups—the Anbu weren't paid to sit around.

Yet the Konoha higher-ups gave no reaction at all!

They didn't take a single countermeasure!

Sasuke refused to believe Wang Yan had no hand in that.

"Power far surpassing a Kage! This... this is what I want!"

Sasuke's spiritual power churned violently, his emotions slipping out of control, and a trace of the Two Tomoe Sharingan surfaced in his eyes.

Deep down, he had already decided that Wang Yan's unfathomable strength could only come from exchanging for a massive number of special abilities through the Main God's Exchange List.

Sasuke felt he had found the right path.

Taking in all of his thoughts, Wang Yan rubbed his chin, his eyes slightly closed.

"At a time like this, without some kind of notification, it always feels like something's missing..."

He spent three seconds constructing an interesting spiritual power plugin.

It was named the Loyalty Detector.

It could judge a Reincarnator's loyalty to the Main God by synthesizing every thought, idea, and emotion of the person being scanned.

Wang Yan swept his gaze over Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke.

The three's Loyalty Indexes were: 60, 63, and 85.

Sakura and Naruto were at normal levels, but Sasuke's was unusually high.

This Loyalty Detector could be changed by Wang Yan at any time into a Favorability Detector or a Malice Detector.

It was just a small toy to train the versatility of his abilities, but it was well-made.

As for the Sharingan Sasuke had revealed, the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, was as blind to it as if his eyes were covered in fat.

He asked politely, "Then, may I ask... Mr. Wang Yan, when will your material aid arrive?"

Wang Yan smiled meaningfully. "Now."

"Now?" Rasa frowned deeply.

He saw no trace of any sealing scroll on Wang Yan or his three companions.

Was this guy messing with him?

Before Rasa could stew in more negative emotions or pointless thoughts, Wang Yan waved a single hand.

Clatter, clatter, clatter...

A mountain of jewels piled up, filling half the meeting hall!

The light flashed and sparkled, looking so beautiful.

Rasa opened his mouth, but not a single word came out.

He randomly picked up a few pieces, his pupils slightly constricted, and his breathing grew heavy. "These..."

"They're all real!"

Sakura blinked with starry eyes. "So much money!"

No wonder Wang Yan said Konoha was shabby...

So this was his confidence.

Naruto wiped his drool, his face full of envy. "How many bowls of ramen could that buy..."

As the man who inherited the Uchiha Clan's legacy, Sasuke performed slightly better than his two embarrassing friends.

He was a bit flustered at first, but quickly regained his cold expression. "Making a fuss over nothing. Just a few hundred items you can buy with one Reward Point. Nothing to be amazed about."

Even though the Second Young Master Zuo didn't have a single Reward Point right now, that didn't stop him from feeling superior.

The next update will be before one o'clock.