Naruto: Extreme Bloodline Limit

"Are you sure?"

"..."

"Fine." The smile vanished from Tsunade's face, replaced by a stern expression. Ronglin knew this girl was about to blow up, so he changed his tune. "The lie is that Konoha took advantage of the Land of Wind's difficult times to sell them large amounts of supplies, using another country's resources to develop itself and make up for the economic shortages caused by the war. That was perfectly reasonable, yet the Land of Wind had no choice but to accept it, because they were poor. Poverty led to backwardness, and backwardness meant being bullied."

The Naruto world was a world where strength reigned supreme, but aside from strength, there were many other factors that mattered, such as money.

Among the major nations, the Land of Wind was the poorest, while the Land of Fire was the wealthiest. Finding an opportunity to tear a huge chunk of flesh off the Land of Fire was the ambition of the other great nations.

Every trade and industry needed financial support, including ninjas. Ninjas burned through money at an astonishing rate. Without substantial wealth, it was very difficult for a village to develop...

Compared with Konoha, Sunagakure could only be described as a barren backwater.

Without money, there were no resources. Without resources, how could they train ninjas? Ninjas were notorious money pits.

After the Second Shinobi World War, the nations and villages entered a period of postwar recovery. But Konoha recovered the fastest, and money had everything to do with that.

In contrast, the Land of Wind recovered the slowest. Trading their own food and ordinary supplies for resources to develop themselves had always been the method of the Land of Fire and Konoha. Mercy and gentleness were all bullshit. There was no mercy to speak of between nations.

"Even if the Land of Wind understood the intentions of the Land of Fire and Konoha, they still had no choice but to do it, because they were poor. Their own country could not produce enough food or other goods, so they could only buy them from the Land of Fire. In the end, the one who benefited was always the Land of Fire—still Konoha."

Konoha and the Daimyo of the Land of Fire were discussed separately. The Daimyo provided the money, while Konoha protected the Daimyo. Each side needed the other, but the Daimyo represented Konoha, and Konoha could also represent the Land of Fire.

The two sides were one entity, and neither could do without the other. Without the Daimyo's money, Konoha could not develop. Without Konoha's strength, the Land of Fire would not fare well either.

Tsunade's hand tightened around her teacup without her realizing it. It was the first time she had heard such words from a seven-year-old child. By now, towering waves had risen in her heart. She could hardly believe that the methods nations and villages used to contend with one another had come from a child's mouth.

If Ronglin's background had not been so clean, and if he had not displayed any suspicious behavior, Tsunade would have suspected that he was a spy planted in the village by another nation.

What an absurdly gifted kid!

Her expression changed again and again. Tsunade loosened her grip on the teacup and fixed her beautiful eyes on Ronglin. "Did you figure all this out yourself, or did someone tell you?"

"The library let me learn more. I should thank the Third Hokage. If he hadn't approved it, I wouldn't have been able to enter the academy library whenever I wanted."

Trouble Came Knocking!

Ronglin was not worried that saying these things would make others suspicious of him. In fact, the library contained books with relevant records on many such matters. There were simply pitifully few people who bothered to read them. The main reason he said all this was to make Tsunade take him seriously.

Only if Tsunade valued him could he obtain more resources and strengthen himself.

Take Minato Namikaze, for example. If Minato had not gained the attention of Jiraiya and the Third Hokage, could he have made it this far?

Leaving aside everything else, was the Space-Time Ninjutsu that made Minato famous—the Flying Thunder God—so easy to obtain?

Minato was merely an ordinary civilian ninja, without the support of a clan. The only person he could rely on was his teacher, Jiraiya!

Without Jiraiya's support and approval, would the Third Hokage have casually handed the Flying Thunder God Space-Time Ninjutsu over to Minato Namikaze?

For more than a year, aside from laying a solid foundation for himself, Ronglin had been waiting for an opportunity—a suitable opportunity. Rather than displaying his heaven-defying potential for the Third Hokage to see, it would be better to find himself a trustworthy patron and have them help him ask for what he needed.

Tsunade was undoubtedly the perfect choice!

As the princess of the Senju clan, there was nothing she wanted that she could not obtain.

Therefore, Ronglin needed Tsunade to value him. He was not afraid of being too shocking. So long as there was evidence to support it, Tsunade would not suspect him. Instead, she would value him even more and eventually decide to support him.

Tsunade raised her hand, wanting to say something, only to realize that she did not know how to begin. After a long while, she lowered her hand weakly and gave a bitter smile. "Fine. I admit that children these days are ridiculously gifted. I underestimated you, and that old man, the Third Hokage, underestimated you too."