For the Peace of the Ninja World, Uchiha Nan Decided to Micromanage!

Thanks to the great sacrifice of the Third Hokage, Konoha had a pretty good New Year. The villagers were at least able to eat their fill, and on New Year's Day they could even drink some sake and eat stewed meat. This was truly a rare treat in the cruel ninja world.

Unlike other ninja villages, specifically mentioning Sunagakure, ordinary ninjas there don't even get holidays. They have to work themselves to the bone on missions to earn money during the New Year, their families are practically starving. As for New Year's subsidies for ninjas, do such things even exist in the world?

The Sunagakure ninjas said they didn't know and didn't want to know if Konoha had such a thing, otherwise they would be insanely jealous!

For Konoha, happy times are always so short; holidays go by in a flash, and the enjoyment lasts only a brief moment.

When the time came, everyone returned to their jobs. The cattle and horses went back to the factory to shine, while the ninjas continued their dangerous missions, occasionally making cameo appearances in movies or doing odd jobs on construction sites to earn some extra money.

Even Uchiha Nan wasn't immune; he too had to return to the office to enjoy his... well, his work life.

Every time the holiday ends, there are an extraordinary number of things to deal with: Konoha's financial planning for the new year, allocation of ninja missions, factory expansion, endless meetings and reports, and even having to find time to send Uzumaki Luwei, the pimp, back to the Uzumaki Clan.

"Lord Hokage, as soon as I returned to the Uzumaki Clan, I sent the children of the clan here. I will have to trouble you with your help in the Lord Hokage."

As they walked, Uzumaki Luwei kept nagging Uchiha Nan, saying that this concerned the future of the Uzumaki Clan, so she couldn't help but ramble on a bit.

"Don't worry, in my eyes the children of the Uzumaki Clan are the same as the children of Konoha. I will teach them as if they were Konoha's children."

Uchiha Nan's words had a hidden meaning, but Uzumaki Luwei didn't sense anything amiss; instead, she felt a warm feeling in her heart.

The Lord Hokage is such a kind and honest person!

"And Yang Yue, she has the utmost respect for the Lord Hokage. If possible..."

"Ahem, Mr. Reed, it's getting late. You should get on the boat now."

Just as Uzumaki Luwei was about to continue promoting Uzumaki Yangyue, Hyuga Takuma interrupted his spellcasting.

During the New Year, the two of them secretly competed several times, determined to win the position of Uchiha Nan's first wife, but they could not determine a winner in the end.

Urged on by Hyuga Takuma, Uzumaki Luwei reluctantly boarded the ship, which was stuffed full of money—a total of 5 billion ryo—and returned to the Uzumaki Clan carrying the hopes of the entire village.

The Ninja world after the New Year was still the same as before, with small ninja villages constantly fighting and killing each other. According to intelligence, a powerful ninja named Hanzo has appeared in Amegakure. He is accompanied by an enormous Ibuse that can continuously release deadly poison gas and is conquering cities and territories everywhere. Recently, he has been planning to attack the Land of Iron.

Furthermore, the Kusagakure was plagued by internal conflicts, with four or five different Kusakage already appointed, and it had split into two factions. Uchiha Nan called them the Banana Faction and the Hoof Faction.

The two factions of ninjas have different backers. One wants to plant bananas all over the Land of Grass, while the other wants to develop animal husbandry to raise sheep and cattle.

The name "Land of Grass" suggests an abundance of grass, especially pasture. The country boasts vast tracts of high-quality grasslands, fostering a thriving livestock industry.

The climate there is surprisingly suitable for growing bananas; it's truly a strange climate in the Ninja world.

Bananas are a great food. In the past, the Rabbit Country always regarded bananas as fruit, but in Southeast Asia and even Africa, they are a staple food, rich in starch and nutrients. The only drawback is that they don't keep well.

Both factions wanted to expand their business scope, so they each contributed money to support the ninjas of Kusagakure to attack and assassinate each other.

Of course, the Grass Ninja aren't stupid; they won't just kill you because you say so.

The shameless and despicable Grass Ninja can waver between Iwagakure and Konoha, two of the Ninja world's top ninja villages, while simultaneously plagiarizing... cough cough cough... learning and improving the Ninjutsu of both villages to strengthen their own.

They can also relay intelligence to Konoha and Iwagakure during wartime. Of course, this is for a fee, and the accuracy isn't guaranteed. However, the Grass Ninja are very honest; they made it clear when they sold it that they didn't know if the information was true or false, they had only heard about it. They said they could give it a discount if you wanted to buy it.

To ensure there wouldn't be any surprises, and perhaps the Kusagakure really did get lucky and intercept important information, the two ninja villages weighed the pros and cons and decided to reluctantly buy it.

With their ample experience, the Grass Ninja were adept at fooling both sides' financial backers, easily swindling them out of funding.

However, after so long of fighting in the Ninja world, everyone is poor. Even the great ninja villages are dirt poor, so the Kusagakure, located on the battlefield, must be in even worse shape. But everyone has to have dreams. Who wouldn't want to eat bananas with beef and mutton during the New Year? That's the ultimate privilege that only the Grass Kage can enjoy!

Therefore, infighting within the village is inevitable. In such a vile village, ambitious individuals and traitors are practically everywhere, making being a "grassroots shadow" a high-risk profession.

Amegakure is accumulating strength and slowly developing until it grows into a force that can rival the Five Great Shinobi Villages, and even instigated the Second Shinobi World War.

However, Uchiha Nan was not very interested in Amegakure, but was more interested in Kusagakure.

Konoha has embarked on the path of industrialization, and all the refugees from the surrounding area have gone to work as black slaves in factories. No one goes to farm anymore; they can't just live on protein blocks forever.

Bananas from the Land of Grass are cheap and effective food, and there are also vast herds of cattle and sheep. For love and justice, all of this belongs to Konoha!

While the smaller ninja villages were embroiled in constant turmoil, the larger ninja villages remained peaceful, focusing on conserving their internal strength to recover while simultaneously eliminating Missing-nin, mercenaries, and rebellious forces within their borders to maintain a peaceful environment and expedite the restoration of people's livelihoods. Increased tax revenue from the Daimyo and nobles naturally led to more government funding.

They could also use their achievements to get more funding and commissions from the Daimyo.

Time passed little by little until one day, a bombshell announcement broke throughout the Ninja world, attracting the attention of the entire Ninja world.

The Five Kage Summit is about to be held!

This is related to the structure of the ninja world in the next few years or even more than ten years. If the small ninja village wants to live a stable life, it must look at the eyes of the big ninja village.

Yugakure

A small village that had always been a tourist destination suddenly became a hotbed of activity in just a few days. Many other small villages, though not invited, still sent people to Yugakure to listen in on the Five Kage Summit.

I just hope to get firsthand information so I can be aware of the movements of the five great ninja villages in advance, and prepare supplies in case the negotiations break down.

Soon, the five great ninja villages gathered in Yugakure.

Yugakage has been so worried these past few days that she hasn't been able to sleep. How did this unlucky task fall on her shoulders?

They had always lived a peaceful and quiet life, running their tourism business and keeping to themselves, never getting involved in the struggles of the Ninja world.

Now all five great philanthropists have come to Yugakure for a meeting; who knows what kind of trouble they might cause?

Don't fight! Absolutely do not fight!

The five great ninja villages all have their own grudges. The rebel forces of Kumogakure killed the Second Hokage of Konoha, and the Second of Iwagakure and Kirigakure perished together. These are grudges... these are worries.

Yugakage's concerns were not unfounded; the moment the groups met, they immediately glared at each other with hostility.

For example, Ōnoki was very unhappy with the Kirigakure ninjas. They were doing well in the early stages of the battle, but they were inexplicably ambushed, and his master even died. He hated them so much!

The Kirigakure ninjas were naturally very unhappy with the Iwagakure, as the Jinchuriki's magma bullets and the Tsuchikage's Dust Release had killed many of them.

The infighting following the death of their Second Kage escalated into Red Eye, with both sides glaring at each other in fury.

Needless to say, Konoha had enemies with everyone. All four other major ninja villages had attacked Konoha, but the deepest hatred naturally Kumogakure, with whom they fought from beginning to end and even caused the death of their own Second Hokage. However, Uchiha Nan was quite grateful to Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

Sunagakure was content to remain a nobody, planning to lay low for a few more years. The Third Kazekage Mosa, glanced subtly at Uchiha Nan, thinking, "I've heard Konoha's been doing quite well lately. Should we form an alliance? Come to think of it Konoha Konoha Sunagakure don't have that much of a grudge."

Yugakage was so nervous that sweat was dripping down his forehead. The tense atmosphere terrified him. If these people couldn't help but start fighting in Yugakure, then everything would be over.

"Fellow filmmakers, I have prepared accommodations for you. Please..."

Yugakage bowed and scraped as he spoke. These were five philanthropists in front of him, and he couldn't afford to offend them. He just needed to serve them carefully and get them off as soon as possible.

That night

"Konoha recovered too quickly!"

"It hasn't even been a year!"

The Third Ai, A, frowned as he looked at the information about Konoha in his hand, his whole demeanor troubled.

Konoha's actions over the past few months could no longer be kept secret; the intelligence departments of the other four great ninja villages were not to be underestimated.

But what good will knowing do?

Should we send someone to call directly?

Konoha could have continued with another Ninja world War, but they couldn't have afforded it; they could only watch Konoha continue like this.

The hatred between Konoha and Kumogakure has deepened in this war. Their Second Hokage died at the hands of Kinkaku Ginkaku, and Konoha will certainly not let Kumogakure off the hook if they get the chance.

We must find someone to unite with!

After much deliberation, the Third Ai decided to first talk to the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki. He reasoned that Konoha was not a village that could be defeated by a single village; it would require the combined efforts of two, three, or even four major ninja villages to deal with it.

As for Sunagakure and Kirigakure, let's wait and see.

Sunagakure is so poor it's practically filthy. Even Kazekage has to work as a gold miner. If we were to join forces with Sunagakure, we'd probably have to give them aid. Kumogakure itself isn't even that wealthy.

As for Kirigakure, I'm not familiar with it, I'll talk about it later.

That night, a tall, burly man sneaked into Ōnoki's boudoir.

Ōnoki naturally welcomed the Third Ai A's visit, after all, no one wanted to face a powerful Konoha, the Konoha of the First Hokage era that had overwhelmed the four great ninja villages.

We absolutely cannot allow Konoha to become the sole superpower again!

The purpose of the Five Kage Summit is to give the leaders of the five great ninja villages an opportunity to communicate face-to-face. If they can talk, they can talk directly; why bother with fighting?

Is this a good idea?

This is not good at all!

Uchiha Nan had no idea that the Kumogakure and the Iwagakure were moving so fast, talking so quickly, that they were already in bed together, the two burly men sleeping side by side... cough cough cough. They were already planning to seduce each other while sleeping side by side. If he knew, he would definitely call them idiots.

Why are you teaming up and focusing your efforts on Konoha? Focus them on the Daimyo!

They live a life of luxury, while you guys fight tooth and nail against Konoha, burdened with huge debts. I really don't know what you're after.

Just for that small share of ninja missions?

Hmm. I guess that's really it. After all, ninjas make a living off of that.

The Ninja world is vast, enough for ninjas to live a life of luxury and comfort. Who would want to go to war and risk their lives every day?

Uchiha Nan really wanted to lead the other four great ninja villages to crush the Daimyo of the Five Great Nations, but that was something Uchiha Nan could only dream about.

Even in their own Konoha, it would be extremely difficult to incite the Daimyo to rebel against the Konoha. Right now, they're just skirting the issue and killing some Daimyo. If they were to openly turn against the daimyo, there would definitely be a large number of opponents within the village.

If this is the case in Konoha, then it goes without saying that the other four great ninja villages are also affected. Uchiha Nan were to speak, it would certainly be seen as a malicious attempt to sow discord between their village and the Daimyo.

Without Daimyo, who would hire them for missions? How would the ninjas carry out missions and earn a living? And where would the village get the funds to train new ninjas?

"What a strange world."

Uchiha Nan lay in the hot spring, enjoying the unique services of the Yugakure. Bubbles bubbled and steam swirled around him as his mind wandered to all sorts of things.

The minimum objective of this Five Kage Summit is to sign a peace agreement, followed by trade and commerce. That's the key point.

Uchiha Nan was well aware that another Ninja world War would inevitably occur in the future.

Uchiha Nan disliked war and didn't want to fight. The life he wanted was one Uchiha Nan he could slack off during the day and play with Kaede and Rin in bed at night.

To reduce ninja wars, we must ensure that ninjas live a good life. We don't expect them to eat and drink extravagantly, but at least they should be able to live comfortably. The simplest way would be to rob the nobles of their property, but unfortunately, those stupid ninjas from the four great ninja villages are oblivious to this.

In other words, Konoha has made some progress. Some of the village's higher-ups have gradually realized that robbing nobles of their property is a more lucrative way to make money than completing missions.

But the problem isn't scarcity, but rather unequal distribution. Even if all the ninjas are well-fed and no longer worry about food, it only prolongs the peace; war will eventually come.

On the one hand, he needs to improve the living conditions of ninjas in the Ninja world and reduce the frequency of wars; on the other hand, he needs to ensure that Konoha maintains its dominant position and avoids being overwhelmed by a group of enemies, which could lead to defeat.

This is quite difficult; it requires some finesse!

Uchiha Nan pondered, "If we gradually infiltrate the ninja village with commerce, starting with simple daily necessities, then expanding to clothing, food, housing, and transportation, we can eventually control the village's economic lifeline."

Furthermore, by using films and newspapers from Konoha to manipulate public opinion, and by allocating special funds to cultivate sycophants in various ninja villages, a color revolution and internal strife can be instigated.

Will it work?

Uchiha Nan wasn't sure if the White Eagle's approach would work in this Ninja world, but it should at least have some effect.