Aodebiao Had Drifted Through Life for Half a Lifetime Without Finding a Worthy Leader. He Was Willing to Make Lord Hokage His Adoptive Father!

"Sir Ninja, our small village doesn't have any precious food, only these bananas. Please don't find them unappetizing."

At lunchtime, a gaunt old man with a fawning smile, his face wrinkled from years of hard work, carefully offered a banana, his eyes darting to Aodebiao was bound up like a caterpillar.

This Aodebiao is up to no good. He led Uchiha Nan to a room in the base. The room had secret passages and carefully prepared traps, showing that he had always kept an escape route for himself. No wonder he was a fence-sitter who could maneuver between three ninja villages during the First Shinobi World War. But with such an absolute difference in power, these little tricks were nothing but self-inflicted humiliation.

"Aodebiao, my patience has its limits. If you don't behave yourself, I'll have to consider finding another partner. I'm sparing your life only because you're capable enough; don't be ungrateful."

Uchiha Nan smiled and spoke in a friendly tone, but Aodebiao couldn't help but shudder. He knew that if he tried anything funny again, he would die a terrible death!

Who exactly is this young man? Which second-generation member of Konoha is he, traveling incognito to gain experience and enhance his resume?

The ninja guards around him are all incredibly powerful!

Aodebiao nodded vigorously, pondering Uchiha Nan's identity. A nobody like him would never have the chance to get to know the Hokage of Konoha.

"I'll tie you up for a bit first, to teach you a lesson. You'll be hungry after that!"

After finishing speaking, Uchiha Nan ignored Aodebiao, turned to the old man in front of him, and gestured for him to find a place to sit down and share the bananas on the table.

"It tastes good," said Uchiha Nan after peeling a banana and taking a bite.

The old man stood nervously by his side. The sight of Aodebiao bound up like a caterpillar greatly shocked him; the high and mighty Aodebiao was actually tied up like this.

Uchiha Nan chatted with the old man casually, trying his best to make him feel relaxed. He wasn't some monster or heinous villain; he had come to the Land of Grass Land of Grass to bring democracy and freedom!

The old man had never traveled far in his life; the farthest he had ever been was to the nearby market. He had spent most of his life tending to the bananas in the fields of this village.

When Uchiha Nan started talking about his experience in growing bananas, the conversation drifted to the realm of the elderly, who Uchiha Nan began to talk at length about his experience of growing bananas over most of his life.

"Has your village always grown bananas?"

"It's not just our village; all the surrounding villages grow bananas. My father grew bananas, my grandfather grew bananas, and my great-grandfather grew bananas."

"Then you must come from a banana family."

The old man couldn't understand the meaning of "clan," but he could tell that Uchiha Nan was praising him. A smile appeared on his face. This ninja is quite nice. He speaks softly and knows how to praise people!

Where are bananas usually sold?

"We don't sell much; we mostly eat them ourselves. Everyone around here grows bananas, so who would buy them? Besides, bananas don't store well, and they're easy to get robbed if you try to sell them. You could easily lose your life. The third son from the next village brought a group of young men and loaded several carts of bananas to the market. In the end, only a few of them escaped."

The old man spoke with a sigh, saying that it was already difficult enough to survive, and he had no hope of making a fortune by selling bananas in this lifetime.

Have you ever considered selling bananas to the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth?

"You jest, sir. How could that be?"

The old man shook his head repeatedly, finding Uchiha Nan's words utterly incomprehensible. The Land of Grass was already a vast country to him; to sell bananas beyond the Land of Grass to other countries was simply too far-fetched.

"That day will come."

Uchiha Nan made a promise to the old man, and after a brief exchange, the old man walked out the door.

Having endured so much hardship, Uchiha Nan decided to stay in this village for a few days to rest and plan his next move.

The Kusagakure are scattered throughout the Land of Grass, Uchiha Nan plans to conquer them one by one. It will just take more time. The most important thing is to establish a trade system for the Land of Grass.

Since the Land of Grass is suitable for growing bananas, let's just fill the Land of Grass with bananas. Whether it's a new factory, livestock farming, or anything else, all these industries are heretical.

A huge market, stable sales channels, and convenient transportation. Uchiha Nan locked himself in his room and wrote down keywords on a piece of paper; only by combining these could the Land of Grass be revitalized.

Konoha alone probably couldn't do it. This is the Land of Grass, with a huge population and vast territory; Konoha can't possibly consume that many bananas.

It seems we need to bring in more people— the Land of Fire, the Land of Earth, the Land of Wind's Iwagakure, and the Sunagakure. We need to get them all involved; when something good happens, we have to get everyone involved.

Doing something well is difficult, but ruining something is all too easy. Instead of worrying about these powerful ninja villages causing trouble, we might as well work with them.

With the backing of the three giants of the Ninja world, the rest of the smaller ninjas are not worth worrying about.

Konoha's influence can also extend to the national level through this opportunity. To date, Konoha's industrial products still need to be connected with the Daimyo to have sales channels and the opportunity to go abroad.

Daimyo title of Daimyo is far more valuable in the entire Ninja world than that of Konoha. The Daimyo have cultivated deep roots in various industries for many years, possessing a strong foundation. Konoha is committed to transformation, aiming for economic independence, and even dominating the economy of the Land of Fire, and the entire Ninja world. Combining military strength with economic power will make the remaining transition a natural process. Relying on only one powerful force will ultimately lead to a stumbling and unsteady path. We still have time; there's no rush!

Uchiha Nan scribbled on the paper, a brand-new contract was born— Konoha United Fruit Products, a company poised to dominate the Land of Grass for many years to come.

Invading the Land of Grass by force would be utterly foolish. Not only would it give Konoha a bad reputation, but it might also cause an unnecessary war. A harmless company that helps everyone make money doesn't seem so despicable after all.

However, the decision-making power of this company must belong to Konoha, which also requires the support of Kusagakure. With Konoha and Kusagakure working together to take the lead in establishing the company, no one can say anything against it.

Uchiha Nan looked at his masterpiece, smiled, and then had a good night's sleep.

the next day

Uchiha Nan brought the contract to Aodebiao, who was still being bound in the tortoise shell bondage. He had forgotten to untie him before going to sleep the night before. Now Aodebiao was wriggling on the ground like a caterpillar, exhausted, cold, and hungry.

"Aodebiao, your luck has come. I wonder if you'd like to become a hero?"

"In no mood."

Having gained his freedom, Aodebiao flexed his wrists, shaking his head repeatedly at Uchiha Nan's question. Heroes die quickly, becoming mere tools in the hands of insects.

"Okay, let's change the question."

Do you desire inexhaustible wealth, supreme power, and beautiful women?

Uchiha Nan felt he should talk to Aodebiao, this rough guy, about practical matters; lofty sentiments couldn't fill an empty stomach.

Aodebiao repeatedly. Wasn't all his hard work and struggle in the Land of Grass for these reasons? As for rebuilding the Kusagakure and making the Land of Grass prosperous, you need a catchy gimmick for everything you do.

"Very good."

"Now you have a chance to change your destiny. I wonder if you want to seize it."

Uchiha Nan pulled out the contract and handed it to Aodebiao, Aodebiao carefully read it over. Hmm. He couldn't understand it. Even though Aodebiao was already a minor leader in Kusagakure, he still couldn't comprehend the complex contract Uchiha Nan had written on the paper. Shareholders, legal entities, equity structure, dividends—these professional terms were outside Aodebiao's area of expertise.

He was semi-illiterate, and the only thing that set him apart from other lowly soldiers of the same rank was that he had studied in a private school for two more years and hadn't gone to the battlefield as cannon fodder too early.

"Can't read?"

Excellent! It's good that you don't understand it!

"It's okay, you just need to sign."

Of course, Aodebiao wouldn't sign so easily, until Uchiha Nan revealed his identity— the Third Hokage of Konoha!

Although Aodebiao cursed and swore at the Great Ninja Village, if the higher-ups of the Great Ninja Village really took a liking to Aodebiao and wanted to cultivate him to be Aodebiao in the Kusagakure, then Aodebiao would definitely swear allegiance.

Unfortunately, coming from humble beginnings, he didn't have a sugar daddy willing to support him before meeting Uchiha Nan, so all he could do was curse!

He, Aodebiao, isn't that bad! Why doesn't anyone have a sugar daddy willing to pat him on the back?

Although he had never heard the saying "murderers and arsonists are granted amnesty," Aodebiao understood the principle: he had to first win over a group of followers by shouting slogans and making a name for himself before any investors would be willing to fund him!

"I am willing to offer my loyalty to the Lord Hokage!"

Aodebiao surrendered with unusual speed. Having wandered for half his life without finding a wise ruler, he wished to take Uchiha Nan as his adoptive father.

Uchiha Nan rejected this shameless guy. It turned out that his previous arrogant demeanor was just an act, but that didn't matter anymore. A good Grass Ninja is one Grass Ninja.

Aodebiao quickly signed the contract and humbly asked Uchiha Nan for clarification on its meaning.

Uchiha Nan was naturally generous with his advice, as this contract was originally a win-win situation. Even the people of the Land of Grass would make a fortune. Well... at least for the next few years, that's for sure, and maybe the benefits could last for more than a decade, but Uchiha Nan couldn't guarantee that further.

Uchiha Nan drew up a blueprint for Aodebiao, proposing to sell bananas from the Land of Grass to various parts of the Ninja world. The Land of Land of Grass has fertile land, producing bananas with a unique flavor, and a large number of skilled banana farmers have swept away the Missing-nin, missing-nin from the Land of Grass. The Land of Fire, the Land of Earth, Land of Wind would collectively fund the construction of roads and centrally purchase bananas.

Simply put, it's a company with various shareholders: Konoha, Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and you. The people of the Land of Grass only need to focus on growing their specialty, bananas; they don't need to worry about anything else, just wait to collect their sacks of money.

Aodebiao was only vaguely aware of what Uchiha Nan had said about counting money in a sack. He was one of the company's shareholders.

Aodebiao, who had little formal education and no experience in managing a country, would naturally not have considered how terrible it would be for a country to have only one pillar industry.

But that's all more than a decade from now. Why think that far ahead? Who knows how far Uchiha Nan will push productivity to by then? Maybe they'll have already left Earth and started growing vegetables on the moon.

Uchiha Nan believed that his future self would have a solution. At this moment, the people of the Land of Grass, suffering terribly, weren't thinking about life a decade or two from now. Perhaps by then, their graves would be overgrown with grass. In those days, the average lifespan in the Land of Grass wasn't even thirty years old, let alone twenty-five. The old man from yesterday looked old, Uchiha Nan inquired further and found he wasn't even thirty-five. Labor really does age you.

"Will this work?"

Aodebiao was suspicious. Bananas were commonplace in his life, and he had never been involved in any related industries. He was a ninja who only knew how to fight and kill, earn money by carrying out missions, and occasionally work part-time as a bandit or gangster to make some extra money.

"Aodebiao, you're a roughneck. You have no idea how expensive transportation, storage, and security costs are these days. Once these problems are solved, the profits from just selling bananas will be enormous. For the Land of Grass, it's facing a virtually limitless market!"

"Just wait to count the money!"

Uchiha Nan spoke with absolute certainty, Aodebiao nodded repeatedly. Surely the Third Hokage of Konoha wouldn't lie to a mere leader of Kusagakure. He had really hit the jackpot.

The Land of Grass will prosper under my leadership!

With that in mind, Aodebiao readily became Uchiha Nan's guide, revealing all the strongholds of the Kusagakure scattered throughout the Land of Grass, and offering "advice" to Uchiha Nan about which places were weakly defended and which places were too crowded to be easily captured, telling him everything in detail.

Uchiha Nan was very satisfied with this, saying that he had not misjudged Aodebiao; he was exactly the kind of talent he wanted, and that Odebiao truly understood the bigger picture.

While resting in this small village, Aodebiao was helping Uchiha Nan with her strategy for conquering the Land of Grass. Uchiha Nan even inquired about the Six Paths Treasure—the "Box of Elysium"—that had been circulating in the Land of Grass.

Aodebiao had heard of it, but couldn't quite put his finger on it. The story of the Chest of Elysium had been circulating in the Land of Grass for a long time, with all sorts of versions. It was said that as long as you obtained the Chest of Eight Gates, you could unify the world, have your wishes granted, obtain endless wealth, and gain immortality. It was portrayed as being as omnipotent as Aladdin's lamp.

However, Uchiha Nan knew that the Box of Bliss contained a powerful demon named "Satoru," who could withstand the combined fire of Konoha's elite forces, as well as the Gyūki and Naruto in Sage Mode. In fact, the final plot twist was that Satoru was only resealed due to a plot device.

Damn it, Uchiha Nan doesn't want to face this kind of monster. Who knows what price they'd have to pay to defeat it? This evil weapon of mass destruction must be properly stored by Konoha. This gives us another reason to destroy the old Kusagakure!

Hozuki Castle hadn't been built yet at this time, and no one knew where the Box of Paradise was. Uchiha Nan planned to take advantage of the opportunity to clear out the Kusagakure's forces and thoroughly plow through the Land of Grass to find the Box of Paradise.