I worked all night
Uchiha Nan looked forward to Izuna Uchiha's potential. If everything went smoothly, he would obtain a second nuclear-powered donkey. Finally, he left the laboratory satisfied.
Kumogakure Camp in the Land of Earth
"What!"
" Ōnoki still refuses to pay compensation?"
"Then fight them, fight them until they're willing to pay compensation."
Upon receiving the news, the Third Ai immediately launched into a tirade of curses, his voice booming despite being wrapped in bandages.
His trusted subordinates were also filled with righteous indignation.
Damn it!
This is absolutely outrageous!
Strategically, Kumogakure currently holds the upper hand.
The surprise attack by Kumogakure, at the cost of losing the Two-Tailed, and the near-suicidal attack led by the Third Ai, caused significant losses to Iwagakure.
Therefore, Iwagakure is currently unable to organize an effective attack in the short term and can only defend for the time being.
Most importantly
This time, the battlefield is in the Land of Earth!
Driven to desperation, the Kumogakure had no moral constraints whatsoever and could plunder at will, replenishing their strength on the spot.
The sins committed by Iwagakure must be repaid by the entire Land of Earth.
However, the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning personally intervened to mediate, persuading the Third Ai, to cease hostilities, and offered to allocate a large sum of money to the Kumogakure Kumogakure help them catch their breath.
This finally convinced the Third Ai to agree to peace talks with Iwagakure.
Otherwise, this matter would never have ended so easily!
but.
One thing at a time.
The fact that Kumogakure was tricked out of all its possessions by Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure has spread throughout the Ninja world Ninja world, making it a laughing stock.
The money is here.
What about saving face?
The Third Raikage personally helped a fraudulent company swindle Kumogakure's wealth.
The Third Ai has been thoroughly disgraced.
The Third Ai vowed to reclaim his own reputation and that of the Kumogakure!
Iwagakure must compensate Kumogakure for all its losses!
Of course, this is only the stated requirement.
Even the Third Ai didn't expect Iwagakure to pay that much in compensation.
But the gesture must be made!
The exact amount of compensation can be discussed later.
After all, the Third Ai was the Raikage. Although he had a very volatile temper and was blinded by greed, leading to a terrible mistake, at least he could have considered things from a holistic perspective.
The mastermind behind this incident was Konoha, and Konoha also profited the most.
The most powerful ninja village in the Ninja world is still Konoha!
Which ninja village harbors the deepest hatred for Konoha?
That's naturally the Kumogakure!
First Shinobi World War, Konoha and Kumogakure harbored an irreconcilable hatred for each other.
Tobirama Senju, you died such a terrible death!!
The Third Ai, had to consider the future of Kumogakure. Attacking Iwagakure was a necessity due to the circumstances. The best outcome would be to make a fortune in the Land of Earth and then go home to heal his wounds.
We cannot engage in a full-scale war with Iwagakure, nor can we allow Iwagakure to get bogged down in a war of attrition.
He couldn't let the family fortune accumulated by his own father and his great-great-grandfather be squandered in his hands.
but!
Those backstabbing bastards from Iwagakure!
They absolutely refuse to pay a single penny in compensation!
This is absolutely outrageous! They completely disregard Kumogakure!
Inside the tent, the atmosphere was tense and indignant. The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning slowly entered the tent, fiddling with a folding fan made of ivory and gold, on which was painted a beautiful landscape painting.
Everyone in the tent rose and bowed to him.
"What's wrong?"
"What happened now?"
The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning frowned; hadn't he already agreed to peace talks?
Looks like another fight is about to break out.
"Your Highness, see for yourself!"
"I gave you face, but that shorty from Iwagakure didn't give me any face at all!"
The veins on the forehead of the Third Ai Qi throbbed as he handed the information to the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning.
After reading the Daimyo the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning, a flame ignited in his heart.
Damn it!!
Daimyo of the Land of Earth, what kind of work are you doing?!
Didn't we agree that you'd take care of Iwagakure and I'd take care of Kumogakure?
I bled to clean up the mess left by Iwagakure and the Land of Earth, and now you're causing this mess!
" Raikage, calm down."
"I will inform the Daimyo of the Land of Earth and have Iwagakure give you an explanation."
"I hope so. Iwagakure is really going too far."
The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning made his promise, but his expression remained grim.
These days he is exhausted, having traveled a long way from the palace to this desolate Land of Earth to suffer. He has to clean up the messes of those idiots in the Kumogakure, as well as the messes of the Land of Earth and the Iwagakure.
I am the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning.
He was the most esteemed person in the Ninja world, and now he's become just like the victim!!!
The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning grew increasingly angry as he looked at the people inside the tent.
"Speaking of Iwagakure, does Kumogakure have absolutely no faults?"
Are you ninjas all a bunch of pig-headed idiots?
"They're all greedy, stupid pigs!"
"Is your brain stuffed with shit?!"
"You fell for this scam? What are you looking at, Raikage? I'm talking about you, you personally made this a scam and got yourself killed."
"And you, your whole family went all in, and you even borrowed money from the bank."
The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning unleashed a barrage of insults from inside his camp, hurling a torrent of abuse at the Third Ai, and his ninja horde.
They all obediently lowered their heads and accepted the scolding.
The Third Ai turned away in shame. The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning cursed him for a full half hour before stopping to drink some water and rest.
After cursing, the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning stormed out of the camp.
Soon, the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning relayed the message to the Daimyo of the Land of Earth.
The Daimyo of the Land of Earth urgently summoned Ōnoki.
" Tsuchikage, Iwagakure has made enough this time."
"It's time to bleed a little."
"Both morally and logically, you should compensate Kumogakure."
The Daimyo of the Land of Earth directly stated his purpose.
He now wished he could strangle that short guy Ōnoki.
If he hadn't taken it upon himself to secretly side with Konoha and orchestrated a scheme to exploit Kumogakure, the Land of Rain might already be destroyed.
"Your Highness, the attack by Kumogakure has caused significant losses to Iwagakure, leaving them with no means to compensate Kumogakure. Moreover, the mastermind behind this attack is Konoha."
"Our Iwagakure is also a victim."
Ōnoki began to complain about being poor and pour out his grievances.
He genuinely felt wronged.
Despite being the mastermind behind the Konoha and reaping the greatest benefits, Iwagakure was the one to take the blame, suffering heavy losses from two heavy blows by Kumogakure.
Even Ōnoki himself was ambushed by the Third Ai, who punched him in the chest, causing him to vomit blood.
After suffering so much injustice, you still want to return the money you've already swallowed?
No way!!
Keep dreaming!
The Daimyo of the Land of Earth and Ōnoki engaged in a back-and-forth struggle for several rounds.
Ōnoki held on tightly and refused to let go.
The Daimyo of the Land of Earth had no choice but to bleed money himself, so he sent someone to approach the Third Ai, A. After repeated negotiations, a suitable amount was offered.
soon
The Ninja world anticipated peace talks between the two villages have begun.
Ōnoki and Third Ai, two mortal enemies who regarded each other as bandits, finally met at the negotiating table.
There was no tense standoff or clash of swords as I had imagined.
The negotiation proceeded in a very peaceful atmosphere.
Both sides' financial backers offered enough leverage to allow Ōnoki and Third Ai to maintain their dignity.
Although they secretly wished they could stab each other to death, they both knew that if the two villages fought to the death, it would only benefit the mastermind behind the scenes— Konoha.
It would also offend the financial backers behind the ninja village, as the village's survival is entirely dependent on the Daimyo's financial support.
The current situation is the best possible outcome. Although Iwagakure suffered considerable losses, it gained a large sum of money, enough to make up for those losses and even generate a profit.
The entire Kumogakure was ripped off, but the two patrons, the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning and the Daimyo of the Land of Earth, took turns giving the Kumogakure a handy boost.
Although it's not enough to recover the losses and we're still in a state of heavy financial ruin, as long as we tighten our belts and endure a few more years of hardship, we can still make ends meet.
Furthermore, the Daimyo are now counting on the ninja villages to attack the Land of Rain.
The outcome of the war against the Land of Rain was almost a foregone conclusion. With the four great ninja villages launching attacks simultaneously, even the support of Konoha with supplies to the Land of Rain was futile.
But war costs money!
The Daimyo will have to keep paying this money.
As long as they are willing to keep spending money, the Kumogakure has a way to continuously recover its losses.
Commissioner Smith
These methods are second nature to the ninja village.
As for the Daimyo sending someone to audit the accounts?
No matter how many people came, they were all hit by seven Shuriken and were ultimately judged to have committed suicide.
As long as the ultimate goal of destroying the Land of Rain is achieved, the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning won't care about spending a little more money.
After the peace talks ended, the two walked side by side, surrounded by cameras filming them. These were all outsourced staff from Konoha Television, trying to capture this historic moment.
With the encouragement of their Daimyo daimyo, Iwagakure and Kumogakure have formed an alliance once again.
" Raikage, do you still remember that night in Yugakure? We swore a blood oath, and now, just like that moment!"
Ōnoki brought up old stories, trying to win back some of his "former lover's" feelings.
"They look so alike!"
"It's like it, very much like it!"
"But you're missing something compared to back then."
What is that?
You have no conscience!
The Third Ai whispered through gritted teeth to Ōnoki.
Ōnoki's expression changed.
Deep down, he understood that the relationship between Iwagakure and Kumogakure could never go back to what it was, and that the so-called alliance was nothing more than a show of strength.
In terms of relationship, it's not even as good as the relationship between Iwagakure and Konoha.
Although the relationship between Iwagakure and Konoha is not particularly close, their connection is becoming increasingly strong, with Konoha's logo appearing everywhere in the village.
Merchants from Konoha even funded the construction of factories in Iwagakure, recruiting a large number of workers.
Fallen leaves bring news from afar.
Uchiha Nan sat in his office, watching the TV series with great interest, stroking the Two-Tailed Cat in his hand. This was its Chakra derivative; the original was still happily enjoying itself in the forests of Konoha.
Ōnoki and Third Ai, two sworn enemies, shook hands with smiles and made peace, jointly issuing a statement preparing to organize a joint attack on the Land of Rain by a group of ninja villages.
Uchiha Nan was not surprised by this; in fact, he had expected it.
War is all about money.
The Kumogakure was robbed of its money, so it had no choice but to launch a war. In order to eliminate the Land of Rain as soon as possible, its two backers were unprecedentedly willing to voluntarily give the Kumogakure a huge amount of money.
If it weren't for those traitors from the Land of Rain, the two Daimyo would probably have just sat back and watched the spectacle unfold. They might even have been capable of placing bets on it.
These scoundrels have incredibly low moral standards; they're capable of doing the most despicable things.
After all, in the eyes of the insects, ninjas are nothing more than tools and consumables. The ninja village has been recuperating for several years, and it is indeed necessary to consume some tools from time to time.
Now, all that's left is for the Sky Ninja Village to make its dazzling debut.
The Ninja world is about to get lively again!
On his way to discuss business, Kakuzu was blocked by an old man with a punk-style hairstyle.
"Stop!"
"Who are you?"
"My name is Madara Pillar. I've heard that Uchiha Nan once gave you many books he wrote himself, which were never published, so I'd like to borrow them to take a look."
Madara Uchiha stopped Kakuzu; he hadn't been spending all his time playing games at the arcade day and night like he used to.
He always felt he had more important things to do.
This concerns the future of the entire Ninja world.
As a result, Madara Uchiha has thoroughly studied Uchiha Nan's new version of the Will of Fire.
This is indeed a way to achieve peace.
But it seems there are still significant flaws.
In order to find the loopholes in Uchiha Nan's path and a solution.
Madara Uchiha was searching everywhere for books written by Uchiha Nan, and after some investigation, he approached Kakuzu.
Kakuzu looked at Banju and instinctively felt that this Old man was not easy to deal with.
He looks like a member of the Uchiha.
Calling the Lord Hokage by his given name shows absolutely no respect.
"Hmph, you think you can just borrow them like that? The Lord Hokage gave me all these books back then."
But so what if it's the Uchiha!
I, Kakuzu, am not afraid!
The book that Uchiha Nan gave him contained very advanced ideas and theories that he had never revealed to anyone, and it contained the secrets to making a lot of money.
Theory of surplus value, monopoly value, variable capital, immutable capital
He taught me how to become a qualified capitalist.
"I'll pay, one book, one hundred thousand taels."
"Make a deal!"
"But you can't show it to anyone else."
"Can."
Madara Uchiha nodded in agreement.
He has recently become dissatisfied with the current state of the Ninja world factory.
Driven by Konoha's efforts, a wide variety of new technologies emerged.
It quickly ushered in a Ninja world- style industrial revolution in the Ninja world.
Throughout the entire Ninja world, a large number of the wealthiest and most powerful newly emerging nobles, as well as businessmen, are actively embracing the new era and new technologies.
This era was not just a war between ninjas and nobles.
It was also a struggle between the established feudal forces and the emerging capitalism.
The Ninja world truly has the advantage of low human rights.
The industrial faction of the Ninja world, cough cough cough.
Progress is progress, but the beasts are still beasts.
Konoha possessed technological and military advantages, maintaining a monopoly position and reaping excessive monopoly profits.
However, the profits from the monopoly come from the profits of other capitalists, in order to compete with Konoha's factories.
Factories in various Ninja world countries fully exploited the low human rights standards of the Ninja world.
They truly embodied the principle of working themselves to the bone, as long as they don't die.
To them, cattle and horses are nothing more than mere consumables.
Anyway, as long as ninjas are hired to clear the area and sweep the floor, those peasants who only know how to farm have never stood up.
Since setting up factories is more profitable now, let's move them from the fields to the factories.
Young and strong oxen and horses work twenty hours a day and still don't get enough to eat.
The hunched old man eats only one meal a day and works fifteen hours a day.
Five- or six-year-old children not only don't get enough to eat, but they also have to work fourteen hours a day.
A three- or four-year-old child was tied with a rope and went down the chimney to remove ashes. When the rope broke, he was burned alive inside the fireplace.
Madara Uchiha sent a clone to investigate the factories in the Ninja world, and the situation was truly shocking.
In comparison, Konoha's situation was like paradise on earth.
However, Madara Uchiha realized the seriousness of the problem.
My original ideal was to achieve peace in the Ninja world so that young children wouldn't have to go to the battlefield.
But after the Ninja world is at peace, can we really let young children be used as raw materials in factories?
The road to Konoha is still long.
The theory of productivity as the sole determinant has its flaws.
But it doesn't seem like it's unsolvable.
I must correct the flaws in Konoha's path!
Everyone wants to see the hanging streetlights, right?