In the Hokage's Office, Sarutobi Hiruzen was looking over a scroll recording the proceeds from this auction.
"Five billion ryo!" Sarutobi Hiruzen stared at the auction proceeds, his face flushed red and his eyes wide as he felt his heart pounding.
Twenty years ago, Konoha Village's annual net income from missions was only around this amount!
Now, merely auctioning off Konoha's Employment Rights in the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth each year could earn this much. Sarutobi Hiruzen felt as though he were dreaming.
Sitting across from him, Sarutobi Toru smiled. This was nothing. If this were truly like the colonies of Modern History, a country as large as the Land of Stone or the Land of Lightning could have its wealth plundered by dozens of times that amount every year!
After all, Hokage World's technology had already reached the level of World War II. It was only because of the ninjas' supernatural powers that its technological development looked somewhat skewed.
By the era of Shippuden, Hokage World had truly achieved Modernization. The Naruto Bridge built in the remote and impoverished Land of Waves was, in fact, a typical modern bridge.
Therefore, Hokage World's productive capacity and wealth were not lacking at all. They were entirely sufficient to meet the survival needs of all humanity.
As for why these ninja villages remained embroiled in war? It was like World War I and World War II before nuclear weapons appeared. To claim that they could not survive without war would definitely be nonsense. It could only be said that human greed was at work.
Or perhaps war itself was simply part of human nature. Wasn't there a saying? If Human History were divided into twenty-four hours, the world had been truly and completely at peace for only half