The Two-Man Wrecking Crew

The outer perimeter of the Uzumaki Clan grounds is covered by a vast forest, with some ruins left over from the former Land of Whirlpools. However, to prevent Kushina from being overwhelmed by the sights, the new Uzumaki Clan grounds was built deep within the dense forest.

A new Training Ground has been set up in the forest to the east, next to which is the school of the Training Ground Uzumaki Clan.

Although the Uzumaki School mainly teaches ninja knowledge, it also covers biology, physics, and chemistry. There are also tutors specially hired by Shiraha at great expense to teach these subjects. These tutors are ordinary people without Chakra talent, but they are very good at scientific research.

The current Shinobi World is naturally dominated by combat professions like ninjas, but technology, while not necessarily the primary productive force in the future, will definitely be one of the main productive forces.

The Uzumaki Clan today is not as large and powerful as Konoha. After the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools, only one-tenth of the former inhabitants of the Land of Whirlpools survived. The Shinobi World is in turmoil, and many ordinary people who have been lost abroad will find it difficult to travel back to the Land of Whirlpools without the protection of Samurai and ninjas. Moreover, some civilians who have settled in the deep mountains may not be willing to return.

Population is a crucial issue for the Uzumaki Clan and for the future reconstruction of the Land of Whirlpools.

Especially among ninja trainees, the Uzumaki Clan is relatively scarce.

Currently, all school-age children of the Uzumaki Clan can attend school for free. Those with ninja talent can enter the Ninja Class, while those without ninja talent can learn cultural knowledge. Starting with this generation, all children can receive an education.

For some orphans, not only can they attend school for free before the age of 12, but they also receive free room and board.

Of course, all of these welfare policies require substantial financial support.

Especially considering that Shiraha also needs to conduct various high-end experiments, he is already short of money.

If it weren't for the Uzumaki Industries left to Kushina by Kushina Uzumaki Mito, and the continuous influx of funds from the Serpent Spirit Corporation, this funding gap would have been very difficult to fill.

Fortunately, Shiraha recently obtained 1.5 billion from Ōnoki, and the Heavy Industry Factory in the Land of Snow has also started to make a profit.

The Railway Construction Team from the Land of Snow built railways in the Bear Country, the Bird Country, the Demon Country, and the Swamp Country, connecting them into a vast network. This spurred rapid economic development in the four countries. In particular, after the surrounding major powers learned that Shiraha was the mastermind behind the Serpent Spirit Corporation, their original plans to annex the group disappeared. Now, they only wanted to participate and share the profits.

Many businessmen lack any sense of national identity or concept; they are willing to betray anything as long as they can make money. As a result, businessmen from the Earth Country Land of Wind have signed several large contracts with the Serpent Spirit Company in the past six months.

If other countries need it in the future, the Land of Snow can expand its railway construction business to the whole world. As for if a war breaks out between major powers and the railway transportation is destroyed first, that is none of the Land of Snow's business.

Anyway, building roads costs money, and buying trains costs money. With Shiraha as a backer, as long as the Uzumaki Clan doesn't fall, the heavy industry of the Land of Snow can continue to develop.

If railways truly covered the entire country, the landscape of warfare might have changed.

After all, ninjas relied on human and animal power for logistical support, while machines do not get tired and are much faster than human and animal power.

"Lord Shiraha!"

"Headmaster!"

"Hello, Lord Shiraha."

"Teacher Shiraha."

When Shiraha brought Taichi and Hikari to the Training Ground next to the Uzumaki School, many students were already there doing their morning exercises. When they saw Shiraha coming, each child looked at him with longing and admiration and came up to greet him.

Because Shiraha was the first principal of the Uzumaki School and often took on the role of a teacher in his spare time, the children called him by different names.

"Hello everyone." Shiraha smiled and waved to each child, as well as the children reading books leaning against the tree trunks further away. They didn't have the talent of ninjas, but they still came to the Training Ground with the other children every day.

Seeing Shiraha waving at them, even the children who were hesitant to go up and greet him became quite excited.

Because in the eyes of these children, Shiraha might be a god.

"Lord Shiraha, Taichi and Hikari are almost four years old, right? Will they go to school with us?" A bold child ran up and asked, looking up at him.

Shiraha nodded and said, "Of course, the age of four is the school's standard, and everyone must abide by it."

Shiraha originally planned to study at Konoha School, also starting school at age 6. However, he discovered that many children had not received preschool education and did not even know how to read. If they started school at age 6, they might not be able to keep up with the teaching progress. Therefore, he moved the school age forward by 2 years, and all children were sent to school at age 4.

Having experienced the destruction of their country and the displacement of their families, the adults knew how rare this opportunity was, so their children were all very sensible and everyone was very enthusiastic about going to school.

After all, this is a world with extraordinary powers. If you have neither ninja talent nor any knowledge, you can only do jobs with very low returns.

When there are opportunities and pathways to advancement, few people will waste them.

"Teacher Shiraha, are you going to guide Taichi and Hikari in their cultivation? Can we listen in?"

The surrounding children gathered around, because they had previously received guidance from Shiraha along with Taichi Hikari. However, Shiraha had not come to the Training Ground for the past six months, so they were cautiously confirming the information.

"Of course," Shiraha said with a smile.

At this stage, Shiraha is laying the foundation for Taichi and Hikari. The Sorcerer Meditation Method can only be practiced through bloodline inheritance. Even if he makes it public, others will not be able to practice it. Letting other children learn along with him during the foundation-laying process is also beneficial to improving the overall quality of all children.

Looking at the children around him with their thirst for knowledge, Shiraha saw hope for the future of the Land of Whirlpools.

This is a vibrant and dynamic country!

Shiraha walked deeper into the Training Ground, followed by a group of children. Taichi mingled with the other children, chatting and laughing all the way, while Hikari, like a proud peacock, stayed close to Shiraha, and no other child approached her.

Regarding this phenomenon, Shiraha once asked Hikari privately, hoping that she would not look down on other children just because they had ordinary talents or backgrounds, because Shiraha herself had once come from an ordinary background.

However, Hikari's answer left Shiraha speechless.

Hikari said that if she was even slightly nicer, a bunch of boys would swarm around her. They were so young, yet they were already fighting over her. Those kids were too immature. She was only interested in training and becoming stronger, and she didn't want to play childish games with those immature brats.

In response, Shiraha could only respect Hikari's thoughts. Although she was only a four-year-old child, her mind was sometimes as mature as an adult's, and she had some adult ideas at such a young age.

If it weren't for the fact that Hikari was very clingy to him in private and acted just like a normal little girl, Shiraha would have even thought that she was also a reincarnation of a time traveler and had become his daughter.

When Shiraha and the children arrived at the depths of the Training Ground, they saw Kimimaro and Bai Zaozao already there training, and the children immediately exclaimed in amazement.

"It's Kimimaro- sama and Shiro-sama!"

As Kimimaro, dressed in white, loosened his upper garment, raised his right hand, and a sharp bone spur pierced his palm, his arm bone transforming into a short sword, which he thrust towards the white-clad figure in front of him.

Haku, standing ten meters away from Kimimaro, remained rooted to the spot, his hands rapidly Hand Seals, and a puddle of water appeared around him.

"Careful!"

When the Bone Sword in Kimimaro's palm was less than half a meter away from Haku's body, Haku remained standing still. The children around him gasped in surprise, then covered their mouths tightly.

Bite!

The water droplets around Shiro's feet quickly rose up and formed a smooth, mirror-like ice crystal in front of him, steadily blocking the Bone Sword in Kimimaro's hand.

Upon hearing the children's exclamations, Kimimaro and Haku, who had been expressionless, noticed Shiraha's appearance. Just as the two were about to step forward to pay their respects, Shiraha nodded, signaling them to continue.

After understanding each other, the two resumed their battle.

Ding ding ding!

While controlling the water beneath him to Ice Senbon that shot towards Kimimaro, Bai simultaneously formed hand Hand Seals to create more ice crystals, quickly blocking Kimimaro's retreat.

"Amazing!"

The children around them stared wide-eyed at the battle between Haku and Kimimaro. Most of the children in the arena were around six or seven years old, while Kimimaro and Haku were only eight years old, not much older than them. Compared to them, who were still building their foundations, the two sides were not even in the same league. No wonder they were disciples of Lord Shiraha.

Kimimaro looked at the twelve ice crystals around his body and immediately stabbed at the ice crystal furthest from Shiro.

At this moment, Bai leaped forward and crashed into the nearest ice crystal. Then, he merged directly into the ice crystal.

The next second, all twelve ice crystals surrounding Kimimaro emitted a dazzling white light, piercing the eyes of the children around them. Just as everyone was about to cover their eyes, Shiraha gently waved his hand, and a semi-transparent Spell Barrier covered all the children around them. Although the children still felt the white light was dazzling, they did not feel any discomfort in their eyes.

Ding ding ding!

In Shiraha's sight, the moment the white light of the ice crystals disappeared, Bai's body quickly moved among the twelve ice crystals, while releasing Senbon.

From other people's perspective, it seemed as if there was a white entity within each ice crystal, and countless Senbon shot towards Kimimaro.

With Shiraha's guidance, the two made great progress compared to the original storyline.

It has to be said that the compatibility between their Breathing Technique and Chakra in their previous lives was ridiculously high. Both of them were only eight or nine years old, but ordinary Chunin would probably be no match for them.

Click!

Seeing that Haku was getting serious, Kimimaro stopped holding back. His originally fair skin gradually became rough. He put his left hand behind his back, and then, to everyone's astonishment, he pulled out his own spine, which transformed into a huge, sharp Bone Whip. With a swing of his left hand, he knocked down all the Senbon that were shooting towards him.

The few Senbon that pierced through his Bone Whip defense network only managed to puncture Kimimaro's skin after striking his skin.

Brush!

Haku emerged from the ice crystal above Kimimaro's head and flew toward the ice crystal behind him.

At this moment, eight more Senbon appeared in Bai's hands. Just before his body entered the ice crystal, he had already reached Kimimaro's blind spot. He only needed to shoot the Senbon to attack the weak point in Kimimaro's back of the head. However, he hesitated for a moment.

Because of Haku's hesitation, Kimimaro reacted, wielding his left-hand Bone Whip to block the Senbon, while simultaneously thrusting his right-hand Bone Sword into Haku's body and into the ice crystals.

A crisp snapping sound.

The ice crystal shattered, and Bai's body fell out and crashed to the ground.

Pfft!

Kimimaro's Bone Sword continued its momentum, grazing his white temples as it plunged deep into the ground.

"Kimimaro, you're amazing, I lost again!" A shy smile appeared on Haku's face. At first glance, he really did look no different from a girl, and even looked more delicate and cute than a girl.

"I'm sorry, I was too focused on winning or losing." Kimimaro felt a little embarrassed when he noticed the shallow cut on Shiro's cheek from the Bone Sword in his hand.

Kimimaro had just noticed that Haku hesitated in his movements behind him, which meant that Haku had clearly held back during the battle.

Moreover, if Haku hadn't used a weapon with extremely low lethality like Senbon, he would have been injured just now. This time, because Lord Shiraha was watching, Kimimaro really wanted to show off the results of his training. Compared to usual, he was very serious this time, which was very unfair to Haku.

"A loss is a loss." Bai touched the wound on his cheek and smiled slightly.

Kimimaro opened his mouth, unsure what to say, but upon seeing Shiraha approaching, he prepared to put away his Bone Sword and Bone Whip.

"Wait a minute!" Bai got up and called out. He then took out a scroll from his pocket, took out a glass bottle from it, poured out the special liquid inside, and used it to clean Kimimaro's Bone Sword and Bone Whip.

After doing all this, Bai smiled and said, "That's enough."

"Thank you." Kimimaro blushed slightly before retracting his arm and spine into his body, fusing them with the newly formed bones. Shiraha had reminded him before that after using the Shikotsumyaku, he should be careful to disinfect the bones when retrieving them to avoid aggravating his condition. He had forgotten about it, but Bai Yu remembered it so clearly.

After Kimimaro retracted his arm and spine, Shiro took out a handkerchief and helped him wipe away the few traces of blood on his body.

Shiraha stepped forward, looked at the wound on Bai's face, smiled, and reached out to release Yang Release Chakra, gently stroking Bai's cheek. "You are such a kind child."

The warm Yang Release Chakra quickly healed the wounds on Bai's face.

"Lord Shiraha."

Bai He and Kimimaro bowed respectfully to Shiraha.

Both of them had already accepted Shiraha's tutelage, and were both his subordinates and his disciples.

"I haven't paid attention for a while, and you two have both made such great progress. It seems you haven't been slacking off. Very good." Shiraha didn't hold back his praise.

It's true that both of them are highly talented, but if they hadn't trained relentlessly, they wouldn't have mastered a significant portion of the power of their Kekkei Genkai at such a young age.

"This is all thanks to Lord Shiraha's guidance."

The two said respectfully.

"No need for modesty. It's clear you both held back during the battle just now. I'll give you a chance to prove yourselves." Shiraha said with a smile, "Next month, Konoha will hold the Chunin Selection Exam. Originally, I only planned to take Taichi and Hikari with me to see the outside world, but now I've changed my mind. All of Konoha's allies can sign up for the exams, so you two should go and take the exams too."

"Yes!" The two men straightened up and replied solemnly.

"Alright, you can continue. I'm going to guide these children in their cultivation now."

"Yes!"

Shiraha watched as Bai and Kimimaro continued their battle on the sidelines. He then brought the other children over to the side. He thought to himself, since Konoha was going to use Uchiha Itachi to showcase the level of Konoha's geniuses, he could also show the Uzumaki Clan's teaching standards to the Land of Fire and neighboring countries.

As for whether there's any suspicion of him trying to sabotage the event, that depends on Uchiha Itachi's strength.