After observing the situation in the Land of Fire, Muzan returned to the Land of Waves. After this period of development, the Land of Waves had surpassed the Five Great Nations in prosperity in several areas.
Compared to it, they were more like frogs at the bottom of a well. Yet Muzan was still dissatisfied. Prosperity should drive technological progress, which would in turn make his research proceed more smoothly, but he had not found suitable talent during this time.
He could only cultivate them step by step. Fortunately, he had found Kabuto.
"Teacher Muzan, you want me to teach those children?"
Kabuto understood Muzan's intentions and looked at the group of children gathered below. He could not help but feel a pang of sympathy, since he too had been orphaned by war.
Half of the children before him had wandered here from the Land of Fire. Merchants from outside had brought them to the Land of Waves to receive an education.
Children were the best candidates for cultivating talent. Not only were they highly malleable, but they would also develop a sense of belonging toward the Land of Waves.
The textbooks Muzan currently possessed were filled with advanced ideas that were utterly incompatible with the Shinobi World. To unify and reform the Shinobi World, military force alone would not be enough.
For Man-Eating Demons, time was the one thing they lacked least.
"Yes. Education in the Land of Waves is still relatively backward, especially in the field of human science."
Muzan sighed softly. This was an indisputable fact. Trying to accomplish everything in a single step would be nothing more than a fool's dream.
However, he was not cruel enough to make a group of children come into contact with such things now. He intended to imitate the old