Three days after the Four Kage Summit ended, the contents of the summit swept through the entire ninja world like a hurricane.
Caravans at border crossings, wandering ninjas, black market intelligence dealers—everyone was talking about it.
While other proposals also sparked some discussion, what truly shook the entire Shinobi World was the establishment of the Shinobi World Joint Conference.
The Four Great Shinobi Villages jointly established a new governing body aimed at coordinating the interests of various countries, avoiding war, and even having decision-making power on certain important matters.
On the surface, it is an organization that promotes peace, but it is clear to everyone that this is a means for major powers to reshape the Shinobi World.
Many small ninja villages already struggled to survive.
The establishment of the Shinobi World Joint Conference has made them feel an unprecedented sense of crisis.
After the news spread, the leaders of various small ninja villages held emergency meetings or tried to find out more secret information through various means.
This time, however, the Four Great Shinobi Villages seemed to have anticipated the smaller ninja villages' reaction, and they only gave two answers.
Joining or not joining is entirely voluntary.
Faced with this situation, the small ninja villages caught between powerful nations also felt extremely troubled.
Join us!
Although there is no price to pay, it also means accepting the rules of the Four Great Shinobi Villages and only having the right to make suggestions.
You don't have to join.
They will face the risk of being marginalized, and may even become the outcasts of the new era.
Suddenly, undercurrents surged in the Shinobi World.
In response, some ninja villages began to secretly contact each other, attempting to form an alliance of small ninja villages to counter the suppression by the major powers.
Other ninja villages chose to align themselves with the Four Great Shinobi Villages, attempting to become their 'ally' in exchange for some space to survive.
Some ninja villages decided to keep a low profile, secretly cultivating their own combat power and waiting for the right opportunity.
The Four Great Shinobi Villages, on the other hand, neither urged nor pressured the smaller, hesitant ninja villages, but instead steadily improved their various rules, regulations, and organizational structures.
During this turbulent period, several major events that shook the Shinobi World occurred in Konoha.
The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, officially announced his retirement, and Princess Tsunade, one of the legendary Sannin, succeeded him as the Fifth Hokage.
During the handover ceremony, the Third solemnly placed the straw hat, symbolizing the will of the Hokage, on Tsunade, marking the beginning of a new era for Konoha.
At the same time, a secret that had been kept hidden for many years was revealed to the public.
Naruto Uzumaki, the Naruto Uzumaki known as the "Demon Fox," is actually the son of the late Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.
Even more noteworthy is the official establishment of the " Konoha Research Institute," a research institution directly under the Hokage Konoha.
At the founding ceremony, the research institute announced its first major project.
This is a massive project centered on the Inner Four Symbols Seal, supplemented by the Reaper Death Seal, and incorporating numerous high-level Sealing Jutsu.
It was known as Dawn Project.
Committed to creating a comprehensive, multi-layered sealing defense system, capable of deploying a giant sealing barrier at critical moments, enveloping the entire village or even a larger area within it.
It can not only resist the invasion of Mutant Insect and the attack of Chakra Cannon, but also weaken and neutralize any Ninjutsu attack the moment it comes into contact with the barrier.
However, among the Konoha High Command, the real secret of this barrier is... that it also has offensive capabilities in addition to its defensive function.
That is, sacrificing one person's life to activate the power of the Reaper Death Seal within the sealing barrier, forcibly extracting the souls of enemies within range; the number of enemies is unknown.
As soon as Dawn Project was announced, the major ninja villages immediately realized that it was a huge threat and hurriedly organized Teuchi intelligence.
Unfortunately, I got nothing.
Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
The location for the Shinobi World Joint Conference has been decided: a city in the northwest of the Land of Rain, now named Deliberation City.
With the assistance of the Akatsuki, the city is undergoing tremendous changes.
The dilapidated buildings were demolished and replaced by a magnificent parliament building and its supporting facilities.
They even designated specific residential areas.
There are exquisite courtyards suitable for single people to live in, as well as spacious mansions that can accommodate teams.
These residences were jointly built by the Four Great Shinobi Villages and the Akatsuki according to their respective styles and standards, taking into account both practicality and Quanxing.
In this place, only the Four Great Shinobi Villages and the Akatsuki truly have a voice.
No one else, not even nobles of high status, has any special privileges here.
Throughout the streets and alleys of Deliberation City, rule notices jointly issued by the Four Great Shinobi Villages and the Akatsuki are posted.
From the city's management regulations to the representatives' code of conduct, everything was listed in detail, with strong and unquestionable wording.
These rules clearly stipulate that any attempt to disrupt the order of the Deliberation City or challenge its management authority will be severely punished.
Meanwhile, in Sunagakure ).
After a month of in-depth investigation and integration, the Reform Society finally completely eliminated the remaining forces of the Council of Elders and successfully seized 80 percent of the village's resources.
A comprehensive reform then began.
The first major reform measure was to abolish the task-based compensation system.
Under this system, everyone in the village is required to register and file records, and the Reform Society distributes remuneration according to established standards.
In the second reform, Sunagakure reached a cooperation agreement with Otogakure and Amegakure.
The villages of Sunagakure and Rain Ninja joined forces to excavate the mountain range bordering the lands of wind and rain, creating a diversion channel to guide excess rainwater from the Land of Rain into the Land of Wind.
The collaborative project between Sunagakure and Sound Ninja focuses on overcoming bottlenecks in food production capacity and increasing productivity.
The third reform involves a comprehensive overhaul of the education system.
The newly built school has everything from basic literacy classes to specialized Ninja Academy and prosthetic technology academies, with a six-year curriculum to ensure students can learn systematically.
At the top of the education system, a large-scale, Reform University rose up, comprising the School of Economics, the School of Resources, the School of Scientific Research, and the School of People's Livelihood.
Through regular assessments and selections, outstanding trainees are placed in various important positions, injecting a continuous stream of talent into the Reform Society's sustainable development.
As for the four core departments of force, law, ideology, and information, promotion is not through regular academies.
Instead, they come from a more rigorous and special selection system that requires private assessments, very similar to the personnel selection process of the Inspection Department, and has extremely high priority.
Once selected, no other college may object.
Fourthly, entirely new regulations are being introduced...
The fifth item...
Item 6...
The vast network system behind the Reform Society played a crucial role in enabling it to successfully implement so many reform projects in just one month.
This Reform Society Network, created by Hoshino Teuchi, has permeated every capillary of Sunagakure.