Konoha: Start by unlocking the caged bird

Chapter 116 Joint Exam Mei Terumi requests a visit (1W1)

Tsunade finally decided to return to Konoha.

Although she has repeatedly stated that she is no longer the former Tsunade-sama, she is not sure what contribution she can make to Konoha.

But Hinata Yuzuru still said that as long as he came back, Tsunade had nothing to say.

After all, Hyuga Yuzuru is the fifth Hokage, and it is impossible for her to say as toughly as she did to Naruto: If I don’t go back, you will treat me as a traitor.

If she really said that to her face, even if Hinata Yuzuru didn't beat her up directly, he would call her grandfather out and clean up the mess himself.

Besides, Tsunade never thought of becoming a rebel ninja. She just didn't want to go back to the village, nor did she want to be a ninja again and face those tragic wars that she couldn't accept.

After asking for the opinions of several people, Hinata Yuzuru agreed to their plan to return to Konoha on his own. He just left a communication crystal again and flew directly back to Konoha using Flying Thunder God.

This conversation with Senju Tobirama gave him a lot of inspiration, and his original confusion in practicing some forbidden techniques was also cleared up. Even when the two of them were communicating, many new sparks were born from the friction and collision of ideas. Hinata Yuzuru can't wait to go back and try it out.

According to the old rules, a shadow clone will be hung in the office first. Nowadays, government affairs have been much easier. The people below will solve some of the problems first. If they really can't handle them, they will report to Hinata Yuzuru and let him decide.

As for whether the people under him are doing well or not, and whether they are doing it right or not, Hinata Yuzuru will naturally always pay attention to it. He still needs to cultivate their ability to take the initiative to do things. As long as the core idea does not deviate and does not violate the "Will of Fire" and the overall interests of Konoha, even if the method is wrong, it can be changed.

If some people do not do well, there will naturally be some people who do well. In Konoha Village where there is no administrative examination, Hinata Yuzuru plans to use this crude method of survival of the fittest to first find a group of core backbones.

Only with people can things be done.

Leaving a shadow clone at home, Hinata Yuzuru went straight to Konoha's research department with great interest.

He has officially expanded the Konoha Research Department and established it as an independent department, which is only under the charge and command of the Hokage. Some of the personnel are veterans who were left over from the Root with clean backgrounds and clear minds, and some are directly merged from the research department of the Hyuga family by Yuzuru Hyuga, including Kabuto Yakushi.

In addition, he also actively recruited various new types of talents. Among the Konoha ninja community, no matter their title, as long as they are interested in research and creation, they can come in for internship after passing some basic tests.

Personal treatment and research funding are Konoha's largest investments at present, and of course, will also be Konoha's largest source of finances.

Hinata Yuzuru has currently established a 'village-owned enterprise' with Konoha as the main investment, with the aim of promoting and selling the daily necessities developed by the research department, thereby obtaining a large amount of commercial income.

Up to now, village-owned enterprises have gradually seized the large-scale market of many resources in the Fire Country through various forms such as counterfeiting and agents, and even forced many businessmen originally in the Fire Country to be squeezed out, or bankrupted and acquired, or simply sold out and started a new business.

The swallowing of business is bloodless, but even more cruel and ruthless. The winner takes all, and the market will consciously drive out and kill those who are weak.

And through these business means, Konoha was able to gradually increase its influence and control in the Land of Fire without being noticed.

With Konoha's ninjas protecting them, no one can use illegal force to suppress the development of Konoha's business within the territory of the Land of Fire.

This is not only to enable Konoha to become financially independent and get rid of its financial dependence on the Fire Nation.

This is also for the future of Konoha - Hyuga Yuzuru sincerely hopes to pacify the war-torn ninja world, and once the war is pacified, if nothing unexpected happens, the ninja world will usher in a period of rapid economic development and technological blowout like Boruto. Wars between countries will be eliminated, but competition is inevitable.

Even though Hinata Yuzuru had already planned to abdicate by then, as Hokage, he had to have a long-term vision and consider the overall situation.

Especially various patents.

Hinata Yuzuru has already started drafting documents to register the patent in Konoha.

In the future, as long as he can defeat other ninja villages head-on, even by pressing their necks, he will make them recognize the significance of patent law in the ninja world. By then, even if Konoha only relies on patents, it will be able to live a good life for a while.

What happens in the future depends on Konoha's successors. Hinata Yuzuru has no intention of being Konoha's nanny for the rest of his life.

After entering the research department, Hinata Yuzuru nodded and greeted the researchers in white coats skillfully, then went straight to the innermost laboratory.

The site for the research department was chosen by Hinata Yuzuru underground at the edge of Konoha Village.

It's not that the laboratory needs to be kept secret, but there's a fear that it might be destroyed - who knows if Pain will come to Konoha again and shout "How many floors does it take to carry a bag of rice"?

The data and facilities in the research department are very expensive and extremely rare, and must not be destroyed at will.

The lights in the innermost laboratory were on. Pharmacist Kabuto, wearing a white coat, was sitting quietly at a table, staring at a document and calculating something. When he heard the noise, he turned his head and smiled brightly from the heart: "Hokage-sama!"

Hinata Yuzuru nodded to him, smiled caringly and asked, "How are you doing recently?"

"Most of the research currently underway is progressing as planned, but the industrial concept proposed by the Hokage and related research are still progressing slowly. Everyone is crossing the river by feeling the stones, and progress is not fast."

Kabuto Yakushi described the situation in the laboratory. Hinata Yuzuru nodded and said, "I will leave a shadow clone to guide the work. In fact, there are already many industrial bases in this ninja world. What we need to do is to integrate them, systematize them, and fill in the gaps in Konoha's industrial base."

Kabuto Yakushi only had a vague idea of ​​what was going on, but he believed in what Hinata Yuzuru said. He smiled and told him some good news.

"However, we have also made rapid progress. For example, the mass production of communication crystals is progressing very quickly. Although the raw materials and production process are relatively difficult, and the nature of the spiritualism and curses involved are also difficult to master, we can now produce more than ten per day.

Moreover, today's communication crystals can already transmit words - just use chakra to activate the crystal and speak to it, and the words will be transmitted to the corresponding communication crystal.

The next research goal is to continue developing the communication crystal into the form of a 'telephone' that Hokage-sama wants."

Hyuga Yuzuru just smiled, but couldn't help but sigh that the power of ninjas was really bizarre. In the absence of networks, signals, and base stations, they had to find another way outside of the 'technology tree' in Hyuga Yuzuru's concept, and used the remote control properties of spiritualism and curse seals to find the possibility of remote communication from another direction.

Next, it is nothing more than continuing to delve deeper and developing these things to a more "magical" level.

This made Hinata Yuzuru a little amazed - it was as if these talented researchers in the ninja world had developed a game like "Sword Art Online" before even computer games and game consoles were available. This was also the reason why he rarely interfered with the progress of the research institute.

Even if they turned the industrial base that Yuzuru Hinata had in mind into cyberpunk, Yuzuru Hinata was not surprised at all.

"Well done, Kabuto." Hinata Yuzuru praised generously and smiled, "How is the welfare home doing recently?"

Yakushi Nono's orphanage has now been completely expanded by Hinata Yuzuru into the Konoha Children's Welfare Home.

Not only can the funding go through Konoha's process, ensuring that the welfare home can receive funding, materials, and related policy support every year based on the number of people in the welfare home, but working in the welfare home is also considered part of a civil servant's job, with multiple full-time positions that can be registered, and villagers can be hired to help pharmacist Nonou take care of the children.

The villagers working for Konoha are equivalent to low-level civil servants other than ninjas. They receive stable salary, benefits from some welfare policies that are gradually being improved, and future security such as pensions.

This kind of "civil servant" job is very popular, and most of the villagers in Konoha want to do it. Unfortunately, there are still relatively few public service jobs open to civilians.

Thinking of the situation at the welfare home, the smile on Kabuto's face became even more genuine and happy. He whispered, "Thanks to the Hokage, everyone's life has become much better than before. The only thing that gives Dean Nono a headache is the orphans from the Land of Fire who have been transferred in from outside Konoha.

It's not about other issues, but Dean Nono once complained that if she had more children, she would probably never get married in her life."

Yakushi Kabuto couldn't help laughing, Hinata Yuzuru shook his head and said, "If you are short of manpower, you can recruit more people."

"Dean Nono also wants to do a good job for you." Yakushi Kabuto explained the specific reason vaguely.

Yakushi Nono believes that as an experienced intelligence ninja, she should be active on the battlefield and make more contributions to the current Konoha, but Hinata Yuzuru just lets her do such a happy, simple and safe job in Konoha, which is somewhat over-treating her.

A gentleman will die for his friend, and Hinata Yuzuru's arrangements for her naturally made her work more seriously.

Hinata Yuzuru reached out and patted his shoulder: "Then it's up to you to guide her. There is always work to be done. This career is what she likes, but how to find a balance between work and life is also very important."

"Since you're here too, why not come along? I have some new ideas for some techniques and forbidden techniques. Do you have any vacant experimental space?"

Yakushi Kabuto nodded and said, "The newly built laboratory has not started working yet. Hokage, please follow me."

He closed the notebook where he had been writing and drawing. Hinata Yuzuru glanced at it and saw a work log written in neat and beautiful handwriting. He learned his handwriting from Nono. It was a bit delicate, but also very beautiful.

The two of them plunged into the laboratory, and soon began to communicate and discuss constantly. In Kabuto's words, they were learning from the Hokage.

After a conversation, the usually calm Kabuto Yakushi also showed some excitement. He pushed his glasses and said with interest, "I understand. I will start the experiment. Our White Zetsu Project may soon have a new breakthrough."

Hyuga Yuzuru has never given up the idea of ​​'cultivating' White Zetsu himself.

Whether through cloning or artificial cultivation, in his opinion, White Zetsu's body is simply a treasure trove. It can not only play a very important role in medicine, but also is an excellent material for the Impure World Relics. Its properties and composition are extremely interesting.

Firstly, it is unlikely to try to replicate it completely, because even if Hyuga Yuzuru's Yin-Yang Release technique has reached the pinnacle, without the chakra of the Gaiden Demon Statue, that is, the chakra of the Divine Tree, the nature of the White Zetsu cannot reach the level of the later White Zetsu army.

And without the ancient human consciousness gathered by the Infinite Tsukuyomi, it would be difficult for White Zetsu to directly give birth to his own will.

But this does not mean that Hyuga Yuzuru cannot create his own White Zetsu.

As long as one has Hashirama's cells, masters the cloning technology, and has strong attainments in Yang escape, one can completely clone an inanimate 'White Zetsu body'.

The so-called inactive means that the White Zetsu created in this way is just a consciousnessless clone, a vegetative state.

For Hyuga Yuzuru now, simply cloning Hashirama's cells is no longer a difficult task. He has also made initial progress in cultivating a soulless White Zetsu body. In fact, before that, he, Kabuto and Kaoru had used Yang escape to create many strange and bizarre lumps of flesh in the laboratory.

Those white lumps of flesh were essentially the body of a White Zetsu that was rich in vitality, but they just hadn't been cultivated into a human form.

The main breakthrough this time is not to shape the body of White Zetsu.

But the soul.

In the past, Hinata Yuzuru always believed that shaping souls was too far away for him now. This was the authority of God, and he was far from it.

But after talking with Senju Tobirama, Senju Tobirama gave a very interesting example.

Tailed beast.

According to rumors, the nine tailed beasts were created by the Six Paths Sage, but Hyuga Yuzuru knows better that they came from the Ten Tails.

It was the Six Paths Sage who disassembled the Ten-Tails' huge chakra and divided it into nine parts, thus giving birth to the nine tailed beasts.

Where does the wisdom of the tailed beasts come from?

At the beginning, Hyuga Yuzuru believed that the Ten-Tails itself had a powerful soul, and even if it was divided into nine parts, it could serve as a seed to give birth to spiritual intelligence.

But the more he talked with Senju Tobirama, the more he realized that he had been thinking off the track.

The nature of chakra itself contains spiritual attributes - the current interpretation of chakra is the combination of human mental and physical strength.

But no matter which explanation is used, chakra is ultimately extracted by humans, and it comes from the sacred tree and the Ōtsutsuki clan. In essence, chakra is a mixture of mental power and life energy.

When the amount of chakra is large enough, its spiritual power attribute can form an ignorant soul under the guidance of Yin Dun.

When Hinata Yuzuru realized this, he also realized what was the biggest shortcoming and deficiency that limited his ability to "create souls".

Chakra.

He needs a huge amount of chakra like the tailed beasts, gathered into White Zetsu's body, so that he can use the spiritual attributes of the huge amount of chakra to create a soul with Yin Dun.

Once you have mastered the ability to create souls
Hinata Yuzuru does not intend to do Nuwa's job part-time, but this ability means that he is fully capable of creating the tailed beasts himself, or in other words, he has hope.

Even if you can't create a tailed beast, you can create other ninja beasts. This kind of power is creating life!
This breakthrough and knowledge in theoretical knowledge even allowed Hinata Yuzuru to have a fairly rich understanding of Yin-Yang Release and Wood Release.

What type of ninjutsu is Wood Release?

Yang escape.

Then why is it that even the second generation, who is extremely proficient in Yin-Yang Escape and has the blood of the Thousand Hands clan, has not mastered Wood Escape?
What is he missing?
According to the second generation himself, his chakra attributes were incomplete and he did not have earth escape technique. Wood escape technique is a bloodline limit that is a combination of water and earth attributes, which made it impossible for him to master wood escape technique.

So, what about Hinata Yuzuru?

Logically speaking, he has all five attributes and his attainments in Yin-Yang Escape are also very high, so why can't he use Wood Escape?
There seems to be no room for explanation other than bloodline.

But
With his current bloodline, does he still need a transplant of Hashirama's cells to gain the right to use Wood Release?

Do other blood techniques, such as sand escape and ice escape, also require related bloodlines to use?

It was not until this moment that Hinata Yuzuru came up with an idea.

The reason why he couldn't use Yang Dun and Yin Dun well and couldn't combine to create bloodstains was because his Yin and Yang Dun were not good!
Yin Dun is Yin Dun, Yang Dun is Yang Dun, but Yin and Yang Dun is a kind of power nature that is completely different from Yin Dun and Yang Dun.

It is a technique that possesses both the vitality of Yang escape and the shaping power of Yin escape.

Once he has mastered the Yin-Yang Escape, he will be able to create life out of nothing, and even fuse blood and integrate multiple powers into one.

And this is Yuzuru Hinata's purpose for coming to the laboratory this time.

He has to start organizing his knowledge of Yin Dun and Yang Dun and develop his own unique Yin and Yang Dun technique!
In other words, there is no need to develop any escape techniques at all. As long as you master the power of Yin and Yang Escape, you have mastered the omnipotent power.

Hinata Yuzuru is in the laboratory, one stab is
one day.

He walked out of the laboratory with a dull look on his face, returned to the Hokage Building, and sat at his desk as if thinking about life.

As a Hokage, you can slack off, but you can't slack off all the time.

He really wanted to turn a deaf ear to the outside world and immerse himself in the ocean of knowledge, but the fact was that he had to make some choices now.

The research on Yin Yang Escape was given to Dou. Even though Dou's strength was still a little lacking, in theory, he was not inferior at all and his talent was astonishingly high.

"I wish I could go back to the days when I could just retreat for a year."

He sighed, lazily staring at his official duties and began to deal with them. He threw the shadow clone into the laboratory to work, mainly acting as Dou's experimental assistant and providing him with Yin-Yang escape experimental samples. After all, Dou understood the theory, but it was impossible for him to master such a powerful and detailed escape technique.

It's very boring.

Yin-Yang Release is an extremely powerful force. Even with Hyuga Yuzuru's current ability, it is impossible to fully master it - that is the power of the Six Paths.

Just wanting to master the power of the bloodline limit through Yin-Yang Escape is already an extremely difficult task, and there is no idea how long it will take to get results.

In short, the shadow clone still has to work for him. It is impossible for one person to work alone. He can only rely on the shadow clone to work multiple times at the same time to barely maintain this kind of life.

Sitting in the office, absorbing natural energy while handling boring official business, Hinata Yuzuru worked as usual. It was not until the afternoon that Hinata Yuzuru received a very interesting official document.

He picked it up and took a look at it. His brows raised involuntarily. He stared at the document in his hand thoughtfully, tapping the table lightly with his fingers.

It turned out to be a joint proposal from the Sand Village and the Mist Village.

"At the beginning of June 4th, do you want to hold the Chunin Exams around Konoha?"

After a little thought, Hinata Yuzuru realized that this time point was very close to the time point of Konoha's collapse plan in the original work.

It is now the autumn of the 62nd year of Konoha. Neji has graduated from the Ninja School at the normal age and officially became a Genin. He is currently training outside with Might Guy.

If nothing unexpected happens, Naruto and Sasuke, the two "Konoha Genin", will graduate by the middle of next year, which is almost the time when the main storyline of the original work begins, which also means that the war is approaching.

Yuzuru Hinata does not think that all the events in the original work will be rewritten because of himself. In fact, any process of history has its general trend.

Including the fear and ambitions of other ninja villages towards Konoha.

Including the ambitious Akatsuki organization.

Black Zetsu is looking for his mother.

Obito wants to create a world with Rin
None of this will change because of the appearance of Hinata Yuzuru.

"The Hidden Mist Village has been implementing the concept of the Blood Mist Village, and until now, it is probably still under the control of Obito."

"That's right. Obito knows how powerful I am. He will not let go of a chess piece like the Mizukage who can pose a threat to me. He will definitely be more careful and pay more attention to controlling him."

"There is no need to say more about the Sand Village. Their evil ambitions are obvious. "

Hinata Yuzuru pondered for a moment and was very interested in the two-year time point. Why did they choose to jointly hold the Chunin Exam two years later with Konoha?
Moreover, it was a joint proposal sent from Sunagakure; Kirigakure didn’t even send a formal document.

What does this mean? Kirigakure intends to let Sunagakure take the lead and they will be the last one to act?
Judging from Kirigakure's current situation, it seems that they are not afraid of burning themselves into cannon fodder.

He was thinking in his head, but his hands did not slow down at all. He picked up a scroll of Konoha's public documents, paused for a moment, raised the corner of his mouth, and wrote only one word.

"allow."

The writing is sharp, majestic, and tit-for-tat. Etiquette?

Sorry, I don't want to reason with you.

He was too lazy to even use basic diplomatic rhetoric.

Then, he simply closed the document and threw it aside, calling for the Anbu.

"Send this document to the Sand Village."

Hinata Yuzuru handed the scroll to the ANBU, who immediately started working, never expecting that their boss had written something shocking in it.

With the speed of Anbu's communication, it would only take three days for this document to be delivered to Luo Sha.

As expected, three days later, when Luo Sha saw the "diplomatic document" written by Hyuga Yuzuru himself, his face turned dark while he was sitting in the office of the Sand Shadow.

In his office, there was also a guest from the Hidden Mist Village.

She has a pair of emerald green eyes, sexy and enchanting long reddish-brown curly hair that covers her right eye, and pink lip gloss that outlines her sexy lips.

She has a plump figure and fair skin.

She wore a blue tube top dress, a white belt around her waist, and dark blue nail polish on her nails. She looked alluring and charming, yet gave people a sense of danger that a ninja should have, like a beautiful blue rose with a hidden bee sting.

Just looking at her makes people sigh, what a beautiful mature woman she is.

She is Mei Terumi.

As the most trustworthy new generation of the Hidden Mist Village and a strong contender for the next Mizukage, with her personal strength and prestige in the Hidden Mist Village, her appearance in the Hidden Sand Village is enough to show how much the Hidden Mist Village values ​​cooperation with it.

Mei Terumi was sitting on a chair at the moment, drinking the specialty tea of ​​Sand Village in a leisurely manner. She felt that the tea tasted bitter and spicy, but she still smiled calmly and said, "Could it be that Konoha refused?"

Luo Sha didn't say anything, he just threw the document casually and threw it accurately at Terumi Mei.

Mei Terumi stretched out her fair hand to take it. She didn't need to look carefully at all to see a big "Approved" in the middle of the blank document.

She raised the corners of her mouth, raised her eyebrows, and looked at the handwriting with interest in her green eyes for a while, and sighed softly: "He is worthy of being the Hokage of Konoha. I just didn't expect that he is a hardliner at such a young age."

"Exposed domineering attitude, seeking death!"

Luo Sha snorted coldly and narrowed his eyes, but he was extremely fearful in his heart.

He was not surprised by the other party's attitude, as if everyone knew that at any time, this joint Chunin Exam was essentially an arms race, the only difference was that what everyone was competing and displaying were ninjas.

As a training ground for the new generation, the Chunin Exam is a war in peacetime, a bloody trial filled with threats of death, and a unique path of growth and advancement for ninjas.

It is extremely rare to find someone like Hinata Yuzuru who is specially promoted to a Chunin in a ninja village without taking any exams outside of wartime.

Even if there was no other intention in his plan to join forces with Kirigakure to conduct the Chunin Exams around Konoha, the proposal was obviously ill-intentioned.

"Then this matter is settled." Mei Terumi put down the tea and thought that next time she came to the Sand Village, she should bring some tea from her own garden.

Luo Sha warned: "Be careful, those who come here are not kind."

"We are the newcomers." After saying this, Mei Terumi remained calm, but still squinted her eyes, feeling a little annoyed in her heart.

What on earth is the Mizukage thinking about?

Is this really a good opportunity?
But as a ninja, all she had to do was obey the instructions of the Kage. Moreover, the long-term blood mist policy had also caused the people of the Hidden Mist Village to be divided and full of problems. If she could use war to divert internal conflicts, or take this opportunity
Mei Terumi sighed in her heart, but she didn't show any confidence on her face. She said calmly: "As long as everything goes as planned, we in Kirigakure will never let you down."

"rest assured!"

Luo Sha looked at the document handed back by Mei Terumi and the word "approved" on it, and couldn't help but snorted again, threw the document aside, and said coldly: "This is the best chance, and the last chance.

If we fail this time, we might as well kowtow to Konoha and admit defeat.

The fog is hidden and closed, you don’t even know it.

Today, Konoha is undergoing massive reforms and its momentum is growing. Judging from the signs, its soft and hard power are actually returning to the level before World War II.

Hinata Yuzuru is not only good at internal reforms, but also has great skills in finance. After several consecutive tax reforms and expansions, Konoha is now one third larger than before!

Just think about it, how much money would he have to make to expand Konoha by one third in such a short period of time! ?
As far as I know, the Fire Nation has not given any additional funding to Hinata Yuzuru in recent years. This money was earned by him himself!

But I don’t know how to earn it.”

Luo Sha felt sour and bitter in his heart. He felt like a cat was scratching him with curiosity and jealousy. It was a pity that he, the dignified Kazekage, had to dig for gold in the sand in order to make money. And how did Hinata Yuzuru get the funds for Konoha! ?
Just by changing the tax system?
He also tried to learn it, but the effect was not very good, and it even had a counterproductive effect, which caused great pressure on the villagers and alienated their hearts. In the end, they had to return to the original system, and then things got better.

In terms of business and resources, the Sand Village is already scarce, with sand everywhere. Where does the resource trade come from?
He knew nothing about business. The Sand Village had goods to sell, but it seemed that no matter how he tried, he couldn't make much money.

Not only that, but due to its own lack of resources, it had to import large quantities from abroad, and the destination of imports was the Fire Nation.

Even the Wind Country has to import supplies from the Fire Country, let alone the Sand Village. What's worse is that many of the sellers of supplies in Konoha now seem to have the shadow of Konoha behind them.

The think tank of the Sand Village, through the intelligence obtained in the Fire Country, vaguely analyzed that commercial activities in the Fire Country have been particularly active in recent years. They judged that Hinata Yuzuru did something in secret, but they just couldn't figure out what went wrong.

All we know is that the products of the Fire Nation are of high quality and low price, and have even begun to impact the markets of other countries. Good money drives out bad money, and while it is seizing the market with high quality and low prices, it is also making huge profits. Even the currency of the Fire Nation has begun to appreciate a lot, and other countries have even had to start stockpiling foreign exchange in Konoha currency.

However, despite the current momentum of the Fire Nation, the finances of the Fire Nation do not seem to have improved much - this is very likely to prove that the secret business activities within the Fire Nation are most likely supported by Konoha.

Only Konoha enjoys a large amount of tax exemption when doing business in the Land of Fire, and also has the power and funds to produce large quantities of high-quality goods for circulation.

In this way, the gold that Luo Sha had finally sifted out from the sand was exchanged for money, but he used it to buy things from Konoha. Doesn't this mean he is working for Konoha!?

The one-third of the street that Konoha expanded contains at least one-third of Rasa's gold!

Thinking about it, Luo Sha felt his blood pressure skyrocket.

Beat the fuck up!

Mei Terumi also realized the problem. She frowned and said in a deep voice, "Are you telling the truth?"

"Of course. Your Kirigakure has been closed for too long."

There was a hint of sarcasm in Luo Sha's words, and he felt a little better. Compared with the Hidden Mist Village, his own Sand Village seemed to be somewhat better.

It's okay as long as there is someone worse than you.

Mei Terumi snorted and just smiled: "Maybe, I hope this action can become an opportunity for Kirigakure to change."

She stood up, and her tall figure made even the well-informed Luo Sha look at her sideways. Such a beautiful and tender woman was rare in a 'wild' place like the Sand Village where there was wind and sand everywhere.

Mei Terumi was ready to leave, and smiled, "Since we have agreed to cooperate, we must work together. Please ask the Sand Village to share with us the information about Konoha this year, especially the information about the Fifth Hokage."

"Of course, but as for the details, I'm afraid we have to wait until the Chunin Exam is approaching before we can go and have a look openly."

Luo Sha had a serious expression.

They have already planned to wait for their chance at the Chunin Exams two years later.

If the opportunity is right, they will start a war directly from within Konoha. The purpose is extremely simple - even if Konoha cannot be killed, it must be seriously damaged. Otherwise, if it goes on for a long time, a small country like theirs will be in danger.

It's a pity that the two major ninja villages, Kumogakure and Iwagakure, have bad intentions and want them to be pawns to test Konoha's quality before making a decision. Otherwise, if they can unite the four major ninja villages to attack Konoha, coupled with some special "foreign aid", Konoha will surely become history.

Once Konoha is destroyed, they can invade the Land of Fire on a large scale. Rasa doesn't want much, he just wants a part of the fertile land of the Land of Fire to ensure the self-sufficiency of the Sand Village.

Thinking of the bright future, Luo Sha couldn't help but feel overwhelmed, but soon he calmed down.

"It is far from enough for us to do this alone. Whether we can do it depends on whether our 'friends' can do what they say.

If they can cooperate with us to attack Konoha as they said before, and before that, inflict heavy damage to Konoha.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"The Hidden Cloud and Hidden Rock are just waiting for the right opportunity. As long as we tear a wound in Konoha, those hyena-like creatures will come over to eat the meat, and Konoha will fall into ruin."

There was murderous intent in Luo Sha's eyes.

Mei Terumi seemed to be thinking about something, and chuckled twice: "I hope so. I am very curious, why is the Kazekage so afraid of Konoha and Hinata Yuzuru? Logically speaking, no matter how talented he is, he is now too old."

"You do not understand."

You haven't been beaten by him.

Luo Sha's face trembled slightly, unwilling to say more, and just said: "Don't underestimate him - even I don't have complete confidence that I can defeat the guy now. Your Mizukage..."

He smiled meaningfully and didn't say anything that would damage their 'friendship', but it was enough to make Mei Terumi realize the seriousness of the problem.

In her observation, Rasa is a very tough radical who is very confident in himself and will do anything to achieve his goals. The fact that such a person is so afraid of Hinata Yuzuru is enough to show the ability of the new Hokage.

Just a few years.

This made Luo Sha impatient, and he even offered to give up some of his interests, wanting to attract as many people as possible to attack Konoha.

You can imagine how much pressure he felt.

And now, this pressure has come to Kirigakure.

Mei Terumi felt that the burden on her shoulders was extremely heavy. She was also quite curious and fearful of the fifth generation whom she had never met before. She really wanted to see what that guy looked like.
Tsk, how come there isn't a man as amazing as this in the Hidden Mist Village! ?
When will I get married?

She chatted with Luo Sha for a few words dejectedly and then planned to leave.

After leaving the Sand Village, Mei Terumi brought a few trusted companions and discussed for a while before deciding to delay their return to the Kirigakure Village and apply for a "visit" to Konoha as an official delegation.

She must go to the Land of Fire and Konoha in person to confirm the specific situation in Konoha.

Of course, Mei Terumi didn't think that the Fifth Hokage would agree. It was just a try. If she was rejected, as a powerful ninja, she could at least circumvent some rules.

However, contrary to Mei Terumi's expectations, Konoha quickly responded.

'You can come and see, but don't do anything inappropriate.'

In a seemingly plain reply letter, Mei Terumi summarized the core ideas of the Fifth Hokage in his reply.

She curled her lips and wrote back with interest to express her "goodwill". Then, she actually received a response from Konoha. The Anbu officially welcomed Mei Terumi and her group to enter Konoha as the Kirigakure envoys.

In name, it was to 'discuss the Chunin Exams', but in reality, it was just Terumi trying to see the quality of Konoha, and Hinata Yuzuru also wanted Kirigakure to clear their heads, not get involved in Konoha's affairs, and think twice before acting.

So, at the end of November, Mei Terumi officially stepped into the territory of the Land of Fire. After a long absence, she personally came to this country which was known as the 'richest place in the ninja world'.

Walking on the streets of the Fire Country and passing through the towns within the Fire Country, Mei Terumi's mood became more and more complicated.

Today's Fire Nation has gradually returned to its peacetime state, and people's expressions and postures are peaceful and harmonious when walking on the streets.

The development of commerce has promoted people's consumption, and thus further stimulated the expansion of commerce. With the expansion of commerce, more jobs have emerged, which has improved people's quality of life.

The ninja world is neither big nor small, but it is relatively open and not closed.

The prosperity of the Fire Country attracted people from other small countries and small ninja villages. They came to this rich land in the hope of making some money, settling down in this country and becoming its people.

This siphon effect made life difficult for the ninja villages in the surrounding countries, but it also made the Fire Country improve with each passing day in terms of population size and prosperity.

These lively and prosperous scenes were something that Mei Terumi had never seen, let alone in the Hidden Mist Village, even in the Land of Water.

The closer she got to Konoha, the more frightened she became.

According to her understanding, for some reason, Hyuga Yuzuru, the fifth generation, never went to the daimyo's mansion to officially take over as Hokage. Even the famous Hokage Rock in Konoha has never carved his face, and he is called the 'shadow of non-shadow'.

In name he was not yet an official Hokage, but in terms of both the village's recognition and actual power, he was already the absolute Hokage of Konoha.

However, because of the word "agent" in her identity, Mei Terumi originally thought that no matter what, her influence should be limited, and at most she would only have sufficient influence among the ninja groups in the village.

But he never imagined that even before arriving in Konoha, just in the nearby towns, he could feel the influence of the new Hokage everywhere.

'Konoha Village Entry Application Office'

'Konoha Naturalization Consultation Center'

Just the sight of these new things everywhere made Mei Terumi unable to help but take the initiative to seek detailed information. The Anbu did not hide anything from her, but showed them to her generously and even proudly explained to her what these things were.

"These are offices set up by Hokage-sama himself."

"Ever since the Fifth Hokage took office, there has been an endless stream of people wanting to join Konoha's life. The Hokage was fed up with this, so he set up these offices to conduct preliminary identity checks and help people understand the requirements and qualifications required to join Konoha.

Help those who truly wish to join Konoha and live a good life to obtain Konoha's residency qualifications.

Here, there is also that commercial street - did you see it? Because there is the Konoha Village Application Office and the Consultation Office on this street, merchants have created such a prosperous street in these towns. "

There was no need to explain much about the Anbu, Mei Terumi could already feel the bustling atmosphere here.

On the busy streets, there are various hotels, related document consultation offices, restaurants, clothing stores, ninja tool stores, and money exchange offices.
There is literally everything.

There were shouts and calls from solicitors everywhere.

"If you want to join Konoha, come stay at our hotel! We have a new version of the Will of Fire written by the Fifth Generation of Konoha in our hotel. It's free for every stay. After reading it, you will understand the Will of Fire. We will also organize special lectures in the evening to help everyone pass Konoha's exams!"

Mei Terumi suggested to the Anbu that she wanted to see those booklets. Upon hearing this, the Konoha Anbu just laughed proudly and took out a booklet with a green cover, with flames and the Konoha logo on it, from their tactical vests.

When I opened it, the first sentence was:

'Wherever the leaves flutter, the fire will never cease.'

Mei Terumi continued to look down, her eyes slightly widened.

What is written in it are not complicated sentences that are cumbersome and difficult to understand, but extremely simple and straightforward words.

'The will of fire is the will of the people.'

Just read the first sentence.

Mei Terumi was absorbed in the reading and continued studying.

Until the very end, she just kept looking at the booklet until she reached the gate of Konoha. Only then did she wake up as if from a dream and, at the reminder of her companions, she put away the booklet and came to her senses.

Mei Terumi looked at the Konoha Anbu who was wearing a mask but always felt proud, and sighed with true emotion: "Is this what the fifth generation of Konoha wrote? The Will of Fire of Konoha is well-deserved."

At first I didn't feel anything.

But when she calmed down and freed herself from the words in the booklet, she suddenly felt a surge of anxiety and fear.

Not
How could I agree with Konoha's brochures and the ideas of Konoha ninjas! ?
I am from the Hidden Mist Village! ?
With such somewhat uneasy thoughts in mind, Mei Terumi personally stepped into Konoha Village.

Just came in.

She was so shocked by what she saw that she stopped in her tracks. Not only her, but the ninjas behind her also stayed where they were.

"This is Konoha!?"

(End of this chapter)