Konoha: Start by unlocking the caged bird

Chapter 148 Time flies

With the establishment of the Yunyan Alliance, the first things that came into being were the new rules that were introduced one after another by the Kingdom of Earth and the Kingdom of Thunder.

First, the tax on foreign goods has increased significantly, reaching an astonishing 30%. Some special commodities have even reached an astonishing 50%, in order to maintain the internal ecology from being washed away.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of rules were introduced to support the development of local business. Kumoyin Village was one of the few that had even vaguely surpassed Konoha in the technology tree, although it had been secretly left behind by Konoha's development in the past few years. However, after realizing the seriousness of the problem, the whole village tried its best to catch up.

In fact, many of Konoha's products do not have too many advanced and difficult technical barriers. The Hidden Cloud Village only needs to do some reverse engineering on the finished products and can replicate most of the products with a very high degree of similarity.

Bad money drives out good money, and under high taxes, it is quite difficult to promote and sell products from Konoha, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure in the boundaries of Iwagakure and Kumogakure.

But in fact, whether it is Konoha, Sand Village or Mist Village, at this moment, they don’t care about the restrictions of the two countries of Raito and Tochi, just because there are too many markets in the ninja world today waiting to be explored and occupied.

Each Ninja Village is well aware that it is difficult to catch up with Konoha's current progress in the fields of communications and heavy industry. However, due to their years of accumulation, they also have unique technology trees that can proudly stand out in the Ninja World.

The electrical technology of the Hidden Cloud Village and the abundant mineral, earth and stone resources of the Hidden Iwagakure Village have enabled the two parties to combine to create a giant enterprise that even Hinata Yuzuru could not help but be surprised.

‘United Energy’.

The Iwagakure Village provided basic materials, and the Kumogakure Village provided related technologies. Once the two parties joined forces, they achieved a technological leap that was overwhelming in a very short period of time. In energy-related fields, they not only caught up with Konoha at an astonishing speed, but also began to compete with Konoha for the market.

The entire ninja world fell into complete chaos.

In the past, most of the disputes in the ninja world were limited to basic territorial disputes and competition for materials, but now, the Pandora's Box opened by Hyuga Yuzuru himself has allowed the Kage to see a broader world, with invisible resources all over the world.

The land of hot springs, the land of iron, the land of tea, the land of birds, the land of rivers, the land of grass, the land of waves
The markets of these small countries were swallowed up by the major ninja villages almost without any resistance.

All this happened even faster than before the leaders of small countries or small ninja villages realized the dangers behind these business activities!

When they suddenly woke up, they were shocked to find that their market had become the back garden of the major ninja villages. Countless new products had completely destroyed the original business ecology. The factories supported by each ninja village and the acquired industries and resources, completely turning them into puppets of the major ninja villages.

Their own people have become staunch supporters of other ninja village companies, simply because a large number of local people's jobs now depend on these factories and companies.
A large amount of raw materials and resources were plundered at low prices, and then became high-priced commodities and flowed back here. It seemed that everyone had a bright future, but when people came to their senses, they suddenly realized that except for a small amount of taxes, a large amount of wealth and resources had been collected by the major ninja villages.

However, after the 'blood-sucking', the major ninja villages have no intention of stopping at all, just because the current battle is not smoke-free, but it is extremely dangerous. The development and battle of every new market is a bloodless battle. game.

It wasn't until March of the sixty-fifth year of Konoha that something shocking to the ninja world happened.

The Kingdom of Frost, the small country closest to Yunyin Village and bordering the Kingdom of Thunder, announced its disintegration.

After the entire country suddenly fell apart, nearly 80% of the land resources and population were directly absorbed by the Country of Thunder.

Is this disintegration, or has the Hidden Thunder Village finally shown its fangs? Everyone in the world knows what happened behind the scenes.

As soon as this incident came out, the world was in an uproar.

Small countries protested one after another, and with fear in their hearts, they finally began to find a way to save themselves.

So, how to save yourself?
Only together.

The Country of Yu, which is close to the Country of Frost, was the first to realize the weirdness of the ninja world today. If you don't want to be eaten dry, you must find a way to survive as a small country.

As a country currently sandwiched between Kumoyin Village and Konoha, they were the first to react and actively sought a way to survive. The first thing they had to do was to find contact with Konoha.

The Daimyo of the Land of Hot Springs set off overnight and headed for the Land of Fire, or to be more precise, for Konoha Village.

With the help of the well-connected roads in the Land of Fire, they arrived at Konoha Village in just two days.

When the Daimyo of Yu no Kuni met Hyuga Yuzuru, after both parties took their seats in the conference room, the first words he spoke were: "Please, Hokage-sama, please save me, Yu No Kuni!"

Hyuga Yuzuru sat firmly in the first seat with a calm expression, pretending not to know: "What does the name of the country of Yu mean by this?"

“The Hidden Cloud Village has now invaded the Frost Country and used despicable means to tear it apart. Their evil ambitions are known to everyone in the world!
I have thought about it, and if anyone in the world can stop this disaster, only Konoha Village, the Fifth Hokage can be trusted, and I ask Lord Hokage to help me, the tens of millions of people in the Kingdom of Yu, to come up with ideas and find a way to survive! "

The attitude of the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Yu was extremely low. He begged: "As long as Konoha is willing to protect our Kingdom of Yu, our Kingdom of Yu is willing to lead Konoha and advance and retreat together!"

Hinata Yuzuru asked: "How can Konoha lend a helping hand to you?"

The next words and countermeasures of the Yu no Kuni Daimyo once again set off a wave of waves in the entire ninja world.

After the meeting, Konoha agreed to many requests from the Country of Yu, providing loans and technical assistance, helping the Country of Yu to establish its own industrial system, providing support and assistance in many fields, and in a very short period of time, helping the Country of Yu to obtain Basic, self-reliant ability.

At the same time, the Kingdom of Hot Springs also held the banner of Konoha, and firmly boycotted the commercial activities of the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Iwagakure Village as an ally of the Kingdom of Fire. Militarily, it allowed the Konoha ninjas to garrison and "guard" it, becoming the number one lackey of the Kingdom of Konoha.

This was the first time in the history of the ninja world that 'foreign troops stationed' and 'technical support' appeared. Not only did it effectively curb the expansion momentum of the Hidden Cloud Village, it also became an important barrier that blocked the Hidden Cloud Village's aspirations for development.

The remaining ninja villages quickly began to make decisions, and the small countries around the Fire Country began to take sides, either defecting to Konoha and becoming a younger brother like Yuno Country, or loyal to other nearby hidden villages.

There was no sight of swords and swords, rivers of blood flowed, and the entire ninja world instantly formed two major forces to check and balance each other.

With the Yunyan Alliance as the core, the Yunyan Alliance has absorbed the forces of small countries such as the Kingdom of Birds, occupying the northern side of the continent, and is connected.

With Konoha as the core, small countries such as the River Kingdom, Wind Kingdom, Water Kingdom, Bear Kingdom, etc. are grouped together and occupy the southern side of the continent.

Once the north-south pattern was confirmed, the ninja world once again ushered in a brief period of peace.

But at this moment, something happened that shocked the world.

In other words, due to Konoha's tireless promotion of the Will of Fire for many years, it finally planted a seed in the hearts of people in various small countries.

A ZB was launched within the Kingdom of Grass, led by an old-school nobleman from the Kingdom of Grass, who overturned the original daimyo. After breaking away from the Rock and Earth Alliance, he chose to surrender to Konoha.

Just when the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Iwa Village were confused and couldn't figure out what the problem was, another event that shocked the world followed.

On September 2, the sixty-fifth year of Konoha, the fourth generation Kazekage Rasa of Sunagakure Village openly declared the independence of Sunagakure Village and declared war on the Kingdom of Wind!
The battle lasted so short a time that even the Rock Kingdom didn't have time to stop it.

In just one night, the daimyo's mansion was massacred. Since then, the Wind Country has been completely occupied, and the Sand Village has transformed into the first "Ninja Country" in the Ninja World.

The Land of Sand!
Pandora's box has been completely opened.

In just a few days, a terrible chain reaction started.

Multiple battles and conflicts suddenly broke out in various small countries. In just one week, more daimyos died tragically than in the past ten years!
Small countries began to disintegrate and merge, and the Hidden Cloud Village followed closely behind. The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning soon issued a statement to inform the ninja world, and since then the Daimyo has changed his master and abdicated to the Raikage.
Hyuga Yuzuru sat back and did not make any moves, but the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, after careful consideration, took the initiative to learn from the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning and led his men straight to Konoha, openly wanting to abdicate, under the pretext of: the competent shall take over.

The Fire Nation has since changed hands and been renamed Konoha.

Next, the Land of Water and the Land of Earth
It is unimaginable that in just January of the sixty-sixth year of Konoha, the so-called daimyo has become history.

The map of the ninja world is updated almost every month, and it is only now that it has finally been finalized and stabilized.

When everyone calmed down and took a closer look, they suddenly discovered something.

The world has really undergone tremendous changes.

Konoha Country·New Capital.

Different from the skyscrapers that rise one after another behind the Hokage Rock, the Hokage Office stands in front of the Hokage Rock just like it did a few years ago.

The Hokage Building, which looked modern and trendy at first, has already started to look a bit old in just two or three years.

In the office, Hyuga Yuzuru sat in front of his desk, leaning lazily on a comfortable office chair and watching the LCD TV hanging on the wall.

"According to the official spokesperson of the Land of Lightning, the new energy vehicles announced at this technology conference are expected to completely replace the old fuel vehicles in Konoha and become a new choice for the people. They are more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. However, in terms of various data and usage fees, they are obviously still a long way behind Konoha.
In response to this, a spokesperson for Konoha Energy stated that in terms of usage costs and prices, new energy vehicles still have a long way to go before they can replace fuel vehicles, but Konoha Energy will not be afraid of challenges in any arena, and Konoha Heavy Industries also has experience in the development of new energy vehicles.

I believe that soon we will be able to see Konoha’s new energy vehicles appear on the exhibition stand.

Our reporter Wen Bo reports for you. "

Hinata Yuzuru retracted his gaze. The scene on the screen had returned to the Konoha studio. The hosts began to discuss the pros and cons of so-called new energy vehicles. These contents were meaningless to him. He just pressed the remote control to lower the volume, then turned his head to look at Hinata Xun who was standing at the table. "Xiao Xun, what do you think?"

Hinata Xun said seriously: "According to the perspective drawing of the new energy vehicles of the Kumogakure, their technology has once again achieved a remarkable breakthrough and has made new progress in new energy batteries. We can't be careless.

Although it is still unclear how effective the new battery developed by Kumogakure will be, the head of Konoha Energy said that they are ready to face new challenges.

Hinata Yuzuru nodded and asked, "Has the reply from the Kingdom of Thunder arrived?"

"I received a call back from the Kingdom of Thunder at six o'clock in the afternoon. Raikage Ai expressed that he was looking forward to this meeting and agreed to start a five-shadow conference in the Kingdom of Iron in February."

After Hinata Xun finished speaking, Hinata Yuzuru stretched and said faintly: "Finally, we have an appointment."

Seeing his unhappy look, Hinata Xun chuckled twice: "Everyone is crossing the river by feeling the stones now. There is no point in meeting before we have considered what to do."

"Well, I hope the Hidden Cloud Village can think more clearly this time."

Hinata Yuzuru tapped the table with his fingers, and said with a puzzled expression: "There is no movement from the Rain Country yet?"

"The Akatsuki organization is still keeping a low profile, Lord Yuzuru. Should we consider other possibilities?" Hinata Fumio said cautiously.

Hinata Yuzuru thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and after a while, said: "Forget it, let's ignore him for now. With Nagato's body, the longer it takes, the less time he will have."

"By the way, Master Yuzuru, Naruto-kun has been doing very well recently. I never thought that he could actually coexist peacefully with the Nine-Tails."

Hinata Kaoru said with a somewhat sighing expression, while Hinata Yuzuru just smiled: "Naruto's Mouth Release is comparable to the forbidden arts of other gods."

Hinata Xun was amused by him, covered her mouth and chuckled a few times, turned her head to check the time, and said softly: "Master Yuzuru, it's time to get off work."

Hearing this, Hinata Yuzuru turned to look out the window. Outside the floor-to-ceiling window, the scene of Konoha was the same as before, but if you change the angle and look behind Hokage Rock, the high-rise buildings and flashing neon lights there are already like Another world in general.

"Ah."

He stood up, and Hinata Xun took the black coat from the hanger. Hinata Yuzuru stretched out his hand, and she put it on him. Hinata Yuzuru reached out to buckle the hat, looked out the window, and said calmly: "It's going to snow again."

"Yes, there is a lot of snow in Konoha this year."

As Hinata Xun spoke, he also put on a warm white coat. The two stood in front of the office door. Without them stretching out their hands, the door clicked and extended to both sides. He stepped out, and in the guard room at the door, Uchiha Izumi also came out wearing a black coat and smiled and nodded at Hinata Yuzuru.

"Are you going to eat out today or go home?"

Hinata Kaoru has become accustomed to this scene. The two of them followed him on the left and right, walking out in the bright corridor.

There is a wall on one side of the circular corridor and beautiful large floor-to-ceiling windows on the other side. Outside the windows, there are different views everywhere depending on the position.

When he walked to the elevator and opened the elevator to go down, Hinata Yuzuru made a decision: "Let's go eat hot pot."

"How about we go to my house? We can invite Itachi, Naruto and the others." Izumi suggested.

Hinata Yuzuru thought about it, nodded, and said, "I didn't have time to talk to them during the New Year, so why not just have a rare gathering?"

As the elevator door opened, what appeared was not the first-floor lobby that was supposed to appear, but the underground parking lot.

The black car was parked not far from the door. Izumi Uchiha pressed the remote control lock of the car key out of habit. After two beeps, he opened the back seat door for Yuzuru Hinata, while Kaoru Hinata ran away in a hurry. to the other side.

The appearance of this car is like a Rolls-Royce Phantom, and the materials inside are essentially no worse than those of a Rolls-Royce, and even better. Sitting in the back seat, Hinata Yuzuru habitually turned on the TV placed on the backrest of the front seat first.

It’s hard to imagine that it was only two years ago that Konoha’s first car was officially licensed and drove onto the streets.

Nowadays, even luxury cars like this can be mass-produced. Even though this car, as the Hokage's car, has been modified many times, in fact, its appearance is no different from that of an ordinary mass-produced car.

In Xinkyo, the capital of Konoha Kingdom, there are not a few luxury cars like this.

On TV, the nightly news appeared on time and began to report news from all over Konoha. A car drove down the street in a low-key manner. Except for causing a few people to exclaim in amazement, no one knew that the person sitting in the car was the Hokage.

As the Hokage, Hyuga Yuzuru's own strength does not require much security force and special passages at all. This is enough for him to go to and from get off work leisurely like an ordinary person every day.

The car drove away from the Hokage Building and turned a few intersections. The scenery changed drastically. As for the buildings before the Hokage Building, they could not be taller than the Hokage Building due to height restrictions in order to ensure the vision and status of the Hokage Building.

Then, as long as he turned around the Hokage Rock, the current Konoha Village, or rather, the city now known as New Kyoto, would bloom with its own charm.

High-rise buildings rise and fall one after another, and traffic is constantly passing by.

I once thought it would take ten years to change the world.

In just two years, it has appeared before our eyes.

Quan's new home was very close to the Hokage Building, and the car only drove for a dozen minutes before it began to slow down, and a tall, modern apartment building appeared in front of them.

The car drove into the underground parking lot, got on the elevator, pressed the button for the 19th floor, and soon, Hinata Yuzuru arrived at Izumi's new home.

The large flat has a space of nearly 200 square meters, which is spacious and modern.

"Yuzuru-sama, please have a good rest first! Izumi and I are going to buy ingredients. Itachi and Naruto, do you want me to call them?"

Xun made him a pot of tea first, then Hinata Yuzuru sat on the big sofa, turned on the TV, and continued to watch the evening news.

"No, I'll send a group text message later. You all live here anyway."

Hinata Yuzuru said with a smile.

Hinata Xun nodded, then hooked his arm around Izumi's, and the two ran to buy groceries.

There was no way she would leave Izumi and Hinata Yuzuru alone.

Hinata Yuzuru took out his slim smartphone, edited a text message and sent it to the group.

Not long after, there was a jingling reply.

"Okay, I'll be there." - Itachi.

"I've already eaten. I have a TV show to watch at 7:30. How about next time?" - Kakashi.

"Uh, Lord Yuzuru, I'm eating barbecue with Lee" - Kai.

"Great! We haven't gotten together for a long time!" - Shisui.

"Sorry, Lord Yuzuru, I'm working overtime." - Kabuto Yakushi.

"I want to go on a date with Tsunade. I'm sorry, Godaime-sama~hehe~" - Jiraiya.

"Okay! I'm just worried about what to eat! By the way, Yuzuru-san, can you call Gaara too?" -Naruto.

Hinata Yuzuru replied to each letter one by one, and then approved Naruto's application.

Originally, it was just a casual gathering and a meal, and it would be nice to observe Gaara's condition at the same time.

Hinata Yuzuru quietly watched the TV and waited for people to come, turning his head away in a trance.

The night view outside the window is pleasant.

Time flies so fast.

(End of this chapter)