Pokémon Ninja Scrolls of the Mizukage

Chapter 424: Have you ever thought about replacing the daimyo?
When suddenly asked about the development of the Hidden Rain Village, Konan's expression stiffened slightly.

However, thinking of Jianchuan Ju's identity and the various helps he had provided to the Akatsuki organization before, he sighed and began to tell the story with a little boredom.

At the beginning of the story, Konan commented on the current situation of the Hidden Rain Village.

"It's not great, inside or outside."

This is actually not too surprising to Jianchuanju.

The main reason is that Nagato has always maintained contact with Yahiko. Although Jianchuan Tachibana has not taken the initiative to find out, he must know something more or less.

So at this moment he continued to wait quietly for Xiaonan to continue explaining the details.

"During the reign of the Hidden Rain Village's Salamander, they were actually relatively powerful in the Rain Country. Because they needed the name of Hanzo to maintain superficial peace, in fact, even the daimyo's status in the Rain Country was not as high as that of the head of the ninja village."

"However, now that Yahiko has taken over as the leader, there are still many opposing forces within the Hidden Rain Village. The daimyo has even proposed several times to cut Hidden Rain Village's funding."

"As for the outside world, as the news of Hanzo's death gradually spread, the three kingdoms of Fire, Earth, and Wind all sent people to verify the situation. The Fire and Wind kingdoms were fine, at least they openly acknowledged Yahiko's identity as the leader, but the Iwagakure Village has been instigating the opposition forces in the village to re-select a leader, and has launched several small-scale coups. Although they were all suppressed by Yahiko and his men, they still caused quite a stir."

When saying these words, Konan's tone was very calm, as if she was a bystander, narrating what had happened recently in the Hidden Rain Village.

But Jianchuan Ju could see that Xiaonan was just pretending to be calm at this moment.

The collision between ideals and reality, the Akatsuki organization, which once worked hard for the peace of Yugakure, has been exhausted both physically and mentally by the internal and external troubles.

After all, Yahiko's current strength and reputation are not enough to support the power of Hanzo of the Salamander who was once known as a 'demigod'.

This is also the reason why Jianchuan Tachibana proposed that Yahiko continue to govern the Hidden Rain Village as Hanzo of the Salamander.

However, people are always responsible for the decisions they make.

But in the end, Xiaonan still forced a smile on his face and continued.

"This joint Chunin exam is actually a good opportunity for us Amegakure. Yahiko also hopes to show the potential of Amegakure in this exam, give the Daimyo more confidence, and make the next generation of the village more cohesive."

When Jianchuan Ju heard this, he just shook his head secretly in his heart.

The Daimyo of the Land of the Rain's distrust of Yahiko, or the current Hidden Rain Village, actually comes more from external pressure and the gap in internal strength.

In this situation, what is needed more is the improvement of combat effectiveness.

As for the so-called potential and future, a small country like this, which is surviving in the cracks, actually cannot consider so much.

Even if these Genin from the Hidden Rain Village can really wreak havoc in the exam and defeat all other ninja villages, what good will it do?
As long as the Great Ninja Village sends out a few more jonin, they can easily deal with the Hidden Rain Village, and the resources that the Daimyo of the Rain Country should give up will not be reduced.

However, when Jianchuan Ju saw Xiaonan's expression, he also understood.

Perhaps Yahiko and Konan were aware of this, but in this situation of internal and external troubles, they had no better choice.

Leaving aside Yahiko, Konan definitely has the potential to become Kage-level.

But growth takes time after all. It is unclear how long the Hidden Rain Village can last under the current situation.

"Should we let Nagato go back and help Akatsuki survive this period?"

As soon as this idea popped up in Jianchuan Ju's mind, he immediately rejected it.

It’s not that Jianchuan Ju is stingy and reluctant to give up Nagato’s fighting power.

Given the personalities of Yahiko and his friends, and the fact that Jianchuan Ju saved Nagato's life, Akatsuki must be Jianchuan Ju's most loyal ally. Helping Yugakure stabilize its regime is also a good thing for Jianchuan Ju.

But what supports Nagato's Kage-level strength now is more his pair of Rinnegan.

Apart from the abilities brought by these eyes, Nagato's strength is actually not much stronger than Yahiko and Konan.

If we take personality factors into account, they may be even weaker in actual combat.

But if Nagato frequently uses the power of the Rinnegan in the Hidden Rain Village.

Even with Jianchuan Ju's "transformation" to disguise him, it probably won't take long before he'll be targeted by Black Zetsu and the others.

By then, the Akatsuki organization will most likely return to the old path in the original work, let alone bring peace to the Hidden Rain Village.

Thinking of this, Jianchuan Ju looked at Xiaonan in front of him with sharp eyes and told him the plan he had prepared long ago.

And this is also the real purpose of Jianchuan Ju's asking Xiaonan to come over for a talk this time.

"Have you ever considered replacing the Daimyo of the Land of the Rain, Akatsuki?"

"What?"

Faced with Jianchuan Ju's sudden proposal, Xiaonan was stunned.

He looked at Jianchuan Ju with astonishment and was speechless for a long time.

First, Xiaonan didn't know that the two of them were originally talking about the recent development of the Hidden Rain Village, but suddenly they were talking about replacing the daimyo.

Is it because the Daimyo wants to cut funding for the Hidden Rain Village?
More importantly, what Jianchuan Ju said was too shocking for the native residents of the Ninja World.

According to the inherent values ​​of the people in the ninja world, ninja is a profession, a mercenary, a bodyguard, and a thug. From the beginning of their existence, they have been serving the nobles and daimyo.

Even in a large-scale war like the Ninja World War where life and death were the focus, what was fought for was nothing more than the share of missions between countries.

Occasionally, there would be situations like occupying territory, but these were just tasks proposed by the Daimyo, the largest client of the ninja village, or by the investor.

Ultimately, these occupied territories will still be handed over to state management.

The ninja will eventually return to the ninja village and make a living by carrying out missions and relying on military funds provided by the daimyo.

Perhaps some of the more powerful ninja villages will have the upper hand in transactions with the daimyo and have more say.

That's just like mercenaries charging higher fees or a big store bullying its customers.

In essence, ninjas were still trading parties, providing services to daimyo and nobles.

But now, Jianchuan Ju told him.

Do you want to replace the daimyo?

Mercenaries overthrow the regime? Who will run the country?
Facing Xiaonan's eyes that revealed both clarity and confusion, Jianchuan Ju smiled and repeated the question.

"How about it? Have you ever considered letting Akatsuki lead the Rain Country?"

(End of this chapter)