In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 138 League of Assassins
As expected, the Queen of Loulan was a clever woman.

After recognizing the situation, he was willing to sponsor 200 million taels in the name of supporting the construction of Sand Village, and promised to provide Sand Village with a task share of no less than 20 million taels every year.

This is paying protection money.

Seeing that the Queen of Loulan was sensible, Qingshui and his men naturally did not want to start a war.

According to their estimates of Loulan's population and economy, 20 million taels a year is considered to be close to the upper limit.

It is possible that Loulan will still have several million taels of funds left over each year to continue its development, but if trouble continues and Loulan's people's livelihood and economy are affected, it may not even have 20 million taels of funds left over each year.

At least the Queen of Loulan is still capable enough to keep Loulan prosperous. If someone else comes, they may not do a better job than the Queen of Loulan, not to mention that the local dragon veins also need to be suppressed by the Queen of Loulan. Her willingness to cooperate is a good thing for Sand Village.

The only impact may be that Loulan's development speed in the short term will inevitably be affected, but the Sand Village doesn't care, and the Queen of Loulan doesn't care either - she now seems to want to use Sand Village as Loulan's backer, which will also be beneficial to Loulan's future development.

After the garrison ninjas dispatched by Sand Village arrived in Loulan, Shimizu and the other four immediately returned to the Sand Village.

The current time is exactly the end of the 38th year of Konoha.

Now most of the Sand Village ninjas, including the Third Kazekage on the other side of the battlefield, have returned to the Sand Village a day earlier after completing a joint naval military exercise with Konoha with a group of people.

This might be the most lively year for the Sand Village. After all, the war that lasted for many years has ended early in the Sand Village.

The profits from foreign wars will ensure that the financial budget of the Sand Village will be quite sufficient in the next few years.

When we returned to the village, it was already midnight.

Qingshui first rolled onto the bed and had a good sleep, and did not wake up until the next afternoon, near dusk.

After washing up, he was in a daze for a while, looked at the time, and pushed the door to leave.

Puppet troop base, headquarters of the sixth squad.

"Hey, we're all here."

Qingshui pushed open the door of the station and looked inside.

Ishito, Jianye and Jianxue were sitting around the table, apparently playing cards.

Sasori was wearing a brand new Chunin vest and was not interested in the game. He just sat on the other side and fiddled with the puppet.

Hearing the sound of Qingshui, everyone turned around.

"You're finally here."

Scorpion tried hard to keep a calm expression and said to Qingshui.

"I haven't seen you for over a year. You've grown a lot taller!"

Jianxue's eyes lit up, she threw the cards on the table, walked up and patted Qingshui on the shoulder.

After this New Year, Qingshui will be almost thirteen years old. He is now nearly 1.6 meters tall and is almost an adult.

The body will continue to develop rapidly in the next two or three years, and it should not be a big problem for it to grow to 1.8 meters before adulthood.

"I knew you were going to cheat because you were about to lose."

Jian Ye looked at the messy card game on the table made by Jian Xue and couldn't help but complain.

"Jianxue, long time no see. Seniors Xie and Jianye, congratulations."

Qingshui smiled at Jianxue and congratulated Xie and Jianye.

Scorpion would occasionally entrust the logistics transportation team to send letters to him and Chiyo. At the beginning of the year, he said in the letter that he had won the first place in the Chunin Exam in the middle of the year and was successfully promoted to Chunin.

As for Jian Ye, he went to the battlefield with Qingshui and the others, but they belonged to different formations, so they had the chance to meet occasionally.

Also in the middle of this year, Jianye, who had just turned eighteen, was promoted from a special jonin to a real jonin.

"I heard that you were promoted to Special Jonin, congratulations." Sasori said to Shimizu seriously.

"There's no need to keep a straight face when congratulating someone, right?"

Qingshui looked at Scorpion's expressionless face and couldn't help laughing.

Scorpion ignored Qingshui's words and continued:

"I also heard from some people who came back from the front lines to recover from their injuries that you are now as powerful as a real jonin. When my crow is repaired tomorrow, we will have another sparring match."

Qingshui followed Scorpion's gaze and looked at a huge puppet standing in the corner.

The puppet was also about two meters tall, wrapped in a rag, with four sturdy arms extending from the sides of its body.

Qingshui was slightly stunned.

Because this seemed to be somewhat different from the crow in his previous life. From its shape, one could vaguely tell that this version of the crow was designed with reference to some of the fat man's structures.

Is this also a change brought about by myself?
Qingshui smiled at Scorpion and nodded.

"I'm looking forward to your current strength."

Scorpion pursed his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but didn't say it.

"Hey! You two, stop chatting. Everyone is here. Let's go! I finally managed to book a private room at the Golden Desert restaurant tonight. Ahhh! I heard recently that they have grilled fish. I've only had grilled fish a few times in my life!"

Jianxue pushed Qingshui and Xie towards the door.

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DC world.

Bluedwin, Gotham City.

A luxurious modified car stopped at the door of a supermarket building.

The cashier at the supermarket entrance glanced at Qingshui who was walking into the supermarket, continued to record the bill with a calm face, and quietly pressed the button in the cabinet with his left hand.

Qingshui just glanced at the cashier indifferently, reached out and pulled his collar, revealing a black pin on his chest.

The pin had a small emblem on it with an image of a burning demon's head.

He walked calmly to the innermost elevator that was always under maintenance, first pressed the button for the basement floor, then pressed a series of numbers like entering a password, and finally pressed the button to close the door.

The elevator clanged and descended to an unknown depth.

When the elevator door opened, there were already two rows of ninjas in black tights kneeling neatly in front of the elevator door, looking at Qingshui and lowering their heads in unison.

The inconspicuous pin that Qingshui hung on his chest was given to him by the Ninja Master. The devil head on it symbolizes the Ninja Master's identity as the head of demons.

The badge represents identity. The black one is for the deputy or successor of the Ninja Master, representing the top leaders of the Assassin's League. There is also a bronze one, representing the important allies of the Assassin's League.

Ordinary members of the Assassin's League have tattoos on their arms, and different tattoos represent different levels.

"Come here and introduce this place to me. Everyone else can go about their business."

Qingshui glanced around and spoke.

"As you command, my lord!"

All the ninjas stood up again, and the masked assassin at the front quickly stood in front of Shimizu.

(End of this chapter)