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

Chapter 454 Yu Yin Wants to Buy Sealing Techniques

Thus, the sixth great nation was established during the Third Shinobi World War.

Correspondingly, Amegakure, by stepping over the corpses of several small countries and with Sunagakure as its backing and Kumogakure and Konoha as its stepping stones, became the sixth great ninja village in the ninja world.

Hanzo proclaimed himself the First Amekage, and his subordinates Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan also made a name for themselves through their training over the past year or two.

In the original timeline, Jiraiya could only teach some basic things; he couldn't teach the ninjutsu belonging to Konoha. But here, Jiraiya was only halfway through teaching when Hanzo took over, and Hanzo could teach a lot more.

Hanzo was eager to impart all the knowledge he could, and even if he couldn't teach something because his chakra nature wasn't suitable, he would still try to steal that knowledge.

Yahiko and Konan's natural growth ceiling may not be greatly enhanced by these factors, but their speed of becoming stronger will be much faster. While their current strength is still far from Kage level, they are close to elite among Jonin and can serve as Hanzo's right-hand men.

As for Nagato, the changes were even greater.

Nagato's legs weren't blown off, allowing him to successfully learn Hanzo's Water Flicker Technique. His massive chakra reserves also gave him some of Hanzo's skill in Water Release. Hanzo didn't know the Rinnegan's abilities, but he had seen them, so he could provide some guidance to Nagato on developing the basics of the Rinnegan.

This gives Nagato a combat power close to that of a Kage.

But even bigger changes are yet to come.

In exchange for the Land of Rain becoming the sixth great power, Hanzo entrusted the nation's finances to Kakuzu, successfully bringing this Kage-level ninja with five lives and mastery of the five elemental ninjutsu to his side.

Kakuzu not only helped guide Nagato, who was extremely talented in the Five Elements Ninjutsu, but he also came from Takigakure and once wiped out all of Takigakure's high-ranking officials in one fell swoop.

Therefore, it can also help Hanzo's Amegakure infiltrate Takigakure and capture the Seven-Tails.

There are Hanzo, Kakuzu, and Nagato, three truly high-end combatants, as well as more than two thousand elite Amegakure soldiers who have been tempered by war, more than one thousand rogue ninja and ronin recruited by them, and more than one thousand surrendered soldiers who had been taken in by other small and medium-sized ninja villages such as Kusagakure.

With such strength, coupled with the support of Sunagakure, Amegakure was able to temporarily gain a foothold and establish its position.

If, like when the Five Great Nations were first established, they could have had a period of peaceful development for over a decade under the suppression of Hashirama Senju, enough to cultivate a generation of ninjas, then the number of ninjas could probably grow to seven or eight thousand, if not ten thousand, and the number of Jonin could be several dozen, if not over a hundred.

By then, Amegakure will have enough core fighting force to truly secure its position among the six great ninja villages.

Of course, at this time, Amegakure's overall combat strength seemed to be stronger than that of Iwagakure next door, as well as Kirigakure in the Land of Water on the sea.

The two major powers performed terribly in the Third Shinobi World War, suffering enormous losses.

After Iwagakure lost two tailed beasts, only Onoki and Kyoto remained to hold the fort. Fortunately, Iwagakure was known for its large number of ninjas, who were skilled at teamwork, and still had over ten thousand ninjas left, barely managing to stabilize its base.

As for Kirigakure, the tailed beasts and the Kage are still there, but of the original Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist who were there at the start of the war, only Suigetsu Hozuki and Juzo Biwa remain. The remaining five have all been replaced, and some positions have even been filled by two different groups.

The ordinary ninjas below, including the Jonin, suffered heavy casualties and were severely weakened by Fugaku Uchiha. It would take them more than ten years to recover.

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Chiyo and Karura, who had traveled to the former Land of Waterfall as envoys, finally returned to Sunagakure as the year drew to a close.

Sunagakure has basically determined the scope of power for the next generation of high-ranking officials. Shimizu, as the Kazekage, will manage political affairs, finances, and personnel transfers, and will oversee the overall situation. Rasa will be responsible for helping Shimizu control the Anbu and handling matters on the dark side. Pakura will serve as the Kazekage's secretary and will be in charge of the intelligence department. Sasori will be in charge of the puppet troops, and Karuro will be in charge of diplomacy and logistics.

Meanwhile, Chiyo, the Third Kazekage, and Ebizo have begun the transition of power, while also mentoring the newcomers, allowing these future high-ranking officials to learn how to handle various affairs.

Chiyo, acting as a diplomatic envoy to mediate the war, brought Karyura with her.

"Hanzo plans to relocate Amegakure to the border between the former Land of Rain and the Land of Grass at the beginning of next year. That location is closer to the current center of the Land of Rain, allowing him to better utilize the former Land of Rain's base to stabilize the newly occupied territories such as the Land of Grass and the Land of Waterfall. He also intends to take advantage of the relocation to formally announce the establishment of the sixth great ninja village."

The Kage of several major powers will be invited to Amegakure to witness this. Also… Hanzo wants to purchase a sealing technique from us that can reliably suppress the Tailed Beasts.”

In the Kazekage's office, Chiyo held a steaming cup of tea in her hands and slowly began to speak.

"A sealing technique that can suppress tailed beasts? That old man Hanzo really dares to dream."

Luo Sha couldn't help but let out a sarcastic remark.

Before the destruction of Uzushiogakure, only Konoha had a sealing technique capable of stably suppressing tailed beasts. Sunagakure did not get to participate in the spoils of Uzushiogakure's destruction and didn't even get a taste of it. It wasn't until the end of the Second Shinobi World War that they obtained some sealing techniques from Konoha and later developed the Great Burial Sealing Technique.

Every major ninja village has gone through countless hardships to obtain this level of ninjutsu. Unless Hanzo offers something truly valuable, even if it's an ally, Sunagakure would never share this level of seal with Amegakure.

The Third Kazekage spoke:

"What price did Hanzo ask for for this sealing technique? If the price is right, we might be able to negotiate. Some time ago, Shimizu improved the Great Burial Seal and developed the Sky Burial Seal and the Blood Burial Seal. The Great Burial Seal can now be phased out within the village."

While the Great Burial Seal is quite effective, enough to suppress the Tailed Beasts, it is still quite difficult to execute.

Even if Amegakure were given this level of sealing technique, they would lack sufficient knowledge of sealing techniques and would not have the talent to learn this level of sealing. They certainly wouldn't be able to use the Great Burial Seal in the short term. Considering the time required for a Jinchūriki to grow normally, they might not be able to cultivate a qualified Jinchūriki within twenty years.

As for twenty years from now… I think Shimizu will have reached his true peak. Even if Amegakure has a Jinchuriki by then, and their relationship with us has changed, I think it will be insignificant to Sunagakure at that time.” “I didn’t know you, Shimizu, had developed two more sealing techniques.”

Chiyo glanced at Shimizu with a hint of surprise.

She hadn't heard a thing before.

Previously, the only people in Sunagakure who could be considered masters of sealing techniques were her and Shimizu. Besides them, Sasori and Karyu could each be considered half of them.

Sasori is very talented. In order to research a new puppet technique based on sealing techniques and chakra, he taught himself some sealing techniques and even created things like chakra capacitors and chakra diodes. Although he is not focusing on those advanced sealing techniques now, his foundation is very solid. As long as he is willing to spend some time on puppet technique research, he will definitely become a master of sealing techniques.

Karyu is very dedicated to his research on sealing techniques. In order to one day break the seal on Rasa's hand, he has been studying day and night. His current level of sealing techniques is second only to Shimizu and Chiyo in Sunagakure.

Shimizu nodded slightly to Chiyo:

"Yes, both the Blood Burial Seal and the Sky Burial Seal were derived from the Grand Burial Seal. The former retains the sealing effect as much as possible while simplifying the sealing difficulty."

However, to maintain the strength of the seal, it requires blood containing the caster's chakra as the sealing medium. A large amount of blood is needed to retain about 90% of the sealing effect of the Great Burial Seal, which is also enough to suppress the tailed beasts.

As for the Sky Burial Seal, it is an enhanced version of the Grand Burial Seal. Besides being more difficult and powerful, it also requires the caster's blood as a medium.

It is said to be based on the Great Burial Seal, but these two seals refer to the sealing and suppression aspects of magic and talisman magic in many other areas. Then, a supercomputer combined with artificial intelligence calculates a variety of related feasible solutions and results, which serve as prototypes. Then, Shimizu himself conducts manual review and screening to determine feasible results, and then uses human intelligence to start the next round of calculations.

After repeated trials, the Blood Burial Seal and the Heaven Burial Seal were finally identified as the only effective seals that could be understood and learned by people in the ninja world.

Of course, Shimizu himself does not need to use blood when using these two seals. Even though he has a perfect demon body and can have as much blood as he wants, in these two sealing techniques, blood plays a role similar to cinnabar ink when drawing talismans. For Shimizu, who has mastered the Tongtian Talisman, it is still as easy as waving his hand to draw.

"Furthermore, although Amegakure's foundation is still shallow, don't forget that there is also the Uzumaki clan with the Rinnegan. With the power of the Rinnegan, he probably can suppress the tailed beast directly without the Great Burial Seal. If nothing unexpected happens, I estimate that Amegakure will directly make Nagato the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki. With a tailed beast that can fly and the Rinnegan, you should be able to imagine the power that Nagato will possess."

Shimizu's statement was unanimously endorsed by several high-ranking members of Sunagakure.

In some legends, these tailed beasts were created by the Sage of Six Paths, and the Rinnegan, being the Sage of Six Paths' eye, might actually be able to suppress them.

At least in the ninja world, it is generally acknowledged that the Sharingan has the power to suppress tailed beasts, and the Rinnegan may not be any less capable.

"Is Hanzo preparing for the future? Is this guy already thinking that far ahead?"

Ye Cang blinked and said.

Ebizo shook his head.

"I'm afraid not. In my opinion, if Nagato can suppress the Tailed Beasts with the Rinnegan, he might just ask for a high price first, and then lower his demands later. Perhaps our ally will feel it's not appropriate to refuse and will give in. Anyway, all they need now is a usable sealing technique; the strength can be supplemented by the Rinnegan."

The senior executives exchanged glances and nodded.

This does indeed seem to be the most likely outcome.

"The condition that Amegakure offered was..."

"They plan to exchange money and Hero's Water for it. It should be that after they conquered Takigakure, they took advantage of the opportunity to seize the Seven-Tails and also plundered the village's accumulated wealth."

They have a full two billion taels of silver, which isn't a small amount. The amount of Hero's Water is still uncertain, but they have at least seven or eight jin (3.5-4 catties) on ​​hand. I think they should be able to contribute two or three jin. However, on the way back to the village, Elder Chiyo and I also received two jin. Here, that's all."

Galullo pulled a small jar from under the table and showed it to everyone.

Chiyo immediately said:
"My suggestion is to temporarily seal away and study this Hero's Water, and not use it directly. Based on what I have personally witnessed, the effect of this Hero's Water is to excessively squeeze the body's life essence, exchanging lifespan for a large amount of chakra that can be activated in a short period of time. It can improve strength to a certain extent, but for those ninjas who already have a large amount of chakra and are strong, the effect should be relatively limited."

If the Hero's Water truly had exceptionally powerful effects, enabling Jonin or Kage-level ninjas to significantly boost their strength, then Takigakure wouldn't have ended up in such a dire situation.

After all, in the early days of the ninja village system, before Kakuzu stole the Earth Grudge Fear and massacred the high-ranking officials of Koichi Village, Takigakure still had some strength.

Can it stimulate the essence of life?
Could it be related to primordial Qi or natural energy?
At that moment, Ebizo opened his mouth and said:
"Then I think we should compile a basic sealing technique and send it over. With Amegakure's current capabilities, it's not particularly difficult for them to focus on collecting a sealing technique of decent strength. If we're willing to contribute, we can at least get two billion taels."

Two billion ryo is not a small amount. When the Second Shinobi World War ended and Sunagakure and Konoha signed a peace agreement, Konoha took two billion ryo as compensation.

Even though Konoha used a mineral purchase as a cover, the fact that they bought Sunagakure's minerals for 2 billion was an astronomical price.

Hanzo's willingness to offer 2 billion is quite sincere, but it also shows that he probably has a lot of money on hand right now.

Besides the money and supplies that Sunagakure provided during past wars, Hanzo must have also profited a lot. At least Takigakure alone brought him considerable gains, not to mention other ninja villages like Kusagakure.

Furthermore, the new political system that Amegakure is currently establishing is largely modeled after the existing structure of Sunagakure. Even though the tax system has not yet been fully established, the treasuries of those small daimyo will definitely end up in Hanzo's pocket.

"Shimizu, what are your thoughts?"

The Third Kazekage looked at Shimizu.

(End of this chapter)