Ninja World: I'm really a support-type ninja

Mei Terumi scratched her head, her face contorted with pain. "If we don't agree to Akira Hatake's demands, we'll suffer a slow death. But if we do agree, the consequences..."

"No, Lord Mizukage." Ao shook his head. "This is just a temporary measure. As long as we get through this crisis and Konoha declines again, we'll have another chance."

"Don't forget, our Land of Water and the Land of Fire are separated by a vast ocean. Even if we become a ninja village under the jurisdiction of Konoha, they still can't reach us."

"Let me think about it..."

Mei Terumi did not make a decision immediately, but waved her hand to signal Ao to leave the Mizukage's office.

Faced with Mei Ming's orders, Qing had no choice but to obey.

After Ao left, Mei Terumi leaned back in her chair, her helplessness and pain clearly visible on her face.

Mei Terumi originally thought that Kirigakure would improve after overthrowing Yagura Karatachi's rule, but after actually taking over the management of Kirigakure, she realized that Kirigakure was truly rotten to the core!

The talent development program in "Village of Blood Mist" alienated the entire Hidden Mist Village, leaving the ninjas with no basic trust among themselves.

Besides the ninjas, the residents of Kirigakure also harbored hatred towards each other. After all, under the "Village of Blood Mist" policy, graduating genin from the ninja academy had to step over the corpses of their comrades to graduate.

It can be said that the hands of the genin of Kirigakure are stained with the blood of their comrades, and those dead ninja students were not orphans; they also had family and friends.

Given this situation, it's no wonder the residents of Kirigakure can't get along peacefully!

With such a mess to clean up, coupled with the immense external pressure, Kirigakure didn't even need a single straw to break its back...

After thinking for a while, Mei Terumi gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and shakily signed her name on the document.

Chapter 356 The Flourishing Hatake Clan.

Konoha Village, Hokage Building.

"Akira, Kirigakure has agreed to become a subordinate ninja village of Konoha!"

"it is good!"

Akira Hatake smiled. The plan to unify the ninja world had taken a solid step forward. With the example of Kirigakure, how long could the remaining three great hidden villages hold out?

"By the way, Ming, won't doing this cause some adverse reactions?"

After a brief moment of excitement, Nara Shikaku frowned and voiced his concerns.

"You mean the remaining three?" Akira Hatake smiled slightly. "Shikaku, you're really overthinking it."

Akira Hatake didn't take it seriously. Although Konoha's ambition to unify the ninja world wasn't obvious, it was easy for someone who wanted to figure it out to see that the Kirigakure incident was inextricably linked to Konoha.

However, knowing is one thing, and how to deal with it is another.

Because the Akatsuki attacks ninjas, and their main targets are ninjas of the Special Jonin level and above, this only affects the interests of one village, but not the interests of civilians and merchants.

To put it bluntly, although ninjas are the mainstream profession in the ninja world, they still make up a small percentage of the total population, maybe 1/10.

Is there any necessary connection between the honor and disgrace of ninjas and the lives of ordinary people?

Actually, no. On the contrary, the constant wars between ninjas caused many civilians to live in misery all the time.

From this perspective, as long as Konoha does not launch a large-scale war, it can safely and painlessly unify the ninja world by gradually weakening the other four hidden villages through the Akatsuki organization.

Of course, this doesn't rule out the possibility that the remaining three hidden villages might resort to desperate measures, but given Konoha's current strength, they need to think carefully before taking action.

If they launch a war against Konoha without any reason, then Konoha will have even more legitimate reason to send troops to their homeland!

"Even if the remaining three hidden villages know our intentions, so what? They have absolutely no way to stop us."

Akira Hatake's words made perfect sense, and Shikaku Nara nodded in agreement.

"Ming is right. This is the advantage of strength. Even if they can guess what's going on, they won't dare to act rashly."

"Haha, that makes sense."

Akira Hatake stood up with a smile. "Shikaku, having learned from Kirigakure's experience, I won't personally oversee the rest. You can decide how to carry it out yourself."

"Ah?" Nara Shikaku wailed, "Akira, are you going to be a hands-off manager again?!"

"Look at what you're saying. What do you mean by 'absentee manager'? I do get involved in some important matters, but I don't ignore Konoha."

Akira Hatake waved to Shikaku Nara, "Shikaku, I'm leaving you to your own devices from now on."

After saying that, Hatake Akira fled the Hokage Building as if he were escaping, and when he reappeared, he had arrived at the Ninja Academy.

Since the reform of the Ninja Academy, it has developed over the past few years and has become a paradise for Konoha's geniuses.

Moreover, in this paradise, regardless of status or talent, as long as you work hard and have ambition, you can learn some advanced ninjutsu.

Of course, most of the ninjutsu taught at ninja academies are C-rank or D-rank ninjutsu. Only in higher grades will students learn one or two B-rank ninjutsu.

Don't underestimate B-rank ninjutsu. In fact, B-rank ninjutsu is still the mainstream technique in many Jonin battles, and its power is still very strong.

Before the reform of the ninja academy, only those at the Jonin level or above, or those from clan ninja families, could possibly master some B-rank ninjutsu. For ordinary ninjas, Genin, or Chunin, C-rank ninjutsu would likely be their ceiling in terms of combat power.

Since its reform, the ninja academy has not been without its drawbacks, but compared to the benefits, those drawbacks are negligible.

Looking at the reports on the table, Akira Hatake couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Uchiha Itachi did graduate from the Ninja Academy after all..."

Indeed, Itachi Uchiha's name was prominently listed in the graduation rosters of several years ago, which gave Akira Hatake a sudden sense of things being different now.

Naruto is now three and a half years old, almost four. In another year or two, it will be time for Naruto to start school.

And what will the ninja world look like at that time?

Akira Hatake's thoughts drifted for a while before he smiled nonchalantly, "Why think so much? The future will definitely be even brighter."

Having signed his graduation ninja document this year, Akira Hatake, having nothing else to do, was too lazy to stay at the ninja academy any longer.

After opening the spatial portal, Akira Hatake disappeared from the principal's office, only to reappear in a different location.

The Hatake residence, now long completed, looks large but still feels somewhat empty.

Actually, the furniture and everything else had been prepared by the time the owner arrived, but the absence of a female head of the household made the newly built mansion feel a bit less lively.

To be honest, Akira was excited for a couple of days when the new house was built, but then his enthusiasm faded, and he often went to the old house to freeload.

It is worth mentioning that after Sakumo Hatake remarried, the Hatake family bloodline did indeed flourish, with two or three daughters being added to the family in succession.

The third son was named Sae Hatake, the fourth son was named Hiroshi Hatake, and the remaining three daughters were named Saki Hatake, Mihiro Hatake, and Yuka Hatake.

Because Sakumo Hatake had integrated the power of the Bloodline Elimination into his own bloodline, his four sons and three daughters, born afterward, possessed power that ordinary people could hardly obtain even after a lifetime of struggle.

Besides the power of their bloodline, with the Hatake clan's population growing, the Hatake clan has become a truly rising, top-tier family in Konoha.

I believe that it won't be long before the Hatake clan becomes one of the top clans in Konoha.

With family-inherited swordsmanship and innate bloodline that transcends bloodline limits, it would be truly unjust if they didn't prosper.

Thinking of his younger siblings, Akira Hatake left his new house and slowly walked towards the Hatake family home.

"elder brother!"

As soon as Akira Hatake entered, Sae and Seki Hatake, who were training with wooden swords in the yard, dropped their swords and jogged over to him.

"Sae, Seok, good afternoon."

Akira Hatake greeted his two younger brothers with a smile, and casually ruffled their silver hair.

"Good afternoon, brother!"

Sae Hatake raised her little head and greeted Akira Hatake very solemnly, while Seki Saku was a step behind.

Sae Hatake's personality is similar to Akira Hatake's previous personality; she's rather unconventional.

Hatake Hiroshi's personality is more similar to Hatake Sakumo's; he is calm yet clever, not good with words, but insightful.

In short, Akira Hatake was very satisfied with his two younger brothers, while his three younger sisters were all quite young and had not yet learned to walk, so Akira had little contact with them.

"Ming, you've arrived."

"Hello, Aunt Hui Nai."

Hearing a commotion in the yard, Ena Hatake came out of the house carrying her second daughter.

"Good afternoon." He smiled slightly at Akira Hatake. "Since you're here, don't just stand in the yard, come in and sit down."

Akira Hatake nodded and, surrounded by his two younger brothers, followed Ena Hatake into the house.

Chapter 357 Akira Hatake's Teachings

Although the Hatake clan is now thriving, no unsavory things have arisen despite the large number of people.

Overall, the atmosphere among family members is relatively harmonious, especially the third and fourth sons of Hatake Sakumo, who, like the second son Hatake Kakashi, are very attached to Hatake Akira.

This made Akira Hatake both happy and somewhat melancholy, as the Hatake clan seemed to have awakened some extraordinary attributes because of his arrival.

I don't care about brother complex, but I'm afraid that such feelings might lead to some extreme ideas.

To prevent any potential problems, Akira Hatake became much more serious when dealing with his two younger brothers.

But in the end, Akira Hatake suddenly realized that this approach didn't seem to work. In fact, his strictness made his two younger brothers admire him greatly.

Akira Hatake couldn't figure out the reason behind this, but ever since then, every time he returned to the Hatake family home, he was inevitably pestered by his two younger brothers.

Today was no different. He had only been sitting in the house for a short while when Sae and Seki grabbed Akira's arms on either side and dragged him to the front yard.

"Brother, you said last time that you would teach us some powerful ninjutsu!"

Sae Hatake spoke first, and Seki Saiki quickly echoed, "Yeah, brother, the Three-Body Technique is just too easy."

"Simple?"

Akira Hatake each gave one of his brothers a flick on the forehead, and the two younger brothers clutched their heads in pain.

Seeing that the two had quieted down again, Akira Hatake started talking again.

"Apart from the Substitution Technique, which is somewhat useless, the other two of the Three Body Techniques, whether it be the Clone Technique or the Transformation Technique, play a crucial role in battles between ninjas."

"For example..."

Seeing that his two younger brothers were not convinced, Akira Hatake could only give an example.

With meticulous hand seals, Akira Hatake first used the Transformation Technique, and then the Clone Technique.

As two plumes of smoke rose, Akira Hatake's body was engulfed within them. Although the smoke quickly dissipated and Akira's body gradually reappeared, he still managed to disappear from his two younger brothers' sight for a second, thanks to the cover of the smoke.

When the smoke cleared, three identical Akira Hatake appeared before the two brothers. The clones and Akira Hatake's original body asked the two men in unison.