Naruto: Experience Pain, Start by Copying the Entire Shinobi World

The sun shines brightly at the top of the tower.

That shocking confession ultimately ended with the angel offering a kiss and the head of the family giving "family education."

Yahiko and Nagato were still immersed in the miraculous scene they had just witnessed, unable to recover for a long time.

Looking at their homeland, now cleaved in two by a single stroke, and then at the man being pulled by the ear by Xiao Nan, baring his teeth in pain, they felt their worldview being challenged like never before.

Back in the conference room in the tower, the atmosphere was somewhat awkward.

Yahiko sat in the main seat, his back ramrod straight, but his gaze kept drifting to Chigen, who was being pressed into a chair by Konan and enjoying "ear rubbing service".

"senior."

Yahiko cleared his throat and spread a brand-new planning map on the table. "The rain has stopped, and it's time to put the reconstruction of the village on the agenda."

I plan to build a brand new, peaceful city centered around this 'Akatsuki' Tower, a city where everyone can understand each other and where there will be no more war!

His voice was filled with anticipation and enthusiasm for the future, and his young face radiated the glow of idealism.

Nagato nodded silently to the side, his purple eyes also gleaming with the same light.

Qianxuan let Xiaonan's gentle fingers, which had some calluses but were still soft, gently knead his still slightly hot ear, and lazily raised his eyelids.

"That's a good idea."

He yawned.

"However, just shouting slogans won't fill an empty stomach."

He pointed out the window.

Under the sunlight, the houses built of cold steel reflected a blinding light.

The lingering smell of rust and dampness in the air didn't seem to have dissipated much even after the rain stopped.

"We must give equal importance to both spiritual and material civilization, and both must be given equal importance."

Sengen's voice wasn't loud, but it stunned both Yahiko and Nagato.

"You're asking someone who lives in a tin can that's freezing in winter and sweltering in summer, and who smells like rust as soon as they step outside, to think about love and peace? That's pure nonsense. What he thinks about every day is how to get an extra slice of bread for his dinner and how to make sure his children have a less damp blanket in the winter."

Qianxuan sat up straight, and Xiaonan naturally withdrew her hand.

"Yahiko, if you want to build an ideal country, the first step is not to preach your ideas, but to improve the lives of your people."

He tapped on the table, making a "thump-thump" sound.

"Tear down all those tin shacks and replace them with wooden or stone ones. Fix the sewers to solve the waterlogging and sanitation problems. Build the children a real school, instead of having them study in a leaky church."

"When everyone has enough to eat, wear, live in, and read, they will naturally start to think about how to maintain this hard-won happiness. Only then will your ideals of peace have fertile ground to take root and sprout."

These words left Yahiko speechless.

Looking at the grand blueprint on the table, he felt for the first time how pale and unrealistic it was.

He always believed that as long as he possessed great power, overthrew Hanzo's rule, and spread the ideals of peace, he could change the country.

But it wasn't until today that Qian Xuan's words awakened him.

True change is never a top-down act of charity, but rather stems from the most basic and fundamental yearning for a better life.

"I...I understand."

Yahiko stood up and bowed deeply to Sengen.

"Thank you for your guidance, senior!"

Nagato also stood up. He looked at Qianxuan with a look that, besides awe, also showed a deep sense of genuine approval.

This man not only possesses godlike power, but also eyes that can see through the essence of things.

……

Three days later, in Konoha Village, in the Hokage's office.

Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze appeared at the door, looking travel-worn.

"Mission accomplished."

Jiraiya tossed a sealing scroll onto Tsunade's desk, then sank into the sofa with a long sigh of relief.

"That brat Hiruko is more troublesome than I thought. But Minato still managed to take care of him."

Minato smiled gently, not taking credit for anything.

"but……"

Jiraiya abruptly changed the subject, a strange expression appearing on his face.

"There was an unexpected bonus to this mission."

He pulled out another, smaller scroll from his pocket.

"We raided one of the cult's strongholds and captured one alive."

"The Cult of Evil God?"

Tsunade frowned. She had only seen this name in some old files. It was a mad organization that worshipped some evil god and was known for its bloody sacrifices.

"Yes, those are the lunatics."

Jiraiya curled his lip.

"When we found Hiruko, he was making a deal with this group of people, seemingly trying to exchange his Oni-Ya-Luo technique for the so-called 'immortality' of the evil god cult."

"and then?"

Qianxuan, who was sitting to the side peeling an apple, finally became interested.

"Then, we ran into a guy we just couldn't kill."

A serious expression also appeared on Minato's face.

"I hit him with a Rasengan, and although his body was clearly severely injured, he acted as if nothing had happened. Moreover, he could transfer the damage to us through self-harm, which was very strange."

"We tried everything, but we couldn't kill him. In the end, we had no choice but to dismember him and seal him away."

Jiraiya pointed to the small scroll, looking utterly dejected.

"That brat's name is Hidan. He keeps spouting nonsense like 'Dedicated to the Jashin-sama,' it's driving me crazy."

A brief silence fell over the office.

An unkillable ninja.

This information caused both Tsunade and Minato to become serious.

"Immortality..."

As the strongest medical ninja in the ninja world, Tsunade's first reaction was to consider its research value.

"If we could crack the secret..."

"Come on."

Chihiro handed the peeled apple to Tsunade, then picked one up for himself.

"It sounds like a pyramid scheme. Joining gives you a 'lifeless' gift package, but the price is that you have to keep recruiting people and performing bloody sacrifices to meet your performance targets."

His analogy eased the tense atmosphere in the office considerably.

"That does make some sense."

Minato nodded thoughtfully.

"That guy named Hidan did keep trying to persuade us to join, saying that we could share eternal life."

"Evil gods... Do gods really exist in this world?"

Tsunade looked at Sengen. She knew that this man always knew secrets that ordinary people could not understand.

"Who knows?"

Qian Xuan shrugged.

"Perhaps there is, or perhaps it's just some guy who has mastered special powers, lived a long time, and gave himself a fancy name."

His gaze, unintentionally, drifted towards the bright moon outside the window.

Just then.

A secret ninja appeared silently in the center of the office and knelt on one knee.

"Lord Hokage, an urgent message from Sunagakure!"

Tsunade took the scroll and unrolled it.

With just one glance, her golden eyes, which always carried a hint of languor, widened instantly.

The air in the office seemed to freeze.

Jiraiya and Minato both looked over curiously.

It's rare to see a letter that can elicit such an expression from Tsunade.

"They...agreed?"

Tsunade's voice trembled with disbelief.

"What do you mean, 'agreed'?"

Jiraiya couldn't help but ask.

Tsunade didn't answer. She simply raised her head and stared intently at the man who was still leisurely peeling an apple with an extremely complex look in her eyes.

"For the next ten years, Konoha will receive 30% of all the funds provided by the Daimyo's Mansion of the Land of Wind to Sunagakure."

She read the contents of the letter aloud, word by word.

boom!

Jiraiya and Minato felt their heads buzz.

"Thirty...thirty percent?!"

Jiraiya's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"What a joke! What did you do to them? Did you send Qianxuan to kidnap their Fengying?"

Minato was also visibly shocked.

This isn't just extortion; it's like cutting flesh off someone's body!

How could those arrogant guys from Sunagakure possibly agree to such a treaty that is tantamount to surrendering national sovereignty and humiliation?

However, Qianxuan's reaction was as indifferent as if he were listening to a trivial matter.

He whistled and precisely tossed the last piece of apple peel into the trash can.

"Oh, that one."

He raised his head and, seeing the three people's shocked gazes, gave them a matter-of-fact smile.

"It's just a large-scale water conservancy renovation project that benefits both countries and future generations."

"I gave them a friendly price, and they had no reason to disagree."