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

In the autumn of Konoha 51, the air was filled with an overly sweet aroma of osmanthus cake.

Mei Terumi sat under the veranda of the Senju mansion, watching the group of little devils chasing and playing in the courtyard, and occasionally felt a sense of unreality.

Three years ago, she was brought here by that man, half-forced, and her heart was filled with humiliation and unease.

Three years later, she was able to discuss with Tsunade, Konan, and the others, without batting an eye, which daifuku from the newly opened dessert shop at the village entrance was the best.

Konoha is no longer a village.

Like a greedy beast, it has been expanding wildly in an almost savage manner over the past three years.

Towering buildings sprang up from the ground, and on the wide streets, even iron boxes that could run on their own without being led by oxen or horses appeared.

Qianxuan calls that thing a "bus," saying it's a new invention from Orochimaru's laboratory, burning something called "chakra energy."

Wealthy merchants and nobles from all over the ninja world flocked to the city with their families, like sharks smelling blood.

They brought with them enormous wealth, as well as countless tasks and assignments.

From escorting caravans to searching for lost pet cats, Konoha's mission hall is always packed with people.

The ninjas no longer needed to carry out those life-threatening missions just to make a living.

They have more options, and can even choose to "retire" and open a barbecue restaurant in the village, or become a lecturer at the newly established "Konoha Comprehensive University".

Life here has become more comfortable than ever before.

"Mimei-nee, what are you thinking about?"

A gentle voice interrupted her thoughts.

Nohara Rin walked over with a smile, carrying a plate of freshly cut fruit.

Rin is now a key member of Konoha Hospital, possessing exceptional medical ninjutsu skills, having fully inherited Tsunade's teachings.

She would come to the Thousand Hands Mansion almost every day after get off work to sit for a while and chat with everyone.

Everyone could see that this gentle, water-like girl had someone hidden in her heart.

Unfortunately, that person is often not home.

Mei Terumi took a slice of watermelon, took a bite, and the sweet juice exploded in her mouth.

"It's nothing, it's just that this place... feels too much like heaven."

Lin sat down next to her and laughed as she watched Naruto being chased and beaten by Hinata in the distance.

"Yes, sometimes I feel like all of this is too beautiful to be real."

But they all knew that this paradise was built on someone else's hell.

……

Sunagakure Village.

The wind and sand are still there, only more desolate than three years ago.

On the streets, there were few pedestrians to be seen, most shops were closed, and occasionally a few ninjas would walk by, their faces bearing an unyielding sorrow.

The fourth-generation Kazekage, Rasa, stood atop the Kazekage Building, overlooking his lifeless village.

He felt like he was going crazy.

Three years ago, that man cleaved a two-hundred-mile-long canyon in two with a single stroke, forcing him to sign that humiliating treaty.

I thought this was the bottom line.

But he didn't expect that was just the beginning.

The rise of Konoha was like a giant vortex, frantically drawing in all the resources of the ninja world.

The number of missions in Sunagakure has decreased by 90% in the past three years!

Those wealthy daimyo and merchants who used to spend money like water are now willing to pay three times the price to hire Konoha's genin rather than employ Sunagakure's elites.

No tasks, no income.

The village's finances have long been in a deficit.

He even had to carefully calculate the amount of compensation he would give to the ninjas.

What made him even more desperate was that a year ago, the village's secret vault, which was used to stabilize the economy and store placer gold, was emptied overnight.

Not even a single grain of gold was left.

The only clue was a faint, almost imperceptible spatial fluctuation left at the scene.

Konoha!

Besides the elusive Shuo Ye Qianxuan and his masked subordinate, who else could it be?!

But he had no evidence.

He could only smash his teeth, swallow the blood, and bear it.

"Father."

A childish voice sounded from behind.

Luo Sha turned around and saw his son, with red hair, dark circles under his eyes, and carrying a huge gourd on his back, looking at him indifferently.

Gaara.

This child, whom he personally crafted into the village's ultimate weapon, was also regarded as a monster by him.

"What's the matter?"

Luo Sha's voice was cold and hoarse.

"The village... is running out of money to buy medicinal herbs."

Gaara's voice was devoid of any emotion.

Luo Sha's body swayed.

He looked at his son, then at the crumbling village, and an unprecedented sense of humiliation and anger erupted in his chest like a volcano.

It can't go on like this!

If this continues, Sunagakure will starve to death before Konoha even has a chance to act!

……

The Land of Iron, Mount Sanlang.

In a simple, secluded room, the light flickered.

Four figures sat around a stone table, the atmosphere so oppressive it could drip water.

A, the fourth Raikage of Kumogakure.

Onoki, the third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure.

Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure.

And, the Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure, Shimotsuki Minazuki.

Besides Konoha...

After many years, they secretly gathered together again.

"I'm sure everyone is aware of the situation."

Luo Sha spoke first, breaking the silence. His voice was like a stone polished by wind and sand, rough and dry.

"Konoha is devouring everything we have. Missions, resources, wealth... In five years, no, at most three years, our village will be nothing but a bunch of hungry ninjas."

"Hmph! It's more than just devouring!"

Lei Ying Ai slammed his hand on the table, and the hard stone table was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks.

"My treasury was emptied out six months ago! It must have been Konoha who did it! That masked bastard named Tobi, I'll chop him into mincemeat one of these days!"

His younger brother, Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, went on a mission a while ago. After returning, he kept talking about how he encountered a strange man wearing a vortex mask on the way, who insisted on having a rap competition with him.

If Killer Bee hadn't been fast, he would have almost been kidnapped by them.

He'll remember this debt!

"My Hidden Stone Village isn't much better off."

Ohnoki, his body hunched over, spoke slowly, his cloudy eyes gleaming with the shrewdness of an old fox.

"Some time ago, the daimyo of the Land of Earth even considered moving the capital closer to Konoha. He said... the air there is healthier."

"puff--"

Luo Sha almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

What kind of reason is that?

All eyes were on the last one, Mizuki Shizuka, who had remained silent throughout.

"Lord Mizukage, and you?"

"Ohnoki asked."

"Kirigakure... is alright."

Mizuki Shizuka raised her head, a strange smile appearing on her youthful face.

"Our village and Konoha are now friendly allies. They've even sent a peace exchange ambassador to be stationed in our village."

Everyone: "..."

That day, we couldn't talk anymore.

"That's enough!"

Lei Ying Ai slammed his fist on the table again.

"Stop with the nonsense! I'm here today with just one sentence!"

His sharp eyes swept over everyone present.

"To fight or not to fight?!"

"If we don't act now, and that Sakuya Sengen turns the entire ninja world into his backyard, we'll have no choice but to kneel down and become his dogs!"

The sealed room fell into a deathly silence.

war.

This weighty term, heavy enough to crush an era, was effortlessly thrown out by Raikage.

"beat?"

Onoki gave a cold laugh.

"What are you going to use to fight him? Headbutt his purple Susanoo?"

"Don't forget, Kannabihashi, how he single-handedly routed our 10,000-strong Iwagakure army."

"Don't forget how he cleaved a two-hundred-mile-long canyon with a single slash outside Sunagakure."

"And don't forget, he also has Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, Fugaku Uchiha, and a strange Uchiha who can use Wood Release!"

With each name Ohnoki uttered, the expressions on everyone's faces grew increasingly grim.

Yes.

Unbeknownst to many, Konoha's strength had swelled to a point that inspired despair.

"Then what do you suggest we do?!"

Raikage Ai roared, "

Are we just going to stand by and watch our village be dragged to its death?!

"Of course not."

A ruthless glint flashed in Onoki's eyes, a ruthlessness beyond his years.

"Since individual forces cannot withstand it, then... let's unite!"

"I propose that the four villages of Rock, Cloud, Sand, and Mist form an alliance!"

"Share intelligence, exchange resources, gather all our current strength... and launch the Fourth Shinobi World War!"

"With overwhelming force, destroy Konoha in one fell swoop!"