Naruto: The Tavern Speech Begins to Make the Land of Rain Great

The Dawn Society's secret base was located in the eastern part of the Rain Country, under a secluded building.

One must navigate a complex network of sewers to enter the base.

Although it looks badly damaged.

However, since it was built in the last month, the facilities and environment are relatively new.

Watanabe Toru sat in his office, the pristine white walls and dry environment prompting him to hum a little tune.

Besides being in a comfortable environment, there is another reason.

"Knock knock knock".

"Please come in."

Watanabe Tetsu looked up and saw a girl who looked to be eighteen or nineteen years old entering the room.

She had an extremely well-proportioned figure, stood upright, and exuded confidence.

When she saw Watanabe Toru, she smiled and spoke sweetly.

"Senior Che."

Watanabe Tetsu nodded in response, and then spoke.

"How is Xiaoguang doing lately?"

Hayakawa Hitomi nodded and placed the stack of reports that were folded in front of her on the table.

The heavy documents made the table shake, causing Watanabe Tetsu's hand to tremble instinctively.

He moved the chair to the side, gesturing for Hayakawa Hitomi to sit down.

Hayakawa Hitomi didn't stand on ceremony; she sat down and took out the map of the Land of Rain that was on top.

There are several circles on the map, mainly distributed in the eastern part of the Rain Country.

"This is our base."

She then pointed to the twenty-odd crosses concentrated in the north and south.

"This is Hanzo's stronghold."

Hayakawa Hitomi nodded at Watanabe Tetsuya and continued.

"We have proceeded as planned, undermining Hanzo's influence in the eastern part of the Land of Rain and constructing a defensive line for the Eastern Arc."

Watanabe Toru looked at the crescent-shaped arc formed by the eastern circles on the map and nodded in satisfaction.

This was his initial idea for establishing his power.

First, spread the religion in the eastern part of the Rain Kingdom, where its power is weakest but its territory is the largest.

Then, using the tavern as a base, they expanded their influence to the surrounding areas.

As for why it's a tavern?

Pubs can accommodate a large number of people, and people's moods tend to be more elevated after drinking.

In other words, it is easy to resonate with the public.

In addition, taverns are also a good place to gather information.

Therefore, Watanabe Toru uses the tavern as a series of nodes.

These taverns in the east act as nodes, connecting the surrounding transient population with the residents.

This formed a unique defensive line belonging to Watanabe Toru.

And Yamada's tavern is the final piece of the puzzle in the Eastern Arc.

With this defensive line in place, Hanzo's forces will find it difficult to penetrate into the eastern part of the Land of Rain.

This also means that Watanabe Tetsu finally has a base of his own.

It can be a base, or it can be...

领土。

Only after securing basic territory can one proceed with subsequent actions.

For example...

Recruiting soldiers and buying horses.

This is also why Watanabe Tetsu didn't expand the Akatsuki-kai's influence quickly before.

An armed organization with a base would make Hanzo worry, and might even lead him to wipe it out.

But what about an organization that has no armed forces or strongholds, yet claims to unite the masses to make the Rain Kingdom greater?

What enemy? They are clearly our ally in missionary work.

Now, Xiaoguanghui has both extensive strongholds and a clear boundary with Hanzang's forces.

This gave them the ability to challenge Hanzo.

In other words, it's time to recruit ninjas.

Given the influence and slogans of the Akatsuki, many ninjas will likely be willing to join.

He spoke ill of Hanzo quite a bit in the eastern part of the Land of Rain.

Watanabe Toru's speech in three stages.

Phase One: The Land of Rain is in turmoil. Why are we all in such dire straits? It's because of that damned great power! Join us and we'll change everything!

Phase Two: Hanzo cannot save the Land of Rain, but I, Watanabe Toru, can.

Phase Three: Since none of us have anything to eat, you can give me 50 units of startup capital now. Once I become the Rain Shadow of the Rain Country, I'll treat you to a life of luxury!

What? No money? Then contribute your labor!

Watanabe Toru's base was obtained through deception in this way.

Although the third stage was shameless, it was quite effective.

Three major concepts have now been established among the people of the eastern part of the Rain Country.

Following Hanzo is a dead end; the great nation deserves to die. Watanabe Tetsuya can make everyone's lives better.

One pass ten, ten pass a hundred.

Whether Watanabe Toru could improve their lives, they didn't know.

But Hanzo's performance during his tenure was quite remarkable.

Naturally, Hanzang's rule was shaken.

Watanabe Tetsu, on the other hand, became famous, and many residents even followed him around, wanting to hear his speeches.

Wow, they've come to chase after their idols.

In short, Watanabe Toru's first phase of design was establishing power.

It is now complete.

His face was full of smiles as he gave instructions to Hayakawa Hitomi.

"We can begin the second phase now."

The second stage – recruiting and building up the ranks.

Watanabe Toru took the third report from top to bottom from Hayakawa Hitomi.

This is a geographical map of the eastern region of the Land of Rain, with the population and number of ninjas in each region marked in small print.

Next to each region, the estimated number of ninjas that can be recruited is also listed.

These ninjas were all those who had a strong reaction to Watanabe Tetsu's speech, and after Hayakawa Hitomi's evaluation, it was determined that they were likely to be recruited.

Amatsu Town - 39 genin, 9 chunin, and 3 jounin

Shiorin Village – 26 Genin, 7 Chunin, 2 Jonin

...

Watanabe Tetsuya was very satisfied with the report, and he turned to look at Hayakawa Hitomi.

What reward do you want?

Hayakawa Hitomi first glanced at Watanabe Tetsu's serious face, a professional smile appearing on her own.

"I'm afraid Senior Che can't afford it."

"I see."

Watanabe Tetsu nodded, even though Hayakawa Hitomi never accepted any rewards from him.

But if his subordinates do a good job, how can he, as their leader, not give them a reward?

But after thinking it over, there really wasn't much I could give.

Hayakawa Hitomi was given a Jonin bodyguard, a large house, and good food every day.

What else could be missing?

But Watanabe Toru was never a stingy person. He took out a large bag of premium tea and a thick envelope from the table.

The tea was a gift from Mr. Yamada, and it's said that you can't buy it on the market even if you have the money.

The envelope contained three million Fire Country banknotes given to him by Boss Yamada, which was quite a sum of money.

Unfortunately, he didn't know how to appreciate tea and didn't really need the money, so he decided to give these things to Xiaotong as a reward.

"Hey, this is a gift from Mr. Yamada. Consider it a reward for you. I hope you won't refuse."

Hayakawa Hitomi flashed her signature smile and teased.

"Is this the protection money Yamada paid you?"

She picked up the packet of tea, smelled it, and smiled.

Then he said lively.

"Then I'll accept it! I'll make you tea from now on!"

It's clear that although Hayakawa Hitomi said she didn't want a reward, she would still be very happy if she actually received one.

I guess all girls are like that.

Just listen to it the other way around.