Game Merchants Starting from the Ninja World.

Chapter 50 Prays for the Players

The relationship between the Hokage and the ninja clan is very delicate.

If a Hokage were as powerful as the First Hokage, capable of suppressing the various clans and silencing them, then they would wield immense influence.

During the second generation, with his outstanding political acumen, he founded a ninja academy to continuously select civilian ninjas and form the Anbu, all in order to weaken the influence of the ninja clans.

Until the third generation,

In his youth, Hiruzen Sarutobi was also able to take a tough stance against these ninja clans. At that time, Konoha was thriving, and he himself was a ninja hero who had mastered the five elemental ninjutsu.

But now, the two most powerful figures in the Hokage faction have left the village, Orochimaru has defected, Sakumo Hatake, who was close to the Hokage, has committed suicide, Minato Namikaze has died in battle, and Kurama is just a brat who hasn't grown up yet.

Among the ninja clans, only the Ino-Shika-Cho trio are loyal to the Hokage; the remaining clans all have their own ulterior motives.

Who wouldn't want to save funds to buy equipment and upgrade skills for their clansmen?

Hiruzen Sarutobi calmly said, "Since neither of you is willing, then let's discuss it again."

"Hokage-sama!"

Asuma's face darkened. He said, "Konoha has already fallen far behind the other ninja villages. Must we continue down this path?"

Although the ninja clans tried to shirk responsibility, they had no choice but to accept it if the Hokage made a firm decision. Even the once-powerful Uchiha clans didn't dare to openly oppose the Hokage.

The premise is that Hiruzen Sarutobi is willing to offend these ninja clans for this matter.

"behind?"

Danzo sneered, "Konoha's strength is undeniable. Even the martial arts-focused Kumogakure was beaten without a chance to fight back. Who can be stronger than Konoha?"

This is a fact.

With the solid foundation laid by the First and Second Hokage, Konoha's combat strength and economy far surpass those of other ninja villages.

Putting aside everything else, the various businesses owned by the Hyuga family alone are equivalent to half a year's income for Sunagakure.

Asuma said anxiously, "The five-nation joint Chunin Exams might be their chance to test Konoha's strength, and could be the fuse that ignites a war."

As a player, he was well aware of the gradually changing atmosphere within the cycle of reincarnation game.

Leaving aside the four great ninja villages, even merchant forces and the suddenly appearing nobles from various countries began to move beyond the game world and gradually set their sights on reality.

The influx of nobles into the village during this period is proof of this.

Normally,

Even the most spectacular ninja duel could not attract such a large number of noble groups.

Danzo scoffed, "Then let them come! When has Konoha ever feared war? They're the ones who should be afraid!"

"madness!"

"Jonin Sarutobi, how dare you speak so disrespectfully to the advisor?"

Upon hearing Asuma's furious roar as he broke through his defenses, Danzo's lips curled up, a strange sense of pleasure creeping in.

It was as if he had gotten his revenge on Asuma for all the decisions that Hiruzen Sarutobi had rejected.

"Shut up, Asuma!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned and said, "This is a meeting room, not a place for you to cause trouble."

"As far as I know, some ninja villages have already trained players who can forge equipment in the real world. If war breaks out, we will be at a disadvantage."

Asuma left his seat, knelt on one knee, and spoke solemnly in a ninja posture.

Is it true?

Upon hearing this news, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked surprised.

The enhancement effect brought by the equipment is obvious. If such a situation really occurs, he really can't continue to muddle through.

"This is alarmist."

Danzo raised his cane and slammed it into the ground, sneering, "My Shimura family also has players. It takes a huge amount of time and effort to cultivate life skills players. Even if they can forge equipment in reality, it's only low-level white and green equipment, which can only make up for a tiny bit of the difference in strength."

After careful consideration, Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed and said, "Jonin Asuma, I agree to your proposal, but I can only give you two billion in funding."

"Esteemed clan leaders, each of you will contribute 100 million yen, with the finance department covering the remaining funds. What do you all think?"

This is the limit of what he can do.

It can demonstrate the decision-making ability of a Hokage, so as not to discourage the Konoha troops in the game, while not crossing the bottom line of the various ninja clans.

The best of both worlds.

"Yes."

Upon hearing that her father had made a decision, Asma bowed slightly, unable to hide the disappointment in her eyes.

Despite having the Land of Fire as its backer and possessing the largest financial resources, it only seeks stability and relentlessly manipulates political tactics to try and balance the ninja clans, failing to see the impending changes.

Is this the father I once longed for?

As he slowly left the meeting hall, Asuma suddenly turned around and glanced at his father, who was dealing with the ninja clan.

His body became hunched over, age spots began to appear on his dark cheeks, and even his eyes became somewhat cloudy; he no longer had the vigor and spirit he once possessed.

too old.

The flames should not be extinguished; a new firefly is needed to illuminate the village.

……

Inside the carriage

The white-haired loli looked astonished, her face covered in sweet cream, making it all seem less appealing.

She exclaimed, "Master, the authority over the Dead Soul Mountain Range is extremely valuable, priceless even in the polluted world! You actually intend to distribute this authority?"

Fang Yi corrected, "It's rented out."

The main focus of the Reincarnation game update is to increase the options for map resources.

Players can purchase the usage period of various resource points through auctions. During the usage period, all the profits generated by the resource points will belong to the player.

Afu objected, "Master, those resource points are hard-won; shouldn't we keep them for ourselves and mine them?"

Fang Yi countered, "What we need is the origin, isn't it?"

"That's right."

"If you mine materials yourself, you need to control the mountains and forests, which not only consumes reward points, but also requires you to put the mined materials on the store to sell to other players."

"Yes."

"Wouldn't it be better to just rent it to the players, collect the high rent, and let the players mine resources for us?"

The white-haired loli scratched her head and said, "But wouldn't that mean the materials would belong to the players?"

Fang Yi smiled sinisterly and asked, "What do players do with the materials they gather?"

The white-haired loli thought about the various uses of the materials and said, "To make equipment, upgrade skills, craft potions..."

"That's right!"

Fang Yi explained, "If you put materials into life skills, the failure rate is very high. All the losses will be turned into resources and I can get them back. Plus the rental fee for resource points, we can get much more reward points than if we mine them ourselves."

Players go to great lengths to gather materials and forge more equipment, but don't forget that once the equipment's durability runs out, it needs to be repaired, which requires not only materials but also reward points.

"Once the upgrade is complete, the old equipment can only be sold to the in-game store at a low price."

At this point, Fang Yi couldn't help but sneer, "In other words, they spend money to mine resources to manufacture equipment, spend money to carefully maintain it, and then I use the money they spend on maintaining the equipment to buy up the expired equipment."

"Why should we do it ourselves if we can get players to willingly mine resources without lifting a finger and eventually return the source?"

After figuring out the key points, Afu's mouth dropped open.

She prayed fervently for the players, who were so pitiful, fighting day and night against the source of pollution and being exploited by their own masters.

(End of this chapter)