Naruto: I, the villain template, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 157 Development of Explosive Tags

In the land of mountains, in a vast, empty pit where the ground is scorched black.

People carried timber in the dark, hammers clanging as they built houses.

"Cough! Cough!"

A young man wearing a scorching headband choked on some ash, put down his hammer, scratched his limp blond hair, and sighed, "Why is it that after finally becoming a ninja, I still have to do carpentry work here like before?"

When Kagerou and Konoha were locked in a fierce battle, he hadn't become a ninja yet. Now, having finally passed the exam, he's about to sign a ceasefire agreement.

"Hmph." As if remembering something, the blond boy said angrily, "It's all Konoha's fault for being so despicable."

Taking advantage of the absence of the main force of Kagero Village, Konoha launched a surprise attack led by Jiraiya, which laid the foundation for Konoha's victory.

"Get to work, Xiao Xuanzi, stop talking nonsense."

A head popped out from the wooden house, and the middle-aged man teased, "That old man Xuan Weng spoils you too much. He's one of the few masters of mechanisms in the village, but you, his son, haven't even learned half of your father's skills."

Upon hearing this, Xuanzi thought of his father, who was still on a mission outside and knew nothing about Yangyan's current situation, and fell silent.

In the third month after being attacked by Konoha, Kagero was forced to sign a ceasefire treaty with Konoha. This was originally just a delaying tactic, as Kagero intended to launch a counterattack before the ceasefire.

The core of this counterattack plan is Xuan Weng, a master of mechanical arts.

He was sent to infiltrate Konoha and plant explosive tags there. Once he received a signal from Kagerou Village, he would detonate those tags, and Kagerou Village's main force would then attack Konoha.

Two and a half months have passed since Xuanweng infiltrated Konoha.

Based on Xuanzi's understanding of his father, he probably believes that the enemy has already completed their mission and is just waiting for their main force to storm Konoha.

However, the leader of Yangyan Village, who advocated fighting to the end, died unexpectedly and mysteriously not long ago.

He died of anger.

To be precise, he was already sick from anger because of the surprise attack on Konoha and the devastation to the village. Then his wife and children were torn apart by Takigakure, and he died of anger after spitting out a mouthful of blood.

The person who succeeded as leader of Yangyan Village decided to actually sign a ceasefire agreement with Konoha and never assigned any more tasks to Xuanweng.

"What exactly is Lord Buzhou thinking?" Xuanzi murmured to himself, his expression bewildered.

He loved playing treasure hunt games with his father since he was a child, and always felt that life was about taking risks, rather than following the conventional path of getting married, having children, and then going to the grave.

He was a man full of adventurous spirit at heart, yet now, as a ninja, he chose to compromise and surrender when facing enemies. This prospect of a future filled him with a sense of despondency.

Moreover, his father still hasn't returned.

Why hasn't Father been brought back yet, even though a ceasefire agreement has already been decided?

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Meanwhile, inside the walls of the Yangyan Village settlement.

This place has been completely hollowed out and is hidden hundreds of meters deep inside the mountains.

A young man dressed in a long brown coat walked in and went straight into the deepest part of the mountain.

The man had just stepped out of the passage, but before he could even breathe in the fresh, filtered air, the two men approached him.

"Who did we think it was? Isn't this the Chief?"

The middle-aged man, dressed in a bomb suit, greeted us calmly, "What brings you to a shady place like this today?"

Although his tone was calm, a hint of mockery could be heard.

"Hey, be more polite to Lord Buzhou."

Before the young man called "Buzhou" could say anything, another, relatively short old man kindly offered a word of advice, then grabbed Buzhou's hands and shook them wildly, saying, "Welcome to our inspection, Lord Buzhou!"

Caught off guard, Bu Zhou swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue, feeling a sense of surprise.

This enthusiasm is no different from that of a woman soliciting customers in a red-light district, but these hot-tempered researchers have always looked down on him as a dove, so why is he so enthusiastic from the start today?

"Lord Leyou, you're too kind."

Unable to understand, Bu Zhou could only shake his head with a wry smile and explain in a gentle tone, "I just heard that your research has made new progress, so I suddenly had the idea to come and take a look."

"Excuse me, is this a convenient time? If not, I..."

Although I had never been to the research base before, I had grown up in Yangyan Village and, having been exposed to various rumors, I naturally knew just how dangerous this place was.

Judging from the several nighttime explosions that shook the entire village, and the occasional slight tremors that followed, this was evident.

Unfortunately, having been forced into the role of leader, he had no choice but to come and take a look at the research base.

"Of course! Of course it's convenient!"

Leyou blinked and chuckled, pulling him along, "Come on, come on! This way, please!"

Bu Zhou was practically dragged and pulled to a door before he stopped.

"Lord Buzhou, please come in."

Leyou opened the door for him, turned to the side and smiled, "It might be a little cold, please don't mind."

Bu Zhou shook his head and went inside. He saw that the white room was empty and there was no complicated equipment.

There was only one cubicle with double-sided glass, where several men in bomb suits and goggles were frowning as they peered through the glass at what was inside.

"We have developed a more efficient method for creating detonating tags, reducing the lengthy process of structuring spells to just a few hours."

Leyou came to his side and began to introduce him, but only received a long silence from Buzhou. Looking at the space on the other side through the double-sided glass, blank special talisman paper was placed on the stone platform.

What's the use of being fast?

No matter how fast it goes, it's useless.

We remain subject to the control of major powers.

A speck of dust on the battlefield of a great power can become a mountain on the head of a small country...

"Want to take a look at the test?" Leyou asked abruptly.

Buzhou took a deep breath, suppressing his resentment, and tilted his head slightly, asking, "Should we wear bomb suits?"

"Don't worry, this test is very safe."

Leyou patted him on the shoulder straightforwardly, then looked at the people next to him and waved his hand: "Let's begin the first test."

the first time?

Upon hearing this, Buzhou was momentarily stunned.

The researchers nearby had already grasped the metal that conducted chakra, and black patterns gradually appeared on the specially made talisman.

Feeling increasingly uneasy, Bu Zhou looked around the room and noticed that the walls, ceiling, and floor were all made of pure white metal panels, which should have been of top-notch hardness and pressure resistance.

Turning his head to look at the glass again, a thought inexplicably flashed through his mind.

Could this double-sided glass be shatterproof?

The moment the thought arose, the detonator placed on the stone platform suddenly emitted a faint red glow.

Beep beep beep!!

The instrument panel flashed red and emitted a piercing alarm sound. Bu Zhou noticed the anomaly immediately and subconsciously turned his head to look at Le You and the others beside him.

It turned out that the group of people were already quite familiar with each other and had all fallen down at the same time!

"You..." Bu Zhou's eye twitched, and he was about to say something.

boom!!

(End of this chapter)