I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 537 The Great Treasure of the Snow Country!

The Kingdom of Snow, Royal Palace.

In the bright and spacious banquet hall, there was a very large long table, and the clean white tablecloth was filled with all kinds of delicious dishes. Food and drinks full of the flavor of the Snow Country were served up and down like a flowing stream, which was very lively.

After completely resolving the internal strife in the country, the Daimyo of the Land of Snow, Kazehana Hayate, hosted a grand banquet to specially invite two Konoha ninja, Nara Ranke and Namikaze Minato, to thank Konoha for their significant contributions during this internal strife.

The banquet is in progress.

Minato Namikaze obediently drank water and ate his meals.

Nara Rinka and Fuka Shoyuki then discussed the topic that had been left unresolved earlier.

"That snowfield used to be my personal research base. I built a huge machine underground in the snowfield."

After hesitating for half a day, Feng Hua Zao Xue finally decided to tell the truth.

He wasn't sure if the Fourth Hokage of Konoha had actually heard the rumors about the "Secret Treasure of the Land of Snow".

However, regardless of the circumstances, Feng Hua Zao Xue must provide a specific response to dispel any unrealistic expectations the other party may have.

There's no secret treasure from the Land of Snow!

All it has is a super heater!

In fact, similar words were once spoken by Fuka Shosetsu to his younger brother, Fuka Nutō.

However, Feng Hua Nu Tao did not believe his biological brother's words at all, and felt that the other party was just fooling him.

Why would you need a heater in a country like the Land of Snow, where the climate is cold and the land is covered in snow all year round?

Amidst the wind, flowers, and early snow, is your mind clear?

"That machine is actually a machine that absorbs geothermal heat and emits heat."

Kazeka Zao Xue adjusted her glasses and spoke meticulously.

"Given time, once that machine has absorbed enough energy and heat, and then spreads that heat throughout the Snow Country, the natural environment of the Snow Country will also be changed as a result."

"That sounds...quite creative."

Nara Rinka pursed her lips and gave a fairly fair assessment.

According to the information he possessed about the future, Kazahana Hayate's "geothermal machine" did indeed play the role he had envisioned.

After the machine was activated, the Land of Snow transformed into the Land of Spring almost instantly.

Unfortunately, in the normal timeline, Kazahana Saya died unexpectedly in the civil war of the Snow Country, leaving behind only her daughter, Kazahana Koyuki, who wandered and drifted away.

The princess of a small country, hiding her identity, then plunged headlong into the ninja entertainment industry... (and at the same time starred in the film adaptation of "Icha Icha Paradise," which is quite outrageous).

Let's return to the super geothermal device that Kazeka Hayase ordered to be built.

Nara Rangkei is still unclear about the operating principle of this geothermal device.

Even among the myriad of bizarre ninjutsu techniques, there is no example of one that could bring the earth from winter into spring and completely reverse the local climate.

However, based on Nara Rinkei's observations, the energy source of that geothermal device seems to be natural energy!

Knowing the answer already, Nara Ranka asked the question knowingly.

"Your Excellency, what is the energy source of this geothermal device you mentioned?"

"It's mainly natural energy."

Quite unexpectedly, Feng Hua Zaoxue gave his answer.

"I don't know if the Hokage is aware of the existence of this kind of energy..."

"In our world, there is such an energy, its traces are almost everywhere: the sky, the earth, the ocean."

"The geothermal device I designed is primarily powered by the natural energy within the earth."

As soon as this topic came up, Minato Namikaze, who had been quietly eating just moments before, immediately turned his attention to it.

Master Men never expected that someone in a small country like the Land of Snow would know about the existence of "natural energy," and that the other person wasn't even a ninja.

If you're not a ninja, how can you discover the existence of natural energy, and how can you utilize it?

Minato Namikaze was very puzzled by this.

Nara Rinka was also somewhat surprised.

Feng Hua Zao Xue's understanding of natural energy, especially his ability to utilize it, is almost on par with his.

The other party is just an ordinary person, without even chakra, which means that the other party's physical energy and mental energy have not been able to be integrated.

However, Feng Hua Zaoxue clearly discovered the existence of natural energy and even built a special geothermal device that can absorb and store natural energy!

Without a doubt, this daimyo of the Land of Snow is a man of great talent!

"I know about the existence of natural energy."

Nara Rinka said calmly.

"Shikkotsu Forest, Myoboku Mountain, Ryūchi Cave."

"There are three sacred lands in the ninja world, each possessing a related inheritance of natural energy."

"I don't know anything about the three holy lands."

Feng Hua Zao Xue shook her head and said honestly.

"My initial knowledge about natural energy came from Ninji Temple."

Ninja Temple!

Nara Rinka narrowed her eyes slightly.

There is more than just the Fire Temple in the world.

Like the Land of Wind, it also possesses the legacy of the Ninja Temple.

The first known Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Shukaku, Bunpuku, was a ninja monk from the Land of Wind.

Furthermore, the One-Tailed Beast was not captured and sealed away by the ninja temple of the Land of Wind only after the first Five Kage Summit.

The Land of Wind's ownership of Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast, is "since ancient times."

Of all the tailed beasts, the One-Tailed Beast was sealed for the longest time. (This may also be why the One-Tailed Shukaku learned sealing techniques.)

The Ninja Temple lineage exists throughout the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, as well as in other countries.

If the knowledge about natural energy in "Wind, Flower, Early Snow" doesn't come from the three holy sites, then it can only come from the Ninja Temple.

Other forces, unless they are "alien races" like the Otsutsuki clan, even the Senju and Uchiha clans have never mastered the knowledge of natural energy, let alone other ordinary ninjas or even real ordinary people.

Nara Rinkei has no intention of investigating which country's ninja temple the information about Fuuka Hayase came from.

He was curious about something else.

"Can Your Excellency sense the presence of natural energy?"

The Fire Temple possesses methods to sense and manipulate natural energy without relying on chakra.

Even so, this method is extremely dependent on the user's own mental energy level.

Nara Rinka is quite certain that Fuuka Saya is just an ordinary person.

The opponent's mental energy level shouldn't be very high either...

I personally cannot perceive it.

Feng Hua Zao Xue shook his head and said frankly.

"But the machines I create can detect the presence and flow of natural energy."

Good guy!

He was a scientist!

Nara Rinka's eyes lit up immediately.

He likes this type of "tool"—oops! Scientist!

If it weren't for Orochimaru going astray back then...

Nara Rinka even considered bringing that cold-blooded serpent into his camp.

Although Orochimaru's main research area is "biotechnology", no one can deny his talent in other scientific fields.

"Would I be allowed to take a closer look at that geothermal device?"

Nara asked with great interest.

"Actually, I also have a little bit of research on natural energy."

"Yeah?"

Even the wind, flowers, and early snow have taken an interest.

He devoted himself to the study of natural energy for many years, but he never encountered any fellow researchers.

The Fourth Hokage of Konoha was also the first ninja that Kazahana Hayayuki encountered who had some knowledge of natural energy.

Although he didn't actually encounter many ninjas in total...

Fuuka Hayase readily agreed to Nara's request to pluck the cassia tree.

This was a piece of cake for him.

Taking advantage of the harmonious atmosphere, Kazeka Hayase made another request.

"Lord Hokage."

Kazayuki glanced at Minato Namikaze, who was eating quietly to the side, and asked with a smile.

"I wonder if there are any precedents of ninjas in your village changing professions?"

Changing careers?

Nara Rinkazu looked at Namikaze Minato with some confusion.

What did Master Men do to the Daimyo of the Land of Snow?

Judging from what they're saying, it seems like they want to poach people from Konoha.

Second update

(End of this chapter)