Living your daily life in a shonen anime seems to be wrong.

The Third Hokage truly lived up to his name; with a single, casual remark, he defused the awkward situation.

As expected, experience matters.

Qi Ye bit her nails, then gave up trying to find fault.

Finding fault only brings a sense of accomplishment if you succeed; otherwise, it's not finding fault, it's asking for trouble.

Looking around, I found that all the necessary parts, materials, and so on had been prepared, and in considerable quantities. They were piled up in various warehouses, and the timber was piled up like a mountain outside.

Therefore, it's quick enough to have ninjas do this work. If an ordinary person were to do it, they would be lucky to prepare even one-tenth of the work in a few days.

"Hmm, very good. Tell everyone to stay and work overtime tonight, and try to successfully produce the sample by tomorrow. As for overtime pay... ask your beloved Third Hokage for it."

Qi Ye waved his hand, then pulled a few people in charge aside to study the matter.

The Third Hokage smoked a cigarette, staring at a large group of his underlings.

After a long while, he finally sighed helplessly.

"As long as it's done, everyone will be rewarded with three... two months' wages."

"Wow!"

Everyone cheered. Two months' wages weren't a small amount; at least they could indulge in a little luxury.

Everyone was happy, but the Third Hokage could only sigh.

War is an expensive affair, and Konoha's budget is not very good, with most of it relying on the Land of Fire for funding.

The ninja world is an interesting one. Ninjas and ninja villages that possess absolute power exist under the control of various countries. Although they have a certain degree of political autonomy, the appointment of a Kage requires the consent of the Daimyo.

Konoha is considered relatively good; it has developed quite well and is less dependent on the Land of Fire.

However, in places like Sunagakure in the Land of Wind, the power of finance is basically in the hands of the Daimyo of the Land of Earth. If he is unhappy, he can directly cut a portion of the budget, and the ninjas of Sunagakure will have to live on sand and dust.

Especially during times of war, ninjas rarely take on outside missions, have few sources of income, and are more dependent on the daimyo.

Moreover, the lords of various countries hold the right to claim the great cause.

It's perfectly legitimate.

Shaking his head, the Third Hokage walked directly over to Shichiya.

Qi Ye seemed to have finished giving instructions, and the people in charge responded and went to select manpower to make preparations.

Upon seeing this, the Third Hokage immediately asked a question.

"Seven Nights, what exactly are you trying to do? Can you tell the old man something?"

"What's the rush? You'll find out tomorrow. Anyway, you won't be disappointed."

Qi Ye waved his hand impatiently.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and leave. I need to get to work. Don't bother us. Also, you'd better have the ANBU ninjas do a thorough search. Otherwise, if some spy learns the technology and steals the blueprints, don't blame me."

"Ok."

Nanaya seems to be impervious to both soft and hard approaches, so the Third Hokage could only let him have his way.

However, what Shichiya said makes a lot of sense; perhaps it is indeed necessary to arrange for ANBU ninjas to protect the research department.

They even need to arrange for someone to protect Qiye, otherwise the loss would be even greater if the other side captured Qiye.

With the Third Hokage gone, Nanaya was all geared up, raising his arms in triumph.

"Everyone, the time has come to rebel... oops, I mean to create our research department's first achievement! Let's all work together!"

"oh oh!"

Everyone responded in unison.

Chapter Eleven: Noon

Seven Nights is very lazy.

Perhaps you used to be a very diligent person, but after slacking off the first time, you'll do it again and again...

And then I kept slacking off.

So although it's said that everyone should work through the night to make it, that only applies to "everyone," and Qiye will definitely not be included in this "everyone."

Although Qiye did not leave and remained at the construction site, he hid to the side and slept.

Yes, go to sleep.

Since we have the blueprints, assembling them according to the requirements isn't too difficult.

In comparison, getting Nanaya to do things seriously is much more difficult.

Mitarashi Anko also thinks that Nanaya is very lazy.

She had witnessed it before. Even inside the shrine, Nanaya was too lazy to even pick up the snacks in front of him, and instead created two mechanical arms to feed him.

Speaking of which, considering that she was able to create such a mechanical arm, Mitarashi Anko thinks it's a waste of her talent that she's not a puppeteer.

If the puppeteers of Sunagakure knew that Shichiya possessed such skills, I wonder if they would try every means to capture Shichiya and interrogate him.

Fortunately, they didn't know.

Seeing Nanaya sleeping there still made Mitarashi Anko a little unhappy.

But she had no right to order Shichiya around.

However, upon closer inspection, it appeared that Qiye seemed to be fast asleep, perhaps unaware of anyone approaching.

Ultimately, could an ordinary person sense a ninja's approach while asleep?

Mitarashi Anko believes it is not possible.

If a ninja cannot even master a subject like assassination, then he should just retire and go back to his hometown.

However, she wasn't planning an assassination; she was simply curious about Nana's eyes.

They were interested in the right eye, which was said to have never been opened in public since it arrived in Konoha, or even since it was discovered by the Sannin.

What secrets does that right eye hold?

Mitarashi Anko is generally the type of person who doesn't think things through much and just does whatever comes to mind.

So he temporarily put down his work and quietly walked towards Qiye.

Everyone was busy with their own work, and it was quite noisy. It seemed that no one noticed that Mitarashi Anko had abandoned her post.

However, they were still discovered.

Asuma and Kurenai, who were also ninjas, saw it.

Kurenai was clearly puzzled by her friend's unusual behavior.

"What is Hongdou doing there instead of working?"

"Who knows?"

Asma might already be heading towards becoming a heavy smoker, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

However, it wasn't lit; fires are prohibited here.

He glanced at Nana, who was sleeping on a pile of wood, but didn't pay much attention to him.

Since Qi Ye, as the minister, doesn't care about them, they have no reason to care about Qi Ye either.

All you need to do is make the items according to Shichiya's requirements.

Kurenai Yuhi wanted to call Anko Mitarashi back.

However, after a little consideration, I decided against it.

Mitarashi Anko and Nanaya seem to be quite familiar with each other and can talk to each other, so there probably won't be any problems.

Meanwhile, Mitarashi Anko quietly climbed onto the pile of wood and approached Nanaya.

He crawled over to Qiye, raised his right hand, looked at it, and wiggled his fingers.

Then, quietly, he reached his sinful right hand toward Nana's right eye.

Just by lifting your eyelids and taking a look, you might be able to discover Seven Nights' biggest secret.

But can this succeed?

When the moment came, Mitarashi Anko, who hadn't considered anything before, began to doubt her own success.

Perhaps, it will succeed.

But as his right hand got closer and closer to Nanaya's right eye, his heart couldn't help but beat faster.

I still feel a little uneasy.

Perhaps we should end this quickly.

Anko Mitarashi had this thought in her mind and then decided to put it into action.

But before she could increase the speed of her right hand, a hand suddenly appeared and grabbed her right hand.

The sudden change startled her, and she screamed "Ah!"

Upon closer inspection, he realized that he had been grabbed by Qi Ye's hand, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he became somewhat unhappy.

"You scare me!"

"You're the one who accused me first?!"

Qi Ye opened his left eye and looked at the little girl beside him.

Did you really think he was asleep?

joke.

Although I did fall asleep not long ago.

Even when he's asleep, he can still sense when someone gets close. He woke up the moment Mitarashi Anko approached.

I just wanted to scare Mitarashi Anko, otherwise I would have gotten up long ago.

She released Mitarashi Anko's hand, sat up, stretched, and looked at the dark night sky.