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

Chapter Seventeen: Hmph hmph hmph...

Welfare Shrine.

Jiraiya came here as a guest, for only one reason.

"These are the new notebooks that have been released in the last few months?"

Jiraiya flipped through the new notebooks, all of which were unsold and left over.

Of course, the fact that they can't be sold doesn't mean there are no buyers, but rather that most of the sellers have gone to the battlefield, resulting in a significant decrease in customers and naturally leaving a lot of unsold stock.

Unlike those bad painters, Qi Ye's books are all very rich in content.

This secretly pleased Jiraiya, who now had something to do for the time being.

Qi Ye sat to one side, and unusually picked up his teacup to drink tea by himself.

With his red left eye open, he stared at Jiraiya, who was sitting in front of him flipping through a new notebook.

"Weren't you on the front lines? Why did you come back?"

"Because of various things."

Jiraiya didn't even look up, drooling as he stared at the girls in the notebook.

Seven Nights is truly dedicated; except for the initial period, the rest are all full-color books, which is a visual treat.

At least that's true for the people of this world.

This world is a strange world; some things have been invented, but no one has made better use of them.

For example, electricity resources. The electricity resources in this world were not created by Qiye, but existed all along. Qiye simply promoted them based on what already existed.

However, even with the arrival of the electric age, they didn't have a single steam engine, and their means of transportation were still oxcarts and horse-drawn carriages.

Perhaps it's because this world is dominated by ninjas.

Since the advent of chakra, ninjas have been active on the Naruto continent for over a thousand years. Apart from the few samurai in the Land of Iron, the rest have basically disappeared. Few people even know their names, and their lineage has probably been lost long ago.

Moreover, while they are called samurai, they have long since begun to refine chakra to aid in battle. They are essentially ninjas who only use swordsmanship and taijutsu to fight, and are not the pure samurai of the past at all.

The only ones left with any reputation are the priestesses of the Land of Demons.

However, that priestess will probably never leave her place of residence, so it's nothing special.

"I heard you're going to the front lines?"

"Ah."

"why?"

"For no particular reason, I've been in Konoha for over ten years, it's time to go out and see the sights, and there are fun things to do there too."

"Oh, so you're talking about selling the notebooks to other countries? That does sound kind of fun."

Jiraiya knew about the agreement between Shichiya and the Third Hokage, and the Third Hokage wouldn't hide it from him.

However, Jiraiya did not quite agree with the idea of ​​sending an ordinary person like Shichiya to the front lines.

Even ninjas in that environment lived in constant fear, let alone ordinary people. They could be killed at any moment by a kunai or shuriken flying out from somewhere.

This is also because he doesn't understand Qiye.

Nanaya is indeed not a ninja, but he is an ability user.

Although he cannot refine chakra, Shichiya uses natural energy, which is even more powerful than chakra.

Jiraiya also cultivates natural energy, but unlike Nanaya, he does not.

Jiraiya absorbs a certain amount of natural energy and combines it with his own chakra in a certain proportion to form Sage Chakra, thus entering the so-called Sage Mode.

This can only be considered an indirect use of natural energy, while Nanaya uses it directly, absorbing and utilizing it directly. In this respect alone, he is much more powerful than Jiraiya.

Perhaps it's because Shichiya isn't from this world. Among the people of this world, very few can absorb and sense natural energy, and even fewer can successfully cultivate into Sage Mode.

In this world, absorbing natural energy is life-threatening; one wrong move and you could turn into a stone statue or something.

However, there was no such danger for Qiye.

Moreover, Nanaya's use of natural energy is far more skillful than Jiraiya's; otherwise, Jiraiya would have discovered Nanaya's absorption of natural energy long ago.

But Jiraiya didn't realize this; he still thought Nanaya was just an ordinary person.

A fairly intelligent and interesting ordinary person.

"Since you've already made your decision, I'm too lazy to say anything more."

Jiraiya closed the notebook with satisfaction, and casually tucked the other unread books into his pocket.

"I still have a lot to do, so I'll be going now."

Watching Jiraiya leave, Nanaya didn't say anything more.

He slowly finished his cup of hot tea and then let out a long sigh.

"Well, going out for a while and getting back to my daily life of more than ten years is not bad."

Moreover, he could repay a favor. It was Jiraiya and the others who brought him back to Konoha, so it was a favor in itself.

Furthermore, it can spread the brilliance of the doujinshi throughout the entire ninja world, and at least reach the Sand Village in the Land of Wind.

"Foolish ninjas, from now on you'll live under the control of this doujinshi! Heh heh heh heh..."

……

It's perfectly normal to spend several months preparing for a battle.

Qi Ye directed the construction of a considerable amount of equipment and accelerated the production of various supplies. The number of airships that have taken to the skies has exceeded one hundred.

Half of them traveled between Konoha and various battlefronts, transporting various supplies, wounded soldiers, and so on.

However, many were destroyed. The enemy ninjas were not stupid either; they took advantage of the airship's landing to destroy some through sneak attacks and other means.

They did want to capture one or two ships to study and replicate, but they failed. The Konoha ninjas wouldn't let them succeed, and in an emergency, they destroyed them themselves.

Actually, it's not a big deal if it's stolen. Those people don't understand how airships work, and even if they take it back, they won't know anything about air or anything like that.

Putting everything else aside, Qi Ye himself mobilized nearly seventy airships, and in addition to the necessary supplies, he piled them all with explosives.

Konoha spared no expense in this regard, spending a huge amount of money to purchase a massive quantity of raw materials.

Qiye used these materials to produce hundreds of tons of explosives, most of which were made into explosive charges. He also made two 75mm cannons to precisely strike specific targets.

This wasn't difficult for Shichiya; he had already made quite a few robots, all of which were working at the shrine, so he wouldn't be short of two more cannons.

We found some people and taught them how to operate the artillery; everything else was ready.

The situation at the front seems dire; a new large-scale battle is reportedly breaking out in a place called Kikyo-yama.

Feeling exhausted, the Third Hokage urged Shichiya to go to the battlefield.

He was also in a difficult situation, since a large amount of resources had been requisitioned for the research department. If he didn't produce some results soon, he wouldn't be able to explain himself to everyone.

Therefore, the Third Hokage ordered Shichiya to launch an attack and achieve victory.

The necessary manpower has also been mobilized for Qiye. After resting in Konoha for two months, they have recovered to their best condition.

Qiye also knew the deputy assigned to him.

Or rather, I know.

One of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, Nara Shikaku.

This is known as the strategist of Konoha, whose intelligence surpasses that of most people, and whose command skills in battle are also quite good.

Upon seeing this ninja, who was now in his prime, Nanaya simply bit his nails.

It was said that he was called back as an assistant because he was worried about Nanaya's lack of combat experience, but in reality, the Third Hokage just wanted to know how Nanaya planned to use those explosive packs.

If you hire a smart enough person, they can learn the tactics.

He really is an old fox.

However, Shichiya didn't pay any attention to it.

Nara Shikaku is indeed very intelligent and his command skills are not bad, but his brilliance lies only in tactical command. He lacks strategic vision, perhaps even less than Namikaze Minato.

In reality, there are relatively few people with strategic vision in the ninja world. This is related to the ninja's combat style, which relies heavily on the individual performance of the ninja and the tactical command of the captains of the smaller units. Most of the time, the commander sets a goal, and then the subordinates simply carry it out.

Thinking about these things too much is pointless.

"Alright, let's go!"

Chapter 18: Without a younger sister, how could there be a daughter?

Nearly seventy airships sailed together at an altitude of over a thousand meters toward the front line.

The airship wasn't actually that fast. It would take several days to travel from Konoha to the front lines and back, even at the fastest speed.

This speed is actually much slower than the speed at which a ninja can move forward at full speed on the ground.

If there are no obstacles, ninjas can travel from Konoha to Sunagakure in as little as two days.

Now, it only takes two or three days to get halfway there, and even then, it's only while there are no obstacles in the air, without any rest in between.

However, it was still much faster than traveling by oxcart or horse-drawn cart.

They didn't bring many supplies this time; it was mostly explosives. If it were to catch fire, the airship might be destroyed in a single "boom."

Therefore, some heavy smokers dare not light a cigarette, fearing that something might go wrong and they might die without even realizing it.

Qi Ye didn't care about those things. He lazily leaned on the railing, looking at the blurry ground below.

The airship rose high enough that the blue sky and white clouds seemed to be right beside us.

Looking at it this way, perhaps the legendary Heavenly Palace or something similar does exist.

Perhaps it was one or even dozens or hundreds of enormous airships that drifted high in the sky year-round, hidden behind the clouds, which is why the legendary Heavenly Palace was a scene shrouded in ethereal mist.

Once the problems of food and fuel are solved, there's not much difference between living in the sky or on the ground.

"Ugh……"

With a long sigh, Qi Ye fell backward and lay directly on the ground.