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

In comparison, Sunagakure is a poor village. In such a windy and sandy place, it is difficult to grow food and they still need to rely on imports.

They were already poor, and then they had to buy food, so the availability of weapons and equipment was even more uncertain.

If Konoha were to truly go all out against Sunagakure, they wouldn't even have a numerical advantage.

Fortunately, for Sunagakure, Konoha's enemies are not just them.

Even so, after fighting for several years, Sunagakure became extremely strained.

The attack resumed that day, but it was still not very effective, except for adding a series of death lists to both sides' reports.

As evening fell, both sides sounded the retreat, and the lively battlefield came to a halt, with only a small number of ninjas and small groups of troops still active.

Konoha, Command Post.

Orochimaru was right here, but he wasn't yet that rogue ninja from Konoha.

He might even be the man who inherits the Hokage position; at this time, his prestige in Konoha was still very high.

As the commander, I naturally received intelligence from the rear.

"Oh, has Nanaya-kun not arrived yet?"

"Judging by the speed of the airship, it should have arrived long ago, but so far there has been no sign of it."

"I see..."

Upon hearing the report, Orochimaru lowered his head in thought.

They should have arrived long ago, but they still haven't. If it weren't for the ambush along the way...

Flying in the air, and with no airships or flying personnel, the enemy couldn't possibly be lying in ambush.

So, something unexpected happened?

It's unlikely. Even if something unexpected happens, it's a huge airship formation. No matter what, they still have the ability to send someone out to report. It's impossible for them to be wiped out all at once.

So if I'm not mistaken...

"Give the order to all the ninjas to take a short rest and prepare accordingly."

"What preparations?"

"Preparation for attack."

"attack?"

"Give the order. I know Nana-kun quite well."

As Orochimaru said this, he stuck out his tongue and licked the corner of his mouth, just like a snake.

Even its eyes resembled those of a snake.

The three legendary ninjas were not ordinary people.

"He and I have been working together for a long time!"

……

If Shichiya were to hold a "Heroes Discussed Over Wine" event like Cao Cao, he would definitely invite Orochimaru.

There was no other reason than Orochimaru believed in science.

These days, believe in science and you'll gain immortality.

Take Orochimaru for example. He should have died countless times, but he kept coming back to life and survived until after the Fourth Shinobi World War.

And it continues to advance on the path of science.

Qiye can also be considered a scientist, after all, he was raised by a group of scientists.

Moreover, they were all mad scientists.

Orochimaru was also quite ruthless, conducting numerous live experiments and the like.

Although it doesn't seem to have started yet, I guess they already have some ideas.

He and Qiye did indeed collaborate.

They collaborated in various ways; he provided Qiye with some things, and Qiye provided him with some inspiration, which was mutually beneficial.

However, it wasn't a very deep collaboration.

But that doesn't matter; what matters is that they are similar people.

The only difference is that Qi Ye doesn't have a strong obsession with the so-called immortality.

Qiye has no ambition and would never mess up his body for the sake of so-called science.

Having already done it once before his transmigration, Qi Ye wouldn't want to do it a second time.

Sometimes he even felt that his body had shrunk after transmigrating because God had made up for it by eliminating the hidden ailments left on his body from various experiments before he transmigrated.

However, more than a decade has passed, and there is no point in studying these things now.

For Shichiya, it would be more beneficial to study how to win this war.

At the very least, it can increase the sales of the doujinshi and allow the shrine's glory to shine even brighter in the ninja world.

Believe in science, and you will live forever.

Believe in the shrine, and you'll get a copy.

The ninjas on the airship were passing around the latest doujinshi, one of their few forms of entertainment.

Nanaya sat on the deck of the airship and solemnly discussed with a ninja the question, "How can one have a daughter without a younger sister?"

Before we knew it, it was already dark.

The airship was already lit up. High in the sky, the lights were like stars, not too eye-catching.

The ninjas, having fought a fierce battle all day, probably didn't have time to worry about these issues.

Qi Ye temporarily put aside the issues under discussion, got up from the deck, and stretched.

The sky was dotted with stars, and a crescent moon hung in the sky, so eye-catching.

Nara Shikaku happened to walk over at that moment and was a little surprised to see that Nanaya had already stood up.

"Lord Nanaya, we have arrived above Mount Kikyo."

"Oh."

Qi Ye responded, seemingly unsurprised.

Nara Shikaku suspected that he had planned this all along, otherwise why would he get up immediately after arriving here and lying on the deck all day?

Perhaps it's just a coincidence.

Nara Shikaku made up his mind.

He didn't believe that Qiye could calculate so precisely that he could know exactly where she was.

If that's the case, then that would be really impressive.

Nanaya leaned on the railing again, and Nara Shikaku walked over to his side and looked down at the world with him.

Looking down from such a height, someone with a fear of heights would probably be terrified and their legs would go weak.

Nana was always limp and weak, and Nara Shikaku didn't know if he had a fear of heights.

But now is clearly not the time to concern yourself with this.

The ground was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.

However, two bright spots were clearly visible, formed by the convergence of torches and lamplight. They were quite large, not much different from those in some towns, and perhaps even larger in area.

"This must be the area of ​​Kikyo Mountain, right? Where is Konoha's headquarters?"

Qi Ye lazily leaned on the railing, his red eyes, which seemed even more prominent in the darkness, staring down at the scene without any emotion.

Sometimes Nara Shikaku couldn't help but wonder if Nanaya had any feelings at all. He had been working with Nanaya for a while, but he had never been able to find the slightest fluctuation in Nanaya's eyes, whether it was anger, happiness or anything else.

Although he often has a smile on his face.

However, facial expressions are easy to make, but the eyes are a different story.

After determining the direction, I looked down.

"Straight down is our Konoha's base at Kikyo Mountain, and over there is Sunagakure's."

"Um……"

Her red eyes flickered a few times, and a smile appeared on her lips again.

However, no one could see it.

"Drive over there and descend to a height of two hundred meters."

"Yes."

Chapter Twenty: Chaos

The advent of gunpowder drastically changed the nature of warfare, transforming it from cold weapons to firearms.

In this world, this is a powerful tool for ordinary people to fight against ninjas.

However, Konoha will not allow this thing to spread, otherwise, the world dominated by ninjas will become much more unpredictable.

Qi Ye had no intention of spreading this thing; global chaos would do him no good.

He still wanted to hide away in the shrine and live his daily life.

Ultimately, Shichiya didn't find war fun at all.

Relying on Junmo's words to seal the affairs of the princes, one will succeed in a thousand bones.

Even mad scientists are mad for research, not for war.

Those who use the guise of mad scientists to create chaos in the world are not true mad scientists, but rather ambitious schemers.

Qi Ye had no ambition; he always lived day to day and never thought about tomorrow.

This intervention in the war was solely to extend the shrine's glory to places devoid of faith.

Yes, just like the Crusades of yesteryear, they came to preach and spread the gospel.