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

When the Third Hokage discovered the airship formation had returned and hurriedly organized a group of people to greet them, he found that Shichiya had already left.

Needless to say, they must have gone back to the shrine.

"Lord Sandai, Lord Shichiya said he needs to go back to finish his manuscript and asked you not to disturb him."

Nara Shikaku was tragically used as a messenger, having a boss like Shichiya who did all the messy stuff, while he didn't even have a chance to speak about the battle plan.

This is somewhat of a waste of his talents, given that he is known as the strategist of Konoha.

However, he no longer underestimated Qiye as he had at the beginning. Although his fighting style was simple and brutal, a victory was a victory.

Often, people don't care about the process of something; they only care about who has the last laugh and who wins.

Therefore, the champion is often the most eye-catching, while the runner-up and third place...

Ha ha.

The Third Hokage was probably thinking, "What? Shichiya's going back to finish his manuscript..."

Well, I can understand. After all, it was a strange creature that went to the battlefield specifically to increase the sales of its doujinshi.

And they won.

Moreover, the win was quite easy; it really was just a short trip, not much different from going out for a walk to relax.

This makes it easier to understand why Shichiya, who is too lazy to even make snacks at home, would get involved in something as troublesome as war.

Perhaps in Qiye's eyes, the difficulty of winning this war is not as great as the difficulty of personally stuffing snacks into his mouth.

Okay, that was just a joke.

But the fact that Nanaya went to the front lines must be related to the fact that he could win easily.

But someone who has never been to a battlefield or even fought in his life is so confident that he can win easily...

The creature named Seven Nights is truly a wondrous existence.

The Third Hokage puffed on his cigarette.

The more I interacted with Qi Ye, the more I realized that this young man was extraordinary.

Perhaps Minato Namikaze was indeed a very insightful person, realizing that Nanaya was no ordinary person from the moment he saw a bicycle.

"He came back and left without even saying goodbye. How can someone who's a department head and a team leader be so ignorant of the rules?"

Mitokado Yan frowned, seemingly very unhappy with Nanaya's behavior.

He was indeed unhappy.

While he was indeed happy that Konoha had won, he was unhappy that the victory was won by Nanaya, whom he had previously looked down upon.

Originally, they didn't even want to come, but the Third Hokage dragged them here to welcome the triumphant Seven Nights and the others. They couldn't resist the Third Hokage's insistence, so they came reluctantly.

This was considered giving Qi Ye face, but Qi Ye didn't give them any face at all and ran home without even seeing them.

"Outrageous! Humph!"

Mitokado is very unhappy.

Xiaochun was also unhappy about switching dorm rooms.

But she still tugged at Mitokado Homura's sleeve and shook her head at him.

Now is not the time to nitpick, after all, thanks to the Third Hokage's promotion, Nanaya has been regarded as a hero of Konoha.

So-called heroes all have a certain privilege.

Furthermore, the Third Hokage also spoke up to defend Shichiya.

"Alright, Shichiya has been rushing all the way to Sunagakure and commanding the battle. He must be tired. Let him rest first. Everyone else, go back and rest too."

"Yes."

Nara Shikaku responded.

Although he really wanted to criticize the Third Hokage, he knew very well what kind of state Shichiya had been in these past few days, and he said Shichiya would be very tired...

That's complete nonsense.

But this is not important.

Now that Qiye is not here, as the deputy captain of the Strategic Support Force, he is the highest commander and naturally has the right to command the people in the Strategic Support Force.

Although this so-called strategic support force did not engage in any ground combat, it only dropped explosive charges from the air, and a dozen or so people were tending to two 75mm cannons.

Nara Shikaku had witnessed the performance of the 75mm cannon, and he knew that if such artillery were deployed on a large scale, the nature of warfare would change.

After all, it is capable of attacking targets from several kilometers away. This means that if such artillery is used to attack, the enemy will be powerless to fight back. The middle and lower ninjas will be killed in large numbers. Then, the main force of ninjas can press forward and quickly crush the enemy's defenses.

Unfortunately, there were only two cannons, and no one except Seven Nights knew how to make them.

Perhaps someone could study it and replicate it.

It seems I need to have a serious talk with the Third Hokage.

Nara Shikaku made up his mind.

He had lost count of how many times he had made decisions related to Shichiya.

However, none of this matters.

Anyway, Qiye wouldn't care about these things.

He had no interest in being a hero or anything like that, and he disliked being watched by people, so he ran back to the shrine alone.

There are many robots at the shrine, so there's no need to worry about hygiene whether Shichiya is there or not.

It wasn't much different from when I left.

Once back here, Qiye completely relaxed.

Sitting in the living room, enjoying being fed by two robotic arms.

He took a sip of hot tea and let out a long sigh.

"As expected, it's still most comfortable at the shrine!"

After all, shrines are magical entities that come with their own buffs and doujinshi (fan-made comics).

Under the shrine's glorious light, the world will be free of strife and harm. People will all believe in the shrine and in doujinshi (Japanese doujinshi), and under the guidance of doujinshi, they will reach the pinnacle of happiness...

Okay, just kidding.

Qi Ye took out paper and pen and started biting her nails again.

What kind of plot should the new script have?

It's probably going to be a story like, "I already have a younger sister, but one day I got a daughter and then..."

But thinking about it carefully, it seems that a storyline like that of a younger sister isn't very popular in the ninja world.

After all, in order to prevent the leakage of bloodline limits, most bloodline families basically practice endogamy, with cousins ​​of all kinds, as many as they want.

So, it's definitely more captivating to hear a story like, "One night my daughter suddenly ran into my room and started a life-changing discussion with me, and then..."

But after thinking about it for a while, he finally threw down the pen and paper and slumped onto the table.

"I really am too lazy to update!"

Chapter Twenty-Three: Another New Day

One night.

It started to rain, not heavily, but not lightly either.

The sound of the rain made the night even more tranquil.

Brew a cup of tea, listen to the rain, and enjoy this quiet time.

Qi Ye is not a sentimental person, but every time she encounters a rainy night like this, she always feels a little more emotional.

As always, I felt somewhat sentimental tonight.

"Why doesn't this rain fall harder and kill that old man from the third generation?"

These past few days, the Third Hokage has been coming here all the time, whether he has something to do or not.

They came, but didn't say anything. They sat there for half a day, making Qi Ye spend a lot of time on tea and snacks.

Actually, even without him saying it, Qi Ye knew what he wanted to do; he just wanted Qi Ye to help him research some good stuff.

Although they won the battle against Sunagakure, it doesn't mean that Konoha has won the Third Shinobi World War; it just means things have become a little better.

The situation remains severe.

More importantly, the lurking presence of Iwagakure made the Third Hokage deeply uneasy.

Fortunately, Iwagakure hasn't taken any concrete action yet.

But after driving away one Sand Village, another Stone Village came along, which is really not a good sign.

Even worse, Qiye has stopped taking charge again.

Although the Third Hokage understood that the victory against Sunagakure was not solely due to Shichiya's efforts, Shichiya was the key. Without Shichiya's ingenuity in developing so many strategies, defeating Sunagakure would not have been so easy.

At least in terms of time, it will take a long time.

If Iwagakure takes action, Konoha will be in an even more passive position.

Having tasted the benefits of gunpowder, and with Shikaku Nara's suggestion, the Third Hokage wanted Shichiya to help him make cannons, since cannons were better than explosive packs.

Moreover, he didn't just want the 75mm cannon; he wanted an even more powerful artillery piece, and promised a series of benefits in return.

But Shichiya remained unmoved; the Third Hokage hadn't yet fulfilled any of his promises.

Sunagakure hasn't signed a peace treaty yet, and the doujinshi hasn't been sold to Iwagakure in the Land of Wind. Nanaya hasn't received any substantial benefits yet, so why should he bother to help?

Besides, even if he helped with the production, Konoha's industrial base couldn't support manufacturing artillery with a caliber larger than the 75mm cannon.

The manufacturing process, steel materials, and so on all have very high requirements.

As for the industrial base of the ninja world, Konoha currently has the best one.

Being able to make a Type 75 cannon is already quite good; don't even think about anything else.

However, Shichiya did not explain, and remained unmoved no matter what the Third Hokage said.