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

So Qiye sent people to search, hoping they might be able to find some.

In addition, Nanaya also contacted Orochimaru.

Who is Orochimaru?

A mad scientist in the ninja world, and the number one human trafficker.

Orochimaru has gathered quite a few people with special abilities, and recently he seems to be trying to establish a ninja village in the Land of Rice Fields.

He has no shortage of talent, but he lacks technology.

Seven Nights has no shortage of technology, but it lacks talent.

So the two hit it off immediately and decided to exchange technology for talent.

However, after the person arrived, Shichiya expressed great displeasure.

Why are you alone? What's your name?

She was a little girl, not much older than Feng Hua Xiao Xue.

His expression was indifferent, and he didn't seem very happy.

But she still spoke up.

"red lotus."

"Red Lotus? A nice name."

Qi Ye nodded.

He quickly recalled the information by searching his memory.

Crystal Release Ninja, Crimson Lotus.

Crystal Release ninjutsu is very powerful, and it can be used to impersonate crystals to swindle money...

Okay, that's not important.

The important thing is that if they are properly nurtured, they still have a bright future.

"But why are you all alone?"

"Lord Orochimaru..."

"Hey, from now on I'm your master, call him Orochimaru."

"Orochimaru was also short-handed, so he sent me here by myself."

"He's short-staffed? I think he just doesn't want to give it to me."

Seven Nights grinned.

Orochimaru is never short of manpower. That guy has abducted and kidnapped so many young men and women. To say he's short of manpower is a lie.

It seems he's trying to trick Qiye.

But thinking about it carefully...

I think I'll pass.

If they don't want to come, they don't have to. It saves Qiye from worrying that they might be deliberately sent as infiltrators.

Orochimaru's brainwashing techniques are incredibly powerful.

Even now, we still need to see if Honglian is carrying any secret mission.

This wasn't difficult for Qiye, considering he was a mental ability user.

What is the Department of Psychiatry?

Peeping into the secrets of other people's hearts is also a kind of spiritual cultivation.

They can even control others.

"Little Red Lotus, come, come, you've come from afar, go and have something to eat and rest, hahahaha..."

"..."

Chapter 45: Returning to the Shrine

Regardless, Qi Ye continued to scavenge for talent everywhere.

At the same time, it also trains talent, mainly in the search for oil.

To build a modern army, oil is essential, as are steel resources and various rare metals.

However, we don't need anything too high-tech right now, so some things aren't that important yet.

Frankly speaking, even if we only built an army from the World War I era, it would be enough to sweep away the ordinary armies on the Ninja Continent.

But that's all. The truly powerful forces on the Ninja Continent are not the ordinary armies, but the ninjas.

That's why Shichiya needs a more powerful weapon.

Although he wanted to live a normal life, his active expansion of military equipment seemed to be a mistake.

But no matter what, Qiye's efforts were not in vain.

Ninjas have been gradually trained, although they are few in number and weak in strength, they are still ninjas after all.

Honglian has become the new leader of the Snow Village. Although she is still very young, her strength is already considerable.

He's at least better than those kids who've just become ninjas.

Seven Nights used his mental abilities to investigate, and Crimson Lotus did not receive any secret mission.

Although Orochimaru tricked them out of a lot of technology and equipment by using this one person, at least he didn't completely swindle them.

But that's not enough; Shichiya needs more ninjas.

Or perhaps the Land of Snow needs more ninjas.

"So, all I can do now is cheat and swindle."

Qi Ye bit her nails.

There are some things that he has to do in person.

But there's no rush right now.

Let's deal with the situation in the Land of Snow first.

……

Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

It was now the 53rd year of Konoha.

March, Konoha.

The Hyuga family has another joyous occasion: the wife of the head of the Hyuga family, Hyuga Hiashi, has given birth to her second child, a daughter.

It is said that when Hiashi Hyuga discovered he had given birth to a daughter, his first reaction was...

There was no reaction; it was impossible to tell if she was happy or what.

However, his eyes soon seemed a little strange, and he muttered a few words while holding his second daughter.

Faintly, it seemed like they heard something like "Seven Nights... Second Daughter..."

In April, I received a gift during the baby's one-month celebration.

It was delivered from outside the village; there were several large boxes.

Inside were all sorts of toys, dolls, pretty dresses, clothes, and even a large sum of money, supposedly for the little girl's allowance.

Even the eldest daughter, Hinata Hyuga, received a share, leaving the little girl puzzled, as if she didn't remember knowing anyone who would give her pocket money.

Regardless, Hinata Hyuga's second daughter, Hinata Hyuga's younger sister, Hanabi Hyuga, was born successfully.

Although Hiashi Hyuga didn't seem too happy.

But that doesn't matter.

Time flows on and on.

Several years have passed since the war ended, and countries are gradually recovering.

But in the fifty-fifth year of Konoha, another event occurred in the village, once again weakening it.

The Uchiha clan, led by the eldest son of the clan head, Itachi Uchiha, slaughtered the entire clan, leaving only one survivor.

That is, his younger brother, Uchiha Sasuke.

The specific details are known only to a few people.

Undeniably, from then on, Itachi Uchiha became an S-rank rogue ninja and joined an organization called Akatsuki.

This caused a sensation throughout the ninja world.

After all, that's the Uchiha clan, the family that possesses one of the three great dojutsu, the Sharingan.

However, upon closer reflection, it becomes clear that Konoha has been quite unlucky since around the time of the Third Shinobi World War.

Many elite ninjas who made a name for themselves during World War II either died or fled. Finally, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, emerged and became a force to be reckoned with in the ninja world, but he died because of the Nine-Tails incident.

Now the Uchiha clan has been wiped out.

Nanaya, who had left Iwagakure looking disheveled, also fled, and the new generation had not yet fully matured.

If the various countries were to attack Konoha at this time, they might actually succeed.

Unfortunately, the major ninja villages have not yet recovered their strength and can only watch their opportunities slip away.

While other countries were licking their wounds, the Land of Snow was developing rapidly.

Needless to say, people's lives are getting better and better.

In military terms, the reorganization of the army has been completed.

"Currently, our army's conventional combat forces total more than 70,000 people, divided into three armies, including two field armies with a total of four divisions, and the Imperial Guard of Daming currently has only one reinforced regiment."

Okamura Hisaichi reported to Shichiya.

Now he is also the commander of one of the field armies, a proper general.