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

"Lord Qiye, you wanted to see me?"

"Oh, Honglian, come up here."

Lying on the sloping roof, Nanaya glanced down and then patted the spot next to her.

With a light leap, Honglian landed on the roof.

Unlike Qi Ye, she didn't lie down; she simply sat to the side, watching Qi Ye.

"Lord Qiye, what are your orders?"

"Nothing much, just checking in to see how the ninja squad is doing."

"The ninja unit currently has only 57 official ninjas, most of whom are capable of becoming Chunin, but they lack practical combat experience. The training base has recruited many children with the potential to become ninjas over the years, bringing the total to 252, some of whom are already capable of becoming Genin."

Thanks to Shichiya's research, the ninjas in the ninja squad, despite having mediocre talent, no longer need to exert as much effort to refine their chakra, and their chakra reserves have also increased. With hard work, becoming a Chunin is not a problem, and even a skilled one could be promoted to a Special Jonin.

However, at present, only Guren is a Jonin in the ninja squad, and the others have limited potential.

This is why the Land of Snow is inferior to the Five Great Nations, and even to some ninja villages with a long history.

There was nothing that could be done. Back then, Shichiya had sent all the ninjas of the Snow Village to hell in a flash, and there was no use in regretting it.

Fortunately, there is still a modernized military, especially aircraft, which are still somewhat effective against ninjas.

After all, not many ninjas can fly. The Third Tsuchikage is one of them, as he has a relatively strong ability to fly.

Others achieve flight by using special ninjutsu or tools.

However, the quantity is too small, and once one is lost, it cannot be replaced, unlike airplanes, which can be produced in large quantities as long as there are enough materials.

"Give the order that from now on, the ninja forces will also implement a rank system. Genin will be changed to non-commissioned officers, Chunin to lieutenants, and Jonin to colonels, with their specific ranks determined by their strength."

In reality, the ranks of Genin, Chunin, and Jonin are essentially military ranks, while there is only one Kage.

However, there are differences between genin, between chunin, and between jonin.

Some are special Jonin, while others are called elite Jonin.

The term "Special Jonin" refers to someone whose ability has reached the Jonin level, but whose other abilities have not.

As for elite Jonin, they are actually equivalent to the Five Kage, and are candidates for Kage. After the previous Kage retires, the next Kage is basically chosen from among these elite Jonin.

This is somewhat troublesome and chaotic. It would be better to implement a military rank system, where people can be promoted based on their strength. Elite individuals will be promoted to higher ranks, while ordinary individuals will be promoted to lower ranks. Those who truly reach the level of the Five Kage will be directly granted the rank of general.

This has its advantages and disadvantages.

If others knew about this military rank system, they could roughly determine your strength level just by looking at your rank, and then they could strategically assign people to deal with you.

As for the original rank of ninja, even if people know that you are a ninja or a chūnin, unless you are particularly famous, they will not know whether you are an elite or a regular rank, which will make people have some concerns.

However, in the midst of chaos, those who follow the rank system are easier to command; after all, those with lower ranks simply listen to those with higher ranks.

If everyone is at the same level, unless you have exceptional prestige, others may not listen to you.

"I understand."

Honglian nodded.

They used to cooperate with the Snow Country's army in performing plays and attacking pirates, so they had no objection to the military rank system.

"Is there anything else you need?"

"You'll be responsible for the rest, but starting today, you'll be holding the rank of Major General, which is equivalent to the strength of a Five Kage."

"But I'm not yet."

"You'll be one soon. For the next two months, you'll train with me. The ninja squad matters will be handled by others for the time being."

"Yes."

……

Everyone wants a normal life, even if they don't know who "normal" means...

Seriously speaking, everyone wants to live their daily life, but daily life cannot necessarily continue.

Two months is neither a long nor a short time.

In Sunagakure, yukatas are rising at a visible pace.

No one knows why she became so capable; perhaps she suddenly had a breakthrough, or perhaps she had been hiding her talents all along.

But for Sunagakure, having a promising new generation ninja is a pretty good thing.

Although this ninja was a commoner, he was only ten years old.

But since both her parents died in the war, they could trust this little girl.

Of course, more importantly, no evidence was found that the little girl had any contact with outsiders.

There's no need to elaborate on the matter of Sunagakure for now.

In Konoha, new students have enrolled, and students who have studied for several years have graduated.

Some officially became genin, while others were sent back to the ninja academy for further training.

Hinata Hyuga was certainly not sent back; she and her companions had all passed the test.

However, she failed the family's test and was gradually marginalized from being the original heir.

She didn't hold any resentment about it.

In contrast, Hinata Hanabi received more attention and training from her family.

But she wasn't very happy.

She believes that her sister was neglected because of her own actions.

Although she may not have spent as much time with her older sister as she has with Qi Ye, Qi Ye is still her older sister.

Before she was taken away by Nanaya, her favorite thing to do was play with Hinata Hyuga.

She was also unhappy with her sister's evasive attitude.

To be honest, although she defeated Hinata Hyuga, she didn't feel anything special.

As Nanaya said, once you learn Sage Mode, you're no longer a regular ninja. Let alone a genin, it's not impossible for her to defeat even a jonin.

The only thing missing is the test of life and death.

Hinata Hyuga's strength, to be honest, is not bad, after all, she has been training since she was a child, it's just that she can't bring herself to perform well.

Furthermore, with the even more talented Hyuga Neji standing alongside as a foil, it all seems rather ordinary.

Therefore, Hinata Hyuga was abandoned, while Hanabi Hyuga was given special attention and training.

This made Hinata Hanabi feel uneasy.

Having spent a lot of time with Qi Ye, she prefers the feeling of freedom and doesn't like being bound by various things.

But it's useless to talk to your parents about these things.

So he considered whether he should run out to find Shichiya.

Or perhaps you could write a letter to Qiye explaining the situation and asking for advice on what to do?

This might be the best option.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Shichiya did indeed receive a letter.

A letter from the Hidden Sound Village in the Land of Fields.

Orochimaru?

Looking at the signature on the envelope, Qi Ye couldn't help but frown.

"Why did that guy write to me?"

Chapter 61: In Essence

Orochimaru is up to something, something big.

Although he already knew, when the moment finally arrived, Qi Ye still felt a little... something.

When will this cycle of revenge end?

no no.

Orochimaru has probably gone a bit mad by now.

Just like those fanatics who want to start a war, this guy wrote to Shichiya with the aim of cooperating with Shichiya to overthrow Konoha.

Yes, to overthrow Konoha.

They also wanted to team up with Qiye, saying that if they won, there would be many benefits, and they could also get revenge for the arrow that had hit them.

Avenging a single arrow wound?

This is, of course, referring to the time when Shichiya was forced to flee Konoha.

Although Shichiya cooperated with Orochimaru, he did not harm Konoha ninjas like Orochimaru did, nor did he conduct human experiments.

Well, if we don't count the cells of the First Hokage.

But after cultivating that Seven Nights for a period of time and finding that it seemed to be of no use, it was immediately burned, leaving nothing behind.

Therefore, the reason why Shichiya was able to escape from Konoha can be said to be because he was wronged; someone simply threw mud at him.

Who in Konoha would be so bored?

It's that guy Danzo, of course.

I don't know what that guy's purpose was in ostracizing and framing Qiye.

Could it be that he felt threatened by Qiye's existence?

That's possible.

However, Shichiya neither competed with him for the Hokage position nor considered destroying him.

Therefore, Shichiya suffered an undeserved calamity.

Now, hatred has arisen even when there was none before.

Moreover, it's not just hatred towards Nanaya, but also hatred towards shrine believers and doujinshi believers.