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

"Well, that makes sense."

Qi Ye nodded, but didn't think anything of it.

It's a dog-eat-dog world, and besides, the Land of Snow needs resources, and more resources.

Although the Snow Country has abundant resources, that's the capital; currently, only a portion is being mined, and the rest remains unexploited.

The logic is simple: the world's resources are limited. If all the resources within our own country are depleted, what will we do when we need them in the future? Buy them from other countries?

Don't joke around. If a fight breaks out, who would sell it to you?

So it's better to take advantage of the present and plunder resources from other countries, and only exploit our own resources when we are forced to do so in the future.

Especially war preparedness resources.

Conversely, those who continuously sell their country's scarce resources and military supplies to other countries are engaging in a poor strategy.

Of course, finished weapons don't count, although they are also considered war reserve resources.

But wasn't that guy made his fortune by selling weapons during the war?

"Little Xue'er, since you've made up your mind, then go ahead and do it. Call Honglian over too. She's been practicing here with me for the past two months and has basically mastered it. It's time for her to put it into practice and make a name for herself, so as to deter those wandering ninjas and rogue ninjas. Don't let them think that our Land of Snow has no experts and can do whatever they want."

"Well, I see."

……

May, the sixth year of Konoha.

Spring is gradually fading away, and summer is gradually approaching.

This is also an unusual season for the human world.

The incident occurred in the Land of Waves.

The people of the Land of Waves spontaneously organized themselves, hoping to build a bridge connecting the Land of Waves to the Land of Fire, in order to change the impoverished and backward state of the Land of Waves.

Although the Land of Waves is an island nation, it is not far from the Ninja Continent, and a bridge across the sea is not a big deal.

But building this bridge isn't something that can be done just like that.

Kado then sent his men to obstruct him.

Meanwhile, the Land of Waves went directly to Konoha and summoned Konoha ninjas under the guise of a mission.

Among them is the famous Copy Ninja, Kakashi Hatake.

This year marks Kakashi's first time leading newly graduated genin on a mission as a Jonin instructor.

Of course, this might be related to the people in the seventh class he leads.

Naruto Uzumaki is the orphan of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, who was Kakashi's teacher.

Sasuke Uchiha, a member of the Uchiha clan, was Kakashi's original comrade. He also gave Kakashi a Sharingan in his left eye.

The last one is Sakura Haruno.

This is a completely ordinary ninja, and has nothing to do with Kakashi.

Why an ordinary girl was inserted between Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto, two people with extraordinary identities, remains a mystery.

During their mission, the group encountered Zabuza and a battle ensued.

For various reasons, it was a lose-lose situation, and both sides retreated.

During his recovery, in addition to instructing a few disciples in their training, Kakashi also gathered some intelligence.

Then I learned some noteworthy news.

"Zabuza killed the merchants of the Land of Snow? This is going to be interesting!"

While eating dinner, Kakashi seemed to be gloating, as if the enemy had suddenly become someone he didn't need to worry about.

This surprised Naruto and the others.

"What country is the Land of Snow?"

Naruto Uzumaki didn't know much about this; he was unaware of anything outside of Konoha.

Perhaps it's because I wasn't paying attention in class.

Sasuke Uchiha didn't say anything, but Sakura Haruno cursed him as an idiot.

"Who told you not to pay attention in class? That's our ally. A few years ago, on the high seas, a fleet from the Land of Snow annihilated a fleet from the Land of Water. It caused quite a stir at the time."

Yes, that's right.

Feeling much more relaxed, Kakashi seemed ready to have a good meal.

But before he could take off his mask, he took over the conversation again.

“Strictly speaking, although our Land of Fire and Land of Snow have commercial dealings, we are not true allies. The brief battle a few years ago was because the Land of Water’s fleet attacked the Land of Snow’s merchant ships, which led to retaliation from the Land of Snow. If we do not kill the merchants of the Land of Snow this time, the retaliation from the Land of Snow will probably come soon.”

"Is the Land of Snow really that powerful? Why did Kakashi-sensei say there's going to be a good show?"

"The original Snow Country wasn't very powerful, but later a very powerful person came to it, and that's how the Snow Country became strong."

"Who?"

"Well, an old friend."

Kakashi shook his head, seemingly unwilling to say more.

Anyway, not many of these new generation ninjas knew Shichiya.

When Qi Ye left, they were just one or two years old. No one would tell them these things when they grew up, so naturally they didn't know.

But when I think of Qiye, I can't help but shake my head.

It's been so long since I've read any new doujinshi. Should I make a trip to the Land of Snow?

Otherwise, all we can do is look at Jiraiya's Icha Icha Paradise.

Both notebooks and novels have their merits.

But thinking about it carefully, it might be even better if Nanaya could collaborate with Jiraiya to release an illustrated version.

……

The First and Second Fleets of the Snow Country had been escorting ships abroad, and gradually, outsiders became familiar with them.

However, the aircraft carrier, which is the core of the fleet, is rarely seen in public, so outsiders are not very clear about it.

On this very day, the First Fleet of the Land of Snow dispatched a portion of its ships to the Land of Waves in a grand procession.

This unusual move immediately drew the attention of the five major powers and other powerful nations.

Several years later, the fleet of the Land of Snow has once again bared its fangs.

The country of waves.

When some of the First Fleet's ships arrived here, there were quite a few armed vessels belonging to Cado's company that attempted to prevent the fleet from landing.

Then it was smashed into pieces.

Honglian had already rejoined the fleet. Upon hearing the impact, she came out of the cabin.

Have we arrived yet?

"Yes, General."

"Was there a fight just now?"

"No, we just bumped into a few small fishing boats."

"Oh."

Honglian nodded and walked onto the deck.

He paid no attention to the pieces of wood on the sea behind him or the people struggling in the water, and only looked at the land of the Land of Waves right in front of him.

This is the country closest to the Ninja Continent.

After this, the Snow Kingdom will station troops here and turn the acquired port into a military base to store strategic materials.

This means that if any movement occurs, the Snow Country's army can cross the not-so-wide sea at any time and land directly on the Ninja Continent.

The Land of Fire was the first to be affected.

The war machine of the Land of Snow can no longer stop.

Chapter 63: The Land of Waves

The sixtieth year of Konoha, at the end of May.

The Allied forces in Normandy...

Pooh.

The Snow Country Marines landed in the Wave Country, and their new weapons easily killed some desperate criminals who obeyed Gato.

Under the orders of the Daimyo of the Land of Waves, the Land of Waves' army, in coordination with the Marine Corps, destroyed Gato's strongholds one by one.

Kado, who was watching the bridge from the other side of the Land of Waves, had not yet received the news.

But he won't live much longer.

Honglian, commander of the special ninja force of the Land of Snow, is a female general.

In the Ninja Continent, a general might not be as famous as a Jonin.

But what if this general represents powerful military force?

They will be more famous than Jonin.

Because ninjas cannot become generals, but in the Land of Snow, they can.

When Zabuza and Kakashi started fighting again, Guren arrived at the scene.

"This is your first battle to make a name for yourself in the ninja world, so you must finish off your opponent cleanly and efficiently."

This is what Qiye said to Honglian before leaving.

Honglian understood the meaning of those words very well, and probably no one else did not either.

The difference between instantly killing a Jonin and fighting a Jonin for three hundred rounds before finally taking him down is completely different.