Naruto: I'm really not an evil scientist!

Tsunade, who was standing nearby, was immediately surprised when she heard Hiruko's explanation.

She never expected that Kirigakure, a village that had always seemed to have everything going its way, would now be in such a bad situation.

"If you can't figure it out, then don't think about it!" Hiruko chuckled and pulled Tsunade up to start today's exercise.

Hiruko leaned closer, and the moment his fingertips lightly touched the essential oil bottle, his warm breath landed on Tsunade's ear.

“Lady Tsunade,” he said softly, as if sharing a secret, “your shoulders… are stiffer than a taut bowstring.”

Tsunade squinted, her red lips curving slightly: "Hmph, only now you notice? Things are piling up, if this massage had come any later, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to turn my neck."

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He chuckled softly, the essential oil he poured from his palm carrying a faint floral scent; as he rubbed his hands together, the warmth seeped into his skin.

The moment her fingertips touched her shoulder, Tsunade let out a soft "hmm," like a cat whose neck had been pinched.

"Here?" He pressed his thumb against a taut muscle with precise pressure.

"Or... here?" His fingers slid down, deliberately brushing against the spot on her spine.

Tsunade's breath hitched, then she scoffed, "...Kid, you did that on purpose?"

Hiruko's breath brushed against her hair: "I just wanted to make you completely relax."

"Bastard, let me go!"

"What are you putting out!"

Looking at Kirigakure from Hiruko's current perspective, although it appears stable on the surface, its recovery is extremely slow.

After Iwagakure suffered repeated heavy blows, Kirigakure can now be said to be the strongest ninja village besides Konoha.

However, major powers can communicate with each other, even though there is a sea between them.

Hiruko put herself in Hiruko's shoes and found it very troublesome. Even if she went to Kirigakure, it would be difficult to solve the current market problems.

The present does not represent the future. If the Land of Fire wants to stand firm, how should the Hidden Mist Village respond?

Once this kind of siphoning monster develops, its momentum is unstoppable.

This is one of the reasons why the United States was so powerful in its previous life; it simply had an extraordinary ability to absorb resources.

Its development speed is extremely fast, and even if it makes all sorts of mistakes, funds will still actively flow to it.

How can the Land of Fire change this situation?

Tsunade thought for a long time but couldn't come up with an answer.

I felt a tightness in my chest, as if no matter what I did, the fault was always mine.

Seeing this, Hiruko put his arm around Tsunade and comforted her, "It's alright. Anyway, you don't need to worry about these things. We can handle them."

Tsunade always felt that since Minato Namikaze became Hokage, everyone had a much harder time, having to consider many issues that they never had to worry about before.

Hiruko was speechless. These people in the ninja world seemed to dislike thinking and only knew how to recklessly charge into things.

However, Hiruko would not sit idly by and wait for others to surpass him. He was very clear that only by constantly striving to become stronger could he gain a foothold in this chaotic world.

Unfortunately, Kirigakure and their group lacked the powerful backing of the Land of Fire, making their situation increasingly difficult, which was truly frustrating.

Hiruko felt that everyone was having a hard time, and the four great ninja villages were competing with each other and hurting each other.

At this point, Tsunade continued, "Do you think Yagura will fail?"

Hiruko pouted: "That's hard to say."

"From a personal point of view, if Yagura is willing to join Konoha, I will help him no matter how difficult it is."

"But he is the Mizukage after all, and he has his own stance. Besides, I'm not sure if he's deliberately playing the victim or trying to set a trap for me."

"Think about it, he, a Mizukage, entrusted such a beautiful girl like Mei Terumi to me. If I agree, things will get complicated."

After hearing this, Tsunade shook her head and decided to stop thinking about these complicated power struggles. She just felt that the situation had really changed.

After his meeting with Tsunade, Hiruko changed his plans and decided to meet with the person in charge from the Land of Fire.

The next day was the dance.

In the crowd, he spotted the finance minister chatting and laughing with others.

The finance minister was an old acquaintance of Biljuk, and the two had a good relationship.

Hiruko didn't beat around the bush and directly told the Finance Minister that he wanted to meet with the person in charge from the Land of Fire.

The finance minister hesitated slightly, but did not stop them. He then led Hiruko through the crowd and finally came to an old man with a full head of white hair who looked very old. This was the person in charge of the Land of Fire.

He is indeed very old, two generations older than his father, making one sigh at the ruthlessness of time.

The finance minister enthusiastically introduced Hiruko and Princess Tsunade, but the old man remained indifferent and showed no interest in Konoha's princess, Tsunade.

Clearly, he was a very old-fashioned person and not very willing to pay attention to Birukhu and his group.

After exchanging a few brief pleasantries, they quickly parted ways.

In the end, it was Dai-ming who stepped forward.

The Daimyo has always been good at mediating relationships, and since this matter is beneficial to both Konoha and the Land of Fire, he naturally wants to facilitate cooperation between the two sides.

The overweight finance minister also played a good mediating role, making the conversation between the two sides very pleasant.

Ultimately, Konoha and the Land of Fire are basically inseparable brothers.

Hiruko proposed that Konoha could join forces with the Land of Fire's Ministry of Defense to establish a technology giant to address the current situation.

The old man eventually agreed.

That cold demeanor he displayed earlier was merely a ploy to gain more leverage in the negotiations.

Tsunade quickly arrived and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

Hiruko smiled and said, "It's nothing."

"I'm about 70-80% confident I can handle this."

The ninjas of the Sky Village are different from ordinary ninjas. They are close to the forefront of technology, and their ninjas even have a great advantage when fighting ordinary ninjas.

They can use their air superiority to bombard Konoha relentlessly, and if Konoha has no countermeasures, it will be unable to mount a decent counterattack.

The ninjas of the Sky Village are different from ordinary ninjas.

Those ninjas responsible for flying didn't need to consider non-combat risks at all.

In the ninja world, summoning beasts that can truly fly and possess combat abilities are extremely rare.

In modern warfare, the importance of air superiority is self-evident.

However, this also consumes a great deal of resources for the Sky Ninja Village.

Moreover, more than a decade later, they even built several aircraft carriers.

Given the construction requirements of large ships like aircraft carriers, even without considering other special circumstances, they should start construction now, or at the very least have the design blueprints.

Right now, their demand for metals is at its highest, and other industries might be willing to compromise.

But if such a critical industry is cut off from its resource supply, it is tantamount to cutting off their path to revenge, and they will certainly take action.

With so many ninjas from the Sky Village, they're like rats hiding in the shadows; it's hard to find them in a short time.

But once they take action, Konoha can easily subdue them.

Of course, if the Sky Village, led by Shennong, can really tolerate this situation, then Hiruko can only admit defeat.

To tolerate this is simply too much; he's practically a Ninja Turtle. What could Hiruko possibly say?

I don't feel ashamed to have met such a patient ninja.

"The ninja world is now completely different from what it used to be because of you."

“Our past experience is of little use in this new era, and I can’t help you much either. But just call me when you need to fight,” Tsunade said earnestly.

"That's natural."

"But Tsunade, you're my wife. How could I possibly let you go to the real battlefield and risk your life?"

"It's fine to fight opponents weaker than you and exchange blows, but when you encounter a master, I can't bear to let you take any risks," Hiruko replied.

Tsunade was also very satisfied with Hiruko's answer.

Karin Uzumaki's mother, Rumi Uzumaki, is now Hiruko's maid.

She is currently at Konoha Hospital learning medical ninjutsu and healing analysis from Dr. Mitsui.

After she graduates from the medical research institute, Hiruko plans to arrange for her to learn sealing techniques from Kushina Uzumaki.

After all, compared to other departments in Konoha, the Sealing Team was a better place for Rumi Uzumaki, and since she and Kushina were from the same clan, it would be easier for them to communicate.

Hiruko has quite a few sealing technique manuals, which are enough for Rumi Uzumaki to practice for the time being.

Meanwhile, Kakashi, carrying the script given to him by Hiruko, travels to the Land of Fire to seek collaboration with a renowned director.

After all, this is the first big-budget film that Hiruko is determined to make well, and he plans to invest more money in it.

The strength of Konoha's ninjas is beyond question; they are all elites. Even if Hiruko insists on casting handsome men and beautiful women, it's no problem at all.

There's no need to worry about funding; a little extra money can be squeezed from the military base's budget.

The conditions for shooting a blockbuster and presenting grand scenes are now basically in place.

Indeed, during the previous four Shinobi World Wars, Hiruko specifically arranged for everyone to film war scenes everywhere, especially those large-scale battle scenes with a large number of people.

Although the number of shots is large and somewhat cluttered, and the overall length is too long, it's not a big problem as long as the director makes a few more cuts.

If all else fails, we can find a few Jonin to help with reshooting the scenes.

What Konoha has in abundance right now is skilled ninja; what it lacks is a good director, since Hiruko can't personally direct a movie.

Fortunately, the Land of Fire now has a well-developed industrial system, so finding a big-name director to collaborate with is not difficult.

Hiruko loved watching movies when she was a child. In fact, for this kind of collaboration, Kakashi didn't need to make the trip himself; he could have just sent a servant to deliver the script.

However, in order to show how important this matter was, Hiruko still planned to send Kakashi Namikaze to the scene in person.

Not long after Kakashi left, two visitors arrived at Hiruko's side.

In fact, by now, the Third Hokage had realized that he was completely out of touch with the times.