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Chapter 124 The Growing Caravans

Just as internal strife quietly broke out in the Land of Water.

Jiraiya, who was entrusted to protect the caravan, happened to arrive with the caravan at Yugakure Village in the Land of Hot Springs, outside the northeastern part of the Land of Fire.

There are two ways to travel from the City of the Rising Sun to the Land of Thunder: by land and by water. This time, the caravan took the land route.

First, leave the Land of Fire and arrive at the Land of Hot Water. After passing through the Land of Frost, you can officially arrive at the Land of Lightning.

The journey requires frequent stops for rest and repairs, so a round trip between Hatsuki City and the stronghold in the Land of Thunder takes about three months.

This was because the routes the caravans took were already established, which greatly increased their speed.

"Lord Jiraiya, we will be arriving at Yugakure Village soon."

Sitting on the edge of the same carriage as Jiraiya, the young man with slightly tanned skin smiled and struck up a conversation with him.

"Oh! It's that famous Hot Spring Village."

Jiraiya, who was leaving the Land of Fire for the first time for a trip, was filled with anticipation.

"Tomoya, I heard that ninja village has started developing tourism, and there are many natural hot springs~"

Hehehe~

As he finished speaking, Jiraiya's tone became noticeably higher, and his eyes started to wander.

As the caravan's squad leader, Tomoya could only force a smile.

Why was he assigned to accompany Jiraiya?

but

He touched the silver commemorative coin in his pocket, secretly pleased.

This was a task assigned to him personally by Lord Gen, and this commemorative coin with Lord Gen's portrait on it is the reward.

When I get back, I'll show this to my friends, and they'll be so envious.

About an hour later, the caravan entered the scenic Yugakure Village and was welcomed by the village's leader—a highly respected elder.

Welcome everyone.

The elder had a kind face and was about fifty years old. He was accompanied by two Tang Ren guards.

"Tomoya, you guys are quite popular here."

Jiraiya watched as the head of the caravan chatted with the leader of Yugakure Village. The atmosphere was harmonious, and the Yugakure ninja were all expressing goodwill.

"Yes, we have been cooperating with Tangren Village for five years."

Zhizai explained.

"In terms of caravan size, our Churi City's caravans are the largest and cover the widest area."

"Many small countries and villages have economic ties with us."

“Tangren Village, which is very suitable for tourism development, has many of the industries of our Churi City.”

"The wine you drink while soaking in the hot springs, the towels you use, and some of the local snacks are all products from our Churi City."

Is that amazing?

Jiraiya realized that he might have underestimated Hatsuhi Castle.

"Everyone! We need to rest here for two days!"

The head of the caravan briefly explained what they were going to do.

For example, replenishing goods, exchanging supplies, and cooperating on new business projects.

Then the Tang ninjas prepared free inns for everyone in the caravan and parked the caravan's wagons in a prepared open space, which they guarded.

Jiraiya and Tomoya were assigned to the same room.

"Tomoya, want to go for a walk?"

"I'm sorry, Jiraiya-sama, I still have some work to do."

After saying that, Tomoya tossed a money pouch to Jiraiya.

"Lord Gen instructed that Lord Jiraiya's expenses would be covered by us, so please enjoy your time in Yugakure."

Jiraiya awkwardly weighed his money pouch in his hand; it contained quite a bit of money.

To be honest, the reward for this task was not much for him, and the time span was also long.

If he hadn't originally planned to travel around and broaden his horizons, he really wouldn't have accepted.

Just after Jiraiya left the room, Tomoya took out a map and started sketching casually.

There were no words on it; he had memorized everything.

He graduated from school with outstanding grades and received the honor of "Rising Star".

Therefore, he gained the attention of Kiyoshi Gen and was entrusted with a very long and extremely important task.

That is to spread the influence of caravans to as many countries as possible.

With the approval and trust of the manager of Wanshanghang, Jiaodu, his position was only that of a squad leader, but he wielded considerable power.

Now, the initial phase of his plan is almost complete.

Villages like Tangren Village have established extremely close cooperation with the Churi City caravan in order to vigorously develop tourism.

Now, he wants to try to persuade the leader of Yugakure Village to agree to join their Hatsuhi Castle's forces and allow some of the children there to go to Hatsuhi Castle for education.

If we succeed, we might not need to use force to occupy this place in the future.

Wait, perhaps now is not the best time.

Tomoya then thought of a religion he had heard about in Yuren Village—the Evil God Cult.

This sect seems to be becoming more active recently.

And their doctrine is chilling—murder!

You have to kill people to join, and you have to keep killing people.

Just thinking about this made Tomoya frown.

No, this antisocial religion must be eradicated completely.

Perhaps we could ask Jiraiya to investigate first?

No, let's report it to Lord Yuan.

Tomoya sighed.

If it weren't for the fact that the strongest member of the caravan was Jiraiya, an outsider, he would have really wanted to resolve this matter immediately.

This matter will be postponed for now.

The most important thing right now is to establish a headquarters for the Chamber of Commerce in Yunyin Village.

Unfortunately, those hot-tempered Cloud Village ninjas absolutely refused to let the caravan move into the village.

They had no choice but to settle for second best and establish a base in the village closest to Kumogakure.

Because the area is located in the mountains and transportation is extremely inconvenient, they had to hire earth-style ninjas from Kumogakure to build a special passage.

Fortunately, the city of Sunrise already has the means to carve out rocks to build large elevators, so there's not too much to worry about in terms of transportation.

With the village's economic support, they planned to leave some people behind after this journey to build a large town—Yunshan Town.

They also planned to build a "Cloud House" commercial base inside to see if they could attract the ninjas of Kumogakure to come and spend money.

Tomoya looked at the map of the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind and sighed.

We also need to build settlements for Iwagakure and Sunagakure. It would be much more convenient to build them in Konoha, since we can just build them directly in the village.

"Lord Yuan, could you please give me some more help?"

It must be exhausting for Tomoya, who is only eighteen years old, to shoulder such a heavy responsibility.

Just as Tomoya was continuing to make plans and trying to ask his boss Kakuzu for help with funding and manpower, Jiraiya was having a great time strolling around Yugakure with his money bag.

It's so good that there aren't any guards protecting him here!

As for the brothels he sees, he shouldn't go in if he doesn't need to gather information, since he still has a mission.

A toad sage, suddenly in a bad mood, walked down the street in Yugakure and fell into deep thought.

He missed Konoha.

However, it would be too embarrassing to go back after only being away for such a short time.

Amidst the crowd, Jiraiya put his hands in his pockets, contemplating his future.

The prophets who will destroy Konoha are still being searched for, and he also wants to uncover the secrets behind the prosperity of Hijikata Castle. His world travels must continue.

Suddenly, the image of a woman appeared in Jiraiya's mind.

I wonder if Tsunade, who has been drowning her sorrows in alcohol in Konoha, has cheered up at all.

Unfortunately, he wasn't "him".

Chapter 125 The Progress of the Situation

It has been twelfth day since the plan to conquer the Land of Water was officially launched.

From the moment the Land of Water ordered the suppression of the rebels, within ten days, war broke out across the land, and large numbers of people, after being persecuted, resolutely joined the ranks of resistance.

They were motivated by hatred to some extent, and were also influenced to some extent by the speeches of a group of people.

In short, under the deliberate guidance of Kiyoi Gen and Uchiha Madara, the entire country fell into an atmosphere of confrontation.

They could either submit to the nobles and try every means to kill the traitors.

Either join the rebels and fight against this unjust society.

The dead began to appear.

Both the nobles and the rebels suffered casualties.

Some of the prominent figures were hacked to death by their angry subjects, their deaths were gruesome.

Civilians were also killed in the crackdown.