Escape From Konoha

Because the islands in the western sea of ​​the Kingdom of Ghosts have complex terrain and a vast area, and the pirates are divided into groups of different sizes to carry out activities, it took Liuli a week to basically wipe out these pirates.

Of course, it was impossible to kill them all. Some of them ran away when they saw that the situation was not good, and some gave up resistance. Shiraishi decided to give these pirates who gave up resistance and chose to surrender a chance to start a new life.

After all, these are free laborers. They do not need to pay any wages except for three meals a day, which saves a lot of money.

The bandits that were exterminated in the Kingdom of Ghosts were dealt with in a similar way.

By centrally managing them and performing well, they can break away from their 'prisoner' status and start from the bottom.

As soon as Liuli's front foot pacified the Western Sea, Shiraishi immediately dispatched 300 official members to take over the surrendered pirates and began to build a military base on the Western Sea Islands.

The islands in the western sea of ​​the Kingdom of Ghosts are widely distributed, but there are no large islands. The largest ones are medium-sized islands, with less than five islands.

What remains are small and micro-islands, dotted around the medium-sized islands.

Considering the area required for military bases, they can only choose to build on medium-sized islands. Those small and micro islands can be set up with outposts to maintain the security of the sea area.

Building materials for the construction of military bases can only be transported from land.

The number and size of the surrounding ships can hardly meet Baishi's transportation needs.

In order to increase efficiency, Shiraishi released his water clone, the Water Dragon God, and transformed into the form of a giant python, swimming in the sea at extremely fast speeds, carrying a large amount of building materials on his back, and transporting them to various medium-sized islands.

It took more than a month, and in late June, the military base on the medium-sized island was basically completed.

The general construction of the buildings has been completed, and the training and experimental equipment that have been ordered have begun to be transported to the base to fill the internal vacancies and allow all staff to be in place as soon as possible.

When the number of bases was not expanded, manpower was very crowded.

However, as the number and scale of bases continued to increase, Shiraishi felt that he was short of manpower.

However, the Ninja School has only just been implemented. For the first time, there are only more than 120 students enrolled, which does not seem to be a small number. However, these 120 people need nine years of education before they can graduate from the school normally.

Shiraishi is not worried about the strength of these students, because he has taught these more than 120 students how to learn natural energy. After nine years of training, with the five major countries as the reference standard, the standard strength of these students when they graduate will be at least a chuunin, except for the lack of combat experience.

In other words, these students will be the backbone or backbone of the future and cannot be used at this time.

If you want to absorb more personnel, you can only adopt the direct recruitment model from the beginning, which is to absorb adults from the poor classes of various countries and inject them with strengthening potions synthesized from natural energy to become mass-produced combatants.

The advantage is that after three months to half a year of training, a relatively intuitive combat effectiveness can be formed.

The disadvantage is that because they become stronger through potion injection, they cannot master the direct cultivation method of natural energy. Their strength will be determined by the degree of compatibility between their own physique and the strengthening potion. And the fighting methods are mainly physical skills and weapons, and they will not be able to deal with some special situations.

But when there is a shortage of people like this, Shiraishi doesn't have time to think about it so much.

The Third Ninja War has begun. He could predict it at the beginning, but the final direction of the war and what kind of international environment it would usher in were beyond Shiraishi's expectation.

All he can do is to make himself stronger as soon as possible when the five major powers are distracted by the war.

"Currently, how many Type II strengthening agents are still stored in the factory?"

Type II strengthening potion, the synthetic material is mainly natural energy, and it is an upgraded version of the first generation Type I strengthening potion.

The type II body strengthening potion produced by the second generation has many effects such as increasing the body's anti-strike ability, speed, and strength.

Even if an ordinary person takes it, he can master the agility that is not weaker than Genin in a short period of time.

There are a very small number of ordinary people who are born with good physique. After being strengthened by medicine, their physical skills can be on par with Chunin.

"There are more than 4,300 more."

"Let there recruit 1,000... No, just recruit 1,500 more people."

Although the type II enhanced potion is sufficient, if more than 4,000 people are recruited at once, the management will be a bit busy, and many branches will be bloated.

And now he doesn't need so many manpower.

However, 1,000 people is too little, and 1,500 people are almost enough.

"yes."

The person delivering the order goes down.

After the messenger went down, Shiraishi picked up another report to read.

"Stealing drug information?"

This is the report submitted by Ziyuanhua Pharmaceutical Company. Someone sneaked into the research room of the company's headquarters building and stole the drug information.

Shiraishi has seen this kind of thing many times. The profits of Ziyuanhua Pharmaceutical Company are indeed so great that they arouse the jealousy of their peers. Since its establishment, it has come to steal drug research data no less than a hundred times.

However, the nature of this time is different, because the person who came to steal the drug information this time was not a bounty hunter hired by his peers, but a ninja from the five major countries——

Cloud hidden ninja.

Although the Kumogakure ninja kept quibbling after his identity was revealed that he was not a Kumogakure ninja, but just an ordinary hired bounty hunter.

Shiraishi rubbed his eyebrows and sighed softly.

If he hadn't known that Ayane didn't leave any clues about the Kingdom of Demons when he besieged the Third Raikage, including taking the amber bottle, Shiraishi would have doubted whether this was Kumogakure's revenge on him.

But when I thought about it, it was impossible. If that were the case, Kumogakure would have sent troops to put pressure instead of sneaking to Shionhua Pharmaceutical Company to steal drug information.

I just want to get the drug information that Aster Flower Pharmaceutical Company has worked so hard to research.

Just because of this, I also feel a huge headache.

If it were the other villages in Konoha, it could be resolved through peaceful talks, but Kumogakure... let's forget it.

Shiraishi has long been aware of the village's style of work.

Their way of negotiating is with their fists.

"Forget it, it's better not to have extra problems at this time."

Regarding this matter, Shiraishi could only turn a blind eye to it.

Kill this Yunyin ninja, maybe Yunyin will make a big fuss about it.

Although Shiraishi is not afraid of Kumogakure's revenge, now is a critical period of development, and he doesn't want to be dragged into the quagmire of war. He can just give him a lesson and throw him out.

This Kumogakure ninja quibbled that he was not from Kumogakure Village. Presumably the senior management of Kumogakure didn't want to cause any international conflicts with the Kingdom of Demons. Everyone just needed to have a tacit understanding.

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Shiraishi didn't pay attention to the matter of Yunyin Ninja.

Kumogakure is now eager to start a war with Iwagakure, and most of his attention is focused on the Kingdom of Earth. The matter in the Kingdom of Demons is at best a test, and it is not time to break up.

But this incident also reminded Shiraishi. Now that Kumogakure has started this, people in the other four great ninja villages may not have this idea. It's just that due to the status of a neutral country, I'm embarrassed to say it openly. .

Shiraishi is not afraid of the pressure and restrictions of his peers. If the five great ninja villages are behind the scenes, it will be a little troublesome.

But there is actually no good way to ask Shiraishi to think about it.

The size of the Five Great Ninja Villages is there, and it is obviously impossible to confront evil directly. You can only pretend that nothing happened and do your own thing with peace of mind.

The task of directly recruiting 1,500 members cannot be sent, and good progress is being made every day.

In this turbulent era, even in peacetime, there are serious banditry problems in many countries.

Especially small countries that have been affected by wars have suffered the most disasters.

Based on this background, many people will have no jobs, no food to eat, and no sleep. The daimyo and nobles only care about themselves and completely ignore the feelings of the common people. Naturally, many people will become resentful and leave their hometowns. , to find life elsewhere.

In war-torn areas, it is common to see adult men dragging their families along, migrating and settling down in relatively small countries affected by the war.

And these adults who have no jobs, or are leaving their homeland with their families, are exactly the targets Baishi wants to recruit.

It took less than half a month to lock in four or five hundred people, and the recruitment success rate was as high as 80%.

Although some people were very wary, there were also some people who really couldn't survive in their own country and didn't want their wives and children to suffer, so they agreed to the agreement.

At this rate, it would take about two months to complete the recruitment task of 1,500 people.

Shiraishi is not in a hurry at all, he doesn't know when the third Ninja World War will end, but at least within three to five years, this war cannot be over.

Enough time for him to grow and develop.

After dealing with the matter at hand, Shiraishi once again came to the shrine where Miro Maitreya, who is in power in the kingdom of ghosts, resides.

"Long time no see, Mr. Shiraishi. This should be the second time we meet since you came to the Kingdom of Ghosts."

Maitreya's voice is always quiet and peaceful, neither warm nor cold, but a wonderful state of transcendence.

Very similar to a live snake.

"Yes, Lord Maitreya. In fact, I am here today because I have a very important matter to discuss with you."

Shiraishi sat on the cushion prepared by the maid and glanced at the miko Maitreya sitting inside the gauze curtain.

The other party sat there upright, with hazy curves, and the surrounding air was affected by her and became very quiet.

"Please say."

Miko Maitreya thought for a while. Although she didn't know what Shiraishi was going to say next, it must be something related to transforming the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Although she is not very interested in the government affairs of the Ghost Country, if Shiraishi wants to transform the Ghost Country, he needs to deal with the officials and nobles of the Ghost Country, and those officials and nobles are loyal believers of the Miko. It is very easy for her to know what is going on outside.

No matter how bad things go, Uchiha Sosuke and Uchiha Miyoko will regularly send her some information to let her understand the current changes and developments in the Kingdom of Demons.

Maitreya is more grateful and curious about Shiraishi.

In this ninja world where classes and bloodlines are strictly divided, Shiraishi is the first person to open a large number of educational resources to civilians.

The Ninja Village opens educational resources only to cultivate ninjas, and the scope of benefits is only the Ninja Village.

However, the openness of Baishi's educational resources is invested in the entire ghost country, from cities to small towns, and from small towns to more remote villages. It is not specialized in a single area.

"I intend to combine the armies of the Kingdom of Ghosts and establish a unified military department. I wonder what your Excellency Maitreya thinks?"

Shiraishi raised his head and looked at Maitreya behind the gauze curtain.

"Unified military?"

Maitreya was a little confused by this statement.

"Yes."

"If I understand correctly, what Mr. Shiraishi said should be that soldiers and ninjas composed of ordinary people are summarized as a whole. Is that what you mean?"

"That's it. What do you think, Lord Maitreya?"

Shiraishi nodded, and that was exactly what he meant.

"Can you tell me the reason for doing this?"

Maitreya was thinking about it and didn't give an answer.

"Your Excellency Maitreya must also be very aware of the one-country-one-village system of the five major countries."

"Understood."

The one-country-one-village system of the five major countries has far-reaching influence.

In the past Warring States period, ninjas were a mercenary group that existed in the form of a family. During the conquests between great powers, soldiers composed of ordinary people also joined them.

At that time, ninjas did not belong to a certain country. For money, ninjas often traveled around the ninja world to find suitable buyers.

After the establishment of the one-country-one-village system, ninja villages were established, and ninjas had national ownership.

But even so, ninjas and ordinary soldiers exist separately and independently. Neither the daimyo nor the five shadows have unified these two forces.

After all, after the establishment of the Ninja Village, ordinary soldiers were reduced to guarding the portal and did not participate in the war.

The war in the ninja village is the theme of the current era.

"Nowadays, the Ninja Village seems to have become a member of the country, but in fact, there is always a 'class' gap between the Ninjas and ordinary people. This system seems to make the Ninja Village and the country form a whole, but The development of the Ninja Village is still subject to the financial assistance of the daimyo and the nobles. If the daimyo and the nobles want to intervene in the development of the Ninja Village, they will be rejected by the Ninja Village itself, preventing power from falling into the hands of the daimyo and the nobles. So essentially , it’s still the same form of ‘employment’, but compared to the Warring States Period, it has a more humane and stable ‘long-term contract’.”

Hearing what Shiraishi said, Maitreya nodded slightly and was also thinking.

Although what Shiraishi said was a bit cryptic, Maitreya could probably understand the meaning.

To put it simply, the Ninja Village and the country are still not a whole, but issues of interest and survival force them to unite.

If one day this 'interest' is disconnected, the one-country-one-village system will cease to exist.

For example, if the economy of one of the five major countries completely collapsed, and the ninjas in the village were unable to live without engaging in production, they would probably make a new choice and choose a better 'buyer'.

This is what Shiraishi calls a ‘long-term contract’.

It's just a contract, not the final ownership.

Because this part of the power is not only reused by the daimyo, but also feared by the daimyo of various countries. In many cases, it restricts the development of shinobi villages economically and obtains a certain right to speak to influence the thoughts of the Five Kages.

After all, ninjas are also flesh and blood and need someone to provide food, medicine, money and houses to meet their material and spiritual needs.

And these are exactly what the daimyo and nobles can do.

Ninja Village is an existence that is within the national system, but is feared and excluded by the daimyo, nobles and other noble classes.

The Ninja Village is also worried that the daimyo will use the resources at hand to win over people within the Ninja Village, dividing power into the hands of the daimyo.

Ninja Village was feared by daimyo and nobles.

At the same time, Ninja Village was afraid of daimyo and nobles interfering in internal development.

"Is that why Mr. Shiraishi plans to integrate the military forces of the Kingdom of Demons?"

"A complete military force is the best guarantee for safeguarding the country's economy and politics."

"Mr. Shiraishi's idea is really different... Well, there seems to be no problem. I will let the people below cooperate."

Maitreya answered simply and told Shiraishi that he could implement it.

Shiraishi was slightly startled.

"Lord Maitreya, is there no problem with agreeing so quickly?"

This is a bit inconsistent with what Shiraishi expected.

There were still a lot of words in his stomach, but Maitreya agreed so readily, disrupting his rhythm.

No matter what, we should keep a certain amount of vigilance to prevent him from seizing control of the country.

"No problem, the witch's spiritual vision can see many things that ordinary people can't see, such as the good and evil of people's hearts."

"...Does it mean the way you look at being stripped naked?"

Shiraishi made a metaphor that he thought was more vivid.

"Mr. Shiraishi, please don't say such things in a sacred shrine."

"Ah, sorry, I was quick to speak."

Shiraishi apologized.

"It's okay. Apart from this matter, does Mr. Shiraishi have anything else to ask?"

Maitreya said he didn't care.

"It's nothing important, just a little personal curiosity. I heard that Mr. Maitreya has basically been living in the shrine and rarely leaves. Won't you feel depressed staying here?"

Shiraishi brought up topics that had nothing to do with business.

"If you want to say I'm depressed, I feel depressed. But it's very troublesome to go out casually."

Maitreya answered casually.

"trouble?"

"Because every time you see someone, there will be a scene of that person dying in front of you. Even if you are in a good mood for an outing at the beginning, you will end up seeing people dying in various ways. If they die tragically at some point in the future, you will feel You’re in a bad mood. Rather than that, it’s better to stay inside the shrine.”

"That's it."

Shiraishi didn't expect that Miroku didn't want to go out because of such a thing.

Thinking about it this way, suddenly the profession of a miko is not easy to get.

But what is the so-called predicting the future, it is probably some kind of magic technique.

Shiraishi didn't ask Maitreya about this matter, he was not interested in the so-called future.

After getting the answer he wanted, Shiraishi left the shrine.

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With Maitreya's approval, Shiraishi began to carry out drastic military reforms within the Oni Land.

In fact, it is not complicated at all to do this. To put it simply, it is to combine Shiraishi's organization and the original army of the Kingdom of Ghosts into a whole.

Although they are integrated as a whole, the two parties only have a common title, and the assigned work is still the same as before, there is no difference.

This is something Shiraishi has thought about long ago.

It's just that at that time, he needed to familiarize himself with the political environment of the ghost country, so he didn't make this suggestion rashly.

Now that the time is ripe, the original organization can be converted into the military department of the Kingdom of Ghosts. It can be regarded as having the official status of the Kingdom of Ghosts and no longer belongs to a civilian organization. It can also save a lot of trouble when doing certain things.

In order to facilitate Shiraishi's actions, Maitreya Miko also gave him the official position of Minister of Military Affairs of the Kingdom of Demons, but did not declare it to the outside world. After all, his identity as a rebel of Konoha was not suitable for such a high-profile appearance.

Before this, the Kingdom of Ghosts did not have the position of Minister of Military Affairs. It was Shiraishi who proposed the plan of military unification, and it was only Maitreya who proposed and installed the official position.

"I didn't expect you, Xiao Baishi, to become a senior official in the kingdom of ghosts all of a sudden. Congratulations."

Shiraishi, who came to discuss something with Miyoko Uchiha, saw that the other party was sitting in the guest room, kneeling here, wearing a gorgeous and brightly colored kimono, holding a paper fan in his hand, and his smile looked completely different. A middle-aged woman with a twenty-year-old daughter.

"Aunt Miyoko, don't you also have a job in the Ghost Country?"

Shiraishi remembered that Miyoko was an official in the Ghost Country, and there were also temporary posts, although they used pseudonyms.

"It can't be compared with yours. After all, our husband and wife are businessmen, and making money is our main business. And you don't have to be so outspoken. It's okay to call me mom. Anyway, you and Liuli are going to get married sooner or later. I really want it to be faster." I got a grandson."

Miyoko seemed to be hinting at something wildly.

Shiraishi didn't know how to interface.

Miyoko teased for a while, then asked:

"Then Xiao Baishi came to see me this time, do you have anything to ask?"

"About Maitreya Miko."

"Miroku Maitreya? What happened to her?"

Miyoko tilted her head.

"I didn't expect Maitreya Miko to give me such an important official position at first. Aunt Miyoko, you and Maitreya Miko have known each other for a long time, right?"

"It turns out it's because of this. Well, Maitreya and I have known each other for a long time. She seems to be someone who doesn't care about anything. She is very ethereal and clean. It's not right to say that she is ignorant of the world. She understands the laws of all things in the world better than anyone else, but she It's like I'm not interested in many things. When I came here with Sosuke, I was in the same situation as Koshiraishi. It probably has something to do with the unique beliefs and culture of this country. Comparing it with the five major countries, this country has That’s weird in itself.”

Miyoko also frowned in confusion.

"makes sense."

Shiraishi smiled bitterly.

The Kingdom of Ghosts is an unknown country with a unique witch culture. All officials and noble superiors are witches.

This has always been the case.

This is a country that doesn't feel like a country at all.

It is completely wrapped in the skin of the country, but its essence is that it worships witches and is a gathering place for believers who believe in witches.

Even in extremely remote mountain villages, many glorious deeds of witches are spread. You can imagine how corrosive this kind of culture and belief is and how deeply rooted it is in people's hearts.

Even the surrounding small countries may have been affected to a certain extent.

In the information given to him by the living beetle, there was not much about the Kingdom of Ghosts and the Miko. It seemed that he could only slowly reveal the true face of the Miko in the future.