Escape From Konoha

The civil strife in the Snow Kingdom completely subsided overnight.

Of course, for a small and remote country like Snow Country, if they didn't pay special attention to it, the five major countries would hardly take any action.

Although the Snow Country is a country with ninjas, its combat power is weak, and its nature is completely different from the small countries such as the Country of Grass and the Country of Rain that can establish ninja villages.

Generally speaking, the internal chaos in the Snow Country did not cause an imbalance to the stable situation of the big country, and it did not even have any impact at all. It only sent a symbolic letter of congratulations to Xiaoxue when he inherited the name of the Snow Country. Other than that, Otherwise, there are no other actions.

In the ninja world, the five major countries have a transcendent status, occupying the vastest land, the richest population, and the most powerful military power in the ninja world. Any small country that competes with the five major countries is like trying to control the chariot with its arms.

Shiraishi had already anticipated this situation. The power of the Ghost Country was completely dormant and entered the Snow Country. Xiaoxue, who defeated the wind and waves, was also the legal heir of the Snow Country. In the eyes of outsiders, it was just the power of the Snow Country. Just alternate. Based on this situation, they have no excuse to attack the Kingdom of Snow or make any fuss about it.

Post-war recovery is now the main task within a major country.

"I didn't expect that the treasure His Highness Zaoyue left behind was actually a heater. I thought His Highness Zaoyuki really left some important treasure."

In the palace deep inside the castle, the third wife sighed for a while.

The internal turmoil in the Kingdom of Snow is over. Next, we need to calm down the panic of the people. Those snow ninjas who were defeated do not necessarily have to be killed. Most of the snow ninjas were forced by the raging waves of the wind and flowers. Photographed by Fenghua The power of the angry waves had to help the tiger.

Naturally, all of these low-level snow ninjas must be accepted to serve the construction of the Snow Country.

Shiraishi is very handy in this regard, and the development plan has been drawn up long before the attack on the Snow Country.

"No, San Taifu, the heater left by my father is indeed a treasure to me. Because he promised me in the past that he wanted me to see the arrival of spring in the Land of Snow. I couldn't understand it in the past, but now I finally I understand a little bit."

Xiaoxue sat on the throne belonging to the Daimyo of Snow Country with a solemn attitude.

The third husband was just confused for a moment and did not speak.

For Xiaoxue, the new daimyo of the Land of Snow, it was indeed a treasure worthy of being treasured, but for the dead Feng Hua Furao Tao, it was just a pure joke.

"So, in order to let more people see the spring in the Land of Snow, I plan to turn the ice lake where the rainbow ice wall is located into a national tourist attraction to attract tourists from all over the world. What do you think, Santafu?"

Xiaoxue said so.

The third husband nodded and replied: "This is indeed a good idea, but now we need to restore people's livelihood as soon as possible, which will cost a lot of money. I'm afraid we can't implement the plan to build a tourist attraction immediately."

"This is not a problem. My father will invest 10 billion taels in the Kingdom of Snow in the early stage. The remaining work is to recruit skilled craftsmen in the country."

Ten billion taels? Or an upfront investment? Even though he was the Third Taifu, he couldn't help but be surprised by the huge financial resources of the Ghost Country.

"If that's the case, then there will be no problem. With these 10 billion taels of start-up capital, not only can the Rainbow Ice Wall be built into a tourist attraction, but the country of Snow's armaments can also be strengthened."

During the often turbulent events, San Taifu seriously realized how important it was to establish a ninja force.

If his master, Fenghua Zaoyue, had been able to squeeze out excess funds to develop his own army and train more ninjas, he would not have dared to act rashly even if Fenghua Rage had second thoughts.

In the past, the Kingdom of Snow had an attitude of being content with being rich, but now it seems that the pressure it will face in the future after being bound to the Kingdom of Ghosts is far heavier than the pressure caused by the rebellion of Feng Hua Raging Tao.

The fact that the Minister of Military Affairs of the Demon Country is an S-class rebel ninja from Konoha is enough to cause a huge international storm in the ninja world.

As an alliance country, the Snow Country will naturally not be able to escape the blame and will be criticized by all countries.

It’s just that things are settled now. Let’s not talk about the relationship between Xiaoxue and Shiraishi. If the Kingdom of Snow wants to become strong and rich, it can only rely on the secret funding of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Fortunately, Shiraishi helped them regain the power of Snow Country and did not interfere too much with the regime of Snow Country, so that Xiaoxue would not become a puppet daimyo.

If something like this happens, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the third husband.

After finally stumbling upon the wind and waves, if a more ferocious beast is introduced, there will be no place to cry.

"That's right. My father asked me to find a hidden territory in the Kingdom of Snow as soon as possible, set up a research institute and weapons factory, and step up the research and mass production of chakra armor. When the research institute and weapons factory are completed, the Ghost There will be a second batch of funds coming from China."

After listening to Xiaoxue's narration, the third wife had a more intuitive feeling about the wealth and wealth of the Ghost Country.

Having such a powerful ally as the Ghost Country is not all bad for the Snow Country.

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Shiraishi stayed in the Snow Country for a month in total before finally leaving.

He stayed in the Snow Country for a month, mainly to obtain the military power of the Snow Country.

The military force of the Snow Kingdom, like the Kingdom of Demons, is composed of ordinary soldiers and snow ninjas who know how to use chakra.

Among the Snow Ninja who participated in the resistance that night, some of the main militant factions were eliminated, and some were being imprisoned in cells for transformation. The remaining Snow Ninja who surrendered, about a hundred or so, were officially incorporated into the military system of Snow Country by Shiraishi. middle.

This is something that he and his adoptive daughter Xiaoxue have already planned. He only needs to take charge of the military power of the country of snow. For other matters, he will only make suggestions. In the end, Xiaoxue, the new daimyo, will make the final decision.

For Shiraishi, becoming the Minister of Military Affairs of the Land of Snow and assuming military power is enough. Xiaoxue is still young, but with the help of the third wife, there is no big problem in managing the country of snow.

The transformation of the Land of Snow cannot be completed in a day or two.

The first is military unification, and then the army is deployed to dredge all roads in the Kingdom of Snow and strengthen the connection with the Kingdom of Ghosts.

As for future merger matters, that has to be discussed separately.

In short, with the lessons learned from the Kingdom of Ghosts, Shiraishi is more comfortable with the restructuring plan of the Kingdom of Snow.

The most important thing is that Feng Hua Furu Tao gave him a good starting point during his reign.

Because Feng Hua Furu Tao was not in the right position, during his tenure as the Daimyo of the Snow Country, he used cruel methods to eradicate the aristocratic forces that opposed him within the Snow Country, greatly weakening the aristocratic group in the Snow Country. It's no longer what it used to be, which makes Shiraishi's transformation of the Land of Snow much more difficult.

Therefore, Shiraishi sincerely hopes that these nobles can behave honestly, otherwise he would not mind a more ruthless purge in the Snow Country to let them understand what their current position is.

These remnants of vested interests from the old era, if the wind and waves had not purged them internally, Xiaoxue's ascension to the Daimyo position of the Land of Snow might not have gone as smoothly as expected, and they would have definitely blocked it and demanded more power.

Shiraishi can strategically despise these aristocratic groups, but tactically pay special attention to them.

In a traditional country like the Land of Snow, it is not uncommon for a daimyo to become a puppet brought to the fore by an aristocratic group.

It is also necessary to prevent these noble forces from counterattack and send ninjas to monitor their every move.

On the way back, only half of the ninjas who came with Shiraishi and Ayane returned, and the other half were stationed in the country of snow to manage the surrendered snow ninjas to prevent those surrendered snow ninjas from causing any trouble.

In addition, there is the important task of protecting Xiaoxue's personal safety, monitoring some secretly evil nobles in the Kingdom of Snow, and taking precautions before they happen.

"The affairs of the Snow Country are over, and the only ones left are the Bear Country and the Nether Country."

Shiraishi will regularly send people over to monitor the Snow Country's development plan to prevent any oversights.

If there were no powerful external forces at the level of the five major countries to intervene, things in the Country of Snow could be said to be a sure thing.

The remaining plan Shiraishi wants to implement is to take over the Yu Country and the Bear Country in the south.

These two countries will become the best springboard for the Kingdom of Ghosts to attack the Kingdom of Wind.

"But it won't be that easy for these two countries to win."

Ayane thought for a while before answering.

They were able to win the Snow Kingdom this time because there was chaos within the Snow Kingdom. In addition, they immediately attracted Xiaoxue, the orthodox heir of the Snow Kingdom. The only resistance was the wind, flowers and raging waves, which allowed them to take advantage of it. machine.

But the country of You is different from the country of bears. For now, there is no suitable excuse to get involved.

"There should be much less resistance to incorporating the Kingdom of You."

Shiraishi said.

"oh?"

"The Kingdom of Netherworld was a country hit hard by monsters in the past. It showed goodwill to the witches of the Kingdom of Demons more than once, hoping to merge the Kingdom of Netherworld into the Kingdom of Demons. However, the past generations of witches from the Kingdom of Demons all refused."

When Bai Shi said this, his expression became strange.

"Refused?"

Ayane was surprised.

"If the information I collected is not wrong, it is indeed true."

"I really don't understand why I turned down such a good opportunity."

This is really incomprehensible to Ayane.

If this kind of thing happened to the five major countries, they would probably wake up laughing in their dreams.

This is obtained for free, and you can obtain a huge territory and population without spending a penny.

"I think the previous generations of shrine maidens in the Kingdom of Demons find it troublesome. They don't like to participate in secular disputes, or they have no interest in participating. Their mission in the world is to destroy evil monsters for humans. If they are forced to Giving them other missions will cause resentment.”

Shiraishi clearly remembered that Maitreya said that shrine maidens have a special meaning to human beings.

Compared with managing the country, the witches in the Kingdom of Ghosts obviously pay more attention to the practice itself.

It felt like being carried to the fire by everyone, and forced to nod and become the 'god' of the country.

"So, the Kingdom of You can be captured quickly, right?"

"In more than a month, after Maitreya Maiden gives birth successfully, I will go and ask to find out what is going on and see how she plans to deal with the country of You. But compared to the country of You, this is the most difficult thing to handle. Undoubtedly it is the Country of Bears, a country with a ninja village organization. If it wants to be included in the territory of the Country of Demons, it will be very troublesome."

"Xingyin Village? It has a well-established Ninja Village system. It is indeed more troublesome to deal with it than the Snow Country."

Ayane nodded seriously.

Although the Bear Country is a small country, it has a relatively mature ninja village system like the Grass Country, the Rain Country and other small countries.

The name of this ninja village is Hoshigakure Ninja Village.

It is said that the ninjas of Hoshigakure Ninja Village are good at the secret chakra technique called "Peacock Magic" and are very famous in the Bear Country.

When Shiraishi and Ayane feel that the Hoshigakure Ninja Village is troublesome, they are not referring to the combat effectiveness of this Ninja Village.

The biggest difficulty here is how to legally incorporate the Kingdom of Bears into the territory of the Kingdom of Ghosts without attracting attention.

If the operation is not done properly and the power of the Kingdom of Ghosts is exposed, the gain will outweigh the loss.

The reason why the Kingdom of Ghosts has been so prosperous in these years is because the five major countries are on the bright side, while the Kingdom of Ghosts has always been lurking in the dark, pretending to be harmless to humans and animals, and winning the trust of other countries. Coupled with a series of special reasons such as the protection mechanism of neutral countries, the Ghost Country is like a fish in water.

"It seems that Yagura's side will launch an operation within a year. As for the Bear Country, let's prepare for it after assisting Yagura in the operation. According to the plan, we still have a long time to prepare here. It's confirmed With Kirigakure’s stance, the pressure on our side will be reduced a lot.”

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Konoha 48th year, January.

The beginning of the new year also brings a new atmosphere to the land of ghosts.

Since returning from the Land of Snow, Shiraishi has been running between his family, the office, and the laboratory.

The work in the laboratory is mainly busy with the research of tailed beasts and zero-tails.

At present, among the ninja villages of the five major countries, only Kumogakure Village in the Kingdom of Thunder has mature tailed beast utilization technology, but Kumogakure's tailed beast utilization technology is mostly applied at the military level.

The difference is that Shiraishi hopes that the power of tailed beasts will not only be used at the military level, but can also be expanded, such as the development of medicines and ninja tools. In this way, the benefits that the tailed beasts brought to the Demon Country would be many times higher than the military alone.

Shiraishi's idea is not groundless. The tailed beast's chakra has extremely strong healing power and has a special restorative effect.

If this kind of recovery effect can be extended to medicines, it will definitely be a big hit.

Healing is just one of the effects of Tailed Beast Chakra. Other effects, such as enhancing the ninja's physique and increasing the explosive power of combat, can also enable ninjas to turn defeat into victory in difficult situations.

In short, as long as the tailed beast technology is conquered and effectively utilized, the Kingdom of Demons will benefit immensely.

As for the zero-tail... this is a special life form that is even worse than the tailed beast.

And compared to the tailed beasts collected by Shiraishi, which were mostly lumps of chakra and fragments of limbs, the zero tail was different in that it was completely preserved in the experiment.

Although Zero-Tail was controlled by the past Sky Country and became the core energy engine that activated the royal fortress, in the beginning, it was a life form naturally formed in nature.

Relying on human sorrow and despair as food to promote oneself to achieve perfection.

At present, Zero-Tail's power is not comparable to that of a tailed beast, but as long as it is used properly, it will only be a matter of time before it grows to the level of a tailed beast. However, Shiraishi did not allow Zero-Tail to grow without limit.

Because he cannot control Zero-Tail's consciousness now. If Zero-Tail is allowed to grow to the level of a tailed beast, if it is not under his control, then this kind of monster will bring him nothing but trouble.

Now that Zero-Tail has succumbed to the Demon Country, it is just because of lack of strength that he is temporarily dormant.

When you become a perfect body and have the power to resist, you may not be obedient.

A disobedient weapon has no choice but to be destroyed.

In the laboratory, the floor-standing glass cylinders contain the chakra of several tailed beasts. Under the catalysis of special chemicals, they have grown to the point where they have the physical characteristics of certain parts of the tailed beasts. For ordinary ninjas, Said that this level of tailed beast power is completely enough.

After absorbing one of them, he also possesses the power to easily defeat the Jonin.

But for Shiraishi, this is far from perfect.

Later drug production, ninja tool development, including energy supply issues for large battleships, may require tailed beast chakra to save money.

It's a pity that Lin is not a perfect Jinchuuriki, otherwise the tailed beasts can take a big step forward by using technology.

Looking at the glass cylinder where Zero Tail is located, a huge black snake-shaped body is crowded and wrapped around the inside of the glass, as if it is a carefully crafted biological specimen.

The mask with a pale and evil face slightly opened its slits, revealing scarlet and shadowed blood.

There seemed to be no murderous intention, but Shiraishi knew that Zero-Tail must be looking for an opportunity to escape from here.

It's just that the glass cylinder in which it is imprisoned has the highest level of chakra suppression effect. The material is so hard that even powerful ninjutsu cannot easily destroy it.

Moreover, the solution in which its body is soaked is also a medicine specially made by Shiraishi for him. It can make his body weak and prevent it from violently breaking away from it and causing unnecessary commotion.

There is a purification device placed on the experimental table, and the pipes contain Zero-Tail's body fragments, which are composed of pure dark chakra and contain a strong sense of sadness and despair.

Shiraishi is thinking of ways to strip away the dark part of Zero Tails' chakra.

The extracted ‘darkness’ can be used to make special poisons that cause the enemy to become mentally depressed.

It can be said that the chakra and darkness in Zero Tails are rare treasures in the ninja world.

Shiraishi felt it was a pity to waste even the slightest bit of it.

"Teacher Shiraishi, the data has been re-calculated, and it seems that the utilization rate is a few tenths of a percentage point higher than the previous one."

Nohara Lin wore a white coat and a white mask on her face. She sat in front of the computer to calculate the data and told Shiraishi the latest experimental data.

"It seems that the skills of tailed beasts that are approaching adulthood are still quite different."

The chakra of a tailed beast is difficult to utilize.

The negative energy contained in it is more terrifying than Zero Tail's and is difficult to remove.

If this kind of power directly acts on the human body, it will directly cause the user to lose his mind and cause indelible trauma to the body and mind.

In the ninja world, the only one who can perfectly utilize the power of tailed beasts is Rabbi Kiri, the eight-tailed jinchūriki of Kumogakure Village, the fourth generation Raikage's adopted brother.

Shiraishi admires such a person who can resolve the resentment in the tailed beast's chakra and merge with the tailed beast without reservation. This is not something that can be done easily with just a word.

It's the Eight-tailed Jinchuuriki, Rabbi, who has an open-mindedness and open-mindedness that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve, so that he can live in peace with the tailed beasts, allowing the tailed beasts to open their hearts to trust and identify with him.

This is countless times more sophisticated than the violent control of tailed beasts by Wood Release and Sharingan.

As far as Shiraishi knows, after so many years in the ninja world, only Kirabi has managed to truly understand the broad mind of the tailed beasts.

For example, the first generation Hokage and Uchiha Madara in the past also failed to do this. They use the power of the tailed beasts to some extent with their own selfish side.

Shiraishi feels that he is also so selfish.

He is not as open-minded as Kirabi, but that does not prevent him from appreciating people like Kirabi.

If he could have a conversation in person, it might be a great inspiration for his tailed beast research.

"Unfortunately, the Nanao in me is very prejudiced against me and has never been very willing to communicate with me."

Lynn smiled helplessly.

After returning from Shigulin, she has been living in the research institute of the First Military Region of the Kingdom of Ghosts. Her usual job is to help in hospitals and research institutes.

After Obito spent more than half a year to barely master the natural energy, he returned from the Shimogun Forest and served as an ordinary patrolman in the military zone with the Uchiha clan.

"Human beings selfishly define tailed beasts as uncontrollable and dangerous forces, regard them as symbols of 'disaster' and 'evil' without authorization, and use excuses to ignore their own will and impose various restrictions on their freedom. This in itself is a manifestation of arrogance. There is only one ninja who can become a perfect Jinchuuriki. Just work hard in this regard."

Bai Shi comforted Lin with a smile.

Lin is only thirteen or fourteen years old now. She still has a long life to deal with tailed beasts, so there is no need to rush.

"Then do we still need to continue the research?"

Lin asked.

"Of course. I sympathize with the tailed beasts because I criticize humans from the perspective of an impartial third party. But the fact is that I am a member of the human race, and I cannot fairly view humans from the standpoint of the tailed beasts. I just see it. When it comes to the fate of the weak being dominated by the strong, in the same way, the benefits that the tailed beasts bring to human beings are also what I focus on. The will of the tailed beasts themselves is not what I need to consider. Maybe what I just said was influenced by the thoughts in your body. When Nanao heard this, he was probably sneering with disdain."

Shiraishi suddenly smiled and said.

"Indeed, he is in a bad mood now."

Lin gave a wry smile.

Shiraishi-sensei's sarcastic... no, sarcastic attitude towards tailed beasts would make any tailed beast feel resentful and dissatisfied.

So much so that this dissatisfaction was clearly transmitted into Lin's body, making her feel the weight of the tailed beast's resentment towards humans.

This is the knot between tailed beasts and humans that can never be resolved forever.

Tailed beasts have the stance of tailed beasts, and humans have the stance of humans.

This is the essence of dividing all justice and evil.

"Okay, I'll leave this to you for the time being, Lin. I have to go out now."

Shiraishi took off the white gloves on his hands, threw them into the trash can, and prepared to leave the laboratory.

According to the time agreed upon more than a year ago, it was time to go to the shrine to see his newly born adopted daughter.