Escape From Konoha

In the office, Shiraishi held a paper material in his hand.

This is what Kazuhime saw and felt in the Land of Fire and Konoha, and they are all presented in detail in the paper.

Although in Shiraishi's view, this thesis still has many deficiencies, the more critical issues in the country of fire and Konoha were all written by Kazuhime in the paper. Therefore, this small flaw, Shiraishi I didn't care.

"It can be seen that Ichiki, you are very attentive to observe the various problems of the Nation of Fire and Konoha, from their beliefs to the institutional level, basically you are carefully analyzing them. To be honest, it is a bit beyond my expectations."

Shiraishi put down the paper materials in his hands. For a nine-year-old child, this was enough to be called excellent.

Although it is a good thing to keep improving, Baishi also feels that there is no need to worry about this kind of thing, too much is too late, and it is not necessarily a good thing for a person to grow up too quickly.

"In other words, you passed the test, right?"

Yiji raised her head and asked.

She really worked hard to make this thesis. In the past two years, she has traveled through the entire Fire Kingdom through the channel of the Ghost Kingdom. In addition, Konoha is also a key observation target.

In fact, she didn't need to look for many problems. Fire Country and Konoha had already taken the initiative to expose the problems themselves.

In Kazuki's view, this should be because she is used to living in the ghost country, and suddenly entered a country with a completely different system, ideology, and culture from the ghost country, and naturally found those problems quickly.

As far as the ninja system is concerned, in Kazuhime's opinion, ninja... from the Warring States Period to the present, there has actually been no essential change.

In the past Warring States period, the way for ninjas to survive was to be hired by daimyo from various countries and help them win the war.

Later, Senju Hashirama, the leader of the Senju clan, changed the original way, advanced to the era of one country and one village, and established the first ninja village in the ninja world - Konoha.

Subsequently, it was followed by other countries, and officially entered the fierce era of the five major powers competing for hegemony.

After Senju Hashirama's death, this contradiction deepened day by day.

Fearing the power of Senju Hashirama, all countries dare not take action, but as long as Senju Hashirama dies, this suppressive power will naturally disappear.

Behind the seeming peace, fundamental problems still exist.

That is the employment model of ninjas. They are still the same as the Warring States Period. They are a group of mercenaries rather than real soldiers belonging to a country.

It's better in Konoha, the ninjas occasionally work for ordinary residents in the village for free, but once the village is excluded, even the nearest villages need to pay to ask the ninjas to help.

To exterminate the bandits, the residents of the Land of Fire also need to spend their own money to hire ninjas, and the Konoha ninjas will not contribute their efforts for free.

On the surface, it was a fair transaction...but to Ichiki, this transaction seemed very distorted.

Who pays for the military expenses of Ninja Village?

Noble?

No, it's not.

The military expenses of the Ninja Village are paid by countless low-level workers in the Fire Country.

These low-level workers have to pay a heavy tax every year, which is collected by the daimyo and the major nobles, and then part of it is distributed to the ninja village to serve as military expenses for the ninja village to develop its military power.

Fundamentally speaking, it is these lower-class workers who create real wealth, not the daimyo, nobles, and ninjas.

Because those ninja villages do not engage in production, or rarely engage in production.

They still retain the traditional bad habits of taking people's money to eliminate disasters. They are essentially the same as bounty hunters in the underground black market.

In Yiji's view, when civilians pay taxes, the state has the duty to protect them, rather than collecting additional money and adding unnecessary burdens to the people.

Because the richer the people are, tax revenue will increase. When tax revenue increases, the country can be better developed. This is a virtuous circle.

Kazuhime did not see these phenomena in the Land of Fire and Konoha.

The daimyo and nobles collected more than 90% of the country's wealth, and then gave a small portion to the ninja village to maintain the 'contract' between them.

The ninja village that has received development funds will naturally have no problem fighting against the daimyo and nobles in order to bring justice to the bottom workers who created real wealth.

In essence, Ninja Village also thinks about issues from the perspective of vested interests.

Taking the hard-earned money of the bottom workers, but not truly serving the bottom people of the country, this is simply not what a country should be like as a soldier.

This is also the conclusion why Kazuki thinks that ninjas are not soldiers.

The essence of Konoha's ninjas is mercenaries, and they live a life of taking people's money and eliminating disasters. The ninja village is, at best, a symbol of a country's military power. At worst, it is a slightly larger training base for mercenaries.

Calling them soldiers is the greatest humiliation to soldiers.

If this shortcoming was eliminated from the beginning, the ninja world might not develop in such a deformed way. Unfortunately, the first Hokage Senju Hashirama, who established the era of one country and one village, was not aware of this problem.

In other words, he simply doesn't have enough knowledge accumulation to support his thinking about how to build a country with a benign system.

Therefore, Yiji felt that her old man was very powerful, and how important it was to popularize education and eradicate illiteracy.

"Of course, for you now, it is enough to be called excellent."

Shiraishi was not stingy with his praise.

Growth cannot be achieved overnight. Only by applying what you have learned can you better understand the pattern and see the road ahead.

In addition to these, Yi Ji also mentioned other things, but generally speaking, other things are secondary issues.

"So, in what ways do you think this deadlock needs to be broken?"

"What way? Don't you already act on this kind of thing, old man?"

Kazuhime is quite disdainful of Shiraishi's way of knowingly asking questions.

It is nothing more than to push forward the times through war, and completely destroy and ravage the inherent dross.

The structure of today's ninja world has long been solidified. The daimyo and nobles have considerable wealth, while the lower-level laborers have no wealth. However, the wealth accumulated by daimyo and nobles for generations was plundered from the bottom people. They who have plundered most of the wealth in the world just maintain their status and authority as superiors, and have not fulfilled their due responsibilities.

The same is true for ninjas. They unknowingly become tools used by daimyo and nobles to oppress the lower classes.

As vested interests, they have been enemies from the very beginning.

The gap between the systems, one day, if the kingdom of ghosts does not take action against the five major powers, the five major powers will also extend their war minions to the kingdom of ghosts.

Rather than that, it is better to accumulate strength, strike first, and take the situation completely into your own hands.

This can not only buy time, but also destroy the connections between the five major countries. Kirigakure Village is the best example.

"Really? It seems that you still remember what I told you about Xiao, and you didn't disappoint me."

Shiraishi smiled slightly.

The 'Akatsuki' in his mouth is not the 'Akatsuki' organization that Nagato currently controls, but a patriotic organization that was spontaneously formed by many passionate young people from the Land of Rain in order to save the Land of Rain.

They have no knowledge accumulation, no military and economic foundation, and they just rely on their passion to save their country and people.

From many years ago, Shiraishi predicted that this organization would end in a dismal way.

The confusion and despair experienced by this organization has also been recorded in the history book of the Ninja School in the Country of Ghosts. It can be said to be a very powerful negative teaching material.

Yi Ji can give such an answer, it is obvious that she also keeps this period of history in mind.

The Akatsuki led by Ame Ninja Yahiko is not so much a product of the Great Ninja War, but rather the result of the people at the bottom having been oppressed for a long time, so naturally someone will speak out for them.

When people can no longer survive, there will naturally be resistance.

This is also the reason why bandits continue to exist in the five major countries.

The predecessors of these bandits were the low-level people who were exploited to the extreme and could only survive in this way.

Eradicating banditry will never rely on the violence of ninjas. If there are problems in the system, using violence to solve them will only increase the number of resisters.

In this era, there are countless people who are not afraid of death, and they will always be killed.

"You will rest at home for a while, and then I will arrange for you to go to Kirigakure Village to study. I have made an agreement with Yagura, the fourth generation Mizukage of Kirigakure, that you can study there with peace of mind."

Shiraishi said to Kazuki.

Yiji nodded.

She has already seen the conservative Konoha and Fire Country. Next, she is going to see Kirigakure Village, which is moving closer to the Ghost Country. This is an opportunity for change.

Moreover, Kirigakure is the secret ally of the Demon Country, the Ninja Village. She used to strengthen the relationship between the two parties, not just for study and research tasks.

Shiraishi put away Kazuki's thesis materials and was about to continue talking when the instruments on his desk suddenly started operating.

White paper with words written on it came out of it.

It's an urgent report.

Shiraishi glanced at the contents of the urgent report and his face became serious.

"I wanted to talk to you about other things, but it seems I don't have any extra time now. Yiji, don't walk around here. I'll go out for a few days to solve some problems."

The content of the emergency report was very sudden. Large-scale stone statue soldiers suddenly appeared in the western coastal areas, central mountains, and southern forests of the Kingdom of Ghosts, attacking the surrounding towns from various directions.

These stone statue soldiers even launched indiscriminate attacks on surrounding countries in areas outside the Demon Country.

We must suppress this turmoil before it gets too big.

Shiraishi naturally knows who is the mastermind behind the control of these stone statue soldiers. The monster sprites have survived since ancient times. In the Kingdom of Ghosts, only sprites can do such a thing.

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shrine.

There are only a few maids in witch uniforms waiting here. Maitreya, the owner of the shrine, has long since disappeared.

Shiraishi only found out about this when he arrived at the shrine.

Entering the side hall of the shrine, the ancient stone door in the center of the circular altar has been opened at some point.

The air in the side hall was also full of natural freshness, without the depression and dullness of the past, but Shiraishi was not happy about this.

This stone door is an important instrument for sealing the souls of monsters.

The opening of the stone door means that the spirit of the demon has broken free.

The palm touched the open stone door.

Judging from the traces, it should have been not long ago that the demon soul broke free.

The floor and walls of the side hall had serious signs of wear and tear, and there were many cracks.

Clearly there has been a battle here.

Not surprisingly, the scene should have been caused by the battle between the Maitreya witch and the demon soul.

Since the souls of Maitreya Miko and the demon are not here, there is only one place Shiraishi can think of for the two of them to go -

Swamp country.

The soul and body of the demon have always been sealed separately.

The soul is guarded by Maitreya Miko, while the body is sealed in an active volcano temple in the Kingdom of Swamp for isolation and disposal.

If the sprite wants to be resurrected in a complete form, it must obtain the physical body sealed in the volcano of the Land of Swamp in order to regain its full strength.

And if Maitreya Witch wants to stop the monster, she must go to the Swamp Country, wait for the monster to arrive, and seal it again.

After Shiraishi thought about these things, he quickly left the shrine quietly.

The order has been passed on. In fact, in order to deal with the stone statue army that will appear sooner or later, there are actually ninja troops stationed in various urban areas.

Although these stone statue legions cannot be eliminated, there is still no problem in preventing them from entering the town and causing damage.

The only problem is with sprites.

As long as the power of the monsters continues to spread, these stone statue legions will not stop attacking, and will continue to be produced to attack towns where humans gather.

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The sky above suddenly became gloomy.

The sky was clear one moment and covered with clouds the next.

Mighty and majestic stone soldiers emerged from the mountain road one by one, holding huge oppressive stone blades in their hands. Their eyes were red, and they took heavy steps. Every step they took caused the earth to shake.

At a glance, it looks like thousands of troops galloping.

In the distance, a kunai was shot from a distance with an explosive talisman tied to it, aiming at a stone soldier to attack.

Ding!

The kunai was bounced away by the steel-like bodies of the stone soldiers, and only sparks were produced. Then the detonating talisman burned, and the fire from the explosion instantly emerged, swallowing up several stone soldiers around it.

When the fire dissipated, the surface of the stone soldiers could not be said to be unscathed, but they only had some holes that could not hinder movement. You can imagine how strong the bodies of these stone soldiers were.

The body is like steel, and the strength is like a giant elephant.

Such stone soldiers are not just one or two, but a legion.

The formed military force would suffer heavy casualties even if the ninja army faced it head-on.

The only good thing is that these stone statue soldiers are cumbersome and have no intelligence at all. They have no ability to automatically detect enemies and can only rely on magicians to maintain their operations.

The fundamental way to deal with these stone soldiers is to find the magician who controls them behind the scenes and unlock the control.

Ayane stood on the top of the mountain, playing with a kunai in her hand, staring thoughtfully at the stone statue army below heading towards the town area of ​​Oni Country.

These stone soldiers are invulnerable to weapons, water and fire. Even detonating talismans cannot pose a fatal threat to them.

If the ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts fought head-on with these stone statue soldiers, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties.

"Master Ayane, I brought the charms made by the nearby shrine."

A ghost country ninja hurried here.

He held a wooden box in his arms and put it on the ground.

The sights of a dozen or so ninjas from the Oni Nation all focused on the wooden box.

Open it, and there are stacks of neatly cut charms in the wooden box.

These charms are made by priestesses from various shrines in the Oni Land.

Different from explosive charms like detonating charms, these charms can cause strong damage to puppets such as stone soldiers who are indirectly affected by monsters and sprites.

Picking up a talisman, Ayane wrapped it around Kunai's handle, and fired at a stone soldier in the mountain path without hesitation.

Ayane intends to test the power of these charms for herself.

This time, Kunai was not bounced away by the stone statue soldier, but directly submerged into the stone statue soldier's body.

The spell wrapped around the handle of Kuwu quickly ignited blue sparks, engulfing the entire body of the stone soldier.

When the blue sparks faded from the stone soldier, only a pile of broken stones remained on the ground.

This scene surprised many ninjas from the Ghost Kingdom, who did not expect this kind of spell to be so powerful.

Even the detonating talisman cannot break through the stone statue soldiers, and these talismans, which do not seem to have strong destructive power, can disintegrate the bodies of the stone statue soldiers from the inside, turning them into useless stones scattered on the ground.

Under the observation of Ayane's white eyes, he could clearly see the internal condition of the stone soldier.

The blue sparks burning on the talisman wiped away the purple-black Chuck in the stone soldier's body without a trace.

Those purple-black chakras are the formation techniques that control the stone statue soldiers.

As long as these purple-black chakras are erased, the stone soldier will be a pile of useless stones.

Seeing the power of the talisman, Ayane nodded and told the Demon Country ninja next to her: "I'll leave this to you, I'll deal with the magician."

"It's up to us. There's no problem now."

The ninjas of the ghost country are full of confidence.

With these talismans, the threat of the stone soldiers is greatly reduced.

At this moment, the blood-red sword light came from a distant place, fell from the sky, and landed in the narrow mountain road, causing a loud rumbling sound.

A large number of stone soldiers rolled in the air, their bodies and the stone blades in their hands were torn apart, and the battle was almost a one-sided massacre.

Then, a fire like a vast ocean roared through the mountain road.

Most of the stone soldiers walking forward were affected, burned red by the scorching flames, and the surface of their bodies cracked and cracked.

The ground and the mountain roads on both sides left turbid black marks, braving the terrifying high temperature that made the air bend.

The hundreds of stone statue soldier legions that were a thorn in the side of the Demon Country ninjas were easily eliminated.

The speed was so fast that they didn't even react.

Ayane also sighed, and smiled helplessly: "It seems that you are not needed here, you go to other places to destroy the stone soldiers, and be careful not to damage the town, otherwise the reconstruction work will be very troublesome."

"yes."

Now that the stone soldiers here have been dealt with, there is no need for them to do it themselves.

Then, they disappeared one by one and went to other places to eliminate the stone soldiers.

Liuli didn't know when she appeared here, looking at the mountain road below, which turned into a hot hell with a high temperature steamer, her eyes changed into the form of Sangouyu Sharingan, her eyes were calm and indifferent.

"It's too slow. An opponent of this level has to waste so much time."

Ayane turned to look at her: "I can't help it. Unlike you, I'm not very good at dealing with large numbers of enemies."

This sentence is true. Her soft fist is more suitable for single-point breakthrough.

Even the soft fist that destroys a large area - the divine air attack, is actually a dangerous move that kills the enemy at a single point.

It also consumes a lot of chakra and must be used with caution.

Liuli is different.

Although these stone statue soldiers are hard and their strength is comparable to that of giant elephants, they move slowly and do not know how to adapt to this. Marching through the narrow mountain roads and pressing into towns is undoubtedly the best for a ninja like Liuli who has ninjutsu suitable for large-scale cleaning. A good living target.

Even a body as hard as steel can't resist Susano's blade, nor can it block the high-temperature fire escape that is fused with sensu chakra and can dissolve steel.

"The national border has been sealed. Next, we just need to deal with the monsters and sprites controlling these stone soldiers behind the scenes."

"The Kingdom of Swamp? According to the news we received not long ago, Mr. Shiraishi has already taken the first step, so we have to leave as soon as possible."

These stone soldiers were not difficult opponents for a ninja of her strength. At most, they were a bit troublesome to fight against.

The real key lies in the monster sprites. If the sprites cannot be sealed, no matter how many stone soldiers are eliminated, it will not help.

The country of Numa is located between the country of ghosts and the country of ghosts. It is a small country that occupies an extremely small area on the map of the ninja world.

The body of the monster sprite was sealed in a volcano temple in the Kingdom of Swamp.

In order to fully resurrect itself, the sprite will definitely go to the Volcano Shrine in the Land of Swamp.

These stone soldiers seem to attack fiercely and with great momentum, but they are just smoke bombs thrown by monsters to attack the east and the west.

Ayane and Liuli were about to leave when suddenly, an evil scarlet light lit up in the mountain path that was still hot below.

A stone blade struck through the air without any warning, flying towards the back of Ayane's head.

Click!

The stone blade hit the back of Ayane's head, splitting instantly and shattering into pieces of stone scattered like a goddess scattering flowers.

Seeing this scene, the scarlet evil gaze suddenly wavered in belief.

Is this woman's head made of diamond?

This question couldn't help but arise.

Not only did it fail to leave a wound on the back of the opponent's head, what was broken was the hard stone blade projected.

Ayane turned around nonchalantly and looked down.

A half-disabled stone soldier stood there stubbornly, with nothing in his hand.

The stone blade thrown at Ayane was its final attack.

"A ghost?"

The stone soldiers have no intelligence and only have the most basic mobility, and their action modules are very dull.

A sneak attack is completely unlike the spontaneous behavior of the stone statue soldiers.

"……interesting……"

Such words came from the mouth of the half-disabled stone soldier, and the scarlet blood in his eyes suddenly turned into blackness. The stone soldier stood there like a sculpture, motionless, letting the high temperature in the mountain path bake him.

"Is your head okay? It shouldn't affect the rest of the battle."

Liuli asked.

Ayane waved her hand and replied: "It's okay, I feel like I was bitten by a mosquito. There is absolutely no need to hide from this level of attack. Let's go, we must hurry to the country of marsh to meet Shiraishi-kun. I have been staying at home for the past two years I can't go anywhere, so now I can do some exercise."

Liuli nodded, and then used the teleportation technique with Ayane to disappear.