Red sand dust

"It's not good to be too optimistic, Fu Yi. It's too expensive to train an air combat ninja."

Huang Sha said with some confusion.

Ren is an ultra-conservative force that once fiercely opposed it, and cannot criticize the performance of the air team so far.

Even if you are spreading rumors to cause trouble, you still have to come up with something convincing.

Compared with this year's newly promoted genin, the advantages of the thirteen ninja school graduates who were originally eliminated are so great that it is jaw-dropping.

If it only had symbolic meaning before, then after today, no one will look down upon this experimental air team anymore.

One chuunin and two genin, with thirteen quasi-genin, could complete the task in half a day. Other sand ninjas could not complete it in three days with ten times this number.

In fact, as early as this afternoon's first routine report on the front line, everyone was stunned by the speed and efficiency of the air team.

This is a disruptive leap, and at the same time it is a huge reward for risking and investing heavily.

Yura, who was sitting next to Maki, said with some emotion:

"A few days ago, the headquarters garrison under my command held a joint defense drill with the air force led by Daimaru. When the number of air combat ninjas is enough to form a complete tactical formation, the existing defense system is almost useless..."

Those slow anti-aircraft ballistae could not even provide a basic deterrent. With the assistance of Daimaru's range of invisibility, the elusive aerial team broke the defense line into a sieve.

"Have weapons against high-altitude assaults by aerial teams not been developed yet?"

Marky next to him replied with some regret:

"The results are there, but they are not practical and too luxurious..."

For example, there is a rapid-fire weapon similar to Phalanx. Not only is it expensive to make, but it requires too many hidden weapons and detonating talismans to be used once. Given the current situation of Sand Hidden Village, it is really unaffordable to use it.

"To make a digression, the puppet stylists in the village generally report that the workload is too large, and the number of puppet masters in the village must be expanded and many basic tasks assigned..."

Ma Ji’s words shocked the elders present.

Huang Sha, the leader, said with a smile:

"Do those arrogant guys want to recruit more apprentices? They usually don't even bother to participate in village affairs. Why are they so active this time?"

There are definitely not a few puppet masters who "stay at home" like Kankuro, and stylists who are good at creation are even rarer who like to be in the public eye. They usually recruit one or two apprentices, just to give themselves a starting point, take care of their own diet and daily life, and make themselves comfortable. Live more comfortably.

As for the general affairs in the village, what the hell are they? Working on puppets is much more enjoyable at home. Throughout the history of the Kazekage, except during the reign of Nidaime Shamon, puppet stylists at other times were detached, indifferent to worldly affairs, and devoted themselves to research. Only when a war breaks out in the ninja world, and it is the responsibility of the Suna shinobi, will he appear in front of others.

"Anyway, this is a good thing..."

Fu Yi and Long Sha looked at each other and understood.

Such changes are not unrelated to the fact that the village invested heavily in developing an aerial team.

It is really embarrassing for those old guys who have high self-esteem to be overtaken by an underage "puppet master" who has studied the flying puppet technology for decades.

The seniors who were shameless and did not hesitate to take over the "OEM" task, and finally figured out some tricks, finally couldn't help but want to make a difference, so that the arrogant and domineering juniors can see what they have learned, instead of opportunistically, they have developed some " "Partial" technology can show off its power over the predecessors.

"In this case, we need to strengthen our connection with Konoha Village and obtain more strategic materials."

Huang Sha said.

Sand Hidden Village has a vast territory and rich resources. There are many good things buried under the sand sea. There are many metal mineral deposits, and many gold and silver mines have also been discovered. Gold panning is also one of the important means of livelihood for some residents of the Kingdom of Wind.

There is no shortage of money in the Kingdom of Wind, but the money cannot be used for food or clothing. It cannot buy too much food and cannot replace precious water sources. Even the ninja tools, medicinal materials, puppet materials, etc. that are urgently needed by the sand ninjas are in the major ninja villages. Under the control, it is also difficult to buy.

In the undercurrent of the ninja world, the so-called freedom of trade is a joke. Otherwise, would those merchants hire ninjas to protect themselves?

If it was really so harmonious, would the ninjas drink the northwest wind? Everyone expects these big business owners to spend money to issue tasks to support their families.

It's not like the sand ninjas haven't thought about making their own kunai, shurikens, hidden weapons, detonating charms, etc.

Unfortunately, if the technology is not up to par, even if you buy someone else's high-priced product, it will be much cheaper than making it yourself. From mining, metallurgy, forging to the shaping of a hidden weapon, it takes countless people's hard work to make it. The Kingdom of Wind, which has a weak foundation, does not have such a foundation and can only rely on others.

Several people were talking, and after a while, the ninja on duty presented the latest information on the progress of the desert locust plague.

As expected, the areas assisted by the Aerial Team were obviously much better.

"Maybe, even if we don't ask for help from Konoha Village, we can survive this desert locust plague safely."

Huang Sha suddenly said thoughtfully.

"That being said, it would be good to find an excuse to strengthen cooperation with our allies. Anyway, there should be a lot of things we need from them in the future..."

Longsha looked at the information in his hand, then threw it on the conference table in front of him.

"Marky, how's the test of the advanced wingsuit Swift going?"

"It's almost finalized, just waiting for the last debugging before it can be put into use..."

"Create two more..."

Huang Sha decided decisively,

"It will be used sooner or later anyway. If you complete it earlier, you can have more time to select suitable operators..."

The existing thirteen students were all promoted by Daimaru. It would be outrageous if the middle-level cadres were still allowed to be cultivated by him. The village must exert influence, and Daimaru can no longer have the final say.

…

In a battlefield where humans and locusts conflicted, Kankuro continued to use his puppets to spray poisonous smoke in the distance to disperse the locust swarms. Gaara's Sand Shigure shot into the sky, and patches of desert locusts were beaten into minced meat and fell to the ground.

Temari opened the three-star fan and covered the evacuation of a group of civilians whose homes had been destroyed.

It wasn't until the sun set, night fell, and the locusts landed that the three siblings, who had settled a group of old, weak, women and children, had a chance to breathe.

"If only Daimaru and his aerial team were here, we wouldn't be in such a difficult situation..."

Kankuro grumbled as he replenished food and water.

"They have already taken action, otherwise we would not have gone so smoothly..."

"Gaara, you saw..."

Temari asked.

"Um!"

It's not surprising that the One-Tailed Jinchuuriki, who used his third eye to look around, found this.

"We are not alone..."