Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

Because of the direct border between the Kingdom of Rain and the Kingdom of Wind, Nagato arrived in the Kingdom of Wind much earlier than Uchiha Shisui. After arriving in the Kingdom of Wind, the first choice he made was Instead of investigating relevant clues based on the information collected by Kirigakure and Amegakure, they quietly sneaked into Sunagakure Village and began to observe Sunagakure's movements.

There have been so many attacks and killings of Jonin from other countries near the Kingdom of Wind. As the most important military force in the Kingdom of Wind, there is no reason why Sunagakure Village should not know any information. Through the intelligence from Sunagakure, I This emergency incident can be viewed from a more objective and comprehensive perspective, without any critical mistakes being made due to the second-hand intelligence at hand.

That's what Nagato judged.

But what he gained from sneaking into Sand Hidden Village was not very satisfactory.

Because at this moment in Sunagakure Village, everyone is in danger because of the increasingly obvious signs of the new Jinchuuriki of Ichibi Shukaku losing control. Nagato relied on the power of the human world to secretly check the memories of several Sunagakure jonins. , but there was no sign that they had paid attention to the attack and murder that occurred in the Kingdom of Wind, which made him feel quite speechless and helpless.

"Just because something went wrong with the jinchūriki, the whole village was panicked. Sunagakure is really in decline..."

Watching the Yondaime Kazekage hurriedly leave Sunagakure's main village and go to report his duties to the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, Nagato, who was eating in a small shop selling special delicacies of the Land of Wind, shook his head. Thinking silently:

"According to the memories of those Jonin, Sunagakure Village has now reached the point where it needs to rely on the Fourth Kazekage Rasa's magnetic escape to search for sand gold to subsidize the village's funds. If they can't deal with the Jinchūriki problem, , then the funds Sunagakure Village receives from the daimyo of the Land of Wind will only further reduce, and Sunagakure's economic problems will further worsen. At that time, in order to prove their strength to the daimyo of the Land of Wind, they can only choose Waging war against neighboring countries..."

"It is no wonder that such a declining country, which is full of internal problems, has been chosen as the stage to stir up trouble by the masterminds behind the scenes... If the series of attacks and killings are all behind the same mastermind, then it would be known. The truth is that Sunagakure alone cannot even take revenge on them..."

While Nagato was analyzing the current situation of Sunagakure and observing the residents of Sunagakure who were walking in a hurry on the street and looking depressed, a somewhat strange idea began to gradually pop up in his head:

"If we leave it alone, Sunagakure will definitely be forced to choose to shift the conflict outwards due to economic problems and become the instigator of the next war. Then if I help them stabilize the state of the jinchuriki, they will Will it become less likely to become a new source of war?"

"No, no, this is just a choice to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. As long as Sunagakure still only maintains the operation of the village with the funds provided by the ninja entrustment and the land of wind daimyo, sooner or later they will embark on the path of foreign war, even if Kirigakure does not If you come to attack them, they will also choose to launch wars in order to survive..."

Seeing Nagato suddenly frowning and stopping his movements, the owner of the shop couldn't help but came over nervously and asked in a low voice:

"Um, guest? Is the food not to your taste? Or..."

"Huh? Ah, that's not the case. I was just thinking about something." Nagato came to his senses and replied to the shop owner's question in a calm tone, "Don't worry, boss, your food is delicious and rich." Features, even if you open a store in other countries, you can easily make money..."

"That's good, that's good..." The shop owner took a deep breath, looked at Nagato's young face and asked curiously: "But judging from the accent and comments, are you from another country?"

"Well, I came to Sunagakure Village from the Land of Rain to entrust a mission," Nagato remembered the false identity he got from Yahiko before setting off, "but it seems that Sunagakure Village has been a little deserted recently. …”

"Who says it's not the case?" The shop owner sighed, sat across from Nagato and began to complain: "The atmosphere in the village has been very tense recently, and the number of people who come to eat at my place has dropped a lot. If Kazekage-sama cannot improve the environment of the village, I will probably have to follow the example of my colleagues in the Land of Water and try my luck in other countries."

Unexpectedly, he would hear such a statement from a snack bar owner from the Land of Wind. Nagato looked him up and down in surprise, and asked curiously: "Why do you have such an idea, uncle?"

"Because I heard that the guests who came to my place for dinner said that the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Wind recently fell in love with a chef from the Kingdom of Water. Just because he liked the food he cooked, he rewarded him with quite a lot of money. .”

The owner of the snack bar took a look at Nagato's expression, which was still delicious, and said to him in a low voice:

"I don't expect that like my colleague, I will be favored by a big name from a big country. I just think that with my craftsmanship, people from other countries may also like the food of the Country of the Wind. If I can make They have developed a good impression of the Kingdom of Wind because of this, and if they are willing to come to the Kingdom of Wind to ask Sunagakure to issue a commission when they encounter trouble, I should be considered as having made some contributions to the Kingdom of Wind and Sunagakure, right?"

"Aren't you worried that you will encounter trouble and difficulties after leaving home, uncle?"

Nagato put a spoonful of food into his mouth. The delicious taste was different from his own eating habits, but also had some unusual excitement, which made him think that the other party's idea might really work. "If you meet someone outside, If you get into trouble, you can't find anyone from Sunagakure to help you solve the problem..."

"Everyone speaks the same language, and the accent is just a little different at most. If you use your words more, you can always find a solution."

The shop owner stood up and said with half helplessness and half emotion: "There are external troubles outside, and there are domestic troubles at home. I am helpless to deal with the domestic problems, but when it comes to foreign countries, there may be some room for improvement... "

After saying that, he touched his bald head in embarrassment and apologized to Nagato:

"I'm sorry, guest, for dragging you into chatting so much that I disturbed your meal..."

"It's okay. I quite like what you said, boss, 'Since everyone speaks the same language, you can always find a way to solve the problem if you communicate more'..."

Nagato smiled and took out his wallet from his pocket, handed the meal fee to the boss, then slowly walked out of the store with a snack that could be taken away.

It is still a perfect score that he won safely...