Chapter 196: The Land of Ninja, the beginning of a new era.

Chapter 196: The Land of Ninja, the beginning of a new era.

Twenty-four years of Konoha calendar

This year was called the beginning of a new era by later generations, and an era that truly belonged to ninjas had arrived!
Rain Ninja Village

The sky is like a heavy ink painting, with the gray clouds pressing so low that they seem to be within reach.

The drizzle is like silk, silently weaving the moisture and coldness between heaven and earth. In this dense rain curtain, there are occasionally a few small hailstones, which are cold and hard, hitting the ground and making crisp sounds.

On the high platform, Salamander Hanzo stood with a solemn expression. His figure looked particularly tall in the rain. He was wearing dark black armor with a specially treated surface that did not reflect light in the rain. The armor was composed of countless tiny metal pieces.

"Everyone, we are standing here today not only for ourselves, but also for the future of the Rain Country!"

Salamander Hanzo's voice echoed in the rain, and the raindrops hit his armor, making a crisp sound.

"The nobles have stolen the power that belongs to us ninjas. For thousands of years, they have treated us as tools. From now on, these days will never return!"

"We are no longer pawns in their hands, nor puppets manipulated by them in secret. Today, we will take back our rights, and we will let our voices be heard in every corner of the Rain Country!"

"Long live the Rain Village!!"

Hanzo of the Salamander, with his sharp eyes, swept over every ninja in the audience.

"Long live!!!"

There was a thunderous response from the audience.

"Kill them all, leaving no one behind!!"

With a command from Hanzo the Salamander, the end of the nobles of the Rain Country was announced.

The rain curtain under the New Year is accompanied by killing and blood.

In just one month, the Rain Village eliminated all the stubborn elements in the Rain Country who were unwilling to bow down.

The daimyo of the Rain Country died, and the nobles fled with their families.
The nobles who had no time to escape became as obedient as sheep under the ninja's knife, crawling tremblingly at the ninja's feet.

Their land, wealth, and various properties were all taken over by the Rain Village.

The ninjas were not good at production and management, and the land was temporarily useless to them. Most of the land that the nobles regarded as treasures were distributed to the people of the Rain Country in order to win over their hearts.

The Rain Ninjas ate the flesh and drank the blood of the nobles, and a serum purge that affected the entire country did not cause much turmoil in the Rain Kingdom.

Salamander Hanzo was overjoyed at the good news. He could not wait to announce to the entire ninja world:
"The Rain Country has officially changed its name to the Ninja Country!"

The ninja world was in uproar!
Konoha
"Hanzo the Salamander is really so brave, he really did it!"

Uchiha Nan watched the live broadcast on TV with great interest.

Salamander Hanzo listened to his own advice and did not kill the noble directly. Instead, he held a public trial in front of the people.

A simple illusion can make the nobles confess their dirty deeds, and the former victims will rush towards the nobles in anger and beat them up.

The nobles begged for mercy humbly, and their previous arrogance disappeared.

The prince and general Xiang Ning have the guts! !
This concept, which is common in the Rabbit Country, is 99% rare in the Ninja World. The distorted concept of a normal life is projected into the Ninja World - nobles are always nobles, and untouchables are always untouchables.

The Rain Village was in the light while Konoha was in the dark, and the public trial of the Rain Village was broadcast live to the entire ninja world using televisions.

Let everyone in the ninja world understand a truth!
It turns out that the nobles would also be afraid, would bleed, and when faced with the threat of death, they would be frightened to the point of incontinence, kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, and would die if hit on the neck with a knife!

Nara Shikayuan hurriedly pushed the door open, his tone somewhat anxious:
"Hokage, the Daimyo just sent an urgent message, demanding that the live broadcast of the TV be cut off immediately and that troops be dispatched to wipe out the Rain Village immediately."

"Pretend you didn't see it."

Uchiha Nan waved his hand, too lazy to pay attention to the daimyo's nagging. Now that this layer of window paper has been broken, if Konoha wants to replicate it again in the future, the obstacles it encounters will be much smaller.

"Lu Yuan, prepare for war. The ninja world will not be peaceful in the next few years."

"Hokage-sama, are you really going to do this?"

Nara Shikaon had a complicated expression. He had long been aware of the Hokage's goal. Once this kind of thing started, it would never stop.

The Warring States Period was a chaotic era in which rituals and music were in decline.

The five major countries, led by the nations, compete for land and resources, while the ninjas compete for wealth and profit.
At some point, the first culprit appeared. He first hired ninjas and killed the nobles of the enemy country. The tacit understanding between the nobles was interrupted, the situation of the war got out of control, and a complete war began!

Everyone struggled in the war, tossed up and down, experienced betrayal, and the unspeakable ugliness of human nature, which was clearly visible during those painful years.
No one wants to go through the Warring States Period again!
Heroes emerge in chaotic times, which is a gift bred by the times.

The God of the Ninja World, Hashirama Senju, appeared out of nowhere and suppressed the war single-handedly, and the order that everyone longed for appeared.

Hashirama Senju established the one country, one village system, in which the ninja villages gathered powerful ninja forces from across the country to defend the daimyo and protect the nobles.

The nobles raised the people with peace of mind, and the ninja world ushered in a temporary peace.

Objectively speaking, the Senju Hashirama Ninja Village system has caused endless harm.

In the past, ninja wars were limited to families, but when the ninja clans gathered their strength and formed ninja villages, the scale of the wars instantly expanded countless times!
This is a scale of war that the ninjas of the past Warring States period could not imagine!

The First Ninja World War allowed the ninjas to see the cruelty of the war between ninja villages.

Before the ninjas had time to reflect on all this, the order set by Hashirama Senju was broken once again!

The ninjas of the ninja village rebelled collectively, destroyed the nobles and took control of the country's power, wealth, and population.

In the future, ninjas will launch wars on a country-by-country basis. How massive will the scale of this war be?

Nara Shikaon, who had an IQ of 250, was very worried about this and rarely confided his feelings to Uchiha Nan.

He didn't know whether what the Hokage had been pushing for was right or wrong.

"Lu Yuan, right and wrong are not something that our generation can judge. We just need to move forward. The nobles have slowed down the progress of the ninjas. In the near future, the ninja world will face an unprecedented catastrophe."

"People will understand later, and realize that all of this is worth it and meaningful, even though many people will die in the process."

Uchiha Nan looked at Nara Shikaon and spoke slowly.

"Yes, Hokage-sama!!"

Nara Shikayuan was no longer troubled. He didn't understand the catastrophe that the Hokage mentioned.

Since Lord Hokage has made all the preparations, as subordinates we only need to obey his orders!
Even if the sky falls, the Hokage is here to hold it up!
fire nation

The Daimyo demanded that Konoha cut off the live TV broadcast and sent troops to destroy the Rain Village.

Konoha ignored the pressure from the Fire Nation, the Daimyo was timid and dared not say a word, and the nobles were so scared that they couldn't sleep all night.

This time, there were no sanctions in the Land of Fire to weaken Konoha's voice. Those nobles who were dissatisfied with Konoha disappeared in rounds of killing and purges.

In the midst of anxiety and fear, the daimyo and nobles of the Land of Fire chose to increase the money, and Konoha's funding for the new year doubled.
The resistance that Konoha encountered in its capital expansion in the Land of Fire suddenly decreased. In particular, the resistance to the railway project was reduced countless times in an instant.

The nobles who had been unwilling to sell their land suddenly became willing to do so!
The Land of Fire was as peaceful as usual. But this was limited to the Land of Fire. Konoha was a special exception, with one hand holding the most powerful military force and the other holding capital.
With money and power, you can stand firm!

But villages like Iwagakure, Sandagakure, Mist Village, and Cloud Village are different.

Such a large ninja village has a huge daily consumption of food and manpower. It is a pipe dream to support the entire village solely by relying on the small share of the ninjas' missions. This requires the support of national funds, and a large number of ninjas' hiring tasks also come from this.

A penny can make a hero fall. The ninja village's funding chain was broken, and even the Kage was helpless.

The daimyo and nobles have mastered the art of playing with money and favors. If you want to turn the knife inward, you will face the pressure of the secular world, the pressure of money, the pressure of the ninja clan, and the mountains of rules and regulations.
Let everyone be content with the status quo.

Even if in the future, the ninja village and the daimyo dislike each other, we have to endure it. Let it be, as long as we can get by.

But now, this layer of window paper has been broken!

In the ninja world, there actually was a ninja village that betrayed the daimyo and wiped out the nobles. This was such an unforgivable thing!
The Rain Village disregarded all respect for decency and broadcast the ugly behavior of the nobles live to the entire ninja world. The pride engraved in the nobles' souls and the unspeakable fear accumulated for thousands of years completely erupted!

send troops!!
Destroy immediately!!
Sand Hidden Village

Mosa sat in his office, holding the daimyo's letter tightly in his hand, his brows furrowed and his eyes revealed complex emotions.

The village has just started to improve, and starting a war rashly would be tantamount to making all the efforts of the Sand Village in the past few years go to waste.

The most important thing is that the strength of the Rain Village is not weak at all. It lay dormant during the First Ninja World War, and has been expanding continuously over the years, recruiting soldiers and training new people. Its power has expanded rapidly, and recently it has taken control of the power of a country.

If the Sand Village rashly launches a war, what if it loses?
Even if they won, it would only be a pyrrhic victory for the Sand Village!

Masa instinctively resisted the daimyo's order. But according to the rules, Sand Village needed to obey, but this was related to the future of Sand Village, so Masa held an emergency meeting.

会议 室

The top leaders of the Sand Village were chattering non-stop, with those who wanted to send troops and those who wanted to keep troops in place each holding their own opinions, giving Mosha a headache.

"What about Konoha? What has Konoha done recently?!"

Masa had enough of this bickering and decided to wait and see how Konoha reacted before making a decision.

It was such a thankless task that Mosha would never allow the Sand Village to charge forward one by one.

We must first look at the reactions of other ninja villages, especially Konoha, the ally of the Sand Village.

"Lord Kazekage, Konoha is keeping its troops on hold and shows no signs of sending out troops. Furthermore, according to intelligence, Konoha is behind the incident in Rain Village. Those live broadcast equipment were provided by Konoha."

"The Fire Country plays the live broadcast of the Rain Village on a loop every day."

"I see."

After listening to this, Masa nodded expressionlessly, and his thoughts drifted to the day in the Land of Grass when the Hokage said that he wanted to establish an era belonging to ninjas and kick the nobles into the dustbin of history.

The Hokage really did this!
Although I didn't do it myself, I launched the Rain Village, so what will be the future of the Sand Village?
"Lord Kazekage, are we going to send troops?"

Chiyo asked Mosa while running a hand through her hair.

“Hold still!!”

Mosa decisively followed Konoha's footsteps. Unless Konoha took the lead in attacking the Rain Village, he would not be so stupid as to send troops to attack the Rain Village.

"What about the daimyo?"

"Find an excuse to get away with it. The Sand Village is in urgent need of funds. It really needs money!

Let Daimyo transfer the money first. He hasn’t sent this year’s funding yet. We must increase it!!”

"But, Master Kazekage, the Daimyo has already sent the funds a few days ago, and you signed and confirmed it yourself."

"Really? Why don't I remember?"

Mosa asked back.

The Daimyo of the Wind Country has always been stingy. He even cut funding after the First Ninja World War. This time, he must be severely punished!

"As you command, Master Kazekage!"

Mosha immediately made the decision to finalize the matter.

The top leaders of the Sand Village tacitly agreed to this matter. If the money was received, they would follow Mosa and eat the meat. If any trouble arose, Mosa would be blamed. They would not lose out anyway!

On the same day, the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Wind received a reply from Masa.

"Rebellion, everything is reversed!!!"

The daimyo was furious and overturned the table with his sword and raged in the room. The servants knelt on the ground trembling with fear and dared not say a word, for fear of angering the angry daimyo.

"The Sand Village actually dares to ask for an increase in funding, even though this year's funding has already been allocated. What does Masa mean by this? Is he trying to use this opportunity to force the emperor to abdicate?"

"Your Highness, calm down. We cannot have a conflict with the Sand Village at this critical moment. If we really anger the Sand Village, those ninjas might follow the example of the Rain Village. This..."

The daimyo's trusted minister, a wise elder in the Kingdom of Wind, comforted the daimyo, saying that money was just a trivial matter, and the most important thing now was to destroy the Rain Village, and this village must be completely wiped out from this ninja world.

"Are you afraid?"

"Then should I give my name to Mosa?"

"Your Highness, that's not what I meant."

"Your Highness, please don't act on impulse at this time!"

The elder kowtowed repeatedly, hoping that the daimyo could calm down.

The daimyo's anger gradually subsided under the consolation of the elder. He knew that now was not the time to turn against the Sand Village. The Wind Country needed the strength of the Sand Village.

"Ok."

The daimyo finally spoke, his voice filled with reluctance.

"Increase the funding according to Masa's request. However, I want them to send troops to Rain Village immediately. This is an order!"

The elder nodded, he knew this was the best way to deal with it at the moment.

"I will do it immediately, Your Highness."

(End of this chapter)