In Cloud Shinobi Village, nestled among the rising mountains,
Third Generation Ai slammed her fist heavily on the table.
"Damn, this Hanyu Simu is really too much!"
The female secretary beside her adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses speechlessly.
This table was already the sturdiest that Cloud Shinobi Village could build with existing technology,
yet it cracked under Third Generation Ai's punch.
Fourth Generation Ai and Killer Bee were also present in the Raikage's office.
After all, what had happened recently was no trivial matter.
"Guys like Konoha actually dare to support those hateful revolutionary armies?
Are they trying to fight against all the nobles in the entire ninja world?"
After resolving internal conflicts,
Konoha was furiously advancing its science and technology to industrialize.
Meanwhile, it continued to provide support to the revolutionary armies.
With Konoha's strong backing, revolutionary forces appeared not only in the Land of Fire, but also in the Land of Rain.
After years of war, too many people were displaced and their families destroyed.
Under the guidance of the revolutionary army, these people easily targeted the nobles living in luxury.
As a result, revolutionary movements sprang up in many other large and small countries across the ninja world.
One could say the entire ninja world had been plunged into chaos.
Of course, the worst situation was in the Land of Fire —
the very headquarters of the Revolutionary Army.
"Judging by this pace, the Daming Mansion of the Land of Fire may be completely overthrown within a year,
and that's assuming Konoha doesn't directly intervene."
The estimate came from the Cloud Shinobi Village Intelligence Unit.
Hearing this, Fourth Generation Ai couldn't help but complain:
"This is outrageous. The Revolutionary Army is just a bunch of wandering ninjas and civilians united..."
To traditional ninjas, civilians were no threat at all.
As long as one had ninjutsu, these people could be killed over and over again.
No one expected such a force to arise and even threaten to set the countries ablaze.
The secretary standing beside Third Generation Ai spoke calmly:
"Konoha has developed a large number of ninja tools — they call them scientific ninja tools."
"There are two types of ninja tools the intelligence agencies have discovered."
"One type is the augmentation kind used by ninjas, which can convert their Chakra into Rishi Chakra,
enhancing their defense or ninjutsu attack power."
"The other type is a special ninjutsu usable by ordinary people.
Most of these are armor or arm guards.
If mastered, even people without Chakra can perform ninjutsu."
"On the battlefield in the Land of Fire, the second type is the greatest threat to the nobles."
"Currently, there are about 5,000 civilians armed with scientific ninja tools in the revolutionary army."
In other words, the revolutionary army now had five thousand special ninjas capable of using scientific ninja tools.
Additionally, there might be hundreds of ninjas using senjutsu-enhanced abilities.
With the aid of scientific ninja tools, these ninjas can even match the strength of Jōnin.
Five thousand such ninjas, plus hundreds of Jōnin —
this is already a huge threat in the ninja world.
Only the Five Great Ninja Villages could muster such power.
No wonder the Daming Mansion of the Land of Fire was steadily retreating and in danger.
Third Generation Ai said coldly,
"Anyway, the Land of Lightning Daming Mansion has allocated funds and asked us to do everything possible to support the Land of Fire."
"Presumably, the noble families of the Land of Wind will not stand idly by either."
The aristocratic gentlemen of the ninja world were prosperous but lost.
Though there were battles between great countries on a daily basis,
those battles were independent of the daimyo.
Now that Konoha and the revolutionary army were set to attack the noble forces,
the entire ninja world's nobles were offended.
Third Generation Ai looked like a brute, but he was not ignorant of the situation.
"I hope the daimyo of the Land of Fire can hold on and reduce the combat strength of the Revolutionary Army and Konoha as much as possible."
"Also... over there, in the Land of Water..."
Third Generation Ai paused.
Since Hanyu Simu had gone alone to Mist Shinobi and killed the Fourth Mizukage,
Kirigakure was in a state of collapse.
Some wished to follow the orders of the Daimyo of the Land of Water and fight Konoha,
but others were too weak to stand a chance and chose to lie low.
In this state, the Land of Water could offer no effective support to the Land of Fire.
After long consideration, Third Generation Ai finally issued an order:
"Send a delegation to the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth, and request a Five Kages Summit."
The secretary's eyes flickered slightly and immediately went to make arrangements.
"Father, are you going to have s*x with Konoha?"
Fourth Generation Ai asked bluntly.
Third Generation Ai said worriedly,
"I can't let Konoha develop like this anymore..."
Of course, he was fully aware of the hostility among the countries of the ninja world.
But Simu's attitude was like this:
It doesn't matter.
If they want to fight, then let them fight.
Two months later,
Konoha's military reforms bore initial fruit.
The first batch of 4,000 ninjas broke free from mercenary status and officially became professional ninjas.
Konoha's territory expanded considerably.
Most notably, Simu established a military zone.
Its area was nearly half the size of Konoha itself, located on the outskirts of the Great Leaf.
The first batch of 4,000 professional ninjas lived in this military zone.
Discipline was strict — no one could leave without approval from the chief.
They needed only focus on training every day.
There was a dedicated dormitory for sleeping,
a canteen for meals,
and everything else, including shopping, was uniformly provided by Konoha.
There was even a residential area for family members to live together.
Each soldier was granted four days off per month to apply for leave or rest.
The rest of the time was strictly for training.
The advantage was that they didn't have to worry about their livelihood,
nor waste time on boring tasks.
Every day was training, lectures, training, lectures,
with occasional sorties to suppress bandits or handle other missions.
In just two months, these professional ninjas' strength improved significantly.
This lifestyle made many ninjas in Konoha yearn for it.
After all, no one wanted to drag themselves down every day performing menial tasks just to make a living.
In the military camp, they had food, clothing, and could improve their strength — what more could they ask for?
Therefore, Simu's reform faced little resistance.
On the contrary, many ninjas eagerly wanted to join the military camp.
Unfortunately, Konoha's finances couldn't support training tens of thousands of professional ninjas at once,
so only some experienced or promising candidates were selected.
Those with mediocre potential or relatively young age were screened out.
In Simu's words, "Do you want to go to the battlefield without even growing your hair?"
After Simu came to power, he truly implemented the Will of Fire.
He absolutely did not allow Konoha's new generation to enter the battlefield prematurely.
In his view, this would not temper them, but poison their hearts.
At the age of eight or nine, if you send them to the battlefield to experience its cruelty without first developing their minds, it will cause serious problems!
It is entirely possible to completely alter a child's mental state.
Uchiha Itachi is a prime example.
How else could he commit something like a massacre?
Although there was high-level guidance from Konoha, such as Danzo,
premature exposure to the cruelty of the battlefield was one of the main reasons.
And people like him are probably not a minority among ninjas today.
That is why Simu has spared no effort to promote psychological courses in Ninja School, and Sleepy Leaf Hospital has also created mental health and psychological departments.
They aim to enlighten ninjas who suffer from psychological issues or are confused about life.
Although these psychiatrists are still not very mature, it is at least a start.
Besides, the culture of Sleepy Leaf is flourishing.
The original low buildings were replaced by tall ones.
Simu even established a dedicated industrial area.
New power plants and various military factories roar continuously 24 hours a day.
This is all the work of Simu.
The entire area of Konoha has doubled in size.
Under Simu's call, ordinary villagers who once only did handicrafts at home joined factories and became honorable workers.
Various agricultural tools greatly improved farmers' output and reduced their workload.
However, to see real results in agriculture, one may have to wait until next year.
...asking for funding...
This year's finances still need the support of the nobles.
As the Revolutionary Army continued to capture territory, the property and food hoarded by the nobles were continuously transported to Konoha and became raw materials for the industrialization of the Land of Fire.
I have to say, Konoha's development is so rapid, thanks not only to the many blueprints Simu produces several times a day,
but also thanks to the incredible labor of the ninjas.
Ore that previously required many humans to mine can be extracted with a single Earth Style ninjutsu.
Roads that took months to dig can be completed with a single Wang Dun ninjutsu.
Farmland that needs irrigation can be watered with a Water Style ninjutsu...
It can be said that in this world, ninjutsu and technology are the primary productive forces.
Behind Konoha's flourishing development is Lu Jiu's ever-growing white hair.
He and Minato spend almost sixteen hours a day in the office.
That is to say, neither of them are married yet—otherwise, their wives might scold them to death.
"When will this work end?"
Minato raised his head, his face full of exhaustion.
He looked like a beggar at this moment.
His hair was messy.
Lu Jiu shook his head.
"This can't be helped. Konoha's development is too fast, and we have to handle all sorts of issues."
Minato complained,
"Simu, if you don't want to handle all this government business yourself, leave it to us."
Lu Jiu smiled wryly.
"No way. Who told him to study so many things?"
Looking at the tall buildings rising outside, Lu Jiu's eyes shone brightly.
"Minato, maybe we really will witness the emergence of a new era beside Sida."
Minato raised his head as well.
He knew what Lu Jiu was referring to.
Thanks to the efforts of the Revolutionary Army, most of the nobles in the Land of Fire have been eradicated.
And the benefit is that ordinary people now have food to eat.
With the help of Simu's new machines, it's expected that next year
will be a year of good harvest.
"Finally, I won't have to see ordinary people go hungry anymore."
Lu Jiu sighed.
He had worked in Liangshan for a long time.
He could never forget how under wartime conditions, people could only eat half a bowl of rice for days.
Those who couldn't eat simply starved to death...
Just when Minato and Lu Jiu were feeling emotional,
Simu in the research institute grinned excitedly.
"Success! I finally succeeded!"
Simu stared at the test tube in front of him.
A terrifying mental power radiated from the Brain Fruit.
Inside the huge test tube, two bodies were quietly suspended in green liquid.
As Simu's mental power fluctuated,
Uchiha Madara's closed eyes slowly opened.
His scarlet eyes fixed on the white walls of the research institute.
"Sure enough, it worked."
Uchiha Madara opened his mouth, and air bubbles escaped.
Simu, standing outside, coughed violently.
After a long moment, Uchiha Madara slowly adjusted his body, pushed off the wall of the test tube with both feet, and stepped out.
That's right, Simu was controlling Uchiha Madara's body with his powerful psychic power.
It's actually not quite accurate to say he was controlled.
It was more like Simu's soul had fused with Uchiha Madara's body.
This was a new ability Simu gained by imitating the Doppelganger [Avatar].
The Doppelganger from another world loads emotions into a clone.
Simu regarded the avatar as another vessel of himself.
He could manipulate everything in Uchiha Madara's body,
including using his abilities and so on.
And because the Brain Fruit greatly developed Simu's brain,
after several hours of adaptation, Simu could control two bodies at the same time.
That is to say, fighting Simu in the future wouldn't just be fighting his main body—
you might have to face up to six clones!
"Unfortunately, this body is still too old."
Simu carefully examined Uchiha Madara's body and said with some regret.
If only it were Madara's younger body...
"It still needs remodeling."
Simu did as he said.
After all, he had obtained all the information on the blood factor.
Making Uchiha Madara's body younger was not too difficult.
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