The final major reform achievement in Konoha Village emerged from the Research Division of New Applications for Ninjutsu.
After its establishment, Hiruzen Sarutobi made a decision to focus the development of productive ninjutsu primarily on agriculture, ensuring that Konoha ninja would always have food and never starve.
Following internal discussions—especially after strong recommendations by Heiyan—the group ultimately chose rice as their target crop, deciding to pursue comprehensive breakthroughs in every aspect of its cultivation process.
In the past, most of the rice consumed in Konoha came directly from local farmers. However, traditional farming methods used by these farmers were generally primitive—relying entirely on manual transplanting techniques with low-quality seedlings, long growth cycles, and poor yields.
Now, the Konoha ninja waded into the fields, channeling chakra to experiment with new ways of growing rice.
Concrete research proceeded along two directions.
Firstly, fertile land was selected outside the outskirts of Konoha. Earth Release techniques were employed on a large scale to construct paddy fields around lakes, while Water Release techniques provided efficient irrigation.
Meanwhile, thanks to the efforts of Konoha's Science Unit, the world's first mechanical rice transplanter was successfully developed—greatly improving efficiency and quality of planting, enabling precise density control. Later, this same unit invented a hand-pushed rice harvester, eliminating the need for exhausting back-breaking harvesting labor.
These inventions mechanized operations previously done manually, significantly increasing overall labor productivity.
Secondly, researchers focused on optimizing the rice seedlings themselves.
This was where Orochimaru excelled.
He holed up in his lab for an entire month, successfully applying his previous research on Hashirama cells and Heiyan cells to develop a new generation of high-performance rice seedlings, which he proudly named "Konoha Rice No.1."
Compared to older varieties, Konoha Rice No.1 reduced the growth period from six months down to only two months. Its yield per unit area also skyrocketed—fivefold greater than before. The resulting grains were clear, plump, and bursting with flavor.
Through this dual-approach strategy, the very first batch of Konoha Rice No.1 solved the food shortage crisis among Konoha villagers immediately upon harvest.
Naturally, this great news brought boundless celebration across the village.
Later, following Heiyan's suggestion, Konoha constructed a massive grain storage facility to stockpile surplus rice, preparing prudently for potential future shortages.
Additionally, plans were already underway to market "Konoha Rice No.1" outside the village, building a strong reputation for Konoha rice and generating substantial agricultural income.
Thus, three months.
Just three short months had transformed Konoha Village—not only restoring life to it but also invigorating it with stronger vitality than ever before.
As autumn arrived, Konoha News published an article calling the immense reforms and changes that had occurred over those three months a "Summer Miracle."
A miracle created jointly by all Konoha ninja.
When the news spread, the entire world of shinobi reacted with shock.
Deprived of its former reliance on mission-based income, Konoha ninja had chosen instead a peaceful developmental path, exploring new applications for chakra and ninjutsu in daily production and life—and achieved extraordinary success.
Other ninja villages, which had initially watched Konoha's situation with schadenfreude, finally could no longer sit still either. One after another, they began to copy Konoha's approach, implementing moderate reforms within their own villages.
As the leading village among the Five Great Ninja Villages, Konoha once again set the trend for the entire world of shinobi.
It was one of those days at the end of September.
The breeze was light and clouds drifted gently; autumn had arrived with refreshing clarity.
Jiraiya returned to Konoha Village after a long journey, covered in dust and fatigue.
After the battle at Uzugakure brought peace back to the ninja world, Jiraiya left the village. This was because the Great Toad Sage from Mount Myoboku had prophesied that Jiraiya would travel the world, write novels, and during his travels, meet the Child of the Prophecy—the one destined to become his disciple.
As the teacher of the Child of the Prophecy, Jiraiya would guide this student to bring profound change to the ninja world.
That was his sacred mission.
Unfortunately, over the past several months, despite traveling extensively, Jiraiya found nothing.
Later, he secluded himself in a remote mountain temple, locking himself away to finish writing a novel. Immediately after emerging from his seclusion, he heard about the "**Summer Miracle**" that had taken place in Konoha Village and rushed back eagerly to take a look.
Then, Jiraiya was deeply astonished.
Was this really the same Konoha Village he remembered?
Looking around, Jiraiya saw before him an expansive neighborhood of luxurious villas—hundreds of them—nearly doubling Konoha's original city area.
Crowds bustled along the streets, traffic flowed steadily.
He once again walked down Ichiraku Street, weaving through the familiar bustling crowd.
A large tour group passed by Jiraiya, over a hundred strong, led by two beautiful kunoichi holding loudspeakers who enthusiastically introduced Konoha's history and culture to the tourists.
The visitors looked thrilled, parents holding their children's hands, each carrying various souvenirs, chatting and laughing as they headed toward Hokage Rock for a visit.
On the streets, it was common to see members of the Uchiha police force patrolling in teams of four.
What surprised Jiraiya was that these Uchiha members no longer appeared arrogant like they used to; instead, they actively maintained order, patiently offering help to both villagers and tourists, even warmly posing for photos with them.
While passing through an unnamed street, he also came across a lively street food festival being held along the Konoha River. Several Fire Release users were putting on grilling performances using their Fire Release jutsu, earning cheers from the surrounding crowd.
Jiraiya also noticed many new streetlights and utility poles lining the roads, with some ninjas installing wires on the poles. Many modern electronic devices had started appearing throughout the village.
Suddenly, ahead in the crowd, an uproar erupted, drawing many people together.
What happened?
Seeing this, Jiraiya hurried forward and discovered an elderly man who had accidentally fallen and hit his head, now unconscious. Blood streamed from the old man's wound and his expression was pained—he looked far from okay.
Frowning, Jiraiya was about to step forward when a team of medics quickly rushed over.
"Please make way."
The medical team pushed through the crowd and swiftly reached the old man, performing a series of quick checks and treatments. One of them placed both hands on the elder's head, and immediately blue chakra surged from their palms, rapidly healing his wounds.
[Mystical Palm Technique!]
Jiraiya was taken aback as he watched the scene unfold—hadn't this technique only ever been seen in Tsunade's hands? He also noticed that each of these Medical Ninja had a small blue-and-white slug resting on their shoulder.
Suddenly, everything clicked—he realized these were the Medical Ninja personally trained by Tsunade.
"Clap clap clap!"
As the elderly man received treatment, the onlookers burst into thunderous applause, praising the miraculous effects of the Medical Ninjutsu.
The Medical Ninja responded with polite smiles before carefully loading the old man onto a stretcher and transporting him to Konoha Hospital for further treatment.
Jiraiya looked around with a deep and heavy sigh.
His sigh was filled with awe—at how dramatically Konoha had transformed in just three short months. It was simply unbelievable.
Yet it was also a sigh of profound regret. He felt deeply ashamed that, as a ninja of Konoha, he had not taken part in this revolution or contributed to the village's rebirth. Compared to him, his two best friends—Orochimaru and Tsunade—had both made remarkable achievements in their respective domains.
Thinking about this, Jiraiya felt a pang of shame.
Moreover, Jiraiya also realized that all these changes sweeping through Konoha had been brought forth by the will of a single person alone—
A person named Uzumaki Heiyan.
While deeply admiring the immense impact Heiyan had on the village—and even the entire world of shinobi—Jiraiya fell into deep contemplation.
Because now he questioned: if someone like Heiyan could not be considered the Child of the Prophecy, then what exactly was the Great Toad Sage asking him to find?
Even if the Child of the Prophecy truly existed, could they possibly bring about greater change for the world of shinobi than Heiyan already had?
At this moment, Jiraiya couldn't help but doubt the prophecy of the Great Toad Sage. After all, that so-called 100% accurate prophecy had already failed once with Heiyan.
In fact,
he wasn't the only one beginning to doubt Gamamaru's prophecy—Gamamaru himself had started doubting it too.
Deep within the ancient temple atop Mount Myoboku...
Gamamaru sat silently upon the Sage Throne, gazing into the crystal ball displaying the vibrant and bustling scenes of Konoha. His heart remained unsettled.
There was no doubt—the future of the shinobi world was gradually diverging from the vision he had seen in his dream.
And all of this deviation stemmed from one variable:
Uzumaki Heiyan.
Currently, Heiyan held a high-ranking position in Konoha. His personal prestige even surpassed that of the Third Hokage, making him universally acknowledged as the next Hokage.
Previously, the relationship between Mount Myoboku and Konoha had always been quite close, but after Heiyan took power, their bond would inevitably turn cold. Meanwhile, Katsuyu—the Sage Slug whom Gamamaru had always looked down upon—had grown increasingly closer to Konoha.
For the first time, Gamamaru felt anxious. He realized that Mount Myoboku was being pushed aside, and the Frog Clan's influence over Konoha—and indeed the entire shinobi world—was rapidly diminishing.
Yet there was not a single thing he could do to stop it.
Gamamaru slowly closed his eyes.
Gamamaru thought back to the day Heiyan first arrived at Mount Myoboku to study Sage Arts.
If only things had been different back then...
Sigh.
Gamamaru sighed deeply, his breath heavy with regret.
...
Heiyan had been swamped with work.
During these past three months while building Konoha, he hadn't forgotten about the PENGDAI NINJA VILLAGE on Mikazuki Island.
Using Yin-Yang Release, he constructed hundreds of buildings—just selling houses brought in several hundred million ryō, more than enough to replace the Daimyo's entire military funding for Leaf Village.
He used his merits to obtain numerous rewards: over a thousand ninjutsu scrolls, seedling transplanters and harvesters invented by the Science Division, and even rice seedlings like Konoha Number One.
Then Heiyan entrusted Guagua the Stealth Frog to transport everything all at once to the PENGDAI NINJA VILLAGE and deliver it into the hands of Haruko, Ashina Uzumaki, and others.
In short, besides the citizens of Konoha itself, PENGDAI was the second to benefit from the achievements of Konoha's reform and development.
Besides traveling between Konoha and Pengdai, Heiyan also spent some time in Shikkotsu Forest.
There, he used Terrestrial Release (Kun) to create two sets of living armor, then collected "rent" from those two guys—Six-Tails and Seven-Tails. He extracted half their chakra each, injecting them into the living armor to forge two brand-new Tailed Beast armors.
Exactly as Heiyan predicted.
These two armors granted him Six-Tails' Boil Release kekkei genkai and Seven-Tails' flight and invisibility capabilities respectively.
His combat power had significantly increased once again.
After returning from Shikkotsu Forest, he continued teaching Minato and Kushina various ninja techniques.
Minato was incredibly gifted. After practicing for some time, he could already smoothly execute the Flying Thunder God Technique within a one-hundred-meter range. With the Sword of the Thunder God, even jonin could be ambushed and killed by him if they weren't careful.
Kushina wasn't willing to fall behind either. She had not only mastered powerful sealing techniques such as Adamantine Sealing Chains, but had also successfully harnessed the Nine-Tails' chakra within her body, firmly surpassing Minato Namikaze in power.
The Nine-Tails fox, having been defeated by Heiyan before and seeing him grow stronger and stronger ever since, finally accepted its fate completely, dedicating itself fully to assisting Kushina in her training.
With its help, Kushina steadily advanced along the path to becoming a Perfect Jinchuriki.
While instructing his apprentices, Heiyan himself never slacked off in cultivation.
He understood well what ancient sages meant when they said, "power stands above all." Although Konoha had risen from under the Daimyo's oppressive rule, the greatest threat still remained—Madara Uchiha.
If Madara suddenly launched a frenzied attack on Konoha, intent on fighting to the bitter end, everything built so far would crumble overnight.
Still, Heiyan sensed that as his Sage Transformation reached mid-to-late stages, besides continuing rigorous ascetic practices to awaken his body's chakra potential, external assistance might also become essential.
This realization hit him after consuming the [Hero Water], a substance known to amplify one's innate potential.
It was perfectly normal.
After all, Madara awakened the Rinnegan through transplanted Hashirama cells. Even members of the Otsutsuki Clan required special pills to gain power—or even directly consume fellow clan members. Like Kaguya, who merged entirely with the God Tree to become a deity-like being, they could fully integrate themselves with it.
Therefore, while continuing his rigorous training, Heiyan also needed to search for treasures like the Hero Water.
At that moment,
he received a letter from Sunagakure, signed by an old acquaintance—Pakura.
In her letter, she mentioned that Sand had begun emulating Leaf by implementing reforms, launching what they called the Oasis Plan to transform the natural environment surrounding the village. For this endeavor, they required Heiyan's assistance.
Pakura hoped he could spare some time to help out. In return, Suna would offer one hundred million ryō in gold.
Heiyan thought it over for a moment before deciding to head to Sunagakure.
Firstly, he wanted to help Pakura, an old friend; secondly, one hundred million ryō in gold represented considerable wealth even for Heiyan, and it would be foolish not to earn it when given the chance.
However, the third reason was most important—he planned to use this opportunity to search within the Land of Wind for the ancient city of Loulan and claim the power of the Dragon Vein [an ancient source of mystical power].
If he could obtain the Dragon Vein, it might allow him to take his Sage Transformation to its peak—just like Hashirama Senju at his prime.
At that point, Madara Uchiha—old and growing weaker—probably wouldn't dare face Heiyan head-on, even with the Rinnegan.
Conversely, Heiyan would take the initiative, perhaps even launching a strike on Kiri to seize Madara's Rinnegan.
Thinking about this, Heiyan picked up his brush and replied to Pakura, accepting her invitation.
Yet, before setting off, considering the nature of this mission, he intended to bring along a capable partner to accompany him to Sunagakure.
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