Night, all is silent. Under the bright moonlight, the Forest of Death is cloaked in a layer of silver frost.
Inside the latrine.
Naruto is currently in the latrine with a red-haired individual. Uh, the red-haired one isn't Karin, but a newly emerged clone—Uzumaki Goudan. A terrifying monster with over seven million units of chakra, a chakra recovery rate of 5% per hour, possessing all of Naruto's passive abilities, all his skills, and free use of multiple Mangekyo Sharingan and Rinnegan.
In one word—invincible!
"Goudan, what's your mission?" Naruto observes the new clone, wanting to see what kind of personality this newly opened blind box has.
"To sweep clean, boss."
The newly created clone naturally knows what Naruto was just thinking. He slowly and meticulously explains: "Because yesterday's attack was too sudden, there will be many fish that slipped through the net. These escaped ninjas might rebuild Kusagakure, so you want me to eliminate future troubles permanently, boss."
"Wait," Naruto quickly interrupts. This new clone seems to have never read Emotional Intelligence. "What do you mean 'sweep clean'? That sounds awful."
Uzumaki Goudan appears to be less adept at flattery than Uchiha Roku-Tsutsu. He pauses for a moment. Seeing this, Naruto emphasizes again: "Remember, you are going to help these ninjas who have lost their village. You are going to help them find a new livelihood."
"Then I'm truly a great benefactor, aren't I?" Uzumaki Goudan leans back strategically.
Not bad, this answer... It's just right.
As expected of my clone, he's on my wavelength.
"Yes, exactly."
"Also, during the day, the Ninja World Daily reporters have pinpointed the locations of all these ninjas. Go and round them all up," Naruto instructs.
Uzumaki Goudan doesn't seem to be a talkative person; he simply keeps nodding.
"You don't have much chakra, and your recovery is slow, so you can first collect those people into the dimension. Then, wait for me to modify them. There's food and drink in the dimension, so there's no need to worry at all."
Uzumaki Goudan nods again, and Naruto watches. How rare, this one's actually an honest guy.
Uh. Recalling the strategic lean-back just now, Naruto feels something is still off. At least, compared to Uchiha Roku-Tsutsu, he's considered honest.
"Do you know how to do construction?" Naruto suddenly asks again.
"Construction?" After a moment of thought, Uzumaki Goudan's eyes light up. "Boss, I know too much about it!"
"My favorite games are simulation management games, like Cities: Skylines, SimCity, Victoria..." It seems he's hit on something he likes; he instantly becomes a chatterbox.
Naruto glances at him in surprise. This guy's a gamer nerd? However, he seems to have played all the games Goudan mentioned. Never mind then. But what does this have to do with construction? Well, it's loosely related. Knowing a little is fine too.
The Land of Grass is already at rock bottom; it can only go up. From a geographical perspective, while the Land of Grass isn't large, its environment is actually quite good. Unlike the Land of Wind, which is almost entirely desert, or the Land of Earth, with many Gobi deserts. Especially its excellent geographical location. Situated near the crossroads of the ninja world, it has a geographical advantage and can be developed and transformed. The downside is its lack of strength, leading it to be a battleground for larger nations and exploited by them.
However, with Uzumaki Goudan here, the future of the Land of Grass is secured. Naruto plans to transform it into an industrial base, a research base, and a cultural base, becoming his Uzumaki Naruto's grand rear area. After describing this idea in detail, Uzumaki Goudan nods again.
"Then go back and draft a mid-to-long-term development plan outline for the Land of Grass. Hand it to me tomorrow."
"Huh?"
I have to submit a report? Uzumaki Goudan looks up in surprise. Come on, boss, you didn't get enough report writing done before, did you? Now you're making me suffer too?
"Go on, someone's about to come outside," Naruto urges.
"Okay, boss."
Swoosh~
Uzumaki Goudan uses Flying Thunder God Technique to depart immediately. His heart is pounding with excitement. As a newcomer, he actually has the chance to build a new nation—it's too thrilling! He can do whatever he wants on this map. If nothing else, he'll build a city first. The city's name shall be "Free Gotham."
As for his own name, Uzumaki Goudan… his boss really has a twisted sense of humor. But, in front of the boss, I'm Goudan. Outside, what should you call me? Heh. Land of Grass, your dad has arrived!
On the other side, looking at the receding blood-red hair, Naruto is pensive. This clone is the third one tonight; the previous two were immediately recalled because their personalities were too outlandish. He hopes this one is more reliable.
As for how to develop the Land of Grass? Naruto only provides general requirements; the specific implementation is entirely up to the clone. If he had to focus on every detail, he'd be more exhausted than an emperor. After all, it's just an experimental field, with little impact on the ninja world, so he can mess around as much as he wants.
It's just that the geopolitical location of the Land of Grass isn't very safe. Judging from previous ninja wars, its neighbor, the Land of Earth, is quite aggressive. After some thought, Naruto equips Uzumaki Goudan with the Jonin template for 108 generals and 1080 Chunin. That should be enough. These people won't show their strength normally, but if someone rashly attacks, they'll suddenly discover that a minivan has pulled up, and a whole carload of 'bread people' have gotten out. If he then declares permanent neutrality, this not-so-weak Land of Grass, bristling like a hedgehog, probably no one would want to provoke.
Knock knock knock~
"Naruto? Are you in there?"
By the sound of it, it's Sasuke knocking outside. Naruto immediately dispels the surrounding isolation seals, performing a series of rapid moves. "Stop knocking, stop knocking! I'm coming out right away. Can't even take a dump in peace, it's so annoying!"
Sasuke withdraws his hand, which was about to land on the door. He feels that Naruto has been a bit off these past two days. What's off about him? He just senses something wrong but can't pinpoint the source.
The next day at noon.
Still the same cave as before.
"Obito~ Obito~" White Zetsu, Tobi, holding two family-sized buckets and a newspaper, rushes in from outside.
"What is it now?" To the talkative Tobi, Obito doesn't even bother to turn his head. "If you're still asking me what the urge to defecate is, I'll kill you."
"Hehe, no, look what I brought you?"
Lying on the bed, Obito finally turns his head to glance at Tobi. Tobi is holding two red and white themed 'Old Godfather' family buckets, featuring an old man's portrait. This is what Obito has been eating every day lately. As a ninja, what he eats doesn't really matter. But recently, the stress has been too high, and fried foods and sweet drinks are the best for relieving stress.
Speaking of high stress, it's all the Ninja World Daily's fault! It got him a global bounty. He tried to use Transformation Jutsu to go out disguised as someone else, but then he heard many people discussing Uchiha Obito. He initially thought it was still about the Ninja World Daily, but then he discovered that many tabloids and magazines had started serializing scandalous stories about Uchiha Obito. There were also manga. Just one look at those manga, and he felt his brain tremble!
What the hell is NTR?!
Rin!
You're not clean anymore!
I'm not clean either! Waaah~~
This fallen ninja world, just let it be destroyed already.