Chapter 11: Ten Years of Farming
Kaguya's idea was simple.
She wanted to sacrifice the entire Ninja World so the God Tree would bear another fruit.
The Ōtsutsuki Clan had sent her to plant the tree, and in the end, everything came down to one thing: the chakra fruit.
As long as she could find a way to produce another chakra fruit, nothing else mattered.
Whether she used the second fruit to report back to the Ōtsutsuki Main Family, or consumed it herself to raise her strength and block the pursuers the Main Family would send, either option was acceptable to Kaguya.
As for the other people in the Ninja World?
What did that have to do with her?
To Kaguya, even if everyone in the entire Ninja World died out, it would not matter as long as she and Minamikawa Yuu were safe.
"And after you sacrifice everyone in the world?" Yuu did not blame her. He simply asked calmly. "What if it's still not enough to grow the next fruit? What will you do then?"
Kaguya fell silent, momentarily at a loss.
In truth, she understood it too.
With the current state of the Ninja World, even if every living being were sacrificed, it would likely still not be enough for the God Tree to bear another chakra fruit.
The energy required to produce a fruit was simply too massive.
Using life as sacrifice and forcing growth through Life Energy was not impossible, but it certainly would not be easy.
"Let me try."
Seeing Kaguya's silence, Yuu smiled and spoke in a steady tone.
"Anyway, those people from your Main Family won't arrive anytime soon."
"Let me try first. If it doesn't work, then you can use your method. How about it?"
He was not in a hurry.
According to the original course of events, there were still at least several thousand years before the Ōtsutsuki Main Family would reach the Ninja World.
That was more than enough time to do many things.
He could run countless experiments during that span.
And if it truly did not work out, it would not be too late to choose another path.
Kaguya met Yuu's gaze, still puzzled.
From her perspective, there were only a few ways to accelerate the God Tree's growth.
Besides sacrificing the entire Ninja World, could there really be another method?
Yet she trusted Minamikawa Yuu instinctively.
Since he said he could try, she was willing to let him.
Yuu moved quickly.
In this era's Ninja World, the Land of Ancestors had already unified everything. The threat of war no longer existed. Civilians everywhere had received land through distribution, and peace reigned in all directions.
A vigorous era of development and expansion began.
For five full years, through production and territorial expansion, the amount of grain produced and circulated within the Land of Ancestors surged.
Most importantly, the seeds of chakra were officially distributed under Yuu's orders.
The seeds of chakra were something that, in the original legend, should have been spread by the Sage of Six Paths.
It was said he founded Ninshū, using chakra to connect people.
His intention was for people to understand one another, yet in the end, it resulted in the spread of chakra and the distribution of chakra seeds.
What the Sage of Six Paths could do, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, the Progenitor of Chakra, could naturally do as well.
However, unlike the Sage's lofty and muddled goal, Minamikawa Yuu's purpose for distributing chakra seeds was clear from beginning to end.
He integrated chakra into production and construction, dramatically boosting the efficiency of the entire nation.
In fact, while chakra was useful in war, its effectiveness in production was even greater.
Was the land uneven and difficult to cultivate? Use Earth Release.
Was there drought or a lack of water? Use Water Release.
Was someone sick or injured? Apply Medical Ninjutsu.
In every aspect of life, chakra was nearly omnipotent.
Whether this power was used to kill or to save depended entirely on how it was applied.
And now, it was being applied to production under Yuu's direction.
In a short period, countless methods of using chakra for production were researched and rapidly implemented.
All of it led to one outcome.
Productivity surged.
In an agricultural era, once productivity rose sharply, a population explosion inevitably followed.
At the root of it, birth rates in farming societies were already high. The reason population growth was often slow was because food and medicine could not keep up.
Now, with chakra driving massive productivity gains, the food issue was largely solved.
As for medicine, specialized Medical Ninja were trained, and Medical Ninjutsu developed rapidly. Maternal death during childbirth and infant mortality were brought under control.
On top of those baseline conditions, there were two more powerful accelerators: the special period right after the war ended, and the strong egalitarian spirit following land distribution.
With everything stacked together, the result was simple.
Explosive growth.
In only ten short years, the population of the entire Ninja World expanded several times over.
More advanced industries began to develop one after another. And once productivity became sufficient, basic education also started to spread gradually.
Of course, in this world, the most important basic education was not reading or arithmetic.
It was learning how to refine chakra.
After the chakra seeds were scattered, the next generation of children growing up across the Ninja World almost all gained the ability to refine chakra, though the amount varied with innate talent.
And that was precisely what Minamikawa Yuu wanted.
Inside the capital of the Land of Ancestors, Kaguya slowly opened her eyes.
Led by Yuu, she walked deep into the palace.
Under her gaze, Yuu stepped forward and opened a wooden box.
In the next moment, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's eyes widened.
"This is…"
Inside were several emerald colored crystals.
They were stunning, like gemstones: pure, beautiful, captivating.
But in Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's eyes, they carried a different meaning entirely.
"Such massive chakra…"
She murmured, disbelief flashing in her eyes as she stared.
"Where did you get these?"
She looked at Yuu, unable to stop herself from asking.
"Naturally, these are the results of hard work."
Yuu met her gaze and smiled.
Where did such a vast amount of chakra come from?
The answer was simple: shearing the wool.
Mainly shearing the wool of students.
In today's Ninja World, under Yuu's orders, academies had begun to be organized throughout every region.
Even with many limitations preventing total coverage of every suitable child, covering more than a million students was easy.
And those students were the best source of chakra.
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