Konoha forty years.
New Year.
The leader of the Joint Anti-Terrorism Force Detachment Rasa Jonin from the southern border of Takino Country and his party arrived in Konoha New Area and went through the check-in procedures at the guest house under the leadership of the Konoha Government Affairs Department staff. In addition, the Government Affairs Ninja also thoughtfully sent A map of Konoha attractions and food.
"You can reveal the layout of the village to outsiders so easily. Aren't you worried about leaks?"
Sitting in the luxurious reception hall apartment, Luo Sha flipped through the map back and forth, looking at the clearly marked Konoha attractions and food guides, and couldn't help but marvel.
"Captain Rasa, even without this map, wouldn't Sunagakure or other ninja villages understand Konoha's village layout?"
His subordinate Uchiha Ishibori explained: "So, since all the major ninja villages already know about it, there is no need to continue to be secretive about such a trivial matter."
"...But in my opinion, in the final analysis, Konoha's sense of confidentiality is not strong."
Special Jounin Yura, who was born in Sunagakure, shook his head and said: "If I serve as the counter-intelligence director of Konoha's Internal Affairs Department, I will definitely not let other villages know the inside story of Konoha."
"Do you know how many people come to Konoha in a day?"
Uchiha Ishibo pointed to the street outside the window and said: "Now the village has only built the first phase of the new district, but the new district receives as many as 30,000 foreign merchants every day, and there is almost an influx of the same number of people in the village. Under such circumstances There is really no need to keep some worthless low-level information secret."
"It doesn't feel good to let so many people enter the Ninja Village..."
Yura shrugged, but still insisted on his point of view: "After all, Ninja Village is mainly military, but now it ignores intelligence work for commercial interests. I always feel..."
"If not, how can the Governor's Mansion support such a large number of off-duty standing ninja troops?"
"Also, especially the salaries, allowances, etc. of our counter-terrorism troops are far beyond what can be obtained from performing tasks!"
"Doesn't the Kingdom of Fire still have a famous name? Ask him to allocate funds~"
Yura said.
"Daimyo..."
Uchiha Stone Fire scoffed, but did not continue to defend.
"Opening the layout of the village to the outside world reflects Konoha's confidence."
Yura was going to say something more, but was interrupted by Rasa, "With Konoha's current strength, what if other ninja villages knew the layout of each district in the village? Is it possible that the ninja world is so big, who else can break into it?" Konoha headquarters?"
"But our village..."
Yura scratched his head.
Although Sunagakure turned the village into a country, the Ninja Village headquarters was still closed to the outside world, and it did not change because the Third Kazekage became the ruler of the Kingdom of Wind.
Luo Sha did not continue to say anything.
After all, he was embarrassed to say that Sunagakure was too backward to be displayed to the outside world, right?
"By the way, Captain, I found out about the honorary title that belongs to you in this award ceremony."
Uchiha Ishiba high-fived his right hand, as if he suddenly remembered something.
"Is it a special title? Tell me~"
Yura immediately became interested.
"No need to say it, you will know when the time comes."
After Luo Sha finished speaking, he got up and went into the bedroom to rest, leaving only two subordinates looking at each other in confusion.
"Captain, what's going on..."
Yura asked softly.
"Forget it...it's better if we don't interfere."
Although Uchiha Ishiba was equally unpredictable, he came from a noble family after all, and his status was particularly special, so he did not continue to talk about his boss's privacy.
"Let's go, let's go shopping in the New District Commercial Street. It is said that as long as you have money, you can buy anything there~"
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"well……"
Sensing that the two subordinates had left the guest apartment, Luo Sha couldn't help but sigh.
He arrived in Konoha this time to participate in the investiture ceremony held at the Governor's Palace.
There were only three spots among the nearly thirty detachment leaders of the Joint Anti-Terrorism Force, and Commander Uchiha Shiina assigned one spot to him.
He has only been joining the Joint Anti-Terrorism Force for a few months, and he will have the same opportunity as those noble-born Konoha ninjas to stand on the awarding platform of the Governor's Mansion. To be honest, this is really something that makes Luo Sha feel A proud honor.
However, ever since Luo Sha joined the joint anti-terrorism force, all kinds of gossip from the Kingdom of Wind have never stopped.
Especially after Scorpion was sent back to the village because his mental condition was not suitable for the anti-terrorism force, various accusations such as "clinging to Konoha", "dancing for Uchiha", "turning his back on Sunagakure" and other accusations became rampant and spread throughout the world. The whole country and even the joint anti-terrorist forces were involved.
His boss, Uchiha Shiina, specifically talked to Rasa because of this, and advised him not to pay attention to those rumors, and said that he planned to ask Konoha to send a message to Sunagakure to ask the Third Kazekage to come forward to stop the spread of rumors, etc., but Rasa After much thought, he finally declined Uchiha Shiina's "kindness".
If it weren't for the fact that Rasa joined the joint anti-terrorism force due to the assignment of the Third Kazekage, even he might have believed those rumors that he didn't know where they came from.
And now after accepting the award from the Konoha Governor's Palace, Rasa didn't know how the non-Uchiha "red-eyed monsters" in the village would arrange him.
"...Why is it so difficult to do something practical?"
Luo Sha sighed again.
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"Sir Deguang, this is the award report finalized by the Ministry of Government Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
An attendant ninja entered Uchiha Tokko's office and presented a document with both hands.
"Put it on the stage first."
Uchiha Tokko was reviewing the special snake medicine project that Orochimaru was responsible for, so he responded casually.
It must be said that Orochimaru is indeed a rare talent.
As the saying goes, Orochimaru is capable of carrying flasks and can be used as sandbags. Not only is Orochimaru's personal strength acceptable, but his scientific research ability is also top-notch. Even when he was asked to develop an enhanced version of the snake medicine that specifically restrains ninja snakes, he didn't complain at all. He only needed to increase the number again and again. His scientific research funds can drive him to work hard.
Moreover, a high-quality employee like this only needs to pay and turn a blind eye to some of his inhumane research. Based on this calculation, the price-performance ratio is really unbeatable.
"Order United Company to conduct trial production!"
After reading it once, Tokumitsu Uchiha signed his opinion on the snake medicine research report.
Then came the list of honors just submitted by the attendant ninja.
This time the awarding ceremony was suggested by Hatake Sakumo and supplemented by Uchiha Tokumitsu.
Originally, Hatake Sakumo only proposed to commend some meritorious ninjas in the village to further win over people. However, Uchiha Tokumitsu expanded it, changed the commendation to a medal, and expanded the target audience to Konoha and even the forces related to the shogunate. go.
Therefore, nearly ten people from traditional friendly ninja villages, including Kirigakure, Sunagakure, Kusanagi, and Rain ninja, also received this honor.
Uchiha Tokumitsu's only concern is Sunagakure.
"Luo Sha..."
Uchiha Tokumitsu turned to the corresponding character information file and read through it again.
The shogunate has never stopped infiltrating the ninja villages such as Sunagakure and Rain ninja.
In the early days, the method of mercenary warfare was mainly adopted against the rain ninja. Later, with the addition of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the shogunate began to innovate in the education of the original roots, including but not limited to providing funds, dark stocks, opportunities for children to study abroad, etc., in Sunagakure and The Rain Ninja internally supported a group of "revolutionary" ninjas who were devoted to the shogunate and devoted themselves to being "naked ninjas".
The infiltration operation of the shogunate has achieved very good results in the Ame Ninja Village. Even Sanshouyu Hanzo is helpless in the face of the current situation where the middle and upper levels of the village are unanimously devoted to the shogunate. Now he has chosen to lie down and start enjoying the dividends brought by the joint company, but Sarawak The progress in hiding has not been satisfactory due to the particularity of the country.
But as Sunagakure began to send ninjas to join the joint anti-terrorism force, Uchiha Tokumitsu discovered an excellent candidate, and that was Rasa.
As the only magnetic escape ninja besides the contemporary Kazekage of Sunagakure, Rasa is regarded by the civilian ninjas of Sunagakure as the successor of the next Kazekage, but the senior management of Sunagakure has always had some unspeakable prejudice against him.
Especially after turning the village into a country and completely taking control of the Kingdom of Wind, some senior Sunagakure officials committed to changing the original power inheritance structure and planned to establish a hereditary inheritance of "one line for all generations". Therefore, they also have a strong influence on the next generation of Kazekage. There are hundreds of competitors who are displeased with Luo Sha.
As for the Kazekage candidate that Sunagakure's senior officials plan to support, it is another figure that Uchiha Tokimitsu is familiar with - Scorpion.
Scorpion's various shortcomings, such as being cold and taciturn, being unconventional, having no foundation, lack of supporters, etc., are all advantages in the eyes of those senior officials who are trying to support him - as a Kazekage, he should delegate power and rule. , just leave the general affairs to these common people.
It has to be said that as the poorest ninja village among the five great ninja villages, although Sunagakure has always been known for its ferocity, it has always been a bit petty in nature. Even the wealthy ninja clan of Sunagakure, compared with wealthy clans such as Uchiha, Senju, and Hyuga, are simply local chickens in a mountain nest, and they really have no reputation.
Therefore, it was this group of Sunagakure clan members who felt inferior in front of the Konoha nobles who were jealous of the power possessed by the Konoha nobles, so they gathered together and formed the Sunagakure die-hard faction under the banner of "Sunagakure First" .
In addition, the die-hard senior executives of Sunagakure also feel that the joint company's tax-funded oasis operation in the Country of Wind is actually an infringement on the sovereignty of the Country of Wind and Sunagakure. They have been advocating to resist Konoha in front of the Third Kazekage and the ruler of the Country of Wind. As well as the infiltration of shogunate forces, some people even advocated reconciliation with Iwagakure Kumogakure's Northern Alliance and choosing to become a third-party force in the ninja world.
However, the Third Kazekage weighed the pros and cons, especially after seeing that the oasis managed by the die-hard Sunagakure ninjas had been losing money for many years, and finally rejected the die-hards' proposal.
No matter what the United Company does, they will always be the creators of value, and the die-hards of Sunagakure, in addition to exploiting the already poor civilians of the Kingdom of Wind by killing people, are simply knowledgeable about construction.
Although the United Company is the white glove of the Uchiha clan, the benefits it brings are something that the Third Kazekage cannot refuse; especially after the public officials and nobles collectively hang street lamps, the already barren and backward Country of Wind can no longer find any Suitable business talents.
However, it was not that the Third Kazekage could not see the hidden dangers that allowing the United Company to operate unimpeded in the Land of Wind would bring to Sunagakure's rule, it was just that he could not find a good way for a while.
"An anti-United Company will go bankrupt immediately, and a non-anti-United Company will die slowly; but I ask you, do you want to oppose it or not?"
According to a certain Sunagakure jounin who did not want to be named, the Third Kazekage once said such a sentence in a high-level secret meeting.
Therefore, although Uchiha Tokumitsu was not willing to overthrow the rule of his "old friend" the Third Kazekage in the Kingdom of Wind, he began to find and support spokespersons within Sunagakure without any psychological burden.
Uchiha Tokumitsu first signed his opinion in the award report, then shook the bell on the table to summon the attendant ninja, and took out Rasa's information alone and handed it to him.
"Let me inform Lord Shuo Mao, and he will award Luo Sha the honor at that time."
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