"It turns out you didn't lie. The city we went to before was really just a small town!"
In the northern county of the Land of Fire, Ashura, who was in high spirits, was wandering around the streets with Josuke Uchiha who couldn't help himself.
【city】
Uchiha Josuke silently memorized this word.
Ever since the rule of the samurai completely collapsed, the ninja world has never used this word to describe a settlement.
He didn't speak, and he didn't have the ability to speak on his own, so he could only silently memorize the information he thought was more important.
"Isn't equal exchange great? Why let so-called businessmen buy high and sell low to embezzle the interests of the common people?"
Asura asked, pointing to the rows of shops on both sides of the avenue.
"Hey! Uchiha boy! I'm asking you something!"
Asura scolded with a frown.
【common people】
Another ancient wording habit, and it is also a term used by superiors to ordinary people.
This also shows that although this weirdo is surprisingly outrageous and illogical, his status should still be very high; at least he is a great noble with a direct fiefdom.
Uchiha Josuke analyzed silently, but his face was blank and he said nothing.
"Oh, I forgot~"
Asura suddenly understood, and then he snapped his fingers and tapped Uchiha Josuke's forehead.
"Cough cough cough!!"
After being released from the restraint, Uchiha Josuke immediately started coughing.
"You're so suffocated~ Who told you to always curse people~"
Asura said cheerfully: "Not to mention, you still cough quite rhythmically..."
Uchiha Josuke immediately stopped coughing.
"Tell me, why should businessmen be allowed to buy low and sell high to rob the people of their interests?"
Asura asked again.
"This is the choice of history and the need of the times..."
Uchiha Josuke couldn't explain why, so he recited a sentence from "Tokumitsu's Quotes" to excuse himself.
After all, he is an Uchiha who licks blood at the edge of a knife. It is good to know that doing business is more profitable than performing tasks. It is easier to let him explain the principle than to kill him.
"...It seems to make sense, but your wording is still a bit vulgar. Be careful next time."
I don't know if Asura understood what Uchiha Josuke said, but he still shook his head and commented.
Uchiha Josuke was about to say something, but then he found that he could not speak.
It’s this damn prohibition again…
He exhaled slightly through his nose to express Uchiha Josuke's helpless and resentful mood at this moment.
"How on earth can this stupid restriction be broken?"
An extremely powerful heterogeneous chakra entrenched in Uchiha Josuke's body, completely suppressing his chakra while also controlling his every move.
If he hadn't nearly been suffocated to death at the beginning, Uchiha Josuke probably wouldn't even be able to control his breathing at this time.
This is the most terrifying chakra characteristic...
Although he could not control chakra, Uchiha Josuke still silently tested the heterogeneous chakra in his body through his spiritual energy - anyway, even walking at this time was controlled by the weirdo in front of him.
But what surprised him the most was that this weirdo's ninjutsu methods seemed to be in a weird state between extremely fine and extremely rough.
For example, the chakra mark left on his left shoulder seemed to have some indelible, insensible and real weird characteristics, and the chakra structure was very complex and weird.
The large amount of heterogeneous chakra in the body relies solely on "quantity" to win, and human control is achieved by forcibly taking over the body.
If Uchiha Josuke were to control a ninja whose power was far inferior to his own, there would be no need for such complicated and crude methods. He would only need an illusion to make the other party follow him.
However, although this weirdo is surprisingly resistant to illusions, almost to the point of ignoring Sharingan illusions, he doesn't seem to understand the principles of illusions.
In addition, what surprised Josuke Uchiha was that the heterogeneous chakra in his body seemed to have certain characteristics of automatic aggregation. It would neither dissipate nor erode in his body, as if it had its own will. In addition to controlling He does nothing but himself, and can adjust the scope of his restraint and confinement at any time according to the other party's orders.
Therefore, after combining these contradictory characteristics, Uchiha Josuke didn't know how to describe it.
Originally, Uchiha Josuke was worried that after being captured, he would be brainwashed into what the other party wanted by some means, but now it seems that this guy has no such means at all.
"He's just a fool who was lucky enough to gain power!"
Uchiha Josuke couldn't stop complaining in his heart, but he was also a little angry.
How could a naive and ignorant guy possess such power!
"By the way, you haven't said why you want to allow businessmen to grow bigger."
Asura suddenly slapped his forehead and snapped his fingers, so Uchiha Josuke found that he could speak again.
"What does laissez-faire mean..."
Uchiha Josuke coughed a few times before speaking slowly.
There is a joint company store not far away. I don't know if there are ninjas stationed there, and I don't know if the ninjas stationed inside have learned Konoha's cipher text telegraph rhythm.
"Are you sick? Why do you keep coughing?"
Asura felt something was wrong.
"I haven't spoken for so long, it's a bit itchy."
Uchiha Josuke replied calmly.
"Really? Then answer my question."
Asura sensed that Uchiha Josuke did not seem to have any signs of guilt such as a rapid heartbeat, so he believed it to be true and continued to investigate.
"My answer is: Why do you regard the growth of businessmen as laissez-faire?"
"As a noble or a lord, you must reconcile the common people and safeguard the interests of the ethnic group; protecting them from external exploitation."
Asura said: "But now it seems that the ninja world is not like this?"
"The duty of merchants is to exchange what they have and realize the effective allocation of resources in various places. The so-called exploitation is just the motivation for them to risk the poisonous insects and beasts of whales and travel throughout the ninja world."
Uchiha Josuke still relied on the words and phrases from "Tokumitsu's Quotations" and the United Company's External Propaganda Manual to answer.
"Aren't these things done by ninjas?"
Asura was even more puzzled.
And Uchiha Josuke didn't know how to answer.
Let ninjas do this work? I'm afraid I don't want to eat shit!
"For example, this so-called joint company should be an industry under the Ninja Sect to which you belong, right?"
Asura asked, pointing to the United Company's store sign.
【Ninja Sect】
Uchiha Josuke once again wrote down a word that was no longer used, and casually replied: "Yes."
"As a ninja, not only do you not think about how to help the people, but you compete with them for profit. Don't your consciences hurt?"
Asura said sadly.
"...We just reined in what the nobles did and then did it again."
Uchiha Josuke defended dryly.
"In addition, when you were in Tian Country, the ramen shop owner would definitely go bankrupt due to the aftermath of the war! Is this what you did to help the people?"
Uchiha Josuke sneered and said: "You have the nerve to say that you want them to return to the right path? Can destroying a store that was originally prosperous be considered as helping the common people?"
"It is indeed my fault for not considering this matter well. I will make up for them over time."
Asura admitted his mistake gracefully.
"By the way, you should have money, right? Take it out."
When Uchiha Josuke heard this, he suddenly had the urge to have brain congestion.
"You can move your hands now, take out the money quickly!"
Asura urged.
Uchiha Josuke slowly raised his right hand, reached into his jacket pocket, and took out a sealing scroll.
Since he doesn't know where his money is, it proves that he cannot control or detect his own mental and thinking activities, let alone browse his own memory!
"He is just a powerful idiot!"
Uchiha Josuke breathed a sigh of relief.
It is quite outrageous that one can make oneself obedient with just one illusion, but one still needs to lift some of the restrictions before one can do it.
"...a very good sealing technique!"
Asura fiddled with the sealing scroll for a few times before he understood its sealing principle and successfully took out part of the banknotes.
Among them was the large-denomination gold yuan coupon that Uchiha Josuke most wanted him to use - this special large-denomination banknote was rarely circulated, and the initial ownership of the banknote number was registered. As long as this guy spent a large-denomination banknote, the United Company You can find your whereabouts by needing the banknote number!
"Are you going to use my money as compensation to pay the ramen restaurant owner?"
Uchiha Josuke took the initiative to speak.
"Wouldn't it be a trap to go back now? Do you think I'm stupid?"
Asura chuckled, feeling very pleased with himself.
"..."
Not like it! that is!
Either Uchiha Josuke couldn't control his eyes, or he would roll his eyes.
"Then how are you going to compensate them?"
"If there is a chance, I wouldn't mind imparting chakra seeds to them."
【distribution】
【Seed of Chakra】
Although he didn't understand how chakra extracted by the human body could be given, Uchiha Josuke deduced a rough idea through his master Uchiha Tokumitsu's gift of senjutsu seeds.
However, there is an essential difference between ordinary chakra and magical chakra, and this may mean that there is still a big gap between the strength of this weirdo and the master.
The two of them had been standing in the middle of the street for a long time, but the passers-by didn't seem to notice their presence at all. They walked around involuntarily, with no eye contact or physical collision, and no one knew whether they were passing by. By what means.
The more Josuke Uchiha thought about it, the more he felt it was inconsistent.
It’s really strange how this unconventional freak grew up to this point...
"By the way, since so many people are engaged in the low-priced business of buying low and selling high, how can we ensure agricultural and handicraft production?"
Asura counted the money and asked casually.
"Do you know how many people there are in the ninja world?"
"I don't know, how many people are there?"
"I don't know either."
Uchiha Josuke said calmly.
"you!"
Asura was a little angry and raised his hand to form a seal to teach him a lesson.
"But there are more than 10 million people under the shogunate alone."
Uchiha Josuke casually made up a number that was only slightly less.
"Then the city we are in now..."
Asura was stunned for a moment.
"Udaki County is just one of the many counties in the northern part of the Land of Fire. It is not a big city."
Uchiha Josuke said calmly.
"If you say so..."
Asura was stunned again.
After a while, he slowly said: "It is true that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, so the existence of merchants is still necessary..."
It seems that... the reality of the ninja world is somewhat different from what Fukasaku Sennin of Mt. Myoboku said was that his sins were serious and hopeless...
But this is probably due to the different perspectives on affairs between the frogs of Mt. Myoboku and the humans of the ninja world. It would be better if the two sides could understand each other.
Asura comforted himself in his heart.
"Yeah, so you did something wrong."
"Yeah, I did something wrong."
Asura muttered to himself.
"The ninja world... is really completely different!"
It was already night, and the gas lamps on both sides of the street were lit up one by one by workers, illuminating the street like daylight.
The dejected Asura carefully looked at the appearance of these "common people" in his eyes at work, as if he wanted to see what happened.
"How are these novel lamps made? They can light up without relying on the power of chakra. And what secret techniques are used to make these tools that can make sounds?"
Asura asked, pointing to the carbide lamp and horn on the light pole.
"This is the result of progress in the ninja world. It was developed and sold by the United Corporation Iron Works."
As a ninja, Uchiha Josuke doesn't understand the principles of these so-called technological creations. He only knows that although these things have some smell, they illuminate better than candles, consume less than oil lamps, and are less difficult to manufacture and promote than electric lamps. A nice item.
"Then do you think the changes in the ninja world are getting better or worse?"
Asura changed the question to a relatively simple one.
"All modernization is an evolution towards a better future."
Uchiha Josuke once again conveyed the ideas of "Tokumitsu's Quotes".
"I think... what you mean by modernization should refer to the evolution and application of these things, right?"
Asura asked again.
Uchiha Josuke nodded.
In fact, he doesn't understand what "modernization" is, but he just transfers the relevant explanations in the quotations to use as a deceptive point of view.
"If five or ten years have passed, will today's modernization still be meaningful? Or... can it still be called modernization?"
Asura tried to understand Josuke Uchiha's point of view and asked a question.
Uchiha Josuke was a little surprised when he heard this. This guy can actually think? Even draw inferences from one instance? !
"...Everything we do has a positive or negative impact on the future, but no matter what, it is promoting the progress of the ninja world."
This time Uchiha Josuke tried to answer with his own words: "Just like when you eat ramen, you are full when you eat the tenth bowl, but you cannot deny that the previous nine bowls are useless."
"Just ten bowls of ramen won't keep me full!"
Asura shook his head and denied Uchiha Josuke's point of view.
"..."
Uchiha Josuke was speechless.
"You should have enough money for a meal, right?"
After getting an affirmative answer, Asura waved the banknote and walked to the ramen restaurant on the side of the United Company store.
…
"...You still haven't found Josuke's whereabouts?"
In the temporary command center of the Joint Anti-Terrorism Force in Kinki of the Land of Fire, the displeased Tokimitsu Uchiha fiddled with a small scroll in his hand and said calmly.
This scroll is Hatake Sakumo's ninja dog psychic scroll. After tearing it open, a ninja dog can be summoned, and then the ninja dog can summon Hatake Sakumo through reverse spiritualism; through this matryoshka tactic , Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hatake Sakumo were able to join forces to fight in a very short time.
"Tracking..."
The reconnaissance ninja with sweat on his forehead frantically sent out telegrams to consult various ministries for a reply, while Uchiha Shiina and others stood on one side with their hands down, not daring to breathe.
A dignified Uchiha Sanmagatama Jonin was captured in full view of the public. This was simply the biggest shame since the Ninja Village era!
The counter-terrorism force, which boasted that no movement in the ninja world could escape their eyes, was even more disgraced. After self-righteously covering it up for several days, Uchiha Shiina, who couldn't find the captured tribesmen, had no choice but to report it to the shogunate honestly and request " Tactical Guidance.”
Fortunately, the weirdo who kidnapped Josuke didn't seem to be hiding his whereabouts.
Through reports from ninjas stationed in various places, they once heard a coughing sound similar to the rhythm of a telegram cipher text. They initially thought it was just a coincidence, but when they looked back, they realized it was a brief distress signal.
Therefore, after the joint company reported it at all levels, the information was once again transferred to the anti-terrorist forces.
Based on the location and frequency of the coughing coded distress signal, it seems that the unknown person who kidnapped Josuke Uchiha is heading from the Land of Fields to the capital of the Land of Fire.
However, considering that the unknown person had a method similar to that of the Flying Thunder God, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, Uchiha Tokumitsu rejected the anti-terrorism force's proposal of mass gathering Ninja troops for search, and adopted a more primitive reasoning and positioning tracking.
Even the United Company doesn't know why the Central Headquarters moved.
"Is it Otsutsuki..."
Uchiha Demitsu felt a little heavy.
Apart from this, he really couldn't think of where else such a number one person in the ninja world could emerge.
And he couldn't turn a blind eye.
Not only were the tribesmen taken captive, but more importantly, they were prevented from happening before they happened.
After all, you can only be a thief for a thousand days, so how can you guard against a thief for a thousand days?
"Lord Tokumitsu!"
The communication ninja from the other radio station quickly ran to Uchiha Tokumitsu and said respectfully: "The noodle shop affiliated with the United Company in Udaki County received a large gold coupon with a registration number belonging to Josuke Jonin!"
"Who is the user?"
Uchiha Tokko's face turned solemn and he asked in a deep voice.
"The clerk on duty couldn't even remember...it was only at that moment that he discovered that he had received a large gold yuan coupon, and then reported it..."
The communication ninja replied in a low voice: "And there is no Sky Eye installed in the ramen restaurant, so there are no portraits of people using special golden coupons, but the number of people is only determined to be two..."
"How long ago?"
"About an hour ago."
Uchiha Tokumitsu casually took out a kunai and threw it towards the location of Udaki County on the map.
"It's becoming clearer and clearer..."
Judging from the county and city releases on the map and the movement trends, the next place they are going to...
"Deploy the Ninja Army!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu ordered: "The joint anti-terrorism force, the ninja army directly under the shogunate, the red preparation team, the security patrol force and other ninja army structures will go north immediately! Use a large roundabout to carry out a cross-county siege!"
"Clan Chief Ashina...can I ask if your family's large-scale barrier technique can ensure the use of space ninjutsu during a large-scale blockade?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu's gaze turned to everyone in the Uzumaki.
Their mission is directly related to the success of Uchiha Tokumitsu's plan to "kill mosquitoes with thousands of anti-aircraft guns".
"Lord De Guang, I can guarantee this!"
Uzumaki Ashina immediately stepped forward and said: "In order to ensure the operation of the ultra-large-scale barrier, Kushina will be responsible for the chakra supply for this barrier technique!"
A red-haired girl with a pretty face and a serious expression immediately stepped forward.
The Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki Uzumaki Kushina...
Uchiha Tokko nodded, "Very good, I'll leave the Vulpix to you too. When the chakra is insufficient, you can draw it directly!"
"If it really doesn't work..."
Uchiha Tokko's eyes turned to Goju Yagura.
"I understand, the security of the sealing class and the supply of chakra are top priorities..."
Goji Yagura said helplessly.
"As long as you understand..."
Uchiha Tokko nodded.
"Gentlemen!"
Everyone in the temporary command center suddenly straightened their backs.
"Combat area——"
"Toba, Fushimi!"
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