What the hell is making games in the Ninja World?.

Chapter 459 The Beginning of the Third Shinobi World War (4K)

One by one, new game developers threw themselves into their new work.

Furthermore, the Konoha Game Company has also provided corresponding incentive policies for these individuals, namely, by directly investing a sum of incentive funds so that new game developers can devote themselves to the game development business without worrying about making a living.

If these game developers need to recruit more assistants or start a company, they can write their own proposals and apply for a startup loan from the Konoha Game Merchants Association. These are genuine low-interest loans, and they don't expect to make money from them. The goal is to truly create the first generation of game developers in the ninja world.

Next, illusion games will truly enter a period of flourishing development, marking the beginning of a new era for illusion games.

People will play more and more illusion games.

Of course, with more producers, all sorts of terrible games are bound to appear, but this is an inevitable part of the game industry's development and something we can't ignore.

Moreover, this is not necessarily a bad thing, because even in bad works, there can be many creative things. As more and more creative ideas emerge, excellent works are bound to come out.

When that time comes, it will be the time that Uchiha Itachi has been looking forward to and needs to carefully examine.

As for now, all Uchiha Itachi needs to do is to cultivate those 'fruit trees' properly, just like a farmer tending an orchard.

It was under these circumstances that the Third Shinobi World War broke out in February of Konoha 48, a time of springtime in the main world.

The Hidden Mist Village, Hidden Stone Village, and Hidden Cloud Village launched a joint surprise attack known as "Spring of the Ninja World," a direct assault...

Sand Hidden Village.

Yes, the target of the surprise attack was not Konoha, but Sunagakure. It was a blitzkrieg that wiped out the village, as if the village had no regard for the country. It dealt a heavy blow to Sunagakure, killing the Third Kazekage, who was known as the strongest Kazekage, and a large number of Sunagakure elites in one battle.

Yes, Sunagakure has suffered a great misfortune, becoming a thorn in the side of other major villages.

The reason for this is that Sunagakure gained too many benefits from Konoha after cooperating with it.

The promotion of Konoha's arcade, along with a large number of ninja orders and the provision of numerous jobs, led to a high degree of economic synergy between Sunagakure and Konoha.

Although the Third Kazekage still considered Sunagakure to be an independent force, and because of its cooperation with Konoha, its economic power had increased dramatically, and life was getting better day by day.

Even though he could sense that some of the Sand Village ninjas had an excessively high level of affection for Konoha, the Third Kazekage was completely unaware of the implications because he had not systematically studied economics.

Perhaps he realized something, but as I said before, without systematic study and without any history in the ninja world as a reference, the Third Kazekage was completely unaware of the terrifying nature of economic ties.

In fact, even before the 21st century, many national leaders were fooled or completely unaware of the implications of this, believing that a high degree of economic ties was harmless and would not threaten their power and rule.

It wasn't until the 21st century, with the development of the internet and the exponential increase in the speed of information exchange, that the terrifying nature of economic entanglement became known to the world.

So it's not that the Third Kazekage was brainless; he genuinely didn't understand the implications.

Even many people in Konoha don't understand this at all, and think that it's a stupid thing for Konoha to throw a lot of orders and funds to Sunagakure and the Land of Wind, and that it's just throwing Konoha's money to foreign countries.

It can only be said that without systematic learning of the relevant knowledge, people really cannot understand this kind of thing—especially since Konoha has completed the economic ties but has not yet used them to control Sunagakure and the Land of Wind, people are even less aware of the stakes involved.

In fact, many people hold very feudal and traditional views on this matter—isn't it just being a merchant? Merchants aren't nobles or ninjas; if their business activities cause harm, you can simply close their shops and confiscate their money.

Yes, that's exactly what those people think.

Without systematic learning, without historical references, and with Konoha not using this situation to cause trouble, they truly didn't know what was hidden within it.

On the contrary, it was precisely because of this close cooperative relationship that other forces perceived Sunagakure and the Land of Wind as completely subordinate to Konoha, loyal allies of Konoha, having received countless benefits from Konoha, and willing to go through fire and water for Konoha.

Putting aside everything else, Sunagakure receives the largest share of all the ninja missions sent out by Konoha, resulting in many Sunagakure ninjas actually working for Konoha and the Land of Fire.

While it is only natural for ninjas to complete missions they accept, it is normal for Sunagakure ninjas to accept various missions from Konoha to earn money. Moreover, since the Sunagakure ninjas, who originally had few missions, have all had work and a way to make a living thanks to the mission orders sent by Konoha, and those missions are harmless to Sunagakure and the Land of Wind, they have no reason to refuse. Isn't it normal for them to help out?

Unfortunately, this situation seemed very abnormal to other ninja villages. After all, in the eyes of other forces, Sunagakure was working frantically for Konoha, taking on all kinds of jobs and making a fortune from Konoha. It seemed as if Sunagakure was deeply tied to Konoha, earning huge profits and developing Sunagakure with Konoha's support. It should be noted that during these days, after Sunagakure earned money through missions, it also took into account Konoha's development and used a lot of money to build and develop the village.

Although Konoha was considered to have gone down the path of depravity and corruption, some infrastructure issues were not included. Sunagakure also believed that after they made some money, they should contribute to the development and construction of the village. In this case, with Konoha as a reference, they naturally had to take it seriously.

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, Sunagakure has become an appendage and loyal ally of Konoha. Not only does it work for Konoha, but the village's development and construction are also based on Konoha's example. It is completely acting as Konoha's pawn.

Why leave such a village alive after the start of the Third Shinobi World War? Of course, it's to be swiftly attacked and destroyed!

Speaking of the Third Shinobi World War, all the forces were forced into a corner.

This is because it is no longer just the will of the major villages, but also the will of the powerful lords of several great nations.

This even includes the daimyo of the Land of Wind, who was already at odds with Sunagakure and is now filled with fear of both Sunagakure and Konoha, wishing he could completely destroy both villages.

Unfortunately, Konoha's investments in the Land of Wind all go directly through Sunagakure's accounts, rather than going through the Daimyo of the Land of Wind. This means that almost all of Konoha's investments in the Land of Wind are related to Sunagakure. So, how much has Konoha invested in the Land of Wind over the past year and a half?
The answer is at least more than five billion taels.

This is undoubtedly a huge sum of money, enough to shock the entire Land of Wind and make many people in the Land of Wind extremely wealthy. However, the daimyo of the Land of Wind cannot reap these benefits, or at least not the lion's share.

Under such circumstances, can the Daimyo of the Land of Wind tolerate this?

Of course not. In fact, when Konoha was using Sunagakure's name to invest everywhere, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind saw it as Konoha and Sunagakure joining forces to overpower him and Sunagakure, as if they were trying to replace him.

Even if we don't directly attack the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, we can still control him through various means.

It was precisely under these circumstances that the information that terrified the various daimyo and nobles was finally confirmed: the daimyo of the Land of Fire had indeed been controlled by Konoha. And after so much time, Konoha had completed its control over the entire Land of Fire, to the point that the country could function smoothly without the daimyo.

Without a doubt, for the daimyo and nobles, these old-fashioned figures representing the old era, this was a complete horror story, an unacceptable and incomprehensible act, enough to send chills down their spines.

Although Konoha retains the title of Daimyo of the Land of Fire, allowing him to continue existing as the nominal leader of the Land of Fire, what Konoha might ultimately do is something that none of the Daimyo dares to even imagine.

After all, Konoha has already done something outrageous, and has taken control of the entire Land of Fire by controlling the Daimyo. This is a more terrifying and insane act than Hanzo of the Land of Rain back then.

Back then, the demigod Hanzo only dealt with the daimyo of a small country like the Land of Rain. Yet, he faced constant suppression from various daimyo and nobles, ultimately turning the Land of Rain into the poorest and most war-torn country. Now, Konoha is doing something far more terrible than what Hanzo did. How could the various forces possibly let Konoha off the hook?

Therefore, a ninja alliance led by various daimyo and nobles, which put pressure on several large villages and vassal states to jointly attack Konoha, quietly emerged.

With the full support of the daimyo and nobles, the various factions acted with great secrecy and quickly reached a consensus and finalized their battle plan.

Although the initial plan was to wait for Konoha to decay and fall into depravity, the plan has now changed. Konoha's current rate of development and its audacity and extreme actions in directly controlling the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and the entire Land of Fire have truly frightened the major ninja villages, causing them to feel extreme terror.

The death of Konoha naturally became a matter of course.

Thus, after the plan was formulated, the Third Shinobi World War, which would be a siege of Konoha, began.

Furthermore, to ensure absolute success, the leaves' wings must first be removed.

The first choice, naturally, was Sunagakure, which was considered an affiliate of Konoha.

Moreover, since even the Daimyo of the Land of Wind wants to destroy Sunagakure, we should naturally make good use of this opportunity.

Thus, the Third Kazekage was tricked by the Daimyo of the Land of Wind into going to the capital of the Land of Wind under the pretense of a meeting, where he was ambushed and killed in a pre-arranged trap.

Although the relationship between Sunagakure and the Daimyo of the Land of Wind has not been good recently, and there have been many conflicts between the two sides, based on the thousand-year-old tradition, the Third Kazekage never expected that the Daimyo of the Land of Wind would take direct action against them, and still treated them with due respect.

Therefore, when the Third Kazekage was lured here under the pretext of a meeting to be killed, the Third Kazekage had absolutely no suspicion.

Thus, the Third Kazekage directly experienced the most traditional and effective political maneuvering in human history. He died on the spot when suddenly surrounded and attacked by Kage-level ninjas from other villages and the Kage themselves. The Kazekage guards who came with him also all perished.

Next came the blitzkrieg against Sunagakure, delivering a devastating blow to the unprepared village and forcing them to surrender.

In the end, Rasa led a small number of people from Sunagakure to escape and, in a state of panic, sought help from Konoha.

Konoha was greatly alarmed by this and quickly sent people to help. In the end, they controlled a part of the Land of Wind in an area at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, making it the last territory of Sunagakure.

It was at this time that various forces launched a full-scale war and surprise attack on Konoha, and the Third Shinobi World War officially began.

Without a doubt, the Allied Shinobi Forces' plan was to launch a surprise attack on Konoha and the Land of Fire before Konoha was ready. With Sunagakure, Konoha's strongest ally, completely crippled, Konoha would absolutely be unable to withstand a multi-pronged attack.

At least, that's the plan.

However, the Allied Shinobi Forces were soon astonished to discover that Konoha had anticipated their marching route and operational plans, and had deployed personnel to defend each raid location, delivering a head-on blow to the raiders. This resulted in the Allied Shinobi Forces suffering a significant loss in the raid.

At this point, all parties realized that Konoha had been well-prepared for their surprise attack, and had clearly obtained all the intelligence long ago.

This instantly created a huge crisis of trust within the Allied Shinobi Forces, which was formed with the full support of the daimyo and nobles of various countries. It was a crisis of trust that directly reached the top, because only when there is a traitor among the high-ranking officials can Konoha know all the action plans in advance and make countermeasures.

In the original story, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, the Allied Shinobi Forces actually had this problem, and it was quite serious. However, because Gaara, the Kazekage with a very high level of charisma, gave a pre-battle speech, the crisis of trust was resolved.

Furthermore, the existence of White Zetsu was later discovered, informing the Allied Shinobi Forces that the enemy had humanoid monsters like White Zetsu who were skilled in disguise and intelligence gathering. This prevented a crisis of trust from erupting within the Allied Shinobi Forces.

However, things are different now. This degraded version of the Allied Shinobi Forces doesn't have a Kage like Gaara, and they are unaware of the existence of White Zetsu. Therefore, their crisis of trust is destined to become increasingly serious. Yes, Konoha knows all the information, not because there is a traitor within the Allied Shinobi Forces, but simply because White Zetsu has a powerful intelligence-gathering ability. So, from the early stages of the Allied Shinobi Forces' formation, they were discovered, and all their intelligence was known throughout the process. All of the Allied Shinobi Forces' actions are under Konoha's surveillance.

Yes, Konoha deliberately watched as Sunagakure was destroyed by the Allied Shinobi Forces. After all, watching Sunagakure be destroyed by the Allied Shinobi Forces was a good opportunity to completely control Sunagakure.

(End of this chapter)