Ninja at the top of the food chain

Chapter 696
Although Ohnoki is extremely unwilling to compete with Konoha, even though it is harmful for Yan Yin to confront Konoha head-on...

Even though Yeyueai was saved by Konoha Ninja, even though Yun Yin and Konoha were close allies...

However, Yanyin and Yunyin quietly changed their positions under the interference of the two daimyos, and they negotiated in secret and formed an alliance without any sound.

Even the two mature and dignified Sandai Kage, who had a high prestige in their village, had to bow their heads in front of the daimyo, not to mention Sagashi and Kirigakure, who already had blood feuds with Konoha.

Fengying Luosha and Shuiyingbing, a male, a female, two fourth-generation shadows, were originally very confused when they suddenly received a huge amount of material and financial aid from their own daimyo.

After all, the daimyo of the land of water is to Kirigakure, and the daimyo of the land of wind is to sand hidden. Since the defeat in the Second Ninja World War, the relationship between the two parties has not been very good.

Cut funding, suppress development, support village ninjas who are pro-Daimyo, compete with shadows for control of the village, and interfere in village decision-making from all aspects...

Over the past few years, the daimyo of the land of water and the daimyo of the land of wind have not done anything good to their own villages. Kazekage can bear it, but Mizukage's outbursts...

In short, both Kazekage and Mizukage were very surprised when the daimyo came to negotiate with Kage in person and threw the resources directly in the face, and changed their original views on daimyo a little bit.

Next...

Let the four major ninja villages establish an alliance relationship, form a ninja coalition to destroy Konoha, overthrow the puppet government of the country of fire, and restore peace to the ninja world——

The above action plan was exported together, without any hesitation, Luo Sha and Bing negotiated with their respective daimyos, and expressed their willingness to obey the will of the country, gather all the forces of Fengshui and Sawu villages, and declare war on the land of fire.

The big names of all countries have never worked together like this moment, trying to do their best to destroy the buds of capitalism, and quickly kill the emerging capital that shakes the foundation of their rule, and the new ideology in the cradle.

The four major countries, some small countries with strong strength, the forces of the old society began to act secretly, and correspondingly, the new society was also ready to move.

During the more than a year of working in the capital city of the country of fire, Lei Luo commanded the relocation of the Congress Hall from the Daming Mansion to the center of the capital, redesigned and built it according to the modern standards of his previous life, and officially renamed it for the Capitol.

Every three to five days, Lei Luo would gather waves of tax-paying citizens living in the capital to gather at the square at the main entrance of the Capitol and start giving daily speeches.

The content of Lei Luo's speech can be roughly summarized as the following key points:
First, unscrupulously and openly inciting national sentiments, emphasizing that foreign wars are just. Foreign people live in dire straits brought about by feudal rule all day long. Our country of fire should bring them democracy, freedom and superiority. living environment.

In order to enhance his persuasion, Lei Luo often sent people to capture some hungry war orphans from small countries like the Land of Rain or the Land of Grass, and let them complain in public about the brutal rule abroad, in contrast to the wealth and stability of the Land of Fire , Earn tears from the people.

Second, in line with Chicken Soup for the Soul, Lei Luo keeps emphasizing that the various benefits that war can bring to the country, whether it is entering factories to produce ninja kits, detonating talisman ninja reagents, or the scarce resources looted after winning the battle, every day Individuals can make a lot of money from it, and it is guaranteed that no citizen will suffer.

Third, with the help of foreign intelligence collected by the Ministry of Intelligence, publicly disclose the troop transfer routes of some foreign ninja villages, and disseminate some confidential information intercepted from other villages, either directly or after certain embellishments. It shows the sinister intentions of the enemy and shows that they are already in action.

Furthermore, he threatened: the enemies are jealous of our good life, and are stepping up their preparations for a conspiracy against the Land of Fire, the ugly and evil feudal remnants will perish our capital, and the heart of the country will not die, and so on.

Furthermore, it incites the hatred of the people against the foreign ruling class.

These axes have been hacked down for a year. When Lei Luo is tired of speaking, he will be replaced by the Prime Minister. When the Prime Minister is tired of speaking, he will be replaced by a member of parliament.

Coupled with the vigorous promotion of social welfare guarantees by the cabinet and the National Assembly, the lives of the people have indeed become more prosperous. This kind of tangible benefit has further proved that the words of the Prime Minister are true.

Thanks to the above reasons, the attitude of the people of the Nation of Fire has gradually changed from being skeptical to unwavering. Now, there are faint signs of sincere desire for war and support for war.

Countless people from the Land of Fire rushed towards the Konoha Research Institute’s stores in the capital and major towns like a mountain roar and a tsunami. Those with money took the initiative to buy the third-generation chakra reagent worth 30 taels, and those without money mortgaged their real estate. You have to buy it with a bank loan, just to bet on the 40.00% chance of success.

For our own country, for victory in the great war, for eliminating the hateful foreign daimyo and ninjas, liberating oppressed foreign people, sending them democracy and freedom, fraternity and equality...

A spontaneous sense of pride and a sense of historical mission welled up in my heart, driving the brainwashed citizens to try to become ninjas one after another, contributing to the construction of capitalism with the characteristics of the Fire Nation and the National Ninja Project.

Oshemaru, the research director who came to visit the capital by chance, secretly approached Lei Luo after seeing the frenzied scenes in the streets and alleys here, and asked an intriguing question with a dazed expression:
"I have never seen that the people of any country are so eager for war, wishing to die tomorrow and make meritorious deeds on the battlefield. What kind of belief is supporting them? Is it our Konoha's will of fire?"

To this question, Lei Luo replied:
"A man named Gustav once wrote a book called The Crowd. It contains a lot of content, but to sum it up, the truth is actually very simple and easy to understand..."

"When a person is a lonely individual, he has his own distinct character traits, but when this person integrates into the group, all his individuality will be submerged by the group, and his thinking will be immediately replaced by group thinking."

"As a result, he has the characteristics of being emotional, non-dissenting, and low IQ."

"There is no need to inculcate any great principles, and there is no need to pay too much practical things. The government only needs to drive the people to work hard, and at the same time release some small favors to make the people feel that their lives are better now than before, and they are valued by the upper class. , there’s nothing wrong with it except a little hard work—that’s fine.”

"Then, organize an event at a certain time, or a party, or a speech, or a dinner, or a rehearsal, to force the people to gather together, to instill the concept of collective, to emphasize "us" and "them" The difference..."

"Let dozens of people form groups, first put the national emblem on their chests and sing the national anthem, then recite a few speeches given to me by the cabinet, and then let them talk to each other, comfort each other, support each other, Motivate, and finally find a few targets—the evil daimyo of the enemy country, the hateful ninja from the outer village, to vent all the dissatisfaction accumulated in daily life..."

"Let the people think that all the problems in society, all the troubles and misfortunes they encounter, the hardships and bitterness, all come from those who hate us, envy us, are full of hostility towards us, conspire against us, hide in secret and deliberately hurt us , foreign ninjas who undermine the stability of our great motherland."

"In this way, the people will not only feel happy for living in the Land of Fire, but also feel angry about the troublesome ninjas of the enemy country. If some government staff have been fanning the flames for a long time, and a few spies from other villages have been concocted from time to time. , then this kind of anger that has accumulated to the extreme will eventually be guided in an appropriate direction."

"And that direction is the ninja world, the ninja world that all the people of the country of fire are extremely "longing for" at this moment."

"This is, patriotism."

When he said the last sentence of the conclusion, the ironic smile on Lei Luo's expression seemed to be frozen in the depths of Orochimaru's mind, making him feel cold hands and feet unconsciously, and subconsciously thought, I may never forget this scene.

Patriotism?

may be.

Fire country...

seems to become...

It's getting weirder.

(End of this chapter)