Konoha: Unable to learn ninjutsu, they had to develop their own.

Chiba smiled slightly: "Please forgive me, Raikage. After I arrived at Kumogakure, I spread parasitic insects underground, so it won't be easy for them to escape."

The current parasitic insects are much stronger, and having consumed the flesh and blood of White Zetsu, this batch fully understands what the aura of White Zetsu is like.

They wanted to run away...

Not that easy.

"..."

Raikage waved his hand helplessly and said, "Forget it, as long as we catch it, nothing else matters. Let's talk about something more important."

Xi got up and looked at the sealed Bai Jue without saying a word.

Initially, they felt that Chiba's actions were a great insult to Kumogakure, and that Darui had been deceived by Konoha.

but.

As it turns out, their Hidden Cloud Village was indeed thoroughly infiltrated.

Raikage said with a stern face, "I underestimated them before."

"It's not your fault. Actually, our discovery of them in Konoha was a very accidental chance. Otherwise, we would never have known that they had such abilities."

"Ah."

The Raikage believed that what Chiba said was true.

after all.

No one would have thought...

They even have the ability to infiltrate other people's bodies.

During their incubation period, the host acts as their eyes, allowing them to easily obtain the intelligence they need.

With such intelligence capabilities, it's no wonder the other side is confident in collecting all the tailed beasts. If they had such intelligence and many S-rank rogue ninja, they would also dare to steal the tailed beasts.

Raikage thought for a moment.

"Chiba-kun, I've always believed in your strength, but your... well, I still can't fully trust you. Give me a definite answer: can the techniques you gave to Kumogakure actually defend against them?"

The Raikage is very direct.

That's just his personality; he says what he means and doesn't know anything about beating around the bush.

Chiba said, "They can defend against most of the erosion, but their capabilities are constantly being updated, and they are in the shadows while we are in the light, which is why I suggested taking the initiative."

"understood."

Raikage nodded, slamming his hand on the table in agreement. "We should definitely take the initiative. Otherwise, we'll be constantly being messed with by these people, and there'll be no point in developing anything."

So what you mean is?

“That works. We'll provide the space, you provide the personnel, and the training grounds…”

"share?"

"No, that's a separate matter."

"Raikage said coldly."

How can it be free?

Konoha's technology is incredibly expensive, and Kumogakure is practically bleeding itself dry. If they don't recover soon, even the Daimyo will have to come and check on them.

Chiba sighed.

"Lord Raikage, your spirit has diminished considerably."

"Stop talking nonsense, how do you calculate it?"

"It's a technology exchange, what else can it be? We, Konoha, will help you build a defense system, and you will be responsible for training. You can negotiate with the other villages yourselves; we, Konoha, will not help."

Chiba said seriously.

The Raikage nodded in agreement.

What help does Konoha offer?

This was a deal between them; Konoha getting involved would only make things worse.

He was worried about something else.

"Now there's one remaining question: will you provide us with the technology or help us build it?"

"It will be all right."

Chiba doesn't care.

He did intend to provide the technology directly, since it wasn't too difficult and would need further improvement later.

and.

Even if the Hidden Cloud Village obtains it, they may not be able to learn it.

Talent development is not something that can be accomplished overnight. Even in Konoha, it took Chiba a long time to transform and cultivate the team that is now capable of handling such intelligence.

"What if we can't learn it?"

Raikage had obviously considered this issue as well.

Chiba thought for a moment and said, "Then you have to work hard. After all, Konoha can't do what education is for you. Otherwise... why don't you learn from Sunagakure?"

"What do you mean?"

Darui curiously chimed in from the side.

"Sunagakure is planning a student exchange program with Konoha, which involves sending some students to Konoha to study every year. Or, you could spend some money and we'd help you with the training?"

"..."

Money again.

The Raikage was completely bewildered.

Even though the Land of Fire is the richest country, and Konoha Village is now as wealthy as two Kumogakure villages, this guy still seems to be obsessed with money.

"It's always about money, Chiba. Don't you have anything else to offer?"

"We really don't have any other relationship, so how about we use ninjutsu? We can also send some ninjas to your Hidden Cloud Village to learn taijutsu and swordsmanship, how about that?"

"This one……"

After thinking it over, Lei Ying said, "We can discuss it. We'll talk about this later. First, we'll build a complete defense system for you. We can learn the technology later."

"No problem, but even if the barrier is established, you still need to learn how to control and detect it, otherwise it will just be an empty shell."

Chiba doesn't care, but Kumogakure doesn't have the technology, so even if they did, it wouldn't be of any use.

Barrier techniques must be combined with ninjutsu.

Chapter 333 Feedback on Curse Seal Enhancement

2023-04-20

"Chiba, what's the situation in Kumogakure right now?"

"Not yet... um, there's news."

Just as Chiba was about to say there was no news, he sensed a spatial fluctuation appear.

This is a sign of space-time ninjutsu.

Then he reached out his hand.

A letter appeared in the palm of his hand.

"Would you like to take a look?"

"Uh, okay."

Tsunade took it, her expression slightly dazed.

This……

While his talent wasn't bad, it wasn't really related to genius; at most, he was just not weak, not as bad as Orochimaru described him as "the bottom of the class."

"Yes, these things are always unpredictable."

Like Jiraiya.

His own physical attributes are probably a little worse than Naruto's.

Chiba didn't hide it either.

Tsunade initially watched and listened at the same time.

"Jiraiya has indeed believed in that kind of thing since he was a child."

She took it and glanced at it, then asked Chiba about his harvest at Mount Myōboku while looking at it.

Later, she stopped looking at the letters in her hand and stared at Chiba with her mouth agape in astonishment.

Her initiative made Konoha's medical system the most comprehensive and strongest in the entire ninja world.

"So you really are on my team."

Tsunade said irritably, "We should just mind our own business."

"You think so too?"

"You are more like a master than Master Dilu."

Naruto at least has a terrifying amount of chakra and regenerative abilities, while Jiraiya lacks these physical attributes.

"Heh, what kind of master am I? I was just saying it casually. Don't take the likes of the Great Toad Immortal seriously; they're probably just trying to fool people."

"Well, what the Great Toad Sage meant was that his original prophecy had been distorted because of my interference."

Tsunade herself is the one with the least ambition.

Chiba gave a thumbs up.

but.

Previously, she hoped to improve the medical ninja system, allowing medical ninjas to participate in combat teams, and later she succeeded—