Promoting the Konoha threat theory, and talking about the Hidden Mist Belt!

Although Ren didn't want to make Hozuki Shingetsu famous, he had no choice. The increase in military spending was something that affected the interests of the entire village, and he couldn't cover it up by himself. So many departments were watching with bated breath, and the daimyo's envoy came with no attempt to conceal it. How could it be kept secret?

Furthermore, given that a life-or-death struggle was about to unfold with Hozuki's side, Ren, adhering to the principle of "the less trouble, the better," ultimately adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards these rumors.

Thus, even before Hozuki Shingetsu's mission to the capital was fully described in the gossip of the people of Kirigakure, the details of which had already been vividly circulated.

This includes, but is not limited to, the story of Hozuki Shingetsu enduring humiliation in the capital to fund Kirigakure's military expenses, bearing the insults of the Little Prince and the provocations of the Yanagisawa clan, upholding Kirigakure's dignity, and ultimately winning the daimyo's favor through a desperate counterattack.

Of course, the shameless and sycophantic rhetoric used by Hozuki Messenger is not a very important part, and the rumors have been glossed over in a subtle way.

Yes, the contents have nothing to do with the letter in the Ninja Hawk that Hozuki Shingetsu released in the capital.

Just kidding. How could someone as upright as Hozuki Shingetsu manipulate public opinion behind the scenes? This is all the spontaneous behavior of energetic and enthusiastic groups in Kirigakure, and has absolutely nothing to do with Daikichi.

Moreover, this image perfectly matches Hozuki Shingetsu's image in the village. So, although there are occasional rumors that are detrimental to the overall situation of Kirigakure, the villagers always believe that it is a deliberate attempt to slander Kirigakure as "timely rain" because Hozuki Shingetsu's image in that story is too obsequious. Therefore, they do not accept any of them.

This left Ren feeling helpless, and once again annoyed that she had carelessly handed over the right to public opinion in the village to Shingetsu.

It was under these circumstances that Hozuki Shingetsu, along with Yagura Karatachi and Yukinagi, successfully returned to Kirigakure.

Thanks for your support, brothers. If all goes well, it will be available tomorrow.

Chapter 81 Remarks on the launch

It should be available for purchase tomorrow at noon. Let me first talk about the update plan: 14,000 words tomorrow, and I will try my best to keep the daily updates at 6,000 words.

Then came the acceptance speech segment.

First of all, I would like to thank my brothers for their support, which enabled this book to be listed on Sanjiang and finally put on the shelves.

This is my first book on Qidian.com, and I never expected it to achieve such success.

When I was reading the book, I vaguely remember that Sanjiang was a very powerful recommendation platform on Qidian. The books recommended there were all trendsetting books at the time.

Although Sanjiang seems to be not as good as it used to be, I never expected to be recommended at this level.

I've actually enjoyed reading novels since I was very young. I read all of them during my elementary school years, including martial arts novels, the Four Great Classical Novels, Harry Potter, Investiture of the Gods, and the abridged version of Iron Man.

Then came online novels. I vaguely remember it was in fourth grade. The first book I read was a pirated physical book, Liu Dao's "Bad Guy". Then, with my brother's help, I read "Blood of the Beast" and "Starting from Zero".

It can be said that these books, which I had never seen before, deeply attracted my attention and led me down a path of no return.

I remember when I first logged into Qidian, there were no more than twenty books on the entire website with more than two million words.

After school, I would log on to Qidian every day to see if there were any novels with long word counts, and then download TXT format ebooks from smaller websites to read on my slider phone.

There was nothing I could do. After all, I didn't have much money when I was in junior and senior high school, and online payment wasn't as developed back then, so I couldn't support genuine products at all.

Once I started working and had a salary, I basically started watching legitimate content.

My reader account is right there, and I haven't set any privacy settings. You can also see when I became a premium user.

Of course, the above is absolutely not an implication that you support a subscription.

I read a wide variety of novels; basically, I've read all the types of novels available on Qidian's male-oriented platform.

I've read everything from fantasy and martial arts novels to historical fiction, light novels, and even military and sports novels.

Hmm, I haven't read any realistic novels.

If I had to choose a favorite genre, I would still prefer farming novels.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, I've gone from a primary school student to a working adult who has even completed a part-time postgraduate degree.

I haven't been an author for very long. Around this time last year, I wrote a Naruto fanfiction on another website. My thoughts at the time were the same as many other authors: as I read more, I gradually realized that there weren't any books that interested me, or rather, the points I wanted to see were basically not found in the books I was reading.

Because it was during my graduate thesis proposal writing phase, and I lacked experience in writing a book for the first time, there were too many oversights, so the book was unfortunately rushed and hastily completed, which was a great pity.

It wasn't until recently, after finishing my thesis, that I had time to rethink the novel based on it.

My initial idea for writing this novel was quite simple: Naruto is an anime I've followed since childhood, so I've read quite a few Naruto fanfictions. However, the more I read, the more I felt that most of these novels focused on improving individual strength, rarely considering the national or broader context.

After thinking about it, I realized that it wasn't a problem with these fanfiction authors, but rather that the original work itself rarely described these things.

Or rather, I feel that Kishimoto's Naruto has a bit of a petty, narrow-minded feel to it.

After all, besides beautiful women, what can get a man's blood pumping is probably words like "strategic maneuvering," "turning the tide," "unrivaled," and "seal the wolf's lair."

So my initial idea was to write a Naruto novel similar to Romance of the Three Kingdoms, with a touch of fictional elements, but I quickly gave up on that idea.

It's very simple, because I can't write it out.

This kind of historical fiction novel requires more three-dimensional character development. In reality, I couldn't even perfectly portray the characters from the original work in the book. The things I forced myself to write were unreadable even to myself.

I personally enjoy history, and because of my work, I often hear news about various countries, which led me to come up with the idea of ​​writing a fan fiction about Naruto from a broader perspective.

I consider myself an amateur history enthusiast because I have never read the Twenty-Four Histories in their entirety, and I don't know much about Japanese or European history. I only enjoy reading about epic historical events, and I'm not interested in those that are unremarkable or tragic.

My understanding of history comes mainly from middle school textbooks, various TV dramas, and historical novels.

Therefore, you will see historical references from various dynasties in the book. Please don't be surprised if there are any errors or omissions.

Well, if any of you guys know of any interesting history-related content creators or books, feel free to recommend them here.

I can't guarantee I'll watch it, but I'll definitely save it.

My thought about this novel is simple: it's "interesting".

As the saying goes, if your writing skills aren't enough, your imagination will do the trick.

I know I'm not good at writing. In high school, I could never figure out the meaning of the question in Chinese composition, and I always only got 48 or 49 out of 60 on a single essay.

So my idea for this book is to try to connect the characters in Naruto with real-life stories as much as possible, because at least as a reader, I feel that this is the kind of novel I would like to read.

Regarding the future development of this book, I can say with certainty that it will not follow the original work. This may disappoint some people, because I have seen many comments saying that I did not follow the original work and that there was no sense of immersion in the story.

However, I have always believed that the most fundamental difference between fan fiction and the original work is the difference in plot.

If we're going to stick to the original work, then why write fanfiction? Why read fanfiction?

Therefore, apart from some unavoidable key plot points, such as the Fourth Shinobi World War, everything else in this book will be re-explored.

For those insurmountable plot points, I will follow the principle of drawing the target before shooting the arrow, and try my best to make the process different.

Then there's the issue that some people criticize, the frequent use of archaic language in this article.

This problem certainly exists, and there's no way to avoid it.

However, if we want to stay true to the historical story, we can't avoid quoting these classical Chinese texts; translating them into plain language would just make it seem even stranger.

Therefore, I can only guarantee to minimize this, but not avoid it.

Aside from that, the main thing is to maintain a large backlog of chapters, write as many chapters as possible, and finish the story smoothly. There's not much else to say about that.

Finally, I'd like to thank the editor, Penglai.

I originally intended to submit this novel internally, but it was rejected by three different editors in a row, so in a fit of anger I just sent it directly to the editor.

Looking back now, if Penglai hadn't helped me out, this book might have been abandoned long ago due to lack of interest.

I'm grateful to Penglai for rescuing me from the pool of straight hair and for their efforts in securing a recommendation from Sanjiang.

If any of you want to write a novel, I suggest submitting your work to him; Penglai is very friendly to newcomers.

Well, according to rumors, Penglai likes erotic pictures... So, you know what to do if your submission doesn't get approved, right?

Chapter 82: Scheme against each other

While undercurrents were swirling in Kirigakure as the final battle was about to begin, other nations in the ninja world were also receiving news of Hozuki Shingetsu's changed identity.

This news wasn't even obtained by various countries through spies; it was spread proactively by the Daimyo of the Land of Water, Sui Keita.

The method of dissemination was also very simple: each of the four daimyo of the four kingdoms of fire, earth, wind, and thunder was sent a film reel.

Since Shui Jingtai is such a proud person, he can't just leave such a wonderful, eulogistic film like "Daimyo Fuhua" to gather dust at home, can he?

I have to show it off to others, right?

However, watching the movie all the time in the castle tower and with those ministers would get boring, so on the advice of a kind-hearted adopted son, Mizuki Keita, out of politeness, extended New Year's greetings to the daimyo of another country and presented the movie as a gift of friendship between the two countries.

The other four daimyo were quite pleased when they first heard about the New Year's gift, thinking that this face-conscious old man, Mizuki, had finally come to his senses and knew to take the initiative to send gifts to maintain relations between the countries.

...until they finished watching the movie.

This silenced the other four daimyo.

Silence, silence is the castle tower tonight.

The other four daimyo, who had come to their senses, were disgusted (×) and envious (√), and all said that Mizukita was inhuman and shameless.

We're all famous people, how could I not know what kind of person you are, Sui Keita?

You dream of the sun entering your bosom? Are you a born saint?

You actually voluntarily resigned from your high position, claiming to be of noble character?

You call yourself wise and powerful, admired by all?

Especially after watching the various fabricated and eulogistic stories about Mizuki Keita in the movie, the daimyo of various countries, while envious, also expressed that they had broadened their horizons and learned for the first time that there were such things as historical records.

According to the messengers sent by the Land of Water, all the daimyo turned ashen-faced after watching the movie. Even the best-tempered daimyo from the Land of Fire smashed his cup in anger. His chilling murderous aura made the messengers mistakenly believe that it was time to serve their daimyo, and they didn't even think about returning alive.

Of course, according to the theory of relativity in the ninja world, the more jealous the daimyo of various countries were, the happier Mizu Keita was.

So he not only sent a reward to his adopted son, but also sent this New Year's gift to the daimyo of various small countries in the ninja world, enjoying listening to the messengers relay the daimyo's expressions.