Naruto, your uncle is going to be Hokage!

Ai's eyes narrowed; acquiring a large quantity of drugs would require a considerable sum of money.

He needs to know how much readily available funds the Hidden Cloud Village still has.

After making up his mind, Ai immediately summoned Mabuyi.

"Lord Raikage, is there something you need from me?"

"Mabuyi, how much available funds does the village have?"

funds?

Mabuyi sighed.

"Lord Raikage, as you know, since our defeat, we've been paying compensation and ransoming Lord Hitler. Now the village..."

"I'm asking you how much capital you have!"

Ai didn't want to listen to this nonsense and interrupted with a frown.

"understand!"

Mabuyi shivered.

Having experienced defeat, the Raikage was even more irritable than usual.

Immediately begin searching through financial records and starting the calculations.

A few seconds later, she got the result.

"Lord Raikage, the village currently has approximately 1.1 billion taels of silver available in its accounts."

"so little?"

Ai frowned.

With only this much money, it's simply not enough to complete his plan to acquire the new drug.

If we delay any longer, other ninja villages will find out.

His first-move advantage was gone.

"No! Looks like we'll have to find the daimyo!"

Ai narrowed her eyes.

I've made up my mind!

The Hidden Cloud Village's annual finances are almost entirely provided by the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning.

This year's government funding was paid out at the beginning of the year, but various post-war reparations have almost emptied this fund.

Faced with the village's financial difficulties, Ai Neng could only think of one solution: Daming.

After making the decision, Ai set off for the capital of the Land of Lightning without delay.

……

Daming Mansion.

The daimyo of the Land of Lightning, dressed in magnificent attire, fanned himself with a folding fan, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"You mean, you're here to ask for your money back?"

"Yes, Lord Daimyo, the situation in Kumogakure is not good right now, and I need some funds."

Across the long table, Ai spoke in a deep voice.

The lord's face immediately showed displeasure, and he impatiently fanned himself with his folding fan.

"I remember the Hidden Cloud Village just received its budget for this year, right? Why are they asking for money so soon? I'm not a money bag. Even if they give us a larger budget, we'll still collapse at the first touch against Konoha. All my funds have probably been lost in losses, haven't they?"

Ai's face instantly turned ugly.

Already frustrated by his loss to Konoha, his anger reached its peak after being mocked by the daimyo.

But he knew he absolutely could not get angry now.

Once you anger a great name.

The request for funding has fallen through!

Take a deep breath and suppress your emotions.

"Lord Daimyo, my demand for funds this time is precisely to deal with Konoha."

A cold smile appeared in his eyes.

"Moreover, I am confident that as long as I obtain enough funds this time, I will be able to take revenge on Konoha."

Hearing Ai's confident statement, Daiming couldn't help but feel a little curious.

"Is that so?"

"Raikage, how much funding do you need?"

Ai carefully calculated that acquiring enough new drugs in one go, and ideally reaching a long-term cooperation agreement with Umbrella Medical Company, would be the best option.

The required funds are approximately...

"10 billion, no, 20 billion!"

"Give me 20 billion ryo, and I can make Kumogakure crush Konoha."

Ai stared intently at the name.

20 million taels?

This number is acceptable.

The daimyo of the Land of Lightning covered half his face with a folding fan, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"Raikage, you should think this through. If the Hidden Cloud Village remains the same after this funding is allocated to you, there won't be another chance next time."

"Don't worry, Lord Daimyo."

A smug smile flashed in Ai's eyes.

This time, Konoha will definitely pay a heavy price.

……

Konoha.

Umbrella Research Center.

After receiving the message from the Umbrella Corporation branch of the Land of Waterfall, Mirai Namikaze and Orochimaru exchanged a smile.

"Future-kun, just as you predicted, that idiot Raikage immediately poured all his funds into buying up potions!"

Compared to Orochimaru's delight, Namikaze Mirai's reaction was rather unremarkable.

"That's normal. Given the Raikage's personality, he was already resentful about the defeat of Konoha, so he naturally wouldn't let go of such an opportunity."

The Raikage has the most fiery personality among the Five Kage.

His body was covered in bulging muscles, which almost grew into his brain.

Making such a choice is not surprising.

"Future Lord, I've heard that Umbrella Corporation is involved in the military, in addition to the pharmaceutical industry?"

Orochimaru licked his lips, a keen interest gleaming in his pale golden eyes.

He has already seen a huge potential in the medical industry.

He knew very little about military affairs.

A desire to explore arose in my heart.

"Since you want to know, just come with me."

Namikaze Mirai gave a meaningful smile.

Orochimaru followed him through the long, narrow white corridor, where the space suddenly expanded.

Various weapons are hung on the pure white walls.

"Is this... a gun?"

Orochimaru looked at the special weapon hanging on the wall and his expression immediately turned astonished.

There are guns in the ninja world.

Even with Orochimaru's extensive knowledge, he had seen some simple guns before.

But the kind of gun hanging on the wall, with its slender barrel and complex structure, was something he had never seen before.

"Submachine gun, or rather, electromagnetic submachine gun."

Namikaze Mirai took the gun off the wall, aimed at the target next to her, and pulled the trigger.

To Orochimaru's astonishment, several crisp gunshots rang out, and a blue gun beam flashed by, revealing several holes in the target fifty meters away.

The speed of a kunai thrown by a ninja is about thirty meters per second, but the rate of fire of this kind of firearm is obviously far beyond that.

A trace of shock remained in Orochimaru's eyes.

If a genin or chunin is not careful, they may not even have a chance to dodge.