Konoha's Hextech Ninja

The memories of a village, which reveal all aspects of its life, are of immense value.

However, the ninja world has many methods, including sealing memories to prevent enemies from reading information from the brain after capture or death.

Even with the mountain clan's mental techniques, the Information Division's progress in reading the Third Raikage's memories was still very slow.

To prevent the brain from being damaged after the body decomposed, a special ninjutsu was used to protect the Third Raikage's body.

This wasn't something that Yoruichi Yagami was in charge of, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

Judging from Orochimaru's words, there has been considerable progress in deciphering the Third Raikage's memories?

"Data from the Third Raikage's brain?" Yagami Yoruichi was immediately surprised, and subconsciously asked, "The Third Raikage knows technology?!?"

“You really should take a good look at the report I submitted,” Orochimaru said helplessly. “It’s a project called ‘Super Weapon’ from Kumogakure, which has been underway for ten years, and only a small part has been completed so far. The power supply part has extremely high requirements for the chakra energy conversion technology. This part of the project is being handled by a subordinate of a nobleman from the Land of Lightning, but the Third Raikage has seen the complete design drawings. With the drawings, it’s not difficult to recreate the technology.”

Yagami Yoruichi understood Orochimaru's words.

The Third Raikage may not have understood technology, but he memorized the blueprints, and that was enough.

However...

'Superweapon' program?

Could it be the chakra cannon that will be used to bombard the moon in the future?

Has it been secretly underway for ten years?

Based on the original timeline, it will probably take at least another twenty or thirty years to complete.

It takes thirty or forty years, a generation or even two generations, to research a weapon.

This demonstrates Yunyin Village's determination to expand outwards.

As Yagami Yoruichi was pondering this, a thought suddenly struck her: "You just mentioned the technical talents under the nobles of the Land of Lightning? Do you have a specific list? Could you find a way to bring them over?"

Yoruichi Yagami suddenly realized that Orochimaru was not the only genius in the ninja world when it came to scientific research.

Others may not be as good as Orochimaru, but there are many outstanding scientists who have a great advantage in a certain field.

Within Konoha, those with even a modicum of technical and scientific knowledge had long been concentrated in the Science Department.

But outside of Konoha, they haven't thoroughly 'scavenged' it yet.

If most of the scientific research talents in the entire ninja world could be brought to Konoha, Konoha's technological development speed would definitely skyrocket.

"I don't know the list, it should be with the information team." Orochimaru shook his head, indicating that he wasn't interested in these things.

His current interest lies entirely in human experimentation.

The research into chakra energy conversion technology was a request made by the village, or rather, by Yagami Yoruichi.

If it weren't for the fact that he happened to use the memories in the Third Raikage's brain to achieve a breakthrough in key technologies, he wouldn't have invested so much energy in this project.

However, by sheer chance, this actually amounted to a significant contribution to Konoha.

“This achievement is very important,” Yagami Yoruichi said directly. “In terms of technology, especially the part that prevents the enemy from cracking it, we need to improve it further. As for the specific credit, the village will conduct a comprehensive test later, and your credit and reward will be determined based on the test results.”

"Just try it." Orochimaru smiled, full of confidence in his 'creation'.

Although he wasn't particularly interested in these projects, he was only pushing forward with other projects he didn't like, as requested by the village, in order to gain more support in human experimentation.

However, given Orochimaru's personality, once he starts something, he wants to do it to the best of his ability.

"That's all for today. I need to have a meeting with the others to confirm the official test date. I'll have someone notify you once it's finalized." Yagami Yoruichi said goodbye to Orochimaru and hurriedly left to report to Hatake Sakumo.

Regardless, at least in name, Sakumo Hatake is still the Hokage.

Chapter 208 The Establishment of Konoha Electric Company

Under the leadership of Sakumo Hatake, a "pragmatist," the village's leadership is very efficient.

The next day, a thorough test was organized to confirm the parameters of the chakra storage and power generation device created by Orochimaru.

To be precise, it shouldn't be described as 'chakra electrification'.

It can convert chakra into almost any form of common energy.

Different types of energy have different losses; the most efficient energy source is electricity generation, followed by heat generation.

The loss in converting energy into mechanical energy, light energy, and other forms of energy is much greater.

Even when used for generating electricity, the energy loss is still much greater compared to the energy released when unleashing ninjutsu.

After all, ninjutsu only requires considering how to unleash the strongest damage with energy in an instant.

Some extreme forbidden techniques don't even consider whether they pose a threat to the user; they are invented solely for the purpose of perishing together with the enemy, focusing only on maximizing power.

The energy used in daily life requires higher stability and safety, but the two are not the same in terms of difficulty.

It's like the difference between a hydrogen bomb and controlled nuclear fusion.

Improving chakra utilization efficiency, allowing each unit of chakra to be converted into more energy, is also a direction worth exploring.

However, as of now, it is perfectly adequate as a device for storing chakra and generating electricity.

Furthermore, different capacities can be set according to the customer's needs.

Even a small town with only a few thousand people can afford it.

"The only problem is that there are too few types of electrical appliances in the ninja world, so the demand for electricity is not high."

During the high-level meeting, Yagami Yoruichi said, "It would be best to develop more types of electrical appliances, so that the market would be even larger."

The electrical appliances that the ninja world currently has are just small items such as lights, radios, and radios.

If we can bring out the big energy consumers like air conditioners, refrigerators, and electric heaters, that's where the real profits will be.

Even if only nobles and wealthy merchants could afford it in the early stages, it was still an incredibly huge market.

"The Science Department is severely understaffed; maintaining three projects is already the limit," Orochimaru interrupted Yoruichi Yagami, saying, "I'm sorry to say this, but the Science Department really has too few people with basic research capabilities. Most people are only at the level of barely being able to assist, so sending them to research new projects would be a complete waste of funds."

"I will try to find a group of technical talents from the ninja world."

Yagami Yoruichi rubbed his forehead.

The shortage of technical personnel is indeed a very troublesome problem.

Cultivating something from scratch is not something that can be done in a short time.

However, the ninja world is so vast that it is not lacking in geniuses.

For example, the Sky Ninja Village is a ninja village that places extreme importance on 'technology'.

Yoruichi Yagami has already sent the Anbu to investigate clues about the remnants of the Sky Ninja Village, but so far they have not found any trace of them.

The news of the Land of Lightning's 'super weapon' project also made Yagami Yoruichi realize that there would be more talented people skilled in scientific research in other parts of the ninja world.

However, how to bring all these talents to Konoha is a very troublesome problem.

Forcibly kidnapping someone is not a problem if they are from an enemy country.

However, it wouldn't be appropriate for the Land of Fire, or its allies.

Furthermore, those who are forcibly kidnapped will certainly not have a good impression of Konoha; on the contrary, they will hate Konoha.

Getting them to serve Konoha peacefully is also a problem.

However, these issues can be considered later. First, it is still necessary to investigate the intelligence, identify the valuable scientific research talents in the ninja world, and establish a complete file.

If there are some people who already have a good impression of Konoha, or who are easily swayed by benefits such as money, we can recruit a group of them first to supplement the manpower needed by the Science Department.

“If we can add more people, then there won’t be a problem,” Orochimaru reminded him. “But we need at least a few outstanding people who can manage on their own. My energy is limited, and I can’t lead all the projects by myself.”

"I'll try my best." Yagami Yoruichi didn't dare to make a guarantee either, and changed the subject, saying, "This result is quite valuable, let's discuss what kind of reward to give to the people who participated in the project."

Orochimaru was in charge of the project, but he wasn't the only one involved.

Everyone should be rewarded according to their contribution.

"This is part of the business plan you proposed earlier, right?" Sakumo Hatake looked at Yoruichi Yagami and said, "Since it's a plan you proposed, you can decide for yourself."

"A reward of 120 million, plus a corresponding amount of experience in the field. In addition, an additional grant will be allocated to the Science Department as a whole."

Yoruichi Yagami suggested, "If you're willing to use your mission merits directly, you can use the bonus as equity and enjoy the right to all the village's future income from this project."

"Profit sharing rights?" All eyes turned to Yagami Yoruichi.

"Since it's part of a business plan, it should naturally be done in a business manner."

Yoruichi Yagami said, "Take this chakra power generation technology, for example. We can set up a separate company for it. People involved in the project can invest through their technology, and others can invest through their capital. After the power generation company's business is launched, part of the profits will be used for the company's expansion, and any surplus will be distributed as dividends according to the number of shares."

Yagami Yoruichi explained the 'shareholding system'.

Similar things have existed for a long time, and doing business in partnerships is nothing new; it's just that the 'equity system' makes the division of responsibilities and rights clearer.

As for equity transactions, Yagami Yoruichi didn't bring it up for the time being, as it was a bit too advanced for the current ninja world.

Before industrialization truly unleashed its power, excessive financial measures do more harm than good.

It's not that financial means can't be used, but that they must be kept within a certain range.

Things like the stock market shouldn't exist at this stage.

"A shareholding system? That's an interesting idea." Hatake Sakumo seemed to understand it but not quite, though he knew it would benefit the village.

You can do more with less money.

only……

Hatake Sakumo hesitated before asking, "What if we can't raise enough funds? Take this chakra power generation project for example. Whether it's acquiring ninja chakra or promoting equipment and power generation technology, the required funds are enormous, right?"

“There’s one more thing,” Nara Shikaku couldn’t help but interject, “If too much capital is raised and too many shares are distributed, won’t those with more shares have more say? Could this lead to the village losing its voice?”

"The equity issue is easy to solve. The village should own at least 51% of the shares, and the income should belong to the village as a whole and be included in the village's expenses. As for the excess, even if they are willing to pay more money, they can simply not sell the shares."

Yagami Yoruichi said directly, "As for not being able to raise funds... at least for this chakra power generation technology, I think we shouldn't have to worry about raising enough funds."

As she spoke, Yagami Yoruichi took out a plan and said, "I plan to raise three billion ryo to start this project. This is the specific plan."

Yoruichi Yagami is not good at business, but one advantage of being in charge of the Anbu is that she can easily collect very detailed data to support the early 'feasibility study'.

All that's left is to plan a rough budget based on market prospects and get the project off the ground first.

If it passes, then we can find a suitable person to carry it out.

Although Konoha Village is an extremely violent institution, there are some villagers who are involved in business.

Many ninja clans have their own businesses outside the clan, and there are people specifically assigned to manage them.

Even among commoner ninjas, many who accumulated substantial savings would have their families run businesses.

The group looked at the plan that Yagami Yoruichi had presented.

This plan is very rough; it's just a general outline.

Using chakra-based power generation technology, they replaced the coal-fired power plants in the Land of Fire with lower prices, quickly captured the market, and extended the power system to all towns in the Land of Fire.

The first step is to target all the medium and large cities in the Land of Fire.

This step alone requires the construction of dozens of large-scale chakra storage and power generation devices.

Including the cost of setting up the chakra system and purchasing chakra from ordinary ninjas, the total cost was over two billion ryo.

After conquering all the medium and large cities, they used the profits to expand to smaller cities and even lower-level towns until they controlled the entire electricity market of the Land of Fire.

If this can be achieved, assuming a profit of less than one tael per kilowatt-hour, after deducting miscellaneous expenses, the annual profit could reach billions of taels.

If the efficiency of chakra conversion into electricity can be further improved and costs can be further reduced, the profit will be even higher.

"Why set such a low price difference?" Fugaku Uchiha asked. "The power plants in the Land of Fire are charging such high prices for electricity right now. We only need to be slightly cheaper than them to easily capture the market, right? That way, the price difference will be even greater, wouldn't we make even more money?"

"Is it to grab market share?"

Nara Shikato said, "Currently, the lowest electricity cost is over ten ounces per kilowatt-hour, which is unaffordable for ordinary households. But if the cost could be reduced to only two ounces per kilowatt-hour, at least ordinary people living in cities would be able to afford it and would consider installing electric lights to improve their quality of life."

Lighting is one of the most important human needs.

In the ninja world, most civilians now use kerosene lamps, but these are not cheap, and the amount of light they provide is incomparable to that of electric light bulbs.

If electricity bills could be reduced to a level slightly higher than that of kerosene lamps, most households in the ninja world would choose to use brighter light bulbs.

Wealthier families may also consider buying small appliances such as radios to improve their quality of life.

“That’s right.” Yagami Yoruichi nodded and said, “To wage a price war, we have to kill the enemy outright. We have a technological advantage and can achieve very low power generation costs. So we need to achieve a sufficiently large scale as soon as possible and further reduce costs through economies of scale.”

"Based solely on this data, I am indeed willing to invest for the expected profits." Nara Shikato put down the data and commented, "If the results described in the data can be achieved, the prospects are indeed very promising. However, there is one problem..."