Konoha's Hextech Ninja

"If it really can be done..." The daimyo was not familiar with Yagami Yoruichi and did not know much about ninjas, but he trusted Yagami Yoruichi very much.

Upon hearing Tsunade's words, he was immediately intrigued.

When Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha joined forces to found Konoha, it was his grandfather who actively supported them, allowing the Land of Fire to grow from a small country into a powerful nation that successively annexed other territories.

If other countries hadn't followed suit and established their own great ninja villages, and if Hashirama Senju hadn't been unwilling to start another war, the Land of Fire might have been able to unify the entire ninja world.

Since Hashirama Senju's death, the chance to unify the ninja world has been lost.

But if we can expand our territory, that would be an excellent thing.

The daimyo's power comes from the nobles, and the nobles' power comes from the land.

The larger the territory, the greater the power and resources a daimyo can mobilize.

The daimyo looked at Tsunade, and seeing the certainty in her eyes, he turned to Yoruichi Yagami and asked, "Lady Yoruichi, are you really confident?"

"As long as the Daimyo is willing to provide Konoha with enough support."

Destroying Kumogakure in exchange for a large amount of resources that would allow Konoha to develop rapidly was something that was always going to be done.

By exchanging what they had to do for a benefit from the daimyo, they could be considered to be profiting Konoha.

Yagami Yoruichi began, "Besides financial and logistical support, Konoha also needs special privileges in business. Not just for the power company, but Konoha will have many more business activities in the future, and all of them must be treated like top-tier nobles."

The so-called 'treatment of the elite' includes a series of privileges.

For example, they don't have to pay taxes to the Land of Fire, and their goods can travel freely throughout the territory of every noble.

The power company has now effectively obtained these benefits thanks to Konoha's military strength, but it is ultimately not legitimate.

In the future, when the Ministry of Science makes more technological breakthroughs, some of them that can be used to enhance military capabilities will definitely be used for military purposes.

However, more civilian technologies will be used for business, increasing the village's revenue.

If these industries don't receive legitimate special treatment, relying solely on the Anbu's military force will require far too many ninjas.

By taking advantage of the opportunity to start a war, and using the lure of 'expanding territory' to obtain special privileges from the daimyo, a lot of trouble can be saved in the future.

"If it's really possible, I'll give Konoha whatever support it needs."

The daimyo excitedly waved his arms and said, "Money, resources, even privileges—as long as you can conquer the Land of Lightning and bring that bastard daimyo of the Land of Lightning to me, whatever reward you want is negotiable!"

At this point, Daiming still made sure to emphasize the word 'reward'.

Yagami Yoruichi, too lazy to argue with him, simply handed over a list that she had revised overnight, saying, "As long as the Daimyo is willing to provide this support, we can prepare manpower to take over the Land of Lightning within three months."

The original list was prepared based on the premise that the daimyo would be 'destroyed' in the future.

But after learning from Shizune last night that Tsunade and the Daimyo were not the kind of relatives who were only in name and had no feelings for each other, but on the contrary, had a very good relationship, Yoruichi Yagami changed several conditions overnight.

Overall, it is still more advantageous to Konoha, but it leaves a way out for the Daimyo family.

Of course, only Yoruichi Yagami herself could see these hidden things.

On the surface, the daimyo of the Land of Fire, who was able to more than double his territory, was the one who benefited the most.

The lord took the scroll, opened it, and frowned upon seeing the requirements inside.

The conditions proposed by Konoha were not low.

The massive financial support and abundant resources involved a total of over 100 billion yuan.

In addition, all future business activities of Konoha will receive the treatment of the highest-ranking nobles and will be able to travel freely within the Land of Fire.

Daimyo weighed the options in his mind.

He was naturally heartbroken to receive so many benefits.

However, if it only costs this little bit to annex the Land of Lightning, as well as the few small countries between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning, then it can be said to be a huge gain.

After thinking it over for a while, the daimyo tried to bargain, saying, "Commercial terms are negotiable. But in terms of funding and resources, even in war, it wouldn't be necessary to spend so much, would it?"

The daimyo's allocation to Konoha is normally only a few billion ryo per year, but it can increase to tens of billions during wartime.

Even during the most intense period of the Ninja World War, the highest annual allocation never exceeded 30 billion ryo.

This time, among the conditions proposed by Yoruichi Yagami, the one-time allocation alone amounted to a staggering 80 billion yen.

In addition, there was material support of even higher value, such as food and weapons.

Even though the Land of Fire is the wealthiest country in the ninja world, it would be difficult for them to come up with such a large amount of resources all at once.

It might even require the combined wealth of a famous figure and several top-tier nobles to gather the funds.

Of course they were unwilling.

In the Land of Fire, money can be spent however you like.

But who would use their own money to subsidize the ninja villages below?

Even if this would give the Land of Fire more say in the distribution of benefits after annexing the Land of Lightning, the Daimyo was not too happy about it.

"Your Excellency, Konoha is not only waging war against Kumogakure. According to intelligence, Iwagakure is also preparing to invade the Land of Fire. The Kirigakure of the Land of Water is also acting mysteriously, and we must be wary of them. This is a three-front war."

Yagami Yoruichi fabricated a story, saying, "Of course, a lot of funds are needed to deal with three major ninja villages at the same time."

As the daimyo listened to Yagami Yoruichi's words, he felt something was amiss and subconsciously asked, "If we're simultaneously waging war against the three great ninja villages, does Konoha still have the confidence to destroy the Land of Lightning? And why the Land of Lightning?"

If you're confident you can eliminate one of them, you should choose the weakest one.

The daimyo didn't have a deep understanding of ninjas, but he did know that Kumogakure was definitely not the weakest of these major ninja villages.

I'm only eliminating one, of course, because that's all I want to eliminate right now.

The others should be kept alive for now and raised until they are fattened up before slaughtering.

Once Konoha has cultivated enough administrative talent and no longer needs to rely on daimyo and nobles to govern the country, it can launch the final war to completely end the division of the ninja world and bring the entire ninja world under Konoha's rule.

As for why it's the Land of Lightning...

The main reason is that the Land of Lightning is relatively wealthy and rich in resources.

The Land of Earth is too barren, only slightly better than the Land of Wind.

However, since the Land of Water is located overseas, no matter how abundant its resources are, without a sufficiently strong infrastructure, it would be difficult to transport the Land of Water's resources to the Ninja World Continent on a large scale.

In addition, since Konoha and Kumogakure had the deepest enmity in the previous wars, it was natural for them to target the Land of Lightning.

However, there's no need to go into details about these things with Daiming.

I made up a few excuses to get by.

Seeing that Yagami Yoru was unwilling to budge an inch, the Daimyo repeatedly confirmed with Tsunade, and even had Tsunade personally vouch for him before finally signing the official document and agreeing to the conditions proposed by Konoha.

Chapter 218 Tsunade Returns to the Village, Physical Fitness Heals Her

The land of the Thousand Hands Clan.

Yoruichi Yagami used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Tsunade and Shizune back.

“Teacher, a few years ago I brought back a whirlpool orphan from outside the village, and he lives there now.”

Yagami Yoruichi pointed to a detached small building and said, "It's separated from the teacher's house by only one room, so it shouldn't affect the teacher. If the teacher feels uncomfortable, I'll find her another place to live."

When Tsunade left the village, she handed over the right to dispose of the Senju clan's territory to Yoruichi Yagami.

But ownership still belongs to Tsuna.

Now that Tsunade has returned, Kaori Uzumaki's stay in the Senju clan's territory naturally requires Tsunade's permission.

"The orphan of the Whirlpool?" Tsunade was taken aback.

"It was in the Land of Grass. When I met her, all the other members of her clan had been killed by the Grass Ninja, leaving her all alone."

Yagami Yoruichi gave a brief introduction to Uzumaki Kaori, saying, "Kaori should be attending classes at school now and will be back in the evening. If you're interested, I'll introduce you to her then."

"Hmm." Tsunade nodded with a complicated expression.

When she received the news of the destruction of the Swirl Kingdom, it was too late.

However, subsequent investigations revealed that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura had received prior intelligence and deliberately made the decision not to provide assistance.

They even deliberately kept it from Mito and Tsunade until the eve of the Uzumaki clan's annihilation, when they finally sent an ANBU to bring Kushina Uzumaki back.

It was because of this incident that Tsunade saw the darkness within Konoha's upper echelons and became utterly disappointed in her teacher.

After unexpectedly discovering that the deaths of Senju Nagato and Kato Dan were also intricately connected to Root, he finally made the decision to leave Konoha completely.

Tsunade always believed that after her grandmother Mito Uzumaki passed away, Kushina Uzumaki was the only remaining surviving member of the Uzumaki clan in the ninja world.

Unexpectedly, Yoruichi Yagami also found a girl from the Uzumaki clan.

"Is her name Kaori?" Tsunade asked with some curiosity. "Leave a shadow clone behind and introduce her to me when she comes back."

Yoruichi Yagami had important business to attend to; she needed to go to the Hokage Building to publicly announce the agreement she had reached with the Daimyo within Konoha's upper echelons.

"Just send the clone over there."

Yagami Yoruichi formed hand seals and created a wooden clone.

Seeing wood sprouting from Yagami Yoruichi's body and gradually transforming into her likeness, Tsunade's eyes widened in disbelief: "Wood clone?!"

"Don't you know, Master?" Yagami Yoruichi had been holding back all day, waiting for this moment. She deliberately feigned surprise and said, "I defeated the Third Raikage with Wood Release, and I also defeated Sunagakure. Haven't you heard of that, Master?"

"You brat, you're deliberately making fun of me, aren't you?!"

Tsunade could easily see that Yoruichi Yagami was doing this on purpose. She immediately clenched her fists and asked through gritted teeth, "Tell me, what's going on with your Wood Release?!"

"Haha, I don't know either. I just suddenly awakened during the battle with the Cloud Ninja." Yagami Yoruichi chuckled.

No matter who asks, this is the answer.

As for the rest, let others use their imaginations.

As expected, Tsunade failed to grasp the hidden meaning in Yagami Yoruichi's words. With a thoughtful expression, she said, "Your physique and chakra do indeed match the characteristics of the Senju clan. Could you really be a descendant of the Senju clan?"

Physique, chakra, and his signature Wood Release ability.

When Tsunade heard that Yagami Yoichi had 'awakened to his own will' and was not some kind of messy human experiment, she subconsciously concluded that Yagami Yoichi was a member of the Senju clan.

"Yoruichi," Tsunade suddenly asked, as if she had thought of something, "Do you want to acknowledge your ancestors and revert to the Senju surname?"

The Senju clan no longer exists; this was Tobirama Senju's order.

Tsunade didn't think much of it at first, since she herself didn't inherit the Senju surname. Only Joju was still a member of the Senju clan, but he died on the battlefield.

But seeing Yagami Yoruichi awaken with Wood Release, he couldn't help but think of his grandfather's family.

If Yagami Yoruichi could change her surname back to Senju, restoring the glory of the Senju clan would be a minor matter; more importantly, it would greatly elevate Yagami Yoruichi's status.

"Forget it, teacher, I don't even know who my parents are," Yagami Yoruichi said, shaking his head.

The family knows their own affairs.

His physique and Wood Release abilities come from the system and have absolutely nothing to do with the Senju clan.

There's no need to try and establish a connection with them.

If it gets exposed later, it will be embarrassing.

In the ninja world, strength is the most important thing.

As for background and lineage, these are fundamental factors that determine the upper limit of strength for others, but for Yagami Yoruichi, they are completely insignificant.

Tsunade's idea was only on a whim, and when Yoruichi Yagami didn't agree, she didn't bring it up again.

However, feeling somewhat embarrassed by being rejected by his disciple, he awkwardly said, "If you don't want to, then forget it. Don't make it seem like I'm forcing you to change your surname."

"Yes, yes, teacher, go and rest first. Don't let Jingyin handle everything."

Yagami Yoruichi gave a few perfunctory replies, and her clone took the signed agreement and rushed to the Hokage Building.

The agreement was signed smoothly as expected, and the allocation of funds and resources had already been decided, but it was still necessary to communicate with other senior executives.

……

That evening, Tsunade and Kaori Uzumaki 'reunited'.

Strictly speaking, the two are distant relatives.

However, since it was their first meeting, they were complete strangers and only exchanged pleasantries for a short while before running out of things to say.

Seeing that the two of them were a little uncomfortable with the awkward atmosphere, Yagami Yoruichi used the excuse of teaching Uzumaki Kaori how to train to bring her out.

"You have something to say?" Yagami Yoichi looked at Uzumaki Kaori.