Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 209 Sand Village Transformation - Encountering Black Zetsu

Because this surrender was a complete surrender, the entire village would have to submit to the Ning organization. There was no other party involved, so naturally there was no need for any agreement or contract.

Just have Chiyo announce the news in front of all the ninjas and villagers.

To her surprise, after the news was announced, few ninjas showed grief and sadness; most were actually beaming with joy, as if it were New Year's Day.

Chiyo didn't dare ask Ning Yuan in detail in front of him. After everything settled down, she went to find out and learned that while they were negotiating, a large number of villagers had already left Sunagakure and told the ninjas outside about the good deeds of Ning's organization.

The ninjas below have long since surrendered!

It was only then that Chiyo realized what had happened, still shaken.

As expected, Ning's organization's platform was real; they didn't need any high-ranking nobles at all. If I hadn't agreed back then, I really would have died!

From then on, she completely abandoned some unrealistic ideas. After cooperating with Ning's organization to stabilize the situation in Sunagakure, she took her younger brother and left Sunagakure for Kyoto in the Land of Fire.

She had to go take care of her grandson.

In fact, leaving is also a form of cooperation. As long as the elders are gone, even if there are still ninjas in Sunagakure who want to cause trouble, they can't do so without someone with prestige.

The Ning organization had already completed its plans for Sunagakure and the Land of Wind. Now that they had taken over the Land of Wind, they only needed to make slight modifications to suit the local conditions before they could put them to use.

On that day, the Sand Village ninjas and Konoha ninjas returned to the battlefield together, removed all the traps and poisons from the battlefield, and restored the trade route.

Then, a large amount of supplies were transported from the Land of Fields and the Land of Rivers to the Land of Wind.

A simple road was quickly laid out, followed by a large, professional road-paving team.

They started digging simultaneously from Sunagakure, the Land of Rice Fields, the Land of Rivers, and even the area between the two, extending outwards at a rate of 10 kilometers per day at each point, and 40 kilometers per day across the four points.

Three highways leading to the land of rivers and one to the land of fields were expanding rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In addition, a large amount of supplies traveled with the fleet to the bay northwest of the Land of Wind.

This place is at a high latitude, so it should theoretically be covered in ice and snow all year round. However, the seawater here comes from warm tropical ocean currents. Therefore, this bay in the northwest of Sunagakure is actually a natural ice-free harbor that is free of ice all year round.

Unfortunately, due to the small population of Sunagakure, the scarcity of resources for external forces, or the lack of vision and decisiveness of its leaders, this ice-free port has not been utilized until the arrival of Ning's organization today.

Ning's organization planned this place as a port city in the northwest region, connecting the Land of Demons, the Land of Snow, and other far-northern countries. A large amount of supplies were transported here, and a large number of engineering teams were also transported here by ship.

The Sand Village ninjas thought that with the country gone and the elders gone, their lives would be plunged into hardship.

Unexpectedly, the influx of supplies caused local prices to plummet, reducing the cost of living by countless times. Then, the construction sites that were underway everywhere created countless new jobs.

Honestly, you can earn more money working on a construction site for a month than you would for a C-level or even B-level job.

The key is that this job is safe!

Even Jonin would be eager to do this kind of job.

That's right, they can do A-level and even S-level missions, and earn more money that way.

However, Sunagakure didn't have any A-rank missions before; they were given S-rank missions instead.

There are some on the battlefield, but a golden flash might randomly spawn and fight you. You might get the mission but not make it back!

Moreover, the work on the construction site is not only something ninjas can do, but ordinary people can do it too.

The villagers, who used to be confined to their homes and relied entirely on ninjas for sustenance, now have income. With income, they naturally feel a sense of belonging to the Ning organization that provides them with jobs.

As a result, in less than a week, many people stopped identifying themselves as villagers of Sunagakure and started calling themselves members of the Ning Organization, even though no ceremony was held and they were just affiliated villagers.

Not a moment was spent grieving over the fall of the village; the ones rushing to the construction site now were the laborers from Sunagakure!

While the ninjas and villagers of Sunagakure were busy at the construction site, the high-ranking members of the Ning organization were also busy.

That day, Ning Yuan received a person who was shrouded in a robe, making it impossible to see his figure or face clearly.

"Ning Yuan, what is the purpose of summoning me here?"

"I have someone here who needs you to arrange a place for them to be taken care of!"

Before the words were even finished, the newcomer immediately became agitated: "What did you say? You want me to take care of people? Do you know how busy I am? I need to transmit knowledge to 100,000 White Zetsu one by one, arrange locations, review the intelligence they send, afraid that any important information will be missed, and I'm also in charge of creating that 'Returning Home Daily' newspaper. Even if I don't need to sleep or rest, you can't exploit me like this!"

"I see!" Ning Yuan nodded. "In that case, it seems I've indeed assigned you a lot of work. Well then, I'll leave this One-Tailed Jinchuriki to someone else to take care of!"

"What?" The newcomer paused, then asked, "What did you say?"

"I'm telling you, you really have too much work. You should find someone to help you share the load!"

"No, no, no, I clearly heard something... A One-Tailed Jinchuriki?"

"Yes, but you're very busy!"

"No, no, I'm not busy at all. I'm just taking care of someone. I'm good at it. I once took care of an old man who was partially paralyzed for decades!"

"Don't you feel tired?"

"I don't think so!"

"Don't you find it troublesome?"

"I don't think so!!"

"That's good. If you feel I'm exploiting you, be sure to speak up. Our organization values ​​democracy and would never do anything that exploits people to the point of death!"

"Yes, yes, I wasn't exploited. Hand the person over to me!"

"Um!"

"Black Zetsu, is it really necessary? Wherever a One-Tailed Jinchuriki lives doesn't matter, does it?"

That's right, the person under the robe is none other than Hei Jue, who is currently the Minister of Intelligence of the Ning Organization.

His 100,000 White Zetsu are perfectly suited for intelligence work.

"I still feel more at ease having it under my watchful eye!"

"Alright!" Ning Yuan waved his hand, not really valuing a one-tailed creature.

He now understands Hashirama Senju a little better. When you are strong enough, you really don't care about the nine tailed beasts. If he didn't know that the nine tailed beasts could be combined into the ten tailed beasts, he might have done something like splitting the tailed beasts away.

"How's the intelligence network going?" Ning Yuan asked again.

"People have been assigned to every city, not only ours, but also those from other countries!" Black Zetsu said. "However, before, 100,000 White Zetsu seemed like a lot, but now, after being divided up, there are only a few in each city!"

"One hundred thousand White Zetsu is indeed a bit too few!" Ning Yuan nodded.

Look at the KGB, CIA, FBI, aren't they all intelligence organizations with hundreds of thousands, even millions of people?

The Land of Light and Fire has three thousand towns. If the population of one hundred thousand is divided equally among them, there are only thirty towns in each town. There aren't even enough towns to supervise all the officials!

That's right, Black Zetsu's intelligence department operates not only externally but also internally.

After all, the White Zetsu group is neither greedy for money nor lustful; they are absolutely loyal, cannot be corrupted, and cannot be won over.

Sending them to the battlefield would be the biggest waste of their lives.

"Is there a way to transform White Zetsu?" Ning Yuan asked.

"As it stands, only the Ten-Tails can do it; even the Ten-Tails' husk won't do!" Black Zetsu said.

"Fine, then we'll just have to make do with this for now!" Ning Yuan sighed.

The Ning organization currently controls a population of less than 500 million, which is far too few for Ningyuan, which is accustomed to a population of over 1 billion.

Therefore, even if nobles, criminals, hooligans, and wandering ninjas from various countries committed heinous crimes, he would not kill them. Instead, he would plant a curse mark on them, reshape their values, and transfer knowledge to them, transforming them into cursed beings.

However, no cursed person is as useful as a white Zetsu. At least most cursed people do not have the talent to cultivate chakra, and their combat power and stealth are not as good as white Zetsu.

"What were the reactions of other countries to our annexation of Sunagakure?" Ning Yuan asked again.

"They're probably still observing!" Black Jue said. "Because we've been so aggressive in catching spies, they only know that some things have happened, but they don't know the specific details or the whole story, so they'll probably continue to observe."

"Let's wait and see!" Ning Yuan shook his head. "What are we waiting for? Let's put some pressure on them and force them to take the field!"

"What do you mean?" Hei Jue asked.

"Winter Operation, Begin!"

(End of this chapter)