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

Chapter 75 Tsunade Begins to Take Action

Verifying the cyclical law of the ninja world is very costly. At the very least, it requires knowing how much money each country's daimyo supported each ninja village, and then obtaining the number of active ninjas in each ninja village before a conclusion can be drawn.

Furthermore, this investigation cannot begin from Konoha, because the Land of Fire provides Konoha with sufficient funds, and it is always the other villages that invade Konoha first.

But if the previous one is correct, how could this one be wrong?

Moreover, is Konoha really not short of money?

Tsunade recalled a story she had heard before: there was a genin who became so poor that no one wanted to team up with him for missions that he had to kneel down and beg others to team up with him.

What does this incident illustrate?

This shows that Konoha has so many ninjas that even genin (lower-ranking ninjas) cannot carry out missions without forming teams.

If Konoha didn't have many ninjas, there wouldn't be such a rule. The village would love for each person to be able to carry out seventeen or eighteen missions!

It's clear that the village has many ninjas, but not enough funds, which actually meets the conditions for launching a war.

So why didn't the village wage war against other countries?

Substitute into the formula.

Would it be beneficial for Konoha to wage war against other countries?

No!

The Land of Wind is all desert, the Land of Earth is all rock, the Land of Lightning is all mountains, and the Land of Water is far overseas. They are all barren places that you don't even want to look at. Even if you conquer such places, you don't want them. You would have to send people to guard them, which is not worth the effort!

So, would it benefit the Sarutobi clan if Konoha launched a war against other countries?

nor!

With a Hokage in the Sarutobi clan, one can maintain a high position without even going to the battlefield, and all procedures are legal and legitimate.

The method is simple: no mistakes are considered merits, small merits are turned into big merits, and even failed missions can be whitewashed as follows: although Sarutobi's mission failed this time, he successfully uncovered the enemy village's conspiracy or discovered a certain ninja's secret.

Good news for funerals, good news for celebrations.

Anyway, the enemy village can't possibly come out and say I didn't have it, and even if they did, it wouldn't matter.

In short, even without war, the Sarutobi clan has made significant contributions.

But once war breaks out, the situation is reversed.

The Sarutobi clan is afraid of death, so they are mostly responsible for medical care, logistics, and transportation. Even if they exaggerate their achievements, the result is still the same.

Even if you try to suppress the ninjas on the front lines, everyone's eyes aren't blind; they all see who has made what contributions.

Moreover, those responsible for reporting credit are usually frontline leaders, such as Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade. With their minds full of the Will of Fire, they would never consider things from Hiruzen Sarutobi's perspective.

Even in this situation, Hiruzen Sarutobi could still find a way to suppress it.

Even so, there is still one exception.

For example, someone might kill a high-ranking official on the other side, or the high-ranking official's famous son and daughter-in-law, and instantly become famous in five countries.

How can you suppress such merit? You can't suppress it!

Therefore, in order to protect the interests of his clan and to prevent commoner ninjas or ninjas from other clans from easily rising to prominence, Hiruzen Sarutobi would never allow Konoha to initiate a war.

Even Yahiko and Madara might not love peace as much as he does.

Having figured this out, Tsunade also figured out another problem.

Why is it that in every major war, even though we are the victors, we never receive war reparations, and all the post-war peace agreements treat the enemy like royalty?

Logically speaking, shouldn't this be beneficial to Konoha and the Sarutobi clan as well?

Not also!

If you reap huge benefits from every war, won't that fuel the war-loving desires of the other ninjas in the village? Eventually, everyone will want to fight, and you won't be able to suppress it even if you try.

It's better to stay as it is now, since there's no benefit to winning, so everyone has become a pacifist.

perfect!

"Phew!" After only two encounters with Ning Yuan, Tsunade felt a huge change in herself.

His personality has improved; he has become more composed and thoughtful.

In the past, upon learning the truth, she would have stormed into the Hokage Building and beaten that old man to death on the spot.

Now, however, she is able to patiently study, analyze, and think about the reasons behind it.

It's like seeing the light of wisdom and wanting to try to get closer to it.

Otherwise, I would really feel like an idiot!

"There are still some things I don't understand, but I'm too lazy to think about them. Since he made the decision, there must be a reason for it!" Tsunade glanced at the sixteen-character mantra, picked it up, and threw it into the furnace.

Now that we've acknowledged him, let's do our best to contribute to the Ning organization.

How far can this organization develop under the leadership of such a genius?

I'm so curious!

There were three names on the paper: Orochimaru, Sakumo Hatake, and Minato Namikaze.

So here's the question: why isn't Jiraiya included?

He's too young to know me?

Impossible. Not to mention that World War II had just ended, the legendary Sannin of Konoha were famous throughout the world, and there couldn't possibly be anyone in Konoha who didn't know them.

Orochimaru is already on this paper, and with Tsunade added to the mix, he already has two of the three legendary Sannin of Konoha. How could he possibly leave out Jiraiya?

"With his intelligence, it's impossible for him to make such a miscalculation. It can only be that he did it on purpose. He really didn't intend to bring Jiraiya into Ning's organization."

So, why?

Did Jiraiya not love peace either?

Or is it because Jiraiya likes me?

That's certainly a possibility, and a very likely one at that, since what man doesn't get jealous?

But Ning Yuan shouldn't be that kind of person, right?

There must be another reason.

Tsunade frowned, carefully examined herself and Orochimaru, and then thought about Jiraiya.

The three of them began studying under a master at the age of seven and remained so until World War II. While they weren't inseparable, their relationship was definitely closer than that of many blood brothers.

Therefore, she also knows Orochimaru and Jiraiya very well.

However, all she knew before was their combat strength and skills, and then she was thinking about how to cooperate with them.

Now Tsunade began to ponder the personalities of the two men, their views on the Third Hokage, and their views on the village.

Without a doubt, the three of them share a common love for the village, and none of them are less than the others.

Even the taciturn and cold-blooded Orochimaru is the same.

However, the three men had different attitudes toward the third generation.

Tsunade hadn't taken it seriously before, since she always called the Third Hokage "Master" and never "Master".

Now that she knows the truth, Tsunade feels nothing but anger and hatred towards the Third Hokage.

Orochimaru likely had respect for the Third Hokage, and perhaps some affection as well, but not much.

Orochimaru yearns for knowledge and forbidden techniques.

On the contrary, Jiraiya, who usually seems unreliable and disrespectful to the Third Hokage, is actually the one who loves the Third Hokage the most.

That's how it is now, at least for now.

Ultimately, Tsunade is a princess of the Senju clan, and Orochimaru is a genius; neither of them received much help from the Third Hokage on their path to adulthood.

Whether Tsunade has this master or not is the same; the Senju family doesn't lack such a teacher.

For Orochimaru, having this teacher is certainly good, but without him, he'll just progress a little slower, though he'll eventually catch up.

As for Jiraiya, it can be said that without Hiruzen Sarutobi, there would be no Jiraiya today.

Don't say that he rose to prominence because of summoning techniques. If Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't taken him as a disciple, he would never have known how to form hand seals for summoning techniques in his entire life.

"In that case, Jiraiya is indeed not suitable to join the Ning organization." After all, this organization is going to kill the Hokage in the future.

As for the remaining two...

Ning Yuan predicted that Hatake Sakumo would be plotted against by the Third Hokage, so he decided to wait until Sakumo was plotted against before inviting him. Right now, Sakumo was full of enthusiasm and wouldn't believe Ning Yuan's words.

As for Minato Namikaze, isn't he Kushina's boyfriend?

Tsunade tapped the table and summoned her summoning beast: "Slug-sama, please deliver a message to Orochimaru for me."

She didn't know or understand Minato, so she had to learn about him through Kushina first before trying to get to know him.

As for Orochimaru, we can invite him directly.

Although she wasn't confident she could get Orochimaru to join her organization, she could at least guarantee he wouldn't go around talking nonsense.

As for how to persuade Orochimaru, let's give it a try first.

(End of this chapter)