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

Chapter 96 Funding Issues

The daimyo is only responsible for collecting taxes; how could he know anything about governing a country?

If one knew how to govern a country, how could the country be filled with casinos, red-light districts, bandits, and outlaws?

I can't help but laugh whenever you talk about governing a country!

Such a great name is clearly unfit to govern a unified country, so the first article of this program was obviously approved by the Ning organization.

Tsunade didn't have any objections. Although she was a princess, she was conferred the title of princess by Hashirama and Tobirama, and in reality, she had nothing to do with the daimyo's family.

Since both Ningyuan and Orochimaru said that the daimyo should be destroyed, then the daimyo should indeed be destroyed.

"The establishment of a nation goes without saying, right?" Ning Yuan asked.

Orochimaru and Tsunade nodded in unison. "Now that you've unified the world, of course you should establish a nation."

You can't possibly establish a ninja village with a territory of millions of square kilometers.

"Training civilians is easy to understand, right?" Ning Yuan said, "Oh right, I'm talking about civilians who are different from ninjas, not civilian ninjas who are different from ninja clans."

"Train civilians to fight against ninja villages?" Orochimaru understood, since that was exactly what he was going to do in the future.

"Yes!" Ning Yuan nodded: "We can recruit comrades from the ninja villages, but the ninjas in the ninja villages have received education from the ninja villages since childhood and have been brainwashed by things such as the Will of Fire and the Will of Rock. We might not be able to recruit them and instead expose the organization."

Orochimaru's lips twitched; even the Will of Fire had become a brainwashing tool.

However, he also had to admit that the Will of Fire was indeed no match for Ning's organization's principles.

"Therefore, we must cultivate our own power. If we train 10,000 ninjas, we can fight against a village; if we train 100,000 ninjas, we can conquer the world!"

During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Obito only had 100,000 White Zetsu under his command!

"One hundred thousand ninjas." Tsunade was speechless: "Do you know how much it costs to train one hundred thousand ninjas?! The entire Hidden Leaf Village couldn't afford that many ninjas!"

"That's because you guys don't know how to make money!" Ning Yuan chuckled and asked softly, "Tsunade, do you have any drugs that can make men aroused?"

Tsunade rolled her eyes: "How old are you to need this?"

"It's not that I need it, it's that the organization needs it!" Ning Yuan said irritably. "Even if I wanted to, I couldn't use it!"

Tsunade thought about it and realized that made sense.

No matter how smart this child is, he's only five years old and can't do anything!

"Yes!" After thinking for a moment, Tsunade nodded.

She didn't actually need to research this, but the nobles of the Land of Fire would always seek Tsunade's help whenever they heard she was visiting.

After a while, Tsunade started to study it.

"If we have it, that's fine. What about the cost?" Ning Yuan asked.

"The medicinal herbs used are all very precious and rare. The cost per dose is at least 500,000 taels!" Tsunade said. "However, I usually sell them for 5 million taels. Anyway, those nobles have money!"

Ning Yuan was speechless. No wonder Tsunade wasn't short of money. With such a way of ripping off customers, how could she not have money?

"Look, this is a classic example of Konoha having a treasure trove but not knowing how to use it!" Ning Yuan said, "The Nara clan knows how to cultivate medicinal herbs, right? We can cultivate them on a large scale, then mass-produce them and distribute them worldwide. The price isn't outrageous either. We'll sell 50,000 taels per serving. With so many people in the world, selling 10 million servings a month isn't unreasonable, right? That's 500 billion!"

"This is still a sustainable business because those people need it every month."

"Aren't you underestimating my medical skills?!" Tsunade said, "While this isn't a complete cure, it should maintain the condition for a year or two!"

"That won't do. A month is enough, but it'd be better to change it to one day!" Ning Yuan shook his head. "500 taels per day per portion, that's 50 billion taels a day!"

Tsunade and Orochimaru exchanged a glance. This organization's leader is truly ruthless!

However, it really can make money.

What does 5 billion yen a day mean? The annual budget of Konoha Village doesn't even reach 5 billion yen!

Let alone 100,000 ninjas, we could afford to support a million!

After all, ninjas don't need to be paid!

By the way, if ninjas don't need to be paid, where does all the Fire Country's funding for Konoha go?

"Besides, we can sell all sorts of medicines—hemostatics, cough suppressants, cold remedies, you name it!" Ning Yuan said. "The pharmaceutical business alone could support ten more Konoha villages!"

Tsunade remained silent. What he said made so much sense that she was speechless.

It's worth noting that Merck's annual profit is $145 billion, and that's despite having numerous competitors.

If Konoha were to get involved in medicine, what would it be like?

monopoly!

Who dares to pirate Konoha's medicine? They'd rather die!

Other ninja villages might be able to pirate it, but given how impoverished other countries are, how could their production costs be as low as those of the Land of Fire?

If we can't sell the medicine from the Land of Fire, producing it will be a loss-making endeavor. Competing with the Land of Fire is tantamount to suicide!

"Besides that, we can also work on steel and metallurgy. Does Uncle Snake have any metal formulas?" Ning Yuan asked.

Orochimaru nodded. He did indeed have one; it was left over from when the Second Hokage forged the Thunder God Sword, and he had made some improvements to it.

"We can build a large number of steel mills. The profits from steel mills may not be high, but steel can be turned into weapons in an instant. In other words, we've also solved the weapons problem!"

Orochimaru and Tsunade both fell silent.

With money and weapons, training civilians doesn't seem so difficult after all!

"Wait a minute!" Orochimaru finally realized something: "How do we solve the teacher's problem?"

"That's right!" Tsunade's eyes lit up. "With 100,000 ninjas, even if each ninja teaches 100 people, that's still 1,000 teachers! Where are we going to get so many teachers?"

"You've been the Three Legendary Sannin for so many years, don't you have any subordinates or anything like that?" Ning Yuan asked.

"We do have them, but we can't use them during peacetime. As for hiring them through missions, that won't work either. We have to report all our missions in detail to the Third Hokage, unless we take action against him right now!" Orochimaru said, looking at Tsunade.

If you nod, we'll do it!

"If a coup is launched, can you guarantee that you will become Hokage?" Ning Yuan asked.

Orochimaru and Tsunade exchanged a glance, then shook their heads.

That's really not possible.

It's not even certain whether the coup will succeed.

After all, Ning Yuan's claim that Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly harmed Nawaki and Dan Kato was merely their speculation.

Tsunade believed it, but the other ninjas and ninja clans did not.

Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to establish a family-run empire, so much so that Ebisu explicitly stated that he wanted Konohamaru to become Hokage (during Pain's invasion). However, this was a future event and could not be used to sue Hiruzen.

The third generation killed Sakumo Hatake? Then the only option left is to win over Kakashi.

Because Sakumo Hatake was not a main force during World War II, and the main battlefield was in the Land of Rain, he didn't have many loyal subordinates in Sunagakure, where the main battlefield was in Sunagakure.

As for using Danzo to sue the Third Hokage?

That's even more useless; the third generation can just pass the buck.

In short, they had no reason that the villagers would accept for three generations to step down.

"Oh, right!" Ning Yuan turned to Tsunade, "Didn't I have Minato Namikaze on my list? Did you invite him?"

"No!" Tsunade shook her head. "Jiraiya isn't on your list. Minato just became Jiraiya's apprentice, so it's not convenient for me to see him. Is there anything special about this person?"

"He's definitely special!" Ning Yuan nodded. "Because he's the Fourth Hokage. If we can recruit him into the organization, we won't need a coup. Once Minato takes over, dealing with a retired Hokage will be much easier!"

"What?" Tsunade and Orochimaru were both taken aback. Tsunade then looked at Orochimaru and asked, "Shouldn't the Fourth Hokage be Orochimaru?"

Orochimaru also fell silent. He also felt that it was himself, and he didn't even care that his rival was Sakumo Hatake, since Sakumo Hatake wasn't as intelligent as him.

But Minato Namikaze.

Jiraiya's disciple? Who is that?!

"Don't underestimate him!" Ning Yuan laughed. "In the world today, if we're talking about talent for learning ninjutsu, I'm number one, he's number two. If we're talking about combat talent, he's number one. And if we're talking about talent for developing ninjutsu, he can easily be in the top three!"

"What's more, his teacher is Jiraiya, and his wife is the Nine-Tails!"

"Finally, the Third Hokage still has many years before his abdication. Minato's strength hasn't fully developed yet, but what if we give him another ten years?"

"When Orochimaru is sealed in Root to study Hashirama's cells, and Tsunade can't go to the front lines because of her hemophobia, Minato's talent will be fully realized on the battlefield, killing indiscriminately and receiving awards. At that time, who will become Hokage? Is there even a question?"

Orochimaru remained silent for a long time before looking at Tsunade.

Tsunade nodded: "Ning Yuan has met Minato, and Jiraiya did indeed boast to me that his newly accepted disciple is very talented!"

In short, Minato's talent has at least been proven by these two people.

"Phew," Orochimaru let out a long sigh and asked, "Even so, I'm still the most suitable, aren't I?"

After all, besides his military achievements, he also has seniority.

"Your prestige is too high, you have too many loyal subordinates, and you're also too intelligent to be easily controlled!" Ning Yuan laughed. "Minato is different. He's just achieved merit and hasn't had time to gather his own followers yet. He's practically all alone. Besides, his age is a major drawback. The Third Hokage can use his youth as an excuse to temporarily manage Hokage affairs and prevent Minato from ruling in his own right for the next three to five years."

"What's the use?" Orochimaru asked. "Minato will take over the reins sooner or later, won't he?"

"Then let's find a way to make him step down again!!" Ning Yuan shrugged. "His wife is the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki. When a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki gives birth, the seal will loosen. Minato and Kushina will definitely get married and have children during peacetime. If the Nine-Tails leaks its power and runs around the village, Minato will have to take the blame for not keeping a close watch on it."

Orochimaru fell silent.

Should I call Ningyuan a hater, or a hater of the third generation?

But based on his understanding of teachers, it seemed that teachers were actually capable of doing such things.

"Although the Nine-Tails' seal may loosen, Kushina's sealing techniques are powerful, and she has awakened the Adamantine Sealing Technique, so it's not certain that it will," Tsunade said.

"Guess who delivered Kushina's baby?"

Tsunade fell silent.

The Nine-Tails is a secret, and the Hokage's wife giving birth is an even bigger event, so the person who delivered Kushina's baby must have been an extremely trusted medical ninja.

For example, yourself!

But I have hemophobia.

If we exclude myself, the only medical ninja qualified to know the Nine-Tails' secrets and qualified to deliver Kushina's baby is: Sarutobi Biwako!

"Look, I've even told you how to convince Kushina!" Ning Yuan laughed. "And while you're at it, let's bring Kushina into the organization too!"

Tsunade rolled her eyes and said irritably, "You're not allowed to make a move on her!"

Ning Yuan was speechless. Am I really that shameless?

Looking at Orochimaru, Orochimaru shifted his gaze, "Stop looking. You can even have your eye on Tsunade, who is 25 years older than you. What else are you incapable of doing?"

(End of this chapter)