My Villainous Life Starting with Naruto

Chapter 197 The Frontier of Civilization

"Gentlemen, please board the ship." The sailor in the coarse cloth shirt handed the key to Uchiha Shisui.

"Your private cabin is very quiet; those drunken ronin usually don't go there... By the way, does anyone on your team get seasick?"

The boys and girls shook their heads. Ninjas have excellent motor skills and chakra to regulate their metabolism, so they are basically not bothered by motion sickness.

The sailor breathed a sigh of relief:

"That's good. The seas in the middle of the ocean have been too rough lately. We'll have to endure a few tough days. Just don't get seasick, or we'll suffer."

Shisui smiled and thanked them, but after the sailors left, he did not go into the cabin. Instead, he and his companions leaned against the railing and looked out at the harbor.

The port is bustling, with busy stevedores everywhere, and a lively atmosphere permeates the entire dock. But if you look further out, you will see a stunningly different scene.

In the distance, there are buildings corroded by acid rain and microorganisms, with countless broken walls and ruins. If you have excellent eyesight, you can even see the pale bones buried in the soil.

—That's the site of Wochao Village!

When Konoha ninjas came here to board a boat, they would always feel uneasy when they saw the whirlpool ruins in the distance.

The relationship between the Uzumaki and Senju clans was quite good. When Mito Uzumaki married Hashirama Senju, the sealing technique scrolls that came with her dowry had to be transported by a caravan. To demonstrate the friendship between the Uzumaki clan and the Uzumaki clan, the classic green combat uniform of Konoha was printed with the Uzumaki clan crest on the back!

Even setting aside their close relationship with the Senju clan, the Uzumaki clan is a powerful and ancient family, strong enough to establish Uzushio Village and the Land of Whirlpools on their own.

But this glorious clan and nation were destroyed overnight.

The country was destroyed, the family was wiped out, and the people were killed and scattered to various places. The accumulated wealth and heritage were looted. Furthermore, due to the super war that once broke out, this land is no longer suitable for growing crops.

"Why did Uzushio Village and the Land of Whirlpools perish so quickly, and which forces were responsible?" Few people in the ninja world know this now. It is an absolute secret that is ten thousand times more tightly sealed than "the Nine-Tails has three tomoe in its eyes."

The few words in the book describe momentous events that changed the course of countless lives, but these events have long been lost to the dust of history.

However, due to its advantageous geographical location, the seaside side of the Whirlpool Country ruins was transformed into a large port, making a fortune every day. It is said that the underground gold exchange was built with money, and the Land of Fire also had a stake in it.

The large ship set sail and left the harbor. After a while, the dark silhouette of the mainland became blurred until it disappeared on the horizon.

The three members of the original Ninth Squad first enjoyed the sea breeze on the deck before returning to their cabin.

Life at sea is dull and monotonous. All you see are old cabins and the same old ocean. After the initial excitement wears off, it becomes quite boring.

It is worth mentioning that the sailor was right. When sailing to the middle of the ocean, the wind and waves were indeed strong. Even the large, well-built ships were rocking back and forth in the storm, helpless against the power of nature.

After some hardships, the sea finally calmed down, and after a few more days and nights, the ship slowly slowed down and finally anchored in the harbor.

—The Land of the Sea, we have arrived.

The three from Konoha disembarked, and after many days, they finally stepped onto the ground again.

This place is completely different from the Land of Fire. It is a country far from the center of the world. On the world map of the Ninja Academy, the Land of the Sea is right next to the border line. It is a true borderland of civilization.

As for the areas further out of the map, they are probably desolate wastelands with no human presence.

Stepping onto the beach, Shisui took a deep breath, his eyes suddenly turning scarlet, and the three tomoe slowly rotated.

The air was damp and slightly fishy, ​​the sun was very strong... Chakra was almost nonexistent.

"Use your chakra sparingly." Shisui glanced at the tattered Kirigakure flag stuck in the sand and walked at the front.

Although the Land of the Sea is on the periphery of the civilized world, it is rich in natural resources and has a highly developed fishing and animal husbandry industry. It has a variety of special products that sell very well throughout the ninja world. Even after deducting taxes, the Land of the Sea can still make a lot of money.

What truly earned the Land of the Sea the derogatory nickname of "remote fishing village" was that the people in this area could not synthesize chakra using physical and mental energy!

This is not a difference in innate talent, but some kind of deeper curse—not just in the land of the sea, but in other lands far from the center of the world, there is the same problem.

However, no matter the reason, the result is the same: without chakra, ninjas cannot be born, they will be excluded by the major powers, and it will be difficult for them to protect themselves.

In the past, in order to prevent trouble caused by foreign ninjas, the Land of the Sea would employ Kirigakure ninjas. The Land of Water even had a department specifically responsible for the security of the Land of the Sea. The relationship between the two countries was very harmonious, and the sea and water were inseparable.

However, a few years ago, Kirigakure suddenly closed its gates and became increasingly isolated, making it difficult for ninjas to leave. As a result, the Land of the Sea and the Land of Water gradually drifted apart.

Today, in this remote corner of civilization, ninjas are a rare and exotic species.

The three members of the original Team 9 were visiting the Land of the Sea for the first time. They were curious about everything here and were not in a hurry to find Hyuga Yuto. Instead, they walked around and, based on the information about the Land of the Sea provided by the village, first learned about the local customs and culture.

Having lived in the Land of Fire for so long, the Konoha ninjas subconsciously felt that the Land of the Sea must be very backward, like a primitive tribe, where fishermen would go out to sea with pitchforks to fight big fish and live a miserable life.

But as the trio traveled along, they discovered that the way of life in this country was very... civilized.

They carved out cliffs along the coast, inserted huge gears into the seawater, introduced rivers to drive the gears, and then used a unique chemical method to attract schools of fish. A fishing gear with a diameter of ten meters could yield hundreds of tons of fish a day.

The terrain of the Sea Kingdom is steep, so the fish caught cannot be sold far away on the spot. Most of them have to be made into dried fish or fish cakes, which are easy to preserve. Therefore, conveyor belts were built on both sides of the road. Workers put the fish into boxes, and the boxes are automatically raised to the processing point at a higher position, which is extremely labor-saving.

Unable to figure out the source of this thing's power, Uchiha Shisui couldn't help but activate his Sharingan to observe it closely. He then discovered that many devices were connected to the center of the island, drawing power from there. As for what exactly was in the center, whether it was an underwater vortex or a volcano or something, Shisui couldn't guess.

Although they couldn't see it, the three young ninjas from Konoha understood that although they lacked chakra, the Land of the Sea cleverly utilized the energy of nature, and the people there lived just as well... No, judging from the way the residents dressed, their quality of life was definitely higher than that of most civilians in the Land of Fire.

The so-called periphery is merely the periphery of the "ninja civilization".

(End of this chapter)