Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 26 News

Regardless of what Sunagakure thinks, these people come begging to be slaughtered. Even though the meat is indeed lean and not very juicy, they're all begging to be slaughtered. If they don't take advantage of them, who else would they take advantage of?

However, to be fair, compared to Kirigakure, which is surrounded by the sea and has enough seafood to support a country, Sunagakure in the Land of Wind really has nothing.

If we're talking about special products, then it's the desert, and then there are things like desert cacti and desert camels.

The main problem is that there's no oil in this desert; it's just a plain desert, which makes it very uncomfortable.

The essence of the Wind Kingdom lies in its northwest, an oasis with a river flowing down from the snow-capped mountains. It is also rich in minerals and resources.

But these are the daimyo of the Land of Wind.

Sunagakure Village? We're already being generous by giving you a piece of land to build your village. Don't push your luck. We definitely won't give you more.

Although the Land of Wind provides a sum of money each year, it's really not much.

Therefore, Sunagakure is in a state of perpetually dreaming of digging up gold in the desert.

But now it's not a dream anymore. The terms agreed upon by Konoha and Kirigakure were not kept secret. Kirigakure was afraid that Konoha would renege on the agreement after signing, so they announced them on the same day they were signed.

You Ya thought, "Oh ho, you're afraid others won't know I tricked you? Fine, let's make it public then."

So the other major countries and other smaller countries also saw it.

The Sand Village began to ponder this.

Logically speaking, we are a major power. If Konoha is afraid that Kirigakure will join the war, so they're pulling this stunt to buy time (undoubtedly, the Sunagakure leadership also believes that this is Konoha's way of buying time), then we can do that too.

You have to get one for us too.

If you don't deal with us, we'll send troops to attack you!

Thus, the Sand Village ended up begging to be scammed.

You Ya readily agreed.

Tobirama Senju was completely relieved.

Of the five great powers, the Wind Kingdom and the Water Kingdom have just signed a treaty with us, so it's definitely impossible for them to fight.

Then I can free up my hands to deal with your Land of Lightning and Land of Earth.

As a result, Konoha Village's momentum surged once again.

This was at the end of summer.

From the beginning to the end of summer, Konoha maneuvered in this war and finally determined that the other two countries would not participate in the war. The results were remarkable. And what the end of summer means is self-evident.

Yes, the rice is ripe.

It's time to prepare for the rice harvest.

But at that very moment, a major event occurred.

A squad from Iwagakure killed another squad from Kirigakure.

The situation is quite simple: since the agreement wasn't reached before, it's still possible that the ninjas from Kirigakure will continue to participate in the war.

Therefore, there are still several hundred Kirigakure ninja troops in the combined forces of Iwagakure and Kumogakure.

Many people were already dissatisfied that they weren't going to the front lines, since they were still eating the food provided by the allied forces every day.

Later, news came from Kirigakure that they would not fight Konoha anymore and would withdraw.

This infuriated both Iwagakure and Kumogakure.

You guys have been eating our food for almost three months and then you say you're not fighting anymore?!

Although the number of people was not large, they were still angry.

However, considering that they were already struggling to deal with Konoha, they were even less likely to be able to fight Kirigakure. Therefore, the Allied Forces leadership decided to tolerate the situation and send the ninjas back.

As a result, if these Hidden Mist Village ninjas simply received orders and left, then nothing would happen to them.

But they insisted on having another meal at the Allied camp.

What's wrong? Did Kirigakure not feed you? You insist on mooching a meal, huh? (To be fair, the food in Kirigakure is really bad. After all, people live off the land and water. Most of the food in Kirigakure is seafood, and if you eat too much of that, you'll feel like you smell like fish.)

As a result, the Iwagakure village, which was in charge of logistics, only gave half the usual amount. The people of Kirigakure village were not full and asked for more food. Then, the Iwagakure ninja, who had a bad temper, ignited the powder keg with a "Screw you!"

Then came the incident of directly killing a squad of Hidden Mist Village ninjas.

When the Tsuchikage and Raikage heard this news, they were stunned.

What is this?

Does Tian Du help Konoha?

When Youya learned of this, he was quite amazed.

In the original history, during the first Shinobi World War, the Land of Earth clashed with the Land of Water. The Tsuchikage and the Mizukage perished together, but the reason for their confrontation is unclear.

It certainly won't be like this time, where a fight breaks out over a little bit of food.

However, it has still happened. It's likely that these two diametrically opposed countries will clash again.

Wow, the power of history to correct itself is terrifying.

And that is indeed the case.

The Second Mizukage, Gengetsu Hozuki, has a fiery temper, as evidenced by his near-brawl with Konoha.

How could they tolerate having an entire full squad from Kirigakure wiped out?!

You, Tsuchikage, must hand over the person.

The Second Tsuchikage also had something to say: What kind of people are you from Kirigakure?

They've been eating and drinking for free for three months, and now that it's rice harvesting season, they don't even offer to help. They're just trying to run away. Fine, they'll leave, but they still want a meal before they go. Are they some kind of reincarnated starving ghost?!

There's absolutely no way I'm handing him over! If you're so tough, come and demand him yourself!

Then the Second Mizukage, not one to tolerate you, actually led his men and charged over.

Tobirama Senju even suspected that this guy might be planning to use this as an excuse to start a fight with us.

However, the Second Mizukage truly kept his word, passing right through Konoha's defense zone without even glancing at it, and continued westward.

Thus, a country in the far northwest of the ninja world map, and a country in the far southeast of the ninja world map, fought a fierce battle in the far north of the Land of Fire, a battle that darkened the sky and obscured the sun and moon.

Seeing this, Tobirama Senju and the Second Raikage had a lot to say, but in the end, their words turned out to be:

Let's call a truce for now. I'll go back and harvest the rice first, then come back to fight.

Harvesting the rice, and while we're at it...

Let's watch the excitement.

Thus, in the early autumn of the seventeenth year of Konoha, the headline of the first issue of the first journal of the Ninja News, founded by Yua, was:

[Shocking! The Second Mizukage and the Second Tsuchikage clash, and the reason is...]

The people of Konoha had never seen anything like this before, and they immediately bought out all two thousand copies of the first issue of the newspaper...

This so-called ninja report has no barriers to entry; it doesn't require printing techniques or engraving. A ninja can handle it with just one ninjutsu.

However, such institutions are still necessary.

After all, every country needs institutions that allow people to pass the time and control public opinion.

Of course, because the barrier to entry is not high, it is estimated that other major countries will catch up quickly.

Well, that's fine too. It created some ninja jobs in other countries.

Now...

I'll watch the show first...

……

In the autumn of the seventeenth year of Konoha, Yuya returned to Konoha.

He returned to visit his teacher's wife, Mito Uzumaki.

At the same time, they received news: "The Land of Whirlpools wants you, Master's wife, to return?!"

You Ya frowned decisively.

This land of whirlpools...

What do you want?!

Damn it, I thought a message popped up in the author's backend for a recommendation, but it turned out to be a contest for fanfiction, and a fantasy one at that! When are they going to hold a light novel fanfiction contest? Even if I don't win, just being a participant in the denominator would be good enough.

(End of this chapter)