Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 386 The Land of Birds

Hiruzen Sarutobi truly hadn't expected that his deliberate attempt to change the subject would have such a positive effect.

This incident was so humiliating for him that he has been too ashamed to face anyone for the past few days.

He only came to find Youya because he couldn't avoid it.

After all, once the year-end review is completed, he needs to come and sign to indicate that there are no problems before the various year-end bonuses and rewards can be distributed to the Sarutobi clan.

Since he couldn't avoid it, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt he might as well take the initiative to talk things out with Yua.

The results were surprisingly good.

Why would Yua be interested in that airship from the Bird Kingdom?

Doesn't that thing overlap with the purpose of their Konoha Village's airplanes?

However, he did manage to change the subject successfully.

Of course, what Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't expect was that Yua didn't care about the trivial matters of their Sarutobi clan at all.

Which family hasn't had someone who brought shame upon it?

To be honest, it's hard for Yua to believe that Hiruzen Sarutobi's family, which controls such a huge treasure trove as Konoha Bank, has only had a few minor corruption incidents over the years.

For You Ya, embezzlement was indeed a minor matter.

Because he can recover the money that was embezzled.

What You Ya is afraid of is that these guys will circulate the money to other places.

For example, other countries or villages such as Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village) and Iwagakure (Hidden Rock Village).

However, Yuya is actually quite looking forward to these people transferring their wealth. When the time comes, Yuya will find a group of Raikage and Tsuchikage and directly turn the tables on these people, freezing all the assets they have transferred overseas.

That should be a great deterrent to these people's ill intentions.

Unfortunately, Konoha Village ultimately developed better than other villages, and even if these guys were greedy, they were unwilling to put their money in other villages.

This left Youya somewhat helpless.

Oh, by the way, similar situations naturally occur in other villages as well.

However, if the amount involved is not large, then these people are honored guests of Konoha Village. Unless the amount involved is in the billions or tens of billions, Yua will not cooperate with other villages. Otherwise, theoretically, Yua would not allow other villages to arrest these people.

Not only is the money small, but coordinating the arrangements is also very troublesome.

Once the person is sent back, various places will need to be searched. The manpower and resources alone may cost tens of millions or even hundreds of millions to conduct the investigation. There is no need to waste time on these small fry.

Okay, let's get back to the main topic.

In short, what was a huge deal for Hiruzen Sarutobi was nothing to Yua.

As for airships...

Youya really needs this thing.

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The Bird Country is a country located northwest of the Wind Country and southwest of the Earth Country, and its area is not small.

The country's status and environment are not particularly favorable.

Their country's topography can be roughly described as a series of uneven mountain ranges, but for some reason, there are always cracks between the mountains. The basin in the central area is the only place in this country that can be considered suitable for human habitation.

And this basin is indeed the capital of the Bird Kingdom.

For this reason, the Bird Country has been basically behaving like a grandson to the Wind and Earth Countries every day for the past twenty years.

We have no choice but to pretend, because of some bastard, chakra cannons have been deployed in various ninja villages. And we know that the land of birds is full of broken ground, and the only place where people can live is that basin. So if war breaks out, if you were from another country, where would you fire the cannon?

Therefore, the Bird Kingdom basically pays protection fees to the Wind and Earth Kingdoms every year.

But precisely because of this, the people of the Bird Country do not want to live such a life.

But what can they do?

Given their country's geographical location and topography, what can they do?

Finally, someone stepped forward and suggested that they try to get the citizens of the Bird Kingdom to fly into the sky; once they were in the air, they would be safe.

Oh, by the way, the person who came up with this idea came to Konoha to study twenty years ago, in Konoha Year 35. You could say he was among the earliest group of people to study in Konoha.

At that time, almost every student who came to study abroad would be persuaded to stay after their allotted time. Over the years, some students from other villages who came to Konoha to study decided to stay and never leave.

However, there are also those who are selfless and want to make their country better.

Take, for example, the current king of the Bird Kingdom.

He was determined to make the Bird Kingdom stronger, and even after the first airship was successfully developed, he thought about causing trouble for the Wind and Earth Kingdoms.

However, he eventually calmed down.

After all, that thing called the Chakra Cannon is really scary.

However, he did not give up on the idea.

Letting the country develop in a conventional manner is certainly one approach, but that's precisely where the problem lies.

too slow.

Where can you find something faster than snatching it?!

Therefore, the current king of the Bird Kingdom decided to vigorously develop airships.

He wants to develop an airship that is bigger and stronger.

In fact, he succeeded.

A few years ago, after the king of the Bird Kingdom developed the latest generation of large airships, he was overjoyed, thinking that he could cause trouble for the kingdoms of Wind and Earth.

After all, his airship this time was large enough to carry more than 20,000 people.

Although his country has a population of over 100,000, if he builds a few more ships, wouldn't that make his country invincible?!

How can people from other countries resist a nation that's in the air?!

Then, the king of the Bird Kingdom prepared to do everything in his power to build the second ship first, while occasionally crossing the border between the Wind and Earth Kingdoms, which, in short, was to provoke the nerves of the Wind and Earth Kingdoms.

After testing the waters and building the second airship to increase the margin for error, the King of Bird Kingdom felt he could finally explore the strengths and weaknesses of the Land of Wind and Earth.

Then I'll threaten him, saying I don't want much, just the cost of materials for two airships.

Can they refuse to give it to them?!

Then use the newly acquired money to continue building and threatening, hey, it's practically a perpetual motion machine!

Then, Youya said he wanted to test-fly the rocket.

The King of the Bird Kingdom looked completely bewildered. What was this rocket thing?

Then he stared blankly as Konoha Village sent something directly to the moon.

The king of the Bird Kingdom was dumbfounded.

No way, are you guys cheating?!

This actually works?!

The King of the Land of Birds isn't stupid. If Konoha Village can send rockets to the moon, with just a simple calculation, why can't Konoha Village just use rockets to attack their country?

Not to mention, this thing looks really outrageous.

That's incredibly fast!

Airships are great in every way—they have a large carrying capacity and can reach high altitudes—but they're just too slow.

What if the rocket's target was an airship?

(End of this chapter)