Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 416 Yahiko's Scheme

The land of rain.

This place can be described as a battlefield that was fought three times.

Bordering three major powers simultaneously, the level of suffering is 1.5 times that of other smaller countries.

The Land of Rain was once governed by Hanzo the Salamander, and it could be said that it was turned into a horrific mess.

The largest river within the borders was forcibly diverted by Sunagakure Village to flow in the direction of the Sunagakure Canal.

That was bad enough, but later, Yua from Konoha Village, in order to put pressure on Sunagakure Village, directly said that the river in the Land of Rain was quite nice, and he would help them build a hydroelectric power station.

To be honest, how could Hanzo of the Salamander not know that the Yuashu Hydroelectric Power Station was a ruse, and that his real intention was to use it to suppress Sunagakure?

Who doesn't know? Hanzo knew, and so did Granny Chiyo of Sunagakure.

The crux of the problem is...

Should I refuse? Can I even refuse?!

One hydroelectric power station can generate enough electricity to power the entire Rain Country!

Although it's just the basic requirement that every household can have a light bulb so they don't have to fumble around in the dark at night, at most, a television would be added.

Any higher power would trip the circuit breaker in the house. But if it were possible to do that, would Hanzo not want to?

impossible.

In any case, this is also a matter of people's livelihood and development.

Therefore, Hanzo finally agreed.

Youya built a hydroelectric power station and water plant here. Although the service life is marked as 99 years, it is questionable whether the hydroelectric power station will still be usable after 99 years.

Since the Land of Rain experiences rain almost year-round, the hydroelectric power station is bound to suffer from corrosion.

However, this is the current situation, and no one can change it.

Even if Yuya were to become the current leader of the Rain Kingdom, he wouldn't be able to change anything.

The geographical location of the Land of Rain is really terrible.

Moreover, because of its unique location, none of the three major powers surrounding it would want this region.

This area can be considered a buffer zone, but if we don't take it away, what, you want to shove a cannon barrel into my mouth?!

Therefore, it's really impossible for the Land of Rain to develop into a major power.

However, it's not without the opportunity to grow stronger and make the country prosperous.

Note that it is only about being wealthy, not about being powerful. If we want to be powerful, the three surrounding villages would never allow it.

Unless the Land of Rain can secretly develop firecrackers.

But...

Other major ninja villages are still in the process of copying and cracking this technology. If the Land of Rain had this capability, it would have shown signs of it long ago.

Therefore, the only one who can save the Rain Kingdom now is a transmigrator who descends from the heavens, and one who is a genius with a perfect grasp of science.

Therefore, the reason why the Land of Rain instigated the conflict between the Sand Village and the Land of Hot Springs is now clear.

If Sunagakure went to attack the Land of Hot Springs, then they can't attack me anymore.

Well, that's only one of the reasons.

The most important reason...

Or perhaps Yahiko wanted to escape the current state of the Land of Rain.

The current state of the Rain Country is such that, thanks to that hydroelectric power station, the common people of the Rain Country can now use electric lights and watch television.

However, in the resource-scarce Land of Rain, this only serves as a form of psychological comfort.

This is not what Yahiko wants.

What he wanted from beginning to end was to improve the living standards of the people of the Rain Country.

Therefore, his instigation of Sunagakure to deal with the Land of Hot Springs was definitely just an initial step.

There will definitely be follow-up plans.

That's how Yuya made her judgment.

However, after finishing, Yuya continued eating salted fish.

"Why should I care about any of that? Let the Land of Rain develop if they want to, what's it to me? All I want to know right now is whether there's any damned guy in Konoha who can step forward and take my place!"

Yua's complaints were ignored by Nara Shikaya and his son Nara Shikaku.

They stated that they did not hear anything, and that the complaints from Youya were just Youya's usual erratic behavior.

What else can we do?

The position of Hokage has now gone from being a coveted prize to a hot potato!

What level of achievement would the successor need to reach to satisfy the villagers of Konoha?

You Ya can sigh, but if they dare to take a breath, You Ya will show them what despicable is!

Yuya glanced sideways at the Nara father and son. These two aren't falling for it.

what is it now?

Are you really going to work until you're 90?!

Please spare me, I want to enjoy my retirement...

Just as You Ya was muttering to himself, there was a sudden knock on the door.

A clerk saluted Yuya: "Excuse me, Hokage-sama, the clerk who just came in came in too quickly. There is an urgent report that just arrived and I need you to take a look at it immediately. It is also related to the Land of Rain."

You Ya casually extended his hand.

The clerk handed the intelligence to Youya, who took it and immediately took a deep breath.

Goodness...

How could he not have thought of that?!

The information above is very clear.

The group from Sunagakure that went to cause trouble for the Land of Hot Springs this time was led by...

It's Rosa!

Good heavens, you guys, Sunagakure and the Land of Rain, have teamed up, haven't you?!

You think you can play these kinds of tricks on me?!

Different positions lead to different perspectives on a problem.

After Yua relayed this information to Nara Shikaya and Nara Shikaku, Nara Shikaku looked completely bewildered: "Why? Why would Sunagakure send Rasa? Didn't he just return from Konoha? Is he really that exhausted?"

Nara Shika also pursed her lips: "How do you know he's tired? You're not him, how would you know if he's enjoying it or not?"

Neither Nara Shikaya nor Nara Shikaku are Kage, so their perspectives on issues are inherently limited.

For example, Nara Shikaya, upon seeing this, would naturally assume that the current Kazekage, Chiyo, was paving the way for the next Kazekage.

However, in reality, after the last joint effort by the five villages to send their respective astronauts to the moon for a six-month period of exploration, investigation, and sample collection, Rasa's prestige in Sunagakure was already sufficient to succeed him as Kazekage.

Therefore, if the purpose was simply to create conflict between Sunagakure and the Land of Rain, and for Rasa to take advantage of the situation, then there was absolutely no need for this.

There is only one possibility for Rasa to appear.

That's Sunagakure...

I really want to fight!

This is the only possibility that would allow Rasa, who is already confirmed as the next Kazekage, to personally take the field.

But that's the crux of the problem.

Rasa from Sunagakure has entered the fray. Will Konoha follow suit?

Without a decision, the position of Youya as the successor remains undecided.

If Konoha doesn't intervene, it can only provide weapons to the Land of Hot Springs while also selling them to Sunagakure. As for why Yahiko is trying so hard to create this situation, guess where Konoha's supplies will enter Sunagakure while Sunagakure and the Land of Hot Springs are fighting.

(End of this chapter)