Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 429 Technology Sharing

"Oh right, this isn't the latest news. Look at this, I laughed the moment I saw it."

Nara Shika said, handing Yua a piece of paper.

Youya raised an eyebrow. This was clearly information passed down from the Dark Division, and it wasn't very important.

Only information that isn't very important will prompt Nara Shika to open it directly.

You Ya took the note and glanced at it, but even a single glance was enough for him to burst into laughter.

The above content is very simple: Yahiko, the leader of the Land of Rain, announced that he will hold a public tender next month for the construction of the Land of Rain railway, inviting Konoha Village, Sunagakure Village, Iwagakure Village to bid, and also welcoming other villages to participate in the bidding.

At the same time, it was specifically noted that the compensation offered by Yahiko was 200,000 taels per household in the areas he passed through, and that this had been finalized and would not be changed.

Yuya shook the papers in his hand: "This kid is using Nagato from the Land of Whirlpools as practice. I wonder if he was involved in Nagato's railway construction this time."

If this kid got involved too, Nagato would be furious right now.

……

Country of Whirlpools:

"Snap"

Konan slammed the newspaper on the table in dissatisfaction: "How could Yahiko be like this?! How could he treat you like this?!"

Nagato touched his nose and said, "Yahiko in this world is the leader of the Land of Rain. We didn't experience the war together, so I can understand why he made this choice."

Konan stared at Nagato with dead fish eyes.

Nagato sighed: "Okay, I am a little angry."

Xiao Nan nodded: "Then let's go find him!"

"Hey, wait a minute! Let's go check on me over here first."

The frail Nagato was about to get up when he spoke.

Xiao Nan quickly went to help him up.

When the two arrived at the window of Nagato's office in the Land of Whirlpools, they were both somewhat surprised.

Because Nagato inside was neither angry nor incompetently furious; instead, he was constantly writing and drawing on a piece of paper. When he got into the mood, he even walked to the map on the wall and fell into deep thought while looking at the contents.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Nan asked.

"How would I know? I don't understand those transportation construction matters."

"Hmph, you're really useless."

"Yes, yes, I didn't need it, okay?"

Nagato was deep in thought in his office when suddenly the phone rang.

After hesitating for two seconds, Nagato went over and answered the call.

Upon hearing Yahiko's voice on the other end of the phone, Nagato curled his lip and said, "You really are good at scheming, Yahiko. You made me take the fall. I actually wanted to say this back when we were at Konoha University. You've always been dishonest and your methods are despicable. You like Konan but never say anything to her alone. You always make me stand with you as punishment. After all these years, I thought you would have improved a bit."

Hearing Nagato's words from inside, Konan blushed outside the window.

However, Nagato's Rinnegan seemed somewhat distracted.

He really hadn't expected that the version of himself in this world... wouldn't be angry at all?

Meanwhile, on the phone, Yahiko smiled and said to Nagato, "Don't say that, Nagato. I really did let you down this time, but you should also know why this situation has come to this between us."

"I have succeeded to the position of leader of the Rain Kingdom, and I can coordinate the resources of the entire Rain Kingdom to help me build this railway, but you cannot."

Nagato pursed his lips and said in a deep voice, "What do you mean?"

Yahiko sighed: "You and I both understand that if you want to do something, at the very least, you have to be in the highest position, or at least publicly."

Wasn't Yua, the Hokage of Konoha, a perfect example? His initial ascension to the position wasn't without its challenges; there were those who plotted and schemed behind his back. There's no reason why we shouldn't encounter similar situations, is there?

Nagato remained silent for a long time before finally speaking, "If you called today just for this, then let's leave it at that."

Yahiko quickly said, "No, no, wait, wait... I have my reasons for talking to you. What I said just now was based on the premise that we studied together in Konoha for those years and are friends. But what I'm about to say... is that I am speaking to you as the leader of Amegakure in the Land of Rain."

Nagato's expression immediately turned serious: "I'm all ears."

Yahiko: "The Land of Rain and the Land of Whirlpools have no conflict with each other. In fact, due to geographical factors, we will basically never have any contact in our lives. In other words, you and I are naturally in a state where we can form an alliance."

Nagato: "I thought you were going to say something, but if you're just spouting empty words, then let's leave it at that."

"Of course, that's not all!" Yahiko raised his voice slightly. "You know the situation in the Land of Rain. It's really not a good place for scientific research. But your Land of Whirlpools is different. Your location is very suitable for one of my research projects."

"Research project?" Nagato frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Are you aware of the previous conflict between the Land of Birds and the Hidden Sand Village?"

"Of course, if the Hokage hadn't intervened, the Land of Birds would have been removed from the list." Nagato nodded.

"That Lord Yuya is the kind of person who won't do anything without a profit. The reason why these two countries stopped fighting is because the Hokage obtained a technology that is very similar to what I have now."

"Similar? Let me think, do you also have something that flies in the sky?" Nagato thought for a moment. The reason why the Bird and Wind countries stopped fighting was because the Bird Country directly gave its national treasure—actually, because this was the only technology the Bird Country had to offer—to Konoha in exchange for Yua's promise to stop the war between the two countries or support the Bird Country.

Now that Yahiko says he has this technology, doesn't that mean he can fly in the sky?

"No, what I mean by similar is... similar in appearance. I have a blueprint here that looks quite similar to the airships of the Bird Country, except... its function is to operate underwater."

There aren't any places in the Land of Rain spacious enough for something like this to try launching in the water, but there are places in the Land of Whirlpools, so... I think we can cooperate."

Nagato remained silent.

He wasn't measuring its value; the main issue was that no one had ever seen this thing before, so naturally no one knew what its value was.

Of course, if Yuya were here, she would definitely know.

The underwater thing corresponding to an airship... isn't this thing a submarine?

If possible, Yuya would definitely want this.

"And what about the benefits for our Land of Whirlpools?" Nagato asked matter-of-factly.

Yahiko smiled. He knew that as long as Nagato was willing to talk, the matter would basically be settled.

"We share technology."

(End of this chapter)