Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 66 The Man from the Whirlpool

At the end of February in the 20th year of Konoha, members of the Uzumaki clan arrived in Konoha. In the same month, Tobirama Senju also received a notice from Yua, ordering the main force to retreat from the Land of Iron, while he himself led his personal guard back to the village ahead of time.

Yuya wanted to complain about this, saying, "Can you please stop bringing your personal guards with you all the time?"

They're useless. In a real fight, they'd just be a burden. You have the Flying Thunder God Technique to do whatever you want, but you insist on bringing along so many of them.

Of course, Youya only dared to think these things in her heart.

Moreover, Yua also knew Tobirama Senju's plans. Tobirama Senju would not allow anything to happen to the next generation of leaders of these major Konoha ninja clans.

However, for Yua, all these people combined are no match for Tobirama Senju. After all, Tobirama Senju is Yua's current safe haven, and many things are different when Tobirama Senju is around versus when he isn't.

For example, regarding the Hyuga clan's agreement to cede one-third of their clan land, if Tobirama Senju had already passed away, the Hyuga clan would never have allowed Yua to even step into the clan's gates, let alone engage in any cooperation.

Fortunately, Tobirama Senju returned safely.

Hmm... this might also be related to the current internal strife in Kumogakure, the conflict between Iwagakure and Takigakure, and as for Kusanagi...

What can those useless people from the Land of Grass possibly use to fight against the Hidden Stone Village?

Almost the day after Iwagakure issued its declaration of war, the Land of Grass knelt down and knelt down, calling Iwagakure "father."

Only the Land of Waterfalls, and the Land of Waterfalls is basically Iwagakure Village, right? Let's just do it.

The two sides are now pulling each other's hair.

The main point is that the Land of Waterfall also bought a tailed beast from Hashirama Senju, and it was the Seven-Tails, which was quite powerful.

(If we're talking about head-on confrontation with beetles, they're definitely outmatched. But anyone with a brain knows that this kind of biological weapon, which can turn invisible, fly, has great endurance, and can create powder explosions, is definitely going to use a solo breakthrough strategy to cause trouble in the enemy's rear and play the bomber style. The damage it causes is much greater than on the front lines.)

When I say "not weak," I mean the damage they can cause. Having the ability to become invisible and fly basically makes them effective against most ninjas.

If Iwagakure pushes Takigakure too far, both sides will suffer heavy losses if they fight using their tailed beasts.

Moreover, now that the Land of Grass has backed down, the Hidden Stone Village can now only use the route through the Hidden Grass Village and abandon the trade route from the Land of Waterfall into Konoha.

The reason they still can't win is because the newly appointed Third Tsuchikage, a guy named Onoki, chose to use Takigakure to establish his authority in order to consolidate his position.

In fact, this Onoki guy is only in his early thirties, which is the peak of a ninja's physical condition. It is normal for him to launch a war to secure his position as the Third Tsuchikage.

When internal conflicts arise, shifting them to external sources can be a good approach.

After all, contact with the outside world is what brings the villagers together.

For example, this time in Konoha, when the ordinary people of Konoha learned that the Uzumaki clan needed Konoha's help, they sent people to ask Konoha for assistance. Regardless of whether Konoha helped or not, the ordinary people of Konoha felt comfortable and their sense of pride was overwhelming.

The Uzumaki clan didn't sneak in; instead, they were greeted with high-level protocol by Yua, who personally led the delegation, along with Nara Shikaya, Uchiha Kagami, and other Konoha officials, to welcome the Uzumaki clan's delegation at the outer city of Konoha.

The Uzumaki clan delegation was initially very happy, feeling that Konoha was giving them face.

However, when Yuya, holding the hand of the delegation leader, walked directly onto the main road of Konoha's outer city and smiled as she pointed to the buildings in the outer city, indicating that although it was not as prosperous as the inner city, the outer city was still part of Konoha, and Konoha needed to guarantee the basic survival of the residents in the outer city, the smile on the delegation leader's face froze.

I, I didn't say I wanted to visit Konoha.

Then, Yuya disregarded everything and led the Uzumaki clan delegation into the construction site in the outer city, showing the delegation members the blueprints.

—Look, the inner city walls surrounding Konoha are the first residential areas built on the outer city walls.

—These are being built in preparation for the second wave of people coming to Konoha.

—It has running water and will be connected to electricity in the future, ensuring basic facilities for people living outside the city while making their lives richer and more exciting.

The leader of the delegation tried to speak several times, but was interrupted by Youya.

Youya didn't give him a chance to speak at all, and continued to pull the other person's hand into the inner city, and then directly changed course and boarded the human-powered railcar.

This kind of vehicle is powered by people pedaling. Basically, each vehicle requires four body-training ninjas and can carry a maximum of twenty passengers at a time. Well... that is, twenty passengers weighing no more than sixty kilograms. If they are too heavy, they can't pedal.

There are only three buses a day, and twelve buses in total. They change shifts every hour. Each bus runs around a specific area of ​​Konoha's inner city, and they definitely won't go to the ninja clan territories. This is the current Konoha bus system.

While gears can be used as a power source, they are ultimately not as convenient or fast as electricity or other energy sources.

Yua had never heard of any energy source like oil in the ninja world, but he clearly remembered that in the original manga, Naruto's house not only had a refrigerator but also an electric light, and Konoha even had streetlights, so they must be able to generate electricity.

You Ya couldn't just wait and do as he was told; he had to speed up his research, and this was one of the research projects that his R&D department, which he had invested heavily in, was working on.

Moreover, Youya gave a strict order: they must get it done within five years, or they would all be fired.

Fortunately, the experiment was successful. It used a yin-yang ore, which, in Youya's understanding, is a ore with magnetic properties. It rotates through the forces of attraction and repulsion, driving the rotation of the motor to generate electricity.

Success in the laboratory does not mean it can be used in civilian applications immediately; many more experiments need to be conducted to promote its widespread adoption.

But that's a research lab matter. Konoha has invested hundreds of millions of ryo in Yuya over the past few years, so much money has to be spent. There should be some research results to show for it.

Oh, by the way, the puppet technique from Sunagakure has already been cracked, so it's pretty useless now.

The Puppet Technique is not a complicated ninjutsu. If you start from scratch, it will only take you ten years to catch up with the puppet technology of Sunagakure.

If we focus all our resources on catching up and give all the resources to the research lab, it should only take two or three years.

But it's not very valuable.

Why did the Sand Village develop puppetry techniques?

Because if his puppet is broken, it can be repaired.

If the explosive tag explodes, it explodes. But if you throw out a kunai or shuriken and the battle is lost and the enemy clears the battlefield, all those weapons will have to go to the other side.

[Don't laugh at the scene where the Allied Shinobi Forces are fighting the Reanimated Second Mizukage and picking up ninja tools; those weapons are generally meant to be retrieved after the battle...]

Sunagakure was poor and couldn't afford those fancy ninja tools.

They certainly wouldn't use shuriken or kunai with explosive tags attached, throwing dozens or hundreds at a time like that—they don't treat money like money at all.

The Sand Village wouldn't do something like that, so puppetry is still the best option.

This thing can be repaired if it breaks. (Its main selling points are its affordability, durability, and ability to be repaired and reused.)

Puppetry is quite important to Sunagakure.

But that's how it is for Konoha.

Moreover, the art of puppetry is very particular about the material of the puppet.

They can't possibly use real ninjas as puppet materials, can they?

The strength of the puppet materials has indeed increased, but this has also increased the strength requirements for the ninjas.

You can't just kill a ninja who's still at the height of his power and turn him into a puppet, can you?

(The unborn scorpion: Who's calling me out?)

That's ridiculous! There's no need for that! They're living such good lives.

In short, the research institute still has things under study, but these are secret facilities that cannot be shown to the Uzumaki clan.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

The Uzumaki clan's delegation, having witnessed this, had gained a profound understanding of Konoha's strength.

So, Father, when are you going to save your son? You can't leave the Land of Whirlpools unrecovered!

(End of this chapter)