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Chapter 229 The Ninja Clan's Divide and the Order to Encourage Concubinage and Childbirth

Gifu Castle, the capital of Mino Kingdom, one of the seven indigenous kingdoms of the Eastern Continent.

The once renowned capital of Mino Kingdom in the Eastern Continent has now become the headquarters of the Eastern Continent's Wuyin Company.

Objectively speaking, using an aerial fortress as the company headquarters is the best approach. After all, aerial fortresses are not only swift to and fro, but also high in the air, making them the best choice for a company headquarters in terms of both security and convenience.

However, considering the strategic transportation role of the air fortress in traversing natural barriers and oceans, Yagura ultimately chose Gifu Castle, located in the eastern continent, as the headquarters of the Eastern Continent Kirigakure Company, so as to keep abreast of the overall strategy.

At this moment, Yagura Karatachi also received Hozuki Shingetsu's latest instructions from his summoned beast subordinates.

"A thousand-strong ranged ninja force... double contribution points... how to form and use a puppet army..."

After reading the letter, Yagura was immediately invigorated and beamed with joy.

It wasn't just the thousand Kirigakure reinforcements that Kirigakure was about to send; more importantly, it was Hozuki Shingetsu's advice in the letter on how to deal with the local guerrilla squads.

This policy of forming a puppet army can be said to have fundamentally solved the problem of insufficient manpower in Kirigakure.

The current situation of Kirigakure is somewhat similar to the story of the UK and Japan. Due to the extreme disparity in strength between Kirigakure and the native inhabitants of the Eastern Continent, the speed of their advance exceeded expectations, ultimately resulting in a severe dispersal of their forces.

Ninjas, a highly mobile and destructive unit, are excellent at attacking or destroying targets.

However, using them for maintaining stability and rule, especially having several ninjas in charge of a city, is asking too much of them.

Although shadow clones can be used to maintain order temporarily, the harassment from small groups of enemies is ultimately detrimental to the post-war rule of Kirigakure and to Hozuki Shingetsu's plan to use these occupied territories of the Eastern Continent as raw material markets and dumping grounds for goods.

However, the emergence of puppet troops, or fog-fighting allies, can be said to be the best way to solve this problem.

As everyone knows, the most ruthless people who turn against their own people are not the enemy, but the traitors who betray their country.

In addition, given that these people had been living unhappily under the oppression of the upper-class nobles, it would be incredibly easy for Kirigakure to adopt a "appeasement" policy, select a few representatives from the lower classes, and lure them with plenty of food and relatively favorable status to form a Kirigakure Army that would kill its own people.

In this way, the ninjas within the city only need to control the leader of the Mist Army to indirectly control the entire city.

Not only do they not have to worry about being harassed by small groups of enemies all day, they can also free up their energy to develop the city, which is a win-win situation.

What's even more wonderful is that, since national consciousness has not yet been awakened, and only the Hidden Mist Village has occupied the Eastern Continent without interference from external forces, this system, if successful, can quickly erode the Eastern Continent.

The time it takes to take over the Eastern Continent is estimated to be much earlier than originally planned.

"In that case, it's time to proceed with the plan and, based on geographical location, have each city produce raw materials or develop light industry... In addition, the strategy of dividing the ninja clan that Crescent Moon mentioned earlier should be implemented in advance..."

After Yagura Koji distributed the instructions on how to form and use the puppet army to the various ninjas, he immediately began planning the next step of the operation.

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Bungo Castle, a territory occupied by the Hidden Mist Company in the Eastern Continent.

boom!

A loud roar echoed from a mine deep in the mountains outside the city.

Dozens of mechanical puppets, under the command of an unknown figure, were seen carrying out indiscriminate and destructive attacks on the mine that originally belonged to them.

This place was originally an important iron ore production site in Kai Province, one of the seven indigenous countries. Since it was occupied by the Kirigakure Company of the Eastern Continent, it has been mining iron ore day and night under the orders of the Kirigakure ninja.

As an island nation, the land of water naturally does not have abundant mineral resources.

With the Industrial Revolution complete, maintaining the factory's enormous production capacity inevitably required a massive investment of raw materials.

Previously, in order to address this huge shortfall, Kirigakure had specifically signed an economic alliance with Sunagakure, attempting to import minerals from the relatively mineral-rich Sunagakure.

Therefore, upon learning of this important iron ore base, Yagura Karatachi naturally wouldn't let it go and immediately ordered his ninja subordinates to occupy the city.

"Quickly! Our diversionary tactic should keep those demons occupied for about ten minutes!"

"In these ten minutes, we must destroy as many production tools as possible here!"

A black man dressed in the traditional clothing of Kai Province kept a close eye on the time and kept urging his men to move.

In order to gain these ten minutes for the attack, he arranged for his men to launch attacks from more than a dozen points inside and outside the city in advance, which was a considerable investment.

But he also knew that even with so many luring points, they still wouldn't last more than a few minutes against those demons.

These demons wearing headbands had only been here for two months, yet they had already annihilated all the countries on the continent.

Those demons, whose origins are unknown, were able to conjure water, fire, and lightning out of thin air. Moreover, they could also create clones and transform themselves.

The once-powerful royal guards were no match for those strangely dressed soldiers.

As a member of the royal guard, Yoji Nishizawa had recently faced those demons.

According to some scholars, these demons came from another continent in a distant ocean and were a profession called "ninjas".

Despite this, Yoji Nishizawa was not afraid of these people at all at the beginning.

After all, their numbers were far too small, only a few hundred people.

The ratio of manpower between him and the Royal Guard was as high as twenty to one, a huge numerical advantage that was enough to offset his fear of the unknown.

But his confidence in the Royal Guard was shattered that day by a boy.

He will never forget that day when a seemingly innocent child transformed into a gigantic monster tens of meters tall in the blink of an eye.

The attacks from the puppets of the Royal Guard were barely a scratch on it, while a casual "light bullet" from it sent the Royal Guard sprawling.

One person, just one person, defeated the entire royal guard on the front lines and stormed into the royal city.

Thinking of the murderous intent that filled the boy's youthful face that day, Yoji Nishizawa couldn't help but shudder and urged his men to get to work again.

Under his command, the dozens of mechanical puppets quickened their pace once more, firing small explosive missiles from their arms, thighs, backs, and other parts of their bodies, completely disregarding the miners in front of them, and unleashing a barrage of fire at the mine shaft not far away.

Rumble!

Under the barrage of gunfire, the mine could no longer hold on, and a violent collapse echoed through the mountains.

"It's done, let's go!"

That guy was overjoyed and quickly ordered his men to evacuate.

"You think you can just leave after offending Kirigakure?"

A cold voice rang out, and two Kirigakure ninjas with fair skin, indifferent expressions, and a touch of crimson between their brows slowly walked over from a distance.

The newcomer was a ninja from the Kaguya clan.

To facilitate the implementation of the ninja clan division plan, Yagura Karatachi specifically ordered his clan's ninjas to guard a castle.

With the upcoming decree from Hozuki Shingetsu regarding concubinage and childbirth in the Eastern Continent, these Eastern Continent ninja clans will be able to develop themselves to the fullest extent.

Since the ninjas selected this time were all those who had not fared well in their own clans or had suffered unfair treatment, it goes without saying whether these ninjas would still be united with their clans after gaining great benefits and having their own families, or whether they would have their own ulterior motives.

"You guys are really capable..."

The two Kaguya clan ninjas glanced at the nearly collapsed mine, their originally indifferent faces now showing even more killing intent.

For the Kaguya clan, who had chosen the wrong side during the "Blood Mist Rebellion," despite Kaguya Yoshio's suicide to show his submission, life has not been easy for them in recent years.

Both of them were ninjas with mediocre talent and little recognition within their clan. Given the situation of the Kaguya clan, their situation was even more unimaginable.

Therefore, the two of them attached great importance to this expedition opportunity, hoping to gain a large number of contribution points through this opportunity.

That's why they hate the culprit who destroyed the mine and caused them to lose contribution points.

"Seven minutes... a dozen or so feint attack points can only delay them for seven minutes...?"

Yoji Nishizawa felt a sense of despair, but his instincts still compelled him to give the puppet a command to stop it, and then seize the opportunity to escape.

hum~

The eyes of the dozens of mechanical puppets present flashed red, and they all turned their heads to aim at the two Kaguya clan ninjas.

boom!

Dozens of small missiles, trailing long plumes of flame, hurtled toward the two, while several mechanical puppets conjured sharp blades from their arms and charged straight toward them.

"Corpse Bone Pulse: Dance of the Early Fern!"

Fueled by resentment, the two made no attempt to hold back and directly unleashed the ultimate move of the Corpse Bone Pulse.

In an instant, the earth rose up, and countless white bone spikes emerged from the ground within a range of nearly a hundred meters, piercing straight into the sky.

Beneath this forest of bones, dozens of mechanical puppets were instantly reduced to fragments, and even the commanders were impaled by the bone spikes and hung on them like candied hawthorns.

"Brother, although this enemy is easy to defeat, we are far too few in number! With just the two of us guarding this city, things are bound to go wrong, just like this mine collapse..."

One of the Kaguya ninjas didn't even glance at the other ninjas, instead looking at the collapsed mine with a troubled expression.

Even with their capabilities, it would take them several days to clear a mine shaft of this extent of collapse.

The other Kaguya ninja was naturally aware of this situation, but there were only a few hundred Kirigakure ninjas in the entire Eastern Continent, and they occupied so many cities that even if Yagura wanted to send more people, he couldn't.

Just as the two were looking troubled as they faced the mine, Ninja Taka from Yagura finally arrived, bringing them the latest orders.

"Fog Assistance Army... Great idea!"

After quickly glancing at the orders, the two immediately showed delight.

This method of forming a fog guerrilla force can indeed greatly alleviate their pressure.

Following Yagura's orders, they were required to adopt a "pacification" policy within the city, using substantial rewards to encourage reporting of any rebellious behavior and selecting meritorious individuals to become new officials of the city.

Since Yagura Karatachi has already occupied the capitals of the seven countries, the mechanical puppets used by the rebels can now be produced in Kirigakure as well.

Once the puppets arrive at Bungo Castle, the two of them can select some commanders to form the Mist Army, and then they can sit back and take charge without having to run around like they do now.

"Brother, that's not all! Look at this order!"

A Kaguya ninja looked over and saw the words "Order to Take Concubines and Produce Children" written on it.

The order stated that in order to expand the strength of the Hidden Mist Company in the Eastern Continent as soon as possible, given the long distance and inconvenient transportation between the Ninja World Continent and the Eastern Continent, Yagura Karatachi ordered "self-sufficiency through production".

In other words, it was an order that each ninja clan should take concubines and have children as many as possible, and produce as many newborns as possible with bloodline limits.

To encourage childbirth, Yagura Karatachi also decreed that for every child born to these ninja clans with a bloodline limit, they would receive one percent of the taxes from the castle they garrisoned as a birth reward.

In fact, Hozuki Shingetsu had wanted to issue this birth-inducing order in Kirigakure since he first came to power.

After all, in this ninja world where bloodline determines everything, the strength of bloodline ninjas is normally stronger than that of ordinary ninjas. Therefore, the simplest way to strengthen the village is to have these bloodline ninja clans have as many children as possible.

Although not every child can inherit the bloodline limit, since it is a matter of probability, we only need to increase the sample size.

If there's none, if there are none, surely one out of ten will have a child who has inherited the bloodline limit?

However, upon further reflection, Hozuki Shingetsu ultimately decided not to issue this resolution in Kirigakure, but instead to issue the order in the distant Eastern Continent.

The main factor is that this order is not like a reform; once the other ninja villages learn of it, it is easy to replicate.

In terms of the number of bloodline limit ninjas, Konoha ranks first in the ninja world, and Shimura Danzo is a pragmatist.

Once Konoha opens up to life, it won't be a good thing for Kirigakure.

However, this is not the case on the Eastern Continent. The vast distance makes the entire continent a backyard for the Misty Hidden Lands, and no one knows about it at all.

In addition to that, there was the previously mentioned plan to divide the ninja clan.

Only when there are more ninja clans and ninjas on the Eastern Continent can they have the resources to contend with the main clans of Kirigakure.

When this group of children, born and raised in the Eastern Continent, who have never experienced ninja life but have received the loving education of Kirigakure, grow up, how much of their acceptance of ninja will remain will depend on Hozuki Shingetsu's brainwashing methods.

Furthermore, since the ninja clans here develop in units of cities, Hozuki Shingetsu is not worried at all that the ninja clans here will become too powerful.

This inspiration also comes from the "Many Children, Many Blessings" series of novels that Hozuki Shingetsu read in his previous life. As for its specific practical application...

It remains to be seen, but at least the boost this catalytic order will give to the strength of Kirigakure is undeniable.

(End of this chapter)