The world I hear is completely different from yours.

As a seasoned warrior who had faced death countless times on the battlefield, Hyuga Yamahashi immediately sensed the difference in strength between the two sides. He instantly drew his kunai, veins bulging on his face, and activated his Byakugan at full power! Ignoring his opponent's appearance and age, he realized that his opponent was now a Jonin whose strength was absolutely no less than his own!

Hyuga Mogen, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, looked at Tensei in shock: "Is that Sage Mode?" As the vice-head of the Hyuga clan, he had fought alongside the First Hokage and was very familiar with the Sage Mode that the First Hokage had used. "It's actually the First Hokage's technique. I haven't seen anyone use this technique since the First Hokage died."

Hyuga Genji looked at Tensei. As a smart man, he often thought things through more deeply. Now he began to ponder the relationship between Tensei and the First Hokage. Perhaps Tensei was one of the long-lost members of the Senju clan? And then became the First Hokage's disciple, a confidant of the Second Hokage?

With a "whoosh!" Tianqing flashed past, throwing a punch at Hyuga Mountain Pillar. Although the fist was small, the massive amount of Sage Chakra attached to it made the chakra light on the fist even more dazzling than the sun in the Hyuga Byakugan's vision for a moment!

"At that speed, there's no way to dodge!" Although Hyuga Yamahashi's Byakugan caught Tian Qing's movements, his body speed couldn't keep up at all: "In that case, Eight Trigrams Palm - Heaven's Rotation!!!"

Hyuga Yamahashi unleashed all of his chakra from his chakra points, forming a circular protective shield that slammed into Tensei's fist.

"Boom!" The two enormous forces collided, and the ground of the training ground immediately cracked with countless fine lines. The spot where Hyuga Yamahashi had stood was even dented, forming a large crater in the ground.

Hyuga Mountain Pillar gasped for breath, his feet sinking deep into the ground. Feeling the emptiness in his veins, he looked at his opponent with a wry smile: "I exhausted all my chakra, and all I managed was to block one attack? Are all kids these days monsters?"

Seeing Tian Qing's eager expression, as if he wanted to throw another punch, Hyuga Yamahashi helplessly raised his hand: "My chakra is exhausted, I surrender."

P.S. I went for a run this afternoon and ran into my neighbor walking his teddy bear. That stupid teddy bear pounced on every pretty girl he saw and clung to her legs, it was so heartless. And it only clung to the legs of pretty girls, ignoring everyone else and even the lampposts.

What a terrifying dog! I'm definitely not envious.

Chapter Six: You Are All My Stepping Stones

When Hyuga Yamahashi raised his hand in surrender after only one move from his opponent, the surrounding audience erupted in uproar. Those with sharp eyesight were astonished by Ame-no-Kage's strength, while those with poorer eyesight, failing to grasp the situation, began to suspect that the Hyuga clan was throwing the match.

"How is this possible!" Several Hyuga branch family Jonin exclaimed. "Mountain Pillar, what's wrong with you? Did you hold back because the other party is a little girl?"

Before Hyuga Yamahashi could answer, Ameyo interrupted, "If you don't believe me, you can try it yourself. After all, fighting unarmed doesn't represent true combat strength, don't you all think so?"

The scroll was swiftly torn open, and the second serpent sword appeared!

Picking up her snake-shaped sword, Tian Qing smiled and looked at the branch family Jonin: "I heard you specialize in teamwork, so why don't we all use weapons and practice together?"

Come on, all you who want to get beaten up, jump out! I've been looking for a way to demonstrate the power of puppet weapons. Only by demonstrating their power can I promote them to all the ninjas in Konoha and persuade the Hokage to adopt them as standard military equipment for Konoha. So, for the glorious future of Konoha, I'll give you all a good beating!

The branch family ninjas looked at each other, their faces showing hesitation. It wasn't that they thought they would lose, but they felt that it wouldn't be honorable for several grown men to fight against a little girl in front of everyone, even if they won.

Unfortunately, Tian Qing had no intention of letting things rest, so she added fuel to the fire: "Or are you scared?"

"What did you say?!" Several Hyuga ninjas immediately became furious.

So the second round began, with Tianqing facing off against a six-person Hyuga ninja team. Tianqing used a puppet snake-shaped sword, while the Hyuga ninjas had both long and short swords.

The Serpent Sword No. 2 was modified from the Serpent Sword No. 1. The original Serpent Sword No. 1 transformed into a shield, but it fell apart after being hit by three high-level fire-style attacks from the Golden Horn Army. However, Tianqing had considered this situation from the beginning of the design, and specially designed it so that the serpent's body was formed by interlocking bone rings. Therefore, after it fell apart, the serpent's body was scattered into many bone rings of various sizes. Afterwards, Tianqing collected the scattered bone rings. Apart from a small number of bone rings that were shattered and unusable, the remaining usable bone rings formed the main body of the Serpent Sword No. 2.

There are two main advantages to this approach: First, because the bone rings can be continuously recycled and reused, the production cost of weapons is greatly reduced, meaning lower economic costs. Second, since each bone ring is independent, like a separate small module, when one bone ring breaks and becomes unusable, it can be directly replaced without affecting other bone rings, making maintenance convenient. Furthermore, if improvements to the weapon are desired, only some bone rings need to be replaced, making upgrades easy.

Low economic cost means mass production and rapid deployment to the troops, while modularity means rapid updates and maintenance on the battlefield—these two points are essential requirements for military equipment. When Amemori designed the serpent sword, he aimed for it to become standard military equipment in Konoha.

When Konoha ninjas all use puppet weapons they made themselves, and Konoha troops all use puppet equipment they made themselves, and they achieve victory after victory with puppet weapons, with that prestige, who can stop him from becoming the Third Hokage?

The outcome of the battle was a foregone conclusion. In less than 15 seconds, all six members of the Hyuga Jonin team collapsed to the ground, their faces swollen like pigs. Moreover, the onlookers could all see that Tensei had held back. At the same time, everyone showed expressions of envy, jealousy, and hatred towards the puppet weapon in Tensei's hands.

Having secured the victory with ease, Tian Qing remained completely calm, even feeling a little amused: "Now, who else wants to give it a try?"

This time, all the branch family Jonin who were swept by Ameyoshi's gaze lowered their heads, and not one of them dared to utter a sound.

Hinata Kazuki's application for a Byakugan transplant surgery was successfully approved.

Chapter Seven: The Third Step in the Industrialization of Puppets – Increasing Production

After Tianqing used the Hyuga branch family Jonin as a stepping stone and beat him up, the puppet weapon gained some recognition. The next step was naturally to expand the production of puppet weapons to meet the needs of a large number of ninjas.

When Tensei met Tobirama Senju again, Tobirama's expression was somewhat complicated. As the head of Konoha, Tobirama's intelligence network covered all parts of the Land of Fire. Therefore, he was well aware of Tensei's schemes regarding the Hyuga clan. As a result, he was unsure how to deal with such a powerful and politically astute ninja as Tensei.

So today, Tianqing took the initiative to make his own request: to find a piece of land outside Konoha Village as a construction site to prepare for setting up a puppet factory.

"A factory?" Tobirama Senju pondered Amehari's suggestion. "What do you plan to produce?"

Tensei took out the mass-produced version of the snake-shaped sword and the mass-produced version of the anti-illusion headdress that he had prepared beforehand. Senju Tobirama was very familiar with these two items. A few days ago, Tensei fought a big battle at the Hyuga clan's residence, and the use of these two puppet equipment had left a deep impression on the surrounding spectators.

Equipment capable of withstanding ninjutsu attacks is extremely rare in the world. When Tobirama Senju heard that this shield, which transformed from a snake-shaped sword, had even blocked the Eight Trigrams Palm of the Hyuga ninja, he unusually showed interest. As a commander who had directed countless battles, Tobirama Senju was well aware of the importance of such puppet equipment.

The only thing that Tobirama Senju was concerned about was whether this snake-shaped sword required a ninja's puppetry skills. If it required a ninja to have advanced puppetry skills to use it, then the practicality of the snake-shaped sword would be greatly reduced, and no one in Konoha knew puppetry.

So when Tian Qing said that manipulating the snake-shaped sword did not require high levels of puppetry skills from a ninja, Tobirama Senju's eyes lit up. He acted swiftly and immediately summoned two ANBU members to conduct an experiment on the spot.

When Tobirama Senju witnessed an ANBU member, after briefly listening to Amemori's instructions, clumsily transform his snake-shaped sword into a shield and block a standard Fire Release attack from another ANBU member, Tobirama immediately approved Amemori's puppet weapon production and promotion plan.

Once the initial agreement is reached, it's time to talk about money.

When Tobirama Senju realized the importance of the snake-shaped sword and the anti-genjutsu headdress to ninjas, he naturally wanted to keep the production of such military equipment firmly in Konoha's hands. Therefore, he decided to set up the puppet factory on the Senju clan's territory. After all, the number of Senju ninjas had decreased significantly, and most of the clan members without ninja talent had moved out and integrated into Konoha. As a result, there was a large amount of vacant land in the Senju clan's territory.

As a reward for Tianqing, Konoha will first issue new regulations: apart from Konoha's official caravans, Tianqing and her adoptive parents will be the only private shops authorized to sell puppet weapons. The prices will be agreed upon by Tianqing and Konoha, and Konoha will guarantee Tianqing's say in this matter.

This is exactly what Tianqing wants most. This guarantees that Tianqing will have absolute prestige in puppetry. All ninjas who use puppet weapons will know about Tianqing's contributions. Moreover, Tianqing's puppet weapon shop will provide elite ninjas with customized versions that are different from the official ones, bringing him closer to other elite ninjas and further increasing Tianqing's network of connections.

Secondly, all other puppet weapons can only be bought and sold by Konoha's official caravans. Tianqing is responsible for providing the manufacturing technology, while Konoha provides the manpower to handle all the remaining work, such as encrypting the puppet core, assembling parts, and producing standard spare parts. In the end, Tianqing and Konoha split the profits 10/90. Don't think this ratio is low; in fact, the money obtained from this split is frighteningly high.

This will bring Tianqing a huge amount of money, which can further advance Tianqing's Gundam manufacturing plan. Manufacturing giant puppets is a money-burning job. It not only requires a lot of materials, but also the cooperation of a large number of ninjas and huge energy consumption. All of this requires a continuous stream of money investment.

Of course, these military equipment are prohibited from being sold to other major powers, so Amemory also provided a manufacturing plan for electric trucks, intending to use electric vehicles as civilian goods for Konoha's export.

Currently, caravans from major countries still use primitive horse-drawn carriages, which are not only slow and have limited cargo capacity, but also require large amounts of feed. These electric wagons are not only faster but also carry more cargo, and because they use tracks instead of tires, they are quite adaptable to roads that have been ravaged by war.

Most importantly, these electric freight cars do not require ninjas; even ordinary people can use them. The energy source is a ninjutsu battery developed using a barrier. Due to its extremely large capacity, it can be reused. Compared to horse-drawn carriages, the cost-effective electric freight cars are quite attractive to various caravans.

These two technologies, one for military use and one for civilian use, one to boost domestic demand in Konoha and enhance its military strength, and the other to boost foreign demand and attract funds from merchant caravans of major countries.

Tensei knew very well that once these two technologies were put into practice and generated tangible benefits, his contribution to Konoha's economic development would be unparalleled. Of course, this was only possible after he demonstrated his formidable strength. If he were still just a genin without any real power, Konoha probably wouldn't have offered such favorable terms even after he proposed these two technologies, and he naturally wouldn't have gained so much.

Chapter 8: The White Eye Transplant Surgery at Konoha Hospital

Konoha Ninja Hospital.

Uchiha Haruno sat on the stool, her face filled with anxiety. She would occasionally stand up and glance at the information desk, then sit back down, stamping her feet in frustration. Just as she stood up for the ninth time, Uchiha Mokage, sitting beside her, couldn't bear it any longer and spoke up helplessly: "Haruno, although I know you're concerned about your cousin's delivery, didn't the doctor the clan hired confirm that the baby's delivery was fine? They even chose a name for the child in advance: Uchiha Fugaku. According to the clan head, it's a very auspicious name, and it will surely bless the Uchiha clan with many descendants in the future."

Uchiha Haruno glanced back at Uchiha Moying, her eyes flashing with unusually complex emotions. She wanted to say something, but after thinking it over, she sighed and said nothing.

I don't care if that brat Uchiha Fugaku can have children or not. The doctor said there was no problem, so why should I worry? What I'm worried about now is Kagetsu. She's over there having an eye transplant!

However, even someone as bold as Uchiha Haruno dared not utter such treasonous words.

Tian Qing sat quietly on a bench outside Hyuga Kagetsu's operating room, calmly lost in thought. What was there to worry about? It was just a change of eyes. Back then, even Uchiha Madara successfully had Izuna's eyes replaced, and he was back on the battlefield soon after. What was there to worry about now? Stimulated by the demands of war over the years, Konoha's medical standards were far higher than before. Moreover, the hospital was now staffed with battlefield medics who had returned from the front lines, possessing incredible emergency medical experience. Every doctor there was a veteran. As for medical equipment, don't underestimate ninjas who could use chakra. The ultrasound, MRI, endoscope, surgical magnifying glass, and other equipment from his previous life could all be handled by a Hyuga ninja's Byakugan.

In the Naruto world, it can be said that the representative of advanced productivity is not technology, but chakra.

In her previous life, Tianqing was very curious about what the technology was like in the Naruto world in the original work.

First, it's certain that electricity is available almost worldwide, accessible to everyone from the wealthy to war refugees. For example, in Konoha, there are power poles almost everywhere, and in the Land of Rain, which had just finished the Third Shinobi World War, even impoverished families like Nagato's, orphaned, had access to electricity. However, power plants are never seen, and there are no depictions of attacking enemy power plants to cut off energy supplies in various war scenes. Why is this?

Now Tianqing understands that in various countries, one of the low-level tasks that every genin and chunin needs to perform daily is to use basic lightning release techniques to charge various batteries. These batteries are completely different from those in her previous life. The batteries, constructed using barrier techniques, have an enormous capacity, enough to sustain the electricity needs of a large number of households for a long time, so electricity supply is generally not a problem—only a small number of people, out of personal preference, use oil lamps for lighting instead of electric lights. Yes, I'm talking about Orochimaru's underground base.

Therefore, in the Naruto world, people used chakra to achieve another form of electrification.

The most important factor in electrification in the previous life—gunpowder—is completely unusable in this world. Tian Qing had previously collected some materials out of curiosity, only to discover that they could not undergo a chemical reaction to explode in this world. This is also an important reason why there are no guns in the Naruto world.

So let me reiterate: in the Naruto world, the representative of advanced productivity is not technology, but chakra.

"Ding! Ding! Ding!" The sudden ringing of the operating room bell interrupted Tianqing's thoughts. Tianqing turned around and saw that the green light on the door of Huoyue's operating room, indicating that the surgery was successful, lit up. It seemed that Hyuga Huoyue would soon be able to see the light again.

So, the next step of the plan for a clear sky will soon be able to begin.

Tianqing named it the "Super Teammate Creation Plan".

Chapter Nine: The God-like Teammate Creation Plan

Konoha Shopping Street is a place where many Konoha teams gather for meals.

"Cheers!" Tenqing, Uchiha Haruno, and Hyuga Kagetsu raised their fresh juice glasses, while Sarutobi Aoyama raised his wine glass.

It must be said that the physical constitution of humans in the Naruto world is quite outstanding. In Tianqing's previous life, they would at least be considered an elite race. For example, the delicate little girl Hyuga Kagetsu recovered most of her vision on the third day after her eye transplant surgery, and she could run and jump, and her body was basically fine.

Therefore, to celebrate Hyuga Kagetsu regaining his sight and also to celebrate Tensei's previous promotion to Jonin, the entire 308th Squad gathered for a meal at Konoha's busiest barbecue restaurant.

Sarutobi Aoyama downed most of his cup of sake in one gulp, looking at his disciples with a mixture of joy and worry in his eyes. He was joyful because his team had produced a Jonin so quickly, adding another strength to Konoha. Furthermore, Hyuga Kagetsu had received a new Byakugan transplant and would soon be able to resume his ninja training, which naturally pleased him as the team leader. His worry stemmed from Ten's outstanding performance. Not only had she demonstrated exceptional combat prowess, but her previous actions within the Hyuga clan had also revealed to those with ulterior motives that she possessed considerable political acumen and strategic skills. Consequently, many had already approached him privately, their conversations subtly probing for information about Ten's abilities.

But oh well, mediocre people are never envied, and Sarutobi Aoyama took it all in stride. As the team leader, he figured he could do what he could to help his disciples. If that didn't work, he'd leave it to the Hokage to worry about. There were rumors circulating among the village's Jonin that Amehara's strength at such a young age was due to her being a former Senju clan member who had been living away from home. They claimed she'd received a technique or two from the First Hokage, otherwise, how could they explain her jutsu so similar to the First Hokage's? So, the Second Hokage was probably also struggling to explain these rumors.

Sarutobi Aoyama was drinking his sake on the side, while the three little girls were chatting away.

As they talked, Tianqing casually asked, "Yuanye, when are you planning to apply for the Jonin Exams?"

As a member of the Uchiha clan, Haruno Uchiha has now awakened the two-tomoe Sharingan, making him a capable Chunin. If he could add more mission achievements to his resume, given the reputation of the elite Uchiha clan and the power of the two-tomoe Sharingan, his chances of passing the Jonin exam would be quite high.

Uchiha Haruno glanced at Hyuga Kagetsu, and seeing that she didn't react, he waved his hand cheerfully: "No rush. Anyway, I completed a lot of missions at the base, and now I'm going to rest for a while. I still have plenty of rewards, so I don't have to worry about making a living. Why don't we just wait for Kagetsu to come along?"

Hinata Kazuki blinked: "My eyesight should be fully recovered in about a week. After a period of rehabilitation training, I plan to give it a try. Actually, my parents suggested that I apply for the assessment when my eyes were still fine."

"That's exactly what I was waiting for," Tian Qing asked with a smile. "So, would you like me to share some secrets for the Jonin Exams?"

"Huh? Is there another secret?" the two girls asked in surprise.

The barbecue restaurant was bustling with people, including quite a few ninjas. Ninjas are known for their keen ears, and since no soundproofing barrier had been set up around the area, many of the ninjas nearby secretly pricked up their ears to eavesdrop after hearing the words "Jonin Exam".

"Cough! Cough!" Tian Qing coughed a few times in a mock manner, then patted his chest: "Now let me introduce myself. I am a puppeteer, currently the only one of its kind in Konoha." Seeing the two girls' puzzled looks, Tian Qing added: "The weapons I used when I was sparring with the Jonin team were puppet weapons that I made."

The two girls immediately understood. The image of Tian Qing whipping those Hinata ninjas into pig heads with puppet weapons had already deeply impressed them, so they had no doubt about the power of puppet weapons. But could they use puppet weapons? They weren't puppeteers.

“No problem. The puppet weapons I made are not like the puppets of the Sand Ninja. You only need to learn the basic puppet operation to use them,” Tian Qing said generously. “Afterwards, we will go to the training ground, and I will teach you some tips. You can try them out right away.”

Chapter 10 Teaching Plan

The training grounds of the Uchiha clan.

Considering that the village's communal training ground was a bit far, the impatient Uchiha Haruno simply dragged everyone directly to the Uchiha clan's training ground.

Tianqing wouldn't be foolish enough to reveal his puppet-manipulation techniques in public; that would be too deliberate and casual. As the saying goes, the secrets of the art cannot be passed on personally; things given away easily are rarely cherished. Therefore, Tianqing only intends to teach his three companions—Uchiha Haruno, Hyuga Kagetsu, and Sarutobi Aoyama—this time. As for the onlookers in Konoha, they'll have to wait and see.

Furthermore, in Tianqing's plan, what she teaches her companions now is different from what will be spread throughout Konoha in the future. A puppeteer's skills are divided into three parts: First, transforming chakra into a signal source that the puppet's core can read; this is the foundation of a puppeteer's manipulation. Second, transforming chakra into chakra threads extending from the body; this is the foundation for a puppeteer's remote control. Third, the ability to create puppets; this is a unique skill possessed by each puppeteer and is rarely shared.

Tianqing has already planned ahead. In the future, she will only publicly promote the first part to Konoha. After all, the prerequisite for promoting puppet weapons to Konoha is that at least everyone in Konoha must be able to manipulate them. Moreover, the first part is quite easy to learn. Compared to chakra nature transformation and yin-yang transformation, transforming chakra into a signal source that the puppet core can read is not very difficult, so it won't take up too much of a ninja's training time. Not everyone has the talent for puppetry; they only need to learn how to manipulate puppet weapons. After all, most ninjas will still devote most of their time to their own unique ninjutsu and won't spend too much time on puppetry.

As for the second part, chakra threads, she would only teach it to her companions and those with puppetry talent. This was mainly because creating chakra threads was quite difficult and required a significant amount of training time. Furthermore, since they didn't possess Sage Mode, the tension and adhesion of the chakra threads they created weren't very good. Remote puppet manipulation was fine, but things like pulling enemies into the air and swinging them around, as Tianqing did, were impossible. Therefore, Tianqing would only give a general explanation of the method; whether they learned it was up to them.

As for the third part, that's Tian Qing's own specialty. The most important part of a puppet is its core, equivalent to the CPU of a computer. To protect the secrets of the puppet core, every puppeteer has gone to great lengths. Tian Qing has inscribed as many as three layers of protective magic into his puppet core. Once forcibly invaded, it will self-destruct, ensuring that his puppet core cannot be cracked by others. Therefore, even if the puppet weapons he sells are disassembled by others and counterfeited according to the external structure of the puppet, without Tian Qing's puppet core, the performance of the counterfeit is far inferior to the original.

A few days ago, Tianqing had already spoken with her adoptive parents and used the rewards she had accumulated from her numerous ANBU missions, along with some of her adoptive parents' savings, to buy a shop in Konoha Village. Her adoptive parents have now hired several villagers to clean and renovate the shop, and soon Konoha's first puppet weapon shop will open.

Standing in the training ground, Uchiha Haruno, Hyuga Kagetsu, and Sarutobi Aoyama listened attentively to Tensei's explanation, nodding occasionally as they tried to convert their chakra into signals that the puppet core could read.

In this turbulent era where strength reigns supreme, most people strictly guard their training secrets. Only ninjas with very close relationships, such as father and son, master and disciple, or ninjas from the same clan, would share their ninjutsu techniques. Therefore, Ten's unreserved approach deeply moved Uchiha Haruno, Hyuga Kagetsu, and Sarutobi Aoyama.

Finally, Tian Qing handed everyone an advertising flyer: "My family's puppet weapon shop will be opening in a few days. Remember to come and support us!"

"Definitely, definitely," the three laughed. What did money matter when faced with a weapon that could rapidly increase their strength? Besides, it was an invitation from a close friend.

Chapter Eleven: The Envoy