The world I hear is completely different from yours.

"I heard that Iwagakure is currently searching for mountains within the Land of Grass? So, they've already built the chakra railgun according to that design and are preparing to install it?" The Fourth Raikage revealed a cunning smile. The thought of the tampering he had done to the chakra railgun design made him feel pleased: "These damned Iwagakure ninja, may they all die!"

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Chapter 48 Even a fence-sitter has his uses

While many major powers gloated over the Earth Kingdom's second defeat, many smaller nations began to feel uneasy and regretted their previous wrong choice of sides.

The Land of Grass is a small country sandwiched between the Land of Earth and the Land of Fire. Due to its extreme weakness, it must constantly navigate between powerful nations and act according to their wishes in order to survive. The ninja village of this country, Grass Village, while skilled at imitating and learning ninjutsu from other villages, is renowned for its diplomatic skills. Of course, to put it nicely, it's "diplomacy," but in reality, it's a fence-sitter, siding with whichever side is stronger, without any independent stance.

The leader of Kusagakure looked at the intelligence report on the Land of Earth's defeat in his hand, his face full of bitterness. He had seen the Iwagakure army pressing in, and Konoha, as an ally, was too exhausted to resist with Kumogakure. Therefore, the leader of Kusagakure naturally assumed that Iwagakure was sure to win this time.

That's why he issued the order for Kusagakure to immediately break its alliance with Konoha and turn to grovel before Iwagakure. Not only did they give up a large piece of land for Iwagakure to set up camp, but they also handed over the Kannabi Bridge, a vital transportation route to Konoha that they controlled, along with a map containing detailed information about Konoha.

They thought that if things went this way, the Grass Village could cling to the Iron Village's coattails, follow behind the Iron army and pick up scraps, and even take the opportunity to plunder some benefits from the Land of Fire. But who could have predicted that the Land of Earth would suffer repeated defeats, while the seemingly weak Leaf Village would win one victory after another?

"This is really troublesome!" The leader of Kusagakure slammed the intelligence report in his hand on the table and cursed angrily, "Aren't the Iwa ninja useless? It seems that with so many troops, they were defeated miserably. It seems that Konoha is more reliable! But what if Konoha really defeats Iwa ninja later? What will Kusagakure do then!"

Just then, a grass ninja rushed in: "Leader, there's a messenger outside claiming to be from Konoha who wants to see you!"

"An envoy from Konoha? What is Konoha doing here at this time?" The leader of Kusagakure frowned.

"Chief, it would be bad if the Iwa ninja found out about this. Should we just kill that person?" The Kusagakure ninja made a hand gesture. After all, the Kusagakure village had now formed an alliance with the Iwa ninja village. If the Iwa ninja village found out that the Kusagakure village had secretly received the Konoha envoy, then the main force of the Iwa ninja village that was still in the Land of Grass would probably come to cause trouble for the Kusagakure village immediately.

"Wait! Don't act yet! Wait, let me think!" the leader said repeatedly. After pondering for a while, he gritted his teeth and gestured for his men to bring in the Konoha envoy: "Keep it a secret, and don't let anyone else see this!!"

If it were during the previous massive invasion of the Land of Fire by the Hidden Stone Village, the leader of the Hidden Grass Village would have not hesitated to kill the envoy from the Hidden Leaf Village to prove the loyalty of the Hidden Grass Village to the Hidden Stone army. However, now that the Hidden Stone army has suffered a defeat and the Hidden Leaf Village has gained a great advantage, the leader of the Hidden Grass Village no longer has the courage to do so, because he is afraid and wants to leave himself a way out.

Playing both sides and always following the victor—this is the survival strategy of many small countries. The Grass Ninja Village, however, takes this opportunistic spirit to its extreme.

As notorious opportunists, Kusagakure would readily betray Konoha and side with Iwa when Iwa was powerful, but would just as readily abandon Iwa and join Konoha when Konoha gained the upper hand! For survival, Kusagakure would cling tightly to any powerful ally. If necessary, even if the Kusagakure leader was just moments before vehemently denouncing Konoha's tyranny, he would immediately change his tune and fawn over Konoha's democracy—that was Kusagakure's diplomatic stance! For Kusagakure, even accepting being insulted was something they wouldn't care about!

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At the Konoha front, a scene of bustling activity unfolded. After capturing the Iwagakure front lines, a large number of insectoid puppets immediately began working without pause, erecting numerous signal towers on the ground. Meanwhile, the nearly one hundred Konoha ninjas were not idle either; they followed behind the insectoid puppets, responsible for fine-tuning the signal towers and performing other delicate operations that the insectoid puppets could not accomplish.

"Tianqing, why did you specifically send someone to Kusagakure? Even if Kusagakure is willing to betray Iwagakure and return to Konoha, what use are those spineless opportunists with no fighting ability?" Jiraiya asked, puzzled, expressing his utter disdain for Kusagakure's shameless diplomatic cowardice.

“Everything has its use, even petty thieves have their time to shine! What’s more, this time, they really gave us a great gift!” Tianqing handed the intelligence report to Jiraiya. “This is intelligence provided to us by the Grass Village. Only they, as allies of the Rock Village, could provide us with such detailed information!”

The Grass Ninja Village's desire to become an ally of the Leaf Village again is not something that can be done casually. As a price for their previous betrayal, the Grass Ninja Village naturally needs to show its sincerity to the Leaf Village. To this end, the Grass Ninja Village not only revealed all the important information about the Iwa Ninja Village's military facilities and troop numbers within the Grass Country, but also informed the Leaf Village that the Iwa Ninja Village was deploying chakra railguns, and even provided the specific location where the chakra railguns would be installed.

Jiraiya stared wide-eyed at the intelligence report in his hand: "It's a chakra railgun!! Damn it, I never imagined the Land of Earth would have such a dirty deal with the Land of Lightning! I had already seen the blueprints that Minato had retrieved, and I thought no country could build such a costly weapon in such a hurry. I never expected that the Hidden Stone Village would have already begun the final assembly!!"

The Chakra Railgun, as the ultimate weapon that wiped out Konoha's entire army in the Land of Lightning in one strike, was naturally something Konoha would never forget. Therefore, after Minato Namikaze brought back the design blueprints, Konoha's relevant departments immediately began research and experimentation, and finally concluded that the cost of building the Chakra Railgun was too enormous, even for Konoha to afford in the short term.

Therefore, the Konoha leadership deduced that, at least during this Shinobi World War, the other major powers would not have enough time to build new chakra railguns.

However, this intelligence from Kusagakure served as a wake-up call for Konoha!

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Chapter 49 The Jinchūriki Who Defected from the Village

That very night, after receiving intelligence from the Hidden Grass Village, Tensei left Konoha's position alone and headed towards the Land of Grass, intending to destroy the Chakra Railgun.

For a super weapon like the Chakra Railgun, possessing immense power capable of annihilating an entire army in a single strike and deciding the outcome of a war, Tian Qing naturally dared not be careless. Even a powerful individual like herself, possessing a rudimentary divine body, might not be able to survive an attack from such a terrifying weapon as the Chakra Railgun.

It can be said that Konoha's puppet weapons and insectoid puppet army were utterly powerless against the Chakra Railgun. Therefore, Tensei had to completely destroy this variable that seriously hindered his plans in order to ensure Konoha's ultimate victory. In fact, Tensei had a premonition that this terrifying weapon might one day replace the Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki, becoming a nation's ultimate weapon.

In fact, after receiving intelligence that the Land of Earth was installing a chakra railgun, Jiraiya, concerned for Konoha's safety, immediately decided to set off to destroy this superweapon. However, after much consideration, Ameharu decided to leave Jiraiya at Konoha's base and go alone to carry out the mission.

Firstly, Jiraiya needed to remain on the front lines to continue playing the role of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, sending false signals to confuse the enemy. Secondly, after Ameyoshi left, the Konoha forces needed a respected and capable ninja as their commander to prevent any problems from arising in Ameyoshi's absence.

As a rogue ninja who was about to establish his own village in the Land of Rice Fields, Orochimaru could not reveal his close relationship with Konoha, so it was inconvenient for him to travel with Tensei.

"Summoning Jutsu: Freedom Gundam!!" After leaving Konoha's position, Tensei quickly summoned his fastest puppet, then nimbly jumped into the Freedom Gundam's cockpit, soaring into the night sky and flying towards the exact location of the chakra railgun recorded in the Grass Village's intelligence.

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In the heart of the Land of Grass, large groups of Iwa ninja are working day and night on a small mountain peak nestled between the mountains. Every now and then, a ninja who has exhausted his chakra will leave the work group to rest in an open space on the other side, and a fresh recruit will take his place.

Even though ninjas possess the amazing power of chakra and ninjutsu, hollowing out the interior of a mountain and filling it with a large number of chakra railgun parts is no easy task. Nearly 10,000 Iwa ninjas have been working on this project for almost a week.

"A chakra railgun? Another powerful superweapon." On the ground beside the mountain peak, a burly man with a full beard sat on a large rock, staring blankly at the opposite mountain peak and the Iwa ninja toiling away within it. A hint of confusion flickered in his eyes: "With this chakra railgun, the role of us Jinchuriki will become much less important, won't it?"

Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki of the Land of Earth, habitually stroked his long, bearded chin, a hint of resentment in his heart. He had been forced to become a Jinchuriki because of the orders from Iwagakure, and had always been compelled to make protecting Iwagakure his mission. But if the role of a Jinchuriki as a nation's ultimate weapon had been replaced by this chakra railgun, then what right did he, now useless, have to continue living in the Land of Earth?

"By that time, Onoki, who always treats Jinchuriki as tools, will probably lead his men to get rid of me, right? A tool that has lost its purpose is meaningless." Rōshi thought grimly. "Damn it! If it weren't for the Iwagakure talisman in the Tailed Beast seal on my body, I probably would have already defected!!"

Each village treats its Jinchuriki differently. Some see them as ninjas who gain immense power, while others view them merely as tools. Consequently, there are Jinchuriki like Naruto Uzumaki who are determined to protect their village and gain recognition from others, and there are also Jinchuriki like Roshi who hate their village and wish for everyone else to die.

In the original work, after the Jinchuriki of each generation were resurrected by Edo Tensei, everyone wore the headband of their own village. However, only the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Rōshi, wore the headband of a rogue ninja from Iwagakure, clearly showing his attitude towards Iwagakure.

The relationship between a Jinchuriki and the village is reciprocal. If the village gives a ninja hope, even just a little, the Jinchuriki will repay the village with loyalty. However, if the village doesn't treat the Jinchuriki as a person at all, but only as a pure expendable tool, then it's no wonder the Jinchuriki will defect.

"What are you thinking about, Old Purple?" Just as Old Purple was staring gloomily at the opposite mountain peak, another Iwa ninja, dressed in full armor like a samurai, walked over and greeted him familiarly.

"It's you, Han." Old Purple turned around and looked at Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, another Jinchuriki from the Land of Earth.

In fact, throughout the entire Land of Earth, the only one willing to speak to Rōshi is Han, who is also a Jinchūriki. The other Iwa ninjas generally don't speak to Rōshi, let alone have any interaction with him. They just look at Rōshi with a cold gaze, as if he were a tool.

It can be said that among all the major powers, the relationship between the Jinchūriki of the Land of Earth and the Hidden Stone Village is the worst.

In the original work, when the Akatsuki sent people to capture the Tailed Beasts, it was even mentioned that when they tried to capture the Five-Tails in the Land of Earth, only the Jinchuriki Han resisted alone. The Iwa ninja around him not only did not help, but some Iwa ninja even showed expressions of relief at the Five-Tails Jinchuriki's failure to be captured. This shows how indifferent the Iwa ninja village was to the Jinchuriki.

How could a village that treats its Jinchūriki so coldly expect any Jinchūriki to genuinely protect it? This is the main reason why the Four-Tails Jinchūriki, Rōshi, ultimately defected from Iwagakure! If the Akatsuki hadn't captured the Five-Tails beforehand, Han, the Five-Tails Jinchūriki, would likely have been the next Jinchūriki to defect from Iwagakure!

A chubby girl with a pink and girly heart

"Trying to escape? Take this Master Ball!!" Seeing the vampire quickly turn into white mist, the fat police officer swiftly threw a police Master Ball at the vampire. A red flash appeared, and the white mist was captured.

Thump! Thump! The Master Ball wobbled twice on the ground, as if the vampire inside was struggling unwillingly, but it quickly stopped moving.

Then a cheerful voice came from the Master Ball: "Ta-da! Congratulations to 'Pink Cutie' for capturing a vampire!"

Watching the chubby police officer stagger over to retrieve the Master Ball, Tian Qing's lips twitched. It was one thing for a police officer to use a Master Ball to fight vampires, but Tian Qing had clearly heard the celebratory sound after the Master Ball was used. She couldn't believe that this chubby police officer would give himself a "pink and cute" ID. It was really hard to know what to say. Did every chubby person actually have a pink and girlish heart?

When the truth of the whole case came to light and the real culprit was brought to justice, the once confident detective was suddenly speechless, his face turning pale and then red, and he and the surrounding audience looked at each other in bewilderment, creating a very awkward atmosphere.

After a long pause, the embarrassed detective called out to Tian Qing, who was walking out, and asked stammeringly, his face flushed, "How...how did you know he was the real culprit?"

"How did I know?" Tian Qing pointed to the iron door of the room with a forced smile: "It was this door that just told me the whole story of how the case unfolded."

"Huh?" Tian Qing walked out of the basement, leaving the famous detective completely bewildered. Hmph! I won't tell you the real reason! Who told you to dare laugh at me just now? A woman's pettiness can be terrifying!

As a listener, Tian Qing can hear the sounds of things and plants. It is precisely because of this ability that Tian Qing was able to stand out from many people and become a proud civil servant in the Pingliang District Residents' Committee of Shanghai. Similarly, for a listener, listening to an iron gate explain the development of the entire case is also a very easy thing.

Walking back to the neighborhood committee office, Tian Qing was surprised to find the office door closed: "What's going on? Has everyone in the office gone out? Didn't the leader say before that the door shouldn't be closed to avoid affecting the neighborhood committee's image?"

Click! Tian Qing unlocked the office door with her key, and then a young woman's panicked scream came from inside.

Bulma cautiously peeked out and saw it was Qing. She breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, it's Qing! You scared me to death! Quick, close the door!"

"Bulma-neechan? What happened?" Tianqing asked as she closed the door.

"Actually, it's nothing, the baby suddenly started crying for milk, so I thought I'd close the door and feed him for a bit..." Bulma said, blushing, as she breastfed the baby in her arms.

Tian Qing peeked out and said instinctively, "This child is so fair... no, this child is so big..."

Bulma's face flushed red, and she glared fiercely at Tenji.

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PS: Second Chapter of the Extra

Chapter 50 The name of the traitor of Kusagakure is known to all.

Whoosh! Tian Qing piloted the Freedom Gundam swiftly through the sky, passing through a thin layer of clouds, and then flew towards the distant horizon. At the very moment the Freedom Gundam passed through the clouds, a tiny barrier hidden within them was gently touched, and a concealed and imperceptible chakra fluctuation was emitted, sending it towards the ground.

On the ground, in a watchtower perched atop a mountain, an Iwa ninja stared in surprise at the red flashing alarm. He then swiftly rushed to the watchtower's communication console and shouted, "Alarm! Alarm! The aerial barrier just went off! Something has intruded through the sky! Judging from the shape of the object, it's very likely a Konoha flying puppet!!"

The alarm from the Iwa ninja was quickly transmitted via the communication station to another watchtower not far from this one. There, the Iwa ninja on duty who received the alarm would then pass it on to the next watchtower, just like a beacon tower, relaying the alarm section by section towards the main Iwa ninja position.

In previous wars, Konoha's extensive use of flying puppets to launch air raids on enemies led countries around the world to prioritize aerial defense and early warning systems, especially Iwagakure, which was likely to go to war with Konoha in the future. Leveraging Iwagakure's large population, the ninja developed a wide-ranging air defense system. By erecting countless watchtowers on the ground and creating miniature barriers throughout the sky, they could provide timely warnings of any intruders entering the airspace.

As Ameyo piloted the Freedom Gundam deeper into the airspace controlled by Iwagakure, more and more ground watchtowers issued corresponding alarms, which eventually converged on the command post of the Iwagakure army.

"Lord Tsuchikage, eighteen watchtowers have issued sighting alerts. After compiling and comparing these reports, we can now be fairly certain!" an Iwa ninja strategist exclaimed excitedly, "It's the flying puppet of former Konoha Hokage Ameharu! She used it to infiltrate Sunagakure and kill the Second Kazekage! Judging from the puppet's route, it should be heading towards the trap area we set up! We didn't expect Kusagakure to actually pass on the false information we deliberately provided to Konoha!"

The Grass Ninja Village is infamous for its fickle nature, practically a notorious traitor. The Iwa Ninja Village is well aware of this unscrupulous practice of "running away when things go wrong and betraying their cause at the slightest provocation." Therefore, when the Iwa Ninja Village was searching for a location to install the chakra railgun, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, not only prevented the Grass Ninja Village from interfering but also deliberately had his Iwa ninja create a fake installation location, disguising this false location to mislead the Grass Ninja Village.

Originally, Onoki ordered this only because he didn't trust the Grass Village and subconsciously kept a backup plan against them. However, he never expected that his carefully laid trap would actually attract such a big fish!

"It seems our village's chance to turn the tide has finally arrived!!" Onoki revealed a long-lost smile, the gloom of the past few days' defeats instantly vanishing. He loudly issued the pre-prepared battle plan to the Iwa ninja strategists: "The main force of the Iwa ninja, along with the Jinchuriki, set off immediately and launch a full-scale attack on Konoha! While Konoha is without a commander to hold the line, crush Konoha's puppet army with all our might! Remember to prioritize clearing out the signal towers!"

"Yes!" The numerous Iwa ninja squad leaders responded and rushed outside. Then, countless Iwa ninja began their forced march in the darkness of the night!

"All the other elite Jonin, follow me. Let's go and meet that so-called 'ageless witch,' Tenharu!" Onoki continued, a deep killing intent flashing in his eyes.

After discovering that Tensei had ventured too far into enemy territory, Onoki immediately decided to split his forces into two groups. One group, led by himself, consisted of a portion of elite troops who would ambush and kill Tensei at the trap site. The other group, consisting of a large number of Iwa ninja and two Jinchuriki, would launch a full-scale attack on Konoha while Tensei was away.

"This time, I must avenge the Iwa ninja who died before!" Onoki narrowed his eyes, forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart, and used his calm mind to deduce his plan one last time.

He personally led an elite squad, lying in wait by the trap. Dealing with Tianqing shouldn't be a problem, given their rested state and the presence of the Tsuchikage himself, giving them numerical superiority. Victory was practically assured. Meanwhile, the Iwa ninja army, plus two Jinchuriki, should also be able to handle Konoha's puppet army and a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. They had discovered the puppet army's weakness—the need for signal towers—and in direct combat, the Iwa ninja were far superior to the Hydralisk puppets. As long as they avoided the Hydralisk puppets' encirclement, the Iwa ninja army could easily defeat Konoha's puppet army on the battlefield.

"Excellent! This perfect battle plan has no flaws whatsoever!" Onoki carefully considered it, then let out a long sigh of relief, thinking with delight, "It's safe, it's really safe this time! With such a favorable situation, Iwagakure cannot possibly lose!"

In fact, Onoki had an even more reliable way to defeat Konoha. That was to completely abandon the plan to use the Iwa ninja army to launch an attack, and instead focus on protecting the installation of the chakra railgun. Once the chakra railgun was completed, he could then use it to attack Konoha.

Although this method takes a little longer, it is very safe and has very little risk.

But in the end, Onoki had to give up on the idea because he couldn't wait any longer.

Not long ago, Onoki received intelligence from the Land of Earth, claiming that the daimyo who had been kidnapped by Akatsuki had officially betrayed the country and was frequently contacting powerful nobles and officials of all ranks in the Land of Earth, preparing to instigate an internal rebellion. They hoped that Onoki would lead his army back as soon as possible to stabilize the situation in the Land of Earth.

With internal strife looming in their rear base, Onoki simply didn't have enough time to wait, even though the chakra railgun would only need to wait a while longer to be installed and put into use! If it weren't for the unexpected discovery of Ame-no-Kage's whereabouts, Onoki would probably have taken the initiative to negotiate peace with Konoha after a period of confrontation, and then led the Iwa ninja army to retreat back to their country.

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I'm taking leave; I'll update tomorrow.

I'm sick. I had a high fever and went to get an injection. I'm dizzy and feel like I can't even stand up from a chair. I'm taking the day off today. I'll update tomorrow.

It's so easy to get sick these days.

I wasn't exposed to wind or caught a cold yesterday or today, and this just happened out of nowhere.

That's all for now, I'm off to register. See you tomorrow, dear readers.