Naruto: The village was on the verge of bankruptcy, and I struck oil.

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"Sir, how about we sell the executioner's sword? It's a ninja tool too."

grass.

That's incredibly clever.

Danzo Shimura raised his hand and used a wind release technique to send the person flying eight feet away.

"Are you stupid or am I stupid?"

The decapitation sword is 250 centimeters long and weighs 30 kilograms.

Aside from those born with superhuman strength, who would use him as a ninja tool for no reason?

And carrying such a long knife on a mission, do you think you're not conspicuous enough, that you won't die quickly enough, or that the branches in the forest aren't dense enough?

Danzo Shimura roared.

"Give me some reliable ideas."

A young researcher in Konoha named Tono Kasuke proposed a solution.

"Lord Danzo, the ironworks is actually quite successful."

Danzo Shimura looked at Kasuke Tono.

Tono Fusa said boldly, "Although the temperature of this blast furnace is not high enough to melt the Executioner's Blade, it can melt other iron ores. This ironworks can operate using other ores as well. It is also much more efficient than our original one."

Danzo Shimura leaned on his cane and pondered for a while.

"But what about the quality?!"

"What I need is not ninja tools, but ninja tools that can defeat the tools of the Sand Village."

"Can ordinary iron ore accomplish this task?"

Tono Kazusuke: "Yes, after our research, we found an iron ore called Tamahagane that can meet the requirements."

Tamahagane?!

Danzo Shimura was delighted.

"That thing?"

"Hurry up and use it to refine!"

Tono Kazusuke: "We only have a small share for research. The Tamagane mine is in the hands of the daimyo and is privately owned by them."

Danzo Shimura: "Then hurry up and buy it."

Tono Kazusa: "Tamagan is very expensive. If we buy it according to the price set by the daimyo, the cost will be three or four times that of the Sand Village."

what! ! !

Danzo Shimura was now in a dilemma.

How can this be good?

At this time, an ANBU member came to invite Shimura Danzo.

"Lord Danzo, Lady Tsunade requests your presence."

Danzo Shimura knew that Tsunade had called him to discuss the ironworks.

He had an idea in his mind.

Let's do it this way.

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Chapter 196 What can't this old man handle?

Tsunade received Danzo Shimura in her office.

Tsunade's expression was not good.

Danzo Shimura cut off power to parts of the village in order to smelt iron.

This led to complaints from the villagers.

As soon as Shimura Danzo entered.

Tsunade then asked without any hesitation, "Elder Shimura, how is your ironworks doing?"

Shimura Danzo's earlier gloomy expression vanished.

He held his head high.

His eyes gleamed with smugness.

He had already prepared a reason for his journey.

"My lord, please rest assured, my ironworks is a great success."

Tsunade was delighted.

"is it?"

That's great!

"I gonna go see."

Danzo Shimura quickly stopped him.

"My lord, it's alright."

"Today is just a trial; the official rollout will have to wait a while."

A period of time?

Tsunade asked suspiciously, "What are we waiting for? The factory is already built, and you've already had your blood drawn from the whale. Why are we still waiting?"

Danzo Shimura was also a cunning old fox.

Lies are easy to tell once they're laid out.

"Humph."

"We want to defeat the Sand Village's ninja tools, so of course we need to use tools of better quality than theirs to defeat them."

Tsunade: "Better quality?"

Danzo Shimura nodded.

"Yes, after our research, we added Tamahagane to the raw materials for the Executioner's Blade, and our quality surpassed that of the Sand Ninja."

"So we need to wait a bit longer and get a batch of Yugang steel."

Tsunade recalled something after hearing the word "Tamagang".

"Isn't Tamagane a private mine owned by Yoshimitsu Daimyo?"

As the finest mineral, Tamahagane is naturally kept under Daiming's control.

Danzo Shimura: "Therefore, I request that you send me as your representative to negotiate with the daimyo and ask him to support our village on Tamagane."

Tsunade hesitated.

Danzo Shimura continued, "Our Konoha Village is the most important military force in the Land of Fire. Our strength is now weakening in the competition with Sunagakure. The Daimyo has an obligation to support us."

Tsunade: "So, what kind of support do you want from the Daimyo?"

Danzo Shimura was very boastful.

"Of course, it would be best to directly transfer the Tamahagane Mine to Konoha for management."

Tsunade shook her head: "I'm afraid the Daimyo will have a hard time agreeing."

Danzo Shimura: "With such a high price for Tamahagane, if we buy it at that price, we still won't be able to compete with the Sand Village."

Tsunade remained silent.

The relationship between the daimyo and the village is a sensitive matter.

Based on her situation, she knew that there were people around the Daimyo who insisted that the Hokage was unnecessary and believed that the real power of the ninjas should be held by the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

At this point, they demanded the mine from the daimyo.

Will this escalate the conflict?

Tsunade thought very deeply.

Shimura Danzo wouldn't think of these things.

He pressed on relentlessly.

"My lord, we have already invested over a hundred million in the ninja tool project. You don't want all that money to be wasted, do you?"

"Sir, you must be decisive, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the villagers if the project fails."

Tsunade's heart skipped a beat.

Danzo Shimura, that bastard, is putting himself in a very difficult position.

Ultimately, I agreed to the project.

Failure will also implicate you.

Even hundreds of millions of dollars is a problem.