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

It smashed the desert sands, causing them to swirl and the earth to tremble.

The Sand Ninja on the other side were overjoyed.

"That's great!" came out of my mouth.

Jiraiya became even more curious.

Although sandworms are large, their meat is not only unpalatable, but it is also said to contain a lot of metals that can cause poisoning.

What do the Sand Village want with them?

Are they going to develop weapons?

Summoning beast?

Jiraiya didn't think about it for long.

People from the Sand Village are coming.

The newcomer was Sand Iron, the Jonin captain of the Second Division of the Ninja Army, who was in charge of commanding the capture of sandworms.

He had seen Jiraiya's diplomatic documents and identification.

"You are Konoha's envoys, so stay with us and don't act rashly. We will take you back to the village."

"Okay, then I'll trouble you."

Jiraiya led Naruto to follow the Sand Iron.

They approached the site where sandworms were being caught.

A giant sandworm lay fallen in the desert, and many ninjas were busy working on its body.

Someone is injecting something into a sandworm using a syringe as thick as a thigh.

Some people were tying steel bars and ropes to the ground.

"Reinforce it, reinforce it, don't let the sandworms sink in."

With instructions given, people immediately used earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magical technique) to reinforce the sand layer.

The whole site was as busy as a construction site.

I took a quick look.

There were approximately two hundred ninjas.

Two hundred ninjas are enough to fight a small-scale battle.

Why use it only to catch a sandworm?

And they seemed very skilled at it.

Jiraiya couldn't help but be curious.

Why are you catching sandworms?

Chapter 40 Maglev Train?

Sha Tie sternly rebuked, "This matter has nothing to do with you, and you two had better not look around or ask questions."

Jiraiya and Naruto could only watch quietly as they went about their business.

An eagle cries out in the sky.

The Sand Ninja, who were resting after finishing their work, cheered.

Jiraiya and Naruto looked in the direction of the cheering crowd.

A strange car drove up from a distance.

Even Jiraiya and Naruto didn't know how to describe this car.

It is a flat iron plate that is 300 meters long, with two iron houses at the beginning and end, each with about ten ninjas standing on it.

The strangest thing is that it has no wheels and floats about one meter above the ground, allowing it to walk on its own in the desert.

"Perverted Sage, have you ever seen this before?" Naruto was dumbfounded.

Jiraiya shook his head.

He had never seen it either.

The car was parked next to the sandworms.

On the train, the captain of the Third Division of the Merchant Ninja Clan, Otokaze, laughed and said, "Sand Iron, congratulations to your squad for successfully capturing a sandworm. You'll be in for a hefty reward soon."

Sha Tie and his teammates laughed triumphantly.

Otoka saw Jiraiya and Naruto dressed in Konoha-style attire.

"Are you from Konoha?"

Jiraiya, Naruto nodded.

"We have come to pay our respects to Lord Kazekage and discuss the upcoming talks between our two sides."

The tone was noticeably more pleasant to talk to than the cold, hard, and iron-like sand.

He laughed and said, "Then wait until we've tied up the sandworms, and you can come with us to Sunagakure in the car."

"Okay, thank you." Jiraiya and Naruto expressed their gratitude.

Seeing that they were thirsty, Yin Feng kindly handed them water bottles to quench their thirst.

The outgoing Naruto seized the opportunity to strike up a conversation.

"Brother Yinfeng, what is this? It looks so strange."

Naruto was referring to the maglev train.

Yin Feng didn't hide anything either.

"This is called a magnetic levitation vehicle. It was specifically built to haul sandworms, but of course, it can also be used to transport goods."

Maglev boardwalk?

Jiraiya and Naruto were completely confused.

Naruto then pointed to the strange tube in the Sand Ninja's hand.

"What's that?"

Yinfeng: "Oh, the grappling hook electromagnetic gun, a ninja tool that can generate electricity and is suitable for catching sandworms."

The two were amazed once again.

The sandworms were moved to the magnetic levitation vehicle.

The weight of the cart caused it to sink into the sand.

Sound and wind conduction.

"Inject current, inject current."

One ninja, one in front and one behind, placed their hands on the roof and injected lightning into it.

The maglev train began to rise.

The announcement was made after the sound quality check was completed.

"Departure, let's go, back to the park."

He brought Jiraiya along, and Naruto had them sit next to him.

The three sat on the back of the sandworm.

The remaining maglev vehicles, though not fast, were smooth and stable.

Jiraiya, Naruto has truly broadened his horizons today.

I saw so many new and interesting things.

"Brother Yinfeng, why do you Sand Ninjas like using Lightning Release so much?" Naruto asked, seeing them using electric guns and maglev carts.

Yinfeng laughed and said, "Haha, who says that Sand Ninjas can only use Earth Release and Sand Release? Of course, we use whatever is most useful. That's the ninja way of our village."

In order to change the conservative mindset of Sunagakure.

Mu Feng repeatedly promoted the idea of ​​flexibility and reform.

Even the ninja academy textbooks were revised.

These words are now commonly discussed by the villagers and ninjas of Sunagakure.

Jiraiya, however, thought about it even more.

Sunagakure is a notoriously poor village.

Economic hardship has been a historical problem for Sunagakure since its founding.

Even during the initial talks, the first Kazekage of Sunagakure voluntarily gave up the allocation of tailed beasts, citing that his country already possessed the One-Tailed Shukaku.

The relative conditions were that Konoha ceded some of its fertile border lands and received 30% of the proceeds from other countries purchasing tailed beasts from Konoha as a reward.

This shows just how dire the economic situation was for the Sand Village.

The situation did not improve even by the time of the Fourth Kazekage.

Since the alliance between Konoha and Sunagakure, Konoha has consistently provided economic assistance to Sunagakure.

Jiraiya's visit to Sunagakure was also intended to use economic aid as leverage to meet with Kazekage Mokufu.

Now we see that Sunagakure has mobilized more than 200 ninjas to capture these useless sandworms in the desert.

He hesitated.

What exactly happened in Sunagakure?

Shouldn't the ninjas of Sunagakure be traveling around taking on missions to earn money to support the village?

Why do people still have the leisure to mobilize so many people to do such a pointless thing?

And according to them...

Catching sandworms seems to be a routine job, and there are even bonuses.