The Avengers of the Uzumaki Family

What about the hatred that follows?

These were all reasons why Naruto objected, but Menma's words were deeply etched into Naruto's mind, and he vaguely felt that there was some truth to them.

Thinking about this.

Naruto himself was horrified.

'What should I do... Dad... Mom...'

Naruto is deeply trapped in the 'mental maze' he has created for himself, and when he can get out of it depends on Naruto himself.

A conversation that Menma didn't expect.

Although it brought a great psychological impact to Naruto.

But for Menma, it was a trivial matter that could be easily turned over, since Menma had long ago realized that his younger brother was almost certainly not the same kind of person as him.

This is not a matter of choice.

Rather, it's a difference in their fundamental understanding of principles.

It's still that kind of difference, like heaven and earth.

Menma only got angry at first, then put the previous conversation out of his mind. He was better off spending more time on his experiments than getting angry.

In fact, that's exactly how Mianma does it.

After visiting Naruto once.

Menma made up his mind that unless absolutely necessary, he would not go looking for his stupid younger brother anymore, and would just let Wugou and the others keep an eye on Naruto.

Anyway, it's only been a little over a year.

By that time.

Whether he succeeds or fails, Naruto's problems will no longer be problems.

After adjusting my mindset.

Menma devoted himself entirely to his work, coordinating the merger of the ninja villages while also developing new experimental plans based on the gains from his recent trip. His physical strength had reached a new limit.

He had a premonition that if he could break through smoothly according to the plan this time, he would be able to achieve the goal he had initially set.

By that time.

Even if his Sage Body strength is not as good as Hashirama Senju's, it is definitely close, and they are at the same level!

Of course, you have to hurry when making noodles.

He couldn't wait to reach that level!

Everything must be done at a fast pace, with rapid steps forward.

Time is also flying by.

That marked the end of Konoha's 61st year.

As the New Year's bells rang, the ninja world also ushered in a brand new year. And this was after such a long period of preparation.

The merger of Takigakure Village and Kusagakure Village has also been completed.

At this point in time.

It's not just the people of the two countries and two villages anymore; the entire ninja world, all the ninja villages in the world, already know about the impending merger of Takigakure and Kusagakure.

The daimyo, high-ranking nobles, and political figures of the Land of Waterfall and the Land of Grass also went from initially expressing subtle opposition, to using various means to stop it, to finally choosing to acquiesce.

As I said before, this is the world of ninjas.

Might makes right.

Power is in the hands of ninjas. No matter how high the status of nobles is, they are ultimately just ordinary people. Can they really compete with ninjas?

These daimyo and nobles should be careful not to anger the ninjas, or they might just flip the table and quit the game.

You'll see who suffers the greater loss in the end!

Who is less able to accept it?

This is also the main reason why Mianma previously stated that there is absolutely no need to worry about interference from national-level factors.

Moreover, strategic security issues must be taken into consideration.

From now on, the daimyo and nobles of both countries will still have to reluctantly allocate funds and supplies to the newly established ninja village.

The new ninja village is called—Kōgaku Village.

The first leader of Hidden Light Village was Uzumaki Menma.

And it all started from this moment.

All future leaders of the Hidden Light Village will be referred to as the Heavenly Shadow.

This was a matter reported to the daimyo of both countries in the name of Menma, and also announced to the entire ninja world.

The founding of the Ninja Village and the succession ceremony of the first Ame-kage.

All events will be officially held on January 10th, after the New Year. The invitations sent out to the public also invite high-ranking officials from various governments and ninja villages to attend.

This is a blatant declaration of the sixth largest ninja village in the ninja world.

The arrival of the sixth shadow!

Governments and ninja villages around the world received this invitation at the beginning of the new year. Regardless of how these people viewed the matter, every ninja village accepted the invitation from 'Hidden Light Village' and agreed to send a special representative to congratulate the establishment of Hidden Light Village and the succession ceremony of the First Ame-kage.

Oh, there's still one ninja village that won't come.

That is Kirigakure (Hidden Mist Village).

Firstly, in the previous battle, Menma killed far too many Mist Ninja, including Mei Terumi, whom Genji valued most and was most qualified to succeed as Mizukage, and Ao, Genji's most trusted subordinate who possessed the most precious Byakugan.

It has only been a few months.

How could the Grand Master possibly send anyone to participate in such a ceremony!

Not to mention that Kirigakure has already returned to its previous semi-closed state, and not easily contacting the outside world is their guiding principle.

Moreover, there is another hidden factor.

Obito's plan to re-infiltrate the village is almost complete. After all, Obito is the most senior person in Kirigakure. His life experience is unmatched in the entire ninja world. Although Obito's actions are very secretive and cautious, and he has fully learned from his previous lessons, he must take action if he wants to control Kirigakure.

The Yuan Master was quite adept at understanding these subtle changes.

During this period of time.

The Yuan Master also quietly launched a counter-reconnaissance operation.

They had no time to care about the outside world, since their Hidden Mist Village was far from the mainland and isolated by the ocean, giving them a natural geographical advantage.

Internal problems are the most important.

Therefore, it is foreseeable that a huge storm will soon erupt in Kirigakure.

Apart from Kirigakure.

The remaining ninja villages all dispatched their respective delegations to travel to Hidden Light Village at the designated time.

It is worth mentioning that, although the new Ninja Village was established.

However, the addresses of the two original ninja villages will remain unchanged for the time being. The only adjustments will be made to administrative positions, personnel arrangements, and some external settings.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Kusagakure Village and Takigakure Village look very close to each other on the map.

But that's only compared to other ninja villages.

In fact, traveling from Kusagakure to Takigakure, even at full speed day and night, would take nearly a day, according to the average full-speed ninja.

This shows the distance between the two ninja villages.

In the original story, Kakashi mentioned that even traveling at full speed from Konoha to Sunagakure would take more than three days.

Ninjas are incredibly fast and can ignore terrain, so merging the two major ninja villages into a unified village is not feasible at this stage.

Or to be more precise, this is a very time-consuming and large-scale project.

They need to proceed gradually.

The current ninja village is still the same size as before.

As originally planned, this involved establishing additional outposts and contact points between the two ninja villages.

Another option is to extend the barrier outwards.

The government affairs hall, which was previously located in the center of Takigakure, was moved to the southwest corner of the entire village and a new building was constructed. Subsequently, a series of buildings will be built around this building.

The same goes for Kusagakure Village.

It will use the northeast direction as the extension point.

To shorten the distance between the two ninja villages as much as possible.

To achieve complete integration into a single ninja village.

At present, the original location of Takigakure Village is still used as the main base of Hikarigakure Village.

The delegations from various governments and ninja villages were all heading towards the former location of Takigakure.

Of course, from now on, there will be no more Takigakure Village or Kusagakure Village. Instead, there will be the names East District of Hikarigakure Village and West District of Hikarigakure Village.

The distance between the two districts was artificially controlled by Menma to be about half a day's journey, which means that the distance from the theoretical coverage area of ​​the eastern district of Hidden Light Village to the western district was shortened by half.

Even though this theoretically defined area of ​​influence only covers one or two buildings and at most a dozen or so ninjas, the basic framework has already been established.

If there is a corresponding time.

It will take at most ten years.

Menma can completely unify the East and West regions. Once this goal is achieved, the new Hidden Light Village can truly become the number one ninja village in the ninja world, simply in terms of land area.

After all, while buildings are relatively easy to construct, population growth is not something that can be accomplished overnight. Therefore, with the establishment of the new ninja village, Menma directly issued several orders, including but not limited to the appointment of positions, the reorganization of ninja forces, the establishment of some necessary bases, as well as some policies and orders regarding internal affairs.

This also includes orders that encourage childbirth.

Another aspect is the external recruitment policy.

Menma wants to fill his own ninja village with as many people as possible, as for whether it will cause other problems.

That's inevitable.