Naruto: I'm really not an evil scientist!

Although Konoha might be able to control the water resources, the Land of Wind is so short of water that they have no better solution.

Of course, in front of the village leaders, he, a mere ninja, dared not reveal his true thoughts.

"That damned Fourth Hokage!" Upon learning the answer, Rasa had no choice but to let go of the collars and cuffs of everyone's clothes, and angrily slammed his fist on the table, his mood getting worse and worse.

Using the power of Wood Release to plant trees, build desert oases, and develop more scientific water conservancy facilities and irrigation systems, these are things that only the Leaf Village ninjas can do.

Although Rasa has to accept reality now, he really doesn't want Sunagakure to be so dependent on Konoha.

At that point, it will become a question whether Sunagakure will remain Sunagakure or become an affiliated village of Konoha.

Although these things are beneficial to the country and its people, he had no reason to oppose them, no opportunity to oppose them, and no power to change the decision that the daimyo had already made.

However, this is extremely disadvantageous for Sunagakure.

Once the Daimyo of the Land of Wind habitually entrusts Konoha ninja with their duties, the position of Sunagakure will become increasingly awkward.

If this continues, with one side gaining at the expense of the other, Konoha will become stronger and stronger, while Sunagakure will become weaker and weaker.

"Minato Namikaze, Hiruko, was all of this part of your plan?"

Although they are allies, Konoha has always been considered an enemy of Sunagakure.

Chapter 134 Jealousy

The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was also Rasa's hypothetical enemy.

Rasa had been closely monitoring Minato Namikaze's intelligence, but the more he learned, the more complicated his feelings became.

Rasa was extremely jealous that Minato Namikaze had a true genius scientific ninja like Hiruko.

In Konoha, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, held almost absolute power, while Rasa could only constantly feel jealous of him.

Minato Namikaze was able to lead a village that was becoming increasingly powerful, but he was forced to take over the mess that was Sunagakure in a time of crisis.

He was busy sewing and mending all day long, feeling extremely stressed.

Minato Namikaze never had to worry about the village's funds, while Hiruko was constantly raising funds for Konoha.

He, however, was to lead the ninjas of Sunagakure to pan for gold in the desert in order to subsidize the village's expenses.

Minato Namikaze and his wife had a loving and happy family, but he lost his wife at a young age.

Konoha has a rich history and produces many talented people, but among the younger generation of Sunagakure, only Rasa is capable of shouldering the responsibility.

They always had to turn to senior figures like Chiyo and Ebizo for help.

Thinking of this, Rasa felt even more regretful that he had plotted to harm Yekura, a powerful female ninja, in order to consolidate his position and eliminate potential hostility.

If Yekura were still in Sunagakure, he wouldn't be in such a predicament.

At this point, Ebizo, the experienced old advisor, said based on the intelligence report: "Konoha's ability to cultivate Wood Release ninjas is entirely due to the special medicine developed by Hiruko."

"Could we find a way to steal some of these potions and unlock the secrets of Konoha?"

Luo Sha stared at Ebizo in front of him, his eyes full of anticipation.

If Sunagakure could obtain some samples of the medicine, they might be able to decipher the secrets of Wood Release, allowing Sunagakure to master another powerful bloodline limit in addition to Magnet Release.

Furthermore, if Sunagakure were to master Wood Release, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind would likely no longer waste his own ninjas on sending money to the Land of Fire in Konoha.

However, given Sunagakure's current resources, it would be difficult for them to establish an intelligence network comparable to Ebizo's decades-long strategy in a short period of time.

In terms of espionage, he must rely on this old man who has dedicated his life to Sunagakure at this stage.

However, Konoha has extremely strict regulations on Wood Release drugs. All relevant personnel must undergo several rounds of political vetting, and only those with a clean background are qualified to access the drugs.

Furthermore, the final distribution of the medicine must be approved by the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.

Moreover, the medication must be injected on the spot when it is dispensed, and most importantly, there is a machine for gene modification.

Without genetic modification, even if one possesses Wood Release cultivated with a drug, it will be extremely fragile, with virtually no loopholes to exploit.

Ebizo shook his head, shattering Rasa's illusions: "We're not the only ones trying to steal the Wood Release potion."

"Among the five great nations, many forces covet Wood Release, after all, it is the power of Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi."

"If one day we could really regain the power of the God of Shinobi, we would be set for life. Unfortunately, Konoha's control over Wood Release drugs is too strict, so there is absolutely no chance."

Because Konoha's measures were so meticulous, Rasa could only rage helplessly alone in his office.

He never imagined that the Daimyo of the Land of Wind would be so disregard for the interests of the Sand Village ninja.

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind entrusted the Konoha ninja with this task for two main reasons.

Firstly, in order to protect the hard-won oasis and prevent the land from becoming desert again, it is stipulated that people from the Land of Wind are not allowed to use large-scale destructive ninjutsu in non-desert terrain areas of their homeland, so as to avoid polluting the environment.

Secondly, in order to protect the green vegetation in the desert, it is stipulated that during the construction process, it is forbidden to indiscriminately cut down local trees or carry out destructive development on non-desert terrain.

Large-scale ninja attacks would severely damage the ecological environment.

Putting everything else aside, the first two prohibitions alone directly target Shukaku, the strongest weapon in the Land of Wind.

Furthermore, large-scale AOE ninjutsu such as Sandstorm Funeral, and wind-style ninjutsu that can easily cut through a forest, will be subject to strict restrictions in the future.

This only made matters worse for the already shrunken and declining puppet army.

In the future, even the wood needed to make puppets may have to be sourced from abroad.

As for the Gundam unit developed by Hiruko, its technology would never be easily leaked to Sunagakure.

The core of the Gundam unit is chip technology, although Rasa's side had managed to obtain a few chips.

But it's completely baffling why these chips can perform such high-intensity calculations, allowing ordinary people to control Gundams; it's truly perplexing.

Although the Sand Village ninjas can still use their signature abilities in desert terrain, their advantages disappear once they enter oasis terrain.

To make matters worse, these are all places where Konoha ninjas happen to be active.

Moreover, as time goes on, green vegetation will inevitably spread rapidly and engulf the yellow desert.

In other words, the living space of Sunagakure will be gradually squeezed by Konoha ninja.

When Luo Sha learned of these bans, he was so angry that he smashed several desks.

He roared furiously, "This is outrageous! This is absolutely outrageous! Minato Namikaze, you've gone too far!"

His eyes were bloodshot, his veins were bulging, and his chakra was surging outwards uncontrollably.

As the chakra went berserk, the yellow sand mixed with the golden chakra and was repelled in all directions.

Meanwhile, in the Land of the Sky, Shennong finally completed the repair work on Zero-Tail.

He looked at the monster in front of him, with its large head bearing the word "Zero Tail" and its entire body enveloped in dark chakra, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Phew, finally succeeded."

"Although it has wasted a lot of my time, and the Zero-Tails is still very weak and needs to absorb countless amounts of chakra, once it is revived, it will only be a matter of time before it returns to its peak condition."

Strictly speaking, Zero Tail is actually a special kind of artificial creation.

Compared to the true tailed beasts, it is much inferior, but precisely because it is relatively weak, it is much easier to control.

Controlling a tailed beast usually requires a Jinchuriki, as well as a long period of time to get used to it, and the ninja who can become a Jinchuriki must be exceptionally talented.

For each of the major ninja villages, creating a Jinchuriki is tantamount to sacrificing a future genius.

Perfect Jinchūriki are ultimately rare.

Zero-Tails can absorb dark chakra, which not only allows it to recover quickly after a hard battle, but also serves as an energy core to continuously supply energy to certain large fortresses.

Years ago, realizing they couldn't fight the major ninja villages head-on, the Sky Ninja of the Land of Sky took a different approach, developing the Zero-Tails and successfully building a floating fortress using its properties.

This floating fortress is no ordinary structure. Through continuous research, the Sky Ninjas have created a device capable of carrying people in flight at a low cost.

In the Naruto world, air superiority is a crucial power that even the major ninja villages struggle to control.

It's not that the major ninja villages don't value air superiority; it's just that the vast majority of ninjas can't fly.

Even though a few ninjas can fly using methods other than summoning techniques, only geniuses can master the flight techniques in the ninja world.

In addition, it is difficult to find a summoning beast capable of carrying a large group of people in prolonged aerial combat.

Flying ninja beasts are very few in number, and they are often weak. When they carry people in flight, they are not only slow, but they may also become targets for enemy attacks.

Relying on the enormous advantage of its floating fortresses, the Sky Kingdom is inherently invincible.

Not to mention, the floating fortress also has a large number of devices that do not require ninjas to use flight techniques themselves; they can achieve true flight with just a little mechanical power.

Some ability users can even control these flying devices with just a certain amount of chakra, remaining high above.

They only need to use ninja tools like self-destruct tags to bombard people on the ground.

The Sky Kingdom also developed many powerful supporting mechanisms.

For example, you could stuff a large number of kunai into a container at the same time, and then press a mechanism during flight to make the kunai fall continuously.

Due to gravitational acceleration, the kunai will continuously accelerate during its descent, posing a significant threat to the ground.

Many years ago, when the Land of the Sky was at its peak, its army was incredibly powerful thanks to its air superiority and a vast amount of special ninja tools. Ordinary ninja villages were no match for them.

What good are powerful ground ninjas?

The Land of the Sky didn't engage them in direct combat at all. Instead, they flew directly to their ninja village in their flying machines, dropped bombs, destroyed the village, and then left without a trace.

Without the foundation of the ninja village, even the most powerful ninja group will quickly disappear from this era.

Even if the Sky Country doesn't continue to attack them, their enemies won't let go of this good opportunity to annihilate their opponent given the ongoing war.

Because of this unique fighting style, despite the lack of truly top-tier experts within the Sky Country, the people of the Sky Country have always been full of confidence in themselves, even believing that they can unify the five great nations.

However, reality dealt them a heavy blow; they were directly defeated by Konoha Village.

Konoha Village used a stratagem, sending out a large number of elite ninjas to launch a surprise attack before the Sky Ninjas of the Land of the Sky could take off, annihilating all the panicked Sky Ninjas on the ground.

After that battle, not only was the Land of the Sky destroyed, but even the Zero Tail, which they relied on, was completely shattered.

As a survivor of the Sky Kingdom, Shennong has been working hard to restore the Sky Kingdom and revive the Zero-Tails.

Under his leadership, the remaining Sky Ninjas struggled to survive.

On the other hand, they seize opportunities in the war, disguise themselves, and continue to participate in the war as neutral parties, profiting at the cost of their lives.

On the other hand, the Sky Ninja Clan follows the ideas of their predecessors, constantly deducing and creating the latest human equipment.

Not long ago, they successfully completed the Super Giant Ninja Tool, which they called the "Aircraft Carrier" project.

The surviving Sky Ninjas have always longed to bring the Sky Ninja clan back to its former glory. While reminiscing about the past, they are also pondering how they ultimately failed.