Konoha: Offer your heart to the Hokage!

These words of praise made Uchiha Yan unconsciously puff out his chest with pride.

Yes!

She already has thirty ninjas under her command, and she herself has mastered the Mangekyou Sharingan, ranking among the Kage-level ninjas.

So what if we're being hunted down by the Uchiha clan?

Who says that rogue Uchiha ninja can't establish their own ninja village?

If she stayed in Konoha, she would be overshadowed by the Uchiha clan leader, Chizuru; and if the Uchiha clan leader were in Konoha, he would be overshadowed by the Senju Hokage. Just thinking about it was suffocating.

In the Land of Fields...

She doesn't have to be subservient to anyone or have to be mindful of anyone's feelings; she can stand directly at the pinnacle of a country or a village and become its leader.

This is the freedom she has always been pursuing!

"Choose someone you trust to be the official leader of Akatsuki, responsible for negotiating with the Daimyo and handling Akatsuki's external exchanges."

"We need to act quickly and make Akatsuki Village an official ninja village of the Land of Rice Fields before the New Year."

Uchiha Yan licked his dry lips:

"Okay! I'll go and arrange for the establishment of the ninja village right away."

Chapter 67 The Konoha Elder's Classic Traitorous Act

Akatsuki Village, Demigod of the Ninja World...

The art style of Tianzhiguo is heading in a direction that is both familiar and strange, bizarre and outrageous.

I don’t even know if Hanzo the Salamander has been born yet.

Before even beginning his ninja training, Uchiha Yan had already stolen the script for his demigod life.

...

Uchiha Yan acted very efficiently. After clearly stating his intention to establish a ninja village, he immediately began to advance various matters. In just a few days, all the rules for the reorganization of the Akatsuki ninja group were finalized.

The core members of the Akatsuki ninja group are mostly native ninjas from the Land of Rice Fields who are skilled in Sound Release techniques; Sound Release is the symbol of this ninja village.

Unlike other ninja villages that use the name of their leader to refer to the name of their country, Akatsuki Village did not use "Tadakage" as the name of its leader, but instead named him "Otokage".

[Akatsuki Ninja Group → Akatsuki Village]

[Chief of Akatsuki → Audio-Visual]

The charter has been established.

Uchiha Yan selected a special Jonin named Sawaki who was idealistic, capable, and loyal, and appointed him as the First Hokage.

Subsequently, Sawaki rushed to the capital of the Land of Rice Fields with the drafted village building charter to meet with the daimyo and discuss the village building matters.

The daimyo of the Land of Fields was a shrewd man. He had heard from his ministers that there was a ninja group in his territory that specialized in eliminating bandit gangs and wiping out mountain tyrants. He had already been thinking of winning them over, but he had not yet found a suitable opportunity.

Any reasonably respectable daimyo would consider cooperating with such a clean-cut team.

Now that Zemu has brought the village's charter, the two sides hit it off immediately and encountered no resistance.

Akatsuki Village, the first official ninja village in the Land of Rice Fields.

It was thus officially established.

A wave of jubilation swept through the Daimyo's prefecture. This small ninja village, which started with only thirty people, embodied the hopes of the Land of Rice Fields. It represented the Land of Rice Fields' gradual rise to become a dazzling jewel in the northern ninja world that no one could ignore.

The daimyo of the land immediately hosted a banquet to entertain Yinying.

Beyond the banquet filled with joy and celebration.

Even the connection with Zero's five senses was severed.

...

The establishment of Akatsuki Village went extremely smoothly, which was not surprising at all.

This is the advantage of establishing a ninja village in unclaimed land: those who come first are considered orthodox, while those who come later are considered rebels.

Just think about the Akatsuki organization in Amegakure in the future and you'll understand.

Despite their considerable strength and shared ideals of peace, the Land of Rain already had the deeply entrenched Amegakure (Hidden Rain Village), a powerful and long-established force. In that context, no matter how strong Akatsuki was, they could only function as a lobbying group and had no chance of becoming an official force.

One country cannot have two villages.

He didn't care how much hope the common people of the Land of Fields placed in Akatsuki Village for peace.

Whether Akatsuki brings peace or gets caught up in war, it doesn't matter.

For him, the only premise for the existence of this village was that it could serve as a convenient tool in his hands.

Akatsuki was merely a tool for him to find the Libra clan and collect the tailed beasts. If a ninja village defined as a tool failed to fulfill its duty, he wouldn't hesitate to replace it.

Proving the value of tools...

Let's start by completing the task of buying the Four-Tails!

After dressing properly, Shen Er left two shadow clones in the basement to continue developing the Impure World Reincarnation technique, while his main body walked out of the house to greet the rising sun.

He squinted at the horizon, and suddenly a sentence came to mind:

The peace of the Earth is only valuable when it is in the hands of humankind itself.

The same reason.

The peace of the land of fields only has value if it is in his hands.

...

The last day before the New Year holiday.

Shen Er arrived at his workstation on time.

Judging by the timeline, news of the Akatsuki village's establishment in the Land of Rice Fields should have already reached all the other ninja countries in the world through various channels. Konoha, as the ninja village closest to the Land of Rice Fields, had also received the news.

This is just from an outsider's perspective.

Even now, they are unaware of this matter.

As usual, he had his secretary, Nara Taro, obtain the latest information about the ninja world from Tobirama.

soon.

An intelligence scroll unfolded before him, revealing the latest and most comprehensive information about the ninja world.

This is Tobirama, the man who will establish the Anbu in the future. In terms of intelligence gathering, he is undoubtedly the number one person in the ninja world.

Even as he flipped through the intelligence scroll, he uttered a perfectly timed question when he came across the section concerning the Land of Fields:

"Land of Fields? Akatsuki Village? When did this happen?"

Nara Taro replied, "The Akatsuki Village was established about two days ago."

"interesting……"

"Bring me detailed information about the Land of Fields."

Having obtained the intelligence, Shen Er pretended to peruse it, and said in a serious tone, "Even a chaotic place like the Land of Fields could manage to build up a ninja village."

"This Akatsuki Village, and their presence, are not simple."

"Is there any more information?"

"No, Elder Shen'er."

Nara Taro shook his head. "The land of fields is a small country, and the villages don't gather much information about it."

"Then I'll trouble you to inform Elder Tobirama and have him gather detailed information about Akatsuki Village in the Land of Rice Fields again, and then compile it and give it to me. In addition, I need all the information about the ninja villages in the surrounding small countries, such as the Land of Grass, the Land of Hot Springs, and the Land of Frost."

"Yes!"

Nara Taro responded, then hesitated before offering his own opinion, "But Elder Shen, is it really necessary for us to pay so much attention to these small countries?"

Shen Er's expression turned solemn, and his tone was calm but carried an undeniable firmness: "The Hokage trusts me and has entrusted me with this task, so naturally I must do my best."

"The Hokage often says that everyone is equal. This is also the core of the Will of Fire."

"Any ninja village that is recognized by the state is eligible to be included in the scope of this investigation."

"We shouldn't just focus on the money in the transaction... we should also focus on who among these trading partners truly believes in the ideals of peace! Essentially, this is about building a defense line for the peace of the ninja world."

Upon hearing this, Nara Taro lowered his head in shame.

In his conventional understanding, only the ninja villages of the four great nations were qualified to trade with Konoha. He never expected that the Hokage and Elder Jin would have such a broad vision, even considering the ninja villages of these smaller nations.

"I'll take care of it immediately!"

He bowed in agreement, then turned and hurriedly left.

Ha ha……

Shen Er watched Nara Taro's departing figure and slowly sipped his tea.

Everything was within his calculations.

Next, Tobirama's intelligence department should gather information on the "good deeds" performed by the Akatsuki. The Liberation Drum incident, in particular, is a strong point for Hashirama Senju.

They wouldn't even need to bring it up themselves; one of Hashirama or Tobirama might already include Akatsuki in their trading list.

All the prerequisites for obtaining a tailed beast have been met.

Let time do the rest.

Then he turned to look out the window, where snowflakes were falling.

The new year of Konoha 10 has arrived.

Chapter 68 introduces a new Will of Fire that can be learned every year.

April 1, Konoha Year 10.

Sweep and clean the courtyard.

As in previous years, Shen Er picked up a broom and swept the snow off the Zen temple grounds.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Uchiha Chiri brought Ayano to visit.