I travel through thousands of worlds at the same time

Are you talking about the business taxes of the Ninja Village?

Sorry, each ninja village is a semi-militarized and semi-fortified town. The people who run the shops in the ninja villages are either the villagers themselves or powerful wealthy merchants or nobles. Moreover, there are few people with business acumen in the ninja villages. Counting on collecting business taxes from the ninja villages to maintain the war is a useless move that is simply adding fuel to the fire.

After all, only those who have experienced war firsthand can understand how much money and resources it consumes. Even in the First and Second World Wars before Li Mo traveled through time, not to mention the fate of the defeated countries, except for America, which had a very good geographical location and was not affected by the war, the countries involved in the war, even if they barely won, would lose the wealth accumulated over a hundred years.

It is a big country that has been industrialized for more than a hundred years. Even if it was involved in a super-high-intensity war like the World War, it is clear how terrifying this money-eating beast of war is.

In the world of Naruto, wars between ninja villages are also extremely costly. First of all, those ninjas involved in the war cannot go out on missions to earn money. At the very least, the ninja villages cannot treat those ninjas participating in the war unfairly. Explosive tags, kunai, Thousand Bones, ninja swords and medical supplies are necessities, and logistical food, clothing and other expenses cannot be saved either. In addition, those killed in battle and those injured must be compensated, so the cost is even more staggering.

Even with the support of the richest Fire Nation, Konoha Village could not withstand the continuous wars. After all, the losses from the Third Ninja World War and the Nine-Tails Rebellion had not yet been made up, and yet it was still engaged in a bloody battle with the Cloud Village. Konoha Village was in a dilemma of continuous bleeding, with no way to end the battle once and for all.

In comparison, the situation of the Cloud Village may not be that much better, but its advantage is that the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning is more supportive of the Cloud Village. In addition, compared to the Land of Lightning, which is in a relatively harsh environment, there is only a small probability that the Cloud Village will be besieged even if it is defeated. If Konoha Village is defeated, other ninja villages will not miss this good opportunity. The rich and livable Land of Fire has long been a good place that they have coveted.

It was precisely because of this understanding that Konoha Village was stuck in a stalemate. On one hand, the ninja team, which had suffered heavy losses, was not yet fully staffed, and several of its top masters had left or defected. Kakashi Hatake, Shisui Uchiha and others who emerged in the Third Ninja World War were not yet able to take on the main responsibility, and were locked in a bitter battle with the Kumogami Village.

The war with the Kumogami Village, which seemed to be taking longer and longer, brought a huge burden to Konoha Village. The number of Konoha ninjas killed or injured increased, and the amount of money and supplies consumed was astronomical. As for Konoha Village, the number of Konoha ninjas who could take on missions was not increasing, and the money allocated by the Daimyo of the Fire Nation was constantly thrown into the black hole of war. The burden on Konoha Village seemed to be getting heavier, and the villagers were being exploited. At the same time, their purchasing power decreased and they were unable to buy many goods.

Are you talking about the sugar and salt shipped from the Sea Kingdom?

Just kidding, salt is a necessity in life. Not eating salt will result in not having the energy to work. And when ninjas practice physical skills and physical fitness, perform missions or participate in wars, they cannot do without salt.

Those candies are luxury goods, but sweetness is a taste that humans are constantly pursuing. Sugar not only provides high calories, but the sweetness it brings can also make people happy. Even when ninjas are fighting on the battlefield, a few candies can not only quickly restore their physical strength, but also make them feel comfortable and more committed to the battlefield. It is a very popular product in Konoha Village and other ninja villages.

You see, as soon as the caravan entered Konoha Village, there were actually quite a few ninjas ready to spend money to purchase. For example, if the Third Hokage hadn't seen that the caravan belonged to the Daimyo of the Sea Country, he would have planned to find an opportunity to persuade them with reason and let them support Konoha Village's war, instead of doing it like now, at most making a profit from the caravan's buying and selling of goods, and collecting taxes in kind instead of money, because what Konoha Village needs most now is goods rather than money.

Due to the continuous influence of the war with the Kumogakure Village, what Konoha Village urgently needs are various military supplies, as well as civilian supplies such as food and cloth. Relying on the wealthy Fire Country, Konoha Village is not short of these supplies, but salt and sugar, two very useful supplies, are slightly different. Their prices have skyrocketed and they are difficult to buy.

Well, at least if Konoha Village wants to buy at the previous price, those profit-seeking merchants will use various excuses, either saying that they are out of stock or selling to Konoha Village in small quantities. Unless Konoha Village spends several times more than the previous price, it will be unable to purchase the goods.

In this regard, even though Konoha Village is the leader of the five major ninja villages, it is no exception. Those merchants who dare to do such high-profit business have nobles and even daimyo behind them. Even if Konoha Village wants to kill these profiteers with one knife, both the Third Hokage and Danzo Shimura have to swallow their anger. The reason is that this is not the first time these merchants have done this. During the previous Ninja World Wars, those merchants have done a lot of hoarding. It's just that they are still more sensible.

Those merchants would at most sell the goods at several times the price, or even one, two or even lower prices, which made those ninja villages that needed to buy strategic materials or military supplies feel uncomfortable. But when they were in urgent need, they couldn't care so much, so they had to hold their noses and bear it, spending more money to buy the various materials they urgently needed.

As for why these businessmen don't do their best to exploit the ninja villages, the reason is that the ninja villages really possess absolute violence. Even if those nobles and daimyo are indeed not easy to mess with, besides the ninja villages, aren't there many rebel ninjas and bandits in the ninja world?

When a few overly greedy big businessmen tried to regard those powerful ninja villages as goods that they could purchase, these daring big businessmen had their entire families wiped out by "rebel ninjas" and "bandits". After that, even if those businessmen had the support of nobles and daimyo, they acted very prudently and did not dare to go overboard unless they made a profit.

If those merchants don't know the limits, the ninja village will use its own way to make them know the limits. Even those nobles and daimyo with relatively superior status, when faced with the fangs shown by the ninja village, those nobles and daimyo who are unwilling to really tear their faces apart will have to ignore the death of their own lackeys. Even if they raise samurai and guardian ninjas, have all the connections with the underground gold exchange and try their best to bribe rebellious ninjas, they cannot confront the power of the same ninja village head-on.

It was precisely because of so many reasons that when the caravan in which Li Mo participated as a shareholder of the Sea Country arrived in Konoha Village, a lot of trouble was avoided. In addition, there was a caravan willing to sell salt and sugar at a not high price. Konoha Village showed goodwill. Otherwise, ordinary caravans entering Konoha Village would not be as unrestrained as Li Mo and Shoton Yecang and his party, who could directly stroll around the commercial district.

For Li Mo, now that he has confirmed the predicament of Konoha Village, he is more confident about his next actions. However, Ye Cang, who uses Scorch Release, is not so perceptive, or she does not have a deep understanding of the content of economic feedback. She just feels that the situation in Konoha Village does not seem to be very good!

Chapter 3 Li Mo's Expectations

After strolling around the commercial street of Konoha Village, Li Mo and Shoton Yegura bought some accessories and souvenirs that caught their eyes, and also bought some local snacks at the food stalls in the commercial district. Then they led their people back to the caravan.

The whole process was very natural, just like a wealthy businessman who came to Konoha Village for the first time to take a look at the environment of the commercial district. There was nothing suspicious. Even the Anbu ninja who followed secretly had no doubts. When reporting, they just observed according to the regulations. If nothing abnormal was found within 24 hours, the surveillance of the Anbu ninja would be revoked, and the precious human resources of the Anbu would not be wasted.

This was when Konoha Village was at war with Kumogakure. Otherwise, in normal peacetime, any caravan that came to Konoha Village for the first time would have to go through inspection at the gate, and there would be very little internal surveillance. Unless it was determined that the caravan members had done something inappropriate, Konoha Village would not waste its precious human resources at will.

Why do you think Konoha Village is so confident?

The reason is very simple. Konoha Village itself is a place where many ninjas and their families live together. It is an exaggeration to say that half of the ten people on the street here are ninjas. It is normal to meet a few Konoha ninjas if you walk down any street.

It can be said that if outsiders enter Konoha Village, the Konoha ninja they meet will report anything amiss, and the Konoha Village will take it seriously and monitor them. For example, now they are sending ninjas from the Hyuga branch to check at the gate, which is enough to screen out those suspicious or threatening targets. And in the eyes of Konoha Village, this caravan from the Sea Country is just an ordinary caravan that poses no threat.

If Konoha Village was really suspicious, it would never be able to hold on to its position as the leader of the five major ninja villages. Even the other four major ninja villages would protect rather than monitor their big external customers. If they were discovered, it would be a direct loss of their reputation. Unless they discovered that the other party's followers might include traitors from their own village, or some guys with bad intentions, they would have Anbu ninjas monitor them. Now that Li Mo and his group are in the commercial street, there is an Anbu ninja secretly monitoring them. This must be due to the war. Otherwise, Konoha Village would not waste precious human resources in peacetime.

Looking at the original anime plot of "Naruto", the targets monitored by the Anbu ninjas deployed by Konoha Village are either the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, the Uchiha family, or the participating teams from foreign major ninja villages. Cricket, a merchant caravan belonging to the Daimyo of the Sea Country, does not bring relatively rare supplies such as sugar and salt into the village. In addition, the village is still at war with the Cloud Ninja Village, so Konoha Village is too lazy to arrange Anbu ninjas for monitoring, and even if they do monitor, it is just a single Anbu ninja carrying out the mission.

After discovering that Li Mo, a potential big customer, was just strolling around the commercial street and then went back with a beautiful woman out of boredom, Konoha Village naturally would not take any action. They even arranged for an Anbu ninja to monitor it 24 hours a day. This was purely a routine practice when the Tongyun Ninja Village was at war. Otherwise, it would take a lot of effort to monitor any caravan, and even if Konoha Village's Anbu expanded tenfold, it would not be enough.

Now, the top leaders of Konoha Village have no interest in paying attention to a caravan from the Sea Country. Even the Third Hokage is more interested in the goods it transports. After purchasing this batch of goods, they shifted their focus to what they consider to be the most important thing at the moment!

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In Konoha Village, in the exclusive meeting room of the Hokage building, there were four Anbu teams on guard around it, and even uninvited jonin were not allowed to enter. It was a confidential meeting held alone by the Third Hokage and other senior officials of Konoha Village.

Confidential meetings of this level are rarely seen in Konoha Village. Every time one is held, Konoha Village will decide one or even several major decisions. If spies from other ninja villages know about it, the consequences will naturally be disastrous. Therefore, every time the Hokage announces a meeting, there will be members of the Anbu on guard around, and even cast barriers to prevent those messy perception-type ninjutsu.

In the conference room, in addition to the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, the head of the Root Shimura Danzo, the Hokage's advisors Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu, there is the Konoha Jonin squad leader Nara Shikaku. It can be said that five people are the highest leaders of Konoha Village, except for Nara Shikaku who is under the command of the Fourth Hokage and his current status is somewhat awkward and he acts low-key. It can be said that the other four hold the power of Konoha Village, and even the Third Hokage cannot ignore the opinions of others.

Of course, the Third Hokage was also sometimes experienced in his actions. For many things he could not say directly, Danzo Shimura and the other two Hokage advisors would take the initiative to play the villain or smooth things over, and then the Third Hokage would play the good guy and make the decision. Anyway, the Third Hokage's image in front of other ninjas was great and glorious, while the image of the two Hokage advisors was not very good. For example, Danzo Shimura was the kind of guy that was hated by others.

However, the Third Hokage is not in a good mood now. The increasingly long war has caused more and more complaints from the people of Konoha Village. The Third Hokage who is unable to lead Konoha Village to victory has naturally become a figure that many villagers in Konoha Village feel is incompetent!

"Everyone, the Cloud Ninja Village has sent out a peace negotiation delegation. Please be prepared to welcome them!"

Looking at the other four people in the conference room, the Third Hokage, knowing that the resentment of the villagers of Konoha Village was growing, and that his position had begun to be shaken, took a puff of his cigarette, put down the pipe in his hand, and gave the order in an unhesitating tone.

That's right, the Third Hokage spoke in a tone of command rather than negotiation, because a truce with the Kumogakure was the almost unanimous wish of the Konoha Village!

From the Third Ninja World War to the Nine-Tails Rebellion, and then to the war with the Kumogakure Village, Konoha Village suffered too much loss. The villagers have not lived a stable life for more than a year, and their patience is getting closer and closer to their limits.

Even without the use of Anbu ninjas to collect information about the village, the Third Hokage could feel that the villagers were becoming more and more numb, and that many Konoha ninjas were looking at him with increasing disappointment. The feeling of his shaken status made the Third Hokage feel uneasy, and he wanted to break this dilemma even more.

After all, Konoha Village is not a hereditary daimyo country. If the Third Hokage cannot resolve the war with Kumogakure, for example, he is defeated and cannot end the war, the disappointed Konoha ninjas may join forces to force him to abdicate, especially those ninja clans who were suppressed overtly or covertly by the Third Hokage. They had previously chosen to join the Fourth Hokage, but were suppressed by the Third Hokage who returned to the throne.

As for this point, it can be implicitly expressed in the original plot of "Naruto": when the Third Hokage and his disciple Orochimaru were fighting, except for a few Anbu ninjas from Konoha Village who tried to rescue him, no ninja clan leader rescued the Third Hokage. Even Shimura Danzo, Mito Kado En, and Utane Koharu did not rescue him. Hatake Kakashi even dragged Kai to deal with the Sand Ninjas, saying that he believed that the Third Hokage could use his great power to take down his favorite disciple Orochimaru. It would be better to say that everyone was full of resentment towards the Third Hokage and wished he would die in the battlefield.

Similarly, it was not resentment that had accumulated overnight. After the Third Hokage abdicated and made way for the Fourth Hokage, the Ino, Shikaku, and Chou families and other ninja clans in Konoha Village all chose to bet on the new Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato. However, less than a year after the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato took office, he encountered the Nine-Tails Rebellion and sacrificed himself to seal the Nine-Tails. Naturally, the Third Hokage who had returned to the throne had no good face for these ninja clans, and overt and covert suppression was inevitable.

Just looking at Nara Shikaku, the squad leader of the senior ninja team, who used to sit beside the Fourth Hokage as a think tank, but now sits at the last seat and remains silent, it is already clear what the Third Hokage has done during this period, and the fact that other ninja clans did not rescue him when he was approached by Orochimaru in the future is not without reason. The reasons have already been revealed, and the deeper factors have not yet occurred.

Now, the Third Hokage doesn't know what he has done. His headache is how to end the war with the Kumogakure Village as soon as possible. Even if Konoha Village suffers a little economically, ending the war is the most important problem he needs to solve right now!

"I agree. The people in the village are very tired of war!"

In response to the Third Hokage's proposal, Mitokado En, his former teammate and Hokage advisor, immediately expressed his attitude, as if he fully agreed with the Third Hokage's proposal, and even vaguely mentioned the war-weariness of most people in Konoha Village.

"I agree! Now, we need to try our best to recuperate!"

Similarly, the old woman, Utane Koharu, whose face was already full of wrinkles, also agreed with the Third Hokage's proposal and even found a suitable excuse.

"..."

Compared to the two Hokage advisors, who did little to hide their lackey status in fully agreeing with the Third Hokage, Danzo Shimura did not speak in agreement, nor did he speak in opposition. His tacit attitude showed that the boss of Konoha [Root] was also not optimistic about the current situation of Konoha Village.

Even though his reputation is extremely bad, and even his subordinates are brainwashed and killed, Danzo Shimura has experienced the Second and Third Ninja World Wars. He can naturally see that the current stalemate between Konoha Village and Kumogami Village is an embarrassing situation of continuous bleeding for the two large ninja villages. However, the problem is that as a hardliner, he cannot solve the current dilemma facing Konoha Village. He cannot even find a solution, so he will naturally ask for trouble.

If Konoha Village's current predicament can really be resolved, the best way is naturally to defeat the Cloud Village directly. However, facing the powerful lineup of the two tailed beast Jinchuriki and the Fourth Raikage, Konoha Village must now make up its mind to fight to the death, either use forbidden techniques or go all out. However, except for the Cloud Village, there are three other ninja villages watching from the sidelines, and the top leaders of Konoha Village do not have the determination to go all in.

Therefore, Danzo Shimura can only remain silent now. If he agrees with the Third Hokage's peace proposal, it would be a slap in the face of the hard-line faction he has established. He opposes and firmly supports the war but cannot continue it, so he can only remain silent!

"Then let's officially notify them!"

Seeing that the three old friends either chose to agree or nodded in acquiescence, the Third Hokage ignored Nara Shikaku who was pretending to be a wooden man and made a decision directly. He picked up his pipe and walked out of the meeting room first. The two advisors and Shimura Danzo followed, and the last one to leave was Nara Shikaku.

After all, except for the Sarutobi ninja clan and a few staunch allies, the former subordinates of Konoha Village all chose to surrender to the Fourth Hokage. Now that the Third Hokage has come to power again, those ninja clans who directly bet on the Fourth Hokage naturally did not receive any good treatment. Even Nara Shikaku, the squad leader of the senior ninja team, was deliberately ignored by the Third Hokage. As for ninja clans like the Ino, Shika and Chou clans and the Hyuga clan, they were even more secretly suppressed and their lives were not very good.

Even though he knew that the Third Hokage was trying to make trouble for him, Nara Shikaku remained silent and left like a background board. He knew that if he took the initiative to jump out or contacted his allies to resist, he would definitely be regarded as the scapegoat by the Third Hokage. Didn't he see how the Uchiha clan was suppressed? As the current head of the Nara clan, he could only persuade the friendly ninja clans to be patient.

However, the Third Hokage, Danzo Shimura and others who left the conference room, including Nara Shikaku who mastered the [Shadow Ninja Method], did not realize that in the shadows of the conference room, several shadow soldiers had already conveyed all the information!

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"Mo, are you happy?"

At the same time, in the best room where the caravan was temporarily staying, Ye Cang of Burning Dun watched the two maids tidy up the room. He sat down with his arm around his lover's. He found that his lover suddenly had a slight smile on his face. Knowing that the room had been covered, he asked without any concern.

As for Burning Release Yekura, she no longer considers herself a ninja. The once loyal female ninja to the Sand Village, when she found out that she was betrayed by the Sand Village and all the Sand Ninjas thought so, she had already killed Yekura completely. From then on, she completely became the shape of Li Mo both mentally and physically. She didn't care about ridiculous issues like the interests of the Sand Village at all. She cared more about whether her man loved her or if there were any problems that needed to be solved.

At the very least, Scorch Release Ye Cang thought that she was a complete layman in government affairs and scientific research and development. She could not do it well at all and might even cause trouble. However, in battles or fighting with small-scale elite troops, she had improved her bloodline limits and practiced qi and blood martial arts. Her combat power had increased significantly, so she was very confident that she could fight the top powers of the five major ninja villages without any hesitation.

Especially when dealing with Konoha Village, Yekura has long been eager to try the Scorch Release of the Strongest Ninja Village. And now that she has come to Konoha Village with her lover, it would be strange if she doesn't have any plans for Konoha Village since she is already very familiar with Li Mo, right?

"Well, the Leaf Village will have to have a good negotiation with the Cloud Ninja Village next~!"

Hearing what Burning Release Ye Cang said and feeling the wonderful feeling brought by the proud figure of the beautiful woman, Li Mo seemed to be enjoying sitting on the chair very much. He hugged Burning Release Ye Cang and answered very affirmatively. Then, with a smile of expectation on his face, he said something that puzzled the beautiful woman beside him: "But, not everyone in the Cloud Village and the Leaf Village would want to see this kind of peace talks, especially the Cloud Village that respects force. It's hard to say what they are planning..."

When saying this, Li Mo naturally thought of the original anime of "Naruto". The delegation sent by the Cloud Village tried to kidnap the people of the Hyuga family's Byakugan Bloodline directly in Konoha Village. To say that this situation was not planned in advance but was a spur-of-the-moment decision, isn't it a disrespect to people's IQ?

At the very least, if the Cloud Ninja Village really had the idea of ​​plundering, they would definitely consider plans for both successful and failed plundering. They advocate the use of force but they are not complete martial arts maniacs. Moreover, the Cloud Ninja Village is one of the five major ninja villages after all, so there is no shortage of sharp-minded think tanks.

According to Li Mo, the Cloud Ninja Village must have made preparations for both situations. Its delegation will try to find an opportunity to abduct the descendants of the bloodline family of Konoha Village. If Konoha Village is caught off guard and succeeds, they will quickly bring them back to the Cloud Ninja Village and take advantage of it. If they fail, the members of the delegation will commit suicide directly (or die voluntarily), deceive Konoha Village or even turn the tables, and then threaten to resume the war in an attempt to gain more bargaining chips.

Haven't you seen that in the world before Li Mo traveled through, America did the same thing. During the First and Second World Wars, they reaped enough benefits in advance and then went out to reap the fruits of victory. But when facing the rising Celestial Empire, they would create empty bargaining chips such as human rights from time to time, without any regard for the fact that they were the most inhumane civilization cancer. What supported them to be so confident was their powerful military force, which forced the Celestial Empire to treat them with caution.

Looking at the world of Naruto, the Kumogakure has certainly not reached the level of America's world police, but their preparation to take advantage of the peace talks to do bad things and to turn the tables can be completely compared to the natural gas pipeline explosion in Otus. Even if everyone knows the truth of the matter, the Kumogakure (America) is clearly acting like a rogue and blackmailing you.

However, Li Mo was looking forward to it. He came to Konoha Village to add fuel to the fire between Kumogakure and Konohagakure to see if the two major ninja villages would continue to fight. This would definitely be beneficial to his planned plan, not harmful...

Chapter 4 The arrival of the Cloud Ninja Village delegation!

Soon, word spread in Konoha Village in the afternoon that a delegation from the Cloud Shinobi Village was preparing to come to Konoha Village to make efforts to negotiate a ceasefire between the two sides. As the news spread, cheers were heard rarely in Konoha Village, which made the smart people sigh.

If it was the Konoha Village before, even the Konoha Village before the Third Ninja World War, how could it be so happy because of a peace negotiation delegation?

Even if we don't count the two BUG-level strongmen, Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara, Konoha Village had a huge advantage over other ninja villages. During the First and Second Ninja World Wars, Konoha Village suppressed other ninja villages.

The Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Konoha White Fang, the Three Ninjas of Konoha, Uchiha Kagami, Akimichi Tofu...

During the First and Second Ninja World Wars, Konoha Village was a time when strong men emerged in large numbers. Even the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, who now looks like an old man, was actually an outstanding Kage-level strongman. The Second Hokage's personal guards such as Uchiha Kagami and Akimichi Torikaze were at least elite jonin and even reached the quasi-Kage level. Needless to say, the Three Ninjas of Konoha and Konoha White Fang were true Kage-level strongmen.

Otherwise, during the Third Ninja World War, Konoha Village would not have fought with the other four major ninja villages one after another. The reason was that the Land of Fire occupied the most fertile land in the entire Ninja World, and the potential possessed by Konoha Village was simply too great.

There are the Senju clan, Uchiha clan, Hyuga clan, and the Ino-Shika-Cho clan, etc. It can be said that Konoha Village is the village that gathers the most bloodline limit families and mystic ninja clans in the ninja world. Even Konoha Village originated from the Land of Fire, and thus has the largest population base among the five major ninja villages. It is also the first ninja village to establish a ninja school and Anbu.

It is no exaggeration to say that excluding Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara, who have surpassed the Super Kage level and can be regarded as quasi-Six Paths level or even reached the Six Paths level later, even the Konoha Village when the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama was in charge was strong enough to deal with the combined siege of two or even three large ninja villages. For example, during the Second Ninja World War when the Third Hokage ascended the throne, he also had a conspicuous record of repelling the siege of two or three ninja villages.

Such a brilliant record and the endless stream of talented people in Konoha Village naturally made other ninja villages wary of it. What's more, Konoha Village was in the richest and most populous Land of Fire. If Konoha Village was allowed to accumulate enough strength and the several large ninja villages were not strong enough, even if there were no god-level existences like Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, who relied on many masters and the largest number of ninja troops, they could defeat the four major ninja villages one by one. At that time, it was very likely that Konoha Village would win and unify many ninja villages.

Regarding this scenario of non-interference, which is likely to become a reality in the future, the other four major ninja villages naturally cannot choose to sit and wait for death. During the First and Second Ninja World Wars, they wanted to pull Konoha Village down from the position of overlord, become the strongest ninja village themselves, and even unify many ninja villages.

Unfortunately, in the First and Second Ninja World Wars, the other four major ninja villages and the Rain Village were unable to truly defeat Konoha Village. However, at the end of the Ninja World War, Konoha Village also received at most war reparations from one or two ninja villages, but was unable to truly destroy even a single large ninja village. Even the Rain Village had the so-called demigod Hanzo of the Salamander, making it difficult for Konoha Village to chew on this hard bone.

Therefore, during the Third Ninja World War, Konoha Village encountered challenges from four ninja villages one after another. The barely holding on Konoha Village had almost no other real benefits except for turning Sand Village into an ally (in name).

Of course, when Konoha Village had not lost in a one-on-four fight and still maintained its position as the strongest ninja village, with the young and strong Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze taking the throne, and being able to unite the ninja clan and civilian ninjas of Konoha Village, Konoha Village would maintain its reputation as the strongest ninja village and be able to attract the most and best clients to issue commissions. At most, it would take about ten years of recuperation to fully recover.

The key issue is that the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze died, and his wife, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Uzumaki Kushina, died as well. The losses caused by the Nine-Tails Rebellion caused heavy losses to Konoha Village, and they had to let the Third Hokage, who had already abdicated and had his power gradually taken back, back to the throne. In addition, the Uchiha clan was blamed and suppressed, which led to the intensification of conflicts within Konoha Village. The Kumogakure saw this opportunity, launched a war and tried to take advantage of the severely damaged Konoha Village.

If Konoha Village could quickly defeat the invasion of Cloud Village, then it would naturally be able to stabilize the situation in Konoha Village, which had been severely damaged by the Third Ninja World War after the Nine-Tails Rebellion. However, the high-end combat power of Konoha Village at this time was almost gone. The already aging Third Hokage, together with Danzo Shimura and others, really did not dare to make a desperate attempt in the face of the high-end combat power of Cloud Village, including the Fourth Raikage, Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, and Two-Tails Jinchuriki. The reason was that apart from the top combat power of Konoha Village, there were also ninja villages such as Iwagakure, Sand Village, and Mist Village watching from the sidelines.

Both Konoha Village and Iwagakure believed that if the two major ninja villages used true fire and suffered heavy losses, the three large ninja villages and other small ninja villages would probably take the opportunity to have other thoughts. For example, the Third Tsuchikage, who was always known for his ruthlessness, could even hire S-rank rebel ninjas as mercenaries. It would be easy for him to hinder Konoha Village and Kumogakure. Even if he had not killed the Third Raikage and suffered heavy losses in Iwagakure, he could have joined forces with Kumogakure to deal with Konoha Village.

This is the reason why Li Mo has not focused his development on the Ninja World Continent. Unless you have reached the same level of combat power as Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, and can directly defeat the four major ninja villages and other small ninja villages, otherwise, if you are just powerful and have many masters, the other four major ninja villages will join forces to launch a Ninja World War, and even the four major countries will secretly support you to prevent one side from dominating.

Besides, it was not Li Mo's own guess that there was an intelligence network in the ninja world that was comparable to or even surpassed the shadow soldiers hiding the White Zetsu. Several years were enough for him to know many secrets that were not shown in the original anime of "Naruto". For example, the daimyos and nobles of various countries were wary of the major ninja villages.

Even though the daimyos of the five major countries and other small countries allocate funds and material support to their respective ninja villages every year, and the major ninja villages claim to be the fighting force of their own country, even in the original anime plot of "Naruto", it is clearly shown that the daimyos of the five major countries directly treat the battles between ninjas as gladiator fights. Do they still expect those daimyos and nobles to regard the ninjas who possess powerful forces as their own people?

Li Mo got the answer to this question after analyzing a lot of intelligence secretly collected by the shadow soldiers. It was obvious that the daimyos, nobles and even samurai of the five major countries and small countries were all afraid and wary of ninjas. Otherwise, the daimyos of the Fire Country would not have set up a group of twelve guardian ninjas and supported the Fire Temple as a support. Even the underground gold exchange office was secretly supported by the daimyos of various countries, otherwise it would have been destroyed long ago.

It was because of the complex situations in the ninja world and the behind-the-scenes pushers of the daimyos and nobles that the five major ninja villages fought three Ninja World Wars in just a few decades. Except for the weakened small ninja villages, the other five major ninja villages lost tens of thousands of ninjas and forged countless hatreds, and in fact did not change their respective situations at all.

To get back to the topic, Konoha Village was badly wounded in the fighting with the Kumo Village, plus the losses in the Third Ninja World War and the Nine-Tails Rebellion. One of the important reasons was the insufficient resources and funds provided by the Fire Country. The Daimyo did not provide a large amount of resources and money to Konoha Village as he did during the Third Ninja World War, but only gave a sum of money according to the funds in peacetime and occasionally.

Otherwise, with the comprehensive strength of the Fire Nation far exceeding that of the Lightning Nation, Li Mo believed that if the Fire Nation fully provided resources and funds, Konoha Village would definitely be able to drag down the enemy in a non-top-level battle. However, it is obvious that the Fire Nation did not do so at all. Instead, the Daimyo of the Lightning Nation fully supported the Cloud Village. Otherwise, considering the situation of the Cloud Village participating in the Third Ninja World War, its economic conditions might be even worse than that of the severely damaged Konoha Village. How could it support such a long quagmire war?

Of course, Li Mo felt that he didn't need to count on the vision and ability of Konoha Village and those ninjas to understand all these twists and turns. Just like when Konoha Village began to announce that the Cloud Ninja Village was sending a peace negotiation delegation, the entire Konoha Village seemed particularly noisy, and even the villagers who had originally been numb were concerned about it.

There is no doubt that ending this painful quagmire war with the Cloud Village is something that the ninjas and villagers of Konoha Village are looking forward to. However, Li Mo and his party left Konoha Village after waiting for three days. Then Li Mo and Shokuton Yekura quietly returned to Konoha Village and waited secretly for a few days. They saw many villagers in Konoha Village welcoming the arrival of the Cloud Village delegation. They knew that Konoha Village had definitely made a mess of things this time.

The fact that you welcome the delegation so much means that you may not be able to continue the war now, right?

As for this kind of understanding, the lower-class civilians of Konoha Village probably don't know much about it, and even the Konoha ninjas may not realize it. There may be people in Konoha Village who realize that something seems to be wrong there, but they don't think about what actions the Cloud Village might take.

The reason is very simple. Konoha Village only thinks of Kumogakure in terms of themselves. They don't realize that Kumogakure is the same as America in the real world. They fear power but not virtue. If you defeated the Fourth Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki like the Fourth Hokage did, they would seriously consider negotiations. But not winning on the battlefield and putting on such a peaceful gesture will only stimulate the Kumogakure delegation.

Seeing the grand welcome lineup at the entrance of Konoha Village, the leader of the Cloud Village delegation and a few of their confidants looked at each other, and there was a hint of desire in their eyes. However, they were ninjas from the Cloud Village, one of the five major ninja villages after all, and their own ninja qualities did not allow them to reveal any flaws. On the contrary, they seemed very natural to meet with the people of Konoha Village. The Third Hokage of Konoha Village just met with the Cloud Ninja Jonin who led the team in the Hokage Building.

During the entire welcoming process, no one, including the Third Hokage, several elite jonin of Konoha and other ninjas, noticed that Li Mo was holding Ye Cang, the Scorch Release Master, in the subspace of the [Shadow World] as if watching a show.

Even in the world of Naruto, there are only a few ninjutsu and bloodline limits involving space. Obviously, supernatural powers like spatial power are not so easy to master. For example, [Flying Thunder God Technique] depends on whether the user can use it. The bloodline limit to mastering spatial power starts with [Mangekyo Sharingan]. In the world of Naruto, the number of such strong people can be counted on two hands. Currently, there are only two people in Konoha Village who can feel the power of space.

The problem is, the [World of Shadow] moves that Li Mo displayed were not simply the early [Shadow Escape] bloodline limit. Thanks to the Li Mo in the Jackie Chan Adventures world who had collected all nine shadow masks and obtained the complete [Power of Shadow], the other Li Mo's have now mastered this qualitative change of [Power of Shadow].

Li Mo from the Naruto world is no exception. After he met his self from the Jackie Chan Adventures world several times before and integrated the complete version of [Power of Black Shadow], the shadow power he mastered has exceeded the range of [Yin Dun] from the Naruto world. Coupled with the physical strength that has grown through the integration of multiple selves' powers, it is natural for him to master the real [Yin Yang Dun]. It is no problem to say that he is now the Six Paths Sage in the world, and he has even surpassed his opponent in essence.

Of course, Li Mo was very clear about it. He didn't think that with his quickly increasing strength, he could directly defeat Otsutsuki Hamura and Otsutsuki Hagoromo. Just looking at the fact that the Six Paths Sage Otsutsuki Hagoromo was still alive until now and was still in the underworld of the Naruto world, and that he was able to temporarily upgrade Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke to the Six Paths level during the Fourth Ninja World War, it was clear that the strength of this old silver coin should not be underestimated.

The problem is, it is possible that the Six Paths Sage and his brother could directly see through and even invade the [World of Shadows], or that Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara in their prime also had this ability, but there is really no one in Konoha Village who has this ability now, not even Uchiha Shisui, the rising star of Konoha Village.