Naruto, aspiring to become a well-known figure in the ninja world

Gojo Kezuki immediately told Namikaze Minato what happened last night, but cleverly omitted the fact that he had six eyes.

"You mean... you secretly intercepted the intelligence transmitted by the Kumogakure spies and tampered with the content to make it about the forehead protection?"

"As expected of you, Jieyue! If we look at the mission level, intercepting and tampering with the enemy's intelligence is definitely a B-level mission or above."

"But..." Namikaze Minato was full of curiosity: "Do you think the words engraved on the back of the forehead protector have any deep meaning? I think it's quite good. Would it be a bit wrong to reveal such a strategy to Kumogakure..."

As he spoke, Minato Namikaze's tone seemed a little reluctant.

The strategy given to the Hidden Cloud Village seems to be quite in line with the current development needs of Konoha Village.

Gojo Jieyue felt like he was back home. He took out a disposable paper cup, poured himself a cup of tea, and took a big gulp.

"We in Konoha must also improve the ninja forehead protector. Of course, it's not the one engraved for Kumogakure."

"That is……?"

Gojo Jieyue took off his ninja forehead guard without any hesitation, and wrote on the back -

[No matter where you are in the ninja world, the powerful Konoha Village will always be your strong backing. Please remember that you are a Konoha ninja]

"hiss--"

Minato Namikaze looked at the domineering declaration on the forehead protector and couldn't help but gasp. This seemed to be in stark contrast to the "comply with local laws" revealed to Kumogakure.

One was timid, like a cowardly lizard. The other was domineering, like the overlord of the ninja world...

If he, Minato Namikaze, was an ordinary ninja, holding the latter's ninja village forehead protector -

Even the poorest and weakest Genin from Ai Village in Konoha Village, when they think of Konoha's wealth and strength, when they meet Chunin or even Jonin from other ninja villages outside, they can't help but puff out their chests with pride.

Konoha Village is the most solid backing!

On the other hand, the holder of the former forehead protector, even if he has the strength of a jonin and walks in the ninja world, will involuntarily soften up because of the attitude of the village behind him.

The attitude of a village determines the attitude of an ordinary ninja in the ninja world in peacetime.

Namikaze Minato slowly raised his head and looked at Gojo Jieyue's black satin, but he was still a little worried: "Will this stir up emotions within our Konoha? Konoha can no longer withstand a war."

"Maybe. Everything has its pros and cons."

"But I think it's better for a ninja to be more confident. And one very important point is that the ninja war will not start or end because of the words on the back of a forehead protector."

"What's more important is to show our attitude to those wavering businessmen."

"Yondaime, if you were a businessman, would you choose to hire tough ninjas from the ninja village or choose timid ninjas from the ninja village?"

"This... must be the former."

Namikaze Minato's brows slowly relaxed, he took a long breath, and looked at Gojo Kegetsu with eyes full of amazement.

Jie Yuejun...seems like he can always give him different surprises.

Who knew that a small ninja forehead protector could be used in so many ways? The amount of use is secondary, but it seems to really play a big role.

This also made Minato Namikaze realize that in the wars between ninjas and ninja villages, sometimes the battles were over without even seeing the detonating tags and shurikens.

In this invisible war of... well, consciousness, Konoha Village has already taken the perfect advantage because of Gojo Jieyue.

Some concepts change subtly.

It would be fine if those big, stupid muscular men in the Hidden Cloud Village didn't adopt it. But if they really adopted Gojo Jieyue's false information, then it would be "inadvertently" compared with Konoha Village by passers-by.

Wouldn’t that create a sense of gap?

By that time, it would be difficult for the Hidden Cloud Village to change the impression of merchants and other ninja villages.

"High, it is high!"

"Let's do as you say, Jieyue-kun! Confirm a special fund to be used to create a new ninja forehead protector."

Minato Namikaze did not hesitate to give his thumbs up to Gojo Kegetsu.

[You have thwarted the spy plan of the Hidden Cloud Village, prosperity +33]

[You have formulated a plan to protect the Hidden Cloud Village, prosperity +50]

Listening to the pleasant broadcast, Gojo Jieyue smiled with satisfaction.

Fortunately, Minato Namikaze was a wise, young and enterprising Hokage who would adopt any policy that was beneficial to Konoha, whether radical or conservative.

If it was the third generation in power, with a group of old Biden advisors behind him, the forehead protection plan might have been completely rejected just because it involved "inciting Konoha's warlike sentiment."

Thinking about the performance of the Third Generation when he concluded the peace treaty with the Hidden Cloud Village, Gojo Kegetsu felt a headache.

Fortunately...Hokage is Minato!

After finishing the report, Namikaze Minato asked curiously, "By the way, Jieyue-kun, how far have you progressed with the plan to invade the four great nations?"

"Which step?"

Gojo Jieyue crossed his fingers, stretched his arms and stretched his body: "The first batch of magazines required for the plan has been printed and distributed to the four major countries. If nothing unexpected happens... they will start to be sold in the streets and alleys of the four major countries today."

"As for when the business class of the four major countries began to pay attention to these articles, and then their ideas gradually changed..."

Gojo Jieyue raised his index finger and waved it in front of Minato Namikaze: "One month. I estimate it will be one month."

"In a month, the number of commissions received by Konoha Village from other countries will increase significantly."

"The problem of Konoha Village's lack of funds for development will also be improved."

"That's it..."

Namikaze Minato leaned back in the Hokage chair quite comfortably, and the scene described by Gojo Jieyue one month later involuntarily emerged in his mind:

"Then let me look forward to it on behalf of Konoha Village!"

Volume 21: A Day with Two Yokito

The second one is Yukito, 18 years old, a special jonin from the Hidden Cloud Village.

Image: "Proud female ninja", Location: "Images/1716622603-100404979-111706833.jpg"

She had a beige braided hair that reached down to her waist, and in a trance, it looked as if one was seeing a rein.

(The age has been modified because those who understand will understand)

Yukito is arrogant and always acts like a queen despite being over 1.7 meters tall. But sometimes she is very considerate and gentle. In general, she is a female ninja who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

At this time, she was just an ordinary special jonin of the Hidden Cloud Village and had not yet become the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

In her spare time when she was not on a mission, she liked to go to the food store on the street to buy two taels of warm milk and pair it with Dorayaki, and then go to the bookstore to buy some books that petty ninjas would like to read.

The two wooden figures, carrying food bags in one hand, walked into a small bookstore on the outskirts of the village to find some spiritual food.

Soon, a magazine with a fresh cover on the front shelf of the bookstore caught her attention.

The unique aesthetic design is still a bit too advanced for these petty ninjas who are used to licking blood on the tip of a knife.

The two wooden men looked at the name of the magazine and couldn't help but read it out loud:

"...《Yi Mu》? What a strange name."

The titles of the books in the ninja world during this period were mostly in plain language that is easy to understand.

For example, there are "Intimate Paradise", "Intimate Tactics", "Intimate Violence" written by the author Jiraiya... and "Young Ninja" which caused a big stir in the Hidden Cloud Village some time ago. There are more serious journal names like "Chronicle of the Land of Lightning" and "XX Ninja Legend" which are nothing new.

However, the strange two-character title of the magazine, "Yi Mu", struck the heart of Yu Muren at once, even though we didn't even know what the content was.

The two of them walked up to the wooden man, took the wood from the bookshelf, and casually opened the first page.

[In the Konoha Ninja Village...]

"Hmm? It's actually related to Konoha Village?"

The two Yukito frowned slightly. The relationship between the Hidden Cloud Village and the Konoha Village has never been good.

In addition, her awareness and her ninja way are all centered around the Hidden Cloud Village.

If the following content is to promote how powerful the Konoha ninjas are and how strong the Konoha Village is, she will throw the book away without hesitation and report it to the relevant authorities.

But soon, as his gaze moved downward, the wooden man's frown slowly relaxed.

"Heh, robbers robbed a store? It seems that the security situation in Konoha is not very good~"

"But the villagers of Konoha are quite interesting. The shop owner has chosen to consider himself unlucky, but he actually took the initiative to leave money..."

"The villagers of Konoha are quite kind."

The second Yukito nodded in approval, she was a ninja with traditional ideas.

Ninjas are ninjas, and ordinary villagers are ordinary villagers. The gap between the two is even greater than the gap between ordinary people and dogs.

The strength of the ninja village has nothing to do with ordinary villagers.

Therefore, the content of this article has nothing to do with ninjas in essence. It is just an article recording a small story of Konoha Village.

From her perspective, this article "The Konoha Store Under Attack" was just an article written by an ordinary person, who did not realize that the strength of a ninja village depends on the number of powerful ninjas.

However, we can get a glimpse of the tailed beasts from this.

From these simple words, the two Yumu people still felt the good qualities of the Konoha villagers, which were not possessed by the tough and valiant villagers of the Hidden Cloud Village.

"So talented~"

"Ah~"

The two Yukito sighed, quality~

She couldn't help but feel a little yearning for Konoha Village in her heart. Of course, this yearning was definitely not a ninja's yearning for some powerful ninjutsu.

Instead, she longed for the quality villagers like those in Konoha Village. The comment at the end of the article was correct. If she protected such villagers, she might feel a little comfort after the hard work. From this point of view, she envied the Konoha ninjas.

As a special jonin, Yukito has completed many missions along the way. He also clearly understands the quality of most ordinary people in their Cloud Village and even in the Land of Lightning...

In the Hidden Cloud Village, where the people are tough, not to mention the boss taking the initiative to propose a compensation strategy and the villagers voluntarily paying, it is not uncommon for people to rob a ninja tool store for free and then fight with the owner of the store until his clothes explode.

The two Yumujin flipped through a few more pages at random and found that most of the content was similar to travel notes, recording the customs and culture of the major countries in the ninja world as well as heartwarming stories.

Such texts are undoubtedly novel and impactful to Yukito, allowing her to experience life as a ninja that is different from that of a ninja.

She nodded with satisfaction, took the book, and went to the cashier to pay.

There are many people queuing up in front and behind the wooden man. One thing that these people have in common is that they all hold "Yi Mu" in their hands.

One of the ordinary villagers with dreadlocks and black clothes walked and looked, and suddenly he started dancing and shouting incomprehensible words:

"Very good idea, it makes me feel inspired~"

……

……

The incident of the two Yumujin buying books is like a small microcosm of the entire ninja world.

Similar events were happening among the ninja class in various parts of the four major countries.

The merchant class in the ninja world did not pay attention to this small magazine at first. It was not until the aristocracy of their country, and even the royal family, brought or mentioned "Yimu" when attending some important gatherings that things began to change.

Do what you want.

The simple four-character idiom is applicable no matter where it is placed. In order to understand what new hobbies these greedy, fat-headed and big-eared nobles have and what new trends the market has, merchants have also joined the purchasing process of "Yimu".

For a while, the most talked about topic among the business class of the four major countries was——

"Have you read the new magazine, Yimu? My noble friends are all reading it."

The more it was mentioned, the more attention it received, and the more people expressed admiration for the friendliness of the civilians in Konoha and the Land of Fire.

It penetrates into the leaves of trees and moistens everything silently.

Konoha villagers = Fire Nation citizens = friendly, high-quality potential customer group. This strange equation has been quietly implanted into the stereotypes of many businessmen.

Of course, there were also many businessmen who had dealt with the villagers of Konoha in the past who denounced this as a conspiracy of the "cunning and despicable Konoha people."

But such voices were swept away by the mainstream voices and became insignificant splashes.