I sell sweets in Konoha

"Let the border troops be vigilant to prevent the Thunder Country Cloud Ninja Village from jumping over the wall." Junko calmed down and said: "From now on, we will recall the diplomatic envoys stationed in the Thunder Country and Cloud Ninja, and seize all exported and imported Thunder Country materials! We will issue a notice to allow the Fire Country expatriates in the Country of Thunder to return home as soon as possible.”

"In addition," Junko said, "Recall the envoys from the Country of Thunder to the Country of Fire and tell them that they must ensure the safety of the Fire Country residents."

"Otherwise you will be at your own risk!"

Listening to Junko's numerous orders, Tsunade, who was drinking in Junko's office, was frightened!

After Shisui left Tsunade, he put down the wine glass in his hand and said, "Are you planning to start a war against the Kingdom of Thunder?"

All these practices are almost a prelude to war!Is this girl Junko planning to start a war against the Kingdom of Thunder now?

"Of course not." Junko said, "I'm just afraid that the lightning will jump over the wall."

"Now everything depends on Naruto and the others."

Although Junko has decided to abandon the Glenel Mine this time, in order to avoid unnecessary conflicts and rifts with the Kingdom of Wind, if the Glenel Mine can be preserved, it can be transferred to the Kingdom of Wind.The Fire Nation can obtain large amounts of Grayl Ore through other methods.

But the entry of Yun Ninja Village and the attitude of Sunagakure Village made things complicated again.

The Fire Country cannot give up now, even if it means handing over the stone ore after obtaining it, it must not give up now!

I hope Naruto's side can win.

hope...

At this time, under the mountains on a certain seaside in the Kingdom of Wind, a huge ship was making smoke!

"The power system has been destroyed!" "Biological and chemical warfare manufacturing equipment has been destroyed" "The ammunition warehouse is on fire! Put it out! Put it out quickly!"...

One bad news after another was delivered to Hyde.

His face was expressionless, as if he was completely blind to the news.

bad news.

This was something he had anticipated. If those people wanted to go out with a burden, they would have to do something to distract themselves.

Destruction is the simplest and easiest thing to do.

So this was what he expected.

Just the bad news...

It was hard for Hyde not to be moved but he held it in.He has heard and encountered a lot of bad news in his life, and failure is always the one that appears most often in his life.

It's just that it's rare for bad news to come in a row like today.

So much bad news always gave Hyde the illusion that he was going to kneel here.

Maybe...maybe this is the last hurdle in life.Isn't this last level supposed to be the most difficult and dangerous? !Either it will be doomed or it will soar into the sky.

He has come this far and there is no way out.

"Sir." Camilla ran in a little panicked and said: "The flagship has stopped digging. The power loss is serious and it is impossible to continue digging."

After hearing the news, Hyde's face finally changed.

He couldn't continue to dig deeper. This news really made him a little stunned.

"Organize manpower to carry out emergency repairs." Hyde said calmly: "Let Feng Wai and Ranke drive away the troublesome rats. In addition, the machine must not stop!"

The machine cannot stop!Even if it's a little broken, as long as it's usable.

If you stop, you may lose all your efforts.

"You go." Hyde turned around and said, "Keep an eye on me. They should take advantage of the chaos and take people out now."

"Do they need to be captured?" Camilla asked excitedly.

"No need!" Hyde said: "There is no use bringing them back. You follow them. I think the old man will most likely guide them into the veins of the Haider Stone Mine."

Hyde was very sure that the ninjas who rescued Timsey must have come back.

Only Timsey can travel unimpeded here!Because he hasn't had time to eliminate Timsi's identification of friend or foe.Although it was a momentary oversight, it was still a mistake.

The old man was so stubborn that he wouldn't tell him anything about the Haider Stone Mine, but he would most likely tell Timsey.

He didn't believe that since the old man knew about the stone mine, he didn't know about Timsey?

of course.

The old man wasn't sure but he seemed to be aware of Timsey's identity.

At this time, he was being carried by Naruto and was quickly escaping from here.

"It really went so smoothly." Naruto said a little relaxedly: "It's really thanks to Timsi that I was able to escape so smoothly. The bastards on the ship were probably screwed around."

This time it was really all thanks to Timsey.

His knowledge of the ship allowed him to know where to attack to inflict the heaviest damage to the ship, mobilize the most manpower, and thus not be able to spare enough troops to intercept them while also severely damaging the ship.

And he knew every escape route on the ship.

Timsi really deserves a lot of credit for being able to come out so quickly!

"Which way are we going?" Naruto looked around and said, "Send the old man out as soon as possible."

"Just follow the way we came in," Timsi said.

"No!"

Suddenly, the old man who had been silent until now said, "Although I don't know how you got in, I know the shortest way to leave from here."

"The shortest?" Naruto frowned and said, "Sure enough, Shikamaru's guess was not wrong at all."

"You were caught by those people because you knew about the Greer Stone Mine, right?"

The old man did not answer Naruto's question directly but instead asked: "Sure enough, you Konoha ninjas are here for the Greer Stone Mine, right?"

"What!" Naruto suddenly said a little dissatisfied: "That's not true!"

"Grel Stone Mine, Glenel Stone Mine." Naruto muttered a little: "I wouldn't come here specifically for that kind of thing. Originally, we came here to investigate the ghost ship. It took a lot of searching and tracing to get here.”

"On the other hand, grandpa, how were you arrested?" Naruto asked, "When we came here, we didn't find anyone living around."

Yes, they did a special investigation when they came here. Except for some ancient ruins, no one has lived here.

I never thought that I would rescue a civilian on the flagship.

Not only Naruto but also Shikamaru had not thought of this development.

"Because grandpa knows about the Glenelg Mine?" Naruto seemed to say with certainty, "So you came here specifically to take a look?"

"Hahahaha~" The old man laughed after hearing what Naruto said and said, "If I really knew about that magical stone, I would mine it myself and sell it for money."

"The old man is the leader of the caravan and also the guide." The old man explained: "I used to often lead the caravan through here."

"The old man makes groceries." The old man explained: "I collect everything from mountain products, fish catches, and furs, and then sell them to other places that need them. Because I often walk along the coast from the Kingdom of Wind to the Kingdom of Fire, and then from I’m back from the Fire Country. I’ve been going back and forth so I’m very familiar with this place, and I’ve heard a lot of legends about it.”

"And the ruins here were also places where I used to explore when I was young."

"Really?" Naruto said not so convinced after hearing this: "Groceries? There is not even a single person within a radius of dozens of miles here. Where does the old man receive the goods and who do they sell them to?"

"That's now." The old man said a little bit stubbornly and unwillingly, "It's not the past."

"In the past...in the past..." the old man said as if he was nostalgic: "In the past, there were no trains between the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Fire, and the trade between the two countries basically relied on merchants like us. "

"But ever since the Fifth Hokage of the Land of Fire started to build trains and roads, the trade between the two countries has relied on roads and railways to transport goods." The old man said with a slight complaint: "Of course we businessmen can't beat them, and we can't do it." It has declined. Now, old man, my original caravan has also been disbanded."

Thinking of these old men, they couldn't help but shook their heads and said: "Without the caravans, the villages and towns here have begun to decline. The young people have left, and only some old people are left. The villages and towns are no longer good, and the young people have gone out to wander. If you achieve success, you will take the old man away, and if you do not achieve success, you will not want to come back. There will be fewer and fewer old people, and eventually the place will be abandoned after the old man dies."

"When there are no more people, it won't take long for this place to become completely deserted." The old man said lightly: "Then it will be swallowed up by those trees, weeds and the like. It will feel like there has been no human habitation for hundreds of years. .”

Listening to what the old man said, Naruto felt like he couldn't find anything wrong with them.

"Then why was the old man arrested?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Because of the Glenel Stone Mine." The old man said, "Because I have been here often before, so I know that there is a legend about the Glenelg Stone Mine here. I also went on an expedition myself to find the legendary stone, but I couldn't find it. "

"Ah..." the old man sighed and said, "I heard that the legendary ghost ship and the ninjas of Konoha have gathered here, so I wanted to run over to see if there is really a Greel Stone here. mine."

"Isn't it said that wealth comes from danger? In the end, I didn't get wealth, but danger came first."

Chapter 4 Glenelg Mine

"Over there! Over there! Oh yes, just keep going along this road."

The old man began to give directions.

Naruto and Timsi were really unfamiliar with this place. Although they both felt that the old man's words were fishy, ​​no one could find anything wrong because if they really wanted to say that, it was indeed the case.

Because of the emergence of railway transportation and highway transportation, many villages and towns in the Country of Fire have declined.

Young people go into the city and take away their children, as well as the elderly.When a village or a town has no young people and no children, it has no future.Even if there are some old people who are still stubbornly holding on in the villages and towns, all this cannot be defeated by time.The old man will eventually leave.

Either taken away by their children or laid to rest, the villages and towns were completely abandoned.

With the emergence of railway and road transportation, many professions have been affected.

The merchants who traveled between different cities like in the past were probably the first to be affected.

What industrialization likes most is scale, large-scale acquisitions, large-scale transportation and large-scale dumping.The old merchants who traveled north and south with a few cars and horses carrying goods were soon replaced.

Those with a strong family might be able to get a share of the industrialization wave, while those with an average family, like the old man, would disband the caravan and find another way to make a living.

So if the old man said that, they really couldn't find anything to refute.

But to say that this old man gained wealth through danger, Naruto and Timsi always felt that it was a bit far-fetched.

Because I always feel that this old man is too familiar with this place.

Now the old man was guiding the way, and Naruto and Timsi didn't say anything.

If you are not familiar with this place, it would be nice to have someone familiar with you to guide you.

"Speaking of which." The old man suddenly thought of something and said, "How did you know I'm here?"

The old man seemed unclear and very confused about this matter.

"Old man, are you an animal trainer?" Timsey asked first.

"Animal tamer?" The old man shook his head and said, "What does this have to do with the animal tamer?"

"This little thing." Timsey pointed to the ferret on his shoulder and said, "It brought us here. We were lurking outside and were discovered by it."

"On the contrary." Naruto complained at the side: "Grandpa's interest is quite strange. He actually keeps big rats as pets."

But this mouse is very understanding of human nature and is about to catch up with the psychic beast.

"Nirugu is not a mouse." The old man said to Naruto angrily: "Nirugu is a ferret! He was raised by the old man when he was still leading the caravan. He is not a pet. For the old man, It’s not an exaggeration to say they are family members.”

"Come to think of it." The old man suddenly said a little sourly: "Nirugu seems to be very close to you."

What the old man said made Timsi a little embarrassed.

He scratched his head and said: "It's nothing, but it seems to be really humane. If it weren't for Nirugu, we wouldn't know you were locked up here."

"Ah~ It's all thanks to Nirugu after all." The old man said.

"Let's not talk about that."

Naruto suddenly interjected and said: "Grandpa, is the path we are running really right? Why do we always feel that something is wrong the more we run. Is this really the road leading to the ground?"

Why doesn't it look like it?

Not quite like it!

Very unlikeable!

Following the direction led by the old man, Naruto and Timsi ran all the way to a place that looked like a dead end...no, it looked a bit like an altar.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like you can go up here.

"Of course~ of course." The old man struggled to get off Naruto's back.

"Grandpa." Naruto said as soon as he saw it: "You..."

"It's okay." The old man seemed a little stubborn and said, "Although he is a little older, his body is still strong. Those minor injuries are not enough to prevent him from walking."

"This ninja guy and that guy, come with me, I know what the shortcut is."

Timsey did not follow the old man directly.

He looked at the surrounding environment a little cautiously. Although he was not familiar with this place, this place did not look like a way to go up.

It looks like an altar, with only one road connecting three small cylinders in the middle of a large circular pit.