The earthen cannon barrel is round and displayed on the dirt slope outside Konoha Village.

Tono Fangsuke stood beside Shikamaru with a little excitement, introducing his newly researched product.

"This is the barrel I made at Shikamaru-samaru's request."

Although I didn't know why Shikamaru asked to make such a strange thing by himself, Tono Kasuke still made it with enthusiasm.

Several staff members in white coats took out a special cannonball from the box next to the barrel and stuffed it into the round barrel that had been erected.

With a bang, the cannon barrel burst with light and fire, and with a heavy roar, a shell flew outward at a speed visible to the naked eye, landing on the ground 100 meters away, and exploded a large earth pit.

The round barrel of the cannon moved back more than a dozen centimeters, and the Tono Fangsuke next to him looked at Shikamaru apologetically. Although it was done according to Shikamaru's intentions, such power was really a bit ashamed of the research funds that Shikamaru gave him.

Any mid-ninja can use ninjutsu at will that far exceeds the damage of this cannon barrel.

"Good!"

I didn't expect that it was just such a powerful cannon barrel, but Shikamaru was very satisfied.

"Shikamaru-sama, give me some time, I'm sure I'll be able to improve the power of this barrel."

As if thinking that Shikamaru was comforting him, the thick-eyed Tono Kasuke lifted his thick eyes and clenched his fists in reassurance.

Shikamaru shook his head and said, "With the current crafting technology, no matter how much you increase the power of this cannon barrel, it will always be difficult to deal with ninjas. At a distance of 100 meters, the upper ninja can arrive in an instant, and the middle ninja only needs a few seconds. Once the ninja is brought close, the weapon is completely useless. No, it should be said that this weapon alone cannot cause damage to ninjas, even if they are not close. ”

Tono was a little frustrated, his drooping hands, and his thick glasses were a little slumped.

"In that case, wouldn't this weapon be useless?"

Kasuke Tono is a very sad man, and he has been wandering at the bottom of the ninja world for a long time, so his self-confidence is easily hit. He hopes to rely on scientific ninja equipment to enable him to be active in the ninja world like those former companions, and win back everything he once expected.

Shikamaru glanced at Tono and said, "Isn't it useful?" This weapon has a big advantage! That's something ninja can't match. ”

"What?"

Kasuke Tono's gaze rekindled with hope and asked.

"Solid, durable, and most importantly, cheap!"

"Cheap?"

Tono Kasuke still couldn't understand the meaning of Shikamaru's words, but he still said hopefully, "Shikamaru-sama, let's choose a name for this weapon!" ”

But he saw Shikamaru looking into the distance and said, "Just call it the Pi Skin Cannon!" ”

Shikamaru's company developed a weapon called the Pippi Cannon, which soon spread throughout Konoha.

There is no serious estrangement between ninjas as they seem to outsiders. In fact, news between ninjas tends to spread quickly. What's more, the ninjas themselves are engaged in intelligence work.

For the Leather Cannon, the ninjas of Konoha even defined it as a toy developed by children. Of course, any weapon that is not a threat to a ninja is defined by ninjas as a toy.

When the three generations of Hokage learned the news, they just smiled.

After Bo Feng Shuimen served as the fourth generation Hokage, Sarutobi Hiza lived in seclusion behind the scenes. He thought he could live a leisurely retirement, but the challenges they had to face, both inside and outside Konoha, were far more than they imagined.

Externally, in order to maintain the international environment outside of Konoha, Konoha has formed an alliance with Sand Hide. However, the appetite of this ally is somewhat staggering.

But that's not all. Konoha's affluence allowed him to deal with Shagakure, an ally with a big appetite. What really cared about him was that in Konoha Village, the Uchiha clan was pressing forward step by step.

Different from the previous Uchiha, under the leadership of Uchiha Fugaku, especially with the assistance of the elites who opened the kaleidoscope at a young age, such as Obito and Shisui, the Uchiha clansmen let go of their original arrogance and began to slowly come into contact with the ordinary ninja class of Konoha .

This is unthinkable in the eyes of the high-level leaders of the Ape Flying Sun Slash and the Konoha Senju family. In the past, the territory of the Uchiha clan is like a village within a village, and the Uchiha clan is also synonymous with conceit.

And once the change occurs, the Uchiha clan will gain far more fans than Sarutobi imagined.

Although it was suspected that Uchiha Fugaku's changes were related to Nara Shikamaru, and even Uchiha Fugaku's various actions later showed that his relationship with Shikamaru was very unusual, but Sarutobi wanted to make some inferences about this, but it was far from enough.

With the blood inheritance boundary on Shikamaru's body, he brought it under his own surveillance. However, he still couldn't deduce his plan further, which made Sarutobi a little distressed.

Because these days, Shikamaru has not taken any other action except for the ninja company that has been agitating for some unscrupulous ninjas in the eyes of ninjas in the outside world.

In the conference room, a heated discussion erupted.

And the core of their discussion was whether to let Uchiha Fugaku enter the Hokage's staff group.

Not allowing the Uchiha to enter the upper echelons of Konoha has always been the bottom line of the Thousand Hands and One System since the second Hokage. However, Uchiha Fugaku has had some outstanding performances recently, but this bottom line has become a little blurred.

"The Uchiha must not be allowed to enter the advisory group, the Uchiha's conceit and ambition will eventually be ruined by Konoha."

Shimura Danzo's voice resounded throughout the conference room, making Bo Feng Shuimen's face a little embarrassed. Because it was he who brought this proposal to the conference room.

"Uchiha Fugaku is the captain of the Konoha garrison and the leader of an important department in Konoha, isn't it too much if you don't let him join the advisory group?"

Bo Feng Shuimon's proposal also caused Shimura Danzo to issue fierce opposition. He didn't trust the Uchiha from the bottom of his bones.

The Thousand Hands Department has always firmly controlled the power of Konoha and has a sensitivity far beyond people's imagination to the every move of the old enemy Uchiha.

"The Uchiha's ambitions are obvious, of course, but if we don't agree, it doesn't seem to be justified. After all, the Uchiha clan has also done a lot of things that have contributed to Konoha recently. ”

Although Koharu said so, a pair of eyes finally looked at Ape Fei Ri Slash, hoping that he could come up with an idea.

"So be it! Under the Hokage, in addition to establishing an advisory group, he joined a staff group, invited the patriarchs of the major wealthy clans of Konoha to join, and was directly led by Mizumon, and the function of the department was to discuss the daily government affairs of Konoha. ”