The civil strife in the Snow Country was completely quelled overnight.

Of course, for a small and remote country like Snow Country, if it were not for the focus of attention, the five major countries would hardly do anything.

Although the Snow Country is a country with ninjas, its combat power is weak, and it is completely different from small countries such as the Land of Grass and the Land of Rain that can establish ninja villages.

Overall, the chaos within the Snow Country did not cause an imbalance in the stable situation of the great powers, and it did not even have any impact at all, except that when Xiaoxue inherited the Daimyo of the Snow Country, he symbolically sent a letter of congratulations, and other than that, there was no other action.

Among the ninja world, the five great powers have a transcendent status, occupying the most vast land, the richest population, and the most powerful military power in the ninja world. Any small country competing with the five major powers is tantamount to using a mantis arm as a car.

In this case, Shiraishi had already predicted that the power of the Ghost Country was completely dormant to enter the Snow Country, defeat the wind and waves of the raging Xiaoxue, and also the legitimate heir of the Snow Country, in the eyes of outsiders, it was just the alternation of the power of the Snow Country. Based on this situation, they have no excuse to attack the Snow Country, and what to do about it.

Post-war recovery is now the main task within the great powers.

"I didn't expect the treasure left by His Highness Sayuki to be a heating machine, I thought His Highness Sayuki really left some major treasures."

In the depths of the castle in the palace, the third wife sighed for a while.

The internal turmoil in the snow country is over, and next, it is necessary to appease the panic of the people, and those defeated snow ninjas do not have to be wiped out, most of the snow ninjas are forced by the wind and flowers, and they have to fight for the tiger because of the power of the wind and flowers.

For these low-level snow ninjas, it is natural to take them all over and serve the construction of the snow country.

Shiraishi is very handy in this regard, and the development plan has been drawn up long before the attack on the Snow Country.

"No, third wife, the heater left by my father is indeed a treasure to me. Because he promised me in the past that he wanted me to see the arrival of spring in the land of snow, I couldn't understand it in the past, but now I finally understand it. ”

Xiaoxue sat on the throne belonging to the Daimyo of the Snow Country, with a solemn attitude.

The third husband was just puzzled for a moment and did not speak.

For Koyuki, the new Daimyo of the Land of Snow, it was indeed a treasure worth cherishing, but for the dead Wind Flower Fury, it was just a pure joke.

"So, in order to let more people see the spring of the Snow Country, I plan to make the ice lake where the Rainbow Ice Wall is located a national tourist attraction to attract tourists from all over the world, what do you think, Santaifu?"

Xiaoxue said.

The third wife nodded and replied: "This is indeed a good idea, but now that we need to restore people's livelihood as soon as possible, we need to spend a lot of money, and I am afraid that there is no way to immediately implement the plan to build a tourist resort." ”

"This is not a problem, my father will invest 10 billion taels in the snow country in the early stage, and the rest of the work is to recruit skilled craftsmen in the country."

Ten billion taels? Or is it an upfront investment? Rao is the third wife, and he can't help but be surprised by the huge financial resources of the Ghost Country.

"If that's the case, then there's no problem. With this 10 billion taels of start-up funds, not only can the Rainbow Ice Wall be turned into a tourist attraction, but also the armament of the Snow Country can be strengthened. ”

In the event of frequent storms, Mitsuo is seriously aware of the necessity of building a ninja army and how important it is.

If his lord Fenghua was able to squeeze out the extra funds, develop his army, and train more ninjas, even if Fenghua Fury gave birth to two hearts, he would not dare to act rashly.

In the past, the Snow Country was holding the attitude of being rich and peaceful, but now, the pressure that will be faced in the future by binding the black car of the Ghost Country is far heavier than the pressure caused by the rebellion of the wind and flowers.

The fact that the Minister of War of the Oni Country is an S-class renegade in Konoha is enough to cause a huge international storm in the ninja world.

As an allied country, the snow country will naturally not escape the blame at that time, and it will be criticized by various countries.

It's just that now things are done, not to mention the relationship between Xiaoxue and Shiraishi, if the Snow Country wants to become strong, it can only rely on the secret funding of the Ghost Country.

However, fortunately, Shiraishi helped them take back the power of the Snow Country, and did not interfere too much with the power of the Snow Country, so that Xiaoxue would not become a puppet daimyo.

If such a thing happens, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the third wife.

Having tripped over the storm, if more ferocious beasts were introduced, there would be no place to cry.

"That's right. My father asked me to find a hidden place in the Snow Country as soon as possible, set up a research institute and an arms factory, and step up research and mass manufacturing of Chakra armor. When the research institute and the armory factory are completed, there will be a second batch of funds from the Oni Country. ”

After listening to Xiaoxue's narration, the third husband had a more intuitive feeling of the wealth and wealth of the ghost country.

Having such a powerful ally as the Oni Country is not necessarily all bad for the Snow Country.

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Shiraishi stayed in the Land of Snow for a month before finally leaving.

He stayed in the Snow Country for a month, mainly to get the military power of the Snow Country.

The military power of the Snow Country, like the Land of Demons, is made up of ordinary soldiers and snow ninjas who know how to use chakra.

Among the snow ninjinas who participated in the rebellion that night, some of them were wiped out, some were imprisoned in cells for reform, and the remaining snow ninjas who surrendered, about a hundred people, were officially incorporated into the military system of the snow country by Shiraishi.

This is something that has already been planned with his righteous daughter Xiaoxue, he only needs to govern the military power of the Snow Country, and in the rest of the things, he will only mention suggestions, and in the end, Xiaoxue, the new daimyo, will make his own decisions.

And for Shiraishi, becoming the Minister of War of the Snow Country, it is enough to hold military power. Xiaoxue is still underage, but there is a third wife next to her to assist, and there is no big problem if she wants to manage the snow country.

The restructuring of the Snow Country cannot be completed in a day or two.

The first is military unification, and then the army is drawn up, all roads in the territory of the snow country are dredged, and the connection with the country of ghosts is strengthened.

As for the future merger, that's a separate story.

In short, with the experience of the Ghost Country, Shiraishi is also more handy for the restructuring plan of the Snow Country.

The most important thing is that during the reign of Wind and Blossom, he was given a good starting point.

Because of the improper position of the wind and flowers, during his tenure as the Daimyo of the Snow Country, he used cruel means to uproot the aristocratic forces that opposed him within the Snow Country, which greatly weakened the aristocratic group of the Snow Country, making the power of the aristocratic group of the Snow Country no longer what it used to be, and reducing the difficulty of Shiraishi's restructuring of the Snow Country.

Therefore, Shiraishi sincerely hoped that these nobles would be honest and responsible, otherwise he would not mind a purge in the Snow Country that would be even more ruthless than the wind and waves, so that they could understand what their current position was.

These vested interests left over from the old era, if it weren't for the wind and furious waves to purge their internal first, Xiaoxue's ascension to the position of the Daimyo of the Snow Country, it is estimated that it will not be as smooth as imagined, and they will definitely obstruct it and ask for more power.

Shiraishi can strategically despise these noble groups, but tactically attach great importance to them.

In a traditional country like Snow Country, it is not uncommon for daimyo to become puppets of aristocratic groups to bring to the forefront.

To prevent these aristocratic forces from fighting back, and to send ninjas to monitor their every move, it is also necessary to practice.

On the way back, only half of the ninjas who came with Shiraishi and Ayane returned, and the other half were stationed in the snow country to manage the surrendered snow ninja so that the surrendered snow ninjas would not make any trouble.

In addition, there is an important task to protect Xiaoxue's personal safety, and to monitor some of the nobles in the Snow Country who are secretly misbehaving, so as to prevent trouble.

"The matter of the Snow Country is over, and all that remains are the Land of Bears and the Land of Darkness."

The development plan of the Snow Country, Shiraishi will regularly send people to monitor it to prevent omissions.

If there were no powerful external forces at the level of the five great powers involved, the affairs of the Snow Country could be said to be nine out of ten.

The remaining plan for Shiraishi to carry out is to pocket the country of darkness and the country of bears in the south.

These two countries will be the best springboard for the Oni Country to attack the Wind Country.

"But it's not so easy for these two countries to take it down."

Ayane thought for a moment and replied.

This time, they were able to win the Snow Country because there was chaos within the Snow Country, and they won over Xiaoxue, the orthodox heir of the Snow Country, for the first time, and the resistance was only the wind and waves, which gave them a chance.

But the country of the dark is different from the country of bears, and for now, there is no suitable excuse to get involved.

"There should be a lot less resistance to the annexation of the Nether Country."

Shiraishi said.

"Oh?"

"In the past, the country of ghosts was a country that was severely affected by monsters, and more than once he showed kindness to the shrine maidens of the country of ghosts, hoping to merge the country of ghosts into the country of ghosts. However, past generations of shrine maidens in the country of Oni have refused. ”

When Shiraishi said this, his expression became strange.

"Refused?"

Ayane was surprised.

"If the information I've gathered is correct, that's true."

"I really don't understand, why should I refuse such a good opportunity."

This was incomprehensible to Ayane.

If this kind of thing is put on the five major countries, it is estimated that they will wake up laughing when they dream.

This is for nothing, and you can get a huge territory and population without spending a penny.

"I think it's probably the witches of the Oni Country who are troublesome. They don't like to get involved in worldly strife, or they don't have the interest to get involved. Their mission in the world is to destroy evil monsters for humanity. If they were to be given another mission, they would be resented. ”

Shiraishi clearly remembers Maitreya saying that the meaning of shrine maidens to human beings is special.

Compared to administering the country, the shrine maidens of the Oni Country obviously attach more importance to the cultivation itself.

The feeling is like being carried to the fire by everyone, and only when forced to nod and become the 'god' of the country.

"In this case, the country of the dark can be taken quickly, right?"

"In a little more than a month, after Maitreya Witch has successfully given birth, I will inquire about what the situation is, and see how she plans to deal with the affairs of the Nether Country. However, compared to the country of ghosts, the most difficult thing to do here is undoubtedly the country of bears, a country with ninja village institutions, and if it wants to be included in the territory of the country of ghosts, it will be very troublesome at that time. ”

"Star Hidden Village? With a formed ninja village system, it is indeed more troublesome to deal with than the snow country. ”

Ayane nodded earnestly.

Although the country of bears is a small country, it has a relatively mature ninja village system, just like small countries such as the country of grass and the country of rain.

The name of this ninja village is called Star Hidden Ninja Village.

It is said that the ninjas of the Star Hidden Ninja Village are good at the chakra secret technique called 'Peacock Mystic', and they are very famous in the area of the Bear Country.

Shiraishi and Ayane feel that the Star Hidden Ninja Village is troublesome, and it does not refer to the combat effectiveness of this ninja village.

The biggest difficulty in this is how to legally and unnoticeably incorporate the country of bears into the territory of the country of ghosts.

If it is not operated properly, the power of the Oni Country will be exposed, and the gains will outweigh the losses.

The reason why the country of ghosts has lived so nourishingly over the years is because the five major powers are located on the bright side, and the country of ghosts has always lurked in the dark, pretending to be harmless to humans and animals, and winning the trust of other countries. Coupled with a series of special reasons such as the protection mechanism of neutral countries, the country of ghosts is like a fish in water.

"It seems that the Yakura side will start an operation within a year, and the matter of the country of bears, let's prepare after assisting the Yakura operation. According to the plan, there is still a long time left on our side for decoration. Once the position of the fog is determined, the pressure on our side will be much lower. ”

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Konoha 48, January.

The beginning of the new year also brings a new atmosphere to the country of ghosts.

Since returning from the Land of Snow, Shiraishi has been moving between his family and office, as well as the laboratory.

The work of the laboratory is mainly busy with the research of tailed beasts and zero-tails.

At present, among the ninja villages of the five major countries, only Yunyin Village, the country of thunder, has mature tailed beast utilization technology, but most of Yunyin's tailed beast utilization technology is still applied at the military level.

The difference is that Shiraishi hopes that the Tailed Beast's power will not only be used at the military level, such as the development of medicines and ninja equipment, but also expand. In that way, the benefits that the Tailed Beast brings to the Oni Country are far many times higher than the military level alone.

Shiraishi's idea is not groundless, the chakra of the tailed beast has extremely strong healing powers, and has a special recovery effect.

If this recovery effect can be extended to medicines, it will definitely be a big sale.

Healing is just one of the effects of the tailed beast chakra, and other effects such as enhancing the ninja's physique and increasing the explosiveness of battle can also make the ninja turn defeat into victory in difficult situations.

In short, as long as the tailed beast technology is conquered and used effectively, it will benefit the country of ghosts immensely.

As for Zero Tail...... This is a special kind of lifeform that is better than the tailed beast.

And unlike the tailed beast parts collected by Shiraishi, which are mostly clumps of chakras and fragmentary limb debris, Zero Tail is different in that it is completely preserved in the experiment.

Although Zerotail was controlled by the empty country in the past and became the core energy engine that started the King Fortress, in the beginning, it was a kind of life form formed naturally in nature.

Feed on human sorrow and despair as a way to bring oneself to wholeness.

At present, the strength of Zerotail is not comparable to that of the Tailed Beast, but as long as it is used well, it will only be a matter of time before it grows to the level of the Tailed Beast. It's just that Shiraishi didn't let Zero Tail grow unlimitedly.

Because he can't control Zerotail's consciousness now, if Zerotail grows to the level of a tailed beast, if it is not under his control at that time, then this kind of monster can bring him nothing but trouble, only trouble.

Now Zero Tail succumbs to the country of ghosts, but because of his lack of strength, he is temporarily dormant.

When you become a complete body and have the power to resist, you may not be obedient.

A disobedient weapon can only be destroyed.

In the laboratory, in the floor-to-ceiling glass cylinder, there are several chakras of tailed beasts, catalyzed by special potions, they have grown to the level of physical characteristics of some parts of the tailed beasts, and for ordinary ninjas, this level of tailed beast strength is completely sufficient.

Absorb one of them, and also have the power to easily defeat the upper ninja.

But for Shiraishi, this is far from perfect.

Later medicine production, ninja tool development, including the supply of energy for large warships, may require Tailed Beast Chakra to save expenses.

It's a pity that Lin is not a perfect human pillar force, otherwise the tailed beast can take a big leap forward with the use of technology.

Looking at the glass cylinder where Zerotail was, the huge pitch-black snake-like body was crowded and wrapped around the inside of the glass, as if it were a carefully crafted biological specimen.

The pale and evil mask of the face opened slightly, revealing a scarlet and shadowed blood light.

It didn't seem to have any killing intent, but Shiraishi knew that Zero Tail must be looking for an opportunity to escape from here.

It's just that the glass cylinder that imprisons it has the highest level of chakra suppression effect, and the material is hard, even if it is a powerful ninjutsu, it is impossible to destroy it easily.

And the solution that soaked its body, which was also a potion specially made for him by Shiraishi, could make his body weak and prevent it from violently breaking free from the inside, causing unnecessary disturbances.

On the bench is a purification device, and in the pipes are Zerotail body debris, made of pure dark chakra, with a strong sense of sadness and despair.

Shiraishi is trying to find a way to strip away the dark part of the Zero-Tailed Chakra.

The extracted 'darkness' can be used to create a special poison that causes the enemy's spirits to be depressed.

It can be said that the chakra and darkness on Zerotail's body are rare treasures in the ninja world.

There is the slightest waste, and Shiraishi feels a pity.

"Mr. Shiraishi, the data has been recounted, and it seems that the utilization rate is a few tenths of a percentage point more than before."

Wearing a white coat and a white mask on her face, Nohara sat in front of the computer to calculate the data and tell Shiraishi the latest experimental data.

"It seems that the technique of tailed beasts that tend to become adults is still much different."

The chakra of the tailed beast is difficult to use.

The negative energy contained in it is more terrifying than that on Zerotail's body, and it is difficult to pull it out.

This kind of power, if it acts directly on the human body, will directly cause the user to lose his mind and cause indelible damage to the body and spirit.

In the ninja world, the only one who can make perfect use of the power of the tailed beast is now the eight-tailed human Zhu Liqi Rabi of Yunyin Village, the righteous brother of the fourth generation of Thunder Shadow.

Shiraishi admires such a character, who can resolve the resentment in the Tailed Beast Chakra and merge with the Tailed Beast without reservation, which is not something that can be done casually with a simple sentence.

It is the eight-tailed man Zhu Liqi Rabi, who has an open-minded and open-minded heart that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve, so that he can live in peace with the tailed beast, and let the tailed beast trust and identify with him openly.

This is many times more clever than the violent control of the tailed beast by Mu Dun and Writing Wheel Eye.

As far as Shiraishi knows, so many years have passed in the ninja world, and only Kirabi has done it so far, truly understanding the broad-mindedness of the tailed beast.

For example, the first Hokage and Madara Uchiha in the past also failed to do this. They use the power of the tailed beasts, more or less with their own selfish side.

Shiraishi felt that he was too selfish.

He's not as open-minded as Kirabi, but that doesn't stop him from appreciating a character like Kirabi.

If you can talk to him face-to-face, maybe it will be a great inspiration for his Tailed Beast research.

"It's a pity that the Seven Tails in my body have a lot of prejudice against me, and they have never been very willing to communicate with me."

Lynn smiled helplessly.

After returning from the Wet Bone Forest, she has been living in the research institute of the First Military Region of the Ghost Country, and her usual job is to help out in hospitals and research institutes.

It took Obito more than half a year, and after barely mastering the natural energy, he also returned from the Wet Bone Forest and served as an ordinary patrol soldier in the military region with the Uchiha's clansmen.

"It is a manifestation of arrogance for humans to selfishly define Tailed Beasts as uncontrollable and dangerous forces, to regard them as symbols of 'calamity' and 'evil', and to impose various restrictions on their freedom under the pretext of ignoring their own will. There is no one in ten thousand ninjas who can become a perfect human pillar. Just work in that direction. ”

Shiraishi smiled comfortingly.

Lin is only thirteen or fourteen years old now, and her life when dealing with tailed beasts is still very long, so there is no need to rush it.

"Is the research going to continue?"

Lynn asked.

"Of course. I sympathize with the Tailed Beast because I criticize humans from the perspective of a third party who has an impartial position. But the fact is that I am a member of the human race, and I only see the fate of the weak being dominated by the strong, and in the same way, the benefits that the tailed beast brings to humans are also what I pay attention to. The Tailed Beast's own will doesn't need to be thought about too much. Maybe what I said just now was heard by the Seven Tails in your body, and I guess I am sneering disdainfully at this time. ”

Shiraishi said with a sudden smile.

"It's true that it's not in a good mood right now."

Lynn smiled bitterly.

Mr. Shiraishi is a sarcastic ...... No, sarcastic tailed beasts, any tailed beast will feel resentful and dissatisfied when they hear it.

So much so that this dissatisfaction clearly spread into Lin's body, making her feel the weight of the tailed beast's resentment towards humans.

This is a dead knot that the tailed beast and the human race cannot be separated from for eternity.

Tailed beasts have the stance of tailed beasts, and humans have the stance of humans.

This is the essence of separating all good from evil.

"Alright, I'll leave it to you for now, Lynn, I'm going out now."

Shiraishi took off the white gloves on his hands and threw them in the trash, preparing to leave the lab.

According to the agreed time more than a year ago, it was time to go to the shrine and see his newborn daughter.