"Dazner, you said someone was going to entrust us, is it true?"

In the evening, at Dazna's house, someone came to visit.

There were three of them, the first of whom was a man about the same age as Dazner, whose hair had turned gray, but who was in good spirits and in good health.

After Tsunami opened the door, the first thing he said when he came in was this, wanting to verify that the information he had received was correct.

"Kiki, you're here."

Dazna saw the man in charge, and shook the wine bottle in his hand at him, which was considered to be a response to his greeting.

Keech was an old friend of his, and they were good friends before he became a bridge expert.

Every time I accept a work commission, I will also bring him with me, and the other party is also the leading excellent worker in the country with a good reputation.

Kiki and the two men behind him nodded.

Dazna casually vacated an empty room in the house for the three of Kage to come in, but because the room was small, the four adult men were crammed inside, which seemed more crowded, but no one cared about these problems.

"Dazner, is it true about the commission?"

As soon as Kic sat down, he couldn't wait to look at Dazner, hoping that Dazner would give him an affirmative answer.

After all, these workers haven't started work for a year, and the economy of the country of waves has not been very good in recent years, even if they get the commission, they are actually not paid much.

But for these workers, the salary offered can solve the problem of food and clothing at home, and it is already thankful.

Therefore, if Dazner really receives the work commission, then no matter how low the salary is, as long as it can solve the problem of food and clothing for the family, then there is no room for refusal.

"Don't worry, Kiki, don't you believe me as a person? We're old friends, and I'm not going to joke with you guys in a place like this. ”

Dazna said with a smile.

After receiving the commission, he was also very happy.

"That's just as well."

Kidge believes in Dazner's character, and he knows that the other party is stubborn and upright, and he will not joke with them about this kind of thing.

"So, what kind of work is being commissioned?"

Kicki asked briefly about the situation.

Dazna replied cheerfully, "The task entrusted to us is to build a factory on a vacant lot in the country of waves, as if to produce equipment. But I don't know exactly what kind of equipment is produced and what it is used for. ”

Kiki nodded, as long as there were blueprints, building factories was not a problem. As for what those factories are used for, he has no interest in exploring it, and the client gives money, as long as it is not related to illegal and criminal matters, they will do it, and there is no possibility of bargaining.

"Who's the client?"

"It's an eldest lady from a merchant family in the country of ghosts."

Although Dazner believes that Kazuhime's identity is probably not from an ordinary merchant family.

"The land of ghosts? Why should people from such distant countries ......"

Kiki's eyes widened, a little stunned.

"I don't know about that, maybe it's because of the country's business prospects."

Dazna said casually.

Kicki was even more speechless.

Foreground?

The country is so poor that it can't be opened, so how can there be any business prospects?

Moreover, there are many pirate forces outside the country, often raiding homes and houses, making the people of the country of Poland miserable.

As a result, a merchant from the country of ghosts still wants to open a factory in the country of waves, which is a strange thing no matter how you look at it.

Isn't the other party afraid of losing money?

Or are there any rare minerals on the islands of the Land of Waves?

But how is this possible?

If there was such a thing, it would have been dug up by the daimyo and nobles long ago to enrich the treasury and use it to develop the country's economy.

"Okay, Kic, these are not things we should think about, the other party will pay, and we will contribute. No matter what the other party's purpose is, it has nothing to do with us small people. ”

Dazner said optimistically.

While Dazner meant to be self-deprecating, Kich rarely didn't refute it.

Indeed, even if the client has any special purpose, what does it have to do with them, the poor and white, the low-level people?

Others pay, they sell coolies, a very reasonable way to make money.

"The other party said that the contract will be sent the day after tomorrow, and we must recruit all the workers who can be recruited tomorrow."

Dazner said again.

"How many people are needed?"

"The other side needs a thousand people."

"A thousand!?"

Kiki's eyes bulged out in surprise.

The two workers behind him were similarly not much better.

1,000 workers, that's not a small number.

They hadn't received such a huge project for many years, and it seemed that the factory they had commissioned to build was not an ordinary small factory, but a super-large factory.

"Are you sure they want this number?"

Kiki asked in surprise.

"Sure."

"Looks like it's time to prepare."

Kiki's face was unusually solemn.

A short time later, the two workers left first, and Kicchi remained in the room, talking to Dazner.

Kiki mysteriously approached Dazner, looked around vigilantly, and then said softly, "Speaking of which, have you heard about Dazner?" ”

Looking at Kic's cautious and serious appearance, Dazner became puzzled and asked, "What do you know?" ”

"It's the pirates who have appeared in the waters of the country of waves in recent years."

"What happened to those pirates?"

Speaking of those pirates, Dazna was also a little nervous and angry, his son-in-law died at the hands of the inhuman pirates.

"I heard that those pirates were recruited by the Daimyo."

Kicki stared into Dazner's eyes.

"What?"

Dazna straightened up in disbelief and looked at Kitsch.

"Be quiet, Dazner."

"Uh-oh."

Dazna only then came to his senses, and his reaction was too intense.

Although no one will listen to him at this time, it is better to be careful.

"How do you think that?"

Dazna frowned.

"It's not what I think, I've heard it too."

Kiki sighed.

"Listen to whom?"

"When I went to town yesterday to buy groceries, I heard people on the street. Are you saying it's true? ”

Kage wanted to ask Dazner's opinion.

There are many opinions about the origin of the pirate forces in the waters of the country of waves, but the most accepted theory is that they were victims of the Great Ninja War, and they had to leave their homeland to live in other countries due to the war. However, due to the inability to integrate into the local environment, it has evolved into a pirate force.

But if this group of pirates is a captive force of the Daimyo of the country of waves, then the nature of the matter is different.

"Don't talk nonsense, hasn't the Daimyo organized several crusades against pirates before?"

Dazner retorted.

"Then do you have any doubts about why the militia has failed to defeat those pirates several times?"

Kiki didn't want to believe it either, but thinking about the few times he had fought pirates in the past made him suspicious.

"But the daimyo also paid money to avoid disasters, right?"

Dazner still didn't want to believe it.

"It's just a left-handed hand-to-right-handed."

"This ...... Who do you listen to? ”

"That's what people on the street say."

“……”

Dazner was a little dumbfounded, although it was a crooked reason, but it seemed to have some truth.

It's just that he hadn't thought about these issues before.

"Things need to be evidence-based, don't talk about this kind of thing everywhere."

Dazner had a word of advice for Kitsch.

Kiki nodded repeatedly.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to talk nonsense. Then, it's not too early, I'll go first. ”

Kiki stood up and left the room.

Dazna sat in the room with a pensive look on his face, then shook his head.

"How is it possible, Kiki must have been deceived......"

How could the daimyo who was bent on the people of the country of Wave be the culprit responsible for the economic depression of the country of Wave and the rampant piracy of pirates?

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Two days later, it was the day the contract was signed.

Dazna was barely composed, but Kitchen, who had come with him, swallowed his saliva and looked at the huge steel cruise ship standing in the harbor.

Such a cruise ship is out of his perception of ships.

Looking at the nervous Kiki, Dazner wondered if it was a bad decision to bring him over.

But two people are better than one, and he felt incredible when he saw such a behemoth.

There is a deeper concept of the power of the country of ghosts.

No wonder the other party was able to get such a large piece of land on the territory of the country of waves and use it for construction.

Dazner felt more and more that the one who entrusted him was not from an ordinary merchant family.

He followed the guards up the ramp to the cruise ship and arrived at a conference room, where Kazuhime had been waiting for a long time.

The guards led Dazna and Kich into the conference room and exited the room.

In addition to this, there is also a shrine maiden in the conference room, who serves tea to the guests.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Dazner, I wanted to visit in person today and sign the contract, but there are too many things on my side to get out of my way, please forgive me."

After letting Dazna and Kiki sit down, Kazuhime still apologized, rubbing her temples, and there were not very obvious dark circles around her eyes.

"It doesn't matter. Miss Kazuhime is busy, and I can understand that. ”

Dazna waved his hand and sat stiffly.

"So, who is this gentleman?"

Kazuhime looked at Kiki next to Dazna.

"He's Kic, he's my old friend, and he's my deputy."

Dazner introduced.

"Hello, I'm Kiki."

Kiki stood up and gave Kazuhime an awkward bow in a panic.

"Don't be polite, Mr. Kiki, just make this your home."

Kazuhime said with a smile.

Then, Kazuhime turned her gaze to the shrine maiden to the side.

The shrine maiden understood, took out a printed cardboard contract from the side, and placed it in front of Dazna.

Dazna quickly opened the contract and read its contents.

Kicki leaned his head over to look at it, too.

Although some of the words are not recognized, the general meaning, Kiki can still understand.

Kazuhime sat there, sipping tea while quietly waiting for Dazna to read the contract.

It took about half an hour for Dazner to read the entire contract.

"How's it going, Mr. Dazner? Are there any changes to the contract? If you are not satisfied with something, you can also discuss. ”

"No, I'm satisfied, but it feels like we've taken advantage of it."

Dazna said quickly.

The contract is simply enough to let them do the work.

Whether it is the purchase of materials or three meals a day during work, it will be provided, which greatly saves the money in the pockets of many workers.

After all, not all clients will be responsible for providing food.

If you meet a stingy client, they will only squeeze them at the cheapest salary.

It's still very rare to have a client like Kazuhime who has a generous hand.

Dazner has worked for so many years, and he has only met such a client a few times.

"Because this factory is important to the country of ghosts, I don't want to waste my time in unnecessary places."

Compared to the amount of money needed to lay out the entire project, neither the large factory nor the salaries paid to Dazner and others are a drop in the bucket.

"Really?"

"So, Mr. Dazner, does this agree?"

Kazuhime asked.

"Yes, Miss Yiji, there is no problem on my side."

"So, do you need to go back and talk to the rest of the workers?"

Kazuhime asked properly.

"No, no need, before I came, they had already told me the bottom line, Miss Yiji gave such a generous reward, there is no reason for me not to agree."

Dazner said.

"Now that Mr. Dazner agrees, it's all well said. The rest of the contracts will be drawn up as soon as possible. ”

"The rest of the contracts?"

"Yes, every worker will have an exact contract."

"Huh?"

"Anyway, my subordinates have recently gotten some bad news in the country of waves, so let's take precautions."

"Not so good news?"

Dazna didn't know what Kazuhime was talking about.

Just as Kazuhime was about to speak, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open.

A ninja from the Oni Country rushed in in a hurry, as if bringing a different message.

"Miss, we have already found out the matter, and the pirates who attacked us when we came to the country of waves are indeed related to the daimyo of the country of waves...... Belch! ”

After finishing speaking, the Oni no Kuni ninja realized that there was someone else in the conference room.

Kazuhime frowned and glared fiercely at the Oni no Kuni ninja who had recklessly barged into the conference room, as if he was a little annoyed that he had said these words in front of others.

"Hey, I'm sorry, I didn't say anything just now. Miss, I'll go down first, you're busy. ”

The Oni no Kuni ninja smiled awkwardly and exited the conference room in a panic, closing the door of the conference room tightly.

"That, Miss Yiji, ...... just now"

Dazna spoke.

Kazuhime took a deep breath and said distressedly: "It's no secret, when I came, my fleet was attacked by pirates three times, and although I successfully repelled the group of pirates, it also caused me some losses. ”

"No, it's the ......"

Dazna didn't care about pirate attacks, but the words behind the ninja of the Oni Country, pirates are related to the daimyo of the Land of Waves.

"That's just my subordinates talking gibberish, making you laugh. In short, the contract has been finalized first, and I still have important things to deal with on my side. ”

Kazuhime bowed apologetically and quickly left the conference room, leaving Dazna and Kic, who were staring at each other.

……

After Kazuhime left, after Dazna signed the paper, he didn't stay long, leaving the cruise ship with Kiki and returning in the direction of home.

As he walked along the road, Kiki tried to stop talking several times, and finally whispered in Dazner's ear:

"Well, Dazna, you also heard the news that Miss Yiji's subordinate accidentally revealed just now. If we don't have a problem with our ears......"

"This kind of thing, maybe Miss Yiji's subordinates made a mistake, and you can't fully believe the thing of chasing after the wind and shadows."

"However, Miss Yiji is rich and powerful, and she will definitely get some information that we don't know. Moreover, Miss Ichihime was attacked by pirates on her way to the country of waves, and you can tell the truth from the fake with a little inquiry. ”

Kicki said.

Dazna didn't speak, his face was heavy, and he looked preoccupied.

Kiki also quieted down honestly, but he didn't expect that the rumors on the street that were unfavorable to the daimyo were likely to be true.

If this is the case, then it means that the Daimyo of the Land of Wave deceived all of them and played with the populace like clowns.

◎

"Miss, I didn't notice anything wrong just now, did I?"

The Ghost Country Shinobi, who had just hurried into the conference room, stood in front of Ichihime and asked.

Ichihime glanced at him and said to him, "Don't worry, the performance is natural, there is nothing to improve." In short, the seeds of doubt have been planted, just waiting for them to take root and sprout. ”

The news that was deliberately revealed to Dazna was arranged in advance by Kazuhime.

The rumors against the daimyo and nobles in the towns of the country of waves were also secretly spread by her.

If you want to gain the support of the people here and liberate the ideology, the first thing to do is to make the people of the country of Wave have a crisis of confidence in the Daimyo.

This is the same situation as the Land of Rain during the Third Shinobi War.

During the war, the Daimyo of the Land of Rain abandoned the people and flattered foreign enemies, causing public outrage, and now the political environment of the Land of Rain is very chaotic, and the state managers have suddenly shifted from the hands of the Daimyo to the hands of the Rain Hidden Village.

"That's good."

"So, has the news come out?"

Kazuhime asked with a sideways head.

The Oni Country ninja nodded and replied seriously: "Yes, although there are still some things that have not been investigated, I have already obtained the basic information here." Ready to act, open a gap here that can be attacked. ”

Kazuhime put her chin on her fingers, thought for a moment, and said, "No, I can't move for the time being." ”

"Why? The evidence has been ......"

"When I think about it, the situation behind the country of waves may be much more complicated than we thought. At this time, it may make us fall into passivity. The Daimyo of the Land of Waves is certainly not the mastermind, and there are even more forces behind him that support him. ”

Ruri remembered the ninja who attacked her two days ago, and the purple-red chakra flowing in her eyes, the color of the chakra, made her care very much, and she felt a sense of familiarity.

Tailed beast!

Although the color of the chakra is wrong, the fuchsia chakra gives her a feeling that is somewhat similar to that of a tailed beast.

She'd secretly sent the attacker to the Land of Oni, and had the people at HQ investigate and test the source of the chakra with instruments.

Similar to the Tailed Beast Chakra, but with a slight difference...... Maybe it's the power developed by the Tailed Beast.

If this is the case, there may be more forces to pay attention to the country of waves than you imagined, and the relationship behind the scenes will be more complicated.

Using the Tailed Beast, except for the Oni Country and Akatsuki, only the five major powers have this ability.

And the country of waves is the closest to the country of fire among the five powers.

Konoha has the ability to study the power of tailed beasts, although the three generations of Hokage of Konoha are indecisive and may not be made public, but there is no shortage of such ruthless, radical thoughts, and dangerous people who conduct taboo research at will-

Root Leader, Shinobi Darkness, Shimura Danzo!

"Did the eldest lady remember something?"

Shinobu Kami, who was standing on the sidelines, asked.

Kazuhime nodded, and instead of hiding it, he asked, "You should have heard of it, we stayed in Konoha in the shadows, and the Shimura Danzo who probed out the roots, has been conducting some kind of taboo research in recent years. ”

"Yes, but what exactly is the taboo study, I haven't investigated it for the time being."

The country of ghosts is full of forbearance.

"That's right, combined with the previous attack, I suspect that the taboo research that the root is doing now has something to do with the tailed beast."

"Tailed beasts?"

"Shinobi Dark Shimura Tunzo, before he came, the old man explained that the danger of Shimura Tunzang is far above the three generations of Hokage. The roots have taken root in Konoha for many years, and after the Third Ninja World War, the authority of the three generations of Hokage has declined, and the power of the roots is expanding rapidly, and there is already a faint momentum to fight against the Hokage. The old-timers of the ninja world with such powerful methods cannot be easily underestimated. ”

She wasn't worried about the Konoha Dark Division, but if it wasn't just the Dark Division, the Root Division was also going to intervene, it might be a hard battle.

Unlike the weak three generations of Hokage, Shimura Danzou is a martial arts faction with extremely extreme means, and he must be extremely vigilant against the opponent's movements.

"It is no accident that Cardo continues to investigate who is behind the illegal business premises of the country of waves, and they are acquiesced in by the daimyo of the country of waves to exist in the territory of the country of waves. If this trend continues, within a few years, the country of waves will gradually degenerate into a three-way zone without laws and regulations. This is not a small country that can be done. ”

The forces behind the scenes of the country of waves are amazing.

Although it is not comparable to the big powers, it is definitely not something that ordinary forces can provoke.

As the lord of a country, the daimyo of the country of waves may only be one of them, not the real messenger.

"Yes. That root is ...... over there."

Oni no Kuni Shinobu hesitated.

"Hmmm......"

Kazuhime thought thoughtfully.

As long as it is not a large army of Konoha ninjas, she is not afraid of how many people come from the roots.

Even if you are defeated, you will be able to calmly leave the encirclement.

But this time there are still too few people who have followed, and she doesn't care about herself, but there is no way to take care of the rest of the place.

Soon, she replied: "Let the plan on Cardo's side go as usual, and in terms of manpower, I will ask the old man to send additional reinforcements." ”

Considering the means and power of the roots, Kazuhime thinks it's better to be safe.