Tea Country, Inn.

In the room where the heating unit was placed, Tsunade sneezed without warning.

"Do you have a cold, Tsunade-sama?"

Mute, who was reading a medical book, heard Tsunade's sneeze and immediately raised his head and asked.

Next to her, there is a pink pig sleeping soundly, named guinea porpoise, which is a ninja pig she adopted, with a very sensitive sense of smell, not weaker than the ninja dogs cultivated by the Inuzuka family.

"Ah, it's okay, maybe someone misses me too much."

Tsunade subconsciously rubbed his nose, but did not feel uncomfortable with his nose, and responded with a mute sentence.

Then, she once again put her mind on the various books in front of her, all of which were the intelligence materials she had painstakingly collected from many countries in the ninja world in the past few months, and scanned and analyzed them.

The more he looked at it, the heavier Tsunade's mood became.

"Mute."

After a long time, Tsunade called out to mute.

"What's the matter, Tsunade-sama?"

Turning his gaze away from the medical book again, Shizune glanced at Tsunade suspiciously.

"What kind of person do you think that kid from Shiraishi is?"

Tsunade asked.

"Huh? Why did you mention Senior Brother Shiraishi at this time? ”

Mute felt even more confused.

"Isn't it too boring? I'm just looking for something to talk about. ”

Tsunade rearranged the book in front of him and said with a smile.

"Is that so? However, he suddenly asked me what kind of person Senior Brother Shiraishi was...... Well, I always think it's a little hard to explain. ”

If it was Shiraishi during the Konoha period, she would be able to tell why.

At that time, Shiraishi was undoubtedly a very good medical ninja, and he was also an excellent medical ninjutsu assistant teacher, and under Tsunade, he was also conscientious in his work, and was loved by many students. And he always took the trouble to teach students after class, and did not treat each other differently because of their weak talents, but chose to treat them equally.

Therefore, during the Third Ninja World War in Konoha, countless excellent medical ninjas emerged, resulting in a decrease in the sacrifice rate, and Shiraishi also contributed a lot. Even if the other party defected to Konoha later, this merit cannot be erased.

The strength of the medical ninja is not in terms of strength, but in logistics. Each additional medical ninja can reduce the loss of many ninjas in the village. Because of this, today's medical ninjas are not taken seriously as they used to be, and their status is increasing year by year. There are also more and more students applying for medical ninja majors in schools.

As for the later Shiraishi, I don't know what to say about Shiraishi.

In terms of attitude, it's not indifferent to her and Tsunade. It's also because of Tsunade's relationship.,Spare Jiraiya's life.,Although there's an intention to make a deal with Konoha in it.。

But after all, they have fallen into two different camps.

As an enemy, it should be a very troublesome existence.

In particular, it has created various medical industries in the country of ghosts, and the soundness of its medical system is not weaker than that of Konoha, and even surpasses Konoha Village in some aspects, such as medical research. After all, it is not a simple matter to set up branch pharmacies in various countries in the pharmaceutical industry.

At least that's not what Konoha can do.

In the case of medical ninjas, as an enemy, Shizune also admires Shiraishi very much.

The ultimate dream that many medical ninjas want to accomplish.

If Tsunade proposed the original idea of medical reform, then Shiraishi, a disciple of Tsunade, was the one who further perfected the system. The medical system of the Oni no Kuni not only benefits the people of the country, but also reduces the mortality rate of the people of various countries.

It is precisely because of this that the medical industry in the country of ghosts can open branches in various countries, which is all due to the success brought by hard power, and not all because of opportunism in the third ninja war.

Tsunade also probably understands Mute's thoughts, and like Shizune, her perception of Shiraishi is also from the initial appreciation and trust, to the incomprehension and resentment later, and finally to helplessness and complexity.

But unlike Shizune, a pure medical ninja, the most terrifying thing about Shiraishi is not that it has perfected the medical system of the Oni no Kuni.

"There are many things in the country of ghosts that are lacking in Konoha and even in the country of fire. If Konoha and the Fire Nation don't change in the future, then sooner or later, they will decline. ”

Being conservative is not necessarily a bad thing, but being completely conservative is equivalent to giving up hope for the future.

It's like her teacher, the equalizer policy that Ape Fei Ri is used to.

Use the power of the Hokage to balance the interests of the various ninjas, and at the same time promote the group and form the roots to steal part of the ninja clan's achievements and further stabilize the situation within Konoha.

The initial intention was good, but the problem is that this kind of policy has led to the expansion of the roots, and at the same time created obstacles to new reforms.

Uchiha ...... Tsunade sighed.

She didn't know what kind of mood the Uchiha Itachi had in order to destroy her family.

It is precisely because of this conservative and unwilling to change atmosphere that it is also the reason why Konoha Uchiha is coming to an end.

If everyone is conservative, then the pattern of the ninja world will naturally not change much.

The five great powers will always be the five great powers, and they will still be high above the world.

The point is that at this moment, the country of ghosts has made changes, and its influence has begun to radiate to neighboring countries.

She didn't know what the end point of the final transformation of the Oni Country would be, but from the current perspective, there was no doubt that the Oni Country would become stronger.

"Why does Tsunade-sama think so? I feel that the country of ghosts still has a long way to go to catch up with the country of fire. ”

Shizune looked at Tsunade in surprise.

The Fire Country has been in a bit of a decline recently, but it shouldn't be so easy for the Oni Country to catch up with the Fire Country.

"Indeed, in terms of substance, the Fire Nation is not weak. The question is ......"

Tsunade smiled bitterly.

The problem is that more than 90% of the wealth of the Fire Nation is concentrated in the hands of the daimyo and nobles, hoarded and hoarded, and they don't know what to do with it.

Most of the rest was distributed to Konoha to be used as development funds.

In the end, what is left belongs to the civilians.

Wealth cannot be circulated, and the people cannot become rich.

Tsunade, who has been to the country of ghosts, really feels that the traffic in the country of fire is very inconvenient, and the planning of towns and towns and the problem of domestic bandits are also careless. At least Konoha can receive a lot of C-rank missions to sweep bandits in the territory of the Fire Country every year, which is very problematic.

Some of those robbers were people from other countries who fled into the Land of Fire, and some of them were desperate people of the Land of Fire, who could only live by robbing.

These days, Tsunade did not choose to continue to study medical ninjutsu, on the one hand, her medical ninjutsu is already the top level of the ninja world, and in a short period of time, there is no possibility of any major breakthroughs. On the other hand, she wanted to understand the changes in the country of demons through more basic things, and how to think about the future of the country of fire and Konoha should be appropriate.

Therefore, the various materials she collected are related to the industrial chain, economy, tax system, agricultural policy, military planning, national defense strength, crackdown on criminal industry, scientific research and technology, and diplomatic aspects of various countries.

With these aspects as a breakthrough, she faintly felt that the country of ghosts was a very terrifying country.

Under the premise of surpassing the great powers in these fields, the country of ghosts has become so powerful, not by chance, nor by luck, but by course.

It is strange that such a country is not strong.

Obviously, the Fire Country has a larger population, a wider land, and a stronger foundation than the Ghost Country, but all aspects of dealing with the Ghost Country seem to lack stamina, and this is the problem.

Because power cannot be concentrated, whether it is human power, economic power, or military power to ensure national security, they are all in a very serious state of division.

In the case of Konoha, the Konoha ninja who represents the most powerful military force in the Fire Country, and the scope of screening ninjas is only in Konoha Village.

Unlike Oni no Kuni, schools have been set up in each town to test which ones are good at technology and which ones are suitable for ninjas.

From all over the country, select talents.

In terms of talent reserves, although the country of ghosts is not large, it fully operates the state apparatus, and in terms of various talent reserves, I am afraid that it is not inferior to the five major countries.

But the problem is that the land and population of the Oni Country are not comparable to the five major powers.

If the country of ghosts used every ounce of the country's strength on the blade, then the country of fire may only use less than 30% of the power on the blade.

The rest of the forces were concentrated and preserved by the upper layers, and were not opened to the middle and lower levels.

The more I thought about it, the more Tsunade felt a headache.

In the final analysis, it is the system, the attitude of the upper class towards the middle and lower levels.

It's just that the pattern of the five great powers that has lasted for hundreds of years has not changed, and those daimyo and nobles really have the courage to touch that uncertain future interest?

Tsunade was already scared of this question, and he was skeptical about the answer to this question.

"Mute, go out and get me some dinner back, I'm going to write a letter back to Konoha."

Tsunade said.

"Okay, Tsunade-sama."

Mute looked at the time, it was indeed almost time for dinner, and without hesitation, he opened the door and went to the front desk of the hotel to order food.

"Anyway, let's explain to Mr. Sarufei about Konoha's current problems."

As for how to change it, Tsunade couldn't think of a good way.

But there is no shortage of smart people in Konoha, so maybe they can come up with a solution to the problem.

She is a medical ninja after all, and she knows all this, just because she is a high-level of Konoha and knows more information, and she can look at problems from a higher position, not how high her political consciousness is.

If it weren't for the appearance of a strange country like the Oni Country, Tsunade felt that he would not be able to think about this kind of problem in his life.

Before considering the profession of ninja, she was also a human.

The prosperity of ninjas is not the same as the prosperity and progress of mankind.

With 'people' as the core, let the upper echelons fully understand and take the lead, and promote the development of the human era......

"It would be the narrowest view to simply define this kid as a terrorist born of war and war."

Tsunade sighed.

She knows that international public opinion has always been derogatory to Shiraishi.

Especially in the country of fire and wind, the use of public opinion to portray him as a heinous war maniac.

The same is true for the inclusion of Konoha Village.

No matter how hateful or hostile you are, if you can't understand the other person's thoughts and motives for doing these things, what you see will always be superficial.

Triggering a war is not the ultimate goal, but a means that must be sacrificed in order to achieve the goal.

Perhaps, this kind of sacrifice is the one that pays the least price.

Tsunade knew that with such a tense situation in the Land of Demons and the Land of Fire, her view of Shiraishi in such a positive way might attract criticism from some people in Konoha Village, and she might even be used by Danzang to attack her with public opinion and be charged with collusion with foreign enemies.

For this, Tsunade did not back down.

She's just telling the truth, she's done everything she can so far, and she just has a clear conscience.

She believed that as the Hokage of Konoha Village, she must be able to understand after her reminder.

This anxiety about how to develop Konoha in the future has always existed in the heart of her teacher, Sarutobi. Otherwise, they would not have been using a conservative balancing act to convince themselves of every action.

However, what Konoha needs now is not to be conservative, but to be more open.

Unlike the last time she proposed health care reform, if she wants to change this time, the resistance will be stronger than ever.

Even, all the nobles of the Fire Country, including the daimyo who also had a good relationship with her, would stand against her and be her enemies.

Just as Tsunade was writing the letter, Shizune also turned back from the outside.

Unlike when she went out alone, when she came back, she was followed by a person.

"Tsunade-sama, it's been a long time."

Seeing the unexpected person, Tsunade, who raised his head, had a slightly stunned expression.

Ape Fly Asma.

Returning with Shizune is none other than her teacher's second son, Ape Asma.

In terms of relationship, the other party can also be regarded as her 'little junior brother'.

"Asma?"

"It's me."

Asma bowed respectfully, then sat down.

"Speaking of which, I've indeed heard that you and Sarutobi-sensei had a certain disagreement on their ideas, and then left Konoha. I thought you still insisted on going to the Daimyo's Mansion to form a new Guardian Ninja Twelve. ”

Tsunade said in surprise when he saw Asma.

"When you are young, you are not sensible, so you can't do things impulsively. However, I don't regret being a lackey of the Daimyo. Because I have increased my knowledge, I have seen a different world, and I have made many friends. ”

Asma responded.

"Are you lost?"

Tsunade laughed playfully.

"If that's the case, I won't leave Konoha again and go out in the name of tourism."

Asma smiled wryly.

"Then you are ......"

"I just happened to pass by and saw Miss Shizune, so I guessed that Tsunade-sama was here."

Asma explained.

Mute also nodded, indicating that this was the case.

Tsunade nodded.

Even though it was an accident, I was still happy to see the younger juniors.

"As for the Guardian Ninja Twelve...... Because there was a little problem before, I probably won't go to the Daimyo Mansion anymore. On my father's side, I still don't agree with his attitudes. In fact, I know that whether it is you or Jiraiya-sama, leaving Konoha in the name of tourism and intelligence gathering is actually the result of disappointment in your father. ”

Asma said lamentingly.

"It seems that the old hairy boy has also grown up a bit. There are indeed a lot of differences of opinion between me and Mr. Sarutobi, and Jiraiya. No, it's better to say that in terms of dealing with things, I have differences of opinion with Mr. Sarutobi, as well as Jiraiya. ”

The teacher, Ape Fei Ri, said that it was also because of frustration and to pursue what he thought was the son of prophecy to save the world.

But in the matter of Shiraishi, Tsunade knew that Jiraiya had always hoped to make Shiraishi change his ways, and denied all of Shiraishi's practices.

He believed that the existence of Shiraishi would pose a threat to the hidden danger of peace in the ninja world, and hoped that the other party would stop and stop using force against the outside world.

This is based on the position of Konoha and the Land of Fire, and it is understandable.

However, Shiraishi is no longer a Konoha ninja.

Since he is a high-ranking person in the country of ghosts, it is a matter of course to plan for other countries for the benefit of his own country.

Therefore, Tsunade's resentment is resentment for Shiraishi's betrayal of her trust, not the resentment of the other party for intimidating other countries by force.

However, when getting along with Jiraiya, Tsunade didn't point this out, and he never mentioned Shiraishi's related things in front of Jiraiya, just fooled the past with silence.

Otherwise, if the quarrel continues, she and Jiraiya may not even have to be friends.

It's like the teacher Ape Flying Sun Slash and Danzo.

They are not only comrades-in-arms who fight side by side, but also afraid and hostile to each other, and they want the other party to fall immediately.

"This is the first time I've heard of this, and I thought the relationship between the three shinobi had always been very good."

Asma was surprised.

"If the relationship can really be maintained, I also hope it, but Orochimaru's defection, doesn't it just show that the three ninja may have different ideas in terms of philosophy? Most of the time, human beings are individual creatures who only think about their own interests. Orochimaru went to study forbidden art for the sake of immortality, and I was not surprised at all. This is an obsession he has had since he was a child, a reverence for life. ”

Unexpectedly, Orochimaru would study the civilians and ninjas in his own village, thus becoming a traitor.

This is something that Tsunade can't understand.

Maybe it's to completely cut off everything with Konoha that that's why this extreme method was used.

Asma thought about it, and it seemed that this was indeed the case.

"Speaking of which, I haven't asked you if you came out to relax, do you have any feelings?"

Tsunade asked with interest.

She has always had high expectations for the young people in the village.

For example, Nara Shikahisa is a brain.

When Watergate came to power, the other party was the most active young man who wanted to make a difference.

But after the sacrifice of the water gate, he fell silent, and his personality became off-line and lazy, and there seem to be rumors that he was reactivated by the Konoha higher-ups recently.

An excellent young ninja like Asma is something that Tsunade has always valued.

Konoha's future will ultimately depend on the support of Asma's generation.

"If you feel it, only when you were in the country of ghosts at the beginning, there was a difference in your senses, and in the rest of the countries, it seems that there is no difference."

Asma thought for a moment and replied in the affirmative.

Of course, the difference here is not the so-called humanities and seasonal scenery, but the difference in national consciousness and the improvement system for the grassroots, which are also very different.

It caused Asma to think a lot.

"Really? Indeed, a rebellious person like you is more likely to perceive this. ”

Tsunade is no surprise.

Asma didn't come as a surprise to Tsunade when he had such an idea.

As the inheritor of the Will of Fire, questioning the legitimacy of the Hokage's existence was originally a deviant idea.

It is also because of this thinking that Asma and his father Hizai have a philosophical disagreement, which caused Asma's rebellious behavior in his youth.

"Why, Tsunade-sama, do you feel the difference in that country?"

Asma asked.

"When I first went there, I was about seven or eight years ago, and I just thought that the reform of the Oni Country was a bit interesting, and there were a lot of things that I could learn from. After that, it was a few months ago, and more changes were made from there, so I looked into it a little. ”

Tsunade has nothing to hide, and has a showdown with Asma.

Asma nodded, a few months ago, during the war between the country of ghosts and the country of wind, Konoha's elite team was also hit hard, and the three ninja were also arrested, and at that time Tsunade must have entered the country of ghosts to deal around.

Seeing Asma thinking about the problem, Tsunade smiled and said, "These things are for your reference." ”

“？”

Asma looked at the intelligence documents pushed over by Tsunade, organizing them into a pile.

"What is this?"

"These are some of the materials I've collected in my recent travels around the world, including those in the country of ghosts and other countries, so I guess it's some of my personal opinions. And these things, I also plan to write them out briefly and hand them over to Mr. Ape Fei to dispose of. ”

Tsunade laughed.

"I don't know what Tsunade-sama is up to, but I think my father is ...... It may not be easily recognized. ”

Knowing that a father is like a son, Asma is well aware of his father's stubbornness in a certain way, as well as his firm stance on the will of fire.

In Asma's view, it was completely antique-like thinking, and he didn't know how to adapt and adapt to the times.

Except during the Second Ninja War, after Tsunade proposed the medical reform, Konoha's internal policy has not improved in the slightest, following the set created by the second generation Hokage.

Whether it's good or bad, there's nothing left to execute.

As a result, the functions of some departments have become bloated and inconvenient.

For example, in the past twenty or thirty years, the overlapping functions of the Uchiha garrison and the dark department, the root department has been strengthened under the protection of the dark department, and as a result, it threatens the authority of the dark department.

Asma, who was born into the Hokage's family, learned a lot of things.

Moreover, he believes that the one-country-one-village system has a serious problem of division of leadership.

The opposition between the power of the daimyo and the Hokage.

Compared to the Daimyo who ruled the entire Fire Country, the part ruled by the Hokage was only the tip of the iceberg of the Fire Country.

This made Asma question the status of the Hokage, and only by maintaining the supreme ruling power of the daimyo could the Fire Nation become truly powerful.

It's a pity that his deviant idea is not supported in Konoha Village, but because of his identity as the son of the Hokage, he is often looked at by colored eyes, and he quarrels with his father for this.

"Do your best and let it be the fate of heaven."

Tsunade seemed to have some concerns, and finally said something like this.

"Then thank you, I left the country of ghosts in a hurry last time, and I haven't had time to feel too much, Tsunade-sama's opinion, I will treat it well."

Asma replied solemnly.

"It doesn't have to be so formal, if only it could help you."

Tsunade also has his own compassion.

If you can pull Asma, the son of the Hokage, into your camp, maybe you can plan for the future.

Asma's identity is destined to have an unusual influence in the village of Konoha.

Her teacher, Ape Fei Ri, is old after all, and if Konoha needs to change in the future, then a young man like Asma is an absolute new force.

Asma chatted for a while, then got up and took her leave.

"I always feel that it will be very hard to sit in the position of Hokage."

Shizune looked at Asma's back as she left, and suddenly said with emotion.

"Why do you say that?"

Tsunade asked strangely.

"Because whether it is official or family affairs, it needs to be perfect, so as to better lead the village and become a benchmark. It's just that if there is a disagreement with his family about his philosophy, Hokage-sama will definitely have a headache. ”

Mute said.

"That's true, but we can only learn from the experience of our predecessors, and we can't completely copy the methods of our predecessors. In this regard, the Fire Country and Konoha have begun to lag behind, but I don't know how many people inside Konoha can see this now. ”

Tsunade's face was worried.

Even if this is seen, it is unknown how many people are willing to change, and whether the upper echelons are willing to let go of their own interests and transfer them to the middle and grassroots levels.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing one's parents.

"Tsunade-sama, are we going back to Konoha for the New Year this time?"

Shizune looked at Tsunade expectantly.

Tsunade glanced at Mute and asked, "How much money do we have on hand?" ”

"It's all spent, and I still owe a lot of debt."

Mute said helplessly.

Although the Thunder Shadow-sama took on most of it, Tsunade's gambling skills were really 'appalling', and they were still in debt.

"It looks like we're at the end of our rope."

Tsunade shook his head.

"Yes."

Mute nodded affirmatively.

"Then let's go to the wet bone forest for a while for the Chinese New Year this year, it just so happens that I have some medical ninjutsu matters and want to ask live slugs."

"Lord Slug?"

Shizune nodded, although it was a pity that he couldn't go back to Konoha for the New Year, but it didn't seem like a bad thing to go to the Wet Bone Forest for the New Year.

Live Slug's attainments in medical ninjutsu have benefited her a lot every time, and as a medical ninja, there is nothing happier than this.

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