The next morning, the sky was overcast, and there seemed to be a thin mist in the air, shrouding the leaves in the hazy picture of smoke and rain.

Birds can still be seen on the eaves and telephone poles, and if you are in normal times, you may be able to see children playing, and it can already be called a paradise-like life in this world.

But now, there are no children in sight on the street, and even adults are in a hurry when they go out, just like a Konoha sand hidden village.

And at the gate, rows of ninjas are ready to go.

They were made up of rescued captives and a few reinforcements squeezed out of the village, which sounded shabby, but it was about to empty Konoha of his family.

To be precise, it's about to hollow out the ape's family base.

The people and horses on Tuanzang's side, he didn't dare to move at all, not only that, but he also had to involve a lot of energy from the dark department to monitor the other party.

The village cannot do without him at the moment, but it is best not to use him in times of war.

It's not that there are no troops in other aspects, but it is necessary to keep guard against other ninja villages.

Although their presence may not be able to defend against the enemy as they continue to be deployed, without them, Konoha dares to guarantee that the enemy will not hesitate to invade.

What's more, Konoha has already discovered that the neighbor on his right is a little dishonest.

As the largest customer of the Craftsman Country, it is impossible for them not to get the information that the Misty Shinobi purchased ninja equipment in large quantities.

However, Konoha did not make a noise, but was secretly on guard, ready to give a big surprise to the guests who entered the party at the end.

The law of war is not gradually rising, but undulating in waves.

At present, the two battlefields of the ninja world, Sand Shinobi and Iwa Shinobi, Konoha and Cloud Shinobi, have all entered a period of calm.

The former only occasionally broke out into prop battles, and the intensity of the latter remained at a relatively bloody level, but both sides knew that the victory of this war could not be ended in the short term, or that the cost of the short-term end was unbearable for both sides, so it was no longer as impatient as it was at the beginning.

AFTER ALL, THE BIG SILVER IS BETTER THAN IF IT'S REALLY DEAD, AND THE LITTLE SILVER COIN IS STILL MOVING, SO THEY NATURALLY CAN'T BE ALL IN THIS SITUATION, AND NO ONE WANTS TO MAKE A WEDDING DRESS FOR OTHERS.

Under this strange balance, countries and forces are secretly planning their own plans.

Madara is taking care of his mummified descendants, Konoha is thinking about how to give the misty shinobi a big one, and even the country of rain, which is already full of holes, Hanzo is frowning as he looks at Yahiko, who is surrounded by everyone in the middle, and is very popular.

At this time, at the gate of Shayin Village, Miya Chengyan led the caravan to stand in the crowd, waiting in line to enter.

The lenses of his brown sunglasses reflected a group of prisoners in prison clothes, their heads hung like frosted eggplants, hurrying in the scorching sun.

The people around were not surprised, this scene had happened more than once.

At the same time, there was also a city gate official holding a loudspeaker and said loudly: "Everyone, please see, this is the end of bullying and oppressing the good people in Shayin Village, and being lawless!" The village welcomes everyone who wants to survive and do business here. Lord Kazekage said that whoever dares to smash the pot built in Sand Hidden Village will smash someone's job! ”

This group of people couldn't have imagined that they would have to be swiped by Lord Kazekage's reputation before leaving.

Miya Chengyan didn't speak, and quietly watched the group of people walk by.

Even now, he is glad for his choice.

As a businessman who has traveled north and south for many years, he understands too well the uncertainty of life, it may be just a choice, and the lives of two people who are originally similar in all aspects will change dramatically, just like after he chose to work for Kazekage-sama, when others were still begging grandpa to tell grandma for a Sand Hidden Village ID card, he was already living in Dahaus eating high-end ice cream that couldn't be burned and playing with his daughter.

Of course, there aren't many such times.

Because most of the work assigned to him by Lord Kazekage is very important, and it needs to be kept secret, he doesn't feel at ease when he hands it over to others, so he still has to run around during this time of war.

Fortunately, there are people around him who arrange for manpower protection, otherwise there is a real possibility that he will not be able to come back.

He pinned his head to the waistband of his trousers to do things for the Wind Shadow, and Lord Wind Shadow naturally did not treat him badly, in addition to reserving his share in many valuable projects, and most importantly, giving his daughter a sense of stability in this war-torn era.

This is the treatment he didn't get as a businessman in other ninja villages, after all, he was not a big businessman, which ninja village would equip his family with powerful ninja protection?

It's not a question of money or not, it's identity.

Unless he is willing to expose his blood lineage, it will be difficult to gain respect, and if he is exposed, most of what he will get is not respect, but assassination.

Miya Joyan walked into the Sand Hidden Village, and asked the convoy to go back to his house first, while he went to find the Wind Shadow.

The people of the Kazekage Mansion knew about Miya Castle and led him outside the Kazekage Gate.

"Kazekage-sama"

"Is it Miya Castle? Come on in. ”

The grille door opened, and Miya Chengyan entered the door and walked in respectfully: "My lord, the materials you want me to collect have been collected. ”

Hoshino Mu rubbed the corners of his eyes with two fingers, looking sleepy, but after listening to the other party's words, his spirits were much more uplifted.

"Oh? So many materials have been gathered? ”

Hoshino Mu was a little surprised, he learned from the experience of collecting materials last time, he said more this time, but he didn't expect that Miya Castle Yan had collected all of them.

Miya Castle said, "I met Shang Shinobi when I was collecting materials in Yunokuni this time, and thanks to their help, I might not have been able to collect even half of the materials. ”

This time it was difficult to collect materials, firstly, because of the deterioration of the external environment, the price of materials has skyrocketed due to years of war, and many previously agreed orders have been temporarily broken.

Don't say anything about the five ninja villages, it's not easy to do it in front of the huge profits in front of you.

Second, there is only one requirement for the materials that Hoshino Mu needs this time, that is, to have strong vitality.

This material is simply a 'resurrection armor', not to mention the invaluable value of a country like the Land of Thunder, which lacks medical ninjas, even in the Sand Hidden Village, it is a treasure that has been pocketed by the big tribes as soon as it appears. Now that he was suddenly asked to search for this material in large quantities, he was somewhat too confident in his ability.

If it weren't for the fact that Shang Shinobi himself had inventory and his rich connections, it would be good to be able to collect a third of the list given by Hoshino Makaki.

Hoshino Maki's index finger tapped the coffee table and said, "What do they want?" ”

This matter was reported to him, and he asked him to talk to the other party at that time, but he didn't ask about the specific details.

To put it bluntly, he is ready to do both, and if the conditions are acceptable, he will admit it, and if he can't, Miya Castle Yan will deceive the upper and lower levels, but Lord Kazekage doesn't know about it.

Anyway, the materials have already arrived, and after the situation in the ninja world changes, even if he breaches the contract, the other party doesn't dare to say anything, and he can't say that he has to accompany the smiling face, and generously said that these things are filial piety to himself.

In the end, it is the environment that changes people, even if it is an honest and trustworthy person like Hoshino Mu, he can't get out of the mud and not be stained in the big dye vat of the ninja world.

Miya Chengyan shook his head: "They want to see you and talk to you in person." ”

Hoshino Mu frowned when he heard this.

Miya Castle Yan has been with Hoshino Maki for a long time, and he also knows three points about the other party's thoughts, so he took out the scroll in his sleeve and handed it over with both hands: "The thing is already here." ”

When Hoshino Mu heard this, his face eased a lot.

"Bring them to my house tomorrow morning."

Miya Joyan nodded yes, and immediately left the Wind Shadow Mansion.

Hoshino Mu took the scroll in his hand, thinking of the future plan, even if it was him, his heartbeat accelerated a little.

"Tumbleweed, don't let anyone disturb me from now on."

As he spoke, Hoshino Maki walked into the depths of the courtyard with the scroll—

As we all know, there are no four seasons in the Land of Winds, and almost all year round the day is scorching hot during the day and biting cold at night, but in fact, the temperature here changes slightly with the seasons, just like the current temperature is a few degrees higher than in winter.

After the popularization of electricity in Shayin Village, it was fine to have an electric fan at home, but outside, even if it was motionless, it was like being fished out of a bath for a few minutes.

"Sneeze ——!"

A thin-looking ninja sneezes.

The Wind Shadow Mansion is equipped with air conditioning, and when you walk into the Wind Shadow Mansion from the outside, under the stimulation of cold and heat, it is normal for people like this to come to Sand Hidden Village for the first time to not adapt to it.

Just by looking at the clothes he was wearing similar to Konoha, he also knew that the other party was a rookie with no experience in this area.

"Collet, drink some tea and warm up. Kazekage-sama may have something, and we may have to wait a while. ”

Miya Castle Yan next to him said with a smile and concern.

The ninja named Kolai nodded, both of them were talkative people, and the atmosphere was not cold.

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the merchant followed the prestige, only to see the grille door opened, and a young man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a warm temperament, looked at himself with a smile, and nodded slightly.

It stands to reason that this young boy is somewhat ill-fitting in the Wind God robe, after all, this immature face is not suitable for the solemn Wind God robe, but the young man in front of him is tall and has well-proportioned muscles, but it is like a natural clothes rack, holding up the robe.

Xu is lining has been improved, no longer covering the figure, but slightly highlighting the boy's well-proportioned muscle lines, adding a bit of heroic temperament.

"This is Shang Ren from Hongzhou, who has admired the name for a long time."

Collei was flattered and hurriedly got up: "Lord Wind Shadow has won the award, we are just small people who live in a group of people, and we are lucky to see Lord Wind Shadow." ”

Although it is a polite word, as the other party, it is already a very face-saving thing to be able to say a polite word to yourself.

"I heard from Miya Castle that you want to see me, but I don't know what's going on?"

It's enough to be polite with the other party, and the other party is not comfortable talking too much, so it's better to get straight to the topic.

Seeing this, Collei also breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Lord Kazekage, I came here to discuss a business with Sand Hidden Village. ”

As he spoke, he secretly glanced at the other party's expression, but the other party was still expressionless, and he couldn't see any clues, so he continued: "Shang Ren hopes to hire a sand ninja to protect the safety of the Red State. ”

"How much"

"The more the merrier"

Hoshino Mu's face changed for the first time, he squinted his eyes and looked at the other party: "It seems that you have caused a lot of trouble~"

Collei was stared at by the eagle-like gaze, his mouth twitched a few times, and he never dared to say the words he had thought of before, he was silent for a while, and sighed: "We can't help it." ”

Shang Ren really felt that he was unlucky.

Originally, he ran his own business of buying and selling herbs and goods, but on the small island of Hongzhou, he was still very wealthy.

Especially when the war started, their life became more and more comfortable.

Of course, they also understand the truth of their guilt, the prices given by the five major ninja villages to buy herbal materials are very fair, and they slaughter those small ninja villages.

Those small ninja villages also have a demand for herbs, but it is impossible to have all herbs around their village, so they buy them from the largest supplier of herbal materials in the ninja world, but the price is not three or five times that of being able to sustain it.

It's not that they didn't want to rob directly, but first, Shang Ren's own strength is not weak, and he can also rank in the middle and lower reaches, plus he has money and hired a lot of good players; Second, the other party has frequent trade contacts with the five ninja villages, and the small ninja village is also worried that his attack on the merchant ninja will arouse the hostility of the five ninja villages, so the life of the merchant ninja in Hongzhou has always been good.

But this time it was different, the Misty Shinobi asked Shang Shinobi to sell them the herbs in stock at a very low price, and the low price was like using the money to buy cabbage to buy white powder.

Shang Ren was naturally reluctant to agree, and if he agreed, he would go bankrupt directly.

But looking at the entire ninja world, what can be said about the fog ninja is the other four ninja villages.

Shang Ren naturally found Konoha first, but Konoha politely refused Shang Ren's request for help.

They can't spare anyone to help Shang Ren, and even if they do, they don't want to do this kind of thing to startle the snake, for fear that this move will make the Fog Shinobi find that their plan has been exposed.

Yun Ren said honestly, if Yun Ren was pulled over, he might not need to use the fog ninja, and Yun Ren would loot it first.

After all, Yun Ren is in dire need of herbs right now.

The only ones left are the rock ninja and the sand ninja, and the merchant ninja actually sent a distress letter to the rock ninja first, but the letter sank into the sea. Seeing that the fog ninja was urging more and more urgently, they could only find the last spare tire-sand ninja.

The reason is also very simple, the reputation of the sand ninja is second only to the cloud ninja and the misty ninja.

Although Hoshino Maki has a good reputation, as a well-informed Shang Shinobi, he naturally knows that Sand Hidden Village is the Elder's Council, and even if Hoshino Maki has a good reputation, it is useless.

Coupled with the long-term domination of the title of the fifth place in the five major ninja villages, even if he won the battle against Yun Shinobi and Konoha in the face, he was defeated by the sneak attack of the Iwa Shinobi, which still made some wavering people believe that the sand ninja was still the same sand ninja.

If it weren't for the fact that the fog shinobi was in a hurry, they would rather wait for Iwa Shinobi's reply than find the sand ninja, but the problem is that there is no if.

Of course, Collei would definitely not say these words to Hoshino Makki, he just expressed how difficult it was for a small village that was oppressed by the Kiri Shinobi to Hoshino Makki.

After Hoshino Mu heard this, he thought for a moment and said, "This commission can be accepted by Sand Shinobi." However, the commission is to be paid on herbs, and the price of herbs is based on the pre-war period. ”

Collei frowned when he heard this, now that the price of herbs is so high, how much less do they have to earn?

Before he could speak, Hoshino Mu smiled and said, "Don't be in a hurry to refuse, how about I give you another rich one?" ”

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Writing this, some people said before that there were problems with Naruto, such as whether there was a phone or not.

This is not explicitly stated in the original work, but during World War II, the Land of Rain already had wires, and the same was true of the five ninja villages; When Itachi joined the Shadows, the Shadows were already monitoring the Uchiha with a covert monitor; Naruto had an electric fan and a refrigerator in his house; When Sasuke faced Itachi for the first time, Konoha also used an external air conditioner, so I think the technology part should make sense.

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