Konoha forty years.

New Year’s Day.

The head of the joint anti-terrorist force from the border in the southern region of Takino Country, Shinobu Raka Shang, and his party arrived in Konoha New District, and checked in to the reception hall under the leadership of the staff of the Konoha Government Affairs Department.

"Isn't it so easy to make the layout of the village public to outsiders, aren't you worried about leaking secrets?"

Sitting in the luxurious hall of the reception hall, Luo Sha flipped through the map back and forth, looking at the Konoha attractions and food guides that were clearly marked, and couldn't help but be amazed.

"Captain Rasha, even if you don't have this map, wouldn't the other ninja villages know about Konoha's village rules?"

His subordinate Uchiha Shihuo explained, "So, anyway, the major ninja villages already know about it, so there is no need to continue to hide it on such a trivial matter. ”

“…… But in my opinion, in the final analysis, Konoha doesn't have a strong sense of secrecy. ”

Yura, who was born in Shahi, shook his head and said, "If I were the head of counterintelligence at the Konoha Ministry of Internal Affairs, I would definitely not let other villages know the inside story of Konoha." ”

"Do you know how many people pour in Konoha in a day?"

Uchiha Ishiho pointed to the street outside the window and said: "Now the village has only completed the first phase of the new district, but the new district receives as many as 30,000 foreign merchants every day, and there is almost the same amount of population in the village. ”

"Let so many people enter the ninja village...... It doesn't feel good. ”

Yura shrugged his shoulders, still insisting on his opinion: "After all, Shinobi Village is mainly military, but now it is ...... to neglect intelligence work for commercial interests."

"If this is not the case, how can the Governor's Mansion raise such a large number of standing ninja troops who are out of production?"

"Also, especially the salaries, allowances, etc. of our anti-terrorist forces, they are far beyond the benefits that can be obtained from performing tasks!"

"Isn't there a great name in the Land of Fire? Call him appropriation~"

Yura said.

"Daimyo ......"

The Uchiha Shihuo scoffed, but didn't continue to argue.

"The disclosure of the layout of the village to the outside world reflects Konoha's self-confidence."

Yura was about to say more, but was interrupted by Luo Sha, "With Konoha's current strength, what if you let other ninja villages know the layout of each district in the village?" Could it be that the ninja world is so big, who else can attack the Konoha headquarters? ”

"But our village ......"

Yura scratched his head.

Although Sungakure turned the village into a country, the headquarters of the ninja village is still closed to the outside world, and it has not changed because the three generations of Kazekage have become the ruler of the country of the wind.

Rosa didn't go on to say anything.

After all, he is embarrassed to say that Sha Yin is too backward, so it is inconvenient to show it to the public, right?

"By the way~ Captain, I inquired about the honorary title exclusive to you at this award ceremony."

Uchiha Shihuo high-fived his right hand, as if he suddenly remembered something.

"Is there any special title? Let's hear about it~"

Yura was immediately interested.

"Needless to say, we'll know when the time comes."

After Luo Sha finished speaking, he got up and went into the bedroom to rest, leaving only the two subordinates looking at each other and bewildered.

"Captain, what's the matter......

Yura asked in a low voice.

"Forget it...... It's better for us not to ask. ”

Although Uchiha Shihuo is also incomprehensible, he is proud of himself after all, and his identity is particularly special, so he did not continue to talk about the privacy of his boss.

"Let's go, let's go to the commercial street in the new district, it is said that as long as there is money, you can buy anything~"

……

"Alas......"

Sensing that the two subordinates had left the guest house, Luo Sha couldn't help but sigh.

He arrived in Konoha to participate in the award ceremony held by the Governor's Palace.

And there were only three places for the nearly thirty detachment leaders of the Joint Anti-Terrorist Force, and Commander Uchiha Shiina allocated one place to him.

He had only been a member of the Joint Counterterrorism Force for a few months, and he could be given the same opportunity to ascend to the Governor's Palace as the noble-born Konoha ninjas, which was indeed an honor that Raksha was proud of.

However, ever since Rosha joined the Joint Counter-Terrorism Force, the gossip from the Land of the Wind has not stopped.

In particular, after the scorpion was repatriated to the village because his psychological condition was not suitable for the anti-terrorist unit, various accusations such as "climbing Konoha", "the villain who danced for the Uchiha", and "turning away from the sand are widely heard", spread throughout the country of the wind and even the joint anti-terrorist forces.

His boss Uchiha Shiina also deliberately talked to Raksha because of this, persuading him not to care about those rumors, and said that he planned to let Konoha send a message to Shagakure so that the three generations of Kazekage would come forward to stop the spread of rumors, etc., but after Rosa thought about it, he finally rejected Uchiha Shiina's "kindness".

If it weren't for the fact that Luo Sha joined the Joint Anti-Terrorism Force because of the assignment of the three generations of Kazekage, even he might have believed the rumors that he didn't know where they came from.

And now that he has accepted the award from the Konoha Governor's Mansion, Raksha doesn't know how the non-Uchiha "red-eyed monsters" in the village will arrange him.

“…… Why is it so hard to do something practical? ”

Rosa sighed again.

……

"Lord Deguang, this is the final award report of the Ministry of Government Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

An attendant ninja enters Tokumitsu Uchiha's office and presents a document in both hands.

"Put it on the stage first."

Uchiha Tokumitsu was reviewing the special snake medicine project that Orochimaru was in charge of, so he casually responded.

I have to say that Orochimaru is indeed a rare talent.

As the saying goes, Wen can carry a flask, and Wu can be a sandbag; The Great Snake Pill not only has a passable personal strength, but also has a top scientific research ability, and even asked him to develop a strengthened version of the snake medicine that specializes in restraining snakes without the slightest complaint, and only needs to increase his scientific research funds again and again to drive him to work hard.

And a high-quality employee like this only needs to give money and turn a blind eye to some of his inhumane research, so that no one can do it.

"Let the joint company carry out trial production!"

After reading it, Uchiha Tokumitsu signed his opinion in the snake medicine research report.

Then there is the list of honors that the squire ninja has just submitted to him.

This time, the award ceremony was suggested by Sakumo Hagi and complemented by Uchiha Tokumitsu.

Originally, Sakumo Hachiki only proposed to commend some of the village's meritorious ninjas to further win people's hearts, but Uchiha Tokumitsu expanded it, changed the commendation to a decoration, and expanded the target to Konoha and even the shogunate-related forces.

Therefore, nearly ten people from traditional friendly ninja villages, including Wuyin, Shayin, Caoshinobi, and Yunin, have also received this honor.

The only thing Uchiha Tokumitsu cares about is the sand hidden side.

"Raksha ......"

Uchiha Tokumitsu flipped through the corresponding character profile and read through it again.

For a long time, the shogunate's infiltration of Shinobi villages such as Sunachin and Rain Shinobi has never stopped.

In the early days, the rain ninja was mainly hired to fight, and later with the addition of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the shogunate began to innovate in the education of the original roots, including but not limited to providing funds, dark stocks, and opportunities for children to study abroad, etc., and supported a group of "reformist" ninjas who were dedicated to the shogunate and devoted themselves to being "naked ninjas" within the sand and rain ninja.

The shogunate's infiltration operation has achieved good results in the rain ninja village, and even Sanshoyu Hanzo is powerless in the face of the current situation of the middle and upper classes of the village unanimously devoting themselves to the shogunate, and now he has chosen to lie down and start to enjoy the dividends brought by the United Company, but the progress of the sand hidden side has not been satisfactory due to the particularity of its country.

But as Sunakure began to send ninjas to join the Joint Counterterrorism Force, Uchiha Tokumitsu found an excellent candidate in the form of Rasa.

As the only Magnetic Ninja in addition to the contemporary Kazekage, although Raksha is regarded as the successor of the next generation of Kazekage by the civilian ninjas of Shagakure, the higher-ups of Shagakure have always had some indescribable prejudices against him.

Especially after turning the village into a country and completely mastering the country of wind, some of the high-level people in the sand are committed to changing the original power inheritance structure, intending to establish a hereditary inheritance of the "one line of ten thousand generations", so they also look down on the Raksha Hundred, who is a strong contender for the next generation of Kazekage.

As for the candidate for Kazekage that the higher-ups of the Sand Hide plan to support, it is another figure familiar to Uchiha Tokumitsu - Scorpion.

And the scorpion's various shortcomings, such as indifference, lack of popularity, lack of foundation, lack of supporters, etc., are all advantages in the eyes of those high-level who try to support him - as a wind shadow, he should delegate power to rule, and leave the affairs to these laymen.

I have to say that as the poorest ninja village among the five ninja villages, although Sha Yin has always been known for its fierceness, it always has some petty family spirit in essence. Even the ninja clans of the Sha Yin clan, compared to the wealthy families of Uchiha, Senju, and Hinata, are simply local chickens in the mountain nest, and there is really no row to speak of.

Therefore, it is precisely this group of Sand Hidden Gate Lords who feel inferior in front of the Konoha Hao clan that they see the power of the Konoha Hao clan, so they gather together and form the Sand Hidden diehard faction under the banner of "Sand Hide First".

In addition, the high-level of the diehard faction of the Sand Hidden faction also felt that the United Company in the Land of Wind and the tax-inclusive operation of the oasis was actually an infringement on the sovereignty of the Land of Wind and the Kingdom of Sunagare, and they had been advocating in front of the three generations of the Wind Shadow and the Land of Wind to resist the infiltration of Konoha and the shogunate forces, and some even advocated reconciliation with the Northern Alliance of Iwakuin and Yungakure, and chose to be a third-party force in the ninja world.

However, after weighing the pros and cons, especially after seeing the die-hard's self-managed Oasis by the Sand Hidden Ninja lose money for many years, the three generations of Kazekage finally rejected the die-hard's proposal very firmly.

No matter how good the United Company is, they are always the creators of value, and the diehards of the Sand Hidden have no idea how to build it, except for exploiting the already poor civilians of the Wind Country by killing people.

Although the United Company is the white glove of the Uchiha clan, the benefits he brings are something that the three generations of Kazekage cannot refuse; Especially after the ministers and nobles collectively hung the street lamps, the already barren and backward country of wind has been unable to find suitable management talents.

But the three generations of Kazekage are not blind to the hidden dangers brought by allowing the United Company to be unimpeded in the Land of Wind, and they just can't find a good way for a while.

"The anti-joint company immediately went bankrupt, and the anti-joint company did not die slowly; But I asked you, whether you are against it or not! ”

According to a certain person who did not want to be named, the three generations of Kazekage once said such a sentence in a high-level secret meeting.

Therefore, although Uchiha Tokumitsu was unwilling to overthrow the rule of the three generations of "old friend" Kazekage in the Land of Wind, he began to look for and support a spokesperson within the sand without any psychological burden.

Uchiha Tokumitsu first signed his opinion on the award report, then shook the bell on the table to summon the attendant ninja, and took out Rasha's information separately and handed it to him.

"Inform Shuo Maojun, and he will award Luo Sha a medal at that time."

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