Makoto's Double Life

Shortly after the completion of the veteran's undead mission, the pre-expected box office of 'Saving Ninja Mizu-jun' also came out.

About a little over three billion.

According to Aoho's experience, the final box office should be around 7 billion.

Considering the relatively cheap ticket prices of this era, and the fact that the mainstream consumer group was relatively poor in the period just after the war, this is quite a miracle.

After all, there are really not many people in this era who are willing to go to the movies hungry.

Got money for movie tickets? Save it and buy more ribs, isn't it delicious?

According to Aoho's deduction, the reason for this situation is that apart from the quality of the film itself, it also captured the super hot spot of the just-concluded Fourth Ninja World War and people's anti-war sentiment.

But he himself said that if he wanted to repeat a similar miracle, even he himself couldn't do it...but Makoto didn't care about it.

He really despises this kind of income that cannot be copied now – he is directly fed up with the stable income from tobacco every month.

For Makoto, he only needs to know that while completing the task, this movie also opened a door for Konoha to enter the literary circle.

Although he was a bit reluctant at first, Aoho himself admitted that Ninja is probably the best actor.

The average acting skills of ninjas are already good, and they are extremely obedient to the director's orders. Even if there is a pot of oil in front of them, if they were told to jump as soon as it was said, without even blinking an eyebrow, and willing to try harder than dragon and tiger warriors – of course, even if Aoho is killed, he dares not really give such an order, he is just making an example.

During the filming, the ninjas had almost no complaints except for the necessary suggestions, which made Aoho, a veteran director who has been in charge of the film for many years and has seen all kinds of bad things, feel like falling into a dream.

Because there are too many Konoha ninjas, even certain socially active groups that have to deal with them do not dare to come to harass them.

After the ninjas went through the popularity of the movie, they also began to slowly change their mentality.

In the eyes of traditional ninjas, completing tasks, killing, or being killed is what ninjas should do.

This time many people were thrown by Makoto to make a movie, but they didn't really think much about it, they just regarded it as a very ordinary D-level mission.

But after the movie came out...

It became popular overnight, no one asked on the streets before, but now it feels like a hot search hidden in the mountains, it's really great.

Ninjas are also human beings, and they also like the feeling of gaining fame and fortune and being watched by countless people.

So when more people from the entertainment industry came to approach him, they also responded very positively.

It can be said that it went both ways.

Among them, the one who profited the most is Uchiha Shisui.

There is no way, who made Uchiha Shisui not only come from a famous clan, was handsome, good in skill, good in acting, but also miserable – he went to the battlefield at the age of seven to fight Ao intensively, and he would die if he was not careful.

Everyone has no resistance to such a beautiful, strong and miserable existence.

In just one movie, Uchiha Shisui's name resounded throughout the Land of Fire, becoming a first-class mistress killer.

T/N: 'mistress', raw: 'shi nai', it's a Cantonese word for married women ...I mean it could mean 'milf'

Uchiha Fugaku has fought bad battles for half his life, and has been born and died countless times. If there is credit, there is credit, and hard work. As a result, in the eyes of ordinary people, his reputation is not as great as that of Uchiha Shisui.

Of course, this also brought a lot of trouble to Uchiha Shisui.

He is very mature at his age, not only mistresses like it, but also the priest likes it...

In short, fortunately, Makoto helped him resist.

For some old-fashioned ninjas, as a ninja hiding in the shadows, he came to the spotlight on his own initiative, which is really a way to die. But... the entertainment industry has given too much... At most, I can sing for one night, just one night.

For the ninja family, some members are responsible for fighting, and some members are responsible for making money, which is not unacceptable.

After all, not all family members can become talents, and not all parents are willing to have all their children die together on the battlefield... At least, if the worst happens, you can still leave some incense for the family, right?

Konoha's atmosphere began to change subtly.

For the first time, this silent and bleak war machine received the normal spotlight from the outside world.

To begin with, there could never have been a better situation.

But at this time, Makoto is no longer the same as before, following up Konoha's literary and artistic development for a long time and intensively.

It takes time for new ideas to enter, it takes time for transformation, and it also takes time for rottenness to be eliminated.

After handing over all the literary and artistic works produced in his spare time to Shikaku at one go, and letting him ponder and publish them slowly, Makoto diverted his attention.

It is bound to be an extremely long process to turn the originally loathed ninja profession into glory and eventually evolve into the most glorious national defender.

But Xiao Huang once said that 'a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth'.

T/N: 'Xiao Huang', it's a title for Goebbels given by the audience who watched the R-rated movie "Downfall", 2004; in history, Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German Nazi politician who was the district leader of Berlin and the chief propagandist for the Nazi Party

There is no rush for this kind of thing, take your time.

If he can produce some results in five years, he will be able to secretly enjoy himself.

He is not afraid of being slow, but he is afraid of not being thorough. If he becomes like the third older brother, he will be finished.

T/N: Third Older Brother, in this case, the Sandaime, Sarutobi Hiruzen

While Konoha's old ninjas were suffering the storm of thought in pain and joy, Makoto had already shifted his attention to other places.

Naruto is finally out of the hospital.

The sealing technique of the Yondaime is actually very strong, but Kyuubi is a bijuu after all. And Naruto was just born at that time, so for the sake of safety, even though Naruto was in good condition, everyone still put him in the intensive care observation room for long-term observation.

He never came out of it until recently.

In the past, both Makoto and Danzo had countless things to deal with, and they couldn't take care of this Jinchuuriki for a while, so neither side mentioned it.

But now...

Makoto knew that Danzo would not let go easily, no matter if it was successful or not, he would fight for it.

So he decided to make him an offer he couldn't refuse.

Makoto invited a large group of people, including Danzo, to come to his house for hot pot.

What was used was the 40-pound fish that was fished by Jiraiya.

T/N: The previous translation in chapter 32 was wrong (I fixed it), it wasn't '30-pounds', but '30-catty', which is about 40-pounds (exactly 39.68 pounds)

Not foul.

Not even dead.

Getting lost was enough, no matter what, Jiraiya wouldn't let it die. If it really died halfway, he would be unhappy when he thinks about it on his 100th birthday.

Jiraiya also sat in the first position on Makoto's left, and put the fish fillet into the hot pot.

"Danzo, I think it's good for Naruto to let Makoto take care of you. –

"Although he is indeed a bit busy, Minatsuki-san is a very good woman. I have been watching for a long time, and there is no problem. –

"It just so happens that Temari-san is also here, let the two get closer, and there will be fewer fights between the two villages in the future."

At this time, Jiraiya was also wearing a casual home attire, with a smile on his face, and a very easy-going tone, as if he was discussing something with a friend.

It's just that Danzo's complexion is a little bad.

"What do you say, Orochimaru?"

Jilaiya also looked at Orochimaru beside him.

Orochimaru also dressed casually today.

Because it was a private feast, Orochimaru didn't pay too much attention. After taking a bath, he came here wearing a simple white bathrobe.

Orochimaru's smooth long black hair was still stained with a little moisture, and he simply combed it into a high ponytail, revealing a little bit of fair skin on the back of his neck.

"For children, it's really best to stay with their parents. –

"The current situation is a little bit special...so be it."

Orochimaru's words were ambiguous, so it doesn't matter if one thing stands out.

But obviously, Orochimaru didn't have meaning to speak for Danzo.

Even though for quite a long time before, Orochimaru and Danzo had conducted some taboo research together – but now Orochimaru was about to leave and go to the Land of Rice to perform the super S-rank mission of protecting Konoha forever.

As a Kage-level ninja and a super-Kage-level scholar, it would be best if Orochimaru could stay in the village forever.

However, in Orochimaru mind, power, money, and feelings don't matter at all.

Apart from science and immortality, everything else is fiction.

Since staying by force will only annoy each other, Makoto will not try to persuade them to stay.

Going out in the name of a mission, Jiraiya and Sandiame felt a lot more comfortable.

Everyone gets together so well, and they can leave each other with a good relationship, and it won't be too embarrassing to meet in the future.

If Aunt Snake finally turns into a female in body and mind like in the original work, and becomes a snake mother who cares about the younger generation, that would of course be the best result. Makoto also doesn't mind bringing Aunt Snake back. They can drink tea together in Konoha in the future, and share their parenting experience on the way.

If Orochimaru committed too many crimes in the end and was beaten to death, it was due to cause and effect, and no one was special.

Makoto and Orochimaru have already chosen their contacts.

Still is Kabuto.

Although I have been a BOSS for a while in the original work, for Hokage, the difficulty of the bandit is about zero.

Didn't he care about the director of the orphanage, Yakushi Nono?

Isn't the director of the orphanage controlled by Danzo because of funding problems?

I, Hokage, approved five times the budget for her, isn't that fine?

The problem was solved immediately.

Although it will definitely not be too easy to follow Orochimaru, but judging from the plot, Kabuto should have obtained the true inheritance of Orochimaru.

As a third-rated ninja with no kekkei genkai, no clan, and no background, only Orochimary can give him the power to break through the hierarchy.

In this broken world, without strength, you really can't protect the people you value... For Kabuto, no matter how difficult it is outside, as long as Nono is still there, he will have a home.

As the supreme ruler of Konoha, everything is so easy...except that he was almost pushed down by Nono...If you are grateful, you can be grateful. Take off what clothes? If been seen by Kabuto, what if Kabuto thought he was forcing her...

Orochimaru perfunctory without interest, looked at the Sandaime sitting on the right-hand side of Makoto.

"Old man, what do you think?"

Hearing Orochimary calling him that, Sandaime was in a daze and took a puff of cigarette.

"I have nothing to say. –

"I've never been good at raising children. –

"My children are more rebellious than each other..."

Saying that, Sandaime turned his attention to Tsunade who was sitting under his gaze and had already stuffed her mouth like a puffer fish.

"Sensei, why are you watching me? –

"Do you think I'm someone who knows how to take care of children? It's okay to eat and play cards. If you force me to take care of children, I rather have you kill me. –

"This guy Godaime is full of bad water, and ni-ojichan agreed that it will be no problem to let him take it with him."

T/N: 'ni-ojichan', second grandpa, in this case, it's the Nidaime Senju Tobirama

Makoto always felt that Tsunade misunderstood him a bit.

What hurts Makoto even more is that the system, a guy who is not afraid of death, even gave him a mission 'I see pity'.

The system is like a sit-and-forget, really afraid that his harem won't explode.

However, this task was not completed by himself.

What harem fight harem... Did it really think of him as the Big Fat Orange in the 'Empresses in the Palace', and the ladies who compete for beauty are the protagonists!?

T/N: 'Big Fat Orange' is a name given to the Emperor of 'Empresses in the Palace' (Chinese drama made in 2011) because he often wore the yellow dragon robe, adding to his body fat, sitting on the throne like an orange tabby cat

Makoto is in pain, but he could only let it go.

Tsunade continued to stuff the fish into her mouth, not forgetting to look at Pakura, who was lowering her head.

"Pakura, am I right?"

Pakura was very restrained eating vegetables in a pile of Kages, and nodded immediately when Tsunade called her.

"Tsunade-hime is farsighted."

Pakura is a ninja of Suna, and she is also a well-known figure on Suna's side, known as Suna's hero.

She has good combat power, is good at using Shakuton (Sorch Release), and has made many achievements in previous wars.

It's just that except for Makoto, all of them are masters of the older generation in front of her, she is always weaker.

In the normal plot line, Pakura should at the end of the Third Ninja World War, or a little later – almost the Fourth Ninja World War in this timeline, an agreement was reached between Sand and Kirigakure, and she was tricked into the territory of Kirigakure, and finally was murdered by Kirigakure with hatred – Kirigakure's old offshore balance, then wrecked by brother Iwa in the future can be regarded as karma.

T/N: Offshore balancing is a strategic concept in which a great power checks the rise of a potential-hostile power

Of course, now Makoto has the same virtue as Pakura.

In the current five Kages, the two actually get along very well unexpectedly.

While stabbing each other, they feel that the other side is very interesting.

However, the current plotline has been completely messed up. Pakura has achieved a greater strategic goal, but she has also attracted too much anger. Suna, who is currently obsessed with greening, will naturally not ignore her.

Suna's situation is much better than that of the original work in the same period.

After all, it is also the winner now, and can get more mission shares from Kumo and Iwa.

In a daze, Pakura just survived and was thrown to Konoha, where she became a diplomat – for the Five Hidden Village, a diplomat is a very new thing. They couldn't grasp the measure for a while, so they all sent masters over tacitly.

It doesn't matter if you speak badly, but skills definitely can't be bad.

If I can't convince you, then I will beat you to death.

Quite normal Sengoku (Warring States) ninja logic.

However, given that Suna and Konoha are still in the honeymoon period, Pakura is basically a rubber stamp.

As long as it doesn't involve Suna's fundamental interests, she will give Konoha +1 for everything Konoha says.

"Temari-san is still young, but it's not good to stay away from Kazekage-sama. It's good to have a few more playmates now."

As a result, everyone on the scene reached a consensus and looked at Makoto together.

"What are you guys looking at me for? –

"Here I am the youngest. –

"Of course, what everyone says, I will do. –

"Gandhi, what do you think?"

Danzo remained silent.

"Makoto, you have the wrong name." Jiraiya couldn't help reminding in a low voice, "Shimura-san's name is not Gandhi..."

"Ah, I'm sorry sensei, I have too many work recently..."

Makoto apologized without sincerity.

He can't tell Jiraiya that what he did was on purpose.

Since a long time ago, Makoto has been setting up his character who likes to talk nonsense.

At the beginning, everyone will be a little surprised, but gradually get used to it.

And the reason why Makoto insisted on setting up such a person... There's no solution, because he doesn't have a cute Humphrey who can take the blame for him, so he can only be Humphrey himself.

T/N: I got 'Humpty Dumpty' from 'Humphrey' ... I have no idea

The political literacy of the Konoha ninjas is still a bit low.

He has to be both Humphrey and Hokage, which is really exhausting.

This is all a work injury.

Danzo was silent, he didn't take a bite of the food, and put down his chopsticks.

"Everyone is right... I still have something to do, please forgive me and leave first."

So far, in the head-to-head confrontation between Danzo and Makoto, he suffered another severe loss.

But he has no choice.

After watching Danzo leave, the Sandaime suddenly lost his interest.

"This is not a battle..."

"Could it still turn into a battle?" After Danzo left, Makoto could finally let go of eating, "I'm in charge of the finances."

After some operations before, Makoto has actually held Konoha's financial power in his hands.

Even players know that if you want to be a game company, you must first attack its finance department and ask them to issue invoices.

Not to mention that now, both high-level and low-level ninjas are very supportive of the Godaime.

That is to say, Makoto's current strength is a little weaker, and his ninja score is only 33.5 points, which is a little short of the real Kage-level...really just 0.5 points away.

Tsunade and Orochimaru are both 35 points, and Jirai is also 35.5 points.

Even so, Danzo has lost all initiative in the political game.

At this time, no major clan will support him.

Hyuuga remained silent as usual.

The Uchiha clan...

To a certain extent, Danzo is still alive, not because of his three or two slaps, but because Makoto is unwilling to bear the charge of murdering the elder.

It is not advisable to do it until Salami slicing tactics are used to completely cut up the Danzo.

T/N: 'Salami slicing tactics' is the practice of using a series of small actions to produce a large result that would be difficult to perform together all at once

But after it's really cleaned up...

... ...

Danzo left in silence.

And fell into a dormant state, and Makoto couldn't find his flaws for a while.

That being the case, Makoto also decided to take advantage of this period of stability to start the next stage of the battle.

By this time, Konoha had completely broken the situation, and internal and external troubles were basically suppressed.

As for some things ten years later, it is useless to worry about them now.

After pondering for a long time, Makoto felt that the company's tasks that he kept in his hands could also be slowly taken out.

All of these company tasks are very difficult. Fortunately, these tasks basically do not conflict and can be done together, so in terms of efficiency alone, they are actually not bad.

The only question is which company to start with.

"Education is already being done. Because the funds are sufficient, there must be no major problems. At least it must be better than other countries. However, the overall intake of meat, eggs, and milk in the Land of Fire and Konoha is still worrying. –

"Before, there was no solution. During the war, it would be good to survive. Who cares what to eat? –

"But now, I have to pay attention. It is always right to give children enough meat, egg, and milk, which will directly increase the foundation... This business is good, but I can't cut off my own people... –

"And considering the situation in this era, the best choice is actually fishing. The sea area of the Land of Fire is still quite large. But in that case, it is necessary to deal with the Land of Water and Mizukage... get entangled with that guy It's endless, why don't you change your mind first."

Makoto kept thinking, and set his sights on the Land of Grass.

"Speaking on a serious note, this place is really suitable for growing bananas..."

Don't look at bananas as inconspicuous, but when this thing was on the earth, it supported hundreds of millions of people.

And even if you don't eat it as a staple food, it's delicious on its own.

The Land of Fire is just starting to recover, and needs this kind of cheap food as a supplement.

As a big country, the Land of Water may be uncertain for a while, but it is not easy to deal with a Land of Grass?

Don't underestimate bananas, just like don't underestimate fish and chips, they have really played a major role, even life-saving dishes.

Makoto began to carefully recall the information about the Land of Grass in his mind.

The Land of Grass is a small country surrounded by three major powers. It is not easy for a small country to survive these days, and it is inevitable to do some things that are superficial.

This is actually normal, everyone's eldest brother doesn't laugh at the second brother.

However, the Land of Grass is very disdainful, because it takes advantage of its unique location advantages and often resells the information of the three major countries, which makes the three major countries very unhappy.

Not to mention copying jutsu from other countries.

So in order to grow bananas... no, for love and justice, it must be beaten!

"But I'm Hokage now, so I can't mess with it. I have to find a suitable reason... Well, Karin's mother was probably killed by a ninja from the Kingdom of Grass..."

Karin and her mother are really miserable, because of their unique physique, they can heal ninjas by being bitten.

Generally, no one would offend the healer on the battlefield. After all, no one wants to be set by the healer to set the shortcut key to ctrl+shift+F12. But Ninja has always liked to play lower limit breakthrough...

The pair of Karin mother and daughter were bitten and sucked again. Just thinking about it, you can tell what kind of life it was.

"However, what happened to the mother and daughter may not be enough to convince others that they haven't seen any shit... –

"But if you just say that you forced Kusagakure down just to grow bananas, you will probably be guarded by other people or interfere... Ah, yes!"

Makoto thought of a great idea.

So he called Kakashi.

"Kakashi, I have received reliable information and am convinced of one thing."

"What?"

"The Land of Grass has washing powder."

"... Hokage-sama, what are you talking about?"

"No, I mean that the Land of Grass has mastered a super-terrorist weapon against humanity! We must solve it!"

"You mean... a Bijuu?"

"No, of course not."

"If it's not a Bijuu, it shouldn't be scary..."

"No, it's super scary – because the other four major Hidden Villages really have Bijuus."

... ...

Mizukage Yagura felt a lot of pressure.

The current situation has obviously entered a new era, and Hidden Village can no longer fight alone as before.

No matter what the reason is, the war between Hidden Villages will eventually evolve into a mutual consumption of national power between major powers.

The Land of Water hangs alone overseas, and its national strength is definitely not comparable to those land countries.

To gain an edge, you have to be in business.

And what the Land of Water has the most is fish.

But the Hyoton (Ice release) ninjas are dead, it will be very difficult to go through the cold chain...

"How about building a cannery?"

"It seems to work. –

"But in that case, it has nothing to do with ninjas, and we must rely on the power of big capital. I don't want to produce a lot of defective products and ruin the reputation of the Land of Water. –

"The Land of Water's own national strength is not enough. If it wants to develop rapidly, it will inevitably need foreign funds... Sigh, this will inevitably negate with the Land of Fire. –

"It has the most idle funds, the fastest recovery, and in the next few years, it will definitely siphon money from all over the world, whoever makes it the safest there. –

"But Konoha is too difficult to deal with, and they will definitely not let me get what I want. I have to find a way to convince them... What should I do?"

Seemingly aware of Mizukage's difficulties, Kisame at the side decided to share Mizukage's worries.

"Mizukage-sama, what trouble do you seem to have?"

"Ah, there is a very troublesome task..."

"Please leave it to me."

"No, I can't leave it to you."

"Are you doubting my loyalty to the village..."

"No, only this task can't be entrusted to you. After all, that guy's orientation..." Yagura said so, looking at Kisame's butt, "Of course, if you insist, it's not impossible... say Maybe that guy has developed a new hobby recently... Seduction is also a good way of thinking..."

Countless tic-tac-toe marks appeared on Terumi Mei's forehead.

T/N: 'tic-tac-toe' mark, 'ikari maaku', or 'anger mark'