Ballpoint Pen War

Makoto stepped out of Kakashi's doghouse and met the two panther-angry girls head-on.

As a harem boy, he knew he had wronged them. That's why he purposely didn't use any defense before and let them beat him up to take the heat off of them.

This was one of the few things Makoto could do for them from a personal friendship perspective.

But two times was enough.

If it's the third time... it's almost time to get down to business.

In any case, they were Kages.

The interests of the village should come before personal feelings.

So he took the initiative to meet them.

Without using any ninjutsu, all three of them directly stuck together and began to fight in a short close-quarters fight.

Makoto had always disliked fighting, he had had enough of the suffering that war brought.

He wasn't a hot-blooded teenager, nor was he a hot-blooded youth, and didn't find endless killing to be all that cool.

But if he really wants to fight... he will not lose just like that.

The two raised their hands at the same time, but before they could launch their attacks, Makoto had already completely read their attack paths.

The next thing to do was simple.

Snap, snap!

Makoto stretched out his hands and very easily blocked the combined strike of the two's usual hands.

This strike was very exquisitely blocked by Makoto, not only blocking the two men, but at the same time, through the rotation of his stance and footwork, he separated the two women, preventing them from continuing to launch a combined attack.

At this, the two of them were not surprised - that sword of Makoto's that cut through the ocean tide, they hadn't forgotten it.

Although being good at large-scale AOE and being good at single combat were not the same thing, it was enough for the two to raise their expectations of Makoto's strength indefinitely.

When their strike was ineffective, they immediately adjusted their positions and attacked again.

Slap, slap, slap!

For a while, the two sides exchanged dozens of moves with their palms, yet it was clear that it was two against one, but the two men clearly felt an incomparably suffocating sensation, as if Makoto was the one who was outnumbered.

All of their moves were seen through, and all of their combined premeditated attacks all fell flat.

They even had a feeling as if they were back in the ninja school, where the young preparatory ninjas launched an attack on their teacher, only to be easily beaten into a pig's head... That is, this time is not a life and death struggle...

After demolishing each other for another dozen or so moves, the two people only felt that their hands were sore and weak, and their breathing was even more unstoppable and became rough and chaotic, even affecting their strikes.

"Sen-no-sen! This guy knows sen-no-sen!"

T/N: 'sen-no-sen' is one of the 'sen' strategies in Kendo; 'sen-no-sen' is when you strike first, 'go-no-sen' is respond to an attack, 'sen-sen-no-sen' is preempting an attack (thanks Reddit)

"It's the Hyuuga clan's Gentle Fist!"

Both of them were veteran ninjas who had actually gone into battle and had fought hardened opponents to the death. At first, the two men who were overwhelmed by anger did not react, but after exchanging so many rounds, how could they not see where Makoto's problem lay.

...Although the two people because of the difference in the angle of focus, the answer they get is also completely different.

Hoo...

Makoto's hands brought up a gentle yet vicious stream in the air, and instead of continuing to tangle with the two, he jumped out of the battle circle.

"Both of you, why don't we stop here?"

"-No way!"

Makoto did not wish to continue this uninteresting battle, but both of them had their own calculations in their hearts, and even though they knew they were unbeatable, they were not willing to end the battle.

Makoto had no choice but to continue fighting the two in one place.

However, just as Makoto had expected, the battle did not improve in any significant way.

Even if the two people who had calmed down a little bit had consciously begun to unite, and even brought a little bit of chakra with them, they were still deadlocked by Makoto.

...This is not a natural result.

After all, now Makoto ninja points has come to 38.5, speed and strength body three attributes at the same time reached 6 points, the real deathless divine flesh.

Now he does not rely on Kaminiyotte, but also can easily play out the power to crush Nagato's six avatars head on.

Not to mention that a kinjutsu like Kaminiyotte is different from Otosumaho, where Otosumaho damages the brain, while Kaminiyotte puts pressure on the body. But the stronger the body, the higher the ability to withstand by virtue of Kaminiyotte...

Moreover, if it was really a life and death struggle, he would definitely use the Senjutsu Bomb.

Under the influence of this dirty bomb, both Ninjutsu and Senjutsu within a certain area would become quite unstable and close to difficult to use. Makoto, on the other hand, would be able to utilize his door-opening flesh-breaking ability to insult his opponent viciously.

Aside from the fact that his stamina is simply too small to waste at will, regular Makoto has almost Six Gates of taijutsu combat power alone.

Pakura and Terumi Mei were both very good at taijutsu, but both of them were, after all, kekkei genkai ninjas, and relied more on their kekkei genkai than their taijutsu when they fought.

With such a huge difference in attributes, it would be strange for them to have a chance of winning.

Not to mention...

Hah!

The two also sensed the huge gap between them, but the two did not give in. Under Pakura's cover, Terumi Mei merged her fingers into a sword and stabbed towards Makoto.

However, just as she knew, before her move could materialize, Makoto grabbed her wrist.

Taking advantage of the moment they touched, wisps of chakra instantly invaded Pakura's body, causing her hands and feet to go weak and she could barely stand.

"Sure enough, it's sen-no-sen... Aren't you a genjutsu ninja? Why would you know this?"

Makoto's eyes fluttered.

"Who knows... Perhaps, it's because in dreams you often fight the topmost enemies?"

First of First, the best expression of the great accomplishment of taijutsu.

Of course, its name was a bit of a bluff, but to put it bluntly it was actually a very simple thing - it was forethought at the highest level.

Ninjas who used taijutsu as their primary means of combat would accumulate a great deal of experience over the course of a long fight. Through this experience, they could easily anticipate the enemy's movements.

Because the human structure was there, the distribution of muscle groups, as well as the shape of bones, were all within a certain range.

A veteran ninja only needed to look at the general muscle group movement to guess the opponent's next attack.

However this was just the basics.

Some stronger ones can make more perfect judgments on the basis of prejudgment, and even reach the state of a cicada's foresight before the autumn wind moves.

T/N: above (that's some weird metaphor), cicada's foresight before the autumn wind moved, meaning able to sense danger before it happened, hard to be plot against

This is the first of the first.

Just like an open-book exam, a ninja who truly possesses the sen-no-sen is able to crush ordinary ninja of the same level as himself in a head-on battle.

Of course, sen-no-sen wasn't omnipotent.

For example, Kisame, who slipped through the nine-year compulsory education.

He only knew that the enemy wanted to fight him with his ultimate move, but he didn't know...

All in all, in close melee combat, the two were no longer a match for Makoto at all.

Reality is not a novel or anime, if you can't beat it, you can't beat it. No matter how much the will boiled over, it wouldn't suddenly increase one's battle power by several times.

"This guy... deceiving everyone from the very beginning? You'd rather make everyone think that you're just a genjutsu ninja and never reveal your true battle power?"

Sen-no-sen could never be practiced in a short period of time. Even the most powerful genius would need vast amounts of time and hostile experience.

At best, putting up against the best of the best for a long period of time could slightly speed up the progress...

Makoto became Hokage only two years, Kages are usually very busy, that is to say... plus that sword before...

At that moment, Terumi Mei suddenly realized that she seemed to have never really understood Makoto.

He was always like this, she thought she knew him well enough, but in the end, she came after him and all she saw was still just his back.

"I'm sorry, I didn't deceive you."

"But it's true."

Makoto replied vaguely as he grabbed Terumi Mei's palm with his right hand, and was about to use the other one to beckon Pakura, when he was surprised to find that a hint of cunning suddenly appeared on Terumi Mei's face.

"You idiot, if you caught me, doesn't that also mean I caught you? -

"How dare you get distracted while fighting! -

"I've been watching you before, I don't know why Hyuuga clan teaches you Gentle Fist, but your Gentle Fist must touch the enemy's body with both palms to unleash its power - is that right!"

Makoto simply punched chakra into Terumi Mei's body to affect her movements, it wasn't really Gentle Fist... although in a way, she wasn't actually wrong.

Terumi Mei said this, resisting the numbness caused by the invasion of alien chakra in her body, and forcibly locked one of Makoto's hands with her hands and feet.

It's not that she doesn't want to use armlock to suppress him, it's just that her condition is too bad now and it's difficult to exert her strength. In a hurry, this is all that can be done.

"Pakura!"

"Understood!"

Makoto had known that girls could cheat, but he hadn't realized that the girls who looked bitter and hateful were all faking it.

Bad women were so unfriendly.

But spiteful as he was, Makoto still lifted his spirit and began to face the charging Pakura.

This battle, he must win, if he loses... I'm afraid he will be Aruba'd a million times...

T/N: 'Aruba', also known as 'Happy Corner' is the act where a man's genital is being slammed against a beam, similar to 'Thousand Years of Death'

The three of them hadn't been serious since the beginning, but when Makoto subconsciously wanted to be more serious in his mind, his body immediately responded.

As if it was a conditioned reflex left over from having performed it a million times, Makoto's left hand also merged, and sharp lightning attribute chakra began to roar from it.

Infinite evil thoughts instantly filled his body.

-Death!

This move was... Raikage's Hell Stab?

Through the aid of sen-no-sen, Makoto was one hundred percent certain that in that next split second, his own palm would definitely penetrate Pakura's bare belly and put her to death.

It was impossible for any accidents to occur.

"Get out of the way!"

Makoto shouted so, but Pakura seemed to be facing the world's most vicious demon god, and this Suna hero who had fought on the battlefield for more than ten years unexpectedly froze completely.

Seeing that Pakura was about to die at his own hands, Makoto didn't care about the consequences and tried to forcefully dissolve the thunder on his fingers.

Ninjutsu was very precise, and even Makoto could not ensure the consequences of forcibly dissolving an already completed jutsu.

But at this time, he couldn't care less.

...The worst thing didn't happen, taijutsu of up to 6 points not only stopped a large portion of the completed maneuver, but at the same time deadheaded the ensuing chakra rampage.

This is the benefit of a high white value.

When Pakura finally came back to her senses from under Makoto's relentless gaze, the palm that had almost run her through had already gently pressed on the small of her back.

The man's palm was a bit rough, but it was hard to hide the gentleness underneath.

"...I'm sorry."

"It's okay..."

The bodies of the three, together, stiffened.

They were pressed together like this, Terumi Mei locking Makoto's hand, while Makoto's hand was pressed on Pakura's waist.

After a few seconds, it was Makoto who broke the marvelous silence.

"After the New Year, the condition of Land of Water will get worse. -

"This is not just a matter for the nobles and the people, but it also concerns us ninjas. -

"At this point, we must not be careless... Let's talk together."

Makoto said something, bringing the two women into the adult topic once again.

... ...

Makoto shook his somewhat burnt fingers and brought the two together to sit down at Kakashi's house.

Kakashi's house was as unpopular as ever, but luckily it was still clean.

The three of them just sat down opposite each other, Kakashi sensed that the atmosphere was off, but he wouldn't dare to intrude into this kind of asura field.

So he only poured a cup of tea for each of the three, and then sat down beside Makoto and started hanging out.

Makoto suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his mind, focusing as much attention as possible on the big event.

But when he tried to open his mouth, this grandson jumped out again.

The bad news was that every time the system jumped out, nothing good would happen.

The good news was that today was the first day of the new year.

So...

[I have prepared a lot about this world and have a lot to say.]

[But words seem too weak, there are too many indescribable ups and downs, and there are too many loneliness and losses that are covered up by the glamorous appearance.]

[I have experienced a lot this year, witnessed a lot, and my mentality has changed a lot. But maybe some things can't be changed.]

[Use one sentence to express my feelings, and at the same time, I want to encourage everyone.]

["The passionate heart cannot be annihilated."]

[-The first offering has been received.]

[This is recorded.]

Just like last year, this grandson of his complained and then started handing out rewards.

[At war: before my eyes, there are wars everywhere]

[...Fortunately, Grandfather is the most arrogant one.]

[Anyway, another year has passed.]

[Free attribute points +0.5]

It's really cool to buy some attributes for free during the New Year every year.

Now he has done nothing, and it is already 39 points... Well, now he is so short of essence, this is a bottomless pit...

But then again... offerings? What offerings?

Oh yeah, grandson seemed to say a lot of nonsense on the first day last year, does the offering correspond to those words? How many of them are there?... Also, grandson, didn't you refresh at 4:00?

What time is it now?

On the first day of every year, grandson is always so full of grooves.

However, Makoto soon forgot about these slots, because he found a more important thing - the achievements of the business class, which were already few, became even fewer after this update, and about two thirds of them disappeared again.

There were so many achievements that he'd been chasing for almost two years, just waiting for the time to be right to do it, only to have them all disappear with this refresh.

In their place were more emotion-based achievements.

A massive amount of emotion-based achievements either merged with each other or were born out of thin air, stuffing Makoto's field of vision.

And just like what Makoto hated, all of these emotion-based achievements were quite torturous.

The kind that made one's stomach hurt.

Makoto hated that he wanted to hang this grandson and beat him.

But he held back.

Anyway, from the beginning, he hadn't expected to complete all the missions, and some of them were even conflicting from the start.

Now it's gone if it's gone, he'll only do those business type missions that are possible to complete anyway... He quickly found one that looked pretty good.

[Wen Dao in the morning, you can die in the evening: I found the way to your house in the morning, but you have to die in the evening.]

T/N: above, it is a metaphor for the pursuit of truth or goals, which is very passionate

[Build a road to a major hostile country.]

This achievement corresponded exactly to the underwater tunnel, and since the tunnel was definitely going to be built anyway, Makoto naturally didn't mind mixing up the points a bit more.

As usual, Makoto quickly finished spitting at the system.

Only when he raised his head to look at Pakura and Terumi Mei, he realized that two strange missions have popped up on their heads as well.

"What's that look in your eyes... Why are you looking at me like that?"

The one who spoke was Pakura, but Makoto looked at the mission on her head.

[Sorry, Yui: Guide to the female friend who is cheated on by his wife]

[Yo, you're Suo Makoto, right? You're close to Temari, right? I've been wondering lately, that guy used to be depressed, why is he happy again lately? Have you and Temari kissed yet? Not yet, right?

[The one who can go out with you isn't Temari! It's other women!]

...Why is the explanation so long this time.

And this mission... is tailor-made for Temari, right?

Grandson, Temari is still a child, you can't even do that?

The desire to spit that had hardly subsided now boiled up again.

Of course, Terumi Mei wasn't much better.

On top of the original achievement, Terumi Mei also had a new mission on her head.

[Bad Woman: Reduce a Kage's reputation from fame to infamy. ]

[The first moment I opened my eyes and saw her, a term vibrated madly between my voices... mom!]

...it becomes more and more useless to complain.

Makoto adjusted his mood and talked to the two.

There wasn't much to say about Suna.

It was mainly the Land of Water and Kiri.

The current Seven Princes and Kiri... were really hard.

All kinds of difficult.

There was currently no mass slaughter of civilians within the Land of Water.

The Seventh Prince was unable to.

Regardless of what exactly was in his heart, right now the Seven Princes' base was no longer the large landowners and large nobles, but rather the large merchant class, as well as those bankrupt landless peasants.

-The small civic class is as usual goonish than. The mind was eager, but the body didn't move a muscle.

They rejoiced in the changes that the Seventh Prince had brought about, and longed for more of what he had changed.

These people had now become his de facto base, and under the oppression of his second brother, he was truly too poor to move these people again.

-With these people around, he can still wrestle a little, if even these supports are gone ...

As for the second prince, he is afraid to kill.

His economy is also very bad today, and his subordinates are very upset.

Especially the army.

The army actually wants change.

The heavy ministers were loyal now, but he couldn't guarantee that the heavy ministers would be loyal forever-especially since there were still the Four Great Nations out there watching, and he knew that the four Daimyos would surely be able to omit these heavy ministers.

So even if the internal economic system is also exceptionally bad, he still forced himself not to plunder the people... really did so, the military heart is shaken not to mention that, these unruly people were forced to go out of their way and voted for his younger brother, then how to deal with it?

About these, Terumi Mei and Makoto talked a lot.

What Makoto meant was that since it had already developed to this state, it would be better to take it a step further - to further modify the distribution method.

The Land of Water was really an industrialized country, only that the traditional conservative forces were too strong, creating the current situation where the reforms had been changed by half.

What they had to do was to finish changing the rest of it, so that the productive forces and the relations of production were adapted to each other.

"This... will have a lot of opposition!"

...More than opposition, surely they will rise up and play for their lives.

Fortunately, the situation of the Seven Princes is special now.

"But you already have a lot of opposition."

Terumi Mei's lips quirked twice, and she had to admit the fact.

"You're right..."

After lamenting for a while longer, Terumi Mei continued to ask Makoto for his opinion. For his part, Makoto seized the opportunity to speak out about the daimyo's desire to interfere with the undersea tunnel.

"What does the undersea tunnel... have to do with our current situation?"

Terumi Mei was not really lacking in intelligence, it was purely a matter of habit.

As a ninja, or even a Kage, thinking about issues naturally liked to unfold from a military perspective.

For example, if these two guys, Terumi Mei and Pakura, were to go out on the street, their first reaction would definitely not be to go get a cup of coffee or buy a dress, but rather to observe the environment on the street and subconsciously contemplate in which position to place their firepower that would suppress the entire street.

"You're right, but... what the enemy is going to do, we oppose it first, this is always right, right?"

Terumi Mei knew that she was inferior to Makoto, so she didn't continue to dwell on that.

She was really a bit anxious.

"I know you're in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry... We have to know the current situation first... There are really a lot of political aspects to the current undersea tunnel - like the border issue."

"Border issues?"

"Yes, border problems."

"What's the problem with that?"

"In terms of what countries are used to at the moment, everyone's territorial sea is three kilometers. But obviously, the tunnel can't be that far away... And then the question arises, who does the middle section of the tunnel belong to?"

"Uh, it's... half and half?"

"Yes, but the Land of Lightning doesn't want that." Makoto spread his hands, "Even if we don't talk about that, there's another question - who owns the sovereignty of the tunnel train?"

"If the train is involved in a criminal case in the Land of Lightning, then who should the jurisdiction belong to? Land of Water, or Land of Lightning?"

The law student could answer that question.

But Terumi Mei and Pakura were not.

...With the average level of education of ninjas these days, they can only be the one to start a criminal case.

Too many, too many ninjas had only graduated from Fetal Education and never pursued an elementary degree in their lives.

"Land of Lightning... No, it should be Land of Water... Wait..."

Terumi Mei's head burned a little.

"Finally, if the worst case scenario occurs, that is, the body of a citizen of the Land of Lightning is passed through the train and thrown onto the territory of the Land of Water, how should we deal with it?"

Pakura: "Since it's a dead person from the Land of Lightning, then of course it's for the Land of Thunder to deal with."

Makoto: "Then am I to understand that the Land of Lightning has the right to enforce the law in the Land of Water?"

"Wow wow, that's really scary."

Terumi Mei and Pakura looked at each other in disbelief for a moment.

"It does seem like there's more to consider in this than we thought..." Terumi Mei conceded outright, and hoped that Makoto would stop laughing at their stupidity, "Just tell us directly what you want to do. "

Makoto didn't have any intention of continuing to play along either.

"Well, let's let the diplomats hurt their brains with all this regime and sovereignty stuff. We're ninjas, so let's just do what ninjas are supposed to do."

"The Land of Takumi."

T/N: Land of Takumi does not exist in canon, but Takumi Village does

He uttered a term.

The Land of Takumi wasn't actually a small country with no name, at the very least, it had made an appearance in the original storyline.

It even had its own ninja village.

The Takumi Ninja was created by the famous ninja craftsman Seimei, who was good at making and using ninja tools. They supplied many of the ninja tools from various countries. At one time, the ambitious Four Celestial Symbols Men appeared, planning to resurrect Seimei and fight against the five great countries, and capture Gaara.

These Takumi ninja naturally need not be said, anyway, was beaten all over the head, but this is not Makoto want to mess with them the reason.

After all, there were still so many years before the plot started, Makoto was 100% sure that they wouldn't have the guts to do that in the future.

And the reason why he cast his eyes here, that is of course because of... the technology.

"The underwater tunnel is definitely not a small project, and just in case, in addition to the Land of Water's own forces, ninja will definitely be asked to help."

"The smith ninja, as one of the few technical factions among the ninja, will definitely be the first to be chosen... Well, let me put it more simply, someone wants to pay to do them."

Now Terumi Mei was fully listening.

The daimyo wanted to get involved in things in the Land of Water through diplomacy, using the undersea tunnels as a reason to at the very least get their hands dirty.

That was definitely not something that Makoto and Kiri wanted to see, so Makoto wanted to interfere.

But Konoha did too much shit last year, even if he wanted to interfere, it was not good to directly strike... so he chose the Land of Takumi and Takumi village, from the side of the force.

It just so happened that someone wanted to do away with Takumi Village, so Makoto went along with it and linked the two things together.

"Let me guess, are they the big industrial and technical businessmen from the Land of Fire?"

"Well, pretty much... what do you think?"

Because there was enough money and enough talent, the Land of Fire's technology had gone into overdrive.

Almost every day, new patents were born that Konoha couldn't even buy them.

But what had to be recognized was that in certain niche tracks, Land of Fire was still not number one.

The reasons for this are complex.

Some of them simply feel that the investment is too high, the return is too low, and it is better to build than to buy.

And some of them are first-mover advantages that are really hard to catch up with for a while.

The current Land of Takumi and Takumi Village had such technologies that were of great interest to the great merchants of the Land of Fire.

Businessmen seek wealth, not gas, since others already have, that they buy over is, and gas produces wealth.

Since you can use money to solve, why not use it?

The arena is not just about fighting and killing.

However, they do not sell.

Elegant and easy-going big businessman is also silent, just determined to send them earth plane.

For this matter, Makoto itself was indifferent, after all, the big businessmen had been this bird-like, and it wasn't a day or two. But this matter itself is a good opportunity...

The Land of Fire had money, and merchants had money.

And the Land of Water and Kiri lacked money.

Terumi Mei figured out the joints here, and instead of counting the moral issues involved, she asked directly.

"How much can they offer?"

Konoha wasn't willing to offer, so only Kiri could do it. Kiri and the Seventh Prince were both short of money right now, and could be less concerned about certain face-saving issues, but enough money had to be given.

"This amount."

Makoto made a gesture.

Terumi Mei took a deep breath.

Seeing Makoto's gesture, she had felt the dominance and determination of the Land of Fire's great merchants, and at the same time, she knew the brutal future that Takumi ninja would have to face.

But she could not refuse.

Because she was the Mizukage.

"...Kill them all?"

"You really are a bit too extreme." Makoto pressed the pantheric Mizukage lady in time, "If they let you kill, go ahead and kill. Anyway, all they want is the technology... you just go and tell Takumi ninja that I just want to do business with them."

Pakura: "Might as well just kill then."

A huge ikari maaku mark appeared on Makoto's head.

"How are you like this! I'm helping you guys and you're personally attacking me!"

Pakura: "Don't you have any idea about your reputation?"

Makoto looked to Kakashi.

Kakashi: "Indeed."

...Let's see, does the Naruto world have any of the toughest panther manic older sister, I must set you up with a badass woman, I can't be the only one to die... ah, come to think of it...

... ...

"Then again, what technology do those businessmen in the Land of Fire really want?"

"Ballpoint pen rollers."