Chapter 214: The Land of Hot Water's Dark Secret!

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[Advisor Gojo said: "A village with a group of people who look up at the starry sky has hope. When we are just busy with the recurring ninja life, humans lose contact with their origins and all things."]

Clap clap clap—

Thunderous applause erupted in the conference room.

Perhaps many were simply submitting to Gojo Kaigetsu's authority, but this time, their applause was sincere.

Mastering the sky's ninja tools was of great significance to Konoha.

Militarily, they would gain absolute air superiority. Whether it was sending ninja to infiltrate from the air or obtaining intelligence and launching air raids during large-scale ninja wars… it was extremely useful.

The deciding factor in ninja wars would no longer be limited to the configuration of ground ninja forces.

And that aerial war fortress, Ancor Vantian, was like the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. In Gojo Kaigetsu's definition, the strategic position of this thing was even above that of a Tailed Beast.

This was not only a secret fortress, but also a city that could fly in the sky.

This fortress could not only fly in the sky, but it also had a super weapon whose power was even comparable to that of a Tailed Beast Bomb!

In the original timeline, the half-dead Shinnō, with only his inferior Zero-Tails, activated the super cannon on "Ancor Vantian." The energy wave of the cannon not only destroyed a mountain peak in one fell swoop, but also destroyed the three aircraft carriers of The Land of the Sky that were docked behind the mountain peak.

To say it was comparable to a Tailed Beast Bomb was somewhat underestimating the super cannon of the aerial fortress...

The reason why Shinnō was obsessed with the artificial Tailed Beast plan was largely because the super cannon needed Tailed Beast-level chakra as a power source.

His plan was undoubtedly correct.

Leaving aside the Zero-Tails, Konoha alone controlled the power of three Tailed Beasts. As long as it was planned well, to avoid friendly fire, using the super cannon of the aerial fortress as a long-range strike in ninja wars would be easy.

If Konoha, despite these advantages, were still destroyed by a coalition of the Shinobi world, Gojo Kaigetsu would just take the three Tailed Beasts Konoha possessed, board a spaceship, fly over another ninja village—play airdrop, and then slash down his palm for a golden landing...

Commercially, transportation had always been a major problem for various villages.

The ninja world had never been a peaceful ninja world. Even after those forces that were clearly defined as evil organizations were eliminated—there were still a large number of mountain bandits.

Of course, these mountain bandits had to be kept by the ninja villages and could not be completely eliminated.

If these mountain bandits were gone, wouldn't the merchants not need to issue commissions to the Hokage Tower? If the merchants didn't issue commissions, the ninja villages would lose a large chunk of income.

Conventional goods and commodities should still be transported by land, hiring ninja to escort them along the way. But some precious and time-sensitive goods could be considered for transportation using flying ninja tools.

Even—contraband!

Gojo Kaigetsu thought more deeply. Every country had "customs." There were always tariffs and bans on goods. For some goods directly operated by the Hokage Tower, there was no need to go through customs anymore, and they could be directly smuggled by air… The Hokage Tower would earn a large amount of ill-gotten gains from tax evasion.

This was called official smuggling!

When the space technology on Ancor Vantian was completely mastered by Konoha, commercial spaceships could be manufactured—Gojo Kaigetsu would board a commercial spaceship loyal to him and tour the entire ninja world!

Looking to the future…

As stated in the speech just now, Gojo Kaigetsu sincerely believed that not only Konoha, but the entire ninja world should look to the stars!

In the starry sky, who knew how many Ōtsutsuki clan weirdos were staring at the ninja world. Instead of sitting and waiting for death, it was better to take the initiative.

When the day came to build a space-faring fortress!

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Back to reality.

To deal with the other Five Great Villages of Kumo, Iwa, Suna, and Kiri, the representatives of the ninja clans might have some hesitation, considering their actual interests.

But—for the Sky Ninja Village…

If Gojo Kaigetsu's intelligence was correct, The Land of the Sky didn't even know that their leader was dead. Originally, their strength was inferior to Konoha. Now that they were in the dark… Konoha could attack whenever they wanted, and the Sky Ninja Village would have to become food!

"When will we dispatch the ninja troops to conquer the remnants of The Land of the Sky, Advisor!"

"Our Aburame clan's Kikaichū are already hungry and thirsty!"

"We…"

The voices of requesting battle were endless—and the enthusiasm for war was high! For things that were profitable, everyone was generally happy to do them.

"Good!"

Gojo Kaigetsu was also very cooperative. He immediately decided to launch an attack on the Sky Ninja Village—following this fanatical war wave.

That night, the Konoha Military Police Force received no fewer than ten complaints about noise disturbances.

These complaints all pointed to one issue: the sound of sharpening shuriken and kunai in the middle of the night…

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The Land of Hot Water.

The Land of Hot Water, like the Land of Rivers, was a neutral country famous for its hot springs in the ninja world.

Inside a large building with a luxurious exterior.

From the outside, it was just an ordinary trading company, responsible for selling the hot spring stones of the Land of Hot Water to various parts of the ninja world.

But behind this glamorous exterior was darkness that outsiders could hardly imagine.

The Sky Ninja Village was a destroyed village—No, perhaps from the beginning it was a bandit group.

Unlike other villages that were supported by national systems, The Land of the Sky's survival method was to rely on their technological advantages to accumulate initial capital, and then nurture the development of the ninja.

Now that the village was destroyed, those technological crystals that were once proud of were all destroyed by Konoha White Fang.

They lost their territory and their tools for robbery. They could only hide in the Land of Hot Water. Under the guidance of The Land of the Sky's behind-the-scenes leader, they were doing the work of the underworld in the ninja world.

Bullying the market, if they encountered competitors, they would directly send ninjas to eliminate them—By such barbaric means, The Land of the Sky's public brand—[Shūei Corporation]—was doing well in the Land of Hot Water.

In recent years, they had been constantly bribing the ministers of the Land of Hot Water.

In the name of the Land of Hot Water, they purchased chakra metal ore in large quantities, secretly transferring it to Ancor Vantian, continuously manufacturing flying ninja tools and training Sky Ninja, accumulating strength to make The Land of the Sky great again.

A ninja wearing The Land of the Sky headband appeared in the office of the president of Shūei Corporation and said, "Sir, all the chakra metal ore, soldier pills, and medical bandages purchased this time… have been arranged and transported into Ancor Vantian!"

The president of Shūei Corporation nodded: "Very good! We are one step closer to our goal!"

The Sky Ninja couldn't help but ask, "Sir, when can we stop hiding and go out of this Land of Hot Water to let the ninja world see the greatness of our Land of the Sky?"

"Soon, the glory that belongs to our Land of the Sky will come again!" The president of Shūei Corporation smiled, looked into the distance, and played with the Land of Hot Water specialty cigar in his hand, "We will launch an attack from the sky and completely bury Konoha!"

"The ultimate weapon inside Ancor Vantian has been basically repaired and can be used at any time. It's just that it lacks the energy source that can drive the ultimate weapon"

"When the ultimate weapon gets a matching energy source, it will be the moment for our Land of the Sky to achieve our goal and launch a devastating blow to Konoha!"

Mentioning this grand vision—even the president of Shūei Corporation, who had no military power, couldn't help but proudly puff out his chest and wave his fist excitedly.

The Land of Hot Water was a very wealthy small country.

In the circle of the president of Shūei Corporation—there were already many rich people from the Land of Hot Water who had gone to Konoha to spend money.

Just the dreamy enjoyment described in their words was enough to make the president of Shūei Corporation drool.

Konoha was full of gold. And soon, this gold would all belong to him!

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