“So what?
Isn’t this very normal?
The Land of Rain has a large volume of water.
It’s perfectly normal for it to seep underground towards our side.”
Rasa indicated that he couldn’t understand his girlfriend’s thoughts; he felt this was very normal.
“It is very normal, yet also abnormal.
Once we rely on the Land of Rain’s water source for a long time, then we will be controlled by the Land of Rain.
Lord Kazekage is a man of great talent and bold vision; he won’t just let this go.”
Karura rolled her eyes at Rasa, looked left and right, and finding that no one was paying attention as everyone was measuring the volume of the underground water source, she whispered:
“I guess Lord Kazekage will definitely figure out a way to control the Land of Rain.
The most direct way is to directly conquer half of the Land of Rain.”
Rasa’s expression instantly changed.
After noticing that the people around were still measuring the underground water source and no one cared about them, he glared fiercely at Karura:
“Don’t speak nonsense.
We and the Land of Rain are friendly federations; we wouldn’t do such a thing.”
Though he said that, Karura still noticed the flash of panic in Rasa’s eyes.
She knew she had guessed right.
Such an important military matter would definitely be recorded among the higher-ups of the ninja army.
Rasa definitely knew something but couldn’t tell her.
“Little Rasa, this is an opportunity.
You must grasp it; it concerns the next Kazekage.”
Karura suddenly hugged Rasa and blew into his ear.
Before Rasa could react, she instantly cast the Sand Body Replacement Jutsu and quickly fled.
“Hahahaha.”
The surrounding Sand ninjas all looked mockingly at the red-faced Rasa.
They all knew about Rasa and Karura’s relationship.
In their eyes, the two were a match made in heaven.
One was a young girl from a large clan, bearing her family’s secret jutsu, and the other was a direct subordinate of the Kazekage, possessing Magnet Release.
Both were incredibly strong, far surpassing the rest of the younger generation.
Phew.
Rasa felt relieved after making sure no one overheard his conversation with Karura.
After all, their conversation just now contained Sunagakure’s plans for the next few years.
Among them, it even involved sending Kage-level individuals to their deaths.
At the port of the Land of Wind, squads of Sand ninjas guarded the area, maintaining order at the port.
“Finally back.
I didn’t feel it when going, but coming back I felt the agony of sailing on the sea.”
Ebizo stood at the bow of the ship, massaging his old arms and legs while complaining.
“Hehe, Lord Elder, you’re looking at it too lightly.
The busiest time is just beginning.”
A special Jonin clerk next to him chuckled softly.
Ebizo glared fiercely at him, quickly deflated, and said nothing.
Indeed, looking at these several large ships of the Uzumaki clan, and recalling the clash of auras on the island of the Land of Whirlpools he felt when leaving.
He knew the ninja world was going to be thrown into chaos again.
“Go, notify Uzumaki Akizawa and Uzumaki Honoo.
Tell them we are about to disembark and have them organize the children of the Uzumaki clan.
Our Sunagakure has already prepared people to receive them.”
Ebizo ordered, his gaze profoundly looking at the increasingly close port.
“Yes, Lord Elder.”
The young Sand ninja quickly went down to make preparations.
Just then, a patch of iron sand rose into the air, and Sunasuke led a group of Sand ninjas drifting directly toward the port.
As a big shot in the Sand ninja military, he needed to set up defenses in advance.
On another large ship.
“Honoo, from now on we have to rely on ourselves.
No matter how good-hearted the Sand ninjas are, we need to prove our own value.”
Uzumaki Akizawa looked at the clean, crisp port guarded by ninjas and spoke.
“Sunagakure’s medical ninjutsu is mainly based on pharmacology led by Chiyo.
Their sealing jutsu mainly comes from the One-Tail Shukaku.
The water source for their afforestation comes from the second chakra source cultivated by Jonin.”
Uzumaki Honoo, as a ninja capable of being an envoy to Konoha, indicated that although his name sounded hot-headed, he was a representative of erudition.
“Honoo, I’ve decided that from now on, our Uzumaki clan will primarily conquer medical ninjutsu.
My sealing jutsu can stop bleeding, the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura can sense patients, and our massive chakra allows us to operate continuously.
In the early stages, we can live by selling chakra, or directly sell Water Release ninjutsu to Sunagakure.”
Uzumaki Akizawa, as the leader between the two, quickly made a decision.
They hated war.
They wanted to integrate into Sunagakure and needed to have value.
In this way, the basic medical ninjutsu backed up from the First Hokage and Mito Uzumaki was their capital.
“Agreed.
However, I think we can give our clansmen the opportunity to choose for themselves; we should only advocate for it.
The Daimyo once said that if we want to live well, we need to abandon the clan system and turn the Uzumaki clan into individual small families.”
Uzumaki Honoo pondered for a moment, feeling that Akizawa’s choice was correct, but it had some flaws, so he added a bit.
“No problem, we’ll discuss as we go.
No one can be absolutely right.
However, thanks to the generosity of the First Hokage and Princess Mito.
And thanks again to our ancestors.”
Uzumaki Akizawa sighed with a smile.
Mito Uzumaki had once backed up a large amount of “research” materials for the Land of Whirlpools.
Although they weren’t of great use and their Uzumaki clan didn’t really like them, they just kept them as backups.
Now it was great; they could all be put to use.
The benefits of having ancestors connected to big shots became apparent.
Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki’s research on medical ninjutsu, even the parts they considered unimportant, were beyond the reach of others.
The importance of big shots can be seen by looking at the Five Great Ninja Villages.
After the Second Shinobi World War, everyone desperately researched medical ninjutsu, but in the end, which one could compare to Konoha?
First, there was the foundation left by Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki’s medical ninjutsu research.
Later, Tsunade in one breath pushed medical ninjutsu to the top tier.
Making it so other ninja villages couldn’t catch up no matter what they did.
Only the Sand ninjas, because they had a big shot who played with poison like Chiyo, relying on reverse engineering opposite attributes, barely managed to make Sunagakure’s medical ninjutsu catch up with Konoha.
And it was only barely.
The ninjutsu left in the bloodline by the Uzumaki clan’s ancestors had a broad enough applicability.
There were already people in their clan who researched medical ninjutsu.
Even without a top-tier big shot like Tsunade, it was enough for them to make a living.
“Sunagakure needs us, and we are the first batch to join them.
As long as we don’t go too far, they will be willing to yield a portion of the benefits.”
Uzumaki Honoo reminded tactfully.
They needed to exercise moderation in what they did, otherwise, they could easily be finished.
Previously, they were too carefree and conspicuous, which attracted Kirigakure’s attack and made other hidden villages sit back and watch the show.
“Exactly.
But we don’t need to be overly cautious either.
As long as we don’t touch matters of the power tier, they won’t care too much.
Sunagakure inherently doesn’t have excessively large ninja clans; it’s always been an elder system.
We just need to do as the Romans do.”
As someone who had followed behind Masahiko Uzumaki, under the influence of his surroundings, he knew a lot.