“Cough, cough, you did the right thing.
If we continued fighting, we would definitely lose, and we would lose by the hands of our own people.”
Inside the Sunagakure hospital, the Second Kazekage Shamon, who had just woken up, said calmly to Yun Qing.
In the Second Shinobi World War, their Sunagakure had already grabbed enough this time, so withdrawing didn’t matter.
“Hehe, I thought you would blame me, blame me for not doing my best.”
Tilting his head, Yun Qing smiled.
“I wouldn’t.
Starting the war was my idea.
What’s more, if it weren’t for you, we would have lost even worse.”
As the successor to the First Kazekage, Shamon’s strength wasn’t considered strong; it could only be said to have reached the Kage level.
His real strength was in scientific research.
Sunagakure had no Kekkei Genkai clans.
Shamon relied on studying Shukaku’s power to obtain Magnet Release, and at the same time, significantly improved the research on Puppet Technique.
Shamon forcibly raised Sunagakure’s strength by a large margin.
Shamon, having such achievements, after leaving the battlefield and calming down, naturally figured out some things.
Why did Iwagakure’s main combat forces appear on the battlefield?
Why did three generations of Konoha—the old, middle-aged, and young—all appear in one place?
Why did Sunagakure’s supplies suddenly decrease?
The time these problems appeared was at the same stage: when Yun Qing single-handedly routed a thousand-man unit on the battlefield and suppressed Iwagakure’s vanguard forces by himself.
“Yes, if it weren’t for me, Sunagakure would have lost even worse.”
Yun Qing replied bluntly, giving Shamon dark lines on his face.
This kid really didn’t know how to chat.
Shamon was going crazy in his heart.
Looking up at the sky, Yun Qing thought about Sunagakure’s strength during this period in the original story, sighed inwardly, and could only say it was too miserable.
You couldn’t blame Sunagakure for being too jumpy; life was simply too hard.
“You should rest and heal your injuries well first.
Afterwards, we will still need you to continue contributing your strength.”
With a slight sigh, Yun Qing consoled.
“Understood.
Only by sitting in that position can one understand more things.”
Shamon didn’t tear at him, didn’t play hard to get, intending to pursue more power.
Places where people can fight for power and profit must be very peaceful, and the people highly confident in themselves.
Sunagakure was not.
Sunagakure’s impoverished life dictated that the people here didn’t have that much heart to fight for power and profit.
Everyone’s life was already hard enough.
If they went to fight for power and profit, how could they survive?
Therefore, Shamon agreed without a second thought.
He knew Yun Qing needed him.
Only by sitting in that position would one discover how many things they needed to do.
……
Still the same round table conference room.
The people and things hadn’t changed much, there were just a few more people.
“Come on, everyone speak up.
What should we do?
Now that the facts are laid bare in front of us.”
Yun Qing looked at the others with a smile, waiting for them to speak.
“I think we should repair our relationship with the Daimyo.
Our mission volume is too low right now; we simply can’t afford to feed so many ninjas.”
An elder said hesitantly, and seeing no one rebutting, continued: “Especially now that many frontline ninjas have retreated, and we have no way to settle them.”
“That’s right, Lord Kazekage, that’s what we mean too.”
Successively, many people spoke up.
Most people’s meaning was to repair the relationship with the Daimyo.
“Sunasuke, tell us what you think.”
Knowing it would be like this, Yun Qing sighed inwardly.
Receiving Yun Qing’s signal, Sunasuke stood straight up and said: “Lord Kazekage, in this war, our spoils are not small.
We don’t lack food, supplies, and money in the short term.
We absolutely must not compromise with the Daimyo.”
In the following time, the young ninjas and border ninjas represented by Sunasuke, and the older generation ninjas represented by the elder group, started a mutual roasting session.
Both sides stuck to their own arguments, and neither could convince the other.
“Lord Kazekage, you make the decision.”
Finally, both sides pointed their spearheads at Yun Qing.
“Alright, that’s enough for this matter.
When will this arguing ever end?
We are all people of the same village.
We just have different beliefs, but we are all for the good of the village.”
Yun Qing stood up, making an expression of bitter heartache.
“Let’s leave this matter at this for now and consider it later.
Let me first announce a few decisions.”
Without giving others time to react, Yun Qing continued: “First, establish a hospital, to be in charge by Elder Chiyo.
Second, establish a scientific research department, to be in charge by Lord Shamon.
Third, Sunasuke will be responsible for commanding all border ninjas.
Fourth, Elder Ebizo will have full authority to assist me in handling government affairs.
My lords, do you have any objections?”
Smiling, Yun Qing didn’t look threatening at all, but everyone present didn’t want to retort either.
Sunagakure only had those few big shots in total, and they all stood on your side.
How could we possibly retort?
Chiyo, Shamon, and Ebizo weren’t Sunasuke.
They dared to roast Sunasuke because Sunasuke was young.
Those three were thousand-year-old foxes; no one could play tricks with them.
…
“Truly ruthless, it seems you really don’t plan to reconcile with the Daimyo.”
On the Kazekage building, Shamon said with emotion.
“Reconcile?
How to reconcile?
Not only did he backstab us, but he also reduced our supplies, compressed our mission volume, and colluded with Konoha and Iwagakure.
Which one of these can be easily forgiven?
We now have money and supplies; we can develop on our own.”
Yun Qing chuckled, his tone full of disdain.
We possess supernatural abilities, we can easily destroy a country, why should we submit to ordinary people.
To tell the truth, Yun Qing was confident that if he lived in the Warring States period, he would definitely choose to establish a country dominated by ninjas, rather than cooperating with ordinary people to establish some one-country-one-village system, isolating the supernatural profession of ninjas and applying the law of the jungle.
“What about the Five Great Nations agreement?”
Shamon said in a deep voice.
“Rest assured, things like agreements are meant to be broken and invalidated.
As long as we operate properly and possess enough deterrent power, other ninja villages won’t care about us at all.
Maybe, they will even have to thank us for forging a brand new path for them.”
Yun Qing’s words rang in Shamon’s ears like thunder.
Shamon wasn’t a fool.
Having experienced the era of war, he profoundly knew how the one-country-one-village system came to be.
That was forged by Hashirama Senju through sheer strength.
If Hashirama Senju’s strength hadn’t been overly tough, those heroes who established ninja villages would have chosen to conquer the world.
“Be careful above all else.
I already have some clues on the thing you asked me to research; I will make it as soon as possible.”
After thinking about it, Shamon felt that Yun Qing’s approach wasn’t necessarily wrong.
As long as they were strong, nothing was a problem.
“Keep at it, Lord Shamon.
The era is created in our hands.
Only through diligence can we become rich.”
Looking up at the sky, Yun Qing tried hard to bewitch.