“Hmph!
Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river.
Never bully a poor young man!”
“Today you look down on me.
Tomorrow, I’ll make sure you’re not worthy of even looking up to me!”
Uchiha Makoto furrowed his brows as he sat silently in his chair, his expression frighteningly gloomy.
He was extremely irritated right now.
And it wasn’t merely because his efforts to recruit shinobi clans weren’t going smoothly…
All right, it was completely because his efforts to recruit shinobi clans weren’t going smoothly.
After being repeatedly rejected by the major shinobi clans, Uchiha Makoto had finally begun to recognize this cruel reality.
Akatsuki Village was still far too weak.
It simply couldn’t attract those shinobi clans possessing secret techniques or Kekkei Genkai.
So he began lowering his sights and setting his targets on some of the obscure minor shinobi clans in the shinobi world.
In fact, these minor shinobi clans were the mainstream of shinobi families in the shinobi world.
The major clans possessing secret techniques and Kekkei Genkai were ultimately still a minority.
But who didn’t have dreams?
It was just that Uchiha Makoto’s dreams had been temporarily shattered.
Some minor shinobi clans showed tremendous interest in Akatsuki Village and had already tentatively sent people to settle in the village.
With their family strength, if they joined a major shinobi village, they wouldn’t even be considered important.
But if they joined a village like Akatsuki Village, they would become a mainstay…
Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix!
But…
There were also some minor shinobi clans that made Uchiha Makoto extremely angry.
These were small clans that would have difficulty even gathering one or two Jonin among their entire family, yet they actually looked down on him.
Rejecting him would have been fine!
But they even mocked him!
“Your Akatsuki Village thinks it’s worthy of talking about peace in the shinobi world…
What does peace in the shinobi world have to do with—”
I could wipe out your entire clan by myself!
Uchiha Makoto really wanted to charge into the homes of these ignorant minor shinobi clans alone and slaughter them all…
But…
He still managed to restrain himself.
At a time like this…
If he became enraged after being rejected by these clans and directly ran into their homes to kill people, once word of such a reputation spread, he wouldn’t be able to survive in the shinobi world anymore!
For now, he would endure it.
There would always be an opportunity to settle the score later…
Uchiha Makoto had already written down the names of those minor shinobi clans that had mocked him in his diary!
“Ah…
Starting a business is difficult…
If only I had money…”
“Then I could simply throw money at them.
Throw it hard, until they were completely dazed…
I’d directly offer fifty billion ryo as a settlement allowance!”
Uchiha Makoto sighed as he imagined what things would be like once he had money.
In terms of strength, his Akatsuki Village definitely couldn’t compete with Konoha and therefore couldn’t attract those major shinobi clans.
But if he had money…
Things would be different.
He could simply smash money at them until he bought himself some major shinobi clans.
After all, those major clans went to major shinobi villages like Konoha for a better life and a larger share of missions…
Which, when you boiled it down, was basically money!
“By my estimate, Kazuma and the others should have arrived at the capital of the Land of Fire by now…”
“I hope everything goes smoothly…
Once we fleece the money from this batch of suckers, so many problems can be solved…
Problems that can be solved with money aren’t problems!”
Uchiha Makoto muttered to himself before standing up from his chair and stretching.
Then he glanced toward Aqua…
She was dozing off.
“Aqua, don’t slack off!”
“You agreed to this last night at the banquet when you were drunk.
You promised to contribute your medical ninjutsu, as well as your experience with medical ninjutsu, to the village…
Don’t worry.
The village organization won’t forget your contribution.
From now on, you’ll be the nominal head of Akatsuki Village’s Medical Department.”
“Your name will become famous throughout the shinobi world alongside the strength of Akatsuki Village.
Perhaps in the future, people will even praise you as a goddess because of this achievement!”
Uchiha Makoto could dish out grand visions without even thinking.
“Amybede!
You’re cheating!
This is all my hard work!”
Aqua hugged Uchiha Makoto’s leg and cried like a complete mess.
Such an advanced ninjutsu as medical ninjutsu had just been tricked out of her hands by Uchiha Makoto.
But Uchiha Makoto didn’t feel the slightest bit of pity for her.
He grabbed her by the ear and dragged her back into her seat.
Right now.
Immediately.
Write a textbook called Three Years to Become a Medical Ninja, Five Years to Become a Medical Master!
That’s right!
While working on recruiting shinobi clans, Uchiha Makoto hadn’t forgotten to develop Aqua and Megumin, who had appeared because of the system.
Megumin’s inherited Explosion Magic was indeed incredibly powerful.
A single cast had power comparable to a Tailed Beast Bomb.
But because she was limited by her chakra reserves, Megumin could only cast it once.
Moreover, according to Megumin’s description, the requirements for learning Explosion Magic were extremely demanding.
No one in the Crimson Demon Clan had mastered this technique for a very long time.
It had been so long that the clan had practically given up on the technique.
But Megumin had abandoned the time she could have spent learning other ninjutsu and taijutsu and instead devoted an enormous amount of time to mastering Explosion Magic.
If he could implant a Tailed Beast inside Megumin…
Hmm…
With a Tailed Beast, Explosion Magic would seem somewhat redundant.
After all, a Tailed Beast could fire Tailed Beast Bombs on its own.
Besides Megumin, there was, of course, Aqua.
Although she had always acted like a useless freeloader who only knew how to eat and drink, she was still a goddess!
Don’t underestimate something just because it looks like a bean bun!
Aqua could use resurrection magic as casually as drinking water.
Even a heavily nerfed Aqua in the shinobi world would still be the equivalent of a Tsunade-plus when it came to medical ninjutsu.
It was just that without the physique of the Senju clan, she couldn’t become a violent healer like Tsunade who could both fight and heal.
But…
An Aqua specializing in medical ninjutsu alone would be enough to establish the future medical-ninja system of Akatsuki Village.
It was still too early to make detailed plans for all this, but…
In his previous life, Rabbit Country had already begun planning great projects such as the Two Bombs, One Satellite program and high-speed rail even when it was starting from a position of poverty and having almost nothing.
Thinking further into the future wasn’t a bad thing.
….
Capital of the Land of Fire.
Kazuma and Darkness traveled all the way to the capital of the Land of Fire.
After presenting their letter of introduction, a broad and portly attendant walked out through the palace gates to receive them.
The two were led into a reception hall and seated.
After some brief pleasantries, Kazuma explained the purpose of their visit and quietly took a thick red envelope from his robes and handed it over.
The King of Hell might be easy to deal with, but the minor demons were troublesome.
If something could be solved with money, then just use money to solve it.
Maintaining good relations with the attendants around the Daimyo was extremely important.
As everyone knew, the amount of personal power someone possessed was often closely related to how close they were to the person holding supreme authority…
A boss’s personal secretary often had more power than a manager.
Kazuma saw this very clearly.
This was how you spent a little money to accomplish something big!
“We’ve come this time on behalf of Akatsuki Village to discuss an important matter with the Daimyo.”
The attendant immediately narrowed his eyes into a smile, and his expression became even more enthusiastic.
“His Highness gave instructions long ago that if an envoy of Lord Makoto came to visit, he must be informed immediately.”
“Please wait here for a moment, Lord Kazuma.
His Highness will be here shortly.”