Humans are always like this, constantly repeating mistakes and never learning any lessons from the past.
Rather than suffering forever, it would be better for a savior to appear, cast a perfect jutsu to make the whole world curl up in an eternal dream, to enjoy endless beauty and happiness until the last moment of life.
Isn't illusory beauty much happier than the pain of real life?
Uchiha Madara thought to himself, his eyes staring blankly at Senju Hashirama, not knowing how to speak.
But Senju Hashirama didn't notice Uchiha Madara's gaze at all. His mind was completely captivated by the "adult" topic that Senju Tobirama was talking about.
Senju Tobirama talked to him about the development of Akatsuki Village over the years, as well as the recent development of Konoha. After making a comparison... he finally came to a sad conclusion—Akatsuki Village's development in some aspects has far surpassed Konoha's, and the gap between the two is still widening.
If Konoha doesn't make a change, there might be no chance in the future.
Senju Hashirama was amazed at his younger brother Tobirama's performance, a big question mark appearing above his head.
After all, Senju Tobirama's relationship with the Uchiha clan... it was not an easy thing for him to make a substantial change and learn from Uchiha Makoto's ninja village development strategy.
"Everything I do is for Konoha."
Senju Tobirama was really a bit numb, a bitter smile on his face.
He knew better than anyone the threat of Uchiha Makoto.
In the past, when ninjas fought wars, their purpose was simple: to do more missions.
But all the plans Uchiha Makoto was pushing were for the sake of seizing the country.
Encountering such an opponent that had never appeared in the ninja world before, in Senju Tobirama's view, the future of the ninja world would surely be one of collapsed rites and music.
But there were many things he couldn't say to his big brother, which was almost equivalent to Konoha giving up the use of military means against Akatsuki Village.
So up to now, most of Uchiha Makoto's whimsical plans could be easily completed—with money in one hand and a kunai in the other, what couldn't be done in the Land of Fire?
Combined with the gradually rising trend of public opinion in the Land of Fire, and Uchiha Makoto's skill in manipulating people's hearts...
Especially now that the two families were actually united by marriage.
Senju Tobirama couldn't even imagine what Konoha would be like in the future.
Right now, Akatsuki Village's economy was in a state of vibrant life and competitive progress, as if it had a cheat code, forcibly raising the living standards of the ninjas and ordinary people in the village. But Konoha's economy was left far behind by Akatsuki Village. It had all the muscle but was living a worse life than the ninjas of Akatsuki.
Although the communication between ninja villages was still in a state of stagnation.
So the vast majority of ninjas and ordinary people in Konoha had not yet realized this.
But this situation would surely be changed by the mission exchanges between ninjas, the public opinion in the Land of Fire, and organizations like the Six Kage Summit.
If this continues, the information blockade between ninja villages will only become smaller and smaller.
When the Konoha ninjas suddenly "awaken" and realize this problem, there will be a big problem.
The two villages are allies in the first place, and Uchiha Makoto seems to be pushing for some kind of visa policy, giving Konoha ninjas the green light... Konoha also has the Uchiha clan as an inside agent, and after the marriage, Akatsuki Village's side also has a righteous name... Once something happens in Konoha, Akatsuki Village can immediately find an excuse to unite Konoha—Konoha ninjas welcome the Lord Light Shadow's royal army to bring order out of chaos!
Although Senju Tobirama was not at all opposed to unification, it had to be on the basis of Konoha uniting Akatsuki Village—he couldn't just let the foundation he had worked so hard to build all be for the benefit of Uchiha Makoto!
At that time, who would be the chaos and who would be the order?
It would be a complete reversal of heaven and earth!
Senju Tobirama was really afraid that he would see such a thing in his lifetime.
—As everyone knows, the First Hokage's elbow bends outwards.
And how could such a thing be allowed!
If Konoha continues to be slow and doesn't make a change, it's doomed!
"As expected of Tobirama. Don't worry, I will definitely support you with all my might."
Then, Senju Hashirama, while marveling at his younger brother's change, patted his shoulder and said.
As the leader of Konoha, even if he didn't manage affairs, he knew that he had to bear the responsibility of the Hokage. His younger brother was leading the charge for Konoha... then it was nothing for him to bear some of the pressure for him.
At the same time, he also developed a strong curiosity about Akatsuki Village and planned to find some time to go there and see the world.
"Mm... I only have some ideas in my mind at the moment. I'll organize them recently. Big brother, we'll talk in detail then."
Senju Tobirama nodded. As long as his big brother was willing to support him, the internal affairs of Konoha would be much easier to handle.
At worst, he would just flip the chessboard and dispatch Konoha's airborne troops!
"By the way, since the matter with Uchiha Makoto has been resolved, we can proceed with the plan to capture the Two-Tails."
"It's a good opportunity to test the ultimate technique I've been practicing with Madara."
"Madara, what are you spacing out for..."
"Oh~ Hashirama, I was thinking about the future of the ninja world."
...........
While Konoha was preparing a series of plans.
Uchiha Makoto was not idle in Akatsuki Village. The village's official duties were becoming more and more numerous, forcing him to create another clone to maintain the daily operations of the village.
But fortunately, all this hard work was meaningful.
The currency issuance that Uchiha Makoto attached great importance to was gradually getting on the right track. The village's ninjas and villagers, out of trust in Akatsuki Village's credibility, deposited their silver into the bank and exchanged it for paper money printed with Uchiha Makoto's portrait.
Putting aside the drawback of currency devaluation into waste paper, the benefits of paper money for economic circulation were self-evident.
The paper money issued by Akatsuki Village was already in daily circulation for settlement within the village.
The feedback so far was good, and there had been no problems.
If things go smoothly, Uchiha Makoto plans to have the Uchiha clan in Konoha help, and open an Akatsuki Bank in Konoha by the end of the year.
After all, the ninja world has never taught financial knowledge. In this era, let alone small countries, even in the great nations, such professionals are relatively rare. Taking advantage of the great opportunity of this era when the Konoha higher-ups are completely unguarded against finance, he must seize the monetary sovereignty of Konoha as soon as possible.
If this is done, Konoha will really be working for Akatsuki Village in the future.
"The Akatsuki Bank, the currency issuance... I can finally breathe a sigh of relief on these matters. But... where the hell did Kakuzu go."
"I must share some of the pressure."
Uchiha Makoto looked at the intelligence report in his hand.
Akatsuki Village still hadn't found Kakuzu's exact whereabouts.
Considering the heavy pressure on himself, there was no other way. Uchiha Makoto could only continue to increase the manpower and resources for the search... The ninja world was ultimately too big. If a Kage-level master really wanted to hide and play hide-and-seek, it was definitely not an easy task to find him.
But...
If he can't be found in a month, then two months, three months, half a year, a year... he'll be caught eventually!!
And then he'll be locked up in a little black room to work!
Uchiha Makoto thought viciously, then turned his attention to another matter—the construction of the fertilizer plant.
If a ninja village wants to get involved in agriculture, it must be fully prepared.
Food has always been the most important thing, especially in this ninja world with a backdrop of war and chaos. Food is even more of a hard currency. Once an industrial product that can greatly increase food production appears, it will surely cause a huge uproar.
This will be a revolution.
Advanced productivity will inevitably eliminate backward productivity.
So even the nobles who were usually at odds with Akatsuki Village would have to personally visit for the sake of profit, which gave Uchiha Makoto a lot of room to maneuver.
He could use this to establish an agricultural association.
Simply put, it is to use advanced productivity as bait, to win over a group of big landlords and grain merchants to eliminate dissidents, to interfere in the price of agricultural products in the Land of Fire. With advanced productivity, one can completely fight a price war, forcing a large number of opposing parties who are unwilling to cooperate with Akatsuki Village to their deaths. Akatsuki Village doesn't even need to take the blame, and can happily accept a large amount of land from it.
Ultimately, indirectly controlling the lifeline of the Land of Fire's grain.
The plan does sound a bit fantastic—to make the domestic nobles kill each other, stab each other until blood flows like a river, and finally let Akatsuki Village pick up the pieces.
But in practice, Uchiha Makoto felt that the chances of this plan succeeding were very high.
With profit at the forefront, harming the public for private gain, the nobles of the Land of Fire should be very skilled at this kind of thing, and perhaps they would be even more ruthless to their own people than Uchiha Makoto imagined.
Thus, Uchiha Makoto personally wrote a few letters, then summoned the ANBU ninjas and had them take the letters to some of the big shots in the Land of Fire.
This was a major matter.
These things had to be discussed in person by both sides.
After handling a pile of things, Uchiha Makoto finally had some time to relax.
But he didn't rest for long.
Uzumaki Shinji, who had received Uchiha Makoto's letter earlier and had rushed here by boat overnight, appeared in Uchiha Makoto's Lord Light Shadow office.
"Shinji, you're finally here. I've been waiting for you for a long time."
"Sorry, the boat trip did delay me for a few days."
"This time, we really need the sealing masters of your Uzumaki clan to take action. Some things can't be explained clearly in a letter and have to be discussed face to face. Akatsuki Village needs a large-scale sealing technique to seal the Tailed Beasts... so I'll be counting on you during this time."
After pouring a cup of water for Uzumaki Shinji, Uchiha Makoto got straight to the point.
It wouldn't be long before they started capturing the Tailed Beasts, and as for the Tailed Beasts... Akatsuki Village was determined to get them.
According to the initial plan, these nine Tailed Beasts were all to be distributed.
The six great ninja villages would all get a piece of the pie.
Sunagakure would probably, as in the original story, choose not to take a Tailed Beast since they already had the One-Tail, and instead ask for land and funds to enrich their village's foundation.
In that case, it would be five ninja villages dividing eight Tailed Beasts.
If Akatsuki Village couldn't get the Nine-Tails, it would have to strive for the Eight-Tails or the Seven-Tails, which had a large number of tails, and maybe grab a Two-Tails or a Three-Tails as well. Getting two Tailed Beasts would be about right.
For the Tailed Beasts, the most traditional method is to implement the Jinchuriki plan.
This method is very cruel for the Tailed Beasts. As intelligent creatures, no one would want to be imprisoned and used as a weapon.
But there's no other way... humans are just bad!
So Uchiha Makoto very smoothly added the Jinchuriki plan to Akatsuki Village's plans.
As for the choice of Jinchuriki, Uzumaki Shinji patted his chest. The Uzumaki clan would choose a suitable candidate to support Akatsuki Village.
"Shinji, while implementing the Jinchuriki plan... actually, this is just a backup plan. I still hope you can bring the sealing masters of the Uzumaki clan to participate in the construction of Akatsuki Village's chakra center."
"The Tailed Beasts are not important, what's important is their chakra. I need an ultra-large-scale sealing technique to imprison the Tailed Beasts within it, constantly extracting their chakra. It would be best to calculate the recovery speed of the Tailed Beasts' chakra, to keep them in a weakened state, and just keep extracting their chakra continuously... The Akatsuki Village's power grid project needs it..."
Uchiha Makoto, like a rude client, made extremely demanding requests to Uzumaki Shinji.
There was no other way.
Humanoid weapons like Jinchuriki have too many drawbacks.
Under normal circumstances, a Tailed Beast Jinchuriki is only good for clearing out mobs. Against a master, they seem rather useless.
Except for a few Jinchuriki who can reconcile with their Tailed Beasts and become perfect Jinchuriki, gaining stable combat power, in most cases, Jinchuriki are unstable factors within the village. From time to time, their minds will be affected by the Tailed Beast's massive chakra, ultimately leading to a rampage and causing a large amount of damage to the village.
Akatsuki Village was not yet so desperate as to need one or two Jinchuriki to influence the tide of battle.
In that case, it would be better to just use the Tailed Beasts as a source of chakra from the beginning—constantly extracting their chakra to keep them in a weakened state, so they can't rampage, and the utilization rate of the Tailed Beasts can also be maximized.
It's just that the method is a bit hellish.
For the sake of humanity's sea of stars, the Sage of Six Paths will understand... probably.
"Then this is not a sealing technique that can be completed overnight."
"It will definitely require a large amount of manpower and resources to complete such a large-scale sealing technique, and... isn't it... hmm... a bit inhumane."
"But they are Tailed Beasts... not people. Don't worry, I am very fair. Everyone will have this kind of treatment in the future."
"That's what you call fair."
Uchiha Makoto smiled.
When Senju Tobirama develops the Reanimation Jutsu, he must get his hands on it by any means.
It is said... that the chakra of a reanimated ninja is infinite.
This is of course very illogical.
As everyone knows, chakra does not appear out of thin air.
Otherwise, Otsutsuki Kaguya would not have been so crazy for chakra, so crazy that she was sealed by her two rebellious sons.
But since this jutsu is set up this way, it must have its unique features, so... the method of reversing the electric meter is not impossible.
It's worth a try. In any case, there's nothing to lose.
"???"
Uzumaki Shinji frowned and then fell silent.
He didn't know what kind of treatment Uchiha Makoto was talking about, what exactly was fair.
But... it probably wasn't good.
So Uzumaki Shinji felt that it was best not to continue discussing this issue for now.
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