Nagase heard the conversation between the third generation and the advisors, but he didn't care.
No matter what Mitomon En and Utatane Koharu thought, they could not stop his reforms. Whether it was fame or strength, they were all crushed by Nagase.
The only thing they may have over Nagase is age and experience.
If it weren't for the fact that these two advisors, although they had always disagreed with him politically, would not have done something like Danzo, he would have let them retire with dignity long ago. If they didn't want to retire with dignity, Nagase would help them do so.
Nagase can allow someone to win by following him, but he doesn't want to see himself working hard to improve the prosperity of Konoha, only to see his own people inside endanger Konoha for the sake of power.
After attending the opening ceremony, Nagase went to Orochimaru's research base.
Orochimaru, who already had strong research capabilities, was given an even greater advantage after obtaining the Surgery Fruit.
The ability of the Operation Fruit is very magical. It can create a spherical or hemispherical space. Anything can be cut, exchanged, and spliced at will within the space. It can even exchange two minds to achieve the effect of soul exchange. The life cut off by the ability user with a knife will not die, and there will not even be bleeding, and it will still be alive.
There is also a legend in the world of One Piece that if the surgery fruit is developed to a certain level, it can perform an anti-aging surgery, allowing people to have endless lifespans. The price is the death of the person performing the surgery.
Of course, Orochimaru certainly didn't know the legends of the One Piece world, but the magical convenience of the Ope Ope Fruit was indeed very useful when he was doing research, and it also gave him some new inspiration.
"The Sharingan is a manifestation of spiritual power. If we use the power of the Surgery Fruit to exchange the souls of an Uchiha ninja who has already opened his Mangekyō Sharingan with an Uchiha ninja who has not yet opened his eyes, would it be possible for the Uchiha ninja who has not yet opened his eyes to directly open his Mangekyō Sharingan?" Orochimaru expressed his imagination.
Opening the Mangekyō is not an easy task. It not only depends on one's own talent, but also requires tremendous emotional support. If Uchiha can mass-produce the Mangekyō, Konoha's strength will be greatly enhanced. This has always been an important research topic for Orochimaru.
In fact, in a sense, there is now a relatively simple way to open the Mangekyō Sharingan. Orochimaru's Mangekyō Sharingan was obtained through that plan.
However, that plan was not only extremely inhumane to implement, but also very costly. It was not suitable to be used directly on the Uchiha clan. It was only suitable for him to get one or two pairs for research.
"Your idea is very bold, but it should not be that easy to open the Mangekyo. But if you just open the Sharingan, there is great hope." Nagase said after thinking for a while.
"If you just open the ordinary Sharingan, it won't be of much value." Orochimaru shook his head.
It is not difficult to open the ordinary Sharingan in Orochimaru's eyes. Any Uchiha with a little talent will open the Sharingan sooner or later.
"It's worth a try. I will arrange the candidate." Nagase said.
In fact, Nagase feels that if he wants to solve the problem of Sharingan, he may have to study Otsutsuki.
The Sharingan is because the Uchiha people have the blood of the Otsutsuki clan flowing in their bodies, and the people of the Otsutsuki clan are born with the powerful Samsara Eye that the Uchiha clan will never be able to possess even if they die.
If we can get some Otsutsuki cells to study, maybe the problem with the Mangekyo will no longer be a problem, and we may even find a whole new way to advance to the Rinnegan.
As Nagase thought about it, he felt that he was a little bit arrogant. He used to hope that the Otsutsuki would not come, but now he actually thought that it would be great if there was an ordinary Otsutsuki in the ninja world, so that he could get some Otsutsuki cells for research.
"By the way, are there any breakthroughs in chakra technology?" Nagase asked.
Nagase felt that chakra technology would be the way out for the ninja world, and he spared no effort in developing chakra technology. Not only did he set up a special laboratory to study it, he also did not let Orochimaru go.
Anyway, this is the only hobby Orochimaru has, so those who are capable should do more work.
"There haven't been any major breakthroughs, but it should be much better than the other four nations, except for Chakra Technology," Orochimaru said.
As an excellent researcher, although Orochimaru focuses on biotechnology, he is also good in other aspects. He keenly perceives the great development prospects of chakra technology and also gets involved.
In fact, the idea of chakra plus technology did not come up when Chakra Technology Company was established. This idea has existed before. There are always people who come up with all kinds of novel ideas.
It’s just that before the emergence of Chakra Technology Company, everyone could only use their imaginations but could not realize it.
Yongze nodded. He thought it was reasonable that they could not surpass Chakra Technology Company. Yongze had already determined that there must be something wrong with this company. There might be aliens in it. It was unrealistic to want to surpass them.
I just don't know why this alien would be so kind as to help the ninja world climb the technological tree, or whether this method of chakra technology is tailor-made for the ninja world.
If at that time this company plans to do something stupid like destroying the world or dominating the world, Nagaze will leave them with an intact body and let them go with dignity in consideration of their help in climbing the technology tree.
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With the support of Chakra Technology Company, the Akatsuki organization, which was already developing rapidly, became even more powerful and developed even faster.
Not only did he arm the small ninja village he created with scientific ninja tools, he also used the strength of the Chakra Technology Company to develop the small ninja village faster.
In just half a year, the Akatsuki organization successfully established two new ninja villages in the Land of Waves and the Land of Sea, and also united small ninja villages such as the Takigakure and the Star Village, preparing for a big wave.
When Nagato learned that there were so-called "Star Shadows" in the Star Ninja Village, he couldn't help but want to laugh. What kind of optimism is this
In the ninja world, only the leaders of the five major ninja villages of the five major countries are qualified to be called Kage. How can you, a small country or a small ninja village, create a Kage for your own amusement
However, this also shows that the Star Ninja has great ambitions, which makes Nagato feel a little more at ease.
Not all small ninja villages have the same ambition as the Grass Ninja to overthrow the five major ninja villages and become a large ninja village themselves.
In fact, most of the leaders of small ninja villages do not have the courage to have such ambitions.
However, Nagato is proficient in physical persuasion, and if the leader still doesn't understand his good intentions after Wanxiang Tianyin and Shinra Tensei's combined punches, then he will have to change a leader.
Although the five major ninja villages all felt that the small ninja villages posed no threat, the establishment of so many small ninja villages in a short period of time still aroused the curiosity of a certain big country, that is, the Land of Earth.
Ōnoki is an extremely cautious person. Even though he masters a powerful bloodline elimination technique like Dust Release, Ōnoki rarely takes risks. Most of the time, he uses his brain and plans.
In just two short years, small ninja villages such as the Light Village, Frost Village, Wave Village, and Sea Village have all emerged. This is not the early days of the Ninja Village Era, so there are not so many new ninja villages. Those who have the ability to establish a ninja village should have established one long ago.
If there was only one, Ohnoki could still regard him as a special case, an exception, but with so many small ninja villages, there must be special reasons.
So Ohnoki sent people to explore the newly established small ninja villages and small countries, and to check the situation in those ninja villages.
You wouldn't know until you check. Once you check, you will find the problem. The process of establishing those small ninja villages is so similar. In all of them, a folk master suddenly appears, and then the ministers recommend him to the daimyo. Then all kinds of outrageous operations occur in those small ninja villages.
Even an experienced person like Ohnoki knew at the first sight of the intelligence that there was definitely a force behind this.
Although they were just some small ninja villages, Ohnoki also sensed a hint of crisis. Being cautious and decisive, he directly launched a heavy attack on the Bird Country that bordered him.
Those small countries like Frost Country, Field Country and Wave Country do not border him, so Ohnoki sent troops across the border to attack them because he was greedy. It would have been better to attack a small bordering country to test the waters.
The reason for the action was very simple. They suspected that the newly established Bird Village in the Bird Country was hiding weapons of mass destruction that could endanger the peace of the ninja world.
They, the Land of Earth, took action to defend the peace of the ninja world and are the messengers of justice.
Of course, the main reason is that the Bird Country has not signed a peace treaty with their Earth Country. That is a matter between the five major countries.
In the minds of most of the top leaders of the five major ninja villages, as long as there is no war among the five major ninja villages, there is no war.
Even though the target was a newly established small ninja village, the cautious Ōnoki paid enough attention to the other party and dispatched 1,100 Iwagakure warriors, led by a top-notch jonin among the Iwagakure.
However, the final result was far beyond Ohnoki's imagination, because the Bird Ninja really had the ability to cause large-scale destruction.
When Iwagakure attacked the Land of Birds, Konan and Kaku happened to be there.
Although the Iwagakure jonin are not weak, they are no match for the powerful Konan and Kakuzu, not to mention that the Bird ninja with scientific ninja tools is not completely useless.
The Iwagakure troops were defeated, and a large number of Iwagakure ninjas were left behind. Those who successfully escaped fled back to the Land of Earth and brought back the news of the defeat.
"What!" Ohnoki slammed the table, staring at the Iwagakure jonin in front of him, and questioned: "A ninja army of more than a thousand people couldn't even take down a newly established small ninja village. They were defeated and returned. Do you know what you are talking about?"
Under Ohnoki's pressure, the Iwagakure Jonin couldn't help but tremble.
Although Ohnoki looks funny, is short and has a strange nose, when he gets really angry, he has the terrifying aura of a top-level Kage.
"Lord Tsuchikage, the strength of the Bird Ninja is much stronger than we expected, and he has the help of two unknown strong men. We are no longer able to defeat him." The Iwagakure Jonin told the truth.
"The strength of those two unknown strong men is too strong. Even if all the jonin in the army come together, they can't stop them."
Even though it was embarrassing to tell the truth, the Iwagakure jonin no longer cared about whether it was embarrassing or not, as the Bird ninja had already become a danger to the Iwagakure.
Ohnoki frowned. He didn't expect that even though he took it so seriously, he still failed.
"Be prepared to regroup the troops. I will lead the team myself this time," said Ohnoki.
Now that the war has begun, Ōnoki is not prepared to get too entangled with the Torinogu Village and wants to take action personally to eliminate the threat.
"Send the intelligence we have previously collected to the other four major ninja villages." Ohnoki said, suddenly remembering something.
If all those newly-born ninja villages had the same strength as the Bird Village, then he alone in the Land of Earth might have a hard time handling it.
So Ohnoki planned to drag the other four major ninja villages into it as well.
From Ohnoki's perspective, although the five major ninja villages have their own grudges, they are currently standing together and have common interests. They should work together to find out the power hidden in the dark and solve it in order to maintain their rule.
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Ōnoki is trying to find a way to deal with the Torinogu Village and the Akatsuki organization, while Nagato is also thinking for a while and preparing to take formal action to launch a heavy blow against the five major countries.
The Bird Country incident was not deliberately arranged by Nagato. The Akatsuki organization is now too large and Nagato cannot eliminate every spy.
When Nagato learned the news about the Land of Birds, it was Konan Kakudo who contacted him after he had already won.
"There's no need to hide anymore, we can stand out now." Nagato said decisively.
During these years, small ninja villages without countries have established small ninja villages, and those that already have small ninja villages have been united by him. Except for some countries that have very little ninja power, Nagato has almost integrated the power of the small ninja villages.
All it takes is a suitable reason to form an alliance of small country ninja villages and attack the five large ninja villages that have committed heinous crimes.
The Land of Earth attacking the Land of Birds is a good reason.
Look how hateful these big countries are. They talk about building a peaceful ninja world, but they don’t treat the ninja villages of small countries as human beings at all and attack them whenever they want.
Although the time has come to form an alliance, Nagato is not prepared to do so.
He ordered the ninjas of the Rain Village to rush to the Land of Birds to fight the Rock Ninjas, and then led the Grass Ninjas and the Light Ninjas to attack the Land of Earth.
He wanted to form an alliance when the Land of Earth was defeated and the entire ninja world was shocked by the power of the small ninja village, so that this newly formed alliance would gain terrifying power in an instant. This would be the best time.
After the alliance is established, it will be a complete declaration of war on the big powers, and then use powerful military force to defeat the big powers and achieve the final victory.
"Yahiko, true peace will soon come thanks to the efforts of our Akatsuki organization." Before leaving, Nagato stretched out his hand and looked at it. At this moment he was using the body of Tendo Pain, that is, Yahiko's body.
In this meaningful first battle, Nagato does not plan to fight with his own body, but with Yahiko's body.
Although Ōnoki is a well-known strong man, Nagato does not take him seriously. The only person in the entire ninja world who makes Nagato feel threatened is Fujiwara no Nagase of Konoha.
So in Nagato's plan, Konoha must be the last to take action.