boyutpedia Chapter 238 The villages are racing against each other; even spitting blood won't stop them.
Chapter 238 The villages are racing against each other; even spitting blood won't stop them.
Jiraiya remained silent. He knew a little about the inside story and understood why the village was short of money.
It's not good to talk to Minato about it openly.
On the surface—
Sakushige Hatake is driving educational reform.
The police department has implemented 'production outsourcing'.
Orochimaru reformed the tax system and changed the main source of revenue.
The implementation of these three measures has had a significant impact on the village.
However, the situation changes when they are executed together.
The police department will delegate operations to trained ninjas, creating ample job opportunities.
Sakumo Hatake's education reforms resulted in the dismissal of a number of ninjas, the dismantling of an educational profit chain, and the creation of a large number of unemployed individuals.
The two parties hit it off immediately.
The unemployed are finding new opportunities and taking flight.
Orochimaru reformed the tax system, established a relationship between the reform and the village, and filled the last gap.
The village received its full income.
Jiraiya reviewed the tax accounts.
After a comprehensive set of reforms, the village's annual tax revenue is equivalent to the total amount of funding allocated by the daimyo over the past five years!
And you don't have to go around asking for favors or connections!
However... this enormous sum of money was poured into the bottomless pit created by the Sand Village battlefield.
Some of the supplies were sold to ninja clans at a discount in advance to offset the military needs of the Sunagakure battlefield.
Another portion was allocated as compensation to the injured or killed ninjas or their families.
Jiraiya scratched his head and said, "Not entirely. There are more opportunities outside the village, and the ninjas earn more."
Minato Namikaze: "According to the village rules, ninjas are not allowed to leave the village without permission. Is it okay to violate the village rules?"
Jiraiya's lips twitched as he fell into his memories, and he sighed, "In principle, ninjas are indeed not allowed to go out at will."
Only the principles have changed.
He recalled the 'beautiful sight' in the Hokage's office last month.
Hundreds of ninjas stood in neat rows, each holding a report requesting permission to leave the village for a mission, waiting for the Hokage's signature.
The old man did nothing all day.
They reviewed each ninja's application to leave the village.
Even he was conscripted and forced to work for half a day.
Jiraiya silently mourned, unaware of how many days the old man had persisted before relaxing the requirements for approving departures from the village.
The village's management system is increasingly failing to keep up with development.
“The rules are not necessarily set in stone,” Jiraiya said with difficulty.
He genuinely opposed the three major reform measures.
The ninja world can only achieve true peace through the Child of Prophecy.
These reforms are futile and will cause some villagers to lose their income.
However, Minato is very likely the child of prophecy.
He didn't want to interfere with Shuimen's thinking.
Worried that Minato Namikaze might ask even more troublesome questions, Jiraiya quickly began the teaching task.
Wind Release: Vacuum Blade!
Practiced for two and a half hours.
Jiraiya was even more surprised by Minato Namikaze's learning talent.
After a few hands-on lessons, I learned a completely new ninjutsu.
"Not bad, not bad, you've got a third of your former glory!"
"But there are ninjas even more talented than you!"
"That young police chief, and Orochimaru, though I hate to admit it, that Orochimaru guy is really..."
Just as Jiraiya was getting into his rant about Orochimaru, an ANBU member suddenly appeared, handed Jiraiya a scroll, and then vanished in an instant.
"The old man's orders?" Jiraiya took a step back and complained, "What's going on? I just finished a mission... Minato, sorry."
"It's alright, Jiraiya-sensei. The village's mission is more important."
Minato Namikaze threw out several shuriken and practiced chakra manipulation alone by the river.
Jiraiya opened the scroll, read the detailed information, and his expression changed from grim to horrified!
How could the village allow such a thing to happen!
Jiraiya leaped swiftly toward the Hokage's office.
...
Hiruzen Sarutobi asked, "Yuuki, what do you think of the plan to incorporate new ninjutsu into the ninja academy curriculum?"
Yuuki said, "The Hokage's plan is perfect, but isn't restarting the Wood Release experiment a bit too radical?"
Orochimaru stood to the side, silent.
Hiruzen Sarutobi explained, "Yuki, I bear the main responsibility for the theft of the Lightning Gathering Refining Method, and I must find a way to make up for the shortfall."
"The conditions for breaking through the Lightning Gathering and Refining Method are extremely demanding. If a Wood Release expert is born in the village, all the crises will surely be resolved!"
"I hope you and Orochimaru will conduct this experiment."
Without hesitation, Yuuki replied, "Wood Release can only deter a portion of the people in the four great ninja villages. Those ninjas who have witnessed the First Hokage's true strength may stop the war and fear the Wood Release ninjas."
"As time went by, the ninjas had fewer and fewer memories of Wood Release."
"The Wood Release technique is probably not very effective as a deterrent."
Old Deng, your reasoning is invalid.
They're just giving us a different excuse.
Orochimaru resisted the temptation and declined, saying, "The Wood Release plan involves live experiments, which is not suitable for the village's development."
Hiruzen Sarutobi found it absurd.
I'm getting old, really old.
He, a man who had hardly ever conducted live experiments, had been reduced to persuading two 'live experiment masters' to do experiments.
"Orochimaru, your chakra fixation plan, your ninjutsu marking plan..."
The door to the Hokage's office was suddenly pushed open.
"Old man, I strongly oppose restarting the Wood Release experiment!"
Jiraiya's eyes widened as he stared intently at Hiruzen Sarutobi, his expression conveying an air of "If you don't explain, I'll start fighting."
"How much damage did the Wood Release experiments actually cause? Isn't the lesson of Shimura Danzo enough?"
Jiraiya, representing the Hokage, joined forces with the police department to investigate the Root experimental base.
The tragedies within the experimental base are still vivid in my mind!
He didn't care about or could control the experiments being conducted in secret.
In today's scroll, the old man bluntly stated that he would put the Wood Release experiment on the table and make it a part of the village's planning!
Jiraiya said in a deep voice, "Wood Release cannot be replicated. Live experiments are a trampling on the Will of Fire. We have learned too many lessons!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi exhaled a puff of smoke and countered, "If a ninja uses ninjutsu to massacre a village, shouldn't the village learn its lesson and ban ninjas from using ninjutsu?"
Jiraiya retorted, "These are two different things. Banning all ninjas from using ninjutsu is impossible! Abandoning the Wood Release experiment is possible!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi raised his pipe and stood up: "The other four villages are constantly giving birth to new powerhouses who surpass the Kage level. If each of the four villages produces one, we will not be able to withstand it."
Jiraiya: "What if the Wood Release ninjas can't stop it?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi firmly stated, "Then let's research even stronger forbidden techniques and bloodstains!"
Orochimaru sighed, "What a pathetic war. Villages hold a running race, each giving their all to win, and they won't stop even if they vomit blood."
"Listen, even Orochimaru doesn't support it..."
"Don't misunderstand," Orochimaru interrupted. "I was just making a comment; I didn't mean to support you."
Yuuki: "The ninja world is objective and does not change according to the will of any particular ninja."
"Could it be that Jonin Jiraiya has a better way to win this match between the five great villages?"
Yuuki wasn't opposed to forbidden technique experiments; he just didn't want to study Wood Release.
That thing is probably meaningless and not very friendly to Tsunade.
The most powerful was Hashirama Senju. His Wood Release was so strong, which was likely related to the First Hokage's vast Ashura Chakra, Sage Chakra, and Yang Release Chakra.