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  “Madam, please put your clothes on, roll your tongue ba, tuck away yhtning pouch, and tie up your hair! Don't try to tempt this official.”

  “Denied.”

  “.”

  “Approved. Pay the…”

  Gojo Kaigetsu distributed the Konoha Green Cards at an astonishing speed.

  He carefully selected elites among the Land of Water refugees.

  Skilled workers, wealthy merts, and seemingly ordinary civilian ninja… These individuals, who paid a hefty price to obtain Green Cards and join Konoha, quickly ied into the vilge, being nutrients for the roots, f the growth of new leaves.

  It was a new era led by Gojo Kaigetsu, imbuing the Will of Fire with a fresh meaning.

  Standing at the entrance, Asuma Sarutobi watched the accumuting funds with astonishment.

  Befojo-sama arrived, the Land of Water refugees hadn’t shown muthusiasm for joining Konoha; some eveed the idea. The prevailiiment was to wait for the turmoil to subside before returning to their homend.

  Why the sudden ge of heart?

  To put it bluntly, was Konoha truly that great? Were these wealthy merts willing to empty their coffers, skilled workers signing ten-year low-wage tracts, and civilian ninja signing mission tracts… all for a Konoha Green Card?

  Sometimes, Asuma felt like the shinobi world had gone mad. He couldn’t prehend the mi of these Land of Water defectors.

  Of course, Gojo Kaigetsu wasn’t just accepting any ninja. He rejected a siderable number ees, Those denied were advised to turn right aowards the Kumogakure outpost.

  Outside the tent, thousands ees still awaited their Green Card applications.

  Based h estimates, in just oernoon, Gojo Kaigetsu had extracted over a hundred million ryō in cash from the Land of Water refugees through the Green Card policy.

  The logistics Genied that their ste scrolls were almost full.

  “That’s a !” Gojo Kaigetsu handed out the st Green Card, deg the day’s work officially over. “Unfortunately, not a single ninja from a Kekkei Genkai family. Kirigakure sure keeps a tight leash on them.”

  He stretched nguidly and instructed, “Asuma, Raidō, set up two more tents tomorrow and hahe Green Card applications the same way I did.”

  “We ’t keep this up for long. Kirigakure’s civil war will soon be quelled. They’ll definitely e looking for their people then~”

  “This, you see, is called ‘vilge resource drain.’ It’s a serious problem.”

  “And with their own ninja defeg, we ’t easily refute their cims of searg for lost soldiers.”

  “So, we o act fast and suck as much blood as possible before Kirigakure reacts.”

  After an afternoon of hands-on teag, Gojo Kaigetsu, now a hands-off manager, slipped out the back door with the Uchiha trio and headed towards the seaside.

  It was his first time fag the vast o of the shinobi world.

  He poiowards the horizon and asked, “Shisui, Itachi, Izumi, let’s test your knowledge. What do you think lies beyond the sea?”

  “Kirigakure,” Shisui Uchiha answered holy after a moment of thought.

  Itachi followed with, “Enemies.”

  Izumi Uchiha, having had her two answers preempted by her brothers, was momentarily speechless.

  Gojo Kaigetsu didn’t mind and said leisurely, “It’s a good thing Kirigakure doesn’t have walls, or that would be scary.”

  “I know this one! I’ve heard from the elders that our Konoha has retively few Lightning Release users. If Kirigakure were to build walls around their vilge usih Release, it would greatly hinder Konoha’s offensive capabilities.”

  “But, Izumi… Kirigakure has very few Earth Release users. It’s rare to see them otlefield,” Itachi Uchiha tered, his own insight.

  The two five-year-old Uchihas simply had turgitate the knowledge instilled by their elders, but eight-year-old Shisui had more to sider.

  “Perhaps the walls Gojo-sama refers to are the Land of Water people who were scrambling for our Konoha Green Cards this afternoon.”

  “If they have walls in their hearts, harb reservations towards Konoha, we wouldn’t have achieved such results.”

  ‘…Are you doing reading prehension here?’

  Gojo Kaigetsu unceremoniously pced his rge hand on Shisui’s head, ruffling his hair pyfully.

  “In my homend, the Land of Flowers, there’s a tale that’s been passed down-”

  “Legend has it that long ago, in the super-a shinobi world, ninjas possessed power far surpassing what we see today.”

  “The people of the Land of Water inally lived on the mainnd. After losing a war against reat nations, they were exiled overseas.”

  “Using his ninjutsu, he erected walls fifty meters high around the Land of Water, sealing it off pletely. He then used a forbidden jutsu to seal all the Land of Water ninjas within the walls.”

  “He issued a warning to the four nations on the mainnd: If one day, ninjas from the mainnd ihe Land of Water, his desdants would break the seal on the walls, releasing all the Land of Water ninjas sealed by the forbidden jutsu, and they would ftteire shinobi world…”

  “Later, the military might of the nation densed into a hidden vilge. This is Kirigakure’s decration of the R Earth, their st resort.”

  Gojo Kaigetsu’s voice was deep and filled with reminisce, as if he had truly withat distant, super-a shinobi world.

  The three children were captivated.

  “But Kirigakure and the Land of Water have no walls. This is clearly doted in our Konoha databooks.”

  “That’s why it’s just a story! It’s from the ndlocked Land of Flowers, after all. People who haven’t seen the sea tend to e up with imaginative tales about it.”

  “But this reminds me-” Gojo Kaigetsu’s tourned serious. “Kirigakure, the Land of Water’s geographical location… no matter how you look at it, it’s a pce Konoha must eventually quer.”

  He the on to utter terms like “backyard resort,” “y,” “Bck Ships,” and “strategic depth,” leaving the three children utterly bewildered.

  “To all citizens of the Land of Water: I am Gojo Kaigetsu, advisor to the Hokage, speaking to all citizens of the Land of Water through the Will of Fire… My goal is to protect the vilgers of Konoha.

  “However, the entire shinobi world yearns for the annihition of Konoha’s ninjas. Through long years, hatred has festered, not just towards this vilge… Expel them all!”

  The Uchiha trio exged gheir eyes seemingly asking: Is Gojo-sama… always like this?

  Why did he seem even more unhihan their own Uchiha ninjas?

  Gojo Kaigetsu flipped over, sitting up from the ground. “Alright, enough jokes. Before we left, I promised Fugaku-san that I would guide your training. Let me see your limits first.”

  “Let’s py a game!”

  Izumi Uchiha, still a child at heart, despite her maturity, was instantly drawn to the wame.” “Gojo-sama, what kind of game?”

  “A game of… kunai snatg.”

  Gojo Kaigetsu, struck by a sudden impulse, pulled out his Flying Thunder God Kunai and brandished it before the three children.

  “Within three minutes, you use any… only Taijutsu. If you mao snatch this kunai from me, you win.”

  Kunai snatg?

  Shisui, the oldest of the three, was familiar with this. As the most promising youngster of the Uchiha , he had received elite training from a young age.

  He khis was likely a variation of bell snatg, desigo foster teamwork and coordination.

  ‘Does Gojo-sama… truly io train us as his guards, rather than disbanding us after this mission?’

  Itachi didn’t overthink it. He instinctively touched his eyes, feeling that this petition seemed a bit unfair.

  Well… unfair to Gojo-sama.

  Perhaps he wasn’t aware that both he and Shisui-nii were already Sharingan users with oomoe, and Izumi was a highly talented individual within the .

  The three exged gnces and, with unspoken uanding, dispersed, surrounding Gojo Kaigetsu and searg for an opening.

  Itachi’s eyes revealed deep bewilderment. From a ninja’s perspective, Gojo-sama was exposing far too many weaknesses.

  ‘As expected, just an ordinary in.’

  ‘And without using in-level chakra, his Taijutsu alone is uo be a match for us.’

  Gojo Kaigetsu pced one hand on his hip, nontly spinning the Flying Thunder God Kunai around his index finger with the other.

  This was his first time actively attempting to ter an attack from other ninjas, testing the limits of his Infinity teique.

  While Gojo Kaigetsu was momentarily distracted, the tri into a. Their movements were coordiargeting the kunai on his thumb.

  ‘Got it!’

  Shisui’s heart leaped with joy. From his perspective, the kunai was within reach. All he o do was flick it outwards, and it would fall to the ground.

  However, that seemingly short distance felt like an insurmountable barrier, firmly keeping him at bay.

  No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t breach that final inch of space.

  stantly approag, yet never able to touch.

  ‘Huh? Strange, why ’t I touch it? Am I under a Genjutsu?’

  Itachi sensed something was amiss and instinctively looked up.

  He saw Gojo Kaigetsu had already distanced himself from them, a pyful smirk on his lips.

  ‘When did he…? He was right in front of us a moment ago!’

  Itachi recalled his father’s assessment of Gojo Kaigetsu: His talent as a ninja is unremarkable, all his potential is focused on intelligence.

  But the current bizarre situation made Itachi realize…

  Gojo-sama wasn’t just an ordinary in as the rumors suggested. At least judging by this Genjutsu, which he hadn’t even noticed being cast, he was definitely not an ordinary in. He was at least a Special Jonin.

  Shisui also came to his own clusion.

  Gojo-sama…

  “He’s been hiding his true strength!”

  “I Am the Stro!”

  Uhe astonished gazes of the three children, Gojo Kaigetsu casually tucked the kunai bato his pocket.

  Shisui instinctively asked, “Gojo-sama, how did you… do that just now?”

  But he quickly realized his bluhe battle between ninjas was an intelligence war, and Gojo-sama maintaihe image of an ordinary in in public.

  Inquiring about an adult’s secrets so casually was extremely rude!

  “I apologize, Gojo-sama. I…”

  “Show your true abilities once we leave Konoha!” Gojo Kaigetsu waved his hand dismissively. “It’s been a while since I’ve warmed up. If you want to learn, I teach you~”

  Gojo Kaigetsu wouldn’t admit that he had simultaneously activated his Infinity and Blue teiques in that instant. While rendering himself untouchable, he had also created distaween himself and the trio.

  Si happened so abruptly, it was uandable that the inexperienced children mistook it fenjutsu.

  In addition to cultural, eid political prosperity, Gojo Kaigetsu had also been pting how to enhance Konoha’s military strength.

  His own talent as a ninja was limited. Training a vast number of ninjas through ventional methods likely wouldn’t work.

  So, what else did he have?

  Gojo Kaigetsu poeiques like Blue and Infinity were essentially localized adaptations of Space-Time Ninjutsu.

  The prerequisite for Space-Time Ninjutsu was the extremely precise chakra manipution amplified by his Six Eyes. Looking at the entire shinobi world, only Minato had achieved fame through Space-Time Ninjutsu, proving its difficulty.

  However, the primary fun of the Flying Thunder God atial transportation and long-distaeleportation. It didn’t possess i bat attributes, which differed from Blue and Infinity.

  But si was cssified as Ninjutsu, regardless of its difficulty, as long as it existed, it had the potential to be learned.

  If extremely precise chakra manipution was unattainable, perhaps precise chakra trol could be sidered… Could the Sharingan or Byakugan achieve precise trol? If so, he could attempt to pass on his unique skills, signifitly bolstering Konoha’s military might.

  “As for Izumi, since you haven’t awakened your Sharinga, we won’t sider it for now.”

  “Itachi, Shisui, e closer!”

  Gojo Kaigetsu chose the retively simpler Blue to teach. A while ter…

  “Damn it, with your learning aptitude, you’re only fit for hand-rolling Soldier Pills!”

  “This is the worst batch of students I’ve ever had.”

  Gojo Kaigetsu gave up. If even the geniuses of the Uchiha couldn’t learn it… perhaps he’d try a Hyuga ninja someday.

  Speaking of simirities, the Byakugan and Six Eyes were more closely reted.

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  pared to the thriving Konoha outpost, the Kumogakure outpost was filled with an uling atmosphere.

  The Kumogakure ander discovered that the Land of Water merts and civilian ninja he had painstakingly recruited were quietly withdrawing from the outpost. Judging by their dire, they were undoubtedly heading towards the Konoha outpost.

  Why?! Was Kumogakure inferior to Konoha? Were their offered ditions not generous enough? Ahey still chose to go to Konoha and pay a high price for those Green Cards? How pathetic!

  The ander had learned about the Green Cards frees who had beeed and came to their outpost.

  Powerless to ge the situation, the Kumogakure ander could only seethe with impotent rage, cursing the Land of Water defectors for their perceived foolishness.

  However, after venting his frustration, he had to refocus on the remaining ragtag group ees.

  Acc to reports from the southern Kumogakure ninjas, the first wave of Land of Water refugees had already caused siderable u. The crime rate was visibly rising.

  Some hot-headed southern Kumogakure ninjas were even cm for “freedom” and “rights,” pnning to hire Earth Release users to build a separation wall, effectively refusiry to these Land of Water refugees and preventing the disruption of their local ecosystem.

  This had infuriated the Raikage’s advisory cil, who threateo deploy the ANBU to enforce the decree. Fri had already occurred with the southern ninja groups, and the test developments were yet to be reported.

  Apparently, the Raikage had strong objes but was overruled by the advisors entrusted by the Third Raikage.

  They spouted nonsensical phrases like “emotional votility,” “ck of posure,” “too young,” “the price of being the number one vilge in the shinobi world,” and “golden kunai.”

  The enraged Raikage had no choice but to acquiesce again. It was unclear when his pent-up frustration would finally erupt.

  “Just… when did the vilge bee like this?”

  The outpost ander’s face was filled with reminisce. Initially, only the Fourth Raikage’s voice mattered in Kumogakure’s upper echelons.

  But from a certain point onwards, the voice of the Raikage’s advisory cil grew louder and more promi.

  It was as if they had read some forbidden knowledge from a book, being unstoppable ever since. Even the normally assertive Raikage had to respect their opinions.

  “Damn it, I’d say the Raikage relies too mu intelligence.”

  “If he trusted our Kumogakure ninja’s muscles more, we wouldn’t need all these roundabout schemes. We’d just fight Konoha directly and be doh it!”

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