Chapter 174 Financial Report of Yuyin Village
Three months have passed since Kumogakure launched the war.
In three months, Konoha and Kumogakure fought many battles on the frontal battlefield.
With the cooperation of Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, and many elite ninja jounin, Konoha barely stopped the attack of the Fourth Raikage and Kirabi, preventing Kumogakure's troops from continuing to advance towards the Land of Fire.
On the battlefield on the eastern coast, relying on the strength of the blood successor ninja, Konoha also achieved considerable results. It stopped the elite Kumo ninja troops on the coastline and began to attack from the flanks.
Surprisingly, the blood successor that stole the show on the Kumogakure battlefield was not the Sharingan of Uchiha, but the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan.
The Hyuga clan's Byakugan range is more than ten kilometers long, and they can effectively formulate strategies to prevent Kumogakure's troops from landing.
And the blood inheritance ability that can see through the meridians gives Hyuga ninjas a great advantage in battle.
Coupled with the Hyuga clan's ancestral secret technique Juquan, he can often defeat ninjas of the same level quickly, and he can barely lose in the face of multiple enemies.
The rise of the Byakugan made the ninjas in the camp lament the heritage of the Hyuga clan, and also frustrated Uchiha Fugaku's plan to gain military prominence.
This also triggered Uchiha's hostility towards Hinata.
The two sides began to discuss whether the strongest pupil technique in the village was the Sharingan with dynamic vision or the Byakugan with clairvoyance.
Jiraiya noticed the dispute between his subordinates Uchiha and Hinata, but had no intention of dealing with these trivial matters.
Firstly, after the Senju clan integrated into Konoha, Uchiha and Hinata have been competing for the status of the strongest ninja clan. Secondly, the battle on the front line is not going so smoothly.
Although he led the troops to resist the attack of Yunyin Village, the Kingdom of Tang fell into the hands of Yunyin Village.
If the current situation is allowed to continue, the Kingdom of Tang will sooner or later become the possession of Yunyin Village. This may be the original strategic goal of Yunyin Village.
But this is absolutely unacceptable to the old man.
There must be a buffer state between Konoha and other great ninja villages, otherwise the pressure on the border will be very great, unless the number of existing ninjas is doubled, but that is impossible.
Beyond that there are logistical issues.
Since the letter written by Nara Shikakudai was delivered to Amegakure Village, military supplies have kept up with consumption, but the amount of supplies needed for the war exceeded his imagination.
The old man has recently begun to complain about financial problems, so he can save a little money.
If this continues, the village will not be able to come up with enough cash to pay, and will have to temporarily owe money until war compensation is received.
These annoying things came one after another, making Jiraiya more and more irritable and hating the position of Hokage even more.
A frontline commander has so many things to be busy with. After becoming Hokage, wouldn't he have to stay in the office 24 hours a day? This is simply a birdcage that restricts the freedom of ninjas.
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At the same time, a monthly high-level meeting was being held in Yuyin Village.
After everyone was seated, Yahiko took a deep breath and then said:
"It has been three months since Kumogakure launched an attack on Konoha. Although our village, Yugakure, did not directly participate in the war, it was also affected a lot."
"First of all, the trade route to the Country of Fire was affected. Many wandering ninjas took the opportunity to attack the caravan, causing a lot of trouble to the village."
"Secondly, the orders from Konoha Ninja Village have put a lot of pressure on the village's production."
At this point, Yahiko paused deliberately, his face full of solemnity.
Seeing this scene, Nagato had an ominous premonition in his heart. Could it be that the village was going to be involved in this battlefield?
Bai Ye is very calm. He knows the current situation of the village and is looking forward to Yahiko's next performance.
At this time, Yahiko glanced at Xiaonan, who immediately took out the financial report and said expressionlessly:
"In the past two months, the village's financial revenue has increased several times. We have already earned money that will only be earned in the next few years. If the war continues, we can earn more."
Hearing this, Nagato asked with some confusion: "Isn't it a good thing for the village to make money? Why do you look unhappy, Yahiko? With this money, the village can vigorously develop and build."
"If water conservancy projects can be built in the Kingdom of Rain, children will not go hungry."
Byakuya patted Nagato and said with a chuckle: "Yahiko is in a tangle in his heart. He doesn't know whether to maintain the arms business. After all, it involves Akatsuki's philosophy."
"Yahiko's dream is world peace, and he wants to push Kumogakure and Konoha to reach an agreement to achieve peace."
"But Yuyin Village makes too much money from selling arms and medical supplies. This goes against the philosophy of the organization, but it has to be done if it wants to develop the organization."
After listening to Byakuya's analysis, Nagato understood Yahiko's mental state.
However, now he has long since walked away from Yahiko's philosophy and has a new set of understandings of his own.
After some words, Nagato said:
"Yahiko, I don't think you need to worry about this. Our ability is still very small. Currently we can only cover the area of Amegakure Village, and the target of our sales is Konoha. Konoha did not take the initiative to provoke this war this time. , everything we do is for world peace!”
"Well said!" Nagato's speech made Bai Ye couldn't help but applaud.
As expected of Pain himself, who would cause pain to the world in later generations, he could talk about the sale of arms in such a fresh and refined manner. Yuyin Village actually sold arms for the sake of peace.
However, these verbal things are not important, getting real money is the most important thing.
If possible, he planned to keep the war going for a long time before Konoha and Kumogakure could bleed each other and even sell their core interests.
For example, Konoha's blood inheritance limits and family secrets, Kumogakure's body-building secrets and chakra application techniques.
But this war is destined not to last long. It can be seen from Konoha's behavior of issuing IOUs for the arms trade that Konoha really does not have much war potential left this time, and Kumogakure's side is similar.
Next, it's the Akatsuki organization's turn.
Thinking of this, Byakuya said to Yahiko: "Yahiko, what Nagato said makes sense. We are on the side of justice, but it is not a good thing to rely on the arms trade all the time. When the time is right, we will come forward to mediate this time." Let’s go to the battlefield.”
Byakuya's words were like a boulder falling into a lake, causing huge waves in the hearts of Yahiko, Konan and Nagato.
They looked at Bai Ye with incredulous eyes, and then said doubtfully: "Really? Bai Ye, instead of taking advantage of the opportunity to make a profit, you actually chose to mediate this war?"
Bai Ye nodded: "Of course, I have always loved peace."
