Chapter 70 The Secret of the Mist

"Adhere to the friendly development of both sides and make progress together..." The Kirigakure Jonin who had been seen wearing an eyepatch before took the manuscript and began to give a speech after the two sides signed the alliance. Ye Lan also knew this man's name. He was the only Byakugan ninja outside of Konoha, Ao.

At this moment, he was speaking with great passion, and every time he came to an important point, his speech would become ups and downs and passionate. Even Ye Lan, who was a little drowsy, could not help but look at him. How could this guy make such a boring manuscript sound like a pre-war declaration?

Even the most passionate performance would have been a bit tiresome for the experienced people present. Fortunately, the speech was not long. Only Qing felt a little unsatisfied and lamented that who had written the speech so short had it ended before he could enjoy it enough.

"Okay, the covenant has been signed, and now it's time to talk about some serious business." After Ao sat down, the Mizukage, Mei Terumi, spoke first.

"Konoha can help Kirigakure rebuild the ninja school, but I don't know how much investment your village intends to make." This has been mentioned in the covenant. Asuma also asked this question when he was in contact with Mei Terumi before. Mei Terumi meant to ask the elders for their opinions, so she never gave him an answer.

"To be honest with you, Kirigakure can't come up with much money right now. After discussion, we plan to give 1000 million taels to rebuild the school." These 600 million taels were actively sought after by Mei Terumi. At the beginning, the Kirigakure elders only planned to give million taels.

Ye Lan heard that the other party wanted to build a ninja school with only this little money, and thought that Terumi Mei was a little whimsical. 1000 million is enough to build a school, but what about the teachers' salaries? What kind of teachers can be hired with this little money? Teaching tools, textbooks, and training grounds are free.

And most of these are consumables. If you want to see the results, you have to throw money into this bottomless pit every year. It will take at least ten or eight years. What can ten million do? Sasuke's ninja sword is worth more than ten million.

"Excuse me, Lord Mizukage, but ten million is too little. Even if Konoha provides some resources, it can only barely build a school. A lot of follow-up investment will be needed." Even Asuma, who had hardly taught students, felt that the Mizukage's idea was a bit outrageous.

It's no wonder that the Mizukage can't calculate. Ever since the Second Hokage promoted ninja schools, few other villages have followed suit. Before, the Kirigakure school was simply a killer training camp, and the cost of investment was completely different.

"Does it cost so much money?" After listening to Asuma's continuous explanation, Mei Terumi gained some insights. Konoha has always attached great importance to education. It was not noticeable at the beginning, until more and more outstanding ninjas graduated from the ninja academy. Many people who seemed to have no talent at all gradually shined. In the three world wars, Konoha even took turns fighting against the other four villages.

This situation of continuous emergence of talents makes Mei Terumi envious. Kirigakure is experiencing a period of declining talent right now. Some are dying, some are escaping, and some are rebelling against the village. If nothing changes, Kirigakure will become weaker and weaker.

Mei Terumi looked around and bit her lip at the shrinking Kirigakure people. Finally, she made a decision, "No matter how difficult it is, we still have to do this. This is for the future of Kirigakure."

The Mizukage has made the decision, and the other Kirigakure ninjas didn't say anything. There are almost no people in Kirigakure who are capable of thinking now, and if they are asked to fight and kill, they will just rush forward without thinking. It is better to leave this kind of thinking work to the Mizukage.

Looking at the Kirigakure people with expressions that said, "Mizukage, you have the final say and we have no objection," Mei Terumi couldn't help rubbing her eyebrows.

"There is one more thing, Mizukage-sama..." Asuma also realized that the people in Kirigakure were just there to do nothing. If anyone could make an opinion, they could just tell it directly to Mei Terumi.

Mei Terumi frowned. What else? Isn't the money enough?

"Well... Actually, I have also watched your teaching in the past few days." Kirigakure has been planning to build a ninja school for some time. The village has already selected a location, but many things have not been built yet. Even the training ground is just a random open space.

"Your village's teaching method...how should I put it? I feel something is not right...Ye Lan!" Asuma, who didn't know how to describe it, called Ye Lan who had been paddling aside. He knew that this kid was much smarter than him, so he would definitely be better at describing it than himself.

Ye Lan was daydreaming at the moment, when he suddenly heard Asma calling him and looked at him puzzledly. "No, buddy, I'm just going through the motions. What does it have to do with me?"

Seeing Ye Lan's confused look, Terume Ming resisted the urge to get angry. She kept reminding herself that the other party was a guest and she couldn't get angry. Her twitching lips showed what she was feeling at the moment.

Asuma looked at Ye Lan unhappily, smiled awkwardly at Mei Ming, then leaned close to Ye Lan's ear and briefly told him what had just happened.

After several battles side by side, Asuma has developed considerable trust in Ye Lan, especially since Ye Lan's previous action of guarding the rear made him like him more. In addition, he had rescued Hong before, so he no longer treats Ye Lan as an outsider.

After listening to Asuma's story, Ye Lan spoke directly without paying attention to Mei Terumi's questioning look.

"What he means is that your teaching method is wrong. School is a place to train students, not subordinates." Ye Lan used the simplest words to describe the situation Asuma imagined. Seeing that Mei Terumi was still a little confused, Ye Lan continued.

"This way of training subordinates can produce some elites, but most people will become mediocre. Training students is not as simple as teaching them ninjutsu and strengthening their physique. The most important thing is to promote the concept and let them increase their feelings for each other, whether it is the teacher-student relationship or the friendship between companions. These inconspicuous things can sometimes burst out with unimaginable power at critical moments."

Ye Lan knew when to stop and didn't say much. Just like in his previous life, an army with will and an army without will were completely different things. Konoha had been promoting the Will of Fire that he despised, but it was undeniable that this thing really worked. Too many kids who had just graduated from ninja schools had the Will of Fire and became cannon fodder.

If the small universe explodes, it will be a huge profit to exchange for one or two Chunins. Relying on this, Konoha withstood the repeated bombings from the other four ninja villages and won the war.

After listening to Ye Lan's story, Asma couldn't help but give him a thumbs up in his heart. Why couldn't he think of this? It turned out to be the right decision to call Ye Lan.

Mei Terumi thought for a moment and didn't worry too much about it. Konoha did have experience in this area, and it was rare for Uchiha Ye Lan, who was still young, to have such knowledge. After asking carefully, she ended the topic.

"The school's problems have been almost solved, Lord Mizukage. I still have some personal questions." Seeing that he had almost finished talking, Ye Lan put forward some ideas. Asuma, who thought it was about to end, looked at Ye Lan in disbelief. Wasn't he so nonchalant just now? How come it becomes that you have a problem now?

Shikamaru, who had been listening to the conversation in the back, showed a thoughtful expression. Having just been promoted to Chunin, he had not had a chance to speak yet. His coming here was just a formality.

"Haha, young man, feel free to ask any questions you have. As long as I know..." Mei Terumi said with a smile, putting her hand on her mouth.

"What I want to ask is, what happened between Kirigakure and Akatsuki?" Ye Lan has always been curious about what Akatsuki's purpose was in fighting Kirigakure so violently. Perhaps he can find the answer from the woman in front of him.

"I'm sorry, this matter concerns the privacy of Kirigakure, I can't answer it." Mei Terumi, who had been smiling just now, suddenly changed her expression and said seriously.

"Lord Mizukage, you should know that Konoha and Sunagakure have also established an alliance, right?" Ye Lan was not surprised. The more Mei Terumi said this, the more complicated it seemed that what Akatsuki did in Kirigakure at that time was. He just mentioned Sunagakure.

"Ye Lan, Jonin, what are you doing? Are you threatening me?" Terumi Mei's voice had become cold. The relationship between Kirigakure and Sunagakure was not good. Konoha had formed an alliance with both villages at the same time, and was afraid that they would join forces with one to fight the other.

"Ye Lan!" Asuma was sweating profusely at this moment. He stepped forward and grabbed Ye Lan. If the people of the Hidden Mist Village were really angry, it would not be easy for them to leave.

"Don't get excited, Lord Mizukage. That's not what I meant. I wanted to say that the information about Akatsuki, Sunagakure and Konoha should be shared publicly." Ye Lan was not affected by the tense atmosphere and nonchalantly stated a piece of information that made Mei Terumi's face change.

"Also, I encountered Akatsuki's actions twice, and their targets were the Nine-Tail and the One-Tail respectively."