svetikya Chapter 143 Danzo has another new trick up his sleeve.
Chapter 143 Danzo has another new trick up his sleeve.
With the flames of war on the mainland just extinguished and all nations recuperating, no one noticed that a tremendous transformation was quietly taking place in the Snow Country, far to the north.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Daming Fenghua Zaoxue boldly implemented new policies and successively established several basic literacy colleges and science popularization colleges.
In April of the 39th year of the Republic of China, in the early spring when the ice and snow were just beginning to melt, the Snow Kingdom officially launched a nationwide literacy campaign. It was estimated that in just two years, every citizen would be literate.
Following this, Feng Hua Zaoxue broke with tradition and spread recruitment notices all over the world, offering high salaries to invite scientists from various countries to come.
Empty words won't retain people; we must demonstrate truly impressive capabilities—the geothermal generator we just developed is the first stepping stone that the Snow Kingdom has thrown to the world.
This move is precisely to attract the world's best talents. For scientists, as long as there are cutting-edge achievements and unknown fields ahead, they will flock to them.
Moreover, this ice was not within the sight of most ninjas to begin with, and they would not care about the changes that were quietly taking place among the common people.
Most of the instruments developed in the Land of Snow do not involve chakra, but the chakra armor, which is truly related to chakra technology, is kept strictly sealed, and not a single word has ever been leaked.
However, there are still many technical hurdles, and everyone is still figuring things out. Shigeaki Aburame doesn't have much expertise in this field and can't offer much practical help, at most occasionally offering a few ideas to spark their imagination.
At the same time, the Snow Ninja Academy officially opened, and all children aged six to twelve across the country were required to enroll.
The academy is divided into two categories: one is for those who lack talent, who are only taught modern cultural knowledge; the other is for those who are taught modern cultural knowledge, with an additional ninjutsu course, which includes tactics, reconnaissance, ninjutsu basics and the use of ninja tools.
This icy, snowy land is sparsely populated, with a total population of only 120,000 to 130,000. The number of children under the age of twelve who are of school age is approximately 10,000.
After layers of selection, only one percent of the children barely meet the minimum threshold for refining chakra and are qualified to become ninjas.
However, limited by their physical abilities and chakra talent, even with the best education, their ceiling in this life is only Chunin.
Those with slightly better talent might become elite Chunin; but if they want to go further and become Jonin, it's one in a hundred.
At most, only a handful, or even a dozen, people can integrate their own special skills into ninjutsu and eventually embark on the path of becoming a special Jonin.
That year, there were more than 240 children under the age of twelve who met the qualifications of ninjas.
Perhaps due to the extremely cold environment, eighty or ninety of them possess water-style chakra, a few possess earth, lightning, or wind-style chakra, and as for fire-style chakra, perhaps only one in two hundred might possess it.
But the people were not discouraged. They firmly believed that as the lives of the people became more prosperous, the number of ninjas in the Land of Snow would surely increase.
In May of the same year, after more than a year of arduous training, Feng Hua Nu Tao finally mastered the body technique manual given to him by You Nu Zhi Cheng.
He visited again, hoping to gain the approval of Aburame Shicheng and become his apprentice.
Unfortunately, he still suffered a crushing defeat. Aburame Shisei completely subdued him with just one hand, and bluntly stated that he had only superficially imitated the basics and had not yet grasped the essence of martial arts.
Despite his frustration, Feng Hua Nutao continued to challenge him every now and then. Eventually, Aburame Shisei, fed up with his annoyance, offered him a clear path—to become a taijutsu instructor at the ninja academy and hone the skills of the children.
When Yu Nu Zhicheng brought up the principles of "reviewing the old to learn the new" and "teaching others is also a day for self-reflection," Feng Hua Nu Tao indeed suddenly saw the light, as if he had found a new direction in life.
He stopped bothering Aburame Shisei and actually entered the ninja academy to become a teacher, earnestly teaching the children taijutsu.
With no one to disturb him, Shisei Aburame was finally able to fully immerse himself in the experiment.
But before he could be happy for long, someone from the Land of Fire caused trouble again, and this time it angered him for the first time, forcing him to stop the experiment and personally step in to resolve the problem.
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In May of the 39th year of Konoha, after a full year of integration and migration, the Land of Grass and the Land of Rain finally merged completely into one. The newly born people of the Land of Rain have already begun cultivating the land that was once the Land of Grass.
There is no oppression here, and the land is vast and boundless, almost all of it unclaimed. As long as you are willing to work, you can cultivate the fields, dig for wild vegetables, and live a stable life.
As the Land of Rain gradually escaped poverty, Hanzo the Salamander's mood improved day by day. But where there is joy, there is sorrow.
This man was none other than Shimura Danzo, stationed on the border of the New Rain Country. The Rain Country is gradually recovering and will soon achieve food self-sufficiency and form a complete economic cycle.
Once the people of the Land of Rain are fed and clothed, more young men and children will be selected as ninjas because of their physical strength. This is by no means a good thing for Konoha; rather, it is raising a future enemy.
Upon seeing this, Shimura Danzo repeatedly sent messages saying, "Hitsugi, send out your troops! This is the perfect opportunity to destroy the Land of Rain."
But every reply was: "We'll discuss this matter another time."
After winning the battle and regaining face, Hiruzen Sarutobi completely withdrew from the fray, and even his illegitimate son, who had been living abroad and carried the blood of the Sarutobi, was never mentioned again.
Danzo submitted reports multiple times, earnestly requesting another military intervention to completely eradicate this force and prevent it from making a comeback.
Moreover, the strength of Konoha today is vastly different from what it used to be.
Tsunade's medical system has been established, and she and her lover have returned to Konoha to set up a medical team and recruit medical ninja disciples.
Jiraiya was recently recalled by Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Orochimaru has just completed his secret experiments, not only recovering physically but also making rapid progress in strength.
In addition, after the war, the various ninja clans revealed their hidden strengths that had been concealed for many years.
At this moment, Konoha is militarily strong and well-equipped. If it launches a full-scale attack, the small Land of Rain will have absolutely no power to resist.
Hiruzen Sarutobi hesitated throughout, giving vague and ambiguous answers. Until recently, a letter directly ordered Danzo to return to Konoha immediately.
"Danzo, return quickly! I am ready to fulfill my promise and establish an elder council. We are currently discussing the members of the council."
Upon learning that his power was about to be divided again, Danzo Shimura could no longer sit still.
He could never stand idly by and watch the enemy grow stronger and develop steadily.
In a split second, a wicked plan took shape in his mind.
He decided to target the border cities of the Land of Waterfall that were sending aid supplies to the Land of Rain, thereby cutting off the flow of food and other necessities to the Land of Rain and slowing down its recovery.