Chapter 231 Three-Colored Meatballs
The two elders of Sand Village, Chiyo and Ebizo, always prefer the Daimyo of the Wind Country when it comes to funding.
Firstly, it was because the two of them had served as elders for decades and had been dealing with the daimyo for decades, so they had some friendship with each other. Moreover, in their view, accepting funding from the daimyo was the orthodoxy of the ninja village.
Secondly, they are not fools. Anyone with a discerning eye has long seen the connection between Loulan and the neighboring Rain Kingdom - whether it is the increasingly frequent airship flights or the railways and roads under construction, all of which show that the relationship between the two places is unusual.
Chiyo and Ebizo naturally did not want to leave the fate of the village in the hands of others.
They even advised Ye Cang many times not to have too much contact with Loulan and be careful not to get too involved.
But he didn't know that Ye Cang had already been trapped in the game and there was no way back.
Now Ye Cang betrayed the Wind Country Daimyo very straightforwardly, saying, "Loulan is making more and more money now, and the Daimyo has long been jealous. A while ago, the Daimyo suddenly increased the war aid to the village. I guess in the next few months, they will definitely make some moves."
These words immediately frightened the Queen of Loulan who was standing beside her.
Although Loulan has developed rapidly in the past six months and the Queen of Loulan has become one of the richest women in the ninja world, the change in her mentality did not happen overnight.
She still instinctively feared the daimyo and ninja villages, which were distant behemoths in her memory.
Seeing this, Shiba Qinghe patted the Queen of Loulan's hand, signaling her not to worry, and at the same time spoke to Ye Cang more firmly.
"They can move anywhere except Loulan! This time, we really need to send them off!"
Ye Cang didn't say anything, but silence is sometimes also a kind of answer.
The long-term tearing finally eliminated her blind loyalty to the village.
After Ye Cang left, the Queen of Loulan took the initiative to approach Shiba Qinghe, seeming to be hesitant to speak, as if she was seeking more sense of security.
Shiba Qinghe reached out and stroked her cheek, and said softly, "Don't worry, I value this place more than you think. I will never give up Loulan no matter what. A mere daimyo of the Wind Country is not enough to make me retreat."
After learning the truth about the world from Wuliang, Shiba Qinghe's attention to Loulan increased instead of decreased!
As for how to break the upper limit of this world, he thought that just restoring the previous magic would still be unstable.
According to known information, fairy arts already existed on this land before Kaguya Otsutsuki visited this planet.
But unfortunately, when Kaguya arrived a thousand years ago, no powerful immortal who could rival Kaguya appeared in this world.
The high threshold and high risk of immortal arts mean that it is difficult for this system to produce strong people in a stable manner.
After learning the truth about the world from Wuliang, Shiba Qinghe has been thinking a lot in recent times.
In the end, he could only think of two paths to move forward simultaneously:
Of course, the immortal arts must be practiced and the inheritance restored;
But technology and industry also need to develop to keep the whole world moving forward!
Counting on a savior can only save the world once.
But as Wuliang said: No one knows how many people there are in the Otsutsuki clan, nor does anyone know what the upper limit of that clan is.
The savior will grow old and die sooner or later. What can truly redeem this land forever is to allow the world to find the ladder of progress and begin to iterate on its own.
In the eyes of Zhiba Qinghe, Loulan's industrial base is the key to progress and the seed of iteration!
Therefore, the two elders of Sunagakure will probably never imagine how much importance Shiba Kiyokawa attaches to Loulan!
They plotted against Ye Cang, but Shiba Kiyokawa might not always take action;
But if they plot against Loulan, Zhiba Qinghe will definitely bury them both!
But at this moment, not only the two elders of Sunagakure could not guess Shiba Kiyokawa's determination, but the Queen of Loulan beside her could not guess it either.
She wanted a sense of certainty and security so much.
So, unknowingly, her body moved closer to Shiba Kiyokawa, and her plump breasts tightly wrapped around Shiba Kiyokawa's arms.
"Really? Then can you... prove it to me?"
At the same time, while Shiba Kiyokawa was busy doing proof questions, the two Sand Village elders, Chiyo and Ebizo, were also discussing deeper cooperation with Black Zetsu and Afei.
"What can you provide?" Chiyo asked directly. Black Zetsu thought for a moment and answered, "We can provide real-time intelligence about Konoha. No matter what you want to do, intelligence is always indispensable, isn't it?"
At that moment, Chiyo and Ebizo looked at each other, and questions arose in their minds.
This guy just said that he was not a ninja from Konoha, how come he turned around and said that he could provide information about Konoha?
After a brief eye contact, Chiyo finally made the decision, "Okay, from now on you will provide the intelligence, and we will provide the combat power."
They then exchanged some details of the cooperation.
After they parted, Ebizo couldn't help but ask, "Do you think they can be trusted?"
Chiyo said, “The injuries on their bodies when they appeared didn’t look fake.
And we came here to check it out because we discovered that a battle had broken out at the Konoha camp, right?
It can be seen that no matter whether these two people are really from Konoha, at least they have a grudge against Orochimaru on the front line, which should not be false. "
Chiyo and Ebizo also remained skeptical about Black Zetsu's claim that they were not from Konoha.
It can be seen that the ninja world now generally believes the previous rumors, and this blame is really put on Konoha and cannot be taken off.
Then Ebizo couldn't help but sigh.
"Haha, this Konoha Village has talented people from generation to generation, but it's a pity that after so many years they still love to fight among themselves. A White Fang died before the war, and they still haven't learned their lesson."
If the Konoha high-ranking officials heard this, it would be absolutely murderous!
But Chiyo immediately frowned, "Don't mention that name! It's just right that the man is dead!"
Ebizo quickly shut up. Even at his age, he was still completely suppressed by his sister.
In the following time, the southwest direction of the Ninja World seemed calm, but in fact there were undercurrents!
Although there weren't many conflicts during this period, Orochimaru became keenly aware of it after just one week.
"Our intelligence has been exposed, haha."
Red Bean was still eating three-colored balls in a daze, and didn't hear what Orochimaru said. She asked in a daze, "Teacher, why are you laughing all of a sudden?"
Orochimaru didn't say anything, but reached out and lovingly touched Red Bean's head, looking into the distance, and asked casually, "Red Bean, when the war is over, will you come with me?"
Hongdou, who is still just a little girl, has no idea that this seemingly casual conversation is actually her crucial graduation exam!
"The war is over, aren't we going back to the village? Where are you going, Sensei?"
Orochimaru placed his hand on top of her head and rubbed it gently.
After all, he was his first disciple, so he made an exception and gave him another chance.
"What if we don't go back to the village for the time being?"
There is still a clear innocence in Hongdou's eyes.
"Emm, are you going out to do an experiment? Then can the teacher wait for me to go back to the village and hand over the task?
I have three small task rewards that I haven't received yet. I want to get the rewards and buy some tri-color meatballs to eat on the road. Teacher, don't you want to buy anything when you go back?"
Orochimaru didn't answer, nor did he ask any more questions. He just calmly withdrew his hand.
Many years later, when Hongdou unsealed this dusty memory, although she still loved sweets, she never bought three-color meatballs again in her life...
(End of this chapter)
