Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

"It disappeared. It was some kind of space-time ninjutsu." Kakuzu was experienced and quickly determined what Aoba had done.

Xiaonan landed slowly but did not comment directly. Just now, she took back the paper airplane she had shot. Then she was surprised to find that there was a message left on one of the papers.

There are not many words, but the amount of information is huge.

Xiaonan was shocked and had no mood to continue recruiting people.

"let's go."

On the other side, dozens of miles away, Aoba, Zabuza and Haku appeared at the place where the battle took place during the day.

Qingye casually took out a bottle of medicine and held it in his hand.

"Now we can talk."

Half an hour later, Aoba left, leaving Zabuza and Haku with only two people looking contemplative.

In the team, except for Karin, no one knew that Aoba had left last night. And the team's progress was also very smooth for the rest of the time.

Zabuza did not appear again. He encountered bandits several times along the way, but they were quickly dealt with by the three little ones.

About half a month later, they successfully arrived at the Land of Waves.

"Well, Mr. Dazna, according to the contract, our escort mission has been completed. We will say goodbye now."

Daz opened his mouth, but was speechless. Because according to the contract, it was indeed like this. He only hired the ninja to escort him back to the Land of Waves. But it did not include protecting him to complete the bridge.

In fact, Dazna originally thought that he had impressed these Konoha ninjas along the way enough to make them continue to provide free protection to the Land of Waves.

But along the way, every time he wanted to bring up the topic, Qingye's cold eyes made him afraid to continue.

That jonin was not at the same level as those three innocent kids. Dazna even felt that if he dared to say anything more, that guy would most likely bury him somewhere on the road.

At this time, in the Land of Waves, Kado's residence.

Cardo looked at the ninja who suddenly went crazy with horror. At this time, there were basically no living people in his house.

The ninja warriors that he had hired at great expense were completely powerless to fight back when faced with the rebel ninja from the Kirigakure.

"You, you, you... you don't keep your word. How can a ninja hurt his employer? You..."

"Don't you understand what a traitorous ninja is?" Zabuza's words left Cardo speechless. He had also investigated the background of this ninja. Compared with traditional ninjas, what the other party did was indeed extremely treasonous. It seemed that he had too high expectations for this kind of ninja.

"Don't kill me, I have money, any amount is fine, I'll give it to you now, I..."

"Mr. Cardo, you may have misunderstood me. I am not here to kill you. On the contrary, I am here to apply for a new job. From today on, I will be your bodyguard, your only bodyguard. What do you think?"

"......" Cardo's face was dull. He was a businessman, so naturally what Zabuza said meant something. The saddest thing was that the financial resources he was so proud of were completely useless at this time.

"No problem, I'll give you the highest salary."

"Very good. At the same time, I think Mr. Cardo's business strategy is problematic. Why must you stop the Wave Country from building a bridge?"

When Aoba read the original novel, he felt helpless to complain about the mission in Wave Country. He didn't understand why Cardo was afraid of building a bridge.

According to the description in the plot, at that time, Cardo had an overwhelming military advantage over the people of Wave Country.

So, why did he stop the bridge from being built? If Aoba was Kado, he would wait for the people of Wave Country to build the bridge and then occupy it.

Blocking a bridge is not much more cost-effective than blocking the sea. Moreover, giving the people of Wave Country more trade options is equivalent to fattening up their own pigs in disguise.

What's the point of taking advantage of those poor people every day? Of course, we have to fatten them up before killing them.

Soon the people of Wave Country discovered something. The people of Cardo no longer interfered with the construction of the bridge. The progress of the project was very fast, but the funds for the crowdfunding of the bridge soon ran short. After all, it was only raised by the lower class people themselves, and the financial resources were completely unable to support it.

At this time, Cardo appeared again. But this time he did not appear as a violent destroyer, but as a collaborator of the Wave Country.

That's right, Cardo was cleaned. Although it was only in name. But he was indeed cleaned. The people of Wave Country were horrified to find that Cardo had reached an agreement with the Daimyo of Wave Country at some point.

Officially, he became the investor of the bridge.

At this point, the people of Wave Country were confused. They didn't know whether to refuse or accept. If they accepted it, they couldn't let go of what Cardo had done before.

But I refuse... Sorry, I really can't refuse. The day after the official announcement, Cardo directly invested a lot of money. More equipment, higher wages, and better benefits.

This makes the already poor people of Wave Country really...

Soon, the first worker to join Caddo Construction Company showed up. Then the second, and the third.

Within a few days, the group of workers who had originally crowdfunded to build the bridge transformed themselves into workers of the Cardo Construction Company.

In response, Daz was furious and then joined in as an engineer.

There was no other way, the family was running out of food. If he didn't make money, his little grandson would starve to death.

The Wave Country is a small country. But since it is called a country, it must have some resources. And now, the country's sea and land transportation are all in the hands of Cardo.

Although he has invested a lot of money, it is foreseeable that in the near future, the money will be earned back double.

Cardo felt like he had opened the door to a new world. The only problem was that he was now only a black glove of some power.

After returning to Konoha, Aoba began his vacation and expanded his laboratory.

With the financial support of the Cardo Group, Qingye could finally work freely. He bought all kinds of high-end instruments at once. He expanded the area of ​​the entire laboratory to three times its original size.

At the same time, Sakura's teaching also began to be put on the agenda.

"You have to know that Tsunade is the best medical ninja in Konoha. At the same time, her combat ability is also top-notch. The power of medical ninjutsu combined with sealing technique is no less than any other ninjutsu.

The reason why few people take this path is because it requires some special talents, excellent chakra control, and strong theoretical learning ability.

Among them, medical ninjutsu requires precise chakra control. And sealing techniques require a lot of complex theoretical knowledge support. And you are one of the very few people in Konoha who possesses both of these conditions. "