Naruto's Endless Pretense

The small island where the ruins of the Kingdom of Whirlpool is located is sandwiched between the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Water.There are actually many small countries like this surrounding them. This is the case for several countries invaded this time.

From an objective perspective, if these countries want to become rich and strong, unification and war are inevitable.Because they need land and resources, too small a territory limits everyone's development.Especially when there are two superpowers with tense relations nearby, they may be used as battlefields at any time.

No one purely likes war, this is a choice that has to be made.It is a better choice to attack the ownerless Kingdom of Whirlpool territory.This is similar to helplessness in a certain situation.No matter how hard you try, it's useless. People who are averagely poor will still be averagely poor, because someone has already become rich first.

Then the only option is to grab it.

The surrounding Bear Country, Iron Country and Tang Country would not do such a thing, and some countries that were about the same size as the original Whirlpool Country could not afford the cost of launching a war.Only countries like the Country of Tea that have developed due to cash crops will actively seek expansion.

The country of tea is also a small island country, but because of its unique climate with abundant rainfall and spring-like weather all year round, the tea planting industry is very developed.While making huge profits from tea, the people of the country of tea have also developed a quiet and elegant lifestyle.However, whether a feudal country is warlike or not depends entirely on its monarch.

The name of the country of tea is an ambitious monarch.

On a cold morning in early November, the daimyo of the Land of Tea got up early to deal with government affairs.He was a diligent monarch who wanted to strengthen his country.And now he is even more desperate because he is doing something big enough to change the fate of the country.

"Are there any villages in China protesting against tax increases this month? What a bunch of short-sighted and ignorant people. For future prosperity, dedication and sacrifice are necessary."

He heavily drew a circle on the document with a red pen, and the daimyo threw it aside.In his heart, this village that dared to disobey him needed to be punished as it should.

"Someone, call the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Foreign Affairs."

The words floated and echoed back and forth in the empty hall, like ghostly whispers, unheeded.

"Asshole, where have all the people died?"

The daimyo put down the pen in his hand angrily and planned to stand up to find those servant officials who had neglected their duties and give them some color.But just as he stood up, a gust of wind blew from behind, causing him to sit down again involuntarily.

"Don't get too excited. Anger hurts the liver, and sadness overwhelms fear. If you are so angry, you will only hurt your body."

Turning his head one by one following the hoarse voice, the daimyo saw a Hannya grimace.It was a man wearing a mask, as short as an underage child, wearing black tights and carrying several ninja swords behind his back.This is a typical assassin.

"Assassin, guard!"

Before he could cry out for help, a dull hand knife stabbed into his abdomen, interrupting his words.

"I told you not to get too excited. Your guards are all fast asleep and won't be here for a while. There are only two of us here now."

"Who are you? What is your purpose?"

Cold sweat continued to form, and the words were intermittent.Seemingly noticing the Daimyo's ugliness, the assassin chuckled twice.

"Don't panic, it doesn't matter who I am, what matters is your life, daimyo. I don't want to cause more killings, I just have a small request that I hope the daimyo can help me fulfill."

"What do you want, money? No problem!"

Upon hearing this, the Daimyo immediately became convinced.As long as it doesn't hurt his life or threaten his rule, any rude request might as well be agreed to first.

"It's not this kind of thing. I heard that you started a war recently, right? Stop it. This is also the will of your people."

"Impossible! Are you invited by those stupid people?" The daimyo flatly rejected the request at this moment.

What a joke.I spent a lot of time and money, ignored domestic opposition, launched a war that determined the fate of the country, and could it end with just one word from this person in front of me?I just got the news recently that the island

The resistance forces above have disappeared inexplicably. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we must not give up like this.

"It seems like you haven't figured out the current situation yet."

The assassin's tone became cold and he put a hand on the daimyo's neck.A slight chill came, and the daimyo was horrified to find that his blood was flowing downwards.The assassin looked into the daimyo's fearful eyes and took out two already written scrolls from his arms.

"Here is the guarantee letter. You sign it and I will hand it over to the Fire Nation next to you. What will happen if the peace-loving Fire Nation finds out that you violated the armistice treaty you signed?"

"Don't hesitate, sign it quickly, otherwise I will rewrite the agreement with your blood later."

Under the threat of his life, the daimyo of the Kingdom of Tea bowed his head in humiliation.What he didn't know was that just after the resistance forces on the island of Whirlpool Kingdom disappeared, many of the famous names of the countries involved in the war received similar treatment to him.He's not the first, and he won't be the last.

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On the sea, Sakon was driving a wooden boat back to Konoha.

This wooden boat was newly built for them by the villagers on the island.It was much bigger than the boat we rented when we came here, and there were many more people on board than when we came here.

In this unthinkable disaster, many orphans appeared in the villages on the island.Considering that these orphans lack the ability to be self-reliant, and the village has just suffered huge trauma in the war, it cannot fully support them.Sasuke and others decided to go to Konoha with the orphans who were willing to leave.I believe they can start a new life in a peaceful place.

There are a total of twelve children who are willing to follow them to Konoha, all of them between the ages of eight or nine to eleven or twelve years old.Most of them have sad faces, but they are also strong and do not hesitate about the way forward.

Children who can make their own decisions under such circumstances are no longer children.Having grown up in blood, they are stronger and desire peace than ordinary peers.If he is educated properly, he will surely become Konoha in the future and become a valuable asset to Sasuke.

Of course, there is one exception, and that is Mei Xi.Among the twelve children who boarded the ship, she was the only one who was forcibly taken away by Sasuke.And Meixi also had an indifferent attitude. Maybe after the doctor who adopted her died, it didn't matter how she lived or whether she lived or not.

At this moment, Meixi was standing quietly in front of the mast, looking at the unknown distance with her empty eyes.Hanabi, who was about the same age as her, stood aside and watched her.

"What? Is there anything interesting on the sea?"

Sasuke stood on the mast out of thin air, turned over and jumped down, startling Hanabi.But Meixi didn't react at all.

"Sasuke-kun, you're back."

"Ah, I'm back after taking care of things."

Sasuke replied to Hanabi, wiping the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand.Just before returning with Flying Thunder God, he was still playing a game with the famous name of a small country.This daimyo is different from all the weaklings he has met before, he has a lot of backbone.Sasuke couldn't kill him, so he had to resort to a last resort, using genjutsu to get the big name to sign.

"Sasuke, if you do this, you will be imprisoned by Hokage-sama."

Kakashi was still watching his "Intimate Violence" as when he came here, seemingly completely immersed in the adult world.

"Then what can I do? I can't let the war continue."

Just because we hit Asiu's organization, it didn't mean that the matter was over.If the war is allowed to continue, tragedies like the one in the United States and Greece will definitely continue to happen.In order to prevent such a situation, Sasuke went directly to the source of the war.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. It's almost time to arrive. Kakashi-sensei, please stop reading and help me."

Hearing this, Kakashi closed the book in his hand and looked at the sea.Using the Sharingan, you can vaguely see the unusual fluctuations on the sea.

"No problem, leave the children to me. Just concentrate on dealing with that maelstrom."

"Asshole, don't say it so easily!"

Finally, it's time to return to peaceful Konoha.