Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

"...Is this a threat, a ninja I've never met?"

After a long silence, Queen Sarah slowly exhaled and asked with a complicated expression.

"Not really, just stating the facts."

Kaguya Rei shook her head and sighed:

"Little-known small countries like Loulan are not popular in the ninja world, but they are not small either. Except for the people who are born and raised in this land, almost no one else cares about the past, present and future of these small countries.

Whether these countries have been taken away by others, destroyed by natural disasters, or occupied by wandering ninjas, it is only a matter related to the residents of this country. Unless they receive corresponding employment, even if the country is adjacent to the wind No one in the five great kingdoms of , Fire, Water, Thunder, and Earth will take the initiative to care about you... In the years since Loulan collapsed overnight, you should have had enough personal experience of these things, right, Queen Sarah? "

"...Rebuilding our home is our own business. What does it matter if others don't care?" Sarah took several breaths in a row, and then said slowly: "Rather than let other people with evil intentions do it again. Keeping an eye on the power of Dragon Vein, I would rather make our life a little harder and the progress of rebuilding Loulan a little slower."

"Your health condition doesn't look like your life is just a little difficult, Queen Sara."

The white snake on Uchiha Shisui's shoulder made a very humane movement of raising its head. It can be seen at a glance that the person speaking through the body of the white snake is raising his eyebrows to express doubt, "Although I am not the original body Even though I'm here, I can feel that your life is like a candle in the wind just relying on the chakra of the psychic beast. With such a short life, can you really be a good leader to lead the Loulan survivors to rebuild their hometown?"

"...It's just a minor illness that can be overcome by gritting one's teeth. Stop looking down on others!"

Queen Sarah tried hard to put her thin body into a strong posture to prove that she was not affected by the disease at all, but the result of this only made her subsequent coughing become more severe, and even It also had some bloodshot streaks that made people think it was very ominous at first glance.

"If you want to be a qualified and successful national leader, you can't just rely on hard words and showing off." Kaguya Rei shook her head and hit Uchiha with the white snake's head, who had been casting sympathetic glances at Queen Sara. Shisui's head said, "Shisui, take one of the [biscuits] I brought you and give it to the Queen. Although it won't cure the disease, at least it will have a relaxing effect."

"yes."

After hearing Kaguya Rei's words, Uchiha Shisui took out a special version of [Biscuit] from the ninja bag on his waist and handed it to Queen Sara's hand, then opened his Sharingan and looked directly at the opponent's face. Eyes said:

"Queen Sara, this is Kirigakure's most precious healing secret medicine. It can cure various diseases and injuries in the body to a great extent. Your body is really not in good condition. In order for our subsequent conversation to proceed smoothly, please Take it now."

"Huh? Oh..."

As if infected by Uchiha Shisui's gentle attitude, Sara took the [biscuit] handed over by Uchiha Shisui without any resistance, and then ate it in small bites.

The sophisticated medicines produced by the system had an almost immediate effect. Her complexion became healthier at a speed visible to the naked eye, and her weak and heavy breathing became calmer and gentler. Seeing this, , Uchiha Shisui politely returned to his original position in time, while Nagato standing on the side cast a somewhat teasing look at him——

Well, illusion is really useful for this kind of thing, right?

Uchiha Shisui tilted his head in embarrassment, embarrassed to dwell on this issue any longer, while Queen Sarah, whose physical condition improved at an alarming rate, looked at her face with surprise as she suddenly gained some color. With his hands in his hands, he said to himself with unconcealable excitement in his voice:

"This, this is..."

"This is a healing secret medicine that I personally developed. If Queen Sarah agrees to the business we are talking about, I can consider making Loulan the production and sales base of this secret medicine in the inland area... …I wonder what you think?”

Kaguya Rei unhurriedly threw out the second bargaining chip he had prepared, but this time, the one who suffered the biggest impact was not Queen Sara, but Uchiha Shisui, who had personally experienced the powerful effect of [Cookie]. , he looked at the white snake who straightened up on his shoulders with a face full of astonishment, and asked in an incomprehensible tone:

"Well, Yondaime-sama? If I heard correctly...are you planning to make this secret medicine that can eliminate all current healing medicines in the ninja world into something for public sale? Moreover, and You want to place the production base outside Kirigakure’s own village!? Why on earth is this?”

Kaguya Rei directed the white snake to flick its tail and said in a brisk tone:

"The version that is released to the public is not a special version for you. Adjustments and modifications will be made to the formula of the medicinal materials. It is enough to sell the version with downgraded effects. And when it comes to the reason for choosing to release it at this time, Mainly because Hongdou’s experiments have reached the stage of commercialization experiments, and we must first come up with some convincing products to open the market and cultivate customers’ confidence and loyalty in us.”

“As for why its production location should be placed outside Kirigakure, well, it’s mainly because I’m too lazy to argue with several blood step families in the village over the distribution of profits;

The second thing is that I have set my sights on Loulan's Dragon Vein. As long as they can use the puppetry skillfully, the production factory can keep running around the clock to ensure that the commercial version of [biscuits] can be completely crushed in terms of quality and quantity. The existing injury medicine market in the ninja world;

The last word is that the special raw materials for producing [biscuits] are all specialties of the Kingdom of Water. If the production base is placed outside the Kingdom of Water, even if the other party masters the formula of the secret medicine, it must be obtained from the Kingdom of Water. Only by importing raw materials can we maintain production. In this way, Kirigakure only needs to manage the export of those raw materials, and can firmly control the production scale and cycle of the secret medicine, and always keep his profits in this industry line from being damaged... ...How about it, do you understand? "

"...I understand a little bit."

Uchiha Shisui, who has been listening to Kaguya Rei's teachings all year round, said awkwardly.

Sara, who had never had any contact with Kaguya Rei before, had a much worse reaction. She thought for a long time with her beautiful eyebrows wrinkled in confusion, and then she suppressed a response that made people laugh and cry:

"Then, wouldn't we Loulan be working for Kirigakure in vain?"

Kaguya Rei was so angry at the other party's lack of understanding that her eyes went dark. After taking deep breaths for several rounds, she answered with a bit of resentment:

"...Then have you ever thought about it, if Loulan became the only sales place for [biscuits], a drug that can monopolize the entire wound medicine industry, around the Kingdom of Wind, how many merchants and ninjas would want to buy this thing? And come to Loulan specifically for a visit?

With such a large flow of people and their clothing, food, housing, and transportation, which one of them can’t provide you with opportunities for commercial prosperity in Loulan? And this thing is a consumable that everyone can use. The market demand for it is close to infinite. You can take advantage of the opportunity of selling [biscuits] to develop Loulan into the most dazzling trade in that area. The center has become a thousand times more prosperous than when that good-for-nothing An Lushan took control of Loulan..."

"As for possible security issues, the guy next to me named Nagato is the leader of the neutral peace organization 'Akatsuki'. He should be happy to provide you with some help at a reasonable price. After such a wave of operations, your Loulan has been rebuilt. With the opportunity of greater prosperity, the economic exchanges and regional economic complementarity of neighboring countries have been accelerated. 'Akatsuki' has had the opportunity to show its neutral stance to the world. We Kirigakure have also gained capital income that can be used to support internal reforms. We I don’t even know how many birds are killed with one stone..."

"Oh, oh...Okay, so awesome..."

Sara looked at Rei Kaguya, who seemed to be tired, and then lay down on Uchiha Shisui's shoulder and then stopped moving, with an expression hesitant and entangled.

What should I do? Although I don’t understand a lot of what the other person said, but what he said seems to make sense...

Mom, when An Lushan proposed to you, did you feel the same way?

What should I do? Should we accept the proposal of the guy who didn't even reveal his true face and use the power of the dragon vein again, or should we resolutely seal the dragon vein underground forever in order to avoid another disaster like before? ?

Mom...Naruto...

No matter who it is, please give me a reason to make up my mind.

Damn, it’s a bit hard to maintain perfect attendance today...