This ninja in Naruto is unscientific

Chapter 409 Unexpected Water Shadow

The atmosphere in the conference room became somewhat somber due to the relentless pressure from the water gate.

Minato didn't give everyone much of a chance to catch their breath; he moved his finger to the Land of Water at the edge of the map.

"Regarding Kirigakure," Minato said, looking at the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, "Konoha has proposed providing initial technical support in exchange for ocean-going shipbuilding technology and the laying of submarine chakra communication cables..."

"I agree."

Before Minato could finish stating his conditions, Yagura put down his teacup, a smile appearing on his baby face.

Minato was somewhat surprised; it seemed his prepared explanation would be useless.

"Not only that," Yagura said, making a startling statement. "I also propose inviting Konoha's Akatsuki construction group and engineering teams to directly enter Kirigakure and help us rebuild our infrastructure, including port expansion and main road renovation. Kirigakure will fully accept Konoha's technical standards."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the three Kage in the conference room, apart from those from Konoha, instantly changed.

Onoki, Ai, and Rasa exchanged glances, each seeing a hint of wariness in the other's eyes.

Kirigakure's xenophobia and isolation are well-known throughout the ninja world, so why is the Fourth Mizukage now actively inviting Konoha's construction team to enter the village's heartland for infrastructure work?!

This is like voluntarily opening your own door to Konoha, even revealing the color of your underwear.

"Has Yagura finally gone mad?" the Fourth Raikage A cursed inwardly.

Only Nishikawa Tetsu picked up his teacup, tactically concealing the smile on his lips.

He knew all too well what Yagura was up to.

Even before that, Orochimaru had already extracted all the information from the White Zetsu clone that was supposed to bring warmth to Madara, and Nishikawa Tetsu had a detailed list of the spies that Uchiha Madara had secretly planted in Kirigakure.

Even on the very first day the Kirigakure delegation arrived in Konoha, Nishikawa Tetsu secretly visited Yagura Karatachi at the behest of the Third Hokage.

The list filled with the names of traitors from the high-ranking members of Kirigakure was presented to Nishikawa Tetsu as a weighty gift.

Even more coincidentally, the list included a Kirigakure elder who had accompanied Yagura on his mission to Konoha and was currently waiting in the downstairs lounge.

Of course, he didn't reveal Madara's situation, only saying that there was a powerful figure behind the scenes. As for who that powerful figure was, that was something the Fourth Mizukage had to investigate himself.

Yagura was a very shrewd politician. He immediately realized that this list was not only Konoha's way of showing sincerity, but also the perfect excuse for him to thoroughly purge the village's conservatives and Madara's undercover agents.

Inviting the Konoha engineering team to set up operations was the most important part of his plan:

He introduced powerful external capital and technological forces, using this power to crush the die-hards who tried to obstruct his reforms and maintain their old interests.

Anyone who dares to obstruct Kirigakure's path to modernization and prosperity is a sinner against Kirigakure.

"Since Lord Mizukage is so sincere, Konoha will naturally cooperate fully." Minato replied with a smile, thus finalizing the cooperation.

Next up is Yunyin's lightning-guided energy storage station project.

As expected, the issue of not sharing core technologies resurfaced, leading to a stalemate in the meeting.

"Hokage-sama, it seems that the discussions on the technical details will take some more time." Minato glanced at the time and suggested, "How about we take a half-hour break and everyone relax with some tea?"

The Third Hokage nodded in agreement.

……

During the recess.

Floating in mid-air, Onoki took advantage of his trip to the restroom to intercept the Fourth Raikage, A, at the corner of the corridor.

"Raikage, don't get so angry." Onoki stroked his beard and lowered his voice.

"You old fox, spit it out!" Ai glared at him irritably.

Onoki wasn't angry. He leaned closer and said, "Konoha is determined to use technology to strangle us this time. If we just agree, Iwagakure and Kumogakure will only be able to follow Konoha around and eat their dust."

"Then what do you suggest we do? Are we really not going to build it?" Ai frowned. Although he was unhappy with Konoha, he knew in his heart that the energy problem of Yunlei Gorge had to be solved.

"We can join forces." Onoki's cloudy eyes revealed shrewdness.

"Sunagakure is dirt poor, they'd sell anything for a mouthful of saliva, and that brat Mizukage of Kirigakure has been bewitched by Konoha. But we, Iwagakure, are different from you, Kumogakure. We are the two strongest villages besides Konoha."

Onoki sneered, "If both of our villages simultaneously state that if Konoha doesn't make substantial concessions on core technologies and profit sharing, we will collectively withdraw from the Shinobi World Community of Destiny Plan. I refuse to believe that without our two major villages, this plan can still be called a Shinobi World Community."

Ai pondered for a moment. Although he despised Onoki's usual behavior, their interests were aligned on this issue.

"Alright! Let's do it this way! We'll put pressure on Konoha together later!"

……

Half an hour later.

Onoki and Ai exchanged a glance. Onoki cleared his throat, just about to bring up their newly formed alliance to put joint pressure on Konoha.

"Ahem, sirs."

Nishikawa Tetsu, who had been sitting quietly to the side, suddenly stood up.

He held a uniquely shaped square metal box in his hand, and had a smile on his face.

"Before we continue the discussion, I would like to show you a conceptual technology that our Konoha Science Research Institute has just achieved a breakthrough in, which is classified as top secret."

Nishikawa Tetsu placed the metal box on the conference table.

"As everyone knows, the transmission of information in the ninja world has always relied on ninja hawks or summoning beasts, which is not only slow but also extremely easy to intercept."

"But what if we had a technology that would allow the Raikage in the Land of Lightning, the Tsuchikage in the Land of Earth, or even the commanders on the front lines, to have instantaneous, lag-free face-to-face video and audio communication?"

Upon hearing this, the four shadows' gazes were instantly drawn to the small box.

"Instantaneous? Face-to-face communication? No delay?" Rasa asked incredulously.

"Yes, Lord Kazekage."

Nishikawa Tetsu snapped his fingers.

"We call it a cross-border instant messaging network."

Nishikawa Tetsu explained: "This technology is based on the construction of micro chakra band resonance and relay base stations. Wherever the network covers, not only voice, but even real-time high-definition images of the battlefield can be instantly transmitted to the large screen in the command center."

silence.

The only sound in the conference room was breathing; not only the advisors and guards of the various Shadows, but even the breathing of the four Shadows themselves became heavy.

They are all too aware of the strategic value of this technology, both military and political!

With this network, the transmission of information will undergo a qualitative leap, and the deployment and command of the army will reach an unprecedented and terrifying efficiency!

Onoki had even forgotten his earlier plan to exert pressure together; he stared at the box, his eyes practically glowing green.

"Konoha... they've actually developed something like this?"

No wonder, no wonder the enemy's command system was so powerful during the last war; war is all about intelligence.

"but……"

Nishikawa Tetsu suddenly changed the subject, his face showing an extremely troubled expression.

"This technology is extremely expensive, and the requirements for base station construction and chakra conduction materials are extremely stringent. Given Konoha's current financial resources and production capacity, in the next few years, apart from Konoha and the Land of Fire..."

Nishikawa Tetsu raised two fingers, his gaze sweeping across the faces of the four shadow figures.

"We can only select a maximum of two villages as the first overseas pilot areas for this technology to carry out network coverage and equipment deployment."