Escape From Konoha

  Chapter 444

   "Your task, you should have understood it?"

  In an office in the hospital, Masumi Asami stared at the four medical ninjas standing in front of her desk.

  These four medical ninjas can be regarded as her direct subordinates trained in Konoha Hospital, and they are not at the same level as low-level cadres like Haruno Zhao. Coupled with the particularity of one's own profession, the room for manipulation is also greater.

   "Yes, Director Asami."

  One of the male medical ninjas nodded and answered. He looked about thirty years old, with a slightly honest expression, indicating that he had understood.

   "That's good. When the funds are in place and you start researching the medical talisman, you will be responsible for contacting the higher authorities, and then... delay as much as possible. Remember, don't reveal your secrets. If you reveal your secrets and encounter suspicion, you can leave directly through the secret road and don't stay. Someone will take care of you outside. I will make arrangements for your family. Now you can go down."

   Asami Masumi clasped her hands slightly together on the desk, a sharp look flashed in her eyes behind the lenses.

  The four medical ninjas all nodded seriously, turned and left without dragging their feet.

   Seeing the four medical ninjas leave, Asami Masumi also let out a sigh of relief, rubbing her sore temples.

   "Kakashi is really going to give me trouble, obviously I still want to take a good rest for a while..."

  In fact, she didn't expect Haruno Zhao's daughter to have such ability.

  As a medical ninja, she is well aware of the commercial and strategic potential of medical symbols in the future market.

  Especially for Konoha, a ninja village that lacks development funds, it may be too much to say it is a life-saving straw, but if it succeeds, it will definitely make Konoha reborn.

   "That's really a bit embarrassing, it will increase your burden here."

   At some point, the window at the back was opened, and Kakashi leaned against the wall, appearing behind Asami Masumi, his figure completely hidden in the shadow of the wall, not easy to be noticed.

   "Can't you just walk in normally?"

  Asami Masumi asked dissatisfiedly without turning her head.

   "Don't worry about such trivial matters, anyway... I will leave this to you."

  Kakashi's tone became solemn.

  After a high-level meeting, the research project team of the medical talisman has been formally established, and the research center is not placed in the Konoha Hospital, but a completely closed research institute.

  Mobilize three to five ninjas who are proficient in medical ninjutsu from each department of the hospital, and join the medical talisman research team to carry out closed work. Before the medical talisman is completed, the people in this institute cannot have any contact with the outside world.

  Asami Masumi’s task is to instruct his subordinates to participate in this research team and disrupt the progress of the research work. More precisely, it is to interfere with the research progress of the medical talisman, causing frequent mistakes in the research work, constantly expanding Konoha’s funding gap, and making Konoha’s problem of reserve funds worse.

  Konoha, who is not rich in development funds, if the research project team of the medical talisman is turned into a bottomless pit that swallows gold, it will undoubtedly lead Konoha to a crooked road from another level, and run wildly, unable to stop.

   This plan may have no effect within half a year or a year, but if it drags on for three or four years, even Konoha will gradually become unbearable, and may even cause Konoha's military development to slow down and stagnate.

  A blade that kills people without blood has been pointed at Konoha Ninja Village under the remote control of the ghost country.

  The Konoha executives have not realized this very serious problem.

  They only saw the inexhaustible wealth after successfully researching medical talismans, but they failed to realize that this was a trap dug by Mikonoha, the kingdom of ghosts.

   Not only from the military and political level, but now even from the economic level, it is necessary to put pressure on Konoha.

   "I will naturally do my job well, you just need to keep an eye on Danzo and Orochimaru."

   "Since you have already made arrangements, I can rest assured. When necessary, we can disclose the matter of the medical talisman to the Fire Nation Daming Mansion."

   Kakashi said meaningfully.

   "Daming Mansion?"

  Asami Masumi was slightly taken aback, and then figured out the key to the matter.

  The research project team of the medical talisman is established privately and is not made public.

  Because the medical talisman will involve huge benefits, and it will also allow Konoha to have a certain degree of economic independence.

  This kind of thing must not be what people in the Daming Mansion would like to see.

  Although they dare not do anything to Konoha on the surface, the two sides are likely to trigger a crisis of trust and fierce conflicts. At that time, the Daming Mansion is likely to withdraw the funding to Konoha and make some moves in military expenditures.

  The benefits of the medical talisman alone will definitely not be able to meet Konoha's development needs.

  Contradiction will further appear.

  At that time, it is not impossible for other countries to take advantage of a civil war.

   "Is there no countermeasure on the Hokage side?"

  Asami Masumi asked next.

   She didn't believe that Konoha's think tank Nara Shikahisa would not consider such a thing.

   "It's still being drawn up, and the specifics of how to do it haven't been decided yet. But I guess they probably won't give up on the research on the medical talisman. If the research is successful in the future, they will also find an agent and sell it secretly."

  When the considerable benefits reach a certain level, Konoha's executives don't mind taking risks.

  It’s like the root that sells banned tail beast drugs privately. Although the behavior is risky, it can indeed bring huge benefits to the root.

  The profit of the medical talisman is obviously not comparable to that of the Tailed Beast Prohibition Drug.

   Various ninjas are also actively participating in it. Even if they see the problem, they will not give up willingly.

  Daming Prefecture does not allow Konoha to have its own industry, but the scale and income of the industry cannot exceed the tolerance range of Daming Prefecture.

  Obviously, the medical talisman will seriously challenge the bottom line of Daming Fu in the future market.

  A ninja village that has become economically independent and has the most powerful armed force in the country, so what will be pursued next and how much it will make the Daming House fearful is completely predictable.

  Economic independence enables better military development, and with a stronger army, it is inevitable to intervene in the sovereignty of the country.

   Between Daimyo and Hokage, only one person can survive.

   This is tantamount to abandoning the contract of the first Hokage to establish the one country, one village system.

   Konoha will either be reborn from the ashes, or will lose his arm again and be beaten back to his original shape.

  Even if Konoha does not have the ambition to dominate the Fire Nation, as long as she takes the step of economic independence, it will inevitably lead to this vicious bitter fruit.

   "Now I understand a little bit why Master Shiraishi didn't take Haruno Sakura away, but chose to reveal this secret to Konoha's senior management."

  Asami Masumi took a deep breath, and the spine behind her felt a little chilly.

   Allowing Konoha to research and produce medical talismans is not just to further tear up Konoha's funding gap and slow down Konoha's development progress.

   It is also to push Konoha into a desperate situation again.

  No matter what choice Konoha makes at that time, it will do no harm to the kingdom of ghosts.

   "Politics...is a blade that kills people without blood. This is a conspiracy, and Konoha has to take it over."

  Kakashi fell silent.

  He thought of his long-dead father.

   also died in this invisible political struggle, died of this invisible blade.

  His growth in Konoha these years is not only an improvement in strength, but also a clear view of the political environment of the entire Konoha through the intelligence of the ghost country and what he has seen and heard.

   What matters is not right or wrong, but whether it has the ability to threaten the high-level.

  His father Bai Fang is like this, and so is the Uchiha clan.

  The cruelty and darkness in it can't be explained clearly in a few words.

  Facing the country of ghosts, a country that integrates economy, politics, and military affairs, Konoha has no chance of winning alone.

   "Yes, but it has nothing to do with me. I won't stay in this village for too long."

   Asami Masumi drank tea, suppressed the shock in her heart, and said such a sentence.

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  Four o'clock in the afternoon, the woods.

   While Naruto and Sasuke were concentrating on training, Kakashi took Sakura aside alone and talked about the medical charm.

   "Research on medical symbols?"

  Sakura stared at Kakashi standing in front of her with wide eyes, but didn't react for a while.

  Looking at Sakura's appearance, Kakashi also knew that the other party didn't realize the importance of the medical talisman at all, and the other party might even just regard the medical talisman as a convenient tool that can be carried around.

  The more you think about it, the higher the possibility.

   Sure enough, although he is very smart, his experience in life is too shallow. Kakashi sighed inwardly.

   "Yes, I took your medical talisman and showed it to Master Hokage. He said that this kind of thing has great potential. I hope you can continue to study it to make up for the shortcomings of the medical talisman."

   Kakashi definitely nodded.

  Not just Hokage, high-level advisers, Nebu, various ninja clans, and it can be said that Konoha’s famous forces are all paying attention to this matter.

   It's just that this kind of thing has not been disclosed to the public. Even the research team of the medical talisman has been recruited to work in a closed research institute, and contact with the outside world is prohibited. It is conceivable that the high-level people attach great importance to this matter.

  The purpose is to prevent information from leaking and causing unnecessary trouble.

   "Ho... Hokage-sama!?"

  Sakura felt that her breath was about to suffocate.

  Even ordinary people who are not ninjas know how noble and great the status of the old man who bears this name is in the village.

  The little toy that I made up at will was confirmed by Hokage, and Sakura's mind went blank for a while, and she was dizzy, to the point where she couldn't think of anything.

   It took a long time for her to come back to her senses, but the expression on her face was still full of shock.

  She never expected that her medical talisman would attract the attention of big shots at Hokage's level.

   "Although it's a bit unbelievable, Naruto-sama really appreciates the medical talisman you made, Sakura. I hope you will continue to work hard and strive to make the medical talisman into a finished product."

  Kakashi narrowed his eyes and smiled, not knowing what he was thinking.

   "Uh... that... Kakashi-sensei, I don't know anything about this kind of thing..."

  Sakura scratched her head in embarrassment, not knowing how to continue the conversation.

   "I know, in fact, it's better to let this kind of thing take its course. Lord Hokage didn't ask you to finish making the medical talisman immediately, but just hoped that you could use your spare time to study the making of the medical talisman."

   "That's it... I see."

  If it is someone else's request, Sakura might not listen.

  Because her daily schedule is full now, medical ninjutsu, strange force training, and performing tasks, basically she can't squeeze out too much time to invest in the production of medical symbols.

  But if this is Naruto-sama’s request, Sakura feels that as a member of Konoha Ninja, she must do her best to do this well.

  Although she is still a little confused now, she can't understand why Hokage-sama is interested in the small toys that she made unintentionally.

   "That's fine, Sakura, don't put too much pressure on yourself. Even if you fail, Hokage-sama won't blame you."

   Having said that, Sakura still felt a little bit of pressure.

  But the so-called pressure is motivation.

  Besides, my ability has been recognized by Hokage, and I still feel a little proud in my heart.

  Because it means that your talents have been fully recognized by others.

   "I understand, Kakashi-sensei, I will not disappoint Hokage-sama."

  Sakura clenched her fists tightly, as if she had made up her mind to impress others.

   Seeing Sakura's motivation, Kakashi also nodded in approval.

   "I look forward to the day when you complete the medical talisman. Okay, go back. Just remember the medical talisman yourself. You can't miss the practice of strange power."

"yes."

  Sakura nodded heavily, and under the watchful eye of Kakashi, she returned to Naruto and Sasuke, and the three practiced together.

   "Well... how far will it go?"

  Kakashi looked at the direction where Sakura left, and had such a question.

   It is true that through the matter of the medical talisman, Sakura also began to show her talent.

   But whether this talent was caused by accident, or will it continue to shine in the near future... Even Kakashi cannot be sure about this.

   "...But I always feel that geniuses are becoming less and less valuable recently..."

  Kakashi sighed helplessly and complained.

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   "Is the finished product produced so quickly?"

  In a laboratory in Ziyuan City Military District, the land of ghosts, Lin looked at the talisman paper in Baishi's hand, showing surprise.

  According to the information, Konoha has just started to act and set up a medical talisman research team, but it is still unknown when the finished product will be researched.

   But the talisman paper held in Baishi's hand, Lin felt the extremely strong yang attribute chakra from it, and even this chakra has gone beyond the scope of yang attribute chakra, and is closer to life energy.

   In terms of healing effect, it is estimated that it is far beyond the comparison of general medical ninjutsu.

  Shiraishi frowned and looked at the talisman paper in his hand. The paper was clean and white. Whether it was the seal-style outline or the medical ninjutsu effect contained in it, it was much more complete than the crude medical talisman made by Haruno Sakura.

   "No, this thing cannot be marketed."

   Shiraishi said so, then sighed.

   "What's the matter? But I think this should be a finished product, and the chakra inside has not been leaked, so it can be stored for a long time..."

  Lin didn't understand what Baishi meant.

   "It's a material problem."

"Material?"

   "Well, the material of this kind of talisman paper is processed from the original fragments of the sacred tree. The cost is too high, and the production process is too complicated, so it cannot be used for mass production and sales. Moreover, this thing is not a medical talisman that imitates Haruno Sakura, but a fairy talisman from Mt. Myogi..."

   In other words, the medical talisman in his hand is a kind of high-end medical talisman that is not very close to the people.

  The talisman paper itself processed from the fragments of the sacred tree is a priceless treasure, plus the life energy that circulates in it and can be used at any time...

  Even if one piece sells for tens of millions of taels, Baishi feels that it is a loss-making business.

  This is the same as the natural energy potion, it is a priceless thing, and there is currently no way to promote it commercially. It can only be consumed internally. As for internal consumption, due to very expensive cost issues, the number of people needs to be strictly controlled.

  Because the original fragments of the sacred tree are non-renewable resources for Shiraishi. At least for the time being, the original fragments of the sacred tree will be lacking if they are used a little, and they are completely incomparable with the inferior wooden dungeon products derived from them.

   "What about the specific effect?"

  Lin asked carefully.

   "If you use up the life energy inside, you can regenerate a broken limb. It can even treat most of the ailments of the human body to a certain extent and prolong the lifespan of the human body. The aging of the body will also be slowed down."

   Baishi considered his choice of words before speaking.

   "..."

  Lin gave a wry smile.

   Indeed, as Baishi said, this kind of medical talisman cannot be mass-produced.

  Materials and so on are a problem.

  In addition to this amazing healing effect, even if a jonin spends all his savings, he may not be able to afford it.

  Besides, even if you can afford it, this kind of high-end medical talisman with amazing healing effect is also a rare product with a price but no market.

  Because it consumes Shiraishi's own celestial chakra, it may not be possible to mass-produce it with machinery and equipment for the time being.

  Current machines and equipment can't simulate to the level of fairy art, and it is even more difficult to simulate the extremely fine medical fairy art.

   "It's better to consume this kind of thing internally. It can be regarded as an insurance for your own people."

  Shiraishi shook his head helplessly.

  Actually, after getting the healing talisman made by Haruno Sakura, the first thing he thought of was the fairy talisman of Mt. Myogi.

  The Immortal Talisman has the effect of bringing the dead back to life.

  The medical talisman he made from the original fragments of the sacred tree is better than Haruno Sakura's medical talisman, but in terms of effect, it still can't achieve the effect of bringing the dead back to life.

  Although he also wants to engrave his reincarnation technique on the talisman paper, to reach the same level as the talisman of Miaomu Mountain Immortal. However, the talisman paper processed from the original fragments of the sacred tree still has an upper limit of the immortal chakra. The use of reincarnation requires a large amount of immortal chakra, so the medical charm in his hand is just an inferior version of the immortal charm. It can only be reborn from severed limbs, but there is no way to revive the dead.

   This made Shiraishi very regretful.

   "It seems that even Teacher Shiraishi will encounter difficulties in medical treatment."

  Lin said.

   "Of course, the more streamlined something is, the more difficult it is to make."

   Shiraishi nodded, but did not refute.

  Healing Charm is a new type of spell.

  The technique system used is completely different from the detonating symbols and sealing symbols usually used by ninjas.

  In other words, if you want to make a medical talisman, you must first build a new surgery system for the medical talisman, and then make it compatible with medical ninjutsu. If this technique system is not compatible with medical ninjutsu, it needs to be recalculated until the two are compatible with each other.

  The medical talisman made by Sakura Haruno, the reason why the chakra leaks is because the art system is not perfectly compatible with medical ninjutsu. Once this problem is solved, the crafting process of healing charms will be greatly accelerated.

  However, it is not so easy to create a surgery system that is perfectly compatible with medical ninjutsu.

  Detonating Talismans and Sealing Talismans were not born overnight. They were finally formed after many ninjas painstakingly studied them. After passing the test of the war market, they became exclusive combat tools often carried by ninjas.

   Even today, there are not a few ninjas who use detonating symbols and sealing symbols.

   "The little girl named Haruno Sakura is very smart. Although she has built a very crude surgery system on the medical talisman, she has initially begun to be compatible with medical ninjutsu. It is probably only a matter of time before the distance is perfect."

  Learning ready-made ninjutsu is always much easier than creating new ones.

  But no matter how much people learn later, it will be difficult for them to surpass those who have created the art on the basis of the original art.

   Therefore, Shiraishi will improve the technique of spiritualization, and based on the technique of spiritualization, derive the unique forbidden technique of soul splitting and soul mutation, instead of blindly imitating others.

  From this point of view, Haruno Sakura is also creating a new system of her own.

  Although this may be an unconscious behavior, this kind of creative thinking that does not stick to the form has become an indispensable and valuable experience in her life.

   "So, Lin, you should also create your own spiritualization technique. If you keep following my path, you will not be able to surpass me."

  Seeing that Baishi suddenly changed the topic to herself, Lin became depressed.

   "Are you disappointed in me, Teacher Shiraishi?"

   "It's not enough to be disappointed, but you should understand the truth that those who learn from me will live, and those who resemble me will die. I have taught you all my life-long medical ninjutsu and improved spiritualization techniques. I hope that one day you will be able to shine your own light. This little girl named Haruno Sakura is much smarter than you."

   Shiraishi said.

   "The future of this kind of thing is totally uncertain, maybe—" Lin suddenly raised her head in the middle of speaking, realized something, and looked at Baishi: "Mr.

  Baishi glanced at Lin, shook his head, only rejected Lin's idea, but didn't say anything. He appreciates Haruno Sakura's creative thinking ability, but it's too early to accept such a thing as an apprentice.

  (end of this chapter)