Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

The national system of the ninja world has always been very unhealthy, even deformed.

The Ninja Village controls the highest level of military power in the country, but it has basically no power itself. It is an armed and violent organization that needs to go out and do tasks for others to earn money.

Moreover, the money earned was not enough to spend, and most of it had to be funded by the daimyo. Even the major ninja villages needed the daimyo's approval for the selection of Kage.

In fact, it is not impossible for the political system to lead the military system. But all this must have a premise, that is, the country's political and military needs are under the same team. You are in me, I am in you, and they coexist with each other.

The national system of the ninja world is obviously not like that. The daimyo and the ninja village are two different systems that have nothing to do with each other. But it is outrageous that one of them can legally lead the other.

The key point is that no one in the entire ninja world seems to have noticed that something is wrong. Those powerful ninja villages all tacitly accept that they are led by the daimyo.

All this happened until Qingye appeared.

Among the reforms that Aoba promoted in Konoha, the most important one was the commercialization of Konoha.

Using Konoha's powerful military force as a backing, starting with Kado's shipping group, Konoha's ninja army knocked on doors everywhere to engage in free trade. At the same time, they also supported many agents and occupied the mines of the Land of Fire, the Land of Wind, and even many surrounding small countries.

In less than a year, Konoha became self-sufficient and had more money than it could spend.

Konoha was able to expand unscrupulously and increase its population, and its greatest confidence was two words: money.

After I became rich, Konoha's attitude towards the Daimyo naturally became distant. I listened to you before because I had no money and needed your funding. It was also a long-standing habit.

Now that we have money, we don't need funding from the daimyo. The top leaders of Konoha suddenly realized that the absence of the daimyo didn't seem to have any impact on us, and it might even make things better.

The people of Konoha did not have such a clear understanding. However, some astute people also noticed something different. That is, Konoha had not heard from the Daimyo for a long time.

The daimyo were not fools either. Although most of the nobles had become useless due to the years of luxury, there were still some wise people among them.

They noticed the changes in Konoha and realized that something was wrong. Giving the order for Konoha to support Kumogakure was a typical test of obedience. They wanted to know if Konoha was really out of control.

In addition, the Daimyo is not completely without military force. In addition to the twelve guardian ninjas, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire actually has his own ninja force.

As nobles, they actually have their own ninja training system. However, they have always treated ninjas as tools and never really valued them. The ninjas they trained were loyal but their combat effectiveness was just so-so.

However, the daimyo nobles themselves were not aware of this. Most of them even believed that their ninja forces had an absolute advantage over the joninja villages. Therefore, even if Konoha showed alienation, they still dared to cause trouble.

Konoha, Hokage's office. After everyone left, only Aoba and Tsunade were left.

"What are you going to do? Just charge in and destroy the Fire Nation's Daimyo?"

"It doesn't have to be like this from the beginning. In fact, completely destroying the Daimyo will not benefit the Fire Nation at present.

Although they have little impact on the ninja village, they have a huge impact on other cities, politics, business, and even life in the Land of Fire. A sudden destruction may cause large-scale unrest in the Land of Fire. "

"You know, Aoba. Sometimes I feel that you are a very...strange person. You are obviously one of the strongest ninjas in the ninja world. But your eyes are more focused on the lower-class people."

"Maybe it's because I came from the lower class."

"That's true. You are now the idol of all civilian ninjas."

"Haha, that means I haven't done well enough. The ninja world has been suppressed by corrupt rules for too long. To truly liberate it, an unprecedented reshuffle is needed. The good news is that day is not far away."

After Aoba finished speaking, he found Tsunade was looking at him quietly. There was a hint of charm in her eyes.

Normally, this word is difficult to use on Tsunade. She has always been a strong and capable leader.

Even when she was with Qingye, she had to be on top. Although Qingye overpowered her in the end, she never admitted defeat.

However, as Aoba became stronger and stronger, and the things he did became bigger and bigger, Tsunade's attitude towards him also changed slightly.

Tsunade started dating Aoba because of her disappointment in Jiraiya and her own loneliness.

After Tsunade returned, Jiraiya disappeared without a trace, leaving Tsunade completely disappointed.

At the same time, after Tsunade untied her heart knot, although her body was young, she could not get rid of the psychological and physical loneliness.

At this time, the strong, excellent, rational and handsome Aoba appeared beside her. Naturally, he attracted Tsunade's attention. Later, Aoba became her lover.

That's right, in Tsunade's heart, Aoba is her lover, a living tool she uses to comfort herself.

However, as time went by, some subtle changes took place in the relationship between them.

Tsunade herself noticed the change in herself, but this time she didn't want to restrain herself.

Unsurprisingly, the two of them rolled together in the office again.

After a long time, Qingye left the office and came to the edge of Konoha, the Uchiha clan's land.

Recently, many more people have moved into the residential area of ​​the Uchiha clan. These people are Mei Terumi and others who took refuge in Konoha.

They had tried to infiltrate Kirigakure before and investigate what happened there, but Kirigakure, with Madara and Black Zetsu in charge, was not something they could touch.

After several attempts, Mei Terumi also gave up her attempts on Kirigakure in despair. She now understood that the possibility of her reviving Kirigakure was very low.

The only thing he could do now was to keep the elite troops of Kirigakure in his hands, hoping that an illusory opportunity would appear in the future.

Currently, they have rented some houses in the Uchiha clan's territory and have even started to make money by doing missions in the name of Konoha ninja.

There was no other way. Renting a house cost money. Eating, drinking, and defecating for nearly a hundred people also cost money. They could only concentrate on their work now. They had no time to take care of the revival of Kirigakure.

When Aoba arrived at their base, only Mei Terumi and a few Kirigakure ninjas were at home. The others were out on missions.

"Mr. Aoba, you are a rare guest." Mei Terumi served tea to Aoba. Although she appeared calm on the surface, she was actually a little panicked.

The situation in the ninja world is extremely complicated now. No matter where Mei Terumi and her group go, nothing good will happen. Konoha is one of the few forces that can protect them and has not yet taken action against them.

The good news is that Qingye has no intention of driving them away. The bad news is that some things cannot be avoided after all.

"Ms. Terumi Mei, I have a task here. I hope you can consider it."