I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

Only after Kakashi and the others had completely left did "Hanzo" inside the screen move his body.

He took off the mask that looked like a gas mask, revealing a young and handsome face. His arms, which had originally looked a little old, also returned to normal. The person who pretended to be Hanzo was Ye Lan.

Ye Lan took the list handed over by Muye and looked at it carefully. The medicinal materials section was the largest, and there were also many precious deer antlers.

With a light snort, Ye Lan said in a voice that only he could hear, "With you here, Nara Shikaku, Konoha is really hard to deal with. It's a pity that your son doesn't seem to want to take over from you, so let me add fuel to the fire..."

Afterwards, Ye Lan told the people from Xiao about the outcome of the incident. The people from Xiao didn't care. For Payne, as long as Xiao's existence was not exposed and the matter could be settled, it would be a good outcome.

Then I heard that the Raikage personally led a team to harass the mines on the other side of the border of Iwagakure, and it was said that it caused considerable losses to Ōnoki. The duel between the Jinchūriki appeared in front of people again, and the Kumogakure and Iwagakure almost declared a formal war.

As Konoha's compensation entered the Rain Country, Iwagakure accelerated the signing of a non-aggression treaty with Amegakure. The yellow soil and black soil that had been locked up for almost a month finally saw the light of day again and were returned to Ōnoki in exchange.

Yuyin also re-dispatched the technical staff from those factories and Karin and others, but Ye Lan gave a few special instructions before they left.

Perhaps because he saw that Rain Village did not continue to harass, or perhaps because Cloud Village felt that there was no benefit in fighting any further, the Raikage Ai led his men to evacuate the Land of Earth. For a time, peace returned to the Ninja World, and this time the Ninja World War barely happened.

...

The Konoha factory resumed operations, and the workers who had rested for a long time returned to work. The market in front of the factory became bustling again.

As the person in charge here, Shikamaru also came here to observe.

"Master Shikamaru!"

When Honda Ryosuke saw Shikamaru, he went straight up to him and greeted him.

"I've told you so many times not to call me that. Your son and I are actually about the same age."

Shikamaru looked at Ryosuke helplessly. Ever since he went to Ryosuke's house last time to find out about the situation, his dissatisfaction with this person disappeared. It is not easy to be a part of Konoha.

"Hehe, that won't work. You are a Jonin after all! Oh, by the way, my son has become a Chunin. I heard that he was transferred to the northern border. I don't know if he will be in danger."

Ryosuke chuckled and felt both proud and worried when talking about his son. His son was able to become a Chunin thanks to his willingness to spend a lot of money.

"Congratulations, the northern border is fine now. There is no war going on. At most, we encounter some refugees and bandits."

Shikamaru comforted him and said that Konoha's northern border was mainly responsible for guarding the border between Iwagakure and Kumogakure. Konoha had just helped Iwagakure so nothing would go wrong. As for Kumogakure, they had just caused a big fuss in the Land of Earth and should not take any more action in the near future.

"That's good, that's good. I heard that Yugakure and Iwagakure almost had a fight last time. That's why we haven't started the work yet."

This kind of thing certainly cannot be hidden from the workers working in the factory. When the people from Yuyin come back, they will definitely reveal some related things in their words, so Ryosuke asked about Shikamaru.

Shikamaru looked towards the direction of the factory with a little dissatisfaction. He had no right to prohibit these people from Yugakure from discussing these things. The workers couldn't help with such things, and it was useless except making some people panic.

"Don't ask about this kind of thing. Just do your job in peace."

Seeing that Shikamaru looked a little unhappy, Ryosuke stopped bothering him and led the workers into the factory.

Shikamaru returned to the office building near the factory. As the person in charge here, Shikamaru had an independent office. Here also gathered the newly sent patrol ninjas by Tsunade and a small team of Anbu.

It is worth mentioning that Shikamaru also used his power a little bit, perhaps because he felt guilty, so he transferred Gray Wolf, a former Anbu, here to do the job of guarding the gate of the office area.

Suzaku even went to talk to Shikaku about this matter. Shikaku could only scold his son on the surface. After that, Shikamaru and Tsunade mentioned it and nothing else happened.

"Shikamaru, the chief engineer of Amegakure has been waiting in your office for a while. I heard he has something to talk to you about."

As soon as they entered the office building, Gray Wolf reminded Shikamaru.

Shikamaru nodded, just curious about what the other party wanted to see him about. He had only met the chief engineer a few times, but he only heard that this person had solid skills and was willing to do many things in the factory himself. No matter which village the people were from, they could not say anything bad about him.

It's just that regarding technical matters, Shikamaru never asked too much about what he came to see him about.

With some doubts, Shikamaru walked into the office, and as soon as he entered, he saw the one-eyed old man with a somewhat ferocious face.

"Chief Engineer Zhuoma, what do you want from me?"

Shikamaru directly asked the other party about his purpose. When dealing with these technical people, he knew it was best to be more direct.

As expected, Takuma didn't pay attention to Shikamaru's straightforwardness. "Shikamaru-sama, Konoha has said before that it wants to have a deeper cooperation with Amegakure. After thinking about it, Hanzo-sama decided to agree to Konoha's request and expand the scale of the factory again. We at Amegakure will also provide technical support."

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, he didn't expect that Yugakure would let Takuma talk about this matter.

"you sure?"

Takuma pulled out a plan with Hanzo's autograph and Amegakure's seal on it.

"This matter itself is not too complicated. It is just an expansion on the current basis, so just leave it to me. As for the construction of the factory, it still needs to be left to Konoha."

What Zhuo Mo said seemed to make sense. Shikamaru took the plan and examined it carefully. There was indeed no problem with the stamp and signature. He asked casually, "Is the profit distribution of the new factory the same as before?"

Zhuomu stepped forward, pointed to a rule in the plan and said, "Regarding this aspect, Yuyin is willing to give up 10% of the profits to Konoha. After all, Konoha is already familiar with this process, and it would be unreasonable for Yuyin to take so much of the profits."

Shikamaru then looked at Takuma in surprise. It seemed that Yuyin was considering the issue from Konoha's perspective. He also knew that if Konoha's advisors learned about this, they would definitely agree immediately without any hesitation.

But you have to know that Konoha had just disgusted the Hidden Rain Village, and Hanzo was so kind to give up his interests. The smart Shikamaru felt that there was a big problem here, but after repeatedly reading the plan, he could not see anything.

"Please inform Lord Hokage of this matter as soon as possible, Lord Shikamaru. We at Yugakure also look forward to the follow-up cooperation."

Unlike his appearance, his voice was slightly friendly and kind, and it was hard to tell that he had any ill intentions.

Shikamaru glanced at the technical old man in front of him, hesitated for a moment and said, "I understand. I will hand the plan of Yugakure to Tsunade-sama right away."