Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

"This is...the power of dragon vein..."

On the ruins of Loulan, which was still full of yellow sand, Uchiha Shisui and Queen Sarah of Loulan stood together, raising their heads, with different moods, looking at the red sand scorpion in amazement. Under the control, he slowly stood upright, a huge humanoid puppet standing on the ground.

"It's indeed good. It's no wonder Kaguya Rei values ​​the power of this dragon vein so much."

The cold voice of the Red Sand Scorpion came from the giant humanoid puppet. He had obtained the authorization from Queen Sarah of Loulan and now had the preliminary qualifications to control the power of the dragon vein. When he really came into contact with it, it seemed to be endless. When chakra poured out from the broken seal, even a strong man with rich life experience like him couldn't help but be amazed by the power of the dragon vein.

"Misstep, misstep... If I had paid attention to the rumor I heard earlier, I should have been able to fully grasp the power of the dragon vein by making Queen Loulan into a human puppet, instead of having to be controlled by you like this like now. A nasty puppy is staring at me."

"You've just come into contact with the power of dragon veins, are you planning to break your promise, Scorpion!?"

Uchiha Shisui's expression turned cold. While protecting Queen Sara behind him, he grabbed the residual fire of the Taishou on his back and asked in a deep voice.

"Then you can rest assured that I am different from ordinary people like An Lushan who have stupid ambitions but limited abilities. With just a little bit of effort, I can already make Loulan recreate the past of the Kingdom of Thousand Towers and complete it. Kaguya Rei and I requested the work of building the assembly line... Even the person you are loyal to will not accuse me of using the power of dragon veins to further study the future of puppetry in addition to completing the work."

The huge humanoid puppet tilted its head, looked down at Uchiha Shisui, who was facing a formidable enemy, and said with a sneer.

"Do you think you have a very trustworthy image in our eyes, Scorpion?" Uchiha Shisui remained skeptical and continued to ask.

"That's something you have to consider, not me..."

The Crimson Sand Scorpion shook his head, and then instantly disintegrated the huge puppet he controlled into a large number of puppets, one person above the other. While directing them to start cleaning up the ruins of Loulan, he said in a still young voice:

"But I can give you a piece of advice. Regardless of whether you are a traitor or not, you should integrate all the information you have before making a choice. Compare the benefits and risks that each choice may bring. You can allow yourself to Failure due to risks beyond known intelligence, but you should never act blindly and think that you can swallow the profits and escape unscathed when you know that the risks are much higher than the rewards."

"...I thought that after leaving Kirigakure, you would turn back into that audacious maniac who would not even take a crazy act like assassinating the Kazekage seriously."

Uchiha Shisui retracted his right hand holding the handle of the knife and breathed a sigh of relief.

"If I could take the dragon vein away, you would be corpses in the sand now."

The Red Sand Scorpion, who made himself a puppet body to move easily, snorted coldly, "It's just because the dragon veins are rooted here and can't move. I don't want to be attacked by that monster Kirigakure when I'm studying the puppet technique." , you just managed to save a life, don’t get me wrong, Uchiha’s puppy.”

"...Forget it, I won't argue with you for words."

Uchiha Shisui rolled his eyes speechlessly, and then took out from his pocket the Loulan city structure diagram that Queen Sara restored based on her memories, as well as Kaguya Rei's design opinions on the [biscuit] production assembly line, and handed them over To the Red Sand Scorpion who came over.

"These are some reference materials and design opinions that may be useful. The fourth generation's opinion is that we hope that Loulan can be rebuilt to the point where it can start mass production of [biscuits] within half a year... Can you do it, Scorpion?"

"Half a year? I'm really looked down upon..."

The Crimson Sand Scorpion put the scroll he had browsed into his robe, turned indifferently and walked towards the Loulan ruins that had been cleaned up by the puppets:

"A month later, let Kaguya Rei deliver the raw materials for the production of the secret medicine and the first batch of sellers... I don't like waiting for people, and I don't like making people wait."

Seeing that the Red Sand Scorpion had no intention of continuing to communicate with himself and others, Uchiha Shisui, who was sent to act as a temporary supervisor, couldn't help but sigh. Seeing this, Queen Sarah, who had been listening to the conversation between the two, pulled another She pulled his sleeves and asked softly:

"Is it really okay to trust him like this? I mean... no matter how you look at it, he is a very dangerous guy, right?"

"But he is undoubtedly the best puppet master of this era. If you want to maximize the increase of dragon veins in puppetry, a madman like the Crimson Sand Scorpion who can even transform his own body into a puppet is the best choice. The only choice."

Uchiha Shisui's patient explanation was not able to completely convince Queen Sara. She puffed up her face and asked with a puzzled look on her face:

"I don't understand. Even if you want to use the power of such a person, you must use the power of the dragon vein. What on earth is the Mizukage of your village thinking? Isn't he afraid that these dangerous guys will do something beyond him? Are you taking control?"

"First, in terms of the fourth generation's strength, no one in the ninja world can do anything beyond his control for the time being," Uchiha Shisui raised two fingers and answered patiently:

"Second, Dragon Vein is an important attempt to apply chakra to production and life on a large scale. If Loulan's experiment can succeed, then the Ghost Kingdom will also start to conduct the next experiment, and gradually use the results of these experiments The experience and gains will be extended to various countries affected by us, completely changing the existing social form and production methods of the ninja world."

"...Is what you just spoke in a language I can understand?"

Sara looked at Uchiha Shisui with a confused expression. She felt that she could vaguely understand every syllable that the other party just said, but when these words were combined together, they became meanings that she could not understand at all. .

In response, Uchiha Shisui just shrugged and said in a reassuring tone:

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. You just need to know that this is the Yondaime's preparations for the coming long peace..."

"Peace...is coming?"

Queen Sara's face was full of disbelief, "But you just brought news not long ago that the ninja villages of the Kingdom of Earth and the Kingdom of Thunder raided Konoha of the Kingdom of Fire, and almost destroyed the entire Konoha village... With such a terrible thing happening, how can you tell that peace is about to come?"

"It will come soon."

Uchiha Shisui smiled, looked up at the cloudless and clear sky, and then said leisurely:

"Not only will peace come, but this time's peace will last long enough for people who have experienced so many years of war in the ninja world to accept that chakra users can not only become ninjas who are good at destruction and war. situation."

…

"After nearly twenty years of peace, recognized by the Kage of the five major ninja villages in the ninja world, where even friction on the border rarely occurred, Konoha is still just a ninja village. After Ye's children grew up, they still only knew that ninja was the most promising career in Konoha. Even Hinata, the only heir to a famous family with a big family and a big business, still had to go out to perform tasks and fight. Killing ninjas.”

"What maintains this order are two bloodline ninjas who have mastered the only bloodline that can confront the Otsutsuki clan head-on. They are stronger than me now and you at our peak."

"Do you think that in such a world, the mutual understanding you expect between people can really be achieved, Senju Hashirama?"

Kaguya Rei looked into Senju Hashirama's eyes and asked seriously.

The medicine works, but it doesn’t feel like it’s completely effective…