Chapter 567: Strategy for the Kingdom of Waves!
"Let me think about it again!"

Hong hesitated for a moment and finally gave this reply.

Her answer actually shows that her previous persistence has been weakened.

The reason is naturally due to the influence of that dark force.

If Konoha wasn't the village that her father was willing to protect even at his death, Hong would have accepted Honglian's invitation and headed straight to the castle tower.

Ordinary villagers don’t know, but ninjas like her who often go out of the village to carry out missions certainly understand how powerful the castle tower is now.

The focus is on benefits!
It is completely not on the same level as the major ninja villages.

Not only will there be a basic guaranteed salary after registration, but there are also various benefits, and even job positions are guaranteed after retirement, and the pensions far exceed those of the major ninja villages.

The news that all the major ninja villages tacitly blocked the castle tower was not only because they were afraid of their strength, but also because they were worried that the treatment of the other party would cause dissatisfaction among their own ninjas. If they were to compete on treatment, they would not be able to win.

Especially Konoha!
They are even more worried about being poached.

There have been many such cases. The eldest branch of the Uchiha family, the Aburame clan, a large number of small ninja clans... and so on, all migrated from Konoha to the castle tower.

With these previous lessons, it is no wonder that the castle tower was softly banned.

If it hadn't been banned, people would have lost faith in it long ago.

Like Hong and Hongdou, if they hadn't been missing their homeland, they might have surrendered long ago.

However, as the exclusion lasted for a long time, the feelings between the two were exhausted, so this time Yuhi Kurenai was also shaken.

"Hmph, there's nothing to think about. If we go to the castle tower, we'll definitely have a better life than here!"

Hongdou complained directly.

Yes, she and Hong’s life was not very good.

Especially for her, as a disciple of a "rebel ninja", she was guarded everywhere and could only accept missions that paid little but were laborious and dangerous.

It was as if he was hoping that she would die in the mission.

Fortunately, Hong was there. Relying on her fame, she received many easy tasks and was able to support herself by asking her to do the tasks together.

Note that the "support" here refers to maintaining one's own status while keeping growing in strength.

A ninja is essentially a "killing machine". To maintain the growth of his own chakra, it is not enough to just eat enough. He needs at least dozens of times more nutrition than an ordinary person.

Eating food naturally cannot supplement so much nutrition, so we have to use medicinal herbs and various secret medicines to maintain it.

Adding in the expenses of medical expenses, ninja tools, etc., the income is really not that sufficient.

So, someone like White Fang, even though he was so powerful at the beginning, didn't have a good life.

However, Hong and Hongdou are far inferior to White Fang in strength and are also being excluded. If they had not known how to play the 'beautiful ninja effect' card, they would have surrendered long ago with no way out.

In the original plot, the two people may have given in, so Hong would marry Asuma.

I can only say that the real ninja world is not as passionate and sunny as in the anime, it is completely dark.

"do not talk!"

Hong interrupted Anko.

Because she is in a very confused mood now.

"Quan, when will you leave for this exchange with the team?"

Seeing Hong like this, Hongdou didn't continue to force her, but asked other questions.

"Maybe after the Chunin Exams, but if you want to go to the castle tower, you can leave early. It will be inconvenient if I go back!"

Although Quan didn't know the complete plan, he could keenly sense that there was going to be a big move in the castle tower this time.

If the two don't want to be involved, it would be best for them to leave Konoha as soon as possible.

"...", Hong was silent. Just when Quan thought the other party would refuse, she nodded, "Okay!"

Although Hong didn't know why she and Hongdou were asked to go to the castle tower in advance, she was clear about one thing: the other party would not harm her and Hongdou.

And she has made up her mind to join the castle tower, but in name only she will go to the castle tower to accept a long-term mission.

Unless Konoha wants to break off relations with the castle tower, they cannot stop or restrict such missions.

If they really dare to play like this, they will lose all the interests over there.

By the way, all the students who were eliminated from Konoha’s ninja school in recent years have been absorbed by the castle tower.

Anyone who can register has ninja talent, but admission to the Konoha Ninja School is entirely a matter of personal relationships. Unless you have extraordinary talent, there will only be hundreds of people competing for those dozens of places.

As for the castle tower, even if these people cannot produce any top-notch warriors, at least they can be good ninjas.

If you have talents like sealing techniques, medical ninjutsu, etc., it would be a huge profit.

Yes, Konoha Ninja School has no shortage of students, so it eliminates so many students with ninja talent.

But there is an extreme shortage of castle towers!

There are not many ordinary people with ninja talent, so these eliminated registered students are the best targets.

Blood sucking!

The castle tower was able to grow so quickly because it sucked the blood of Konoha.

Of course, their bloodsucking is not without benefits for Konoha.

At least we don't need to make Konoha curl up like that, right? (Serious face). The next two months were normal.

Tang Ping and the others were not in a hurry either.

Because he was relaxing and adapting to his sage body in order to prepare for the upcoming battle, Naruko took the opportunity to learn Flying Thunder God, and Karin asked for advice on sealing techniques.

Karin is no fool. She guessed Dohei's identity from Izumi and Naruko's attitudes, so she pestered him every day to ask for advice on sealing techniques.

Life is really happy.

But today, the event of Tang Ping began.

Wave Kingdom Mission!
This guy Dazna finally came to Konoha to carry out a commission.

As for this mission, Dou Ping knew that it was the last mission before the Chunin Exam.

At the same time, this mission is also an opportunity.

Because the Wave Country is a small island country with a small area, and it is only separated from the Fire Country by a bridge, its strategic position is extremely important.

If the Hidden Mist Village wants to invade the Land of Fire, it can use the Land of Waves as a forward base.

At the same time, if the Lightning Kingdom in the north wants to invade from the sea, it also needs the Wave Kingdom.

Therefore, the Kingdom of Waves was being targeted by many forces before, and it was really difficult to take over the castle tower. At most, a port was built as a place for rest and recuperation.

Now is a good opportunity.

With the help of this mission, he secretly controlled the entire Wave Country and turned it into the territory of the castle tower.

This position is too critical, so it must be taken.

Usually, physical contact will cause a violent reaction.

But this mission to the Kingdom of Waves would cause unrest, so if they took the opportunity to take action, it would naturally not cause too much noise.

By the way, this is also an opportunity for the Mist Ninja.

Zabuza and Haku!

The former is easy to deal with, as he is a traitor to the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and is just an elite jonin.

But it’s different with Bai.

As an orphan of the Mizunotsuki clan, his talent is truly too strong.

You know, wandering with Zabuza doesn't have sufficient resources, and the growth of strength is extremely limited.

But even so, it also triggered the bloodline limit of Ice Release.

If all kinds of resources are invested, he will be a genius who is guaranteed to be a movie star.

Therefore, Bai is very important to the Mist Ninja.

When he knew last week that Dazna was coming to Konoha to commission a mission, Dohei sent the plan to the New Mist Village in advance, and hinted to Mei Terumi that a "genius" from the Mist Village would appear.

This is also the last chance to reap benefits before the Chunin Exam.

Soon, Quan came to inform them that their "exchange team" would set off to the Land of Waves together with Team 7.

It's just a C-level mission, and with Kakashi around, Sarutobi Hiruzen is of course relieved.

Even if the Root wanted to send someone to follow him, he would stop them.

Unfortunately, what Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know was that after Danzo knew that the exchange team would also follow this mission, he secretly sent out a group of Root ninjas.

It was difficult for him to take action in the village, but outside the village, he naturally would not have so many concerns.

The entrance of Konoha Village!
"spring!"

"Kakashi!"

...

Izumi with the exchange team, and Kakashi with Team 7 greeted each other.

In addition to them, there is also this time's employer in the team.

Dazna!
An old man with a white hairband, glasses, stubborn and sharp-tongued.

"Tsk, they sent so many brats to protect me, is there no strong man left in Konoha?"

He complained 'under his breath' so that everyone could hear.

"You bastard..."

Naruto, who was carrying a bag, was about to cause trouble for the other party, but was pushed back by Kakashi.

"Naruto, the other party is the employer of the mission, you can't mess around!"

Kakashi could understand this situation, after all, it concerned his own safety.

However, he would not explain how strong he was, and that he could easily protect the other party even with others.

"Humph!"

Naruto turned his head away proudly.

The team started to head towards the Land of Waves.

(End of this chapter)