Man-Made Economic Crisis

After finishing the meeting, Pakura returned to the embassy bedroom alone.

She wrote down everything that happened today in detail, and then found another ninja bird and asked it to send it back to Sunagakure Headquarters by starry night... This time, although the matter was significant, it was not to the extent that it was sent back directly by using reverse summoning.

What medium is used to deliver intelligence is itself a reflection of intelligence grading.

In these two years or so, Makoto had made far too many major decisions both explicitly and implicitly. It is impossible for Suna's side to use all of the Reverse Summoning, otherwise Kazekage would be staring at Konoha's side every day, and wouldn't do anything else...

After a simple wash, Pakura drank a cup of hot milk and did soft exercises for a while before lying down on the soft large bed and trying to make himself fall asleep.

For senior ninja, sleeping in seconds could be considered an essential skill.

Because you never know what kind of mission you are going to face next - whether it is a life and death battle that lasts for several days and nights without the slightest chance to catch your breath, or an ultra-long distance and wide range maneuver that makes even a horse vomit blood when it hears about it... can't ignore the harsh environment around you! The ninja who sleeps and recovers at any time and place has long since died on the battlefield.

But today... can't sleep.

Before, there were many people around, and it was just noisy, but now that the night is quiet, as soon as she closes her eyes, the figure of Makoto, who has a pair of golden pupils, automatically floats to her mind.

For some reason, she just cared very much about such Makoto.

Even worse, as Makoto's influence surfaced, her waist also began to burn slightly... that was the place that had been touched by Makoto.

Makoto was a lousy person, but he was extremely principled when he danced, and did not take advantage of the opportunity.

While wrapping his arms around her waist, he mostly just gently covered her skirt and didn't really touch her.

Only in the gap between the two dancing, when there was a slip because of the first time they cooperated, his palm would really cover her waistline.

That kind of feeling... was marvelous.

Her waist was hot, but his hand was even hotter.

...Did this sun thief use some kind of small katon (fire release)... How come it has been so long, the temperature of her waist still hasn't disappeared...

Not only did this temperature not disappear, it even stole from her waist to her face, making her cheeks a scarlet red, and even the speed of her heartbeat, inexplicably became faster.

Pakura tossed and turned in bed, the more she forced herself not to think about him, the clearer the images in her head became.

In all seriousness, the two of them have known each other for more than two years, and for as long as they have known each other, he has teased her for as long as he can... Damn scummy man!

Sooner or later, I will heaven punish you together with Temari-san!

...Still couldn't sleep though.

Fortunately, it was difficult to defeat Pakura.

Pakura merged her palms and gave herself a sword.

So she gained sleep like a baby.

... ...

Although she was actually unconscious, her longtime good biological clock still allowed Pakura to wake up at six o'clock precisely.

"Damn Makoto, he really torments people at all times..."

Pakura grumbled and started another brand new day.

She quickly finished washing up, and then... put on a delicate light makeup on herself.

Infiltration and subterfuge was the ninja's line of work, and truly powerful ninja, even male ninja, were actually very good at applying makeup.

Only in non-war time, ninjas are also lazy, and aren't too willing to spend a few hours to give themselves a makeover.

"What the heck, as long as I'm serious..."

Pakura quickly cleaned up, but when she opened her closet, she hesitated slightly before finally picking out a more figure-flattering chiffon blouse and a black wrap-around skirt, as Terumi Mei had done.

As for her feet, she changed out of yesterday's red velvet and replaced it with a pair of black fish mouth high heels.

After doing so, Pakura walked out of the room and was greeted by two female subordinates.

"Ah, did Pakura-sama... encounter something good?"

"No, what's wrong?"

"It always seems like you are very happy today."

"...Probably."

Pakura couldn't think of a reason for herself to be happy.

...Lately it's all very ordinary, if I have to say, it's Makoto the guy who has started to fold again... But what year doesn't he fold?

In this current situation, all industries and small countries outside of Suna and Konoha have to be mentally prepared to be tossed by the Godaime Hokage.

Pakura's mind was preoccupied with business, and he didn't have the heart to chat with these two people. After casually exchanging pleasantries for a couple of seconds, they each took their leave.

The resolute Pakura quickly disappeared around the corner. After their immediate boss left, the two female subordinates began to whisper.

"Wow, are the stones blooming? The sour smell of love actually appears on Pakura-sama's body... Which man is so unlucky?"

"Who else do you think it could be?"

"Oooh wow, that Temari-sama isn't..."

"Perhaps this is what Kazekage-sama has arranged? There's no reason to let Hokage wait for Temari-sama for more than ten years, right?"

"...What you say is also true."

... ...

Pakura went downstairs and finished her breakfast. She wanted to go to Hokage's office, but she ended up being stopped by a subordinate from the Intelligence Section.

...The information that was sent back to Suna yesterday, Kazekage had already written his annotations overnight and sent it over.

As soon as it came to business, Pakura immediately got serious. She unfolded the intelligence scroll, only to see that on it was Kazekage's handwriting.

The content was simple, but the meaning of it was...

"Eliminate enemies for Temari, and sacrifice some of the ninja if necessary. -

"If the Godaime Hokage shows signs of wavering... should be drawn in by all means including and not limited to your flesh."

...The Yondaime Kazekage, a straight man of steel, what exactly did his wife see in him back then?

Is this something that can be said directly?

Anyway, Makoto certainly will not say so directly.

But... this is really what the Yondaime Kazekage would do.

For this man, the village would always be above everything, even himself.

-He even took his own son as a jinchuuriki, what else is there not to give up.

The Yondaime Kazekage is an asshole, but...

"If it's for the sake of the village... Even if it's for the sake of the village, I'm afraid it's hard for me to succeed..."

During the last two years, Makoto was rising in value. At the time he bonded with Temari, he was just an elite Jonin who had just come up to the stage and was struggling left and right, and didn't even have Kage-rank strength.

And yet, to this day, he had gained the power to single-handedly shake the ninja world, and even the whole world.

...It's already hard to say who's stronger and who's weaker between the current him and the Shodaime Hokage at his peak.

But Makoto now, only twenty-one years old...

Kazehana Koyuki has been running to Konoha to play, in addition to her own genuinely like Konoha, old dad also spoiled her, really there is no other reason?

Even if you don't mention Kazehana Koyuki, the Land of Fire Princess who arrived yesterday was clearly aiming at Makoto...

"Hey... it's all you!"

"Damn bastard!"

Pakura cursed and walked out of the embassy, but she didn't go directly to the Hokage building, but first bought some kebabs on the street before knocking on Makoto's office.

...This guy, he loves to eat kebabs.

... ...

"Yo, Pakura, it's really early."

"Huh... this is... hahaha, or you understand me."

Makoto, who had been studying Konoha fluid arts with Hyuuga Hiashi all night, yawned, and then was very pleasantly surprised to see that Pakura, the guy who had come to the door to skewer, had brought along a kebab.

So he immediately took it and began to wolf it down.

There wasn't anything in this world that couldn't be solved by one small barbecue.

If there was, then it would be two meals.

However, many people didn't seem to notice this and would rather send him a check than a small barbecue.

Luckily, Pakura noticed.

"Anymore, I've known you for two years. Every time we have a banquet, you have to grab these barbecue type food, just like a little kid..."

When the words came to this point, Pakura felt that there was something wrong with what she said, and hurriedly changed her words.

"You're at least a Kage, in the future you can't be interested in a specific kind of food, otherwise you'll easily be targeted."

"Got it, mom."

Makoto's mouth ran the daily train.

He was always like this, his favorite thing to do was to flirt with her a bit.

However, Pakura rarely did not get angry.

Because she suddenly felt that Makoto didn't seem as rampant as she remembered...

"Then again, you have so many women, why don't you let them do it?"

"Nono's focus is ultimately on the orphanage, she is the mother of all the orphans, then I have to be the father of all the orphans, there's no reason to let her spend a lot of extra time doing that. Minatsuki is too timid, she wants to please me too much, if I ask, she will definitely have to do it every day... It's already hard enough for her to bring up so many bear children by herself... It's not like she has to eat it, the big deal is that I'll go and rub it in a few more times when the ministry is having a celebratory feast. "

"Hm..."

After the two briefly exchanged pleasantries, Makoto took out a sealing scroll.

"Kakashi was ordered to go pickup a girl, just in time for you to come... to help me protect the magic, I'm going to cast Eirei Shokan (Heroic Spirit Summoning)."

Makoto had already prepared all the materials to bring the Shodaime Hokage with Edo Tensei. He originally wanted to kill Obito who came to cause trouble during the imperial trial.

Who knows that that thief ran away, and has not shown up since then, so these materials have been brought by Makoto on the body.

Now Obito has appeared again...

Pakura walked to the door and began to protect Makoto.

Makoto unfolded the scroll, and four coffins instantly fell out from inside.

Thud!

Immediately after the coffins fell to the ground, Makoto immediately closed his hands and made Edo Tensei.

"O passing spirits, please follow our bonds and come to this world again!"

As Edo Tensei was activated, the four coffins shook at the same time. The lids of two of the coffins shot up into the sky, and then two figures in armor, one red and one blue, crawled out of the coffins.

This was Edo Tensei.

Pakura had seen it many times before, so he wasn't surprised.

To be honest, Pakura hates this kind of strategy that disturbs the sleep of her ancestors, but what Makoto summoned was the Shodaime Hokage... If it was the Hokage... Rather than watching young people die, they definitely hope that future generations will have more trouble. Just yourself...

But... there is always something wrong... although Pakura can not say, exactly what is wrong...

At this time, four coffins were placed in Hokage's office, two of which had already been opened, but the lids of the other two were still nailed on dead.

Pakura noticed that one of the two coffins that had not yet been opened had a four written on it.

This coffin, should be the Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato.

Everyone knows that the Yondaime and the Godaime are good friends.

So even if he knew that he had to use Edo Tensei, it was normal for the Godaime to put the Yondaime to wake up at the end.

But who exactly was placed in the last coffin?

Why didn't they wake it up as well?

Makoto is the Godaime Hokage, and the Sandaime Hokage, although old, the body is still relatively hard, and even have the energy to use the Telescope Technique to peek at the big white legs of the girls on the street, how to look at it does not seem to be hanging like...

Pakura doubt, but now is not the time to think about this. Seeing the two great masters of the ninja world standing up from their coffins, she immediately bowed slightly to them.

"Shodaime Hokage-sama, Nidaime Hokage-sama!"

As a Suna diplomat, Pakura didn't have to give a full salute even to Makoto, because what she represented wasn't just herself, but also the dignity of the Suna.

But these two Hokage, are not just Kages, they also represent the ceiling of the ninja world at the same time...

This was the most basic respect for the strongest of the gaijin.

Even if both of them have been dead for many years.

"Hahahaha, the little girl from Suna? I remember you!"

The first to speak was the bright Shodaime, during the Fourth Ninja World War, the two sides had had a chance to meet. What I didn't expect was that the Shodaime still remembered.

"You actually remember me... not to be frightened..."

"Of course I remember, just you are the most screwed up, that guy but spat on you 114514 times. Said that if you were a little more proactive, your seven children could all play soy sauce, hahaha... Hey, Tobirama, what are you doing stepping on my foot!"

The Nidaime Hokage who had stomped hard on his oldest brother still had a deadpan face.

He didn't even look at Pakura, but stared at Makoto.

"Although I roughly already know what's going on... Tell me, what do you want us to do for you?"

"It's like this, Nidaime Hokage-sama, I will have a vicious battle next, I have some certainty, but just to be on the safe side... do you have any kinjutsu in terms of strengthening weapons to help me strengthen my weapons?"

Makoto said while placing Bodo in front of the Nidaime Hokage.

To be honest, Bodo was a very good weapon.

One of the most important things was that it was heavy enough.

The kind of weapon that only weighed a dozen pounds, no matter how sharp it was, Makoto couldn't hold it well enough to cough.

Only this kind of ghostly thing that was heavier than a basalt iron sword was smooth for him to use.

To deal with ordinary enemies, using a rebel was enough. But this time, the opponent was Obito.

That was slightly less than enough.

It just so happened that there was still a bit of time, Makoto therefore wanted Nodaime to help strengthen it.

...Tenseigan is strong, but the durability and maneuverability is really too bad, rather not as good as the weapons and ninjutsu he is used to using.

Makoto does not believe that in the era of war, Nidaime did not conceive a powerful weapon, or a jutsu that temporarily enhances the power of the weapon.

There was a catalog of kinjutsu left behind by Nidaime in the kinjutsu room, but it was by no means all of Nidaime's kinjutsu. Many of the kinjutsu were only in the developmental stage, and Nidaime died without ever being able to form a complete jutsu.

-Of course, releasing the Nidaime and the Shodaime right at this time was more or less with the intention of letting the two see what Konoha looks like now.

Whether it was right or wrong, the two had ultimately fought for Konoha for their entire lives. Now that the opportunity was rare, and Konoha was indeed too much stronger than before, it would be better to simply let the seniors be happy.

Nidaime Hokage took Bodo and rubbed his fingers carefully around Bodo sword.

"Well, this sword follows the path of a strongman. But in my era, such super-heavy weapons were rare, let alone your era... It doesn't make any difference if you don't use weapons, right?"

"Yes, but this battle is really important to me - I have to win! And it has to be a crushing victory!"

Honestly speaking, if the current Makoto was allowed to go one-on-one with Obito, the chances of winning were very high.

His ninja score had already reached 39 points.

Admittedly, his overall battle system was still problematic, but the white value was oddly high. As long as Obito didn't run, he was certain that he could use various forbidden techniques to end the battle within a few dozen seconds.

T/N: 'white value' as in damage, or dps in video games

It's like Ridoku Madara versus Eight Gate Gai.

No matter how many strange and weird jutsu you have, even Izanagi, beating you without the opportunity to use is.

Makoto does not know Eight Gates, but his physique is much stronger than Gai. Really will Kaminiyotte open to the top words, the effect even if not so exaggerated... can now beat Obito, but not Ridoku Madara.

But the trouble is also the trouble here - Obito has Kamui, he will definitely run.

And the current Kakashi can't use Kamui multiple times because of his limited chakra. The uncertainty is just too high if Kakashi use eight gates.

So... regardless of whether it would work or not, Makoto was determined to give it a full pull.

"Your will, I already did feel it... Let me think... The Celestial state, it's really better to not use it if you can... "

The Nidaime Hokage seriously thought about this problem, but it is clear that even for him, this matter is also very difficult.

Makoto was too strong, and the enemy he wanted to deal with was also very tricky. Ordinary weapons made out to be ineffective, while weapons that were too powerful...

"If it's purely just a weapon, besides the Six Paths ninja weapons, naturally it's the Six Paths Five Wheels・Kurigara Celestial Phenomenon, it's said that it's a weapon that can cut through even non-karma, karma, curses, sorrowful fortune and even gods and Buddhas in one slash... However, this thing has never had a finished product, it only has design drawings. When I was still alive, it seemed to be collected in the Takumi Village, it was a treasure left behind by their ancestor, I wanted to take a look at it at that time, but they wouldn't agree to it no matter what..."

Makoto thought for a moment and placed the design that the Takumi ninja had previously given him in front of the Nidaime Hokage.

"Nidaime Hokage-sama, is this it?"

Nidaime Hokage looked at it for a long time.

"Indeed this is the thing... you robbed it? How many people died?"

"They gave it to me themselves."

Nidaime Hokage: "..."

"Hahahahahaha!" The Shoodaime Hokage put his hands on his hips and looked like he was so stupid that he impressed me. "We, Konoha, are more powerful than I thought... Wow, Tobirama!"

Nidaime shifted his feet and looked at the design for a while longer, and finally couldn't help but sigh.

"It's really wonderful... Although some of the technology is already outdated, this kind of whimsy, even if I... was the designer at the time, how on earth did he come up with it..."

Between words, the NIdaime did not mince words on the Six Paths Five Wheels・Kurigara Celestial Phenomenon's praise... The name of this thing is really long, and in the future, it will really be called the Pink Fluffy Bunny Rabbit well.

"This thing would be just right for you to use if you can actually finish making it. After all, you in the Celestial state... but this design is incomplete."

Makoto himself didn't understand technology, so he couldn't see any problems in it, and it wasn't until this time that he realized that it was surprisingly incomplete.

"Incomplete?"

"Well... because this weapon is very special and requires a special state of mind... according to my guess, the original owner of this weapon should be that last great sword master. This weapon was made for her, so if you want to use it... perhaps, you can look for traces of it in the Book of Five Rings that she authored... Unfortunately, that's a royal secret collection... "

T/N: reference, "Book of Five Rings" by Miyamoto Musashi (1645-ish), which is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts

Makoto: "That's good, the Princess of the Land of Fire was recently in Konoha. I'll hint to her and she should bring the book over."

The Book of Five Rings was now the final winner's prize for the Imperial Trial Combination. But the problem was, other than Makoto, who could beat the current Pain. And it's unlikely that Makoto will be able to touch Pain... But if it's just borrowed for a look, the daimyo there shouldn't stop it, right?

After all, they actually know that Makoto can hardly have a common language with that loli princess. In order to open the gap, it is inevitable that we have to put down some money...

Pakura: "Scum who cheats on loli."

The Shodaime Hokage: "You have to be responsible!"

The Nidaime Hokage didn't care so much, still making serious comments.

"You can get it? That's also good. But as I look at these design drawings, I'm afraid that if you want to complete the casting, you still need a lot of Dark Chakra..."

Dark Chakra?

That's a good one.

If it were anything else, Konoha might not really have it, but Dark Chakra...

Makoto handed the account book to the Nidaime Hokage, and on it was the amount of Dark Chakra hoarded.

"Nidaime-sama, you see, is this enough..."

Nidaime Hokage's cold gaze swept over the current balance on the ledger, the corners of his mouth twitched a bit visible to the naked eye, and some joy unexpectedly couldn't be tensed up and blossomed directly at the corners of his mouth.

Fortunately, he quickly restrained himself and regained his strength as a peerless master of abstinence.

"This storage volume then... are almost catching up with the genuine biju, even if it is a small ninja village, it also has its own powerful place, not to be underestimated... but I'm afraid that it is still insufficient."

Biju level chakra amount is not enough?

This time Makoto was really a bit stunned.

But after the shock, there was more of a surprise.

After all, the second generation is famously stable, he said that there is no clue, that heart must already have a certainty. If he only said three points, then the certainty must be more than five points.

-Otherwise how could he have pondered about collecting dark chakra when the Book of Five Rings was not even in his hands.

And a treasure that required so much chakra to be forged together must have a killing power that matched its consumption.

It is so much dark chakra, where to collect it in a moment... TV media is a very effective way, but even if he now grabbed Aoho over to shoot Ring, it is too late.

T/N: yes, 'Ring', the 1998 horror film

There's always that process of filming, editing, pre-publicity, and release to form an impact.

That wasn't even counting the time for auditing as well as spreading out the Chakra Center.

Makoto bit his finger and fell into deep thought.

The atmosphere was getting more and more subtle.

A certain familiar feeling surfaced in Pakura's mind.

Pakura was too familiar with this feeling.

Every time this feeling appeared, someone was going to have bad luck...

Pakura: "You're not trying to start a war, are you!"

"How?" Makoto vetoed Pakura's idea on the spot, "I was just thinking, what are the chances of success in triggering the conflicts within the Land of Lightning right now and creating an economic crisis."

The Shodaime Hokage quietly had an ear to ear with the Nidaime Hokage.

"You say, what kind of situation is our Konoha in to raise such a..."

"It doesn't matter, it's our Konoha's Kage that counts."