Bros, Times Have Changed~

Sarutobi Hiruzen, why is he so formidable? Because he controls the finances of Konoha and the Scroll of Seals. And the main source of Konoha's finances isn't the income from missions, but the military funds allocated by the daimyo.

How much money can C-rank and D-rank missions, which ordinary civilians don't bother to do, bring in? After dividing it among the ninja teams that complete the missions, Konoha is lucky if it gets 20%. After all, it's hard enough for the ninja teams earning this meager income to make ends meet. If the village takes more, they'll quit and go back to farming, and the income of Konoha's civilians might even surpass that of ordinary lower-ranking ninja.

Therefore, whether it's the Konoha Military Police Force, the ANBU, or the ninja guarding the borders, the military funds they consume are provided separately by the daimyo.

The reason Suna agreed to collaborate with Orochimaru is simply because the Wind Daimyo provides too little. Suna is so poor they can't even make ends meet, and they can't afford to train ninja. That's why they decided to make a bold move, using Konoha as a model to show the Wind Daimyo the importance of ninja villages.

Unfortunately, they were ultimately betrayed by Orochimaru's plan. Not only did the Kazekage die, but their elites suffered heavy casualties, and they almost lost the Jinchuriki. If it weren't for Konoha's emphasis on peace, Suna might have been expelled from the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

The reason Toki seized control of the Defense Department is also because of the high military funds allocated by the daimyo. This money is much more than what you'd get from being a city guard in Konoha.

Sarutobi Hiruzen took advantage of this money to vigorously develop his ANBU, and at the same time, he allowed various ninja clans to participate in the Third Great Shinobi War at their own expense, thus elevating the Sarutobi clan to the second-largest clan in Konoha.

The reason Sarutobi Hiruzen resigned after the Third Great Shinobi War was because, when many Suna's ninja clans were about to surrender, he unconditionally abandoned everyone's interests with a peace treaty.

The ninja clans, who had hoped to recoup their losses with the spoils of war, were all cheated. If it weren't for the severe losses suffered by various clans and the intact strength of Hiruzen's ANBU and clan members, they would have stripped him naked and sold him to pay off debts long ago.

Now, Toki has tasked the Uchiha clan with guarding the borders, so a portion of these military funds naturally needs to be sent to the Uchiha clan.

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Toki picked up a scroll the size of a bullet, installed it on a specially made launching glove, and with a casual wave, a fireball bomb instantly struck the target in the laboratory. The wooden dummy used for the experiment was directly blasted into pieces. Toki nodded in satisfaction and exclaimed,

"Ah, a portable rocket launcher, and it's instantaneous! The way wars are fought in the Shinobi World will be rewritten in the future. "

This is completely bringing the Shinobi World from the era of cold weapons directly into the era of hot weapons. He could already imagine his clan fighting in the future, with everyone shouting,

"Brothers, times have changed! "

With this thing, as long as his ninjas carry enough 'bullets,' even high-ranking ninjas might not be able to survive. After all, a Kakashi can only release two A-rank ninjutsu with the Sharingan.

And a normal high-ranking ninja can only release about five before they're exhausted. If low-ranking ninjas carry a bunch of A-rank scrolls for fire support, even high-ranking ninjas won't be able to survive such shameless tactics.

And most importantly, scientific ninja tools are specially made by the system, and others simply can't replicate them. In other words, if they want to use scientific ninja tools, they have to buy their own 'bullets,' otherwise, even if they have the launching gloves, they're just useless.

Toki speculated that this was because Boruto was just a fan-made work of Naruto, and there were huge differences in technology between the two worlds.

Just as Toki was pondering how to make up for the lack of high-end combat power, a guard appeared next to him and whispered in his ear.