Chapter 64
Taking the opportunity to go to the Land of Tea, Naruto had discussed a plan with Sasuke early in the morning.
Since the Land of Tea is on the coastal peninsula just south of the Land of Fire, and the ruins of the Land of Sky are on the coastal border northeast of the Land of Fire.
Therefore, as soon as Naruto left the village with Sasuke and Sakura, he split a shadow clone and asked the shadow clone to follow Sasuke and Sakura to the Land of Tea to do the mission.
And he set out to the ruins of the Land of Sky to find the aerial fortress base buried underground in the Land of Sky in Shennongkou.
Along the way, Naruto walked and stopped, and by the way, he printed his Flying Thunder God technique on the rocks and giant trees along the way.
The main reason was that he had also practiced it. If he used Flying Thunder God to teleport too far at a time, it would cause a considerable consumption of chakra, which would force him to need a few minutes to recover chakra and physical strength.
This situation is a bit similar to the time-space soldiers in the Red Alert he played in his previous life.
If the time-space soldiers were teleported too far at a time, they would stand still in a state of stiffness for a long time and could not make any action.
Then they will be treated as dead targets, and any soldier can easily kill them.
If they are teleported continuously over short distances, they will hardly have any stiffness, and can attack the first time they land, instantly freeze the enemy, and then exile them to another time and space.
The same is true for Naruto's Flying Thunder God. In short, the effect of continuous short-distance teleportation is still quite good.
The speed of traveling alone is also quite fast, not to mention that Naruto's own physical fitness is much stronger than that of normal ninjas who specialize in physical skills. After half a day of rapid raid, Naruto successfully arrived at the ruins of the Kingdom of the Sky.
There is also a small village around the ruins of the Kingdom of the Sky. The population is not large, at most there are only seventy or eighty households, and the living standards here are quite poor.
Compared with the downtrodden mountain village in his previous life just after the liberation, it is slightly worse. Not to mention electricity in every household, even a decent oil lamp is not common.
Naruto casually glanced at the village from a distance, but found a girl with red hair, wheat-colored skin, and about his age. Looking more closely, she had a teardrop mole under the corner of her left eye.
Naruto was sure at a glance that this girl was the heroine in the original movie version. As for her name, he couldn't remember it clearly.
But he vaguely remembered that this girl seemed to be seriously ill and was hated by the other villagers, leaving her to fend for herself in her home. Later, Shennong personally cured her of the disease.
But Naruto observed carefully and even felt it slightly. He only felt that the girl's physical condition seemed to be quite healthy. Except for being a little thin, he didn't see any bad conditions.
So Naruto thought of another possibility. The reason why the girl in the original book contracted a serious illness and was rescued by Shennong was purely because the serious disease virus in the girl might have been secretly planted by Shennong. After all, in order to create Zero Tail, Shennong had to find a suitable container for Zero Tail, so he set his sights on this girl.
In fact, this girl can almost be called the Jinchūriki of Zero Tail, but Zero Tail is not like a normal tailed beast.
In short, after Zero Tail gathered a lot of negative emotional chakra in this girl's body and took shape, it left her body and was placed by Shennong in the core hub of the aerial fortress to be used as the power source for the aerial fortress to fly and attack.
When thinking of Jinchūriki, Naruto looked at the girl's hair color again, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart. Anyone who can become a Jinchūriki of the tailed beast, in addition to being strong, must have a slightly different physique from ordinary people.
Therefore, in the ninja world, as the best candidate for the Jinchūriki of the tailed beast, the Uzumaki clan can be said to be the only one. Of course, the Senju clan is not excluded, but the Senju clan is much more withered than the Uzumaki clan, and now there may be only Tsunade left.
And the people of the Uzumaki clan, after the Whirlpool Country was besieged and destroyed by various forces, the remnants of the Whirlpool Country fled to various parts of the ninja world and lived in anonymity.
The most representative ones are Karin and her mother, and Nagato's family when he was young.
Looking at the red-haired girl with a black headscarf tied around her head and carrying a bamboo basket to collect wild vegetables in the distance, Naruto seriously suspected that she might also be a survivor of the Uzumaki clan.
However, the girl's parents are now dead, and other villagers should not pay attention to her specific life experience, so Naruto cannot completely assert his judgment.
In short, now is not the time to think about this. Quietly leaving the village, Naruto successfully found the entrance to the underground base of the Sky Country in the ruins of the Sky Country next door.
Then, he transformed into the appearance of Shennong, came to the secret door at the entrance, used chakra to activate the mechanism, and heard a slight rumbling sound, and the hidden stone door was opened.
So, Naruto, who turned into Shennong, swaggered into the underground sky fortress base.
The dark underground corridor was actually connected to the circuit, and the quality of the installed electric lights did not look very good, always flickering.
In addition, most of this underground fortress is located directly below the forest, and the surrounding walls are actually pierced by tree roots. Various tree roots are densely packed and almost cover the walls.
The noise of Naruto opening the door had already alarmed the personnel on duty inside the underground base, so within ten seconds, someone rushed over.
Seeing Naruto transformed into Shennong, several people were immediately surprised
""Chief, you are finally back. You have been away for half a year. We were all very worried about your safety. Fortunately, you are finally back safely!"
Looking at the three people wearing purple vests, lavender headscarves and masks, Naruto deliberately said with a stern face.
"Zemu, when I left last time, I told you that no matter where you meet me next time, you must use the codeword to identify yourself as soon as possible.���"How come, it's only been half a year, and the leader of our Sky Country is no longer worthy of his name?"
The masked Sky Ninja in the lead was very frightened, and immediately knelt on one knee,"Your subordinates are loyal to the leader, and have absolutely no intention of overstepping the boundaries. It's just that I haven't seen the leader for a long time, and I was so happy that I neglected the leader's instructions at the time."
Naruto glanced at him half-doubtfully, and took the initiative to say a code word. After hearing it, Zemu, who was kneeling on the ground, immediately responded.
This was Naruto's strategy, to turn the tables and successfully dispel the other party's doubts, and to establish his authority so that the other party would not dare to have any extra thoughts.
Then, Naruto smiled and said,"Very good, I thought there was a problem on your side. Get up, take me to the main hall, and by the way, tell me about the situation here in the past six months."
""Hi!"
Zemu and the other two reported in great detail on their work progress over the past six months.
Whether it was the production of micro-ninjutsu scrolls, the progress of the transformation of human wings, or the manufacture of small aircraft carriers within the scope of the nearest islands in the sea, everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.
After listening to the detailed progress of these matters, Naruto waved his hand and asked,"How is the financial situation, how much inventory is left, and will the materials for making ninja tools have an impact on the next process?"
At this time, Zemu's companion behind the left stepped forward and said,"Chief, the expenses of the past eight years have been mainly used to purchase a lot of metal materials to make wings and sea fortresses. The gains from our last secret looting and destruction of the Kingdom of Leaves can only support us for another year."
Naruto nodded thoughtfully, but heard this person say again
"Chief, we have made a plan. We have decided to use the remaining materials to complete the task in one go. We will build a sea fortress within half a year, and then have our people drive the sea fortress to a crescent island near the Water Kingdom."
"Oh?" Naruto raised his eyebrows, signaling him to continue.
"That island is the Kingdom of the Moon. Our people have already inquired about it. The Kingdom of the Moon is quite rich and remote. There are almost no ninjas in the entire country. As long as we plunder the Kingdom of the Moon, the finances of our Kingdom of the Sky will be greatly supplemented, and the future development will be faster!"
Naruto clapped his hands with a smile:"Not bad, a good idea!" Then Naruto's face darkened instantly.
"So, Tanaka, are you the leader or am I the leader? Who will the Sky Country attack? When will it be your turn to decide! ?"
This sentence directly poured a basin of cold water on the complacent Tanaka. Knowing that he had inadvertently exceeded his authority, Tanaka was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly knelt down to beg for forgiveness. Naruto, who had transformed into Shennong, sat on the throne in the middle of the main hall, with his hands on the handles of the throne, his body slightly leaning to the right, and supporting his temple with his right fist
"Okay, since it's your first offense, I'll deduct half a month's allowance from you. Also, send me all your bills recorded in the past six months so I can check them personally!"
"Yes, I obey your command. Thank you for your kindness, Chief!"
Then Naruto looked at the last Sky Ninja:"Takemoto, you are in charge of the patrols around the base. Has there been any abnormality in the past six months?"
The Sky Ninja named Takemoto immediately bowed and responded:"Reporting to the Chief, everything has been normal in the past six months. Even in Tsuchida Village, which is the closest to our base, no one has ever discovered the existence of the base."
Naruto nodded with satisfaction,"Very good, you have worked hard in the past six months."
The three immediately complimented:"It's not hard. We are all doing our best for the future of you, Chief, and the entire Kingdom of the Sky. It's not hard at all."
Naruto was very disdainful in his heart, but he didn't show it.
"Well, let me tell you about my side. I have traveled to many countries in the past six months, experienced a lot, understood a lot, and learned a lot!"
Seeing that the three people did not move at all, they were all concentrating on waiting for him to tell about his experience in the past six months. Naruto coughed twice to moisten his throat and continued
"In the past six months, I have traveled to more than a dozen countries and ninja villages, big and small, but the one that impressed me the most was our biggest enemy, Konoha Village in the Land of Fire!"
"I don't know if you have received the news that Orochimaru and the Sand Village conspired to launch a war against Konoha, which led to the death of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen?"
Several people looked at each other and shook their heads. After all, they, the air ninjas, have been underground for many years. Even if they have arranged personnel to build aircraft carriers and fortresses at sea, they have no time or mood to pay attention to the current major events in the ninja world.
"To tell you the truth, Orochimaru also secretly invited me, but I didn't agree because I was weak at the time. But it's good to be under the shade of a big tree, and when he invaded Konoha and caused unrest, I took the opportunity to steal Konoha's precious secret scroll."
When the three heard this, they were all happy for their leader, thinking that the leader must have obtained something incredible this time.
So Naruto briefly talked about what he had obtained, and explained that this aerial fortress buried underground will have its own power source in the future.
However, this power source requires the power of the tailed beast. He has already obtained the secret scroll of the artificial tailed beast, but the creation of an artificial tailed beast requires a special host.
Naruto also said that he has found a host and arranged it in a safe place. He will pick the person up when he is done here.
After hearing this, the three were even more surprised, thinking that their revenge plan for the Kingdom of the Sky will finally be completed in their generation.
After all, their fathers and grandfathers all died at the hands of Konoha during World War II, and even the Kingdom of the Sky was destroyed.
If it weren't for their leader's foresight, who had been building this underground base in private, and who had preserved a large amount of wealth and nearly complete black technology knowledge here, how dare they take revenge on Konoha?
"but……"Naruto interrupted the three people's imagination
"Even if Konoha has suffered serious setbacks, it is not something that our small country of the sky can resist. You don't really think that those micro-ninjutsu scrolls you made casually can threaten Konoha, right?"
In the puzzled eyes of the three people, Naruto just told Konoha's situation truthfully, without any exaggeration at all.
Not to mention other things, just an elite jonin of the Aburame family in Konoha can easily disintegrate the various ninja tools they made, and their parasitic insects can easily swallow even metal.
Not to mention other bloodline and esoteric families, whether it is the cooperation of the Ino-Shika-Cho, or the reconnaissance and physical skills of the Hyuga and Inuzuka, they are not something that the small country of the sky can fight against.
As for Konoha, there is also the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, the most powerful of the many tailed beasts, not to mention it. This is not an existence that a simple artificial tailed beast can match.
How to say it, the more you understand the enemy, you will eventually find that the gap between you and the enemy is so great that it is despairing.
Naruto didn't say anything extra. Anyway, let these people digest the news first, and he also took the opportunity to Take the opportunity to get a better understanding of the current specific situation of the Sky Country.
In short, he has now become the boss of the other party undercover. As long as he is given time and can let him truly and thoroughly control the Sky Country, he can incite the remnants of the Sky Country.
Even if he really cannot incite them, as long as he is the leader, can't he slowly replace the disobedient people?
As long as people know the times, as long as they are truly and thoroughly promised benefits, they can definitely incite many people to rebel.
In short, use courtesy before force, slowly induce as the main method, and use thundering means as insurance.
When the time is ripe, just treat them to a meal, behead them, and take them in as dogs, and the small Sky Country will be nothing but a piece of cake.
Let the three people retreat, and don't forget to let Tanzuka send the account book over.
Then, Naruto set up the Flying Thunder God technique in this main hall, and began to carefully study the various control panels and traps here.
Several A few minutes later, Tanzuka brought the account book with records of various income and expenditure in the past six months, and Naruto waved his hand to let him go.
As for looking through the bills to check whether Tanzuka had any traces of corruption or bribery, it didn't matter to Naruto at all, he just said it casually.
In fact, he just wanted to use the records on the bills to have a general understanding of the current population of the Sky Country and how much surplus food there is to support the current population.
After all, taking over such a Sky Country will inevitably become the main base behind the scenes in the future. It is necessary to prepare for a rainy day and make a good plan for the future. How to effectively strengthen logistics is the right thing to do.
Besides, he is not a devil. He can't inherit the old tradition of the Sky Country to plunder other countries. If he is asked to plunder the Kusagakure Village or the Hidden Cloud Village, as long as he is strong enough, he will still be happy.
According to the account From the information in the book, Naruto understood that there are only about 570 people in the Sky Country, most of whom are adults in their twenties and thirties, and nearly one-third are children under ten years old.
These children are fostered on isolated islands in the sea, accompanied by their mothers.
Naruto thinks that it is more appropriate to call the Sky Country the Sky Village. After all, there are less than 600 people, so calling it a country is a bit exaggerated. In the Sky
Village, men are responsible for the outside world, making various ship ninja tools, patrolling and other work, while women are responsible for the inside world, being full-time wives and raising children at home.
All men with families usually go home to reunite with their families once a week at most.
How to say it, the more family people have, the more obvious their weaknesses are, and the easier it is to be bribed. In any case, now that he has just taken over, Naruto decided to observe for a while.