Uzumaki Jun nodded at Uzumaki Hibiki's words. He had already guessed it would be like this. Because of his current authority, the Uzu-nin were very obedient. So now was the best time to resolve the class conflicts in the Land of Whirlpools.
Since Uzumaki Kai had led people to fish and hunt, the secretary by his side was temporarily replaced.
At first, he had considered getting a female secretary who would be pleasing to the eye and have a sweet voice. But there were too few female jōnin. Most were assigned to lead groups of civilian women. And...
Uzumaki Jun looked at the little girl curiously glancing around next to him...
He was also taking care of a little girl!!
When he first heard that Kushina had recognized an older sister, Uzumaki Jun was curious. Who could possibly be called "sister" by the Bloody Pepper, the little demon of Uzushiogakure? But when he saw it was...
Nagato's mother!!
Uzumaki Jun was stunned.
This was the future founder of the underworld's number one organization in the shinobi world!
Even if just a puppet. But she was still a ruthless person...
She had killed the shinobi world's special-grade teacher, Jiraiya!!
Especially when he saw that Uzumaki Fusō was pregnant, Uzumaki Jun immediately thought about the dangers of charcoal to pregnant women.
He quickly arranged for pregnant women to be grouped together separately, with extra clothing prepared to keep them warm.
Otherwise, if a future genius of the Land of Whirlpools died during childbirth, Uzumaki Jun wouldn't even know where to cry.
This was the future of the Land of Whirlpools!!
"If I can gather the entire Team Toad, I wonder what will happen?"
Just thinking about it excited him!!
"Is there anything lacking?" Uzumaki Jun thought for a moment and asked. With so many people, it was impossible for him to oversee everything personally.
So basically, each person in charge reported to their superior every night, and the secretary relayed the information to him the next day.
"The Ministry of Works sent word that many teams below have not received tools yet," Uzumaki Hibiki flipped through the memo in his hand and said.
"They hope Lord Jun can think of a solution quickly. It seems he can't hold on much longer."
Reading this, Uzumaki Hibiki felt a headache coming on. The Minister of Works had been pestering him for a long time, even disturbing his sleep at night, making it hard for him to rest recently.
But...
He couldn't produce these tools either!!
Uzumaki Hibiki secretly glanced at Uzumaki Jun and saw that his lord also had a pained expression.
Tools!!
However, Uzumaki Jun was also helpless about this.
Because they needed to cut trees and fish...
For ordinary people or shinobi, tools were extremely important. But it was too late to smelt iron now, not to mention...
The Land of Whirlpools didn't even have iron mines!!
In the end, he had no choice but to exchange for the Sand Village's kekkei genkai, Magnet Release.
And it cost three million reputation points!!
So expensive!!
Even more expensive than a Devil Fruit!!
When he asked the system why, it said something like, Devil Fruits are the mainstream power in the One Piece world, while kekkei genkai are too limited in the shinobi world.
Synthesizing them is very troublesome, and they can only be inherited through bloodlines. Awakening them also has conditions, so obtaining them is extremely difficult.
And...
Anyway, you can't exchange for Devil Fruits, so why ask so much?
Uzumaki Jun instantly thought, "What the hell?"
It's really a seller's market.
What could he say?
Other than "hehe," what else could he say?
So in the end, he still exchanged for it and used...
Magnet Release: Gold Dust Axe Technique!
Magnet Release: Gold Dust Saw Technique!
One by one, he created them using chakra. But even with his massive chakra reserves, he couldn't produce hundreds of thousands of tools!!
Recently, he had been so exhausted his kidneys hurt. He felt weak!!
"Let me rest for a bit," Uzumaki Jun said helplessly. "I'm still a child!!"
Working so hard all the time wasn't good for his young body's development. What if he didn't grow tall?
"..."
Hearing Lord Jun's words, Uzumaki Hibiki was speechless. He had almost forgotten that no matter how powerful Lord Jun was, he was still just a seven-year-old child!!
"Yes, I will inform them," Uzumaki Hibiki said. No matter what, Lord Jun's health was very important. He was the future of the Land of Whirlpools.
"..."
Hearing Uzumaki Hibiki's words, Uzumaki Jun was stunned. He actually took it seriously?
"Forget it. After the inspection, I'll go back to work," Uzumaki Jun said helplessly. No matter what, the tools had to be prepared. Otherwise, if the follow-up work couldn't proceed, it would be disastrous.
And not to mention, this gold dust was really useful!!
Not only could it conduct chakra, but it could also transform into any shape for attack or defense. Making axes out of it was even better than steel!!
The so-called strongest defense was truly well-deserved.
No wonder Gaara wasn't favored by his father. It was probably because he didn't inherit Magnet Release and couldn't bring profits to Sunagakure. And later, why did Gaara adopt someone with Magnet Release as his godson? Probably because...
Sunagakure was out of money!!
After all, in the later stages of the shinobi world, peace prevailed, and the role of shinobi became less important.
Sunagakure didn't have any special products, so they had no income. They probably planned to sell gold dust to make money.
Otherwise, if the village had no money, it couldn't develop at all!!
"Shinobi from Konoha have arrived and hope Lord Jun will meet them," Uzumaki Hibiki flipped through the memo and said. "They say Lady Mito misses you."
Regarding this, everyone in the Land of Whirlpools was disdainful. They all knew what Konoha wanted, so they advised Lord Jun not to pay attention.
However...
He would still have to go to Konoha eventually, but not now.
"Don't pay attention to them for now," Uzumaki Jun said. "Also, don't let them enter the Land of Whirlpools. Tell them the Land of Whirlpools is in ruins now and can't afford to host them."
"If you find spies from other villages, then..."
"Knock them out and throw them away."
Right now, they couldn't afford to provoke them. Knocking them out was enough—no need to kill. After all, there were no secrets here. If they saw something, so be it. Later, they could gather the power of the masses to make all spies unable to hide. You know...
The power of the masses exceeds your imagination!!
"Yes!" Uzumaki Hibiki was satisfied with this decision. "Dammit, why weren't they so enthusiastic before? Now they're so eager—there must be a scheme. After all, Konoha..."
"Is very shady!!"
Actually, he had expected his reputation to spread, but...
He didn't think it would happen so quickly.
Probably Hōzuki Gengetsu told Konoha. He just didn't know if this eyebrowless guy could get compensation from Hiruzen Sarutobi. As for the words about the meaning of being a Kage that were spread along with the Tsuchikage's mutual destruction...
Uzumaki Jun ignored them. Probably some bootlicker spread them. Like how in a few years, people would definitely say things like, "The Third Hokage was the strongest Kage of his generation."
This was all for political power.
As for Hōzuki Gengetsu's words...
Probably spread by his faction to promote the idea that the Mizukage hadn't neglected his duties, making their lives a little easier. After all, this time, Hōzuki Gengetsu lost so much that even the Hōzuki Clan was selling off their assets.
Not to mention the lower-ranked shinobi.
As for why the Tsuchikage fought to the death with him...
Uzumaki Jun guessed that at first, he just wanted to apply some pressure at the border and then leave when Hōzuki Gengetsu showed up...
But how could Hōzuki Gengetsu accept that?
After swimming all the way here with great effort, you're not going to fight? This... this is just cheating!!
So Hōzuki Gengetsu went crazy, fighting while cursing him as a dishonorable coward.
This immediately pissed off the Tsuchikage. Do you know why his whole body was bandaged? Wasn't it because of his fight with Hōzuki Gengetsu, where he was roasted like a pig? Even smoked roast—the feeling...
Really hurt!!
So the Tsuchikage thought, what's the big deal about tricking you once?
After all, he had been burned into a level-ten disability, disfigured, and even finding a wife would be troublesome. Compared to cheating, tricking you once—why are you cursing? As a Kage, you have no manners. Then the Tsuchikage started cursing too.
In the end...
Old and new grudges erupted in that moment, and the two of them, having fought to the point of rage, ended up killing each other.
Probably because the scene wasn't very dignified and was too embarrassing for Kage, their subordinates had to beautify it to maintain the Kage's dignity.
Didn't you see? Even Iwagakure agreed with Kirigakure.
Their Kage was just that great!!
So these wild stories are just for listening...
Don't take them seriously. Otherwise, people might think you're insulting their Kage and come after you.
Fanatics...
Are not to be messed with!!