Chapter 235
"Is this the power of the Grayl Stone?"
In Konoha Village, in the Technology Development Department, Orochimaru looked at the huge blue crystal in front of him that seemed to be wrapped in amber, his eyes full of interest.
The crystal was connected to various instruments, and some fragments were placed on the laboratory table.
Orochimaru felt the tremendous energy inside the crystal and was somewhat amazed. Even though this power could not be compared with the tailed beasts, the data detected also proved its powerful characteristics.
life!
Leaning towards the natural life force!
That kind of vitality that is like the ultimate yang attribute makes Orochimaru have a desire to possess it.
Of course, this refers to the pure, refined Grayl Stone. The rest of the impurities and other properties were cut out by Lu Nie and placed next to the huge crystal.
"Yes." Lu Nie stood beside Orochimaru and nodded.
The news of the Greyer Mine was inevitably leaked. After all, the power leaked when the seal was modified was enough to alarm some people wandering around with ulterior motives.
After receiving the intelligence about the discovery of the Grayer mine, Orochimaru almost immediately dispatched a large number of ninjas, led by Jiraiya, to guard and occupy the mine.
This was the first batch of spoils that Lunie brought back to the village. It was the first time that the Grayer Mine Energy Core had leaked out from the underground seal.
After this force erupted, it almost destroyed the entire ruins and affected even further away, but was forcibly suppressed and cut out by Lu Nie.
"You have brought a big trouble back to the village, Lu Nie!"
Orochimaru flipped through Luna's experimental data, his eyes becoming brighter and brighter, but his words seemed to carry some kind of blame.
There is no doubt that this kind of thing will inevitably attract competition from all the major ninja villages. Unless all the ninja villages can be suppressed like the first generation, otherwise, a small-scale ninja world war seems imminent and inevitable.
"Then do you want to give up?" Lu Nie asked back.
"Of course we can't give up!" Orochimaru said without hesitation. "This kind of power is like a tailed beast! It can make a village and a country stronger!
Even if it means war, it is necessary!"
"But the village has just experienced a great war, and most of the ninja, including the majority, do not want to continue to expand the war and are eager to end the war and recover."
Lu Nie pointed out the war-weariness that is prevalent in the village. After all, the war has been going on for so many years, and Konoha's casualties have reached a moving number. In this case, most people do not want to continue the war.
Even for the Hokage, it would be difficult to forcibly reverse this surging public opinion.
"But this power belongs to Konoha. Konoha will never give it up." Orochimaru licked the corner of his lips, "Tell me what you think."
War may be inevitable. But the scale is unlikely to be as tragic as the previous Ninja World War. The battlefield will not be in the Land of Fire, but in the chaotic Land of Rivers!
The Iwagakure Village has had to recuperate. Even if it wanted to get involved, they have now entered a period of construction and recuperation, and it is impossible for them to mobilize the entire village and make a desperate move before the Ninja World War begins.
After the war between Konoha and Iwagakure ended, the Hidden Mist Village was quickly defeated and fell into a disadvantage. Especially after the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were killed by Might Dai, the defeat of the Hidden Mist Village was inevitable. Only the remaining surviving Hidden Mist Ninjas could return to the Land of Water alive from the Land of Fire.
As an ally of Konoha, even if the Sand Village wanted to do something, its energy and attention are now all focused on the dragon veins and the oasis. Even if they covet the power of the Gray Stone mine, as long as Rasa and the Daimyo of the Wind Country do not go crazy, they will not abandon the plan to enter a good environment and use their already stretched resources to worry about other things.
In addition, the power of the dragon veins that can be utilized inside the Sand Village may be more important than the so-called Grayl mine.
Other small countries and ninja villages can be ignored. During the Ninja World War, except for the Hidden Rain Village protected by Nagato and the Taki Village with a weak presence and a unique geographical environment, the major ninja villages tacitly drained their strength almost during the war, cutting off the possibility of their post-war counterattack.
After counting, the only village that could potentially start a real war with Konoha is the Hidden Cloud Village.
Although the Hidden Cloud Village was the first to be eliminated in the Ninja World War and lost its own Kage, it was precisely because the Third Raikage desperately held back the Hidden Cloud Army that the Hidden Cloud Ninja had a glimmer of hope and did not let the elite troops of the Hidden Cloud Ninja be completely buried on the battlefield.
After all these years, no one would believe that the power of the Cloud Ninja has recovered to its peak state before the war began.
Judging from the "reckless" behavior of the Cloud Ninjas, if the other party had that kind of power, they would have taken advantage of the weakness of the major ninja villages to launch a massive attack and reap the benefits.
During the war, the major ninja villages would not miss the opportunity to investigate the true situation of the Cloud Ninjas to avoid being overthrown.
But the vitality and strength of the Cloud Ninjas are the best preserved among the five major countries that have experienced war. This is indisputable and there is no dispute.
I think that given the Cloud Ninja's love of plundering the ninja world's various secret techniques, bloodlines, and interests, it would be impossible for them to resist after knowing the information about the Grayl mine.
One advantage Konoha has is that there are countries between the River Country and the Lightning Country. If the other side wants to deploy a large number of military forces to the River Country, it must first break through the blockade of the Fire Country, pass through the territory of the Fire Country, or take a detour.
"The power of the Gray Stone can be used to produce large amounts of food. Its power can also be transplanted into a person's body, or made into ninja tools to equip ninjas. This will increase the ninja's lethality while also reducing the time it takes to train ninjas."
Lu Nie expressed his thoughts without hiding anything.
Food is the guarantee of war. Although the Fire Nation is not very short of food compared to the other four major countries, it can even sell food as a commodity to various countries in peacetime.
But after so many years of war, the war within the Fire Country has almost destroyed most of the Fire Country's grain producing areas. In this situation, although the daimyo and nobles have a large amount of grain stored, they will not allocate it to Konoha Village at will.
They need to solve their own food problem.
The remaining manpower problem requires the use of the Scientific Ninja Tool Plan of the Technology Development Department. The appearance of the Grayer Stone has undoubtedly greatly reduced the difficulty of making scientific ninja tools and greatly advanced the time for their release!
(End of this chapter)