Chapter 268
"Are you crazy?"
Oonoki's eyes widened when he heard that, he stood up with his feet on the table with his hands, and looked at Rasa in surprise.
"Please don't act so surprised, Tsuchikage!"
Rasa looked at him calmly, without any of the lost composure he and the Sunagakure high-level officials had shown when they heard about this crazy plan from Konoha, which was as crazy as "Oasis", and replied calmly.
"Ninjas are not gods!"
If it weren't for the serious scene before him, Ohnoki would have thought that Luosha was here to tease him. Breaking down the barrier between the Land of Wind and the Land of Rain was something that almost no human could do.
The geographical environment of the Rain Kingdom is a canyon basin surrounded by mountains. It is sandwiched between the Wind Kingdom, Fire Kingdom, Earth Kingdom, as well as the Bird Kingdom, Grass Kingdom and River Kingdom.
Bordering the Kingdom of Wind is an extremely high mountain that blocks the abundant rainfall from the Kingdom of Rain from entering the Kingdom of Wind.
If you want to break through the barrier that separates the two, the amount of work required is enough to make one's scalp tingle just thinking about it.
Ninjas are just good at using ninjutsu, but that doesn’t mean they are gods!
Even for the First Hokage, who was hailed as the God of Ninja, and Uchiha Madara, who was able to compete with him, there were limits to the destruction and changes they could make to the terrain.
At this moment, Ohnoki felt a little dissatisfied, thinking that Orochimaru and Rasa were making such an almost impossible request just as an excuse to refuse his joining.
"If you are unwilling to share the benefits of the Gray Stone, then there is no need for you to use this excuse to reject me."
Hearing Ōnoki's unpleasant voice and gloomy expression, Orochimaru and Rasa looked at each other, and Orochimaru took the initiative.
"We made the decision after field investigation and planning. This is not something that a single ninja village can do. It is precisely because most of the ninjas in the Hidden Rock Village master earth escape ninjutsu, especially large-scale legion-level earth escape ninjutsu, that we thought of inviting the Tsuchikage to discuss the matter.
As long as we follow the plan, this seemingly crazy plan will only require time and manpower. "
"It's impossible for all the ninjas in the Hidden Rock Village to participate." Ohnoki shook his head. Even if Orochimaru said something exaggerated, Ohnoki naturally had his own calculations in mind.
Even if the plan can be accomplished, the Iwagakure Village will need to deploy a large number of ninjas and train ninjas who can master the relevant engineering earth-style ninjutsu.
Ōnoki had some doubts about this.
The Iwagakure Village does have a lot of convenient engineering earth-style ninjutsu, such as Earth-style ninjutsu: Active Transformation. This advanced ninjutsu is similar to a combination of summoning and earth-style ninjutsu. By biting your fingers and covering your palms on the blueprint, this ninjutsu can change the terrain according to the contents of the blueprint.
Most of the fortresses and garrisons built by the Rock Ninja during the war were built through similar earth escape ninjutsu. The whole process was quick and convenient, the only drawback was that it required a large amount of chakra and precise control of chakra.
The more complex the design, the larger the area of the transformed terrain will be and the greater the cost will be.
In the past, the Rock Ninja used earth escape ninjutsu to cause the greatest damage, which was far from the plan of Orochimaru and his team. At least a large number of ninjas from the Rock Ninja Village would be deployed, and some training might be required. This would be a bit stressful and burdensome for the Rock Ninja.
After all, it is impossible for the Rock Ninja to work only for the Wind Country and the Fire Country. They also have internal tasks and employment tasks from merchants from other countries.
Although a new generation has emerged in Iwagakure Village, it is still far from its peak period.
"The Wind Country can hire Rock Ninja!"
Luo Sha felt proud when he said this in front of Ohnoki. Once upon a time, the Rock Ninja was always the envy of the Wind Country.
Similar dry environments, except one is a desert and the other is a rock wall.
But the Sand Ninja lived a tight life and was not rich, especially when he just came to the throne, the life was simply hell. At one point, the Sand Ninja did not even have the money to train a new generation of ninja.
If it weren't for the subsequent cooperation with the Fire Country, and the generous donations from the daimyo and nobles of the Wind Country, and the subsequent binding of various technologies and interests, which enabled the economy of the Sand Village to improve rapidly and become prosperous, Luosha would not know what the village would be like now.
But what is certain is that the number of Sand Ninjas will inevitably be greatly reduced. Even if limited resources are used to train elite Sand Ninjas, the reduction in numbers means a reduction in the amount of tasks, and also means the continuous weakening of the village's strength.
What's even more desperate is that if this situation continues for a long time, the Sand Village might become a small ninja village and the first to be eliminated among the five major ninja villages.
Compared to Sand Village, Iwagakure Village had a much better life. At least the Daimyo of the Land of Earth did not deduct the military expenses of Iwagakure Village after the defeat of Iwagakure Ninja. Ohnoki was even able to purchase a large number of healing charms from the Land of Rain and recruit some rare scientific research personnel from the ninja world.
In this situation, Rasa, whose economic pressure had long since disappeared, had a feeling that the Sand Ninja had finally stood up economically.
"Hire?" Ohnoki blinked, "That's fine! But those who can participate in this plan must be at least Chunin. What's the price for your Sand Village?"
"No problem." Hearing the distrust in Ōnoki's tone, Rasa just nodded seriously, indicating that the Sand Village had the money to pay the Iwagakure ninja.
This plan has already been approved by the Daimyo of the Wind Country. Although the oasis is good, if this plan can be successfully implemented, the harsh environment of the Wind Country will undoubtedly change for the better faster.
By then, with the vast territory of the Wind Kingdom, even if it cannot compare with the Fire Kingdom with its rich vegetation and abundant resources of all kinds, it will at least be able to feed a large number of people and reap huge profits from them.
Therefore, Luo Sha, who has the backing of the Wind Country Daimyo, is confident to say this. It is the Wind Country that is poor, not the Wind Country Daimyo and the nobles.
The current daimyo is still young, having only ascended the throne for a few years, and he still has some ambitions.
"If the Tsuchikage permits, part of the reward can be replaced by the Gray Stone. I know that the Tsuchikage wants to study this chakra energy mine. Konoha and the Sand Village have no intention of locking it in their hands and not circulating it." Orochimaru added.
"Okay." Ohnoki hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly. Then he was stunned because he found that he was unconsciously inclined to agree to the employment of both.
Although from the discussion, the interests of the Iwagakure Village have not been damaged, but there are still benefits to be gained. But at the beginning, his idea was not like this!
(End of this chapter)