Chapter 203 Humans and Tailed Beasts

  The civil strife in the Snow Country completely subsided overnight.

  Of course, for a remote and small country like the Snow Country, if it is not focused on, the five major countries will hardly take any action.

   Although the Snow Country is a country with ninjas, its combat power is weak, and its nature is completely different from the small countries such as the Country of Grass and the Country of Rain that can establish ninja villages.

  In general, the chaos within the Snow Country did not cause an imbalance in the stable situation of the big country, or even have any impact. It was just a symbolic letter of congratulations sent by Xiaoxue when he inherited the name of the Snow Country. Other than that, there was no other action.

  In the ninja world, the five major powers have a detached status, occupying the most extensive land, the richest population, and the most powerful military force in the ninja world. Any small country that competes with the five major powers is tantamount to fighting against a cart.

   In this situation, Shiraishi had expected that the power of the ghost country was completely hibernated into the snow country, and Xiaoxue, who defeated the wind and flowers and raging waves, was also the legal heir of the snow country. In the eyes of outsiders, it was just the regime change of the snow country. Based on this situation, they have no excuse to criticize Snow Country and make any fuss about it.

  Post-war recovery is the main task now within the major powers.

   "I didn't expect that the treasure left by His Royal Highness Zaoxue turned out to be a heater. I thought His Highness Zaoxue really left some important treasure."

  In the deep palace of the castle, the third prince sighed for a while.

  The internal turmoil in the Snow Country is over. Next, it is necessary to appease the panic of the people. Those snow ninjas who were defeated in the army do not necessarily have to be wiped out.

   For these low-level snow ninjas, it is natural to accept them all to serve the construction of the snow country.

   In this regard, Baishi is very handy, and the development plan has already been drawn up before attacking the Snow Country.

   "No, San Taifu, the heater left by my father is indeed a treasure to me. Because he promised me in the past that he wanted me to see the arrival of spring in the Snow Country. I couldn't understand it in the past, but now I finally understand it."

  Xiaoxue sat on the throne belonging to the daimyo of the Snow Country with a solemn attitude.

  Santafu was just puzzled, but didn't speak.

  To Xiaoxue, the new daimyo of the Snow Country, that was indeed a treasure worth cherishing, but to the dead Feng Hua Nu Tao, it was just a pure joke.

   "So, in order to let more people see the spring in the Snow Country, I plan to turn the ice lake where the Rainbow Ice Wall is located into a national tourist attraction to attract tourists from all over the world. What do you think, Santa?"

  Xiao Xue said so.

  Santafu nodded and replied: "This is indeed a good idea, but now we need to restore people's livelihood as soon as possible, and we need to spend a lot of money. I'm afraid there is no way to implement the plan to build a tourist attraction immediately."

   "This is not a problem. My lord father will invest 10 billion taels in the Snow Country in the early stage, and the rest of the work is to recruit skilled craftsmen in the country."

   Ten billion taels? Or an upfront investment? Rao is the third husband, and he can't help but be surprised by the huge financial resources of the ghost country.

   "If this is the case, then there is no problem. With the start-up capital of 10 billion taels, not only can the Rainbow Ice Wall be turned into a tourist attraction, but also the armament of the Snow Country can be strengthened."

   Frequent turbulent incidents, San Taifu is seriously aware of how important it is to establish a ninja army.

  If his lord, Fenghua Zaoxue, could squeeze out excess funds, develop his own army, and train more ninjas, even if Fenghua Futao had a second heart, he would not dare to act rashly.

  In the past, Snow Country had an attitude of getting rich and being safe. Looking at it now, the pressure to be bound to the black car of Ghost Country in the future will be far heavier than the pressure brought by the rebellion.

  The fact that the Minister of Military Affairs of the Oni Country is a Konoha S-class rebellious ninja is enough to cause a huge international storm in the ninja world.

  As the allied countries, the Snow Country will naturally be unable to escape the blame, and will be condemned by all countries.

   It’s just that things are done now, let’s not talk about the relationship between Xiaoxue and Shiraishi. If the Kingdom of Snow wants to become stronger and richer, it can only rely on the secret support of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

   Fortunately, Shiraishi assisted them in taking back the power of the Snow Country, and did not interfere too much with the regime of the Snow Country, so that Xiaoxue would not become a puppet daimyo.

  If such a thing happens, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the third husband.

  Finally stumbled over the wind, flowers and raging waves, if more ferocious beasts were introduced, there would be no place to cry.

   "That's right. Father asked me to find a hidden site in Snow Country as soon as possible, set up a research institute and a weapon factory, and step up the research and mass production of Chakra armor. When the research institute and weapon factory are completed, there will be a second batch of funds from the Ghost Country."

  After listening to Xiaoxue's narration, San Taifu had a more intuitive feeling about the wealth and power of the Ghost Kingdom.

  A powerful ally like the Country of Ghosts is not necessarily all bad for the Country of Snow.

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  Shiraishi stayed in Snow Country for a month before finally leaving.

  He stayed in the Snow Country for a month, mainly to get the military power of the Snow Country.

  The military power of the Snow Country, like the Ghost Country, is composed of ordinary soldiers and Snow Ninja who know how to use Chakra.

  The Xue Ren who participated in the rebellion that night, some of the main combat factions were eliminated, and some were being held in prison cells for reform. The remaining Xue Ren who surrendered, about 100 people, were formally incorporated into the military system of the Snow Kingdom by Baishi.

  This is something that he and his adoptive daughter Xiaoxue have already planned. He only needs to govern the military power of the Snow Country. For the rest of the matter, he will only make suggestions. In the end, Xiaoxue, the new daimyo, will decide.

   As far as Baishi is concerned, becoming the Minister of Military Affairs of the Snow Country and having military power is enough. Xiaoxue is still young, but with the assistance of the three grandparents, there is no big problem if she wants to manage the Snow Country.

  The restructuring of Snow Country cannot be completed in a day or two.

  First of all, military unification, and then deploy the army to clear all the roads in the snow country, and strengthen the connection with the ghost country.

   As for future mergers, that's another story.

  In short, with the lessons learned from the kingdom of ghosts, Shiraishi is more comfortable with the restructuring plan of the kingdom of snow.

  The most important thing is that Feng Hua Nu Tao gave him a good starting point during his reign.

  Because of the wrong position, during his tenure as the daimyo of the Snow Country, he used cruel means to uproot the aristocratic forces in the Snow Country that opposed him, greatly weakening the aristocratic group in the Snow Country, making the power of the aristocratic group in the Snow Country no longer what it used to be, and reducing the difficulty for Shiraishi to reform the Snow Country.

  Therefore, Baishi sincerely hoped that these nobles would be honest and responsible, otherwise he would not mind a purge in the Land of Snow that was more ruthless than the wind, flowers and raging waves, so that they can understand what their current position is.

  The vested interests left over from the old era, if it wasn't for the storms and raging waves to cleanse their internal affairs first, Xiaoxue's ascension to the position of Daimyo of the Snow Country would probably not go as smoothly as expected, and they would definitely obstruct them and ask for more power.

   For these aristocratic groups, Shiraishi can despise them strategically, but attaches great importance to them tactically.

  In a traditional country like Snow Country, it is not uncommon for the daimyo to become a puppet of the aristocratic group.

   To prevent these aristocratic forces from counterattacking, and sending ninjas to monitor their every move, we must also practice it.

  On the way back, only half of the ninjas who came back with Shiraishi and Ayane returned, and the other half was stationed in the snow country to manage those snow ninjas who surrendered, so as not to make any noise from those surrendered snow ninjas.

   In addition, there is an important task of protecting Xiaoxue's personal safety, monitoring some dark and unruly nobles in the Snow Country, and taking precautions before they happen.

   "The matter of the Snow Country is over, and the rest is the Bear Country and the You Country."

  Snow Country's development plan, Baishi will send people over to monitor it regularly to prevent omissions.

  If there is no powerful external force at the level of the five major powers to intervene, the affairs of the Snow Country can be said to be sure.

  The remaining plan for Shiraishi to implement is to take the country of You and Bear in the south into his pocket.

  These two countries will become the best springboard for the Kingdom of Ghosts to attack the Kingdom of Wind.

   "But it is not so easy for these two countries to win."

   Ayane thought for a while and answered.

  The reason why they were able to win the Snow Country this time was because of the internal chaos in the Snow Country, and the fact that Xiaoxue, the orthodox heir of the Snow Country, was attracted for the first time.

  But the country of You is different from the country of Xiong. For now, there is no suitable excuse to intervene.

   "There should be much less resistance to incorporating the You Country."

   Shiraishi said so.

"oh?"

   "The Kingdom of You was a country plagued by monsters in the past. More than once, it expressed kindness to the witches of the Kingdom of Ghosts, hoping to merge the Kingdom of You into the Kingdom of Ghosts. However, the past generations of witches in the Kingdom of Ghosts refused."

  When Baishi said this, his expression became strange.

"Refused?"

   Ayane was surprised.

   "If the information I collected is not wrong, it is indeed true."

   "I really don't understand why such a good opportunity should be rejected."

  This is really incomprehensible to Ayane.

  If this kind of thing is placed on the five major countries, it is estimated that they will wake up from their dreams with laughter.

   This is free, you can get a huge territory and population without spending a penny.

   "I think the priestesses of the kingdom of ghosts from all ages find it troublesome. They don't like to participate in secular disputes, or they have no interest in participating. Their mission in this world is to eliminate evil monsters for human beings. If they are forced to give them other missions, they will attract resentment."

  Shiraishi clearly remembered that Maitreya said that the significance of witches to human beings is special.

  Compared to managing the country, the priestesses of the ghost country obviously pay more attention to the practice itself.

  That kind of feeling is like being lifted to the fire by everyone, forced to nod and become the country's "God" under no choice.

   "In this way, You Country can be taken down quickly, right?"

   "In more than a month, after Maitreya Priestess gives birth smoothly, I'll find out what's going on after I ask about it, and see how she plans to deal with the You Country. But compared to You Country, the most difficult thing here is undoubtedly the Bear Country. It will be very troublesome for this country with ninja village institutions to be included in the territory of the Ghost Country."

   "Hidden Star Village? With a well-established ninja village system, it is indeed more troublesome to deal with than Snow Country."

  Ayane nodded seriously.

   Although the Bear Country is a small country, it has a relatively mature ninja village system just like small countries such as the Country of Grass and the Country of Rain.

  The name of this Ninja Village is Xingyin Ninja Village.

   It is said that the ninjas of Xingyin Ninja Village are good at the secret Chakra technique called "Peacock Magic", which is very famous in the Bear Country.

   Shiraishi and Ayane feel that Hoshigakure Ninja Village is troublesome, but it does not refer to the fighting power of this ninja village.

  The biggest difficulty here is how to legally and unnoticed include the Kingdom of Bears into the territory of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

   If the operation is not done properly, the power of the kingdom of ghosts will be exposed, and the loss outweighs the gain.

  The reason why the country of ghosts has lived so well these years is because the five major countries are on the bright side, while the country of ghosts has always been lurking in the dark, pretending to be harmless to humans and animals, and winning the trust of other countries. Coupled with a series of special reasons such as the protection mechanism of the neutral country, the ghost country is like a fish in water.

   "It seems that Yakura will start the operation within a year. Regarding the matter of the bear country, we can prepare after assisting Yakura in the operation. According to the plan, there is still a long time for our side to be used for arrangement. After confirming Kirigakure's position, the pressure on our side will be greatly reduced."

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   Konoha 48, January.

  The beginning of the new year has also brought a new atmosphere to the kingdom of ghosts.

  After returning from the Snow Country, Shiraishi has been running between his family, the office, and the laboratory.

  The work in the laboratory is mainly busy with the research of tailed beasts and zero tails.

  Currently among the ninja villages in the five major countries, only Yunyin Village in the Land of Thunder has mature tailed beast utilization technology, but most of Yunyin's tailed beast utilization technology is still applied at the military level.

  The difference is that Shiraishi hopes that the power of tailed beasts will not only be used at the military level, such as the development of medicines and ninja tools, but also can be expanded. In this way, the benefits that Tailed Beasts can bring to the Kingdom of Ghosts are many times higher than the military level alone.

  Shiraishi's idea is not groundless, the tail beast's chakra has a strong healing ability and a special recovery effect.

  If this recovery effect can be extended to medicines, it will definitely be a big seller.

  Healing is just one of the effects of Tailed Beast Chakra. Other effects such as enhancing the ninja's physique and improving the explosive power of battle can also make the ninja turn defeat into victory in adversity.

  In short, as long as the Tailed Beast technology is conquered and used effectively, it will benefit the Kingdom of Ghosts endlessly.

  As for Zero Tail... This is a special life form that is even worse than tailed beasts.

  And compared to the parts of tailed beasts collected by Shiraishi, most of which are lumps of chakra and fragmentary limb debris, the zero tail is different, it is completely preserved in the experiment.

  Although Zero Tail was controlled by the former Sky Kingdom and became the core energy engine to start the royal fortress, at the beginning, it was a life form that formed naturally in nature.

   Feeds on the sorrow and despair of human beings to propel oneself to perfection.

  Currently, the power of Zero Tail is not comparable to that of a Tailed Beast, but as long as it is well utilized, it will only be a matter of time before it grows to the level of a Tailed Beast. It's just that Shiraishi didn't allow Zero Tail to grow without limit.

  Because he can't control Zero Tail's consciousness now, if Zero Tail grows to the level of a tailed beast, if it is not under his control, then this kind of monster will bring him nothing but trouble.

   Now Zero Tail succumbs to the kingdom of ghosts, but because of lack of strength, it is temporarily dormant.

  When you become a perfect body and have the power to resist, you may not be obedient.

  A disobedient weapon can only be destroyed.

  In the laboratory, in the floor-standing glass cylinder, there are several chakras of tailed beasts. Under the catalysis of special medicine, they have grown to the level of the physical characteristics of some parts of the tailed beasts. For ordinary ninjas, this level of tailed beasts' power is completely enough.

   Absorbed one of them, and also has the power to easily defeat Jonin.

   But for Shiraishi, this is far from perfect.

  In the later stage of medicine production, ninja equipment development, including the supply of energy for large battleships, you may need Tailed Beast Chakra to save money.

  It's a pity that Lin is not a perfect Jinchuriki, otherwise the Tailed Beast can take a big step forward by using technology.

  Looking at the glass cylinder where Zero Tail is located, a huge, pitch-black snake-shaped body is crowded and wrapped around the inside of the glass, as if it were a well-made biological specimen.

  The pale and sinister mask on the face was slightly opened, revealing scarlet blood with shadows.

   It seems that there is no killing intent, but Shiraishi knows that Zero Tail must be looking for an opportunity to escape from here.

   It is just a glass cylinder in which it is imprisoned. It has the highest level of chakra suppression effect, and the material is hard. Even if it is a powerful ninjutsu, it cannot be easily destroyed.

  The solution to soak its body is also a potion specially prepared by Shiraishi for him, which can make his body weak and prevent it from violently breaking free, breaking free from the inside, and causing unnecessary disturbances.

  There is a purification device on the experimental table, and there are fragments of the body stored in the pipeline, which are composed of pure dark chakra, and contain a strong sense of sadness and despair.

  Shiraishi is trying to find ways to strip the dark part of the zero-tail chakra.

  The 'darkness' extracted can be used to make special poisons that cause the enemy's spirit to be depressed.

  It can be said that the Chakra and darkness in Zero Tail are rare treasures in the ninja world.

   Even the slightest bit of waste, Shiraishi felt it was a pity.

   "Mr. Baishi, the data has been re-stated. It seems that the utilization rate is a few tenths of a percent higher than the previous utilization rate."

  Lin Nohara was wearing a white coat and a white mask on her face. She sat in front of the computer and calculated the data, and told Shiraishi the latest experimental data.

   "It seems that the technology of tailed beasts tending to mature is still quite different."

  Tail Beast's chakra is difficult to use.

  The negative energy contained in it is more terrifying than that of Zero Wei, and it is difficult to remove.

  If this kind of power acts directly on the human body, it will directly cause the user to lose his mind, causing indelible trauma to the body and spirit.

  In the ninja world, the only one who can perfectly utilize the power of tailed beasts is the Rabbi Eight-tailed Jinzhu Riki of Yunyin Village, the foster brother of the Fourth Raikage.

  Shiraishi admires such a character very much. He can dissolve the resentment in the tailed beast chakra and unreservedly integrate with the tailed beast. This is not something that can be easily done with a single sentence.

  It is Rabbi Ricky, the eight-tailed Jinzhu, who has an open-minded and open mind that is difficult for ordinary people to live in peace with the tailed beast, so that the tailed beast can open his heart to trust and agree with him.

  This is many times better than Mu Dun and Sharingan's violent control of tailed beasts.

  As far as Shiraishi knows, after so many years in the ninja world, only Kirabi has done it so far, and truly understands the broad mind of the tailed beast.

   Such as the first Hokage and Uchiha Madara in the past, they also failed to do this. They use the power of the tail beast, more or less with a personal selfish side.

   Baishi felt that he was also so selfish.

  He is not a broad-minded person like Kirabi, but it does not prevent him from admiring characters like Kirabi.

  If he could have a face-to-face conversation, it might be a great inspiration for his research on tailed beasts.

   "It's a pity that Nanao in my body has a big prejudice against me, and has always been reluctant to communicate with me."

  Lin smiled helplessly.

  After she came back from the wet bone forest, she has been living in the research institute of the First Military Region of the Ghost Country, and her usual job is to help out in hospitals and research institutes.

   Obito spent more than half a year, and after barely mastering the natural energy, he also came back from the wet bone forest, and served as an ordinary patrol soldier in the military area with Uchiha's tribe.

  "Human beings selfishly define tailed beasts as uncontrollable dangerous forces, arbitrarily regard them as symbols of 'disaster' and 'evil', and use excuses to ignore their own will and impose various restrictions on their freedom. This is a manifestation of arrogance in itself. There is no one in a thousand ninjas who can become a perfect Jinchuriki. Just work hard towards this."

  Bai Shi comforted Lin with a smile.

  Lin is only thirteen or fourteen years old now, and there is still a long life to deal with tailed beasts, so there is no need to rush for a while.

   "Should the research continue?"

  Lin asked.

  "Of course. I sympathize with the tailed beast because I criticize human beings from the perspective of a fair third party. But in fact, I am a member of human beings, and I can't just look at human beings from the standpoint of the tailed beast. I just see the fate of the weak being dominated by the strong. Similarly, the benefits that the tailed beast brings to humans are also what I pay attention to. The will of the tailed beast itself is not what I need to consider. Maybe what I said just now was heard by the seven tails in your body, and I guess it is sneering with disdain at this time."

   Shiraishi suddenly said with a smile.

   "Indeed, it's in a bad mood right now."

  Lin smiled wryly.

  Ms. Shiraishi's sarcasm... no, the sarcasm of the tail beast, any tail beast will feel resentment and dissatisfaction after hearing it.

  So much so that this kind of dissatisfaction was clearly passed into Lin's body, making her feel the weight of the tailed beast's resentment towards humans.

   This is the deadlock between tailed beasts and human beings that will last forever.

   Tailed beasts have the stance of tailed beasts, and humans have the stance of human beings.

  Separating all righteousness from evil is the essence.

   "Okay, I'll leave it to you for the time being, Lin, I'm going out now."

  Shiraishi took off the white gloves on his hands, then threw them into the trash can, and was about to leave the laboratory.

  According to the time agreed more than a year ago, it was time to go to the shrine to see his newly born adopted daughter.

  (end of this chapter)