Chapter 158 Chapter 158 Takiguni Village's Reliance
"I've said it before, the Uchiha are just a bunch of lunatics!"
"Tobirama!"
The serious rebuke interrupted what Tobirama was about to say.
But this scolding also completely ignited the anger that had been accumulating in Tobirama's heart since his resurrection.
Unhappy with being controlled by his own jutsu, angry at hearing that the Uchiha had betrayed them, and also because his elder brother was still partial to the Uchiha under such circumstances, with so many emotions piling up, Tobirama rarely chose to retreat after being scolded by Hashirama.
He stared directly into Hashirama's eyes, his tone filled with dissatisfaction, as he laid the matter out in the open: "Brother, you don't really think that with only one-third of the Uchiha population, there could be over a thousand three-magatama jonin geniuses, do you?"
"That's enough Tobirama!"
Powerful chakra fluctuations vibrated.
Limited by the level of the original sacrifice, this chakra just barely reached the level of Kage, but those present were all elite Jonin and even Hokage, who had seen too much chakra pressure in the past few days. Although this momentum was also eye-catching, it seemed not worth mentioning compared to the powerful oppressive feeling brought by Ali a few days ago.
Seeing Tobirama snort coldly and turn his head away without any effect, Senju Hashirama sighed a little tiredly, abandoned his previous serious attitude, and explained in a gentle voice:
"Have you forgotten what Monkey just mentioned about Ali? Being able to forcibly preserve one's soul in reality and enhance its strength must be a rare Yin-Tun Kekkei. For a Kekkei Genkai like the Uchiha, which relies on mental energy to enhance its power, it's not impossible to significantly enhance its abilities."
"Time is not static. As someone from the old era, there's nothing wrong with accepting the powerful abilities of the newcomers."
The argument between the two made several high-ranking officials present look at each other, and many of the senior ninjas who were nearby pricked up their ears.
Although they had already determined that Ali was the culprit for the Uchiha's improvement, the appearance of items like the Hero's Water, which seemed to be able to enhance personal strength, still made many people present have some ideas in their minds.
Finally, Mitomon En couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, what is the Hero's Water?"
Senju Tobirama still had a gloomy face. Looking at his elder brother who was concentrating on watching Tsunade's battle with a look of satisfaction on his face, he could only start talking about some past events.
It's not really a secret, so there's nothing wrong with talking about it.
My memory goes back to the time when the first Five Kage Conference was held:
"In the early years of my brother's reign, he discussed the distribution of the tailed beasts with the five major nations. Not long after the news of the meeting spread, my brother was attacked by ninjas from Takigakure. My brother thought the other party was a good talent, so he went against the crowd's opinion and released him."
Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others still had some impression of this incident. At that time, they were disciples of the first and second generations, and were also responsible for receiving the Kage and envoys from the other four countries. They witnessed the entire process of Kakuzu assassinating the first generation.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes flickered slightly, and he also remembered some details of the incident: "I still remember this incident. It caused quite a big fuss afterwards."
After all, no one expected that Takiguni Village would be able to turn the tables after the assassination failed.
Not long after that man was released, news came from Takigakure that Kakuzu's assassination attempt on the Shodaime Hokage was a personal act, but the Shodaime was merciful and let him escape. After battling the Shodaime, Kakuzu became even more eager for power, and actually returned to the village to murder most of the village leaders, steal the village's secret techniques, and escape, causing great damage to Takigakure...
The matter was full of twists and turns. Afterwards, Takigakure conspired and acted like a complete victim, angrily accusing the first generation of being too soft-hearted and bringing disaster to other villages. It even suspected that this incident was done intentionally by the five major ninja villages. It even suspected that the reason why Kakuzu was able to return alive was that he reached a cooperation with the five major ninja villages in order to suppress them, oppress the living space of the small ninja villages, and improve the status of their five major ninja villages.
Afterwards, the first and second generation went out, and the few of them maintained order in the village. When the two adults came back, the matter had been over. However, they did not expect that there were other secrets involved.
Tobirama nodded, his expression becoming even colder.
The dirty water has been thrown on his own head. Even if his eldest brother doesn't care about this matter, he will not care about it. The Kages of the other four major ninja villages will not care about it either. In addition, the Taki Village was indeed very powerful at that time, and it joined forces with several small ninja villages to make a fuss. It was a good target to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
"After the Five Kage cooperation was completed, my eldest brother and I went to Taki no Kuni with the other First Kage to give them a good beating."
If it weren't for the eldest brother who was worried that they would really attack Takiguni Village and followed them, it would be hard to say whether Takiguni Village would exist now.
Thinking of his elder brother constantly giving in and acting as a peacemaker for the sake of peace, Tobirama couldn't help but feel a headache, but he quickly adjusted his mood and continued to introduce the Hero's Water.
"The Water of Heroes is the basis for Takigakure to produce a large number of Jonin."
The location of Takigakure is indeed hidden and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the waterfall can even affect the perception of chakra by the ninja, but for him, it is not without clues.
The remaining people from the past are now either the first, second or third generation of the five major ninja villages. The other carefully selected guards are at least special jonin, and they are not comparable to the severely damaged Takigakure.
The few remaining high-ranking officials of Takinin Village were frightened by their sudden intrusion into the village, and they cowardly told them the secret of their village in an attempt to find a way to survive.
"That water is too dangerous. The guards in the past all exploded and died after drinking it. Big brother, relying on his immortal body, also tried it. Even with his enormous chakra capacity, there was a noticeable increase."
"But the mortality rate is too high. It's said that not even one in ten people can survive. And this survival rate is an exaggerated figure. The real survival rate needs to be cut in half."
When he conducted the experiment afterwards, only five of the nearly one hundred prisoners survived.
After these words were spoken, the heat in the eyes of the people around him subsided a lot.
As if he understood what everyone was thinking, Tobirama nodded secretly in his heart, but still reminded: "A jonin who uses the lives of low-level genin will sooner or later be destroyed due to an unstable foundation."
"Furthermore, this type of jonin is too superficial. They only have a lot of chakra but don't know how to use it skillfully. They are too different from real jonin and too useless."
At that time, the children of their Senju clan, the Uzumaki clan, could easily possess jonin-level chakra, but could those children be called jonin?
The five major countries are vast and rich in resources, and there are many ninja clans with bloodlines. Many of the Genin trained in their villages have the qualifications to become Jonin, it is just a matter of time. This Hero's Water still needs to gamble on the one in twenty survival rate just to save a little time to reach Jonin. No fool would do that.
If there really were no side effects, the first generation Kage would not have simply divided up the remaining Hero's Water. Even if they had the pressure from their big brother, they would probably have found a way to seize Takigakure Village secretly afterwards.
But having said this, Tobirama suddenly changed the subject and proposed another hypothesis: "However, after returning from Takinin Village that year, I suspected that the Takinin trip with representatives from several other major countries was too distracted by the sudden appearance of the Hero's Water, and thus overlooked many things."
"For example, the true source of the Hero's Water..."
"We were all deceived."
After the experiment, he thought about going back to Takigakure to investigate again, but his eldest brother died and a war was about to break out. The war lasted for more than ten years, and he himself died in the Land of Thunder not long after, so the matter was left unresolved.
At this time, the trial of the last few ninjas was taking place in Takigakure.
"Aier, age 38, jonin, currently carrying out 1 S-rank mission, 17 A-rank missions, 86 B-rank missions, 53 C-rank missions, and 27 D-rank missions. Casualties during missions are not counted, except for those not caused by missions..."
Uchiha Xiangchen glanced with disgust at the burly ninja surrounded in the middle, covered in blood and looking like a dead pig, and continued to read the contents of the scroll:
"At the age of 23, she was on a mission to eliminate bandits in Yuanshi Village (now closed down). Later, during the mission, she took a fancy to a beautiful woman in the village and became malicious. She demanded to serve her, but was rejected and then raped her. The husband stabbed her in the back with a knife, killing the struggling couple on the spot. Because the attack was witnessed by several children playing outside, she was afraid that her actions would be exposed and punished by the village, so she massacred the entire village. Finally, she pinned the blame on the bandits and secretly seized all the villagers' property..."
"After this incident, Ai Er got a taste of success. Over the next ten years, he committed more than ten similar crimes. Some only harmed one family, while others resulted in the massacre of an entire village. It was extremely despicable."
The growth of a ninja is inseparable from resources, and in Takigunibunaga Village, the proportion of these resources is even more important.
As the first village after the five major ninja villages, Takiguni Village has a small population, but it has been able to cultivate many senior ninjas. Few people in the outside world know the twists and turns of it - they rely not on the superior geographical location, nor on the Hero's Water that is used to take the blame when others come to attack, but on a special white powder.
It is a derivative of the roots of the giant tree that condenses the water of heroes.
Although the giant tree that condensed the Hero's Water has dried up, the roots underneath are still growing for some reason. They only take an appropriate amount every year, and it will grow again in a year. They squeeze out the concentrated juice inside that has similar functions to the Hero's Water, dry and grind it into powder, and then refine it into special military ration pills. Each time they take it, it can subtly improve the consumer's qualifications. The effect is far less direct than that of the Hero's Water, but the long-term safe resource is what they really rely on. This is news that only the truly core elders in the village are qualified to know.
The amount of rhizomes that can be collected in the village each year is strictly regulated, so who uses them and how they are used depends on resources and connections.
The younger generations who are trained by the elders and village chiefs naturally have no shortage of such resources, but if ordinary ninjas want to be trained, they will have to pay huge sums of money.
Ai Erben was not born into a wealthy family. When he was attending the ninja school, his only father fell seriously ill and passed away. All the family's money was invested in the village hospital. Although he had only barely reached the threshold of Chunin at the age of 23, he was suddenly valued by the upper class. In the following few years, he achieved the transformation from Genin to Jonin and even elite Jonin...
All the bad things he had done were now revealed.
There are quite a few ninjas like this in Takiguni Village...
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