Red sand dust

Overall, the living conditions of the residents of the Kingdom of Wind have been greatly improved. The basic living conditions of ensuring that they do not starve to death have barely been met. The next step is to continue to check for gaps in areas such as food, clothing, housing and transportation.

From struggling to survive to striving to live a better life, this seemingly inconspicuous jump is actually something that many countries cannot achieve.

The wealth of Sand Hidden Village is the best in the entire Kingdom of Wind. The main streets in the market are electrified, and even at night, there are street lights to illuminate the way for pedestrians returning home at night.

Most families in Sunagakure Village can actually afford electricity, at least lighting at night is not a problem. However, changes have been too rapid in the past few years, and many people have not adapted to this progress. Old people who are accustomed to open fire lighting, Most are still alive.

Old-fashioned oil lamps are almost no longer used because the lamp oil is of poor quality, has a peculiar smell when used, and is accompanied by black smoke that is difficult to detect with the naked eye, which can damage the eyes over time.

Therefore, high-quality and low-priced candles became popular, and a series of lighting markets were spawned.

There are everything from high-end products that ordinary families can afford, to high-end products that are worth a month's ration for a family of three, meeting the needs of different levels.

The main hall of the Kazekage's house was transformed into a bright and modern style by Gaara. It has been electrified and installed with many cutting-edge electrical products. However, the private living room in the back house still has an ancient style layout. Very elegant tatami, handmade wooden sliding doors, and window paper with patterns drawn by masters.

Even though the front room looks high-end and valuable, in fact it is not as much as the cost of a piece of furniture in the back house.

Low-key luxury is this kind of inadvertent freehand brushwork.

In fact, this thing didn't belong to Gaara Ding. Even Temari and Kankuro didn't know that the vase that was accidentally broken last week could already be used to buy a small courtyard in the village.

After being attacked by the "Akatsuki" organization and nearly half of the buildings in the village needed to be renovated, Daimaru simply knocked down the Kazekage's house and rebuilt it.

From design to construction to decoration, it was all done by Daimaru. He just gave the renderings to Gaara for confirmation, and it became what it looks like now.

If Gaara knew that the burning funds were spent in such a place, I don't know how upset he would be.

As a child of the ancestral Kazekage family, it's not that I haven't seen the world, but it's not uncommon for me to really spend money lavishly.

With Gaara's current position, he definitely wouldn't want to waste resources in a place like this, but necessary enjoyment is also a rare way to eliminate anxiety.

Although I don’t know how much money Daimaru burned, the well-received new landmark of Sunagakure Village is indeed speechless.

At least Gaara also likes this layout that seems to have a homely atmosphere.

Therefore, the minor differences between Daimaru and Gaara disappeared under friendly negotiation.

"I'm just curious. War is a very inefficient way of competition. In most cases, there is no substantial winner. Why do you think our Sunagakure Village can make money through war?"

Gaara asked in a low voice, and Daimaru answered patiently:

"It's not just money, but benefits including money. We took this opportunity to export the puppet machines produced in Sunagakure Village, almost monopolizing the puppet market in the entire ninja world, and setting common standards. For example, Only we can make the most core parts of bionic joint manufacturing. Even if someone can bypass our technology, it will be useless unless someone makes it from scratch and understands all the technology of a standard puppet. Even if it is really strong. The organization has made prototypes, but they are of no use. They and other puppet interfaces that work together still need to meet customization conditions..."

This is like a network. Let’s not say whether it can be done. Even if it can be done, there is no market and we can only entertain ourselves in the laboratory.

When others enter the puppet field monopolized by Sand Ninjas, it's okay to make small fuss and toss in a niche market. Once they want to challenge the dominance, they will find that the whole world seems to be against them.

Nara Shikamaru challenged Daimaru, saying that he should imitate the governance model of Sunagakure Village, improve Konoha Village, and cope with the challenges of Suna Ninja, which really made Daimaru feel some pressure.

However, in some fields, it is really not the case that you can catch up with a size advantage. Industries with a technology monopoly foundation can lead step by step, and latecomers can only catch up.

The winner takes all, and the challenger doesn't even get a sip of soup before he turns over.

There is only one situation where we can counterattack, that is, the technology in this field has reached the theoretical limit, and there is no way forward. As time goes by, no matter how slow the laggards are, as long as they persevere, they can catch up and stagnate. leader.

Gaara pondered Daimaru's words and nodded weakly:

"Just like those guys in the Craftsman Ninja Village, relying on their unique geographical conditions and first-mover advantage, they almost monopolized the shuriken and detonating charm business in the entire ninja world?"

Daimaru waved his hand disdainfully:

"That kind of industry with little technical content and micro-profits actually has no technical threshold. It's not that other ninja villages can't do it, it's just not necessary! When the ninja tactics are innovative and new weapons are needed, those who think they have mastered the road to wealth will , and those idiots who treat it as a treasure will have a bad life..."

What subverts the structure of an industry is never competitors, but cross-border dimensionality reduction attacks.

For example, in Sunagakure Village, with the popularity of puppet masters, the consumption of fighting kunai has been reduced by 15% in two years.

There is also a certain maple leaf country in Daimaru's previous life. Its birth was an empire that would never fall. In order to obtain more high-quality wood, build warships, and maintain its status as the world's naval hegemon, they planted trees and worked hard for decades. Come to harvest, the era of ironclads has arrived; the previous successful experience, which took hundreds of years to defeat the Armada in one fell swoop and laid the foundation for an empire on which the sun never sets, is vulnerable to the changes of the times.

"Okay, I know what you mean!"

Gaara, who has some understanding of Daimaru's style, understands that Daimaru is not a follow-the-rules guy who honestly competes with others. Once he wants to bring down an organization, he must be trying to drain the firepower.

Only those like Konoha Village who are really unsure will calm down and plan for long-term competition.

"Sixteen thousand, plus five thousand auxiliary troops, it will be more than twenty thousand. With the current background of the village, we can still afford it, but I don't know what other villages are planning!"

"Don't worry, the total number of ninja coalition forces will definitely not exceed 100,000, and this fourth ninja war is different from the past. Ordinary ninja troops cannot decide the outcome, it depends on a very small number of elites..."

The second generation of the Hokage and the Senju Tobi were chased to death by the Gold and Silver Horn brothers while protecting their compatriots. The third generation of the Raikage was besieged by tens of thousands of Gannin and died of exhaustion. These are special cases and not the norm.

What really played a decisive role was that the golden flash and Namikaze Minato defeated the "AB combination" and the Kumo ninja surrendered; Orochimaru blocked the Iwa ninja from entering and turned against the alliance to attack Kumogakure Village, as well as Konoha White Fang and Hatake. Sakumo killed the puppet master of Sunagakure Village until he was bleeding like a river.

This time is even more special. Once the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki appears, only immortal magic, taijutsu and a very small number of blood successors can join the battle group and contribute.

Also, since they are a coalition, they cannot go their own way. Except for the unique supplies of Sunagakure Village, they can turn to other sources. The wealthy Konoha Village needs to show some expression at this time.

The two were chatting, and suddenly, the names of several people made Gaara pause.

"Xiang Rin, Guren, Yuukimaru?"

Not only them, there are also some foreign ninjas, many of them are listed.

"Xiang Rin joined early, and it can be regarded as a special skill. Guren and Youguimaru are just prisoners. Is it okay to let them join the ninja alliance?"

Especially Yuukimaru, he is just a child who has just passed the preparatory test and has no strength. Is it useful to bring him along?

"Guren is a very excellent blood successor ninja. Youkimaru has the innate ability to control tailed beasts, which is very useful at critical moments. Since you want them to contribute, you have to give them some benefits..."

Even if you want to be rewarded for your meritorious service, you still have to be qualified. If you want to be a cow or a horse, you have to be favored by the Suna ninja.

"Now that you have made your decision, I have no objection!"

With the seal of Gaara's side, the elite ninja army selected by the Sand Ninja were officially determined. After the other ninja villages were ready, they gathered in the north of Takino Country and prepared to formally approach the Amegakure Village for a decisive battle.

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In a secret puppet workshop in Sand Hidden Village, Xi Yan, who was slightly weak, was flipping through the books at hand and adjusting the puppet in front of him according to the guidance of the instructor.

After a dwarf puppet that was only half a human tall stood up unsteadily, Jincai very carefully took out a pair of three magatama sharingan eyes from a sealed container and installed them on it.

At the beginning, the dwarf puppet gained great momentum. Under the control of Jin, it paraded back and forth, and even performed a simple fire escape ninjutsu. Just when the two sisters thought it should be successful this time, they saw the edge of the dwarf puppet's eye sockets. Veins appeared, followed by a strange snapping sound, and then he fell to the ground, unable to move.

"It failed again. There is still a limit to relying on chakra stimulation. To make the Sharingan work, you need some special qualifications!"

There used to be more than one Sharingan in Orochimaru's hands, but there was no example of successful transplantation. It was unsuccessful or had no practical value.

There are only Shimura Danzo's right arm, and a special test subject whose name has been lost, who is born with the ability to fuse various cells without rejection.

Daimaru tried in a different direction than Orochimaru. He just wanted to create a special puppet, using the power of the pupil technique blood succession limit, and had no interest in creating a monster.

Jin skillfully helped the dwarf puppet up and checked the reason why it was completely out of control.

"The optic nerves in the brain are overloaded, the cells are necrotic, and the vitality is passively squeezed too much. A ninja with a Sharingan transplant must be under high pressure. If this continues, his life will be short!"

Not only the Sharingan, Nagato is a strong man with the body of a Uzumaki clan immortal, but he is still tortured by the Rinnegan.

Although ninjas can use chakra to suppress rejection reactions, this does not mean that there is no cost.

As members of the Uchiha clan, transplanting eyes or exchanging pupil powers is not obvious, but if it is an outsider, the situation will be quite serious.

Xi Yan closed the book and sighed slightly:

"Is there no other way?"

"We have tried many times, but only used the Sharingan as an ordinary eye, and it was still so-so. Once we tried to use the blood inheritance power hidden in the three magatama, we couldn't hold it at all!"

Comparing the speed of life force consumption, it can be determined that once Daimaru who does not turn on the Sage mode is replaced with a three-magatama Sharingan, more than 20% of the chakra will be used to suppress it from going berserk at all times. If two are transplanted, more than 20% of the Chakra will be used to suppress it. Seventy percent of the chakra must be locked.

Calculated in this way, Hatake Kakashi's chakra amount is actually not that small, otherwise he would not have become a powerful jounin.

Of course, Daimaru's own qualifications are definitely far behind Kakashi Hatake's, and his adaptability is far inferior to that of "Konoha Technician".

"Not to mention the Mangekyo Sharingan and the Three Magatama, most ninjas can't do anything after transplantation and have to be bedridden."

The two little guys were silent for a while, neither of them could think of any good ideas. Xi Yan, who tilted his head and dragged his chin, was lost in thought. Suddenly he saw his own appearance reflected in the glass of the surveillance camera in front of him, and suddenly an idea came to him. .

"This is wrong, we have gone astray!"

As Xiao Xiyan said that, the more she thought about it, the brighter her heart became.

"We want to create puppets that can use the Sharingan, not to create creatures that carry the blood inheritance limit..."

"you mean?"

Jin's little mind was spinning very fast, but this kind of technical problem had to be solved by Xiyan, who was able to calm down.

"Humans generally only have one pair of eyes, but puppets are not subject to this restriction..."

Xiao Xiyan raised a finger and replied happily,

"If it's the other way around, a pair of three-magatama sharingan is not limited to one puppet. This dwarf puppet can't even support one three-magatama sharingan, but two, three, or even ten Tools, okay?"

If you think of the Sharingan as a camera, there is not necessarily only one person staring at the monitor from behind!

"Plural puppets share a pair of eyes?"

Jin was also shocked.

If they are independent creatures, let alone sharing eyes, even sharing food and nests would be difficult. Puppet is different and can do this kind of thing.

Can a three-magatama Sharingan be connected to two optic nerves at the same time and transmitted to two biological puppets respectively?

Difficult, but much easier than building a matching biological puppet.

Just do what they say, the two little guys kept piling up resources until the number of puppets was increased to three, so that one three-magatama sharingan could not have backlash, and two three-magatama sharingan were supplied, which was enough. The seventeen puppets finally managed to stabilize.

Using the Sharingan as a puppet part failed, but using it as the core to create a peripheral unit puppet seems to have the possibility of success.

Daimaru was also very surprised when he learned about the whims of the two little guys.

"The so-called pupil beast, the 'beast' is just a sidekick, and the 'pupil' is the core. The 'Legend of Eyes' is indeed worthy of its name. That's the point..."