The relationship between the Hokage and the Ninja Clans is very subtle.
If it's a Hokage with terrifying strength like the First, who can suppress the various clans into silence, then he possesses a great deal of influence.
During the Second's era, with his outstanding political mind, he established the Ninja School to continuously select civilian ninja and formed the Anbu, all with the aim of weakening the Ninja Clans' influence.
Until the Third's era,
When Sarutobi Hiruzen was young, he could also be tough on these Ninja Clans. At that time, Konoha Hidden Village was thriving, and he himself was a Ninja Hero who mastered all Five Elements Ninja Art.
But now, the two strong figures of the Hokage faction have left the village, Orochimaru has defected, Hatake Sakumo, who was close to the Hokage, committed suicide, Minato Namikaze died in battle, and the Nine-Tails is just an undeveloped brat.
Among the Ninja Clans, only Ino-Shika-Cho are loyal to the Hokage; the remaining families all have their own selfish motives.
Who doesn't want to save funds to buy equipment and upgrade skills for their clansmen?
Sarutobi Hiruzen calmly said, "Since no one is willing, let's discuss it again."
"Hokage-sama!"
Asuma's face was grim as he said, "Konoha has already fallen far behind other Ninja Villages. Are we going to continue like this?"
Although the Ninja Clans shirked responsibility, if the Hokage made a strong decision, they could only grudgingly accept it. Even the Uchiha, who were at their peak back then, didn't dare openly oppose the Hokage.
The premise was whether Sarutobi Hiruzen was willing to offend these Ninja Clans for this matter.
"Behind?"
Danzo sneered, "Konoha's strength is obvious to all. Even the belligerent Cloud Hidden was beaten without the power to fight back. Who can be stronger than Konoha?"
This was a fact.
With the solid foundation laid by the First and Second Hokage, Konoha's combat power and economy far surpassed other Ninja Villages.
Not to mention anything else, just the various industries of the Hyuga family alone could equal half a year's financial income of Sunagakure.
Asuma anxiously said, "The Five Great Shinobi Countries' joint Chunin Exams might be their opportunity to probe Konoha's true strength, and it could be the fuse for war."
As a player, he was well aware of the gradually changing atmosphere in the Reincarnation Game.
Not only the Four Great Ninja Villages, but even the Merchant forces and the suddenly appearing nobles from various countries were no longer confined to the game world, gradually turning their attention to reality.
The constant influx of nobles into the village during this period was proof.
In the past,
Even the most exciting ninja duels would not attract such a large group of nobles.
Danzo said contemptuously, "Then let them come. When has Konoha ever feared war? They are the ones who should be afraid!"
"Foolish!"
"Sarutobi Jonin, how dare you speak disrespectfully to an advisor?"
Hearing Asuma's angry outburst, Danzo's lips curled up, with a strange sense of pleasure.
It was as if he had finally gotten back at Sarutobi Hiruzen for the countless decisions he had rejected, through Asuma.
"Silence, Asuma!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned and said, "This is the conference room, not a place for you to cause trouble."
"To my knowledge, some Ninja Villages have already cultivated life players who can forge equipment in reality. Once war breaks out, we will be at a disadvantage."
Asuma left his seat and knelt on the ground, speaking solemnly in a ninja posture.
"Is that true?"
Hearing this news, Sarutobi Hiruzen's face showed surprise.
The enhancement effect brought by equipment was obvious. If such a situation really occurred, he indeed could not continue to play both sides.
"Alarmist talk."
Danzo raised his cane and poked the ground, sneering, "My Shicun Family also has players. Cultivating life players is extremely costly, and even if they can forge equipment in reality, it's just low-level white and green equipment. The strength gap it can make up for is negligible."
After careful consideration, Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed and said, "Asuma Jonin, I agree to your proposal, but I can only give you two billion in funding."
"To all clan leaders, each of you contribute one hundred million yen, and the remaining funds will be covered by the finance department. What do you all think?"
This was the limit of what he could do.
It would both demonstrate his decisiveness as Hokage, preventing the Konoha forces in the game from becoming disheartened, and not touch the bottom lines of the major Ninja Clans.
Killing two birds with one stone.
"Yes."
Hearing that his father had made a decision, Asuma bowed slightly, unable to hide the disappointment in his eyes.
Relying on the Land of Fire and possessing the largest financial strength, yet only pursuing stability, constantly playing political games to balance the Ninja Clans, without seeing the impending changes.
Is this the father he once admired?
Slowly exiting the conference room, Asuma suddenly turned around and glanced at his father, who was negotiating with the Ninja Clans.
His figure was hunched, age spots were appearing on his dark cheeks, and even his eyes were a bit cloudy, lacking the youthful spirit of the past.
Too old.
The flame should not be extinguished; a new Hokage is needed to illuminate the village.
...
Inside the carriage,
White-haired Loli's face was filled with astonishment, and the sweet cream all over her face no longer tasted good.
She exclaimed, "Master, the authority of the Dead Soul Mountain Range is extremely precious. Even in the Contaminated World, it's priceless. You actually want to disperse the authority?"
Fang Yi corrected, "It's to lease it out."
The key update of the Reincarnation Game was to add options for map resources.
Players could purchase the usage period of various resource points through auctions. During the usage period, all profits generated by the resource points would belong to the players.
Afu objected, "Master, those resource points were hard-won. Shouldn't we keep them for ourselves to mine?"
Fang Yi retorted, "What we need is origin, right?"
"That's right."
"If we mine ourselves, we need to control the mountains and forests, which not only costs reward points but also requires us to put the mined materials on the Store to sell to players."
"That's right."
"Then isn't it better to directly lease it to players? We get high rent, and the players mine resources for us."
White-haired Loli scratched her head and said, "But in that case, wouldn't the materials become the players'?"
Fang Yi smiled sinisterly and asked, "After players mine materials, what do they usually do with them?"
White-haired Loli thought about the various uses of materials and said, "They make equipment, upgrade skills, craft potions..."
"Exactly!"
Fang Yi explained, "When materials are invested into life skills, the failure rate alone is very high. All those losses will turn into origin and be taken back by me. Plus the rent from the resource points, the reward points we can get are much more than if we mined ourselves."
"Players painstakingly mine materials and forge more equipment, but don't forget, when equipment durability runs out, it needs to be repaired, which requires not only materials but also reward points."
"And when they upgrade, old equipment can only be sold to the Store at a low price."
At this point, Fang Yi couldn't help but sneer, "In other words, they spend money to mine resources and make equipment, they spend money to carefully maintain it, and then I use the money they spent on maintaining the equipment to buy back their expired equipment."
"Without any effort, we can make players willingly mine resources and finally send the origin back. Why should we do it ourselves?"
After understanding the key, Afu's mouth was wide open.
She devoutly prayed for the players. These players, who worked day and night to resist the pollution source and were still exploited by her master, were truly too pitiful.
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