The capital of the Land of Waves, if you could even call it that, was more like a small town, with about forty thousand people. The whole Land of Waves only had about fifty thousand people, a very typical small island nation.
The Feudal Lord didn't have much power, as Gato controlled all the sea transport for the Land of Waves. The last Feudal Lord of the Land of Waves was secretly killed by Gato because he tried to fight back.
Kisuke and Koga walked and walked, cutting through a large forest. As soon as they left the trees, they saw a town entrance.
At the town gate, four samurai guards leaned against the gate, chatting amongst themselves, not really paying attention to the people coming and going.
Stepping into the Land of Waves' town, Kisuke couldn't help but shake his head at the dull, lifeless eyes of the people around him. The whole street, from the walkers to the shop owners, had pretty much the same blank look.
"Sorry, we haven't gotten new stock in a long time, we don't have what you need." Kisuke went into several shops, but mostly got the same answer.
Because Gato had a monopoly on sea transport, other merchants couldn't get in, so the shops had nothing to sell. Even though the shops were open, there was hardly anything left inside.
"Buying two sets of clothes shouldn't be this much of a pain in the ass."
Koga's clothes had bloodstains, so both Kisuke and Koga were wearing the dirty, fishy-smelling clothes they had on in the village.
Kisuke glanced at the shops on the street, then walked straight to an inn.
"How many rooms, guest?"
"One room, and send up some food."
"Alright, guest, room 201 upstairs."
The innkeeper handed Kisuke the key to room 201, then went to the kitchen to prepare food.
The room had two wooden beds, and across from them was a table with a lamp. The whole room felt dim.
Kisuke opened his Mechanical Core summary, seeing that he had reached 121 energy points. This was the energy Kisuke and Koga had gathered while crossing the entire forest.
"I could upgrade Koga, but for the next plan, one person isn't enough, and the way I'm getting energy points is still too slow."
"Core, show me the energy collectors I designed."
Lotus of Energy: [Locked] 0/200 energy points to unlock, can be built by fully automatic robot soldiers. Automatically draws energy from nature and turns it into energy points, up to 100 energy points per day. Can turn energy points into energy stones, 100 energy points for one energy stone.
Energy Conversion Pool: [Locked] 0/300 energy points to unlock, can be built by fully automatic robot soldiers. Put anything into the Energy Conversion Pool to turn it into energy, up to 500 energy points per day.
(Fully automatic robot soldiers are all-purpose worker types, they can build, mine, and gather.)
These were two types of energy collectors Kisuke had made, based on Kaelard tech and his own ideas. One collected energy automatically, the other collected it passively.
The Lotus of Energy, which collected energy automatically, was simple, it just absorbed light, heat, and other energy from the world and turned it into energy points.
The Energy Conversion Pool was more useful. With it, Kisuke wouldn't have to kill animals himself. Throwing an animal into the pool would turn it into energy points, and even dead animals could be converted.
One robot soldier was still too few. In this world with ninja and their supernatural powers, his own safety was his biggest weakness. He needed a lot of energy points for that.
"Make a Level 1 Katana Robot Soldier."
Following Kisuke's order, the Mechanical Core glowed blue. Inside the blue light, a blurry shape appeared. More and more light points flowed into it, and the shape slowly became real, growing bigger until it was the size of a normal person.
"LT001 Level 1 Katana Robot Soldier, reporting to Master."
The robot soldier that appeared before Kisuke was similar to Koga, standing straight, with a stern face, wearing a black army uniform.
But unlike Koga, who was bare-handed, the Katana Robot Soldier carried a katana, strapped to its waist, very noticeable.
[Type: Katana Robot Soldier]
[ID: LT001]
[Level: 1]
[Skill: Sword Master]
[Weapon: Alloy Katana]
[Talent: ...]
[Upgrade Needed: 50 Energy Points]
Looking at the black katana at the Katana Robot Soldier's waist, Kisuke spoke to LT001.
"From now on, you'll be called 'Kuroba'."
"Yes, Master."
Kuroba snapped to attention, saluting! His whole body stood perfectly straight.
Koga went out and asked the innkeeper to send up a set of clothes.
A short while later, the clothes were delivered. When they arrived, Kisuke told Kuroba to change.
"Go to the Feudal Lord's mansion and ask if they need samurai. If they do, join them."
"Yes, Master."
With that, Kuroba went downstairs and headed towards the Feudal Lord's mansion.
Kisuke made a Katana Robot Soldier specifically because it could pretend to be a samurai. And conveniently, the Naruto world had many samurai, and some ninja also used swords.
Right now, Kisuke had no one else he could use, so he had to let the robot soldiers temporarily carry out his plans.
Even though the Katana Robot Soldier wasn't very smart, it could handle simple orders and talks.
After eating the food the innkeeper sent, Kisuke and Koga went to the port.
At the port, there were about twenty of Gato's men. Most of the Land of Waves' boats were here, and without these boats, the people of the Land of Waves couldn't go out to sea.
The twenty or so of Gato's men at the port were mostly wandering samurai, no ninja. From this, you could tell that ninja still held a higher status.
After looking around the port, they went to the big bridge. The bridge hadn't been built yet. Two wandering samurai were lazily guarding it, stopping the people of the Land of Waves from building the bridge.
After checking out the port and the bridge, they returned to town. By the time they got back to the inn, it was almost dark.
Kuroba also sent back a report through the energy link at this time.
Kisuke had merged with the Mechanical Core in the void. After coming to this world, even though he had his own body, the current Kisuke was a mix of the Mechanical Core, Ryuji's soul, and Kisuke's body, a three-in-one being.
Kisuke could give orders to the robot soldiers, receive information, or directly control them through the energy link.
"Master, the Feudal Lord's mansion is hiring samurai right now. I'm already a samurai for the Feudal Lord's mansion."
"Good. Starting tomorrow, make sure the Feudal Lord sees your worth. Your goal is the Feudal Lord's samurai squad."
"Understood, Master."
After Kisuke gave his orders, he opened the Core summary and found the report for the gene medicine he had made that afternoon:
Basic Gene Medicine (Perfect): 50 energy points, can bring a person's physical ability back to normal levels, and slowly improve the body.