Naruto: Starting by Teaching Tsunade Modernization

Mifune remained silent.

He looked at Haruki, carefully scrutinizing his expression, and asked, "Is this a threat?"

"No." Haruki shook his head. "You should understand that Konoha has no need to threaten you."

Mifune's body trembled slightly.

Haruki was right.

With Konoha's strength, it was indeed not worth threatening the Land of Iron.

But such casual words were even more distressing.

The reason the Land of Iron remained neutral was not out of a love for peace, but because it was sandwiched between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning, and didn't want to become a pawn in the war.

Haruki's meaning was simple: he didn't follow the rules.

Rules were always relative to the person.

Mifune sighed and asked, "I don't understand why you want to pass through the Land of Iron to enter the Land of Lightning this time?"

The familiar question made Haruki can't help shaking his head.

In this world, whether it was the Ninjas or the Samurai, their thinking seemed to be highly consistent.

Unconsciously, they had become advocates of the feudal system.

They wouldn't try to change the old system.

Even when someone tried to reform it, they would strike hard.

Haruki picked up the map on the tatami and asked, "If the two small countries around the Land of Iron and the Land of Lightning all belonged to the Land of Fire, could your Land of Iron still remain neutral?"

Mifune opened his mouth. "That's impossible..."

"Nothing is impossible."

Haruki laughed. "Mifune, don't be so naive. I've said too much. The rest depends on your attitude."

Mifune's body trembled again.

The Land of Iron is bordered by the ocean on the left and the Land of Fire and two small countries on the right.

If what Haruki said was true, then the future of the Land of Iron would almost entirely depend on the face of the Land of Fire.

Suddenly, a dangerous thought popped into his mind.

Alliance with the Land of Lightning to attack the Land of Fire.

But doing so would be like trying to pluck chestnuts from the fire.

By then, the Land of Lightning wouldn't be destroyed, but the Land of Iron would disappear first.

Mifune fell silent.

The smiling Haruki in front of him was as bright as the sun, but he gave Mifune more pressure than anyone else.

What was it?

Maybe it was the confidence of planning strategies.

Mifune said in a solemn tone, "I don't believe you."

Haruki smiled faintly and asked, "So your decision is to refuse?"

Mifune shook his head and said slowly, "No, we need to sign an agreement."

"Of course, if you want one."

Haruki nodded in satisfaction and asked Sakumo Hatake to get pen and paper to write down the treaty.

The core of the treaty was that the Land of Iron would allow the Land of Fire to pass through, while the Land of Fire would guarantee the safety and neutrality of the Land of Iron.

After writing, Haruki inexplicably thought of the tributary system.

Mifune put away the agreement and no longer stopped Konoha's army.

Haruki and Sakumo Hatake easily passed through the heart of the Land of Iron and reached the beach.

"The army of the Land of Fire's nobles grandly entered the Land of Rice Paddies." Sakumo Hatake read the message sent by the Anbu.

Looking at the calm Haruki, he couldn't help but feel admiration.

It was impossible to hide the traces of a ten-thousand-strong Ninja Army.

Although a strict investigation was conducted and there were no undercover agents within the army, there were still external spies and Anbu from the Cloud Hidden Village.

He now suspects that Haruki deliberately let A go.

After all, it would take A some time to take over the Third Raikage's duties.

Taking advantage of the time gap when the Raikage was being changed, Haruki breached the rules of the neutral country and passed through the Land of Iron to reach the beach.

If that were all, it would be fine. But Haruki even managed to get the nobles to lead the Army of the Land of Fire swaggeringly into the Land of Rice Paddies.

Such blatant actions would surely attract the attention of the Cloud Hidden Village.

In a way, it reduced the probability of them being discovered.

"What a rabble," Haruki shook his head.

All that grandeur was just a rush of people. They didn't even bother to abide by basic military discipline.

If a real war broke out, they'd just be handing out military merits to the enemy.

But he never had high hopes for them anyway.

Right now, they were playing their biggest role as Haruki expected, attracting the enemy head - on.

Sakumo Hatake didn't quite understand what Haruki meant.

They came here to help Konoha. Although they were really useless, there was no need to scold them, right?

"Shouldn't the Land of Lightning have reacted by now?" Haruki watched as the ninjas in front used the trees he summoned to piece together rafts and asked softly.

"Yeah. The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning and the Fourth Raikage, A, announced to the ninja world that our Konoha, in alliance with the Sunagakure, captured the Third Raikage. It's a self - directed farce, playing the victim first," Sakumo Hatake said, then snorted, "How shameless."

Haruki turned to look at him and slowly said, "There's no such thing as shame in the wars between countries."

Sakumo Hatake didn't dwell on this topic. He continued to report, "The standing army of the Land of Lightning is rushing to the border, but it will definitely be slower than the Cloud Hidden Village. According to the Anbu's information, two thousand ninjas from the Cloud Hidden Village have immediately reached the area near Chiba Ferry as the vanguard."

"Looks like we have to hurry up." Haruki immediately ordered everyone to board the ships.

The huge tree trunks were hollowed out, set sail, and headed towards Chiba Ferry.

"Fugaku, have someone use Genjutsu or a barrier to cover all the ships," Haruki said.

"Yes," Fugaku Uchiha didn't ask any more questions and immediately took action.

Moments later, a faint Chakra shield rose.

If someone outside felt something was wrong and observed closely, they would unknowingly fall into a Genjutsu.

The hanging sun gradually sank, and the sea was covered in the glow of the setting sun, sparkling.

The distant ferry came into view.

"Shibi Aburame," Haruki stood at the bow of the ship and calmly called out a name.

Shibi Aburame behind him nodded.

No more words were needed.

He already understood what Haruki meant.

The next moment, a gentle breeze blew in the air.

Countless transparent bugs flew out from under his clothes and, under his control, quickly flew towards the ferry.

Two more people stepped forward and projected the bugs' visual field.

One minute later, the scene at the ferry was clearly visible.

Since it was approaching dusk, there were few people.

The bugs continued forward and reached Chiba City.

Chiba is a city on the plain. Compared with mountain cities that rely on terrain, it relies more on man - made structures.

Using the river that flows into the ocean as a barrier, supplemented by the constructed city walls and trenches, the defense was decent.

However, for ninjas, there were too many loopholes.

Shibi Aburame's mind was connected to his insects and didn't need to rely on projections.

He had a thought, and the insects scattered and slowly climbed up the city wall.

The soldiers on guard didn't notice the nearly transparent insects at all.

Suddenly, they felt a sharp pain rising from inside their armor.

Immediately, some people realized something was wrong.

But it was already too late.

A few seconds later, all the guards on the city wall fell.

According to the guard - changing schedule, the next shift would come at least three hours later.

Haruki raised his hand, and 10,000 ninja troops leaped up and landed on the shore one after another, and occupied this extremely important port without any effort.

The busy streets fell into complete silence.

They symbolically encountered quite a bit of resistance.

As one of the transportation arteries, an army of nearly two thousand people was stationed here.

"Fugaku, find the person in charge of this city. I need to know the exact time when the vanguard army of the Cloud Hidden Village will arrive."