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Chapter 190: No Wonder the Top Patron Has His Benefits!
Chapter 190: No Wonder the Top Patron Has His Benefits!
“What!?”
“No way, how can something like this exist in the world!?”
“It’s actually real, too incredible!”
“We’re rich, we’re rich!”
...
Taka Honda muttered to himself, his expression shifting from shock to doubt, and finally to sheer joy.
It was inevitable.
Anyone who heard about the ghostly creatures from another world being used this way would react the same.
The limitations of human thought!
Even if others captured these ghostly creatures, they would only choose to seal or eliminate them. At most, they might use them to fight, but never to aid in construction.
The reason was simple.
Ninjas are ‘mercenaries,’ their thinking naturally confined to ‘battle.’
As a Time Traveler, Douhei naturally didn’t limit his thoughts to just combat, which is why he could think of using the ghostly creatures for construction.
Coupled with his own strength and sealing techniques, he had created what could be described as a ruler’s dream ‘construction battalion.’
No need for wages, immense strength, no maintenance required... and so on.
Even capitalists would drool at the sight.
What a perfect workforce, chosen by the heavens.
“No wonder…”
After his initial shock, Taka Honda understood why Douhei hadn’t rushed to have him lead people in reclaiming the wasteland. Instead, he had the refugees focus on recovering their health, all to wait for the ghostly creatures.
Of course, these past few days weren’t entirely unproductive. They had surveyed the surrounding area and made a development plan, including the planned ten main canals.
Each one was several dozen kilometers long and hundreds of meters wide, impossible to dig under normal circumstances.
But with these ghostly creatures, it was no longer a problem.
Weeds, vegetation, and rocks were no longer obstacles for reclamation.
Wooden oxen, powered by human labor, could plant and harvest crops but were useless for reclamation and digging.
“Everything will be under your responsibility, but you need to keep the existence of the ghostly creatures a secret. If necessary, you can mobilize the Southwest Ninja Army.”
Douhei, seeing Taka Honda calm down, gave his orders.
The next steps were now in Taka Honda’s hands.
First, they would reclaim several hundred thousand acres of paddy fields around Chasan City. Then, they would move the ghostly creatures to the Land of Rivers to start absorbing more refugees and cultivating land.
This reclamation was just a trial.
With Douhei and the ninja army stationed here, they could handle any unexpected issues.
If successful, they would expand the operation outside the Land of Fire.
If they managed to reclaim millions of acres of paddy fields here, it would be noticed and suppressed immediately.
“Don’t worry, with the ghost… construction battalion, plus the wooden oxen and the Shrine Maiden’s help, we’ll definitely complete the task!”
Taka Honda confidently guaranteed.
First, they would use a thousand ghostly creatures to reclaim the paddy fields and canals, then use the refugees and wooden oxen for planting.
With the Shrine Maiden acting as ‘managers,’ they could easily absorb more refugees and complete the task.
After resolving the farming issue, Douhei checked on the ghostly creatures and reiterated his promise.
He would collect ‘fear’ for them, but they had to work for him first.
Then, he went to meet another team.
The team led by Sosetsu Hyuga and Koji Yamakawa.
Due to the presence of a convoy, their progress was slow, causing Douhei, who had split the ninja army to Chasan City, to arrive at Mount Kikyo before them.
Soon, he saw the convoy.
“This…”
Standing atop a tree, Douhei saw a ‘red’ convoy.
The carriages were almost entirely stained a dark red.
The color of dried blood.
They had fought their way through!
The intelligence he had received earlier didn’t mention such a severe situation.
It seemed Danzo was even more ruthless than expected.
Upon realizing the convoy’s unexpected combat strength, he likely increased the bounty and incited bounty hunters to act.
If the convoy had been protected by a large number of Leaf Ninjas, these hunters would never have taken the bait.
But when they saw only a few ninjas guarding the convoy, and knowing it carried vast wealth, they couldn’t resist attacking.
As a result, Sanjiro Yamato had a blast.
Just after obtaining the power armor, Danzo had prepared a series of upgrades and targets for him.
Danzo, you really got me. I'm crying.
"Kohei!"
Hizashi Hyuga rushed over, followed by the towering figure of Sanjiro Yamato.
His armor was riddled with scars, and there was a fist-sized hole through his chest.
"Tsk tsk, you two really had a rough time, didn't you?"
Kohei teased, looking at the two of them.
"Guess how much we made?"
Hizashi Hyuga's eyes twinkled with the pride of a successful hunter.
Money?
Kohei was utterly confused.
Weren't they supposed to be escorting a convoy? How did they manage to make money?
But he quickly figured it out.
Bounties!
The shinobi world had places called 'Bounty Exchanges,' where rogue ninjas often had bounties placed on them by their villages.
Killing them along the way naturally led to a lot of bounty money.
"Thirty million ryo?"
Kohei gave a generous estimate.
Elite Jonin bounties were usually around ten million ryo, and Asuma's future bounty of several million was more due to his status as the son of the Hokage, not because all Elite Jonin were worth that much.
It would take a Kage-level ninja to be worth that much, but Kage-level ninjas weren't usually hunted—they were the ones hunting bounty hunters.
"Ta-da, it's fifty million ryo!"
Hizashi Hyuga held up five delicate fingers.
She had personally exchanged the money at the Bounty Exchange, so she remembered the amount clearly.
That's a lot!
Kohei thought his guess was already high, but he never expected it to be so far off.
How many rogue ninjas did they have to kill?
But this opportunity wouldn't come again.
After this incident, rogue ninjas would definitely avoid such a hard target, and without Root's assistance, it would be impossible to lure them into a trap.
Danzo, as his top supporter, really did deliver the goods!
Of course, the other side also profited greatly.
After this cleanup, the number of rogue and wild ninjas in the Land of Fire would significantly decrease.
The convoy, aside from the resources and jutsu they had plundered from Root, most importantly contained various experimental instruments.
Since he planned to make Chasan Castle the foundation of his power, the laboratory had to be moved there.
As his strength grew, even the Uchiha clan began to covet Kohei's experiments.
This was one of the main reasons he needed to move the instruments.
Of course, the equipment for cultivating seaweed remained in the Uchiha clan's territory, allowing them to continue producing healing potions.
This was his way of repaying the Uchiha clan for their protection.
Before he grew stronger, he had relied on the Uchiha clan's influence to avoid being taken by the higher-ups to work in the black room as a laborer.
Now, all the teams had arrived.
Next, he needed to divide his shinobi army into smaller squads and station them at various outposts to control the vast territory.
These areas were assigned to him as his 'defensive zone,' where he was to fend off the Sand shinobi advancing from the south and prevent the Mist shinobi from bypassing the border defenses from this side.
The Seven Swordsmen of the Mist had used this route to bypass the defenses during their raid.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a simple vacation for him and half of the Southwest shinobi army.
Defending against the Sand and Mist shinobi was his true mission.
However, Kohei didn't take this task seriously.
The reason was simple: what kind of strength did he have on his side?
Besides himself, a powerful Kage-level ninja, there was also the openly known Kage-level Sanjiro Yamato and another hidden powerful Kage-level ninja. This was a super-luxe lineup, and he didn't believe anyone would dare to challenge him.
If he were stationed at a key location, someone might take a desperate risk.
But he wasn't stationed at a place like Mount Kikyo, so he wasn't really worried about a direct attack.
However, just a few days after he had settled in, an unexpected visitor disrupted his peace.
(End of Chapter)
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