Ninja at the top of the food chain

Chapter 563 Visit
"Your Excellency Hokage, before this old man came here, I heard that Konoha has been vigorously developing the economy in recent years, and now it seems that it is true."

Three generations of Raikage's face flashed with emotion. This short 10-minute stroll has already made him notice the new atmosphere that shrouded Konoha Village... and Yunyin, or most Ninja Villages:

In a closer area, the village ninjas on both sides of the street are in a hurry, either carrying various tools of unknown use, or jogging and chatting. The pace of life is undoubtedly much faster than that of the ninja world as a whole.

In the farther area, you can see the dust flying, all kinds of high-rise buildings that are either completed or to be completed stand there, and the clanging and clanging sounds from the movements of the strangely shaped large-scale construction machines can be clearly heard within a few kilometers. .

Lei Luo glanced around following the eyes of the third generation of Raikage, and then smiled and introduced: "The richness of the Land of Fire is known to the whole world, and Konoha is like the heart of the Land of Fire, with extremely high development value."

"Businessmen from other countries used to be limited by the policy, limited by the not open concept of the previous Hokage, limited by Konoha's high land and human resource prices, and dared not come to Konoha to carry out various commercial projects..."

"But it's really different now..." Raising his hand and gesturing around, Lei Luo smiled faintly with a hint of complacency, looking at the rough face of the third generation of Raikage listening carefully, he continued:

"In fact, it's never too late to develop. We just need to reasonably reduce the cost of businesses, give them a fairly fair market environment, and provide various support plans at the same time. Then relying on Konoha's status in the ninja world..."

"It's not too difficult to achieve what it is today."

The third generation of Raikage nodded, and did not comment on Lei Luo's statement, but picked out a sharp question and handed it to the other party: "Your Excellency Hokage, the current development trend of Konoha is naturally excellent, but I don't know what you think about it. Have you ever... If you go on like this, will Konoha be considered a ninja village in the future?"

The words of the third generation of Raikage are quite intriguing. Lei Luo thought about it carefully, and soon heard the implication of the strong man beside him:
It only seeks development, only construction, and for this reason, it even uses the power of ninjas to transform various ninjutsu into labor force, and vigorously build various infrastructures with the help of the cost that is much lower than artificial labor. Although there is nothing wrong with this...

However, there are gains and losses. If ninjas all go to build houses, dig land, and rob jobs that ordinary people can do, let’s not talk about where ordinary people who were originally engaged in these industries should go. Who should do those countless ninja tasks?

Clean up the spies in the village, complete various employment tasks issued to Konoha by outsiders, and even infiltrate the enemy country... All these things, Konoha, which has taken up a lot of ninja resources, still have the ability to complete it?
Today's Konoha, the most tasks that ninjas complete are the construction tasks issued by major merchants. If you send batches of orders, you can get a lot of cheap labor, and more and more ninjas start Engaged in production and neglected to fight, so...

Konoha is indeed not like a ninja village, but more like a city.

The message revealed in the words of the third generation of Raikage is very clear: development is good, but the ninja world is actually not peaceful. Konoha, which has gradually begun to change in essence, can be called ninja village, and whether it can maintain the necessary force, which is very doubtful.

And Lei Luo's answer at this moment is also very clear: "To me, what can't bear the village is just a form, a product of the times, just like the circle of walls surrounding the entire Konoha..."

Pointing to the distance, he stopped his sight for a while on the fences that obviously slanted outwards. Lei Luo spread his hands and smiled indifferently: "After several expansions of the village, the outer fences have also continued to expand. become bigger, but the wall is actually like the shackles of the old era..."

"One day, as the dawn of the new era approaches, the wall will naturally collapse. At that time, what's the point of Muye Village, Muye City, or other name changes?"

It has to be said that Lei Luo's seemingly inadvertently expressed opinion has caused the third generation of Raikage to think deeply. He doesn't understand why the other party who is Hokage is so big-hearted. Extracted from combat missions...

Is it short-sighted?
Or... is there any factor that I don't understand?
Glancing at the third generation of Raikage who stood still and thinking, Lei Luo didn't say anything to disturb him, but just stood beside him, quietly looking at the scene on the street seemingly relaxed.

The third generation of Raikage naturally didn't know that Lei Luo's idea of ​​rule has always been to make the best use of people, and those with strong strength should continue to do those tasks with high risks, so as to maintain their combat power at its peak for a long time.

Those with weak strength, such as disabled ninjas after ninja battles, ninjas with extremely poor talent, and ninjas who are old and frail, are either engaged in production, teaching, or scientific research. In short, they will not fight anymore. .

At the same time, in order to avoid the lack of force, Lei Luo adopts elite education in the training of the next generation: either according to the personal wishes of the ninja school students, or according to the school's regular screening every year, about half of them are selected with high talents. Ninja school graduates are trained for full-time combat.

Familiar genius ninjas like Kakashi, Maitekai, Obito, Kureni Yuhi, Asma, etc. are the products of the full-time combat training policy: they don’t need to take traditional ninja courses, and they don’t need to take too many courses. Multicultural class, just need to learn how to fight.

Kakashi was able to defeat the zhongnin at the age of six. Of course, his superb talent is at work, but it may not be that in school, there are many old zhongnin who have retired, and the old zhongnin is constantly teaching What is the result of his combat experience and constant training with him?

Whoever is suitable for what job should be done full-time. To some extent, centralized training and the concept of elite soldiers are Lei Luo's core layout for the education of the next generation and for the future development of Konoha.

Soldiers are more expensive than elites, this is the truth.

What's more, the large number of Konoha ninjas is constantly increasing due to the large number of people constantly attracted from the outside world. Under such circumstances, the selected elite ninjas will one day reach the total number of all previous ninjas combined.

At that time, it is almost conceivable to what extent Konoha's strength will change: an army composed of 1 crooked melons and split dates, and an army composed of 1 elite ninjas are not the same at all. concept.

(End of this chapter)