UK:GSW Chapter 428 – The Land of Fire's Great Development, the First AAA Masterpiece Completed, A Full Imperial Banquet
While Uchiha Kei was preparing to use the blackened Obito as a sacrifice to perform the Rinne Rebirth, the Land of Fire was also undergoing drastic change.
The subtle control over the daimyo was beginning to show its effect.
The obstruction and resistance from the Land of Fire's daimyo that had previously hindered Konoha's development in various fields was now greatly reduced. Under the quiet maneuvers of Minato Namikaze and the others, the Konoha Gaming Association—whose growth in the Land of Fire had once been slow—was now like it had been injected with a super stimulant, kicking off a barrier-free, no-nonsense, silk-smooth era of explosive growth.
Take store openings, for example. In just a short period, eight new stores had opened.
Eight might sound like a lot, but consider this—the capital of the Land of Fire is truly the largest city in the shinobi world, with a permanent population of 300,000 and a floating population exceeding 200,000.
Though most of the people were crammed into cramped spaces, struggling to survive—a situation completely different from Konoha's vibrant and thriving atmosphere—the population and foundation were still there. Once suitable locations for storefronts were uncovered, opening eight new stores only barely ensured coverage across the capital.
Of course, it also maximized the capital's value, drawing in more customers. At the same time, Konoha's administrators were quietly taking over the capital's governance through these stores. One by one, the original noble bureaucrats were subtly brought under control, with Uchiha Itachi diligently executing his duties.
In theory, such a replacement of administrators would normally cause chaos, but thanks to the convenience of genjutsu control, no such disorder occurred. In fact, because Konoha had taken direct control and implemented entirely new administrative measures, the city's management efficiency increased dramatically, and public order visibly improved.
Some of the poor crowding the capital were also relocated. Many were recruited for jobs, giving those who had been struggling to survive a real chance at life.
With Konoha's rapidly developing system, more people could be absorbed. Large quantities of grain were also sent in—not only stabilizing food prices, but also ensuring the booming industries could take in more workers.
Konoha had no concerns over food supplies thanks to Orochimaru's incredible plant catalyst, which could not only accelerate plant growth but also, using chakra's properties, feed nutrients back into the soil so farmland wouldn't lose fertility from continuous accelerated cultivation.
In fact, when grain reached surplus levels, some plants could be ground up, catalyzed, and turned into crop-based fertilizer to nourish the fields—pure cutting-edge technology fused with chakra.
The result was that Konoha now had so much food that the government had to buy some of it back just to keep prices stable.
Now that the Land of Fire was under control, the surplus grain finally had somewhere to go, and production could be increased further.
In addition to these newly acquired regions, Konoha's animal husbandry and livestock industries had also launched.
With the genjutsu network connecting everything, even cyberpunk-like scenes were becoming reality.
For example, on a ranch with 50,000 cattle and sheep, only about 20 human staff were needed—the rest was handled by puppet dolls made by Sasori and operated remotely through the network.
This drastically reduced labor costs while making full-scale livestock farming possible.
Orochimaru also developed safe breeding stimulants and birthing accelerants, applying them to animal husbandry and aquaculture. Industries that had previously been small-scale in the shinobi world were now booming rapidly.
With the entire Land of Fire under control, Konoha could recruit locally without worry.
"What? You're not afraid the recruits won't have the skills?"
Well, remember that plan from long ago—to make the learning space in the mental network universally usable?
That plan had already been completed.
It wasn't difficult.
By modifying and restricting genjutsu game scrolls and ensuring they could connect to the network, a complete online learning system was formed.
Though not as incredible as the original learning space, these scrolls could still achieve a 3:1 time ratio—three hours of learning in the scroll would pass as only one hour in the real world.
And the training didn't need to be as professional or comprehensive as Orochimaru's—it was specialized for particular trades, giving workers just enough expertise to perform their jobs effectively.
All new recruits underwent one week of intensive training with the learning scrolls before starting work.
More professional roles had their own training and promotion systems. With the boom expected to last for a long time, there was no fear of talent being suppressed or upward mobility being blocked.
In fact, Konoha's ninja academy had already begun using learning scrolls extensively to train students, allowing a massive expansion of enrollment while conserving teaching resources.
Meanwhile, in Konoha's new district, proper school systems—from elementary to high school—had been built. Qualified teachers were now being trained, and once preparations were complete, these schools would open for enrollment.
Once the first students entered, the shinobi world's first university would begin construction.
In short, the education system was developing at breakneck speed thanks to chakra-based black technology and Uchiha Kei's genjutsu network games—covering in a few years the kind of reform that would take hundreds of years in many countries on Earth.
Black tech + supernatural power was truly overwhelming.
Especially in a shinobi world still stuck in a feudal serf + warlord system, it was surreal—almost like a shinobi-world cyberpunk timeline.
The changes Uchiha Kei had brought were enormous.
With such massive transformation, Konoha's talent shortage was not as severe as imagined—only a lack of top-tier specialists remained. In the current situation, a small number of elite geniuses could push the entire world's technology and civilization into a leap forward.
Such was the unreasonable nature of a supernatural world fused with unique systems of black technology.
In short, with the Land of Fire under covert control, Konoha entered a new phase of explosive growth. Expanding Konoha's development using the entire Land of Fire's manpower was a completely different concept from just using Konoha's own.
The Land of Fire's vitality visibly improved—thriving, full of life and competition everywhere.
As the strongest nation in the shinobi world, the Land of Fire's every move affected others. Economic booms like this would inevitably rattle other countries' nerves.
Not to mention, with rising national income, people from neighboring lands—and even talents from other nations—would be drawn in.
Especially polymaths with no place to apply their skills. With the Land of Fire's talent recruitment policies, they naturally gravitated here.
Previously, Konoha had issued calls for such talent, but Konoha's reach alone was limited, and in this feudal world, communication had constraints—few responded.
Now, with the whole Land of Fire involved, the draw was far greater.
Large numbers of talented people began migrating in.
This made other nations highly alert. They also began noticing something odd about the Land of Fire's ruling class.
Before, the daimyo and ruling class had a lukewarm relationship with Konoha during its initial boom—some even noticed the daimyo's hostility toward Konoha.
Now, suddenly, without warning, they were cooperating deeply.
Even with the grand banquet where some matters were supposedly discussed, such a sudden reversal was suspicious.
For such an aggressive policy change to come from the current daimyo was completely out of character.
This led many to speculate that something major must have happened at that banquet—perhaps even a drastic incident.
Feudal rulers understood the closed and conservative nature of their own class better than anyone.
As a result, other forces—especially the major hidden villages—began sending agents to investigate. The other daimyos did the same.
There are no walls that don't leak wind—news of the daimyo being controlled would eventually get out. Konoha never intended to hide it forever—only to buy time.
They needed just six months.
By then, even if they had to fight the entire shinobi world, Konoha could crush it.
After looting Black Zetsu's treasure, Konoha had gained a wealth of resources—many items collected over a thousand years, some greatly aiding Orochimaru's research.
Furthermore, Uchiha Kei's group was making preparations to use the Rinne Rebirth to revive certain people, including the Hokage from the No. 2 World.
If successful, Konoha's strength would surge beyond imagination—surpassing even the legendary combination of Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju.
At that point, even if Konoha openly declared its intent to unify the shinobi world and abolish all old classes, the traditional powers wouldn't be able to stop it.
That was the tide of history.
In fact, Konoha's own traditionalists had already been dealt a heavy blow and chosen to compromise.
The shock of the daimyo's banquet was too great. After Hiruzen Sarutobi's return, he told his old friends the truth, shattering their worldview.
At that moment of collapse, Hiruzen openly pledged full support to Tsunade's faction and urged his allies to abandon their old ways and stand with the current Hokage faction—otherwise, they would be left behind.
After all, once certain truths were revealed, clinging to tradition would be seen as disloyalty to Konoha.
And disloyalty to Konoha was a greater crime than disloyalty to the Land of Fire.
Thus, the conservative forces led by the Konoha Elders finally gave in, agreeing to fully back the Fourth Hokage Tsunade's reforms and the Land of Fire's development.
With Konoha's internal resistance resolved, the village could now move forward unburdened, driving nationwide reform.
During this time, many visitors from the No. 2 World arrived.
They were sent by the Fifth Hokage Tsunade of that world to learn. After learning of these reforms, she was shocked, and after much thought, sent a group of loyal and capable people as "exchange students" to both study Konoha's ways and assist in its reforms—gaining experience and knowledge to take back home.
For these "exchange students," traveling through time itself was already shocking—seeing many long-dead legendary faces was even more moving. They were filled with excitement.
They were also overwhelmed by the main world's Konoha—its prosperity, vibrancy, and thriving life were far beyond what they had imagined. The contrast made them feel both awe and a twinge of inferiority.
However, unlike those who might have abandoned their homeland in such situations, these exchange students quickly replaced inferiority with pride and determination—if Konoha could be so great here, then their Konoha could also become this strong with effort!
With this passion, they threw themselves into work, becoming strong engines for Konoha's growth.
Everyone had a bright future ahead!
And so, under such circumstances, the shinobi world's first true AAA game was finally ready to be unveiled!
Yes—while Uchiha Kei had been juggling various grand projects, he had never stopped working on his AAA masterpiece. Whenever he had time, he worked on it, making full use of the mental network's time dilation feature. This was how, over two months after the last game's release, the AAA title was completed.
In his subjective sense of time, the project had taken a year and a half of normal workdays—made possible only by the mental network's powerful support.
The shinobi world's first AAA game—and an open-world one at that—was nothing less than a full imperial banquet for the players!
His labor of love was titled—"The Last Ninja."
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