After finishing his meal, Uchiha Yoichi headed to the Hokage Building. He first gathered everyone from the Intelligence Division and the people from the Konoha Library. The most important task recently was to sort out the treasures of Mount Myoboku.
Apart from the Secret Techniques and Immortal Techniques, everything else was to be sorted by the library staff, and the remaining were to be compiled into a few new Forbidden Technique scrolls.
Training in Immortal Techniques is even harder than Forbidden Techniques. Currently in Konoha, most who can master Immortal Techniques rely on the help of Uchiha Yoichi and the Snake Princess of Ryuchi Cave to control Sage Art Chakra.
Among the secret techniques collected by Mount Myoboku, there are also many that directly utilize natural energy, which Uchiha Yoichi is quite interested in.
Orochimaru is also very interested. His lifelong dream is to explore the truth of the world and to master all unknown knowledge. The items of Mount Myoboku are a treasure to him.
While flipping through the secret techniques from Mount Myoboku, Orochimaru suddenly asked, "Mr. Yoichi, is that fool dead?"
The collections from Mount Myoboku had all been moved over, filling several large rooms with scrolls. The fate of this Summoning Sacred Land was apparent, but Orochimaru wanted to know if Jiraiya was dead.
"He was sent away by the toads of Mount Myoboku. If he returns now, he will still face the previous punishment of being stripped of his Konoha Ninja status, but if he has other ideas...."
Uchiha Yoichi put down the Mount Myoboku Immortal Technique scroll in his hand and continued, "He carries my Flying Thunder God Jutsu. Even if his flesh is cut off, it can't be removed...."
"That fool probably won't figure it out."
Orochimaru shook his head after speaking. It had been a night since Mount Myoboku's destruction. If Jiraiya wanted to come back, he would have returned to Konoha by now. It seems he's determined to stay on his path to the end.
Then, Orochimaru put down the scroll in his hand and said, "Mr. Yoichi, I'd like to send a Shadow Clone to check these Secret Technique scrolls every day...."
"Of course, if you wish...."
"I still have to study the giant toad you gave me, so forget it. Besides, I have too much on my hands, find someone else, Mr. Yoichi."
Orochimaru didn't give Uchiha Yoichi the chance to respond and left immediately after finishing his words.
He was so busy now that he didn't even have time to teach Nawaki, but fortunately, Nawaki was now by the second Hokage's side, or else Orochimaru would feel quite ashamed.
After Orochimaru left, Uchiha Yoichi created ten Shadow Clones and continued to search for secret techniques.
In between, Hyuga Satomi and Yuhi Kurenai also stopped by for a while, but there were also a lot of things in the village at the moment, so they left after staying for a bit to handle village affairs.
Now the rule over the four districts, Rain River District and Sate Third District, was almost stable. All troublemakers were captured and sent to the desert to mine.
Initially, the governance was under high pressure, and in the Ninja World, ninjas are the ultimate force. Not even a thousand ordinary people can match a Jonin.
Moreover, the ones suppressing them are Konoha, the top military organization in the Ninja World!
Konoha detected three mineral veins, and with the addition of these captives, the resource shortage was greatly alleviated. Even if they had never done mining work before, as long as they had strength, they could be used like beasts of burden.
After stabilizing the rule in these four districts, Uchiha Yoichi considered taking action in his own country.
It should have been done earlier. Although Kotoamatsukami was used to control the daimyo and several important aristocrats, Konoha's continuous conquests and actions against the aristocrats still left those people in fear.
Instead of waiting for them to act, Konoha should strike first.
"Found it....."
Uchiha Yoichi spent an afternoon with ten clones to finally find a Yin-Yang Art related to communication with the Pure Land among these secret techniques.
Almost sealing him up, how could he not seek revenge for this enmity? Mount Myoboku was just the interest; the real enemy Uchiha Yoichi hadn't settled with yet.
"Mount Myoboku definitely sided with humans before. Later, after those Yin Yang Masters were wiped out by Kaguya, Gamamaru couldn't sit still and sought out Otsutsuki Hagoromo...."
Uchiha Yoichi speculated in his mind. Although it wasn't recorded, the records concerning the Pure Land could not have been from the perspective of the toads.
The origin of the Pure Land is uncertain, but it might have been created by a powerful Yin Yang Master long ago. After thousands of years of development, it became the place where the dead cleanse their souls and reincarnate.
What Uchiha Yoichi found, aside from the information about the Pure Land, was a secret technique for communicating with it — Natural Divine Travel!
By using the Power of Nature, the spirit body leaves the physical body and ascends, allowing it to sense the call of the Pure Land; with the protection of the Power of Nature, the spirit body can even break free of the Pure Land's control.
After seeing this method, Uchiha Yoichi did not intend to learn it immediately. Even if he did, he wouldn't head to the Pure Land right away; that's Otsutsuki Hagoromo's domain, and going there without preparation would be dangerous.
"I finally found a method.... perhaps I should seek out more methods in ancient times."
Uchiha Yoichi suddenly remembered what Kaguya once said; he had taken all the Yin Yang Master secret techniques collected by Kaguya, probably using the Plow, a Treasure Tool, to return to the past.
However, Kaguya didn't care much about those secret techniques. Rather than saying she collected them, it was more accurate to say her subordinates helped her gather them.
The Plow had long been filled with energy, ready for space-time travel, and there wasn't much happening in the Ninja World right now. Enemies like Uchiha Madara, Otsutsuki Kaguya, and Otsutsuki Urashiki had been eliminated.
What remained was the unification of the Ninja World by Konoha, but with Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama revived, and so many strong individuals in the village, if they still needed him to step in, those in the village could truly be called incompetent.
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"Angel-sama!"
"Hail Angel-sama, hail Konoha!"
"Angel-sama, thank you for your decision!"
.....
In the Rain River District, Konan was warmly welcomed by many from the populace whenever she appeared. This is because Konoha had made a decision to reduce taxes, allowing the civilians in the Rain River District to pay much less.
Previously, the civilians of the Land of Rain felt indifferent to Konoha; it was only due to the Akatsuki Organization's benefits and motivating declarations made by Konan that they joined Konoha, becoming civilians of the Rain River District.
But now, they truly felt tangible benefits.
Before, the daimyo of the Land of Rain collected taxes ruthlessly, requiring half of any earned income; and the civilians of the Land of Rain had no one to complain to because the Hidden Rain Village resolutely supported the daimyo.
Now, without the daimyo of the Land of Rain, and with reduced taxes, the populace immediately accepted Konoha.
Seeing the cheers and joy on the faces of the Land of Rain's civilians, Konan also felt a sense of achievement and happiness; changing this country had been her and Yahiko's and Nagato's dream when they were young, and now it was achieved.
Though it was with the help of Konoha....
Whenever Konan thought of this, she couldn't help but bite her lips silently, but she was also helpless because Nagato was still in Konoha's prison.
After walking past the cheering crowd, Konan arrived at the temporary command post set up by Konoha in the Hidden Rain Village.
Upon entering and seeing Nara Shikaku, Konan asked, "May I ask if there are any tasks recently?"
"There are none. You've been performing very well lately; stabilizing the civilians of the Land of Rain so smoothly is all thanks to your efforts."
Nara Shikaku said, "You can take some time to rest now. I'll send your achievements back to the village."
"Thank you, but may I return with you?"
Konan stated calmly. Since things in the Land of Rain had temporarily settled, she wanted to go back and see Nagato, and also tell him about the improvements in the livelihoods of the Land of Rain's civilians. Yahiko's dream had been realized, which might lift some of Nagato's despondency.
"Returning... should be fine, but I need to communicate with the village first."
Nara Shikaku contemplated, sensing that Konan's influence in the Rain River District was growing, and felt it appropriate to transfer her back, so he continued, "Once I relay the details to the village and there are no issues, you can return."