GA: Chapter 211 – Three People Eating Lemons; Su Yunqing's Envy
A dynasty wasn't so easy to manage. Yes, Uchiha Madara could use Infinite Tsukuyomi to maintain peace in the shinobi world and keep everyone loyal—but whether he could actually give his subjects a good quality of life was an entirely different matter.
A conqueror who unified the shinobi world, only for the people under his rule to live worse than they had before—that would be genuinely embarrassing.
Marquis Voban acknowledged Madara's strength—but his abilities as a ruler?
The memory copies hadn't shown that, but thinking about it, it probably wasn't a strong suit.
Managing a village was one thing. This was a nation. The entire shinobi world.
Infinite Tsukuyomi alone absolutely wasn't enough.
"I don't have time to manage this many people."
Uchiha Madara said it flatly.
Setting aside whether he had any talent for governance, he simply didn't have the spare time.
Cultivation. Searching for items to recycle and exchange for points. The latter could be delegated to subordinates—but cultivation had to be done by him alone.
Creating a peaceful world had always been his aspiration. But right now, that aspiration wasn't his highest priority. His hunger for greater strength far outweighed any interest in the dynasty's prosperity.
Besides—
"Tianqi."
"Yes, Master."
At Uchiha Madara's words, a cold voice resonated through the palace.
"Holy—an AI?"
Su Yunqing's eyes went wide.
"Correct."
A slight upward curve appeared at Madara's mouth. Arms crossed, he said with a quiet laugh:
"I may not understand the principles behind technology, nor do I have any desire to explore its future development."
"But that doesn't mean I'm unaware of how powerful technology can be."
"Tianqi can manage this nation in my stead."
"The shinobi world had networks in the past—but they weren't developed, only covering a very small region."
"I will expand them extensively in the future, until Tianqi's reach covers the entire shinobi world."
Tianqi was something he had found in the shop—an AI manufactured by an unknown civilization from the Overman universe, possessing extraordinary processing speed, long-range computation, and autonomous reasoning.
For just an additional hundred thousand points, the chat group could transfer all knowledge needed to govern the shinobi world—including relevant technological knowledge—directly into Tianqi. Every affair of this nation, Tianqi could handle flawlessly.
At minimum, better than he would.
Once the network spread across the entire shinobi world, he could simply hand governance over to Tianqi entirely.
Humans had emotions and biases that affected their work. Technology did not.
He wasn't Bai Xuan. He wasn't angel civilization. He had no ambitions to guide this civilization to any particular level of development—he only needed to create an absolutely peaceful and beautiful world. That was enough.
Tianqi would also plan the subsequent civilizational development on its own, drawing from its database. Until Tianqi's potential was exhausted, Uchiha Madara had no need to concern himself with any of this.
"That's one approach, I suppose."
"Though it doesn't really concern us."
Su Yunqing nodded. Her earlier surprise had simply been the unexpectedness of an AI appearing in the Naruto world—it had immediately called to mind a certain film.
But this thing came through the chat group, so it was presumably fine.
Whatever—Angel Yan, a tech powerhouse, was in the group. What AI would dare cause trouble?
"Has the transmigrator been located?"
"You've taken control of the shinobi world—if he investigates, he'd likely notice fairly quickly that this world differs from the one he remembers. He might piece some things together."
"Even if he did, his strength doesn't make it particularly meaningful. But if he ran, that would be a shame."
Uchiha Madara, Marquis Voban, and Bai Xuan were all formidable. Especially Bai Xuan—if he could take down Mo Rong on a medium-difficulty mission, there was no reason this low-medium difficulty target would give him trouble.
But the target had a Rule-Level Item. If he fled, that would sting.
It might even be a system. Something capable of traversing worlds—whatever golden finger achieved that, it was never low-grade. It was worth serious points.
"I know where Chen Yu is."
Su Yunqing had barely finished speaking when Bai Xuan said it plainly.
"How do you know?"
Madara and Voban's eyes turned to Bai Xuan. Su Yunqing blinked.
"Earth consciousness."
Bai Xuan said it evenly.
"…"
They had forgotten. Even in the Naruto world—the planet beneath their feet was still Earth.
On Earth, whatever Bai Xuan wanted to know—effortless.
And how sour that makes us feel inside.
Bai Xuan paid no attention to the collective lemon-eating expressions of the three around him. With a thought, a crystal figurine appeared in his hand.
"Silly Girl—function transfer."
As he spoke, a stream of green data merged into his body. With a casual wave of his hand, a holographic projection materialized in the air—and in it, the transmigrator Chen Yu. Along with two others.
Akatsuki's Kakuzu and Hidan.
None of the three, however, had their eyes on the screen in the air. They were all staring at the crystal figurine in Bai Xuan's hand.
Voban and Madara were merely mildly curious.
But Su Yunqing was staring at it with wide eyes, a look somewhere between disbelief and desperate hope:
"Silly Girl? A real Silly Girl?"
"A genuine Huaren Brand 2060 model phone?"
"Where did you get that?! The chat group doesn't even have anyone from the Magic Phone world!"
Anyone who had watched Magic Phone couldn't resist Silly Girl—the same way anyone who grew up with Doraemon couldn't resist him.
Su Yunqing was absolutely not an exception.
Because this was Silly Girl.
"The Rat Charm's ability—I don't need to explain it again, do I?"
"And it's not just Silly Girl. I also have Doraemon."
Bai Xuan said it casually.
"!!!"
"Doraemon?!"
Su Yunqing's eyes nearly popped out of her head. That was Doraemon. The companion so many people had dreamed of having most in their lives.
"The Rat Charm's ability is that broken?"
"AAAAHHH!"
"I need to buy one! It's only a million points—I'm absolutely buying one!"
The brief shock dissolved into pure excitement. She had thought about Rat Charm in terms of figurines before—and somehow completely forgotten about Magic Phone and Doraemon.
That had been her mistake. And she was going to correct it.
Though, speaking of which—
"You could just project things yourself, couldn't you?"
Su Yunqing looked at Bai Xuan with mild puzzlement. After all, technology was part of nature.
What do you mean, holographic projection hasn't been invented yet?
Silly Girl had just manifested right in front of them. Wasn't she part of nature?
"Obviously I'm showing off."
Bai Xuan held the crystal figurine up and waved it slightly in front of Su Yunqing's line of sight.
"I swear to—"
Su Yunqing's mouth twitched. She completely understood his logic—if she had Silly Girl and Doraemon, she'd be flaunting them too.
Understanding it didn't mean she was happy about it.