Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 413 The First Signs of the Insect Demon

Most importantly, the outlet to the sea for the Land of Waterfalls has changed from one side to four sides: the coastline of the Land of Hot Waterfalls to the east, the coastline of the Land of Waterfalls to the north, the coastline of the Land of Demons to the west, and the outlet to the sea for the Land of Rivers to the south.

With access to the sea on all four sides, the Land of Waterfall could engage in maritime trade in all directions. After the news spread, the previously fierce opposition subsided considerably.

Because the daimyo and nobles of other countries suddenly discovered something: the land of Taki is really not weak.

In many aspects, it has even surpassed some major powers.

Half a month later, the dust settled.

Daimyo Heiji of the Land of Waterfall officially announced that the Land of Waterfall had joined the ranks of the Five Great Nations. The ninja world remains one of the Five Great Nations; only the name of the Land of Wind has been changed to the Land of Waterfall.

Opposition still exists, but it can no longer cause much of a stir.

For the nobles who truly held power, whether or not Taki was one of the Five Great Nations was irrelevant; what mattered was that they witnessed tangible changes.

The changes that have taken place in Niitaki Country in recent days have left everyone speechless.

First, there was the transportation. Overnight, a dense transportation network appeared across the land of Taki no Kami.

A giant centipede-shaped spirit beast in the subway, hundreds of meters long, with its body inside an empty carriage, can travel underground.

These subway centipedes can transport people and goods from one end of the Land of Waterfall to the other in a single day, at a speed that even a Jonin traveling at full speed cannot match.

The heavy-duty bus is a type of crustacean spirit beast, enormous in size, capable of carrying dozens of people at high speeds on land.

The levitating dragonfly has a wingspan of over twenty meters and can fly in the sky, transporting people and goods from one city to another in just a few hours.

Some precious, fresh-keeping seafood products can now be enjoyed inland.

These modes of transportation were not only fast, but also so cheap that even ordinary people could afford to ride them. After the news spread, businessmen from other countries flocked to the area.

They discovered that using these means of transport for trade was surprisingly inexpensive.

In the past, transporting a cartload of grain from the Land of Fields to the Land of Bears required traveling by land, traversing mountains and valleys, and took at least half a month. Along the way, one would encounter bandits and wandering ninjas, making the journey both risky and costly. Now, by taking the Subway Centipede, it only takes a day, and it's safe and reliable.

The businessmen weren't fools; they quickly understood what this meant.

Secondly, there's communication. On the land of the Waterfall Country, a type of spiritual creature called a Den Den Mushi (snail phone) has begun to appear. These creatures are small and portable; two people can communicate in real-time, regardless of distance, simply by each holding one.

The tail of the TV bug can project light, so you can watch TV programs and movies at home. Nowadays, TV movies are a rare thing.

Of course, the programs broadcast were mostly produced by local radio stations in Taki no Kyu, so they were subtly using culture to influence and soothe the minds of the people.

Newspapers, taverns, and other sources of gossip have been eliminated. From now on, any news issued by the Kingdom of Taki will be known to the people of Taki on the same day.

There are also Electric Tower Bugs, enormous psychic creatures that can emit electromagnetic waves, which are placed on towers throughout the land, achieving full signal coverage of the Land of Waterfalls.

These changes came so fast that people couldn't react in time. Many people in the Land of Waterfall woke up to find a flat, wide road in front of their homes.

When they woke up again, a kind of snail that could move freely had appeared around them. It was the former people of the Land of Waterfall, whose houses could be moved at will.

For the people of the newly annexed lands of Tian, ​​Yu, and Xiong, this change was even more shocking. They had thought that being swallowed up by another country meant the end of their good days. Little did they know, their good days were just beginning.

Because of the infrastructure development in the Land of Waterfalls, these newly incorporated regions were quickly covered.

What was once a poor, remote area without even a decent road now has a subway, buses, and telephones.

People who used to struggle to get enough to eat can now work in newly built factories and earn several times more than before.

In the past, elderly people had to walk for several days through the mountains to see a doctor, but now they can take a bus to the city hospital and return on the same day after their treatment.

That's not quite right, because they didn't even know what hospitals and doctors were. Even if they got sick, they could only tough it out, and the best they could do was find a barefoot doctor with poor medical skills.

Now there is a type of insect that can burrow into the body, find the lesion, and quickly eat it up, so the disease will be cured in one or two days at the latest.

Within a few months, the people had largely won over. Now they shout "Long live the Land of Waterfalls! Long live the Insects!"

However, when such news reached the ears of nobles and ninjas, it was considered a bad omen.

Because many summoning beasts have taken away the ninjas' jobs, leaving them with no missions to do and no money to earn, the idle ninjas have nothing to do and wander the streets drinking and loitering.

Beneath the Land of Rain, Black Zetsu received the news and was furious: "Fools, fools! The Five Great Nations and the Five Great Ninja Villages are all fools! Aburame Shisei has huge ambitions; he wants to rule the ninja world!"

But you still don't even know who the enemy is, and you're still suspicious of each other. No, I have to expose his secret.

I must unite everyone in the ninja world; we can't let him continue to grow like this!

Black Zetsu was pondering his plan. In fact, he had already been thoroughly enraged when Aburame Castle interrupted his attempt to retrieve the One-Tailed Beast.

When people lose their temper, they lose their reason, and the same is true for the creatures created by Yin-Yang Escape.

Even if he's lost his mind, he still knows what his ultimate goal is; he just made a small mistake along the way.

Moreover, he had a premonition that if he were to compromise this time, he would never have another chance.

He felt that Aburame Shisei was unlikely to die of old age, and besides, the Otsutsuki clan's team to receive the fruit was about to arrive, so he had to rescue his mother as soon as possible.

What else can we utilize? What else can we utilize? That's right, the Pure Land!

He remembered that Konoha had a technique that seemed to be able to pull out the souls of the Pure Land to serve as fighting power.

So, is it absolutely necessary to bring Madara-sama back?

It's infuriating that we let this unruly guy return to the Pure Land, and now we have to pull him back again.

Aburame Shicheng, since you insist on opposing me, then I will kill you and destroy everything you have built! Hehehe.

In the ninja world, it wasn't just Black Zetsu who saw the conspiracy; Danzo also saw it: "Hiruzen, we can't let the Land of Waterfall continue like this."