(Those who want to see Chiyo in a swimsuit… please step forward. Let me throw up first.)
The conversation with Chiyo had been quite pleasant.
In order to secure the position of Fifth Kazekage, Chiyo had practically tried every possible way to curry favor with Ning Feng.
In the end, Ning Feng casually handed her a token as proof, and the satisfied Chiyo hurried back toward Sunagakure.
Watching her happily departing figure, the smile on Ning Feng's lips grew even wider.
Truthfully, even Ning Feng hadn't expected everything to go so smoothly.
This trip had allowed him to abduct the Fourth Kazekage, ensuring Rain Village's financial income, while also gaining Shukaku, the One-Tail, another powerful tailed beast.
But that wasn't all.
What pleased Ning Feng the most was that Chiyo, for the sake of becoming the Fifth Kazekage, was willing to sell out everything and cooperate with him.
With Chiyo's support in the future, Sunagakure would essentially follow Rain Village's lead.
As for the token Ning Feng had given her—
It was nothing more than worthless junk.
It merely gave Chiyo something to show the Sunagakure leadership as justification.
In short, Ning Feng's gains this time could be described as killing three birds with one stone.
Completely satisfying.
After summoning the still-genjutsu-controlled Fourth Kazekage, Ning Feng headed straight back toward Rain Village.
Halfway there, Konan and Nagato, who had been waiting anxiously, stood nearby.
Although they knew their Lord Feng had almost no opponents in Sunagakure, they still worried about his safety.
But the moment Uchiha Feng descended from the sky carrying the unconscious Fourth Kazekage, their tense hearts finally relaxed.
"As expected of Lord Feng!"
"Even the Fourth Kazekage wasn't his opponent!"
Nagato couldn't help but praise him.
He knew that with his own strength, returning safely from Sunagakure like this would have been impossible.
Without wasting words, Ning Feng followed Nagato and Konan back to Rain Village.
Once they arrived, the Fourth Kazekage was imprisoned inside a special prison prepared in advance.
Just as Ning Feng had predicted—
At first, Rasa refused to cooperate.
But under the combination of pressure and persuasion from Ning Feng and the others, he eventually had no choice but to start producing Gold Dust.
And the results were immediate.
With Rasa's cooperation, the income generated from his Gold Dust alone increased Rain Village's financial revenue by over one-third.
Rain Village, which had previously struggled with funding, instantly became wealthy.
Of course, as Rain Village's economy began skyrocketing, Ning Feng, Nagato, and Konan quickly introduced major political and economic reforms.
For example:
Developing wind and electrical power industriesResearching scientific ninja toolsExpanding infrastructure and commerce
With Konan and Nagato assisting, Rain Village's development over the following weeks was nothing short of explosive.
It was like riding a rocket.
Every day brought new progress.
If Ning Feng had checked the ninja population statistics during this time, he would have been surprised.
In just a few weeks, the number of Rain Village ninjas had doubled again.
At this point, Rain Village's ninja forces were already comparable to Sunagakure, one of the Five Great Ninja Villages.
In fact, they were even beginning to surpass it.
Meanwhile—
Chiyo, Ning Feng's planted puppet inside Sunagakure, successfully used the token he had given her to secure the position of Fifth Kazekage.
After ascending to the throne, she began secretly and openly sending ninjas and funds to support Rain Village.
She even gifted Sunagakure's elite Puppet Corps to Ning Feng as a personal guard unit.
...
While Rain Village continued its rapid development and officially formed an alliance with Konoha, the remaining major powers finally became uneasy.
Except for Sunagakure.
The other three great villages—
KumogakureKirigakureIwagakure
—could no longer sit still.
Rain Village's growth was happening too quickly.
Under the proposal of Fourth Raikage A, the leaders of the three villages secretly held a confidential summit.
The agenda was simple:
Form a three-village alliance army to strike Rain Village and force it back into its former weakened state.
For the great powers, the border region between the three nations was meant to remain chaotic.
That chaos served their political interests.
But a peaceful and powerful Rain Village was like a dagger pressed against their throats.
Especially since that dagger also had Konoha backing it.
Before long, the other two villages agreed with Raikage A's proposal.
A new war against Rain Village was about to begin.
...
Night.
Kumogakure Headquarters.
The Raikage's Office.
After finishing his communication with the Mizukage and Tsuchikage, the Fourth Raikage A stretched his sore arms.
His sharp eyes flashed with cold light.
As one of the strongest villages among the Five Great Nations, Kumogakure had always sought to dominate the ninja world.
That ambition was the reason they cultivated terrifying shinobi like Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
But every time Raikage A remembered how Kumogakure's elite ninjas had repeatedly failed against Uchiha Feng, frustration filled his heart.
"Have you still not found my partner!?"
Suddenly, A roared, turning toward the ninja behind him.
On the table before him lay intelligence reports on Uchiha Feng.
At the bottom of the report was a conclusion from Kumogakure's intelligence division:
"This individual possesses overwhelming power. Only the AB Combination has a chance of defeating him."
Raikage A's gaze lingered on the words "AB Combination."
Since Kumogakure's founding, the AB brother duo had been the village's ultimate trump card.
Countless legendary ninjas had fallen to their combined power.
Unfortunately, A's previous partner had died during a mission, greatly weakening his combat power.
Otherwise—
With the AB Combination, A believed he would never have tolerated Uchiha Feng's arrogance.
"Raikage-sama!"
"Your partner has been found!"
"And he happens to be our village's Eight-Tails Jinchūriki!"
"With his cooperation, defeating Uchiha Feng will be easy!"
A Kumogakure official reported.
"The Eight-Tails Jinchūriki…?"
A's eyes lit up with excitement.
But just as he was about to respond—
Another Kumogakure ninja rushed in frantically.
"Raikage-sama!"
"This is bad!"
"Uchiha Feng has arrived!"
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