Chapter 338 Behind the scenes

"What brought you here today, mother-in-law?"

In the reception room outside the laboratory, Shiraishi is entertaining Uchiha Miyoko who suddenly visited him.

He was still a little curious about Miyoko's coming to find his purpose.

He knew that if Miyoko didn't have something important to tell him, she wouldn't come to disturb his work.

And if Miyoko has something important, Shiraishi can only guess that it is related to the Uchiha clan.

However, according to the arrangement of the Uchiha clan, Liuli, as the patriarch, should already be looking for someone to arrange it. Uchiha, who has power in the military, political and financial circles of the ghost country, no one would dare to make things difficult in this regard.

"It's not about Uchiha, Shiraishi. I'm here to ask if you and Ruri are planning to have a third child. It would be great if the third child is also a boy."

Miyoko saw through Shiraishi's mind, and smiled with some kind of unrealistic fantasy.

"Well"

Baishi was also stunned for a moment, and then became helpless.

"Although I don't care, Liuli doesn't seem to be willing to have a third child, and we don't have much energy to cultivate now."

"Just kidding, I just said it offhand."

Shiraishi didn't know whether Miyoko was really joking or had other plans, but Shiraishi knew that Miyoko felt a little regretful about Asuka's talent.

In the same way as most traditional Uchiha clansmen, they believe that the only way out is to become a ninja.

Miyoko and his wife were forced to become businessmen because of their lack of talent as ninjas. In the traditional concept of the Uchiha clan, this is tantamount to going astray.

"Then, let's get down to business."

Miyoko put away her smile.

Shiraishi also sat up straight, wanting to hear what Miyoko had to say to him.

"I went out this time and met an old friend, and I came across something interesting, so I asked him to get some for me. I suspect it has something to do with the tailed beast."

"Tail beast?"

Baishi was a little puzzled.

"Yes." Miyoko took out two red-coated capsules from her pocket, which were some kind of medicine, and put them on the coffee table in front of Shiraishi, and said with a serious expression: "This is the thing. After taking this medicine, the ninja formed something similar to the coat of a tailed beast, and a chakra tail of a tailed beast also appeared."

Hearing Miyoko's explanation, Shiraishi picked up the two red capsules and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Generate tail beast coat and tail?"

"Well, although the color is different from the normal tailed beast chakra, the feeling of berserk is undeniable."

Shiraishi never doubted Miyoko's vision as a businessman.

She said that, she must be sure of something.

"There is indeed a very strange chakra fluctuation, please wait a moment, I will find an instrument to test it."

After finishing speaking, Shiraishi picked up the capsule, walked towards the laboratory inside, and tested it with instruments.

Miyoko just nodded, then sat quietly on the sofa in the reception room, drinking tea quietly, waiting for Shiraishi's test results.

About ten minutes later, Shiraishi came out of the laboratory with two capsules in his hands. Compared with the previous expression, he was obviously a little more dignified.

Seeing this, Miyoko knew the results of Shiraishi's instrumental testing.

The capsules come from an unusual source.

"How about it?"

Although she knew the result, Miyoko still asked this question.

Shiraishi sighed, and answered Miyoko's words: "As you guessed, this is indeed a strengthening drug synthesized from tailed beast chakra as a raw material. The composition of the drug is somewhat complicated, and some materials are unknown to me. But I guess, this should not be a finished drug, and the development is not yet complete. It is just a semi-finished prohibited drug."

"Illegal drugs?"

"People who take drugs, if their willpower is weak, will easily be deprived of their reason, causing the chakra in the body to go into a state of rampage. Moreover, taking this drug for a long time will also cause great harm to the body, causing blood vessels and internal organs to burst."

To put it simply, for truly powerful ninjas, the improvement of this medicine is almost negligible, but for ninjas of average strength, the increase ability is very objective.

Judging from the original intention of the drug development, it must be to create a death-defying army for war.

Hearing what Shiraishi said, Miyoko thought of the female ninja who had taken this drug in the arena and fell into a runaway state. Although there was no burst of blood vessels and internal organs, her mind was indeed controlled by the powerful chakra.

"and"

Having said this, Shiraishi paused for a moment, and a gleam appeared in his eyes.

"A few days ago, Ichihime sent a prisoner from the wave country to the headquarters. There was a very special purple-red chakra left in the other party's body, which was very similar to the tailed beast chakra. The residue was very similar to some substances in this medicine. It can be basically judged that the prisoner sent by Ichihime also took this medicine."

"The Land of Waves?"

Miyoko knew that Ichihime was performing missions in the Land of Waves, but she did not expect that this drug was still circulating in such an inconspicuous small country as the Land of Waves.

Shiraishi nodded, and continued to ask Miyoko: "I want to know, who got this medicine from?"

Miyoko did not hide anything, and replied: "I entrusted a friend to get it from the president of Tsuruta Corporation."

"Tsuruta Corporation? That large international pharmaceutical company?"

Although with the promotion of resource-based pharmaceutical companies, Tsuruta's pharmaceutical industry has been greatly impacted. But even so, Tsuruta Enterprise did not go bankrupt, and its volume is also very large, which is not comparable to ordinary companies.

President Tsuruta is also a well-known big businessman in the ninja world, and he came from an ancient business family.

The money in his hand is said to be enough to buy a country.

"That's right. But according to my friend, President Tsuruta only bought this medicine from someone else."

"who?"

"President Tsuruta didn't disclose his client's information, he only said that the source of the medicine is the country of fire."

Medicines come from the Land of Fire.

Hearing the news, Danzo's gloomy and gloomy face immediately appeared in Shiraishi's mind.

This coincides with Kazuki's guess.

Although Kazuki's guess is just a reasonable guess, there is no real evidence.

But based on the information provided by Miyoko, the customer who traded prohibited goods with President Tsuruta is likely to be the root organization led by Danzo.

Although the Third Hokage could not use force to suppress the roots, it could use development funds to limit the development of the roots.

And if the root wants to develop and get more development resources, it must seek external force.

Tsuruta Enterprise may be the cooperation partner of Danzo.

Of course, all of this is speculation. Shiraishi can't produce definite evidence to prove that these medicines come from the root. The partner of Tsuruta Enterprise is Danzo, the leader of the root.

But sometimes, just doubt is enough.

What's more, with so many tails displayed behind the drug, there are enough arguments for him to make such a reasonable guess.

"I probably know the situation, but, the president of Tsuruta Enterprise, what do you want to do with this banned strengthening drug? If you want to train private soldiers, this drug is not the best choice."

Baishi analyzed it this way.

He doesn't believe that the president of a multinational company can't figure out such a thing.

Although this drug can indeed strengthen the ninja's combat effectiveness, it is not a very smart choice from a long-term perspective.

President Tsuruta, he shouldn't kill the chicken to get the egg like this.

At this time, Miyoko showed disgust on her face, and explained: "For the sake of the so-called face."

"Face?"

"Xiao Baishi, you should know. In this world, there are businessmen like us who follow the normal path, but there are also many evil businessmen who don't follow the rules. They appear to be sanctimonious, but they are constantly involved in various illegal activities in secret to make profits."

Even if Miyoko didn't have to point it out deliberately, Shiraishi knew a little about this kind of thing.

In this ninja world, businessmen and officials are often employed by ninjas.

Especially C-level and above tasks are basically high-level tasks that ordinary civilians cannot touch. Only wealthy and powerful businessmen and officials are qualified and capable of entrusting them.

Although the businessmen Shiraishi has the most contact with are righteous businessmen like Miyoko who make money through formal means, it does not prevent him from knowing that in the dark of the Ninja world, there are more evil businessmen who are illegally collecting money.

It's just that for ordinary people, that kind of world is simply out of their reach, and they have never heard of it.

Once in contact with it, it will either be assimilated or evaporated from the world.

"There is such a place in the ninja world. It is an isolated island on the sea without a name. It is shrouded in dense fog all year round and has no marks on the map. It seems to be a piece of land that has been erased from the ninja world. It is said that you can buy everything you want there, as long as you can afford it. Whether it is people or things, you can sell them. The connections and resources there are beyond the imagination of ordinary people."

Miyoko spoke eloquently.

After hearing this, Baishi's eyes flickered.

He has also heard of this place.

It was a three-way zone that was not governed by any law, and it relied on businessmen and officials behind the scenes to maintain order.

There is no mark on the map, and the isolated island has no name, and a specific person needs to be guided to enter.

People who go in and out there are either rich or expensive.

But not without absolute poverty.

Because it is legal to trade human beings there, there are slaves who are not even poor people.

Pornography, gambling and drug industry are also legal.

Relying on the support of many officials, the merchant alliance there has no scruples to build it into a paradise in their own mind.

Many officials regard it as a resort.

Whether it is money or stunning beauty, there is everything there.

But because of this, there are so many businessmen and officials who believe in hedonism.

All in all, it is an extrajudicial place that makes normal people feel disgusted in all aspects.

"Then, that President Tsuruta..."

"There is a place called the Ninja Arena. The businessman lets the ninjas of his subordinates fight on the field, and the winning side can obtain the right to use the opponent's ninja, which is valid for life. Many businessmen like this kind of game of 'trading' ninjas, and that President Tsuruta is no exception. President Tsuruta used this strengthening drug in order to make his ninjas win."

Just win the victory and win face for him.

As for the life of the ninja, that President Tsuruta was not in his consideration.

For a big man like him, as long as he has money, there must be ninjas who will work for him.

"Tsk, is this a unique hobby of rich people?"

Baishi has a new insight into the special hobbies of the rich.

Treating ninjas as slaves, fighting tools for entertainment, is really a disgusting idea that those people can come up with.

"I don't have such a disgusting taste, Xiao Baishi."

Miyoko looked at Shiraishi slightly dissatisfied.

"I'm not talking about you, mother-in-law. Speaking of which, in the past, my mother-in-law asked me to take in a blood successor limit ninja with unknown history, maybe it is also..."

Shiraishi remembered something.

"Well, it was at that place. I bought it from an old friend. The other party has a certain relationship with our Uchiha clan, and my friend is probably a good person with a special hobby."

Miyoko said so.

"oh?"

"Yuwuchengyan, you should have heard of his name."

Miyoko revealed the identity of the other party.

"The Merchant of Death? I have indeed heard of his name, but I don't know about his relationship with the Uchiha clan."

Yuwuchengyan has a very good reputation in the business world.

The other party is the leading weapon supplier in the ninja world, known as the "merchant of death", as long as the money is paid, no matter who the target is, he will sell weapons.

It's just that he didn't expect that Miyoko would have an intimate relationship with such a dangerous businessman.

Being able to establish a stable business channel with Miyoko, and provide ninjas with talents or blood successors to the army of the ghost country, the friendship here cannot be explained clearly in a few words.

"Don't say it's you, even Liuli doesn't know about it. The cause of the matter may be traced back to before the establishment of Konoha. But I am not here today to popularize the history of science. I will send you detailed information later. Now that the matter is over, I will ask you to deal with it, Xiao Baishi. Fighting and killing is not my field of expertise."

Miyoko stood up from the sofa, ready to leave here.

"Please wait a moment."

Shiraishi called Miyoko to stop.

"Anything else?"

"I want to send someone to that isolated island to collect information. I am a little concerned about the source of that drug. Mother-in-law, can you let Yuwuchengyan cover their identities for them, and do it cheaply there?"

Shiraishi asked.

Miyoko thought for a while and said: "No problem, I will ask Oyajo for help in this matter. But let your people, don't mess around in that kind of place. The interests of many countries are involved behind that place. If you attack there, there will be many more countries in the world that are hostile to the country of ghosts. The businessmen and officials there are all famous figures in the ninja world."

Miyoko was deeply afraid that Shiraishi would cause chaos there.

If it was someone else, she might not think so.

But Shiraishi even defeated the land of the wind, Miyoko couldn't think of anything in this ninja world that Shiraishi should be afraid of.

The isolated island's connections and resources, although huge, are not comparable to a big country like the Windy Country.

It's just that there is no need for the Kingdom of Ghosts to make enemies internationally.

Moreover, such an extrajudicial place is difficult to eradicate.

The most important thing is, get rid of such a place, except to provoke more enemies, there is no benefit to be gained.

"Don't worry, as long as they don't mess around first, I will definitely not mess around. I like to talk to others about the rules. I just want to know who these drugs came from. I have no interest in that isolated island."

Shiraishi promised it.

Miyoko was slightly speechless, but it was difficult to say anything. She hoped that Shiraishi would be more honest recently. Too many people are now focusing on the kingdom of ghosts.

Before the war with the Kingdom of Wind, she was always frightened. If they lose the battle, the foundation of the Uchiha clan's final rise will also be lost. If they really choose to hide their names in the ninja world, they will live a precarious life of fleeing.

The reinforcements arrived faster than Kazuki imagined.

A total of 60 heavily armed ninjas bypassed the pirate forces in the waters of the wave country, secretly sneaked into the cruise ship at the port, and hid.

The number of people seems small, but in the non-war period, dozens of fully armed ninja forces are already considered a considerable force.

Furthermore, Ichihime's purpose here is not to start a war with Konoha, but just to prevent problems before they happen, so I have to ask the headquarters of the ghost country for reinforcements.

In addition, there is also a letter written by Shiraishi to her.

There are also some clues about the investigation of some things.

There are two things mentioned above.

The prisoner sent to the kingdom of ghosts, the abnormal chakra in his body is indeed closely related to the tailed beast, but the mastermind behind the scenes is ominous. The other party didn't have any memories before getting the medicine, and his memory was erased maliciously.

Another matter related to her grandmother Miyoko, a similar drug was flowing on an unnamed isolated island in the sea. Using tailed beast chakra as a raw material, it is a banned and abused fortified drug that is maliciously abused, and it is related to the land of fire.

Therefore, it is even more suspected that people obtain the prohibited drugs of Tailed Beast Chakra from Root and Danzo.

Has the ability to come into contact with the tailed beast, and the medicine comes from the territory of the Land of Fire, which can easily narrow down the scope of suspicion.

Among them, Danzo is the most suspected.

But there is no real evidence, so it is impossible to say for sure.

After reading the contents of the letter, Yiji didn't expect that there was such a big involvement behind the matter.

Lone Island, Kazuhime knows this place.

In the darkness of the ninja world, there is such a lawless zone where no one cares.

A large number of businessmen and officials jointly manage that land.

There is no trace of that isolated island on the ninja world map, and its existence was deliberately erased.

claims that as long as you have money, you can buy anything there.

This sentence is of course a bit exaggerated. For example, the existence of tailed beasts cannot be purchased from there, and those merchants and officials are also unable to sell tailed beasts.

There are many, many things that are beyond the reach of that isolated island.

But it is undeniable that the network on that nameless island is indeed huge.

In the ninja world, money is not everything, but a lot of money can buy a lot of things you want.

All kinds of evil desires breed there, and the insiders call it a heaven-like existence.

At this, Kazuki sneered.

It's just a trick to spend money to eliminate disasters. The existence of such a place must have bribed the money of officials from various countries, and it must spend a lot of money every year.

Only in this way can that kind of place be maintained until today without being dilapidated.

"The isolated island is some distance away from the country of Waves, and there is a large sea area in the middle, and there are several countries...but all of them are related to the prohibited drugs that can break out the tail beast chakra."

Kazuhime sat there thinking.

Soon, she remembered that in the towns of the Kingdom of Waves, there were many special shops involved in the pornography, gambling and drug industry, and a large number of gangsters escorted them. The forces behind the scenes have always puzzled her.

If the power behind these industries comes from the merchants on that unnamed isolated island, then many things that I don't understand can be explained.

Na no Kuni...a remote island...

Thinking of this, Yi Ji was suddenly startled.

Because Kazuhime thought that the land of waves is also a small island with a relatively closed geographical environment. Except for ships, there is no channel to communicate with the outside world.

In addition, it was blocked by pirate forces, but the Kingdom of Fire did not respond at all to this.

This is really weird.

The Land of Waves is not far from the Land of Fire. The Land of Fire faces the Land of Water, the most important outpost, which is of great strategic significance.

In this kind of place, it is not surprising that the Fire Nation directly invaded and occupied the land of Bo and exercised real power control over the Nation of Waves.

As a result, the Nation of Fire turned a blind eye to this, as if they didn't realize the difficulties facing the Nation of Bo.

This kind of thing is impossible.

If the Fire Nation is really so unresponsive, then the Fire Nation is not the head of the five major countries, and has long been replaced by other major countries.

Is it intentional laissez-faire... Or is it that some officials of the Nation of Fire were bribed by merchants with money... Or is the high-level executive of the Nation of Fire conspiring against the Nation of Bo?

These may all exist.

The only thing I know is that the Kingdom of Fire has a full understanding of the internal situation of the Kingdom of Bo, not ignorance.

"The isolated island...it seems necessary to go there and investigate some things."

If she doesn't clarify the truth of the matter, she will appear very passive in the face of the Fire Nation's attacks.

It is not known whether Konoha's roots are involved. In short, the current situation is unknown. If you want to gain greater initiative in the next action, you must find a way to understand the situation on the isolated island.

Whether there is support from isolated island businessmen behind the illegal industries in the Kingdom of Waves.

Whether they have reached a secret agreement with the high-level officials of the Fire Nation, these things need to be investigated by herself as the person in charge.

As for Shiraishi, she doesn't want to be bothered for the time being, and she will handle the affairs of the Kingdom of Waves in her own way.

Although I think so, the report is still to be done, contact the newsletter in time, and report the situation. If her operation in the Kingdom of Waves fails, the headquarters can also make timely adjustments to restore the situation.

As for how to get to the isolated island where the real name is not recorded, Kazuhime also has a countermeasure. Kado, who followed her to the Land of Waves, as the current president of Ziyuanhua Shipping Company, must know how to get to that isolated island.

(end of this chapter)