Naruto: Pay-to-Win Ninja System

After finalizing the arrangement with Orochimaru, Shimoku quickly left the Oto Village.

With a single use of the Flying Thunder God technique, he returned to his own village.

At present, regarding the enhancement of his village's overall military strength, Shimoku had three plans prepared.

1. Naturally, using the [Impure World Reincarnation] technique to summon valuable historical ninjas like Kinkaku and Ginkaku. Properly plunder resources to enrich the combat effectiveness of his forces.

2. Gradually standardize his combat units—upgrade aspects such as military structure, coordination, and supply systems. Recruit more elite ninjas and strive to establish a more complete operational system.

3. Establish a ninja academy to systematically cultivate talents. Utilize Itachi's [Tsukuyomi] genjutsu to induce and steadily awaken [Sharingan] eyes.

Among these,

The first plan was the quickest to show results and had a very high success rate. It could produce several Kage-level powerhouses at once, effectively compensating for the lack of top-tier combat strength in the village.

The second plan took longer but was the most stable path. Combined with his knowledge of modern military systems from his past life, plus various kinjutsu techniques at his disposal, and the upcoming Hyuga Branch House members joining his ranks, it would greatly enrich the combat system of Homura Hidden Village and significantly enhance its overall fighting capability.

The third plan, while seemingly offering the greatest reward, was also the most difficult and time-consuming.

Even with an extraordinary ability like [Tsukuyomi], inducing stable [Sharingan] awakening among many individuals was extremely challenging.

There were critical challenges to overcome!

For example, how to ensure that the intense mental stimulation would successfully awaken the Sharingan in the "trainees" instead of simply driving them mentally insane?

How to strengthen their perseverance and resilience?

How to design environment-specific scenarios tailored to each individual?

How to heal the post-awakening psychological trauma among those who awakened the Sharingan?

How to guide them so they wouldn't be consumed by the power of the Sharingan and become extremists?

And so on...

There were just too many issues to consider and resolve.

This was definitely not something that could be achieved overnight.

However, nothing is impossible if you put your mind to it! Step by step, there would always be more solutions than difficulties.

Thus, the overarching strategy for enhancing his village's overall military power was now set in stone.

He would steadily advance across these three fronts.

As for what remained, it was time to properly develop other areas:

Economy, culture, and politics.

These three elements were the most important assets for any nation or village outside of military might.

Take, for example, the long-standing neutral Land of Iron.

Economically, its prosperous forging industry generated significant revenue, with large orders of weapons and tools coming in from major nations every year.

Culturally, its unique samurai culture gained widespread recognition, drawing in many admirers of that lifestyle.

Politically, it maintained a strict policy of neutrality and earned the trust of all nations. The Kage Summit had even been hosted within its borders multiple times.

Therefore, although its overall military strength was far inferior compared to the Five Great Nations and their Five Hidden Villages,

through these "three pillars" alone, the Land of Iron still held considerable influence within the Ninja World.

Remaining peaceful and prosperous all the while.

As can be seen, factors such as economy, culture, and politics are indeed important for a nation.

Moreover, if preparations aren't made soon,

and begin expanding the influence of Homura Hidden Village sooner rather than later,

even if Shimoku's 'five-year plan' succeeds in wiping out the Five Great Hidden Villages and uniting the Ninja World,

maintaining stable control over the entire ninja world will still be difficult!

Keeping control is way harder than taking it…

Thus, Shimoku decided:

Economically,

he would continue focusing on the Shipping Company, vigorously developing maritime trade to accumulate capital.

Unfortunately, the technological development in the Ninja World has already taken a very strange path. All those profit-making ideas that past otherworlders successfully used time and again—like manufacturing glass, soap, gunpowder, etc.—have already been tried and implemented long ago in the Ninja World.

Even Rain Hidden Village has already started producing small-scale missiles!

The possibility of making huge profits through these minor tricks or inventions is quite low.

Of course, there are other methods available.

For example, getting into finance—banks, stocks, bonds, Ponzi schemes, you name it. These concepts have yet to emerge in the Ninja World, so using them to deceive and amass wealth still holds significant potential for success.

However, although these ideas sound promising, they must be approached gradually to avoid haste.

Politically,

in the short term, Shimoku intends to continue employing the strategy of "horizontal and vertical alliances."

That is: forming an alliance with Kiri, countering both Kumo and Sunagakure, while continuously stirring up tensions between Konoha and Iwagakure.

In the short term, he won't start any wars. This way, he can lower suspicion from other villages while keeping his ambitions well-hidden.

As for culture:

this was the absolute top priority. And Shimoku had already mapped everything out long ago.

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