Chapter 997

Now, even those who didn't understand what Mizunuki Ryosuke wanted to say were shocked by Konoha's power.

Especially the Third Kazekage, whose eyes flashed with a hint of heat, as if he were imagining when Sunagakure would have a day as glorious as Konoha.

After the red had stained half of the ninja world, Mizunuki Ryosuke spoke again.

"I think everyone understands without me saying it; all the places occupied by red are actually Konoha's sphere of influence."

"And among these small countries, regardless of whether they have ninja villages, in fact, they are all under Konoha's control."

"The most direct benefit Konoha gets after controlling these small countries is undoubtedly obvious."

"That is—profit!"

Everyone in the room was not stupid; they instantly thought of the most core and critical issue—that is, missions!

Missions are undoubtedly the foundation of ninjas.

Ninjas exist for missions; ninjas earn rewards and exercise their own abilities by completing mission requests.

In other words, in traditional ninja villages, the number of mission requests determines the upper limit of ninjas in that village.

And Konoha occupies more than a dozen small countries, which is equivalent to monopolizing the mission share of more than a dozen small countries at the same time. With such a huge amount of mission shares piled up, how could Konoha not be so strong?

Thinking of this, everyone in the room felt a bit sad.

"And the benefits Konoha gets in small countries are not obtained out of thin air."

"I think no one knows the price of Konoha's profit better than Mr. Hanzo, the initiator of this Ninja World War."

Mizunuki Ryosuke fixed his gaze on Hanzo of the Salamander, who was from the Land of Rain.

Hearing this, Hanzo's face sank; he had not said a word since stepping into this secret room.

It was not until he heard Mizunuki Ryosuke's question that he spoke slowly.

"All the benefits obtained by major powers come from the exploitation of small countries."

"Whether it is Konoha, Sunagakure, or Iwagakure, it is the same."

Perhaps because he hadn't spoken for a long time, Hanzo's voice sounded extraordinarily hoarse and unpleasant.

As for the objects Hanzo mentioned, it didn't matter that the people from Konoha and Iwagakure were not here, but the Third Kazekage was here, so he naturally could not remain indifferent to Hanzo's words.

"Hmph!"

But the Third Kazekage, who knew the situation of the Land of Rain very well, didn't know how to refute it for a while. Finally, out of fear of Hanzo of the Salamander, he could only frown and snort coldly. ===== CHAPTER 999 =====