Kazuki immediately focused his attention on the Land of Rain. "I know that, but the Land of Rain's steel is very good. They can provide us with weapons and steel. Of course, it's mainly for our future development, which will require a large amount of steel."
During the Second Great Ninja War, the Land of Rain was thoroughly beaten by Konoha and Sunagakure. Even Hanzo was defeated by Kazuki, who had not yet matured at the time.
If he had intended to kill Hanzo back then, Hanzo would have already been dead.
Kazuki wanted to carry out an industrial revolution, although Konoha currently seemed to be focusing more on human modification.
Even if a mushroom bomb exploded right beside him, it couldn't truly harm Kazuki. Moreover, Kazuki knew space-time techniques, allowing him to go wherever he pleased. Hot weapons were no challenge for him at all.
The Ninja World's resources were actually quite abundant, even though nearly ninety-nine percent of the Ninja World's land had become a desert due to the Ten-Tails. However, mineral resources still existed. To develop the Land of Fire and Konoha, these mineral resources were indispensable.
"We know that, but beyond the Five Great Nations, in those deserts, there should be plenty of mineral resources for us to use, right?" Hashirama scratched his head.
Actually, Hashirama had considered whether he should take advantage of his Edo Tensei state to go to the Land of Wind and plant trees.
Hadn't Kazuki said before that he wanted to bore through the mountains between the Land of Rain and the Land of Wind?
This way, the water vapor from the Land of Rain could enter the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth. However, the sandstorms from the Land of Wind would not only enter the Land of Rain but even the Land of Fire, which would not be a good thing for the Land of Fire.
Boring through the mountains would not only bring no benefits to the Land of Fire but might even bring considerable harm.
However, more trees are always beneficial. For a country like the Land of Wind, planting trees across all its deserts would heavily exhaust Hashirama. But Hashirama was now in an Edo Tensei body, not consuming his own Chakra or life force.
Wasn't this just consuming natural energy?
However, afforestation is good for the entire Ninja World, as it can greatly promote the Ninja World's recovery. Even the Sage of Six Paths would support this if he knew about it.
What made Hashirama helpless was that his forests might not be able to block the sandstorms from outside the Land of Wind.
Kazuki said, dropping a bombshell, "This is preparation for the future. I researched it before and found that the mountains between the Land of Wind and the Land of Rain were not naturally formed, but created by the Sage of Six Paths and the people of Ninshu back then."
"What? Such high mountain ranges?"
Everyone was startled, but thinking that the person in question was the Sage of Six Paths, they felt relieved.
Kazuki had demonstrated his strength before, so it's likely that the Sage of Six Paths's strength wouldn't be weaker than Kazuki's during the Second Great Ninja War.
That kind of Susanoo, thousands of meters high, is not something ordinary people can resist.
If those several-thousand-meter-high mountain ranges were built by the Sage of Six Paths, then it doesn't seem incomprehensible.
"After the Sage of Six Paths sealed his mother, he looked at the Ninja World, which had nearly lost its vitality, and decided to do something to protect this world and help it recover."
"The Ninja World's limit at that time was like the Land of Rain, precisely to block the sandstorms from outside. As for the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind, they gradually recovered over these past thousand years. The mountain range between the Land of Rain and the Land of Wind has already lost its original purpose."
"We also need to do some new things. If it's necessary, I can recreate a new mountain range."
Kazuki said with burning eyes, "What Hagoromo can do, I can also do."
Hashirama suggested, eager to try. "If there's a need, I can actually help too. It might be a bit tiring, but I'm currently in an Edo Tensei body, so I don't need to worry about fatigue or Chakra problems. Don't let my usual Wood Release fool you. In reality, my Earth Release is quite good."
Hashirama knew that his strength was vastly different from Hagoromo's.
However, his strength was still quite good, and with his current Edo Tensei body, he had an almost endless supply of Chakra and never got tired. If he were tasked with building mountains to guard the Ninja World, he felt he could do it, though it would require considerable effort.
For the sake of the Ninja World, he was willing to do it.
"If you take the Land of Rain, are you also planning to make a move on the Land of Wind?" Tobirama quickly understood Kazuki's intention.
"I do have that idea. The Land of Wind has always been ambitious, eyeing the Land of Fire greedily." Kazuki nodded slightly, recalling Sunagakure vividly.
Whether it was the Second or the Third Great Ninja War, Sunagakure was always at the core of the opposition against Konoha. Additionally, there was the so-called Konoha Crush Plan, all of which demonstrated Sunagakure's ambition. Of course, it wasn't entirely incomprehensible.
After all, while the Land of Wind was large, it was also genuinely poor. Especially since the Daimyo of the Land of Wind was somewhat irresponsible, assigning missions to Konoha and then cutting Sunagakure's military budget. It would be strange if Sunagakure didn't react.
"The Land of Wind, huh?"
At this moment, Hashirama recalled the scene from the First Five Kage Summit. To be honest, the First Kazekage at that time was hard to describe.
"The Land of Wind is a good target, but we need to prepare in advance." Kazuki narrowed his eyes.
"If we can bring a prosperous life to the Land of Wind, the common people will naturally side with us. As for what the Suna ninjas are thinking, that's not something we can control."
Kazuki didn't care about Sunagakure's fate. What he needed were the minerals and oil within the Land of Wind, which were all extremely rare resources.
He wasn't sure if there was a special connection between deserts and oil, but he had conducted surveys in the Land of Wind before and found that there was a significant amount of oil beneath it. Not only oil, but also considerable reserves of charcoal.
Although the Ninja World hadn't experienced the First Industrial Revolution or the Second Industrial Revolution, oil and charcoal could still be useful. If he didn't understand, he could tell Orochimaru and Tobirama his ideas.
Orochimaru could even create Mechanical Naruto, making cars or anything like that would be no difficulty at all, right?
These two were both overpowered.
"The Land of Wind, huh? It's a possible target, but taking it down now would require considerable effort. Not only would we need to conquer the surrounding small countries, but if we also take the Land of Wind, our talent reserves would be insufficient." Tobirama pondered briefly and understood what Kazuki meant.
"Moreover, for the Land of Wind to truly recover, it would probably take at least twenty years."
Perhaps they could later transport water vapor from the Land of Rain to the Land of Wind, but making the soil of the Land of Wind fertile again was not an easy task. It required continuous, long-term improvement.
Furthermore, the Land of Fire's talent pool was currently insufficient.
Alas, so many years have passed, why is Konoha's talent still so scarce? In that case, it's all Hiruzen's fault.
Why couldn't Hiruzen have nurtured more talent earlier?