Uchiha Ling still had a long way to go if she wanted to replace the Lord Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields, even though Ninja could succeed in a coup without prior public support.
However, gaining the people's love and making them willingly pay taxes was a problem she had to face, though it seemed forced taxation was also an option.
But what Second Body wanted to do was to conduct a pilot project in the Land of Rice Fields; she needed the common people of all nations to know that life in the Land of Rice Fields would be very happy, and no one would snatch their food.
She had to do at least better than the Lord Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields; if the Land of Rice Fields was united, then the common people of other countries, seeing this kind of life, might even ask their own Ninja to stage a coup.
It was simply too easy to do better than the Lord Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields, mainly because the Lord Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields was an out-and-out incompetent ruler, and the people of the Land of Rice Fields were living in misery.
In this world where it was a competition of who was worse, the policies Second Body formulated based on the characteristics of this era would definitely crush the Daimyo of other nations; just because other Ninja couldn't handle politics didn't mean she couldn't.
Recalling her thoughts, Second Body injected Wood Release Chakra into the small patch of rice in front of her; as Second Body's Wood Release slowly infused, these rice plants began to grow rapidly.
And those shriveled rice ears also began to quickly plump up, and they seemed much larger than when naturally ripened, which made Second Body a bit excited.
If Wood Release could catalyze the ripening of rice, she could absolutely overthrow all the nobles in this country much more easily and hang them from lampposts.
After all, the way the Daimyo of various countries controlled Ninja was nothing more than through food; Ninja did not engage in production, and to fill their stomachs, they naturally had to obey.
Initially, Ninja had tried managing common people themselves to make them produce food, but because they were either constantly fighting or on their way to fight every day.
These common people belonging to Ninja families were naturally also within the scope of slaughter, and the cultivated grain was naturally burned as enemy supplies.
So, in order to avoid a vicious cycle and going hungry, they had to hand over the task of growing food to a third party, which was the original Daimyo.
After several hundred years of development, the result was that the Ninja, who had protected and controlled these nobles, were now controlled by the nobles; it was truly because Ninja lacked culture and only thought about fighting.
Therefore, Ninja are the reason why this world is so cruel and chaotic; as almost perfect killing machines, a Genin could kill thousands of people in just a few hours.
If Otsutsuki Hagoromo had not spread Chakra, leading to the emergence of Ninja, these humanoid meat grinders, the Ninja World might still have wars, but at most, it would be at the level of village brawls.
So, it's all Otsutsuki Hagoromo's fault; Otsutsuki Hagoromo is largely to blame; it can be said that Otsutsuki Hagoromo is half responsible for the current state of the Ninja World.
Second Body swung out a wind blade, easily harvesting the ripened rice, then waved her sleeve, and a whirlwind swept the rice into the air.
As tiny wind blades continuously cut, under Second Body's precise control, plump grains of rice were suspended and held aloft in the air.
And some lighter husks and rice stem debris were blown away by a horizontal breeze, leaving only ordinary rice that looked very much like pearl rice.
Perhaps too much Wood Release Chakra was infused, causing the rice grains to be overly plump and full, but they also looked very appetizing; who doesn't like fragrant rice?
Second Body held a clump of about four or five catties of rice with one hand, supported by a whirlwind, then used Water Release to condense some water molecules from the air, forming a water ball to encase the rice.
Finally, she exhaled a fireball, scorching this water ball; Second Body remembered that directly burning water was very inefficient, but these were the only conditions available at the moment.
Second Body's Fire Release power was still very good; in a short while, the water ball boiled, and as the water vapor evaporated, the rice was also steamed.
Second Body used Wood Release to create a wooden dining plate and a pair of chopsticks, then placed the catalyzed and cooked rice on the dining plate.
Since it was the first experiment, Second Body didn't know if it was poisonous, so she had to take out some test reagents and start detecting common toxins.
Fortunately, it passed the tests, indicating a high probability of being non-toxic, and it was steaming hot, plus the fragrant rice smell; Second Body thought it was impossible for toxins to be produced.
After all, Wood Release couldn't change the genes and traits of plants, but Second Body's intuition still told her that this rice might have a problem.
While Second Body was pondering, Obito, who had gone out to the toilet, noticed Second Body holding a bowl of rice and contemplating something, and he had only eaten one Soldier Pill for dinner; at this moment, smelling the overpowering aroma of rice, he couldn't help himself.
"Hehe, Second Body, sneaking a late-night snack here, I knew you wouldn't honestly eat Soldier Pill."
Obito remembered that Second Body was a good cook; he figured this bowl of rice was probably something Second Body couldn't eat without side dishes, so, to avoid waste, he, Uchiha Obito, would reluctantly help his clan sister out.
"Obito-哥, weren't you full from dinner? I still have a portion of rice here; do you want to have some first?"
Second Body looked at Obito's expression and knew what this kid was thinking, so Second Body smiled playfully, her big eyes darting around, planning to use Obito as a test subject.
Tasting this rice made entirely by Ninjutsu, this was a unique item in the Ninja World, perhaps even the first; Obito would surely be honored when he found out.
"Hehe, thank you, Second Body, haha, that's too kind of you."
Obito quickly took the bowl of rice, first closing his eyes and sniffing it intoxicatingly, then contentedly picked up his chopsticks, ready to eat.
However, Obito looked at the plain rice and thought there should at least be some natto or pickled radish strips to go with it; otherwise, how could it be worthy of this bowl of rice?
"Eat! Why aren't you eating? Hurry up and eat!" Second Body thought Obito had noticed something was off and immediately began to urge him, acting like a secret agent pangolin.
"Hehe, Second Body, do you have any natto or pickles? Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair to this fragrant bowl of rice."
This Obito fellow was quite demanding, wanting side dishes with plain rice; he was being unnecessarily fastidious, but to trick Obito into eating the rice, Second Body had no choice but to satisfy him.
"No natto or pickles, but how about beef chili sauce? I made it myself."
Second Body didn't like natto, finding it had the unpleasant smell of stinky tofu and a strange sticky texture, making it even worse than fermented auk.
"That's great! Beef sauce with rice, that's truly a wonderful thing!"
Obito took the large bottle of beef sauce from Second Body's hand; Second Body, knowing she was going to the battlefield, had made it in advance using beef purchased from Grass Ninja Village.
Pouring out some beef sauce, Obito smelled the steaming beef aroma and could no longer resist, shoveling a mouthful and beginning to chew.
"Ah~! What the hell! Why is it so awful! This must be wood shavings!"
Obito grimaced, opening his mouth wide, continuously spitting out the chewed rice, then took out his water pouch and drank several mouthfuls to rinse his mouth before recovering.
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