Chapter 490: Plans and Arrangements!

Chapter 490: Plans and Arrangements!

[A/N: Saturday's bonus chapter.]

Everyone became serious upon hearing Fujin's words. At the same time, they were curious as well.

Fujin explained, "As I told Shigeki, I won't be staying here frequently. In my absence, Shigeki will be the leader here. As such, the rest of you need to follow his instructions." Ñøv€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.

No one opposed it. They were quite familiar with Shigeki and didn't have an issue in working under him. In fact, they preferred it to working under an unknown person like Fujin.

Fujin continued, "Once I leave, you'll have to focus on 4 tasks. The first one is obviously making this base and the mini bases more hospitable. As for the details, I'll leave it under your capable hands. You can visit nearby villages and towns to buy whatever you need. Just make sure to hide your identity and don't let anyone trail you."

Shigeki asked, "Will you be providing us with monetary support? Though we do have some money, I doubt any of us has enough to undertake such a huge project."

The others agreed with Shigeki. While they each had some money due to being rogue ninjas and bounty hunters, none were very rich. To their relief, Fujin nodded and tossed a scroll to Shigeki.

He said, "This scroll has over 41 million Ryo. I had arranged 25 million Ryo initially. However, I met a few bandits and rogue ninjas who were willing to 'donate' to our just cause."

Everyone had a weird expression on their faces. They all understood what 'donate' implied.

Fujin placed a few more scrolls on the rocky table he was leaning against and said, "These scrolls contain weapons that those kind souls donated. Put them to good use. Anyway, returning to our topic, the second task you'll handle is creating an information network.

Needless to say, these informants won't be members of Phantom Haven. So, no need to explain our goals or to give them much information. Just pay them and treat them as employees. Retain or replace them based on how useful they are.

You can use civilians or rogue ninjas who have a good reputation for this purpose. If any rogue ninja shares our values and goals, then we could recruit him or her in the future. You could divide yourselves into teams to handle these two tasks at the same time. You can start with the third task only after the first two are complete."

Fujin answered, "In a sense, but not exactly. In truth, every hidden village has the power to eliminate all bandits and most of the rogue ninjas in their country. They just don't because these bandits bring in jobs for their ninjas and help run the economy of the ninja villages. After all, who will be hiring ninjas if the world is peaceful?

We don't need to think about that. Once our strength grows, we will be sweeping through all bandits and rogue ninjas in this country. What we do after that will depend on how Tanigakure reacts when they don't get many mission requests."

Fujin's words forced everyone to think. Suddenly, they all understood the implications of creating such an organization. They immediately realized how Tanigakure would react if they suddenly stopped getting mission requests!

The village would stop receiving funding soon if that happens. As a result, the interests of all forces in the village would be harmed. They would immediately begin investigating the reason behind such happenings. They might even resort to creating fake bandit groups and rogue ninjas to create trouble so that they get missions. It might put them at direct odds against the Phantom Haven Society.

Everyone nodded solemnly. They understood that they might have to clash with the mighty hidden village in the future. However, there was also a sense of excitement as everyone other than Shigeki had someone they wanted to kill from Tanigakure.

What none of them saw was that such a development could lead to other hidden villages becoming wary due to such a development. They might aid Tanigakure in eliminating the Phantom Haven Society. Only Fujin saw this threat, but he wasn't concerned as it was highly unlikely that the Phantom Haven Society would become that strong anytime soon.

Shigeki nodded and said, "Alright. We understand. We will do the best we can while keeping ourselves safe."

Fujin nodded and said, "Good. I'll now explain my plans on how to raise and guide the kids we recruit. Does any of you have any experience in guiding young children?"

Everyone exchanged glances. After a minute, one guy said, "None of us have taught in the Academy. However, all of us have some experience in guiding Genins."

Fujin nodded and said, "Alright. But guiding Genins and guiding untrained kids are completely different. I have created training plans and noted them down in scrolls which I will leave with Shigeki for you to refer to in the future. For now, make yourself comfortable. It will take quite some time to explain everything."

Everyone sat on seats that were made of rocks as well. Fujin explained all his plans on how to train the kids. The plan was quite similar to how children were raised in Konoha's academy but with quite a few changes. For starters, the focus was very heavily inclined towards practical and combat skills instead of theory. The plan was created aiming to make every dedicated student as strong as a Chunin before they turned 12.

Unlike Konoha, which had only implemented a part of Fujin's recommendations, Fujin intended to implement everything here from the word go. The academy inside this remote valley would be the first in the entire ninja world to have clubs and offer specializations to every student despite being the youngest and having access to the lowest amount of resources.