bigabreads Chapter 619 The New World
Chapter 619 The New World
at last.
"bite."
A soft sound.
It was Hiruzen Sarutobi who put the teacup back on the table.
The sound wasn't loud, but it resonated deeply in everyone's hearts.
All eyes instantly turned to him.
Hiruzen Sarutobi simply turned his head and gave Hozuki Kaigetsu a gentle, encouraging smile.
"Hai Yue."
"Our friends in Kirigakure seem to have some misunderstandings about why we've come here."
Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke casually, as if he were discussing the weather today.
"You tell them what we brought."
coming!
Hozuki Kaigetsu felt a jolt in his heart, and a surge of heat rushed from his chest to the top of his head.
He slowly stood up amidst the astonished, puzzled, resentful, and curious gazes of all the high-ranking members of the Misty Shadows.
He first bowed deeply.
It wasn't directed at Hiruzen Sarutobi, but at everyone from Kirigakure present.
This bow stunned both Yagura and Mei Terumi.
Then, Haiyue straightened up and took out a scroll from her bosom, which was heavier than she could have imagined.
The scroll was made of some unknown tough material, and the shaft was made of precious rosewood, embroidered with a flame symbol of leaves in gold thread.
The very design of this scroll exudes a kind of extravagance that Yagura and his team have never seen before.
Haiyue did not immediately unroll the scroll.
His gaze swept over everyone across the table.
His eyes held a mixture of pity that was hard for outsiders to understand and a passion that bordered on fanaticism.
"What we brought back..."
His voice paused, as if he were brewing a word that could overturn the world.
"...It's something I wouldn't even dare to dream of..."
"...The New World."
Hozuki Kaigetsu's voice wasn't loud, but it stirred up a storm in everyone's hearts.
New world?
For the first time, an undisguised look of astonishment appeared on the mature-beyond-his-years face of Yagura Karatachi.
He considered countless possibilities: threats, inducements, partitioning, annexation... but never this word.
Mei Terumi's emerald green eyes flickered with confusion and inquiry.
Looking at this companion who was once familiar but now felt completely foreign, she sensed that he was shrouded in a mist of civilization from Konoha.
Even the tiger Kaguya Honebami, whose teeth had been pulled, subconsciously stopped grinding her teeth.
He couldn't understand it, but his beastly intuition told him that those two words contained something more terrifying than swords.
Amidst the varied gazes of the crowd, Hozuki Kaigetsu took a deep breath.
He ignored the scrutiny and, with an almost reverent gesture, slowly unrolled the heavy scroll on the large Shuiying desk.
"Splash—"
The moment the scroll was unrolled, only this one sound remained in the entire office.
Everyone's breath caught in their throats at that moment.
That wasn't the military map or mission scroll they were familiar with, drawn with dry text and crude lines.
It was a picture... a picture they had never imagined.
The exquisite colored drawings, with a delicate touch they had never seen before, presented a vibrant future to them in an incredibly intuitive, even brutal, way.
Pale blue ocean, emerald green islands, silver-white buildings, and a transportation network that spreads like a spider web, outlined in gold lines...
This blueprint, titled "Mist Village Three-Year Revitalization and Development Plan," was like a ray of sunlight piercing through the blood mist, shining into this dark, medicinally-smelling office, and also into the numb, cold hearts of all the Mist Village's high-ranking officials present.
For the first time, a fierce light burst forth in Yuan Shi's cloudy eyes as he struggled to get closer.
Hozuki Kaigetsu's finger landed on the first part of the drawing.
"First, the fishing revolution."
His voice was steady and powerful, carrying an undeniable confidence.
"We possess a vast ocean, yet we only know the most primitive fishing methods. Our people often go hungry because they have to go out to sea."
He pointed to an area on the blueprint that was named "Modern Ecological Cage Aquaculture Area".
Above, a vivid illustration depicts rows of enormous net cages, with hundreds of water-escape clones methodically carrying out large-scale feeding.
"By using water-based clones, we can achieve 24-hour uninterrupted, highly refined farming, with yields more than a hundred times higher than they are now."
His finger traced a spell diagram that felt more familiar to the Hozuki clan.
"The Hozuki clan's water-based secret techniques are no longer simply used for assassination."
Haiyue's voice trembled slightly, "It can be used for ultra-low temperature live preservation of seafood. This means that we can transport the freshest seafood to any corner of the continent."
He paused, then glanced at his younger sister.
"The annotation next to it was written by the Third Hokage himself."
Everyone instinctively looked over and saw a line of neat, strong handwriting that read: "Based on this, it is estimated that at least 10 new flavored dishes can be created. It is recommended to prioritize the development of chilled sea urchin sashimi and flame-grilled octopus tentacles."
"Gulp."
A clear swallowing sound rang out in the quiet office.
All eyes turned to Hozuki Shio.
The water witch, who had just been so nonchalant, now had her eyes shining as she stared intently at the words, a glistening tear even appearing at the corner of her mouth.
It was as if she could already see a paradise built of delicious food beckoning to her.