I simultaneously traverse countless worlds

"The special platoon members have all come over and are continuing their training..."

Located in the inland part of the Rainbow Country, the specially built temporary school was bustling with activity. Several thousand children were roughly divided into three different grades, but all of them were initially given two courses: literacy and physical education.

After all, Li Mo already knew that the literacy rate in the Rainbow Country was only a few percent, and most of the others were illiterate. Those who could read and write were mostly samurai or their descendants. They were fine for daimyo to use the feudal system to rule the entire Rainbow Country, but if Li Mo planned to develop and modernize the country, they would fall far short. They couldn't even meet the two basic requirements of literacy and arithmetic.

Putting everything else aside, Li Mo had at least seen mechanized farming with his parents when he was young and had wandered around factories. He knew that farming alone could be developed into mechanized farming, and that supporting facilities such as fertilizers and pesticides were indispensable. A light industrial wool textile factory had thousands of machines and a complete set of processes including electricity, personnel coordination, and technical training. However, in the Naruto world, such an industrialized scene had not yet appeared, or if it had begun to emerge, it had not appeared in the remote little country of the Rainbow Country.

Therefore, Li Mo needs to focus on farming in the Land of Rainbows for the time being. Fortunately, he is only ten years old at the moment, which is more than ten years away from the original Naruto storyline. He needs to accumulate strength and improve his power in every aspect. Li Mo has just integrated the power of himself from three new worlds. He is carefully controlling his own power while also taking the time to plan various strategies for the Land of Rainbows.

At present, Li Mo's actions are only in their initial stage. The prospects are relatively bright, but the road is quite tortuous. It still requires efforts to cultivate and train the first batch of qualified teachers before the current mediocre teaching situation can be improved.

"Sir, the ninja army has selected 379 reserve members who are undergoing individual training at the ninja army's training camp..."

Seemingly seeing that his boss was in a rather so-so mood, the elite Chunin from Kirigakure who was following Li Mo, who had changed his name to Kaizo Ichiro, spoke very respectfully as he looked at the somewhat noisy scene at the temporary school.

"Hmm, in your opinion, how many promising candidates are there in the ninja army's reserves?"

Upon hearing that Kaizo Ichiro had changed the subject, Li Mo, who had just felt that he still had a long way to go, composed himself and looked at his subordinate, asking him the crucial question.

"My lord, the situation in the Land of Rainbows is not bad. The candidates selected for the ninja army reserve have good willpower, but they need to be trained from scratch!"

Faced with his boss's shifted attention, Kaizo Ichiro, who had changed his name, straightened his expression. This elite Chunin from Kirigakure gave a fair assessment of the ninja reserve recruits for the recruitment test, but he was still optimistic about the prospects of the ninja army's training: "It is estimated that after at least one year of basic training and literacy education, chakra refining techniques will be taught in the second year, and after three years they should be barely usable..."

This isn't just me talking nonsense. Both he and Li Mo know that training a ninja isn't that simple. Apart from ninja villages and powerful daimyo nobles who train ninjas, wandering ninjas and rogue ninjas wouldn't be kind enough to popularize ninja training or provide the necessary resources for those who train them.

According to the training system of the Hidden Mist Village's ninja academy, the enrollment of students is generally a five-year system. In the first two years, in addition to ninja culture courses and courses on instilling values, there are various courses such as reconnaissance, code-keeping, and intelligence gathering. In the third year, students begin to learn chakra refining techniques, kunai throwing techniques, taijutsu, and the Three Body Techniques. This process gradually distinguishes geniuses from ordinary ninjas. In addition, factors such as family traditions also play a role, so the ninjas who graduate from the Hidden Mist Village have a high overall quality.

At the very least, if the Kirigakure genin who passed that brutal graduation exam were placed at the beginning of the Naruto storyline, they would probably be able to easily kill the newly graduated genin from Konoha, except for a few geniuses and those with cheat codes. However, the situation was different for the ninja reserve force in the Land of Rainbows, where two-thirds of the children couldn't even read properly.

What Kaizo Ichiro meant was that the members of the ninja crash course, who had undergone three years of training, were already capable of serving as cannon fodder on the ninja battlefield. They were so-so against ordinary soldiers, but they were already barely useful!

"Don't rush things. Training will proceed as normal. Based on the performance of the reserves, we'll determine their specific development paths, including medical and logistical roles!"

Li Mo shook his head in disagreement with Kaizo Ichiro's words, directly rejecting his subordinate's cold-hearted idea. He then looked at the ninja training base deep in the forest and reiterated his previous orders without hesitation.

As a former elite Chunin from Kirigakure, Kaizo Ichiro instinctively adopted the bloodthirsty ninja mindset of Kirigakure, believing that those who could overcome difficulties and death were elites, while those who died were just trash. However, Li Mo knew that this approach couldn't be used in the sparsely populated Land of Rainbows. Moreover, he was training a ninja army as his future trusted force, and imitating Kirigakure's ruthless methods would be courting death.

From Li Mo's perspective, even if he were to be eliminated and reassigned to other tasks, he would still be a qualified talent who had undergone several years of training. How could he be thrown away like trash? He could be reassigned to a more suitable position and make greater contributions!

……

Over the next few days, Li Mo led his men on a tour of the main island of the Rainbow Country, carefully inspecting the newly built salt fields, fish floss processing plant, and sugar factory, and also conducting a thorough exploration of the resources and environment of the entire main island of the Rainbow Country.

At least, Li Mo and his group didn't care about the various risks in the forest. They treated any poisonous snakes or wild animals they occasionally encountered as extra food. They had determined that this large island, with an area of ​​over 20,000 square kilometers, actually had quite good potential. Resources such as coal, iron, and copper mines were all worth mining, and the small gold mine was a natural gold-rich vein. It was estimated that at least 200 kilograms of gold could be mined annually.

In addition, the main island of the Rainbow Country has abundant forest resources, and the surrounding fishing grounds have an astonishing catch. If this small country were not located in the distant ocean, and if the navigation technology in the Naruto world were not yet advanced, relying on wooden sailing ships instead of steamships as it was at that point in the story, it might have already been targeted by other countries, just like the European powers that temporarily shelved their interests in places like Africa, but later joined forces to divide up Africa.

It was precisely because Li Mo saw the great development potential of the Rainbow Country that he decided to make it his headquarters. Such a large island, isolated overseas and rich in resources, is hard to find. Moreover, the Rainbow Country already has a certain population, and the title of the Rainbow Country Daimyo is recognized by the Five Great Nations and other small countries in the ninja world. If handled properly, it can be a very useful tool.

After Li Mo had arranged the work for Kaizo Ichiro and the daimyo, he quietly arrived at a small island in the Land of Rainbows. Gazing at the beautiful scenery where the sea and sky met, he reflected on his own situation and sighed softly:

"As expected, the Otsutsuki clan had a backup plan regarding chakra..."

Chapter 51 The Secret of Chakra

"As expected, the Otsutsuki clan had a backup plan regarding chakra..."

When Li Mo stood in front of that simple wooden cabin on the island, seemingly gazing at the beautiful seascape, he was actually using introspection to observe the state of his chakra, which is why he let out a heartfelt sigh.

Chakra!

The true origin of this extraordinary power in the Naruto world is now unknown to anyone. Even if the five great ninja villages and other smaller ninja villages knew about it, they would not reveal that it was a power shared by the Sage of Six Paths. At most, they would say that he founded the Ninshu sect and taught the profession of "ninja," but they would not publicize it extensively in other aspects.

However, as a transmigrator, and a superhuman who has integrated the power and experience of multiple worlds, Li Mo knew the origin of [Chakra] perfectly well. This superhuman power did not come from the Naruto world itself, but was formed from the [Chakra Fruit] that grew from the [God Tree] planted by the Otsutsuki aliens thousands of years ago. It was a low-level superhuman power that extended downwards from the bloodline of the Otsutsuki aliens who ate the [Chakra Fruit], and it was also the most common superhuman power in the entire ninja world at present.

As a transmigrator, Li Mo knew the secrets of this ninja world, even the gradual evolution of the Otsutsuki bloodline, which became the source of different bloodline limits such as the Rinnegan, Tenseigan, Wood Release, Sharingan, Byakugan, and Shikotsumyaku. Later generations continuously developed ninjutsu by cultivating their chakra and using their different chakra attributes, even forming new bloodline limits such as Magnet Release and Scorch Release. Their fundamental essence was all built upon this.

However, due to the passage of time, the vast majority of ninjas in the ninja world no longer have the idea of ​​studying the essence of chakra. How to kill quickly and effectively or achieve their goals has become their primary concern.

So, is there a problem with the extraordinary power of [chakra]?

Regarding this point, Li Mo, who has watched the original Naruto anime and has argued with many fans on Tieba, naturally knows that during the Fourth Shinobi World War, apart from those Kage-level or Six Paths-level powerhouses, other ninjas were completely powerless to resist. They were bound by the God Tree, the source of chakra, and their own chakra was directly absorbed.

With this understanding, Li Mo naturally wouldn't be so careless as to assume that [Chakra] was completely without hidden dangers. Ever since the ninja graduation exam in Kirigakure, after deducting the time spent adapting to his own power, he had been researching this extraordinary power of [Chakra]!

[It should be said that chakra is a supernatural power derived from the combination of spirit and cellular power. As expected, the Otsutsuki clan had a hidden trump card in terms of bloodline. No wonder ordinary ninjas and ninjas with bloodline limits are greatly restrained. However, once one reaches the Kage level or even fuses their own attribute chakra to form a bloodline limit, the effect gradually diminishes...]

On a rock on the small island, Li Mo sat cross-legged, using his keen senses to perceive the subtle changes occurring inside his body. Confirming his guess, he carefully continued to integrate other extraordinary powers.

Inside Li Mo's body, the chakra that had been maintained at the level of an ordinary Chunin-level since he survived the initial crisis of ninja academy graduation exams was being divided among the extraordinary powers he had fused with from his own body, such as [blood power], [shadow power], and [magic power]. Then, the extraordinary powers that had devoured the [chakra] began to slowly come into contact with each other and attempt to merge.

Undoubtedly, this approach is extremely dangerous. Not only did Li Mo fuse with the powers of other worlds, but his mental strength and physical constitution were also enhanced to an extremely powerful level. Ordinary people who dare to directly attempt to fuse several extraordinary powers from different worlds are probably tired of living and want to reserve a good spot in the crematorium in advance.

However, for Li Mo now, the power he possesses by fusing with the power of his counterparts from other worlds is entirely his own. Those different extraordinary powers are very obedient. Moreover, the extraordinary power of [Chakra] has the characteristic of having an extremely high upper limit. If we consider Kaguya Otsutsuki, who appeared in the Fourth Shinobi World War, then in many ancient worlds or worlds with lower levels of extraordinary power, her power could be referred to as that of a "god".

Therefore, although Li Mo knew that there might be a backdoor to Chakra within the Otsutsuki clan, he still wanted to analyze and truly control the Chakra pathway. Instead of stubbornly studying Chakra like the Otsutsuki clan, he chose to take a different path and prepare to integrate a unique power system to master extraordinary power in his own right.

Regarding this, Li Mo plans to use several other extraordinary powers as the fusion method for [Chakra], and the Chinese martial arts training system as the fusion promoter, in order to break free from the innate limitations on [Chakra] imposed by the Otsutsuki clan as he envisions.

Inside Li Mo's body, the [Shadow Power], [Wind Magic Power], and [Blood Power] all collided and began to change as they devoured the [Chakra] that Li Mo had maintained. The [Shadow Power] began to merge with the [Shadow Escape] bloodline limit, while the [Wind Magic Power] gradually disappeared into his liver, gradually stimulating the [Wind] and [Lightning] chakra attributes.

As for the [Qi and Blood Power] brought about by practicing martial arts, it continuously flows into the whole body from the heart. The superimposed powerful physical qualities of Li Mo make it possible for him to awaken the [Thousand Hands Body] and [Uzumaki Body]. However, Li Mo did not choose to do so rashly. Instead, he carefully practiced martial arts until he transitioned from overt to covert, beginning to nurture his body and enhance his potential. He did not directly try to activate the Otsutsuki bloodline, which was a risky and dangerous path.

It was precisely because of Li Mo's choice that his physique and height showed a rapid growth trend in less than three months. He was already over 1.5 meters tall and had a well-proportioned figure. People who didn't know him would think he was at least fifteen or sixteen years old and would never guess that Li Mo was actually only about ten years old. Considering that he still had plenty of time to develop in a low-key manner, he was naturally even less likely to be foolish enough to be impatient for quick success.

Of course, Li Mo's idea of ​​fusing other extraordinary powers with [Chakra] is still in its initial stage. He estimates that it will take him more than a year to truly complete the fusion of his extraordinary powers!

"Phew! It seems my planned approach is working!"

When Li Mo opened his eyes and sensed the changes in the various extraordinary powers within his body, confirming that his condition couldn't be better, he leaped up and looked out at the island scenery. His eyes narrowed slightly, filled with joy: "Even if another version of myself from another world brings new extraordinary powers in the future, as long as it's related to Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, there shouldn't be too much of a problem..."

Unlike himself, who had already completed the Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress world, he and the other Li Mos all had the intention of specializing in a particular path. Li Mo's self-developed path to extraordinary power, specifically his personal [Chakra], once completed, would have an upper limit no less than that of Kaguya Otsutsuki, enough to accommodate the various extraordinary powers of his other worlds.

However, Li Mo needed time. He began to cultivate on the island while maintaining control over the Rainbow Kingdom, choosing to lie low.

Chapter 52 Three years in a hurry

Li Mo's seclusion and training in the Land of Rainbows had absolutely no impact on the unfolding of the Third Shinobi World War. Even Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu, who were behind the scenes in Kirigakure, failed to notice the news of the death of a ninja squad led by a Chunin.

When Li Mo fled from the Land of Water to the Land of the Sea, and then sought help to escape to the Land of Rainbows, Konoha and Sunagakure were already locked in fierce fighting!

Well, or to be more precise, the Sand Village is being utterly crushed by the Leaf Village!

Even though both are among the Five Great Ninja Villages, Konoha is recognized as the top of the Five Great Ninja Villages, while Sunagakure is considered by everyone to be the worst of the Five Great Ninja Villages.

Even though Konoha is no longer in the invincible era of the First Hokage Hashirama Senju and the Asura of the Shinobi World, Madara Uchiha, and is no less powerful than it was during the reign of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, even though the White Fang of Konoha, who intimidated all the major ninja villages, committed suicide for a ridiculous reason, Konoha, led by the Third Hokage, is still far stronger than Sunagakure.

In terms of the number and quality of Kage-level ninjas, Konoha Village could easily suppress Sunagakure Village. After Sunagakure Village made a small breakthrough in the early stages of the war, it was directly blocked by Konoha Village's ninja army!

If most of Konoha's strong ninja and ninja army hadn't been deployed to defend against the even more powerful Kumogakure and Iwagakure, Sunagakure alone would probably have been defeated by Konoha in at most three months.

The high command of Sunagakure was well aware of how obvious the disparity in strength between the two sides was. However, Sunagakure had no choice but to take the lead in the fight. Its geographical environment in the ninja world was arguably the worst. Ninety percent of the Land of Wind's land area was uninhabitable desert, and the occasional oases, large and small, could not support a large population under the circumstances of the several ninja wars.

Therefore, even though Sunagakure knew that it was no less capable than Konoha, seeing that Konoha's ninjas had already reached their limit, Sunagakure, which was not prepared to imitate Kirigakure's Blood Mist Trial, gritted its teeth and tried to carve out a path.

In any case, for Sunagakure, if they don't occupy more territory or consume enough ninjas, the saturation of ninjas and the scarcity of mission requests will cause serious contradictions. It's better to take a gamble and see if they can carve out a suitable path. If they can successfully defeat Konoha Village together with the other major ninja villages, that would be the best outcome. If all else fails, even if they admit defeat and surrender, Konoha Village wouldn't want the Land of Wind's territory, right?

The idea of ​​the Sand Village is not wrong. The three major ninja villages, namely the Cloud Village, the Rock Village, and the Mist Village, have long coveted the Land of Fire with its superior environment. In particular, the Cloud Village and the Rock Village on the Ninja World Continent have even reached a certain consensus with the Sand Village in secret.

When Sunagakure could no longer hold out, Kumogakure and Iwagakure joined the Third Shinobi World War. They were subsequently stopped by the well-prepared Konoha Village, which dispatched the Sannin and the Shinobi Army. The Third Shinobi World War then entered its formal phase.

The Shinobi World War, initiated by the four great ninja villages, directly affected the entire ninja continent. Tens of thousands of ninjas began to fight to the death on various battlefields. Not only the four major participating countries—the Land of Fire, the Land of Wind, the Land of Lightning, and the Land of Earth—but also other small countries caught between these major countries became multiple battlefields.

For example, the Rain Village, led by the demigod ninja Hanzo, was forced to close its doors and abandon any thought of protecting the Rain Village when the Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Konoha villages were fighting each other and the three ninja armies were even attacking the Rain Village at will. Otherwise, they would have faced a direct beating from the three great ninja villages, which would have been something the Rain Village could not have afforded.

Similarly, small countries like the Land of Grass, the Land of Waterfalls, and the Land of Rivers also suffered the undeserved calamity of being attacked by the great ninja villages. Even small countries with their own small ninja villages were powerless to stop any one of the great ninja villages, and they could only watch as their enemies ran rampant in their own countries.

The cries of those small countries were of no concern to either the besieged Konoha or the fiercely contested Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure. The consequences of losing this Shinobi World War would be far more severe. The calamities suffered by small countries like the Cricket Kingdom were too much for the Kage to notice, as they were all preoccupied with dealing with the Third Shinobi World War.

The Third Shinobi World War was already raging fiercely, but the four major ninja villages involved were difficult to distinguish as friend or foe. In particular, apart from Konoha, which was the primary target, Sunagakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure each had their own agendas.

After all, Konoha Village's reputation as the top of the Five Great Ninja Villages is well-deserved. Konoha Village can defeat a single ninja village, suppress two great ninja villages when fighting one against two, and barely withstand the attack when fighting three against one. Even if Konoha Village is defeated, it can easily cripple a great ninja village by focusing its attacks. No great ninja village would be so willing to help others and become a target for Konoha Village's attacks to help other ninja villages win.

Especially for the major ninja villages on the ninja world continent, Konoha Village, although located in the most prosperous Land of Fire, has been envied and constantly invaded by the other major ninja villages. However, there are also many conflicts among the major ninja villages. For example, the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth have both fought wars, and the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth have also clashed and fought in the first two Shinobi World Wars. It would be a miracle if they were to say that they trust the other ninja villages.

Moreover, before the war between Konoha and the three great ninja villages could be decided, in the second year of the Third Shinobi World War, Kirigakure, which was located overseas, joined the war. On one hand, it launched an attack on the Land of Fire, and on the other hand, it invaded the coastal cities of the Land of Wind, which directly made the situation of the Third Shinobi World War even more complicated.

With all five major ninja villages participating in the war, excluding Konoha which was frequently fighting on two or even three fronts, the relationships between the other four villages were equally chaotic. For example, when Sunagakure was fighting Konoha, it occasionally clashed fiercely with Iwagakure and was even betrayed by Kirigakure. When Kumogakure was engaged in a fierce battle with Konoha, it inexplicably launched an attack on Iwagakure, which was left vulnerable. Iwagakure was either fighting or occasionally clashing with the other three major ninja villages. Kirigakure even engaged in fierce battles with Sunagakure along the coast while its main force was invading the Land of Fire!

Anyway, starting from the second year of the Third Shinobi World War, the Shinobi World was covered in the flames of war. The five great shinobi villages and other smaller shinobi villages involved in the war had a total of more than 100,000 shinobi soldiers fighting fiercely in various places. The number of shinobi who died in battle had already exceeded 10,000, and the number was still rising. The five great shinobi villages began to mobilize their own shinobi to join the battlefield. Human life had become as insignificant as ants.

Even the ninja armies belonging to the five great ninja villages suffered enormous casualties in the war and continued to fight on various battlefields. Naturally, the civilians of the five great nations and various small countries of the ninja world were not much better off, and the destruction of their families and the death of their loved ones had become commonplace.

Admittedly, ninjas try to avoid fighting civilians, but that understanding only applies to past conflicts. In the Ninja World War, the situation is completely different.

Whether it's the Five Great Nations or other small countries, ninjas belonging to their own villages have this understanding, but ninjas from other invading villages don't care about civilians at all. Directly and violently requisitioning food and other supplies is commonplace, and privately plundering the wealth of the invaded enemy country is an unspoken agreement among the invaders.

The daimyo and nobles suffered relatively small losses, and the ninjas who possessed extraordinary powers were still wary of them and did not act recklessly. However, the common people did not have the same deterrent effect on the ninjas, and the suffering that the war brought to the common people was even greater.

Not only were civilians in the battlefield areas suffering terribly, but civilians in the five great nations and other smaller countries were also in dire straits. The Third Shinobi World War brought a huge demand for war supplies to the five great ninja villages. Shinobi tools such as shuriken, kunai, and explosive tags were essential military supplies, while food and medicine were key resources that each ninja village was collecting. Naturally, the resulting inflation was passed on to the civilians by each nation.

That's right. The five great ninja villages are limited by the funds allocated by the five great nations. They actually rely on mission commissions to maintain themselves. This is fine in normal times, but when a brutal ninja war is about to take place, the five great ninja villages will naturally ask the five great nations for funds, and the five great nations will naturally shift the burden onto the common people.

Anyway, the daimyo of the five great nations will continue to sing, dance, and chase girls as usual. The Ninja World War won't affect the daimyo and nobles, so it's impossible for them to directly pay for those ninjas to fight to the death.

Since the daimyo and nobles were unwilling to shed blood, the burden was naturally shifted to merchants and commoners. The merchants could at least manage to stay afloat, but the commoners, who had little wealth, quickly became destitute, and some were even squeezed to the point of ruin by the high taxes. Faced with the powerful daimyo and nobles, the commoners had little power to resist. Fortunately, at this time, caravans and merchant ships from the Land of Rainbows appeared and began recruiting refugees from all over the Ninja World to explore overseas.

No major ninja village had yet noticed that caravans and ships operating under the name of the Rainbow Country were transporting refugees, gradually sending these ninja refugees overseas to cultivate wasteland. However, these seemingly miserable refugees were a valuable asset to the Rainbow Country, which desperately needed manpower. Moreover, along with the Rainbow Country's actions, there were shadowy figures that were difficult to detect with ninjutsu, secretly observing and collecting the souls of the dead on various battlefields.

By the early part of the fourth year of the devastating Third Shinobi World War, Konoha, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure were all exhausted, and the large-scale battles had ceased, replaced by occasional small-scale skirmishes...

Chapter 53 The Changing Rainbow Country

"We're almost there! We're almost at the port!"

"Everyone get ready to come out. We'll be arriving in the Rainbow Country soon, and then we can start a new life!"

"Remember to obey orders, or you'll get whipped..."

On the high seas, a fleet of several large five-masted sailing ships had already spotted the Rainbow Kingdom in the distance. The captains immediately ordered the refugees being transported to prepare for landing, and the sailors on board issued fierce warnings.

There was no other way. Ninety percent of the refugees were illiterate, and they were a group of refugees from different places. Expecting to reason with them in a nice tone and make them obey your orders would be to overestimate their quality. A whip in one hand and a rice ball in the other was the most efficient method. The sailors, who had experience transporting refugees many times, were very experienced in using tin megaphones to shout and demonstrate.