"Let me first check the current state of Ninja Kill. Don't rush."
"Speaking of which, Temari, how is the mission I gave you?"
Temari puffed out her chest.
"Father, I already completed the mission."
"Oh?"
"They all listen to me now."
"Well done."
Rasa raised his hand and rubbed Temari's hair.
The next day, Rasa took some time to go take a look.
Because of the Konoha Twelve, Rasa had also forcibly gathered twelve people for this small group led by Temari.
However, there were not many who truly had talent.
Only four.
Temari, Kankuro, Uchiha Izumi, and Uchiha Hai.
As for the rest, even though Rasa had carefully selected them from among Sunagakure's orphans, Sunagakure itself was simply not a shinobi village that produced many geniuses.
In one generation, there were only a few.
Among these four, two were Rasa's own children.
The other two had essentially been snatched from the Uchiha.
"I can find an opportunity to add Karin in as a replacement. As a shinobi of the Uzumaki clan, Karin's combat talent might not be especially strong, but her sensory talent and healing ability are extremely useful."
After arriving at the Kazekage's office, Rasa took out the current information on Ninja Kill.
At the beginning, what he had set was—
Five identity cards.
Eighty item cards.
Twenty ninja tool cards.
Forty-two ninja cards.
Among those forty-two ninja cards, most were shinobi from the Five Great Shinobi Villages, but they were all from the older generation.
The dividing line was the Fourth Kage.
Shinobi before the Fourth Kage generation were included among these ninja cards, while shinobi after the Fourth Kage generation were not listed.
Because Ninja Kill was extremely popular, but the number of cards was limited, some merchants had seen business opportunities in it and started adding their own characters.
Some smaller shinobi villages were unwilling to accept that only shinobi from the Five Great Villages had cards, so they added senior shinobi from their own villages as well.
As a result, many different versions appeared.
However, the version recognized most widely in the shinobi world was still the one published by Sunagakure.
A large number of people looked down on the contents of those other versions.
"Adding only one ninja card at a time definitely won't be enough. But adding too many is unnecessary."
"Let me think about who would be suitable."
The first person Rasa thought of was naturally Minato Namikaze.
It could be said that Minato Namikaze was Rasa's real goal.
In order to make the shinobi world discuss Minato Namikaze, he would update Ninja Kill and add new ninja cards.
"Yagura Karatachi can count as one."
"Still one from each of the Five Great Shinobi Villages."
"For Sunagakure, we can use Sasori of the Red Sand."
"For Iwagakure, Roshi."
"For Kumogakure, Toroi."
The reason he chose these five people was because they shared certain common traits.
Three were dead.
One was missing.
One had left his village.
All of them had a certain level of reputation in the shinobi world.
Roshi was a jinchuriki. He had once held a high position in Iwagakure. It was only because his political views clashed with Onoki's that he angrily left the village.
Yagura Karatachi was the former Mizukage. Whether his achievements outweighed his faults or not, his fame in the shinobi world was completely unquestionable, and he had countless grudges and entanglements with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
Toroi was an elite jonin of Kumogakure and possessed a special Kekkei Genkai—Magnet Release.
In recent years, as Rasa's strength and fame had risen, Toroi's status in the shinobi world had also risen quite a bit because of Magnet Release. There had been many discussions about him.
Some Kumogakure shinobi even sighed that if Toroi had not died and had studied his Kekkei Genkai's development like Rasa, perhaps he could also have reached an extremely powerful level.
It might have pushed Kumogakure's strength another step higher.
As the grandson of Chiyo, Sasori of the Red Sand had gained the title of genius puppeteer very early on. His disappearance was seen by many Sunagakure shinobi as an enormous loss to the village.
As for Minato Namikaze, that went without saying.
Rasa quickly completed the designs for these five ninja cards.
The puppets from before were activated again.
Compared to last time, Chiyo had made certain improvements to the puppets, and the materials Rasa used were also better.
That made the cards produced this time more delicate and better-looking.
It was different from last time.
Last time, all the cards had been provided free of charge. The purpose had been to damage Konoha. Rumors about Konoha had been printed on the back of the cards. The rumors were the main point, while Ninja Kill itself was secondary.
But this time, Rasa did not print any rumor content on the back.
He only printed Sunagakure's symbolic mark.
This time, Rasa intended to sell the cards.
However, the price would not be high.
When the genuine product was sold as cheaply as the counterfeit, the counterfeit would have no room to survive.
Rasa wanted to firmly keep Ninja Kill under his own control, just like Ninja Major Event Weekly.
Even now, Ninja Major Event Weekly was still provided for free.
However, if Sunagakure continued burning money on that front for too long, even Sunagakure would not be able to endure it. More importantly, it was not what Rasa wanted to see.
Rasa hoped it could form a healthy cycle.
Therefore, Ninja Major Event Weekly had already begun accepting certain advertisements.
The advertising fees would be used to cover costs.
Rasa's demand for Ninja Kill cards was the same.
As long as they could cover the costs, that was enough.
Very quickly, the new version of Ninja Kill was printed.
When the merchants heard the news, they rushed over like wolves smelling blood, desperate to obtain part of the stock.
These merchants had already worked with Sunagakure for quite some time. Ninja Major Event Weekly was handed over to them.
For merchants, as long as there was profit to be made, they would flock to it.
By cooperating with them, they would use all their strength and the highest efficiency to deliver Ninja Kill to every corner of the world.
But merchants were also greedy.
For their own interests, they might very well turn both Ninja Major Event Weekly and Ninja Kill cards into a mess.
Fortunately, Sunagakure was a shinobi village.
The internal laws of great nations were ineffective against shinobi villages.
If someone violated the rules established by Sunagakure, there was only one word—
Kill.
With the strength of shinobi, they would be hunted to the ends of the earth.
"New version of Ninja Kill! New version of Ninja Kill!"
"New ninja cards have been released!"
The moment a merchant shouted, a large crowd immediately gathered.
"Was it published by Sunagakure?"
"That's right."
The crowd's interest grew even stronger.
"How many new ninja cards are there? Who are they?"
"The Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi. The Magnet Release shinobi, Toroi. Iwagakure elite jonin Roshi. Sunagakure's genius puppeteer, Sasori of the Red Sand. And Konoha's original Hokage successor, Minato Namikaze."
Everyone's eyes lit up.
"Give me one set!"
"I want one too!"
"I want two sets. No, three!"
The merchant was overjoyed.
"Line up! Line up to buy! Don't rush. There's enough for everyone!"
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