Naruto: The villain template of me is regarded as the savior.

Chapter 188: First Annual Plan and Second Ninja World War Operations Meeting

The door of the conference room was pushed open, and several figures walked in from outside.

After a long absence, Shennong walked out of the aerial fortress and stepped onto the ground in his original form. Dressed in a white robe, he glanced around the conference room.

There were some tea fruits and a vase with paper flowers scattered on the conference table. Judging from the chairs placed in front of the conference table, there should be only nine people in this meeting?

Realizing this, Shennong subconsciously glanced at the guy beside him, the one whose aura made him feel the most dangerous, a strange man wearing a high-collared black shirt with gold embroidery on the collar.

Kakuzu, with an expressionless face, also looked over, but in the face of Shennong's slightly scrutinizing gaze, he just nodded slightly and greeted him, which made Shennong a little surprised at his friendliness.

"Is this guy also a 'ghost'? Like me, he didn't become an 'upper string', but is in charge of an independent department?" Shennong frowned, but soon relaxed.

Because he thought about the identity represented by this outfit.

The Minister of Finance?

Did Lord Yunchuan find such a strong guy to be the leader of that makeshift team?

"I feel like this guy has very little emotions and desires." Shen Nong was calculating in his mind, "He should be someone who is easy to talk to, right? I don't have to ask Lord Yunchuan to approve notes in the future, it will be much more convenient."

But Kakuzu's thoughts at this moment were not as "friendly" as Shennong guessed or as it seemed.

Now, it has been more than a week since he officially became the Minister of Finance.

Although Dawn's "account book" had already filled up an entire room, for Kakuzu, who had now obtained the hearts of Water and Wind and whose efficiency was comparable to that of three people, it only took him a little time to sort it out.

Now, he can confidently say that the income and expenditure of Dawn since its establishment are all under his control.

While sorting out the "account book", a name left a deep impression on Kakuzu.

"Is this guy the head of the biological research and development department who doesn't treat money as money?"

Kakuzu glanced at Shennong, who was still immersed in the beautiful life in the future, and thought to himself: "Now that I'm here, your good days are over."

Like Shennong and Jiaodu, the others were also observing their "colleagues". After counting, they found that there were actually ten people coming.

This is, one more person?

"Grandpa Leyou is here, and Nagato brat is here...Huh? Why are Konan and Nonoyu-nee here too?"

Yahiko's eyes swept across those unfamiliar faces, but he was stunned when he saw two familiar figures in the distance. Then he winked at Konan and Nono, wondering if these two people might have come to the wrong place.

But Nono, with a smile on her face, ignored him. Only Konan glanced at him and frowned her delicate eyebrows, wondering why Yahiko was still stupid after so much time.

What Yahiko didn't know was that other people were also watching him and thinking the same thing as he was.

What’s wrong with this kid? Why does he keep blinking? Could he have taken the wrong path?

But at this moment, a burst of crisp applause and laughter came into their ears.

"It seems everyone is here."

Bang!

The moment the words fell, the door of the conference room moved without wind and closed with a loud bang.

The inner and outer worlds were isolated in the roar, giving the illusion that the thread was cut by a knife.

Several people looked up at the same time. The only light in the conference room was flickering. It was the candlelight on the table.

Behind Yunchuan was a huge floor-to-ceiling window that replaced an entire wall. The dim moonlight reflected on the dark and smooth table in the center of the conference room, subtly dividing the dim darkness around Yunchuan as he sat with the candlelight.

I have to admit that Yunchuan's smile, voice and tone have always been gentle and polite.

Anyone who hears this will feel a sense of intimacy, and people who meet him for the first time will feel that he is a nobleman who is from a high class but is sympathetic to the people and has no airs.

But Kakuzu and Shennong looked at the smile on the boy's face, and through the bright yellow candlelight they could smell the strong smell of blood beneath the smile.

Appearance and age are almost the most useless jokes on this crazy and terrifying 'thing'.

"Take a seat." Yun Chuan raised his hand and pointed at the nine signs on the conference table. "Find your corresponding position, name, and seat."

Hearing this, the atmosphere in the conference room relaxed a little, and several people went to find their seats in silence.

After a while, all eight seats were taken, and only one seat was left.

"Eh?"

Yahiko stood there in confusion, looking left and right to make sure his name and location were not there.

"With your current level, you still want to come to the table and talk?"

Nagato suddenly spoke up and sarcastically said, "Don't you think about whether you are worthy of it?"

Yahiko's face suddenly turned dark, and he looked at Kumokawa blankly, only to see that Konan was already standing behind Kumokawa, still looking at him with a speechless look.

"What are you doing standing still?"

Seeing Yahiko doing stupid things from time to time, Kumokawa pointed behind him with empty eyes and said, "You and Konan stand behind me. You are just listening to this meeting."

Hearing this, Yahiko subconsciously turned his head and looked at the pharmacist Nono who was sitting in a seat.

Noticing his gaze, Nono smiled gently and explained, "I'm here to attend the meeting on behalf of my mother."

Only then did Yahiko notice that the sign in front of her read "Medical Department·Director·Pharmacist", not "Pharmacist Nono".

Besides her, other people also hold corresponding positions.

Currently, there is no one to take up the position of Director of the Biological Research and Development Department. Shennong, who is also the Head of the Sky Corps and the Director of the Biological Research and Development Department, and Nagato, who is currently the Head of "Dawn" and the Head of the Demon Corps.

There is also Qiu Yu, who is now the head of the Agricultural Research and Development Department, Mei Yu, who is the head of the Military Intelligence Department, Kakuzu, who is the head of the Finance Department, and Le Yu, who transferred from the Yangyan Village Research Institute to serve as the head of the Weapon Research and Development Department.

Yunchuan, Shennong, Jiaodu, Nagato, Meiyu, Qiuyu, Yaoshi, Leyou...

These eight people occupied eight seats. It seemed that Yahiko had no right to sit at the table and speak. The reason he was allowed to stand and listen was because Yunchuan saw that he had performed well during this period.

Yahiko scratched his head, speechless for a moment, then pointed to the empty seat and asked in confusion: "Isn't there an empty seat there?"

"There is……"

Xiaonan, who was standing behind Yunchuan, glanced down and was about to say something but was interrupted by a lazy voice:

"That's my seat, meow."

Following the sound, he found that it was coming from Kumokawa's arms. Yahiko was stunned for a moment, and then he saw Kumokawa raise his hands under the table.

The next moment, Yunchuan pinched the armpits of a black cat's two front legs and lifted her up, and a cute cat face appeared in front of everyone.

The black cat opened his sleepy eyes, opened his mouth and yawned loudly.

"a cat?"

Yahiko looked at the sign on the seat that read "Administrative Department, Director, Jiyun", and then turned his eyes to look at the black cat with a look of astonishment: "Jiyun?"

As if noticing his surprise, the black cat glanced at him disdainfully and licked Yunchuan's hand with its tongue.

Cats have barbs on their tongues, and it feels itchy when they lick your hands.

Yunchuan smiled nonchalantly, pinched the armpits of the black cat's two front legs and turned her around, then buried his face in her soft belly, buried himself deep in the furry ocean and inhaled.

I have to admit that cute things will always be liked by most people. This is also one of the few pleasures that Yunchuan has that he shares with "ordinary people".

This was the first time that everyone saw Yunchuan like this.

In their impression, although Lord Yunchuan looked very gentle on the surface and smiled at everyone, everyone present understood that being gentle to everyone meant keeping the same distance from everyone, which was a manifestation of alienation.

To them, he felt not like a "human" but more like a "god", looking down on everyone from above.

But now, facing a cat, he showed rare closeness.

Everyone didn't know whether this behavior was deliberately displayed by Lord Yunchuan, but at least they understood that the black cat could obviously represent the will of Lord Yunchuan to a certain extent.

The naive Yahiko was not surprised, nor did he think too much about it. After all, he felt that his boss had always been quite gentle, so this behavior was not too surprising.

On the contrary, looking at the cute kitten licking his palm and cooperating with being "sucked", Yahiko really couldn't connect her with the cold girl who was picked up by the boss together with him.

In fact, since Jiyun turned into a cat, although he gained the cat's concealment, agility, night vision and the ability of "Substitute Cat Grass" to control the air, he also inherited the cat's habits.

For example, they are sleepy, nocturnal, guard their food, like to hunt, like to be clean, like to guard their food, like to act like a spoiled child, and have a sense of territory...

At first, I was not used to this cat form, but later, when Yunchuan always held me in his arms and rubbed me, I gradually felt that being a cat... seemed not bad?

Since I can't resist, I can only enjoy it.

"Jiyun is now my assistant and also the director of the administrative department."

Yunchuan raised one of Jiyun's paws and shook it, as if waving to the stunned people in front of him, and said with a helpless smile: "Originally, the seat was prepared for her, but she likes to stay in my arms, so the seat will be vacant for now."

really.

After hearing Yunchuan's words, everyone present confirmed their guess.

The director of the administrative department, coupled with the special identity of "assistant", as well as Yunchuan's performance and attitude, are enough to show how much he values ​​this "black cat".

If he's not around, the black cat can represent him and act as his mouthpiece to give orders.

Hearing this, Yahiko came back to his senses and almost gnashed his teeth.

Damn it! People are worse than cats!

"So, Lord Kumokawa, what is the theme of this meeting?" Kakuzu leaned forward slightly and looked at Kumokawa at the end of the conference table.

Hearing Kakuzu bring up serious matters, the others also looked at Kumokawa.

No one cared whether Yahiko had a seat or not. Everyone present believed that their time was valuable, so there was no reason to waste it on such meaningless topics.

"Why are you in such a hurry? It's rare that so many people have come here."

They were in a hurry to leave, but Yunchuan was not. He pointed at the fruit in front of them and smiled: "These are given to us by the local civilians. Try them and see how they taste."

Hearing this, Yahiko, who was already standing behind him, couldn't help but change his expression slightly, and said in distress: "Boss, what kind of fruit do you want to eat? Why did you accept the fruits that the civilians had worked so hard to grow?"

Ever since he came back from Yangyan Village in the Mountain Country, he volunteered to take the compensation money for the sacrificed "ghosts" and ran around to deliver the money personally to their families, even though his ear injury had not yet healed.

This experience also allowed him to see a lot of "low-class life" that he had only heard of but never seen before.

The further he walked and the more he saw, the more anger accumulated in his heart, and he understood more and more what kind of miserable life the lower-class common people in the Rain Country lived.

The lives of nobles, ninjas and civilians are three completely distinct levels. If it weren't for this trip, Yahiko, who had been used to a good life, would have almost forgotten his past hard days.

For the first time, he realized how important Uncle Qiuyu's work was and understood how wise the boss's decision to set up the "Agricultural Research and Development Department" was.

Killing the enemy can save ten, a hundred, or a thousand people, but it cannot save tens of thousands or a hundred thousand people.

Yahiko and Qiu Yu met because after this incident, they wanted to learn more about farming knowledge in their spare time during training.

Yunchuan didn't say that he was not doing his job properly. Instead, he asked him to go to the greenhouse to find Qiuyu, and then he started to help run errands.

During this period, he traveled almost all over the Rain Country, and looked for people whether Qiu Yu knew him or not, whether he was willing to come or not, as long as they were good at farming.

With his natural affinity, communication was effortless for him. He got to know more and more people and got to know the surrounding environment thoroughly.

His mastery and understanding of Sun Breathing not only did not decline, but became deeper and deeper in the process.

Therefore, Yahiko was a little confused. Why did he accept the fruit, which could be bought easily, from the hands of those common people, and in a large basket at that.

"autumn rain."

Yunchuan didn't answer him. He casually broke open a fruit and handed it to Xiaonan. Without even turning his head, he said calmly, "Explain to this stupid boy. If it were you, would you accept it?"

Qiu Yu, whose name was called, raised his head and first exchanged a glance with Yahiko who was looking over. Then he nodded and said seriously, "I'll take it, of course I'll take it. I have to take it."

"Before Lord Yunchuan came, before we brought them under our jurisdiction, the civilians in the surrounding areas were hungry and ragged. But now, at least they have enough food and clothes to eat and wear. This is their gratitude to us, so we naturally have to accept it."

"If you don't accept it, they won't leave. If you don't accept it, they won't feel at ease. If you don't accept it, a group of people will kneel outside immediately, and they will kneel outside with their families."

Hearing this, Kakuzu and Shennong's expressions became strange and they frowned awkwardly.

This feeling of being appreciated was something the two had never experienced before.

Although I feel that this gratitude and kindness are inexplicable, there is also an inexplicable sense of satisfaction that is hard to describe.

"But..." Yahiko was stunned and was about to say something when he suddenly felt a pain in his head and something fell. He subconsciously reached out to catch it, but saw a fruit in his hand.

"Idiot, just eat what I tell you to eat, why are you talking so much nonsense." Nagato frowned and retracted his hand, then looked at Kumokawa who had a normal expression and said respectfully, "Brother, please continue talking, don't pay attention to that idiot."

Yunchuan smiled and shook his head, glancing at Du and Shennong. The two of them looked more relaxed, and it was obvious that they had a sense of belonging.

"This meeting is mainly for you to get to know each other better and adjust our current strategic goals and deployment."

Yunchuan placed the lazy Jiyun on his lap, cleared his throat, and said with a calm and indifferent tone: "You can call this meeting the First Ten-Year Plan and the Second Ninja World War Operations Meeting."

"That is to say, we have now switched from offense to defense."