Previously, the Third Hokage had already laid some groundwork.
The Water Prison Technique, originally belonging to the Hidden Mist Village, was removed, and the Great Fireball Technique, originally belonging to the Uchiha Clan, was also removed. Only the Wind Release: Violent Wind Palm and Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu slightly infringed upon the interests of some Ninja clans. Ino had privately done some communication work, placating a few minor Ninja clans who planned to 'pass down' these two Jutsu, and the matter was thus smoothed over.
For Taijutsu, Might Guy's self-created technique, the Leaf Whirlwind, which was rated as D-rank by the Village, was chosen.
Don't underestimate this move; this kick is incredibly fast and powerful. A Ninja's body is very fragile, and if they don't react in time, they could truly be kicked to death.
This move also has enhanced versions later: the Leaf Great Whirlwind and the Leaf Strong Whirlwind.
Kakashi went to persuade Might Guy, but he didn't really need to say much; basically, with just a greeting, Might Guy agreed.
Genjutsu involves more profound knowledge, and Ninja families do not wish for civilian Ninja to master such knowledge. Medical Ninjutsu and Sealing Technique both have specialized classes; as long as a Chunin meets the conditions, they can learn relevant Ninjutsu in these classes, so they don't need to worry about that.
After three days of selection and Ino's communication, four Ninjutsu and one Taijutsu were chosen to be submitted to the Village. The next step was Jiraiya's job.
Some Ninja might just prefer to fight with Kunai, right? Some Ninja, like Lee, even if you killed him, he wouldn't be able to develop Chakra nature transformation, so let him continue to practice Taijutsu. There's no compulsion; the Village merely offers choices as rewards after a Chunin has performed meritorious service. Whether you choose them, and which one you choose, is a personal matter.
As soon as Ino completed the task of selecting Ninjutsu, she immediately dispatched people to investigate Kaminarimon Iburi's background.
After a thorough investigation, it was discovered that this fellow had quite strong connections.
The Kaminarimon Clan is a branch family of the Mitokado Clan. Strictly speaking, Kaminarimon Iburi and Konoha Advisor Homura Mitokado are relatives, with their bloodlines not having gone beyond five generations.
A few days later, when Kaminarimon Iburi personally came to her door, hoping to buy the Yamanaka Tram Company, Ino readily agreed.
She valued the land, the technical blueprints obtained from the Land of Snow, and the company (which was still on paper) at thirty million Ryo, and sold them to Kaminarimon Iburi.
Leaving the Yamanaka Flower Shop, Kaminarimon Iburi was quite happy, feeling that he had discovered a huge gold mine and could lie back and collect money in the future. But after returning home, the more he thought about it, the more he feared. That was the Yamanaka Clan! Would they not find some excuse to kill him? He quickly went to Homura Mitokado, the big shot behind him, for help. Homura Mitokado gave him a thorough scolding, 'Don't you understand the principle of leaving a way out for others? For no reason, I wouldn't even dare to offend the Yamanaka Clan, and you're so bold!'
Kaminarimon Iburi immediately returned to the Yamanaka Flower Shop, begging and insisting on giving Ino a 10% dry share and the title of Technical Advisor, the kind that gets a salary every month without doing anything.
Seeing Kaminarimon Iburi begin to hire people to build a factory on the land and develop the tram, Ino felt this was quite good. Let this guy use Homura Mitokado's name to scout ahead. Three years later, when the Akatsuki Organization arrives, she might even be able to buy it back at the bottom...
Blueprints worth two million and land worth three million instantly turned into thirty million.
This thirty million would be very useful to her. She had originally planned to save up slowly, but now it was much simpler.
As the heir of the Yamanaka Clan, and destined to continue to be responsible for Konoha's intelligence work in the future, Ino needed to learn a lot of knowledge and master a large amount of information.
Where does intelligence come from? It's all analyzed and summarized from various documents and records, like pulling silk from cocoons.
From the vast sea of data, important intelligence is extracted, then handed over to strategists, who formulate plans for the Hokage's reference.
The Hokage just needs to be strong in combat, have some political ability, or even no political ability, as long as they can be a figurehead.
The auxiliary work is extremely tedious.
The Ino–Shika–Chō have been assisting the Hokage for so many years precisely because they have done a lot of learning in places outsiders cannot see.
Shikamaru's schedule is packed with various study tasks every day.
Choji, under Choza's urging, is also undergoing various trainings and studies; he will undoubtedly be at the forefront of battles in the future.
Ino secretly went to Karin to find the information she needed from the existing intelligence.
"How does it look?" Karin, following her description, secretly sewed her an Akatsuki Organization cloak with a black background and red clouds.
The Transformation Technique is easily seen through. If one doesn't transform their clothes, only their appearance, then the chance of being seen through will be greatly reduced. If this appearance is that of a famous Rogue Ninja in the Ninja World, such as Uchiha Itachi, who has the Sharingan, the chance of being seen through will be minimized. After all, no one wants to fall into a Genjutsu. If you know the other party has the Sharingan, would you still look at his face? Are you stupid?
Ino had prepared in advance, but she didn't expect to use it so quickly.
She held the Akatsuki Organization cloak, looking at it from front to back. It had to be said, this cloak was quite stylish, and she didn't know who designed it.
She rearranged her hair; the bangs that originally covered her right eye now covered her left eye.
The Yamanaka Clan had Deidara's wanted poster, so Ino didn't need makeup to have a three-tenths resemblance.
Although her left eye was covered, she still wore a monocle. Deidara's was a miniature telescope, a trump card set up to deal with Uchiha Itachi, but it was actually useless. She didn't need to make such a setup; wearing a monocle was just for show. With her hair covering it, how could an ordinary person clearly see what exactly she was wearing?
She drew black eyeliner, wore a ring on her left index finger, and put on the Akatsuki Organization black-and-red-cloud robe that Karin made for her.
Ino looked at herself in the mirror twice, then clapped her hands. She was still missing a forehead protector.
Her reputation was now well-known, and many Ninja attacked her, but the Five Great Ninja Villages were relatively restrained in this regard; the attackers usually came from smaller Ninja Villages.
She selected a Ninja forehead protector from a small Ninja Village, erased the original mark, drew the Iwagakure pattern, and then, with a Kunai, fiercely slashed across the center of the forehead protector. Ino felt that she, representing her classmate Deidara, had betrayed Iwagakure one more time. Excellent!
Dressed in her attire, wearing the Rogue Ninja forehead protector and a straw hat, she looked at herself from all sides. This Akatsuki Organization robe was truly good; not only was it high in aesthetic value, but it wasn't a fitted style. When she put it on, one couldn't tell if it was for a man or a woman.
"Art is an explosion!" She gestured twice in front of the mirror. It had to be said, her disguise was very similar to Deidara's.
She removed her makeup and put away the clothes, then said to Karin, "Your craftsmanship is really good; these clothes helped me a great deal."
Karin loved her praise, her small face flushed, and she just giggled foolishly.
Ino lowered her voice, "Thank you. Don't tell anyone about this; it's our little secret."
"Mhm, mhm!" Karin nodded quickly.
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