Mindset Training (Third Update)

Xu Yue casually glanced at the four uninvited Reincarnators and did not spare them another second of attention.

He had learned enough about this group of laborers along the way.

They looked timid, fearful of trouble, and unwilling to resist.

Yet that was precisely how they survived. In a foreign land with no one to rely on, they could only huddle together for warmth. If they had not learned to endure, they would have long since vanished from all of France.

Vanished in every sense of the word!

There was a blade above the character for endurance. Often, enduring was far harder than resisting…

And after learning endurance, they had also developed many fine qualities to match it.

They could endure hardship, worked diligently without complaint, did more, and spoke less.

They were indeed honest and unsophisticated, and did not know how to socialize, but when it came to grueling, exhausting work, their efficiency was unquestionably second to none.

They had even played no small role in World War I despite their weak strength.

They had not taken part in direct combat, but they had provided tremendous support for logistics.

Thus, Xu Yue felt it was time to consider the next stage of his plan.

Saving them had been partly instinctive, but he had also intended to make them the foundation of his Penguin Merchant Guild in Europe.

With their qualities, numbers, and distribution, aside from being poor at communication and ill-suited to the identity of "merchants," they could almost be called perfect.

They were indeed weak, but he had obtained a large number of Single Tomoe Sharingan during the Uchiha Clan massacre and was just wondering where to use them!

Sell them?

Sorry, but the space imposed a price ceiling on Single Tomoe Sharingan. It had been confirmed when he first entered the space auction house. Otherwise, there would not have been a stock shortage. It simply was not worth it.

Besides, rather than creating potential opponents, it was better to use them all on "his own people." Their personalities, together with the constraints of the space contract, made the framework easy to establish.

Therefore, although he could have traveled light without stocking up on goods for this trip from the Land of Fire to the Land of Water, Xu Yue had not chosen to do so. He had still brought a batch of goods from the Land of Fire, intending to gradually win them over along the way.

It just so happened that he had witnessed this scene upon arriving.

It seemed the Laborer Group’s reputation throughout the French Reincarnator zone was that they were professionals at being bullied.

And apparently, no one needed to worry about consequences at all. They did not even need to hesitate!

In that case, then let this change start today.

Four people?

They probably wanted to use them to escape Konoha. Since they wanted to escape, he would help them escape.

In return, one of them would have to remain behind and return to the space to help pass along some messages.

As for the other three?

Why keep useless trash with no value?

As for who would deliver the message, he would see which one looked the most pleasing on the way out.

You could bully the laborers without the slightest concern or fear of consequences.

I was the same toward you…

"Oh? You know them? Perfect. We’re short a few people again, so let them fill in. We’re in a hurry. Are they willing? They should be about as capable as you, right?"

Without even waiting for the laborers to speak, Xu Yue casually announced this "wonderful news" himself.

Before the laborers could respond, the cloaked man who had spoken first hurriedly agreed.

"No problem, sir. We can endure hardship too!"

"Huh? Just endure hardship?"

Xu Yue seemed to frown, looking somewhat dissatisfied.

"But can you endure as well as they can?"

Xu Yue appeared quite satisfied with how honest, diligent, and complaint-free they had been throughout the journey.

"Yes, of course we can endure it! We’re friends. We’re all the same."

Another, more burly man hurriedly added.

"Fine. Then let’s do a little test. Crawl under his crotch. If all four of you do it, I’ll take you."

Xu Yue’s casual words instantly darkened their expressions.

To stay alive, they would have had no problem crawling beneath this important figure’s crotch. But crawling under those peasants?

Their long-held psychological sense of superiority would not allow it!

"Oh? You’re hesitating. Looks like you were lying. Then forget it. I don’t like forcing people. I’ve always believed in Winning Hearts Through Virtue. Let’s part on good terms."

Xu Yue knew their aims perfectly well. Giving them hope first and then casually knocking them down a peg was effortless for him.

He directly assumed the posture of, I’m not forcing you, am I?

"We’ll do it! We’ll crawl! At first, we were only worried that they might not be willing."

The first man hurriedly tried to salvage the situation.

Old Xue, the middle-aged leader of the Laborer Group with the headscarf, shuddered at a look from the other side and spoke up.

"Yes, we’re still…"

"I have the final say here. If they aren’t willing, then forget it."

Xu Yue calmly interrupted him. He swept a faint glance across the group, completely cutting off anything else they might have said.

In the end, faced with the choice between their lives and their pride, they chose the former. Born in Reincarnation Space, what dignity was there left to speak of?

"What are you standing around for? Spread your legs."

The first cloaked man walked up to the terrified middle-aged man in the headscarf, lowering his voice with a savage tone.

The middle-aged man in the headscarf, who had become the target of their displaced anger, could only obey with a bleak expression. They would definitely retaliate against him later!

But if he did not comply, they would likely retaliate even sooner.

In that case, let it be him alone. Hopefully, when the time came, they would only take revenge on him.

After his expression shifted uncertainly for a while, he finally made room for them to crawl through.

The men from Holy Saints of Heaven clenched their teeth and crouched down, crawling beneath the trembling middle-aged man’s crotch.

The pungent smell of sweat filled their nostrils, making the hatred in their hearts grow ever more vicious.

Once they returned, they would surely kill every witness to today’s events! Not one would be spared!

They would engrave today’s humiliation into their hearts.

Sooner or later, they would reclaim it all with interest!

"Very good. Not bad at all. Remember this feeling."

After the four took turns crawling through, Xu Yue clapped his hands to show that he accepted them. Then he walked over to the middle-aged man in the headscarf and patted his shoulder.

"No matter what, you were the ones who followed me earlier, so you must remember this feeling as well."

"If people are divided into ranks…"

"Then you are one rank above them."

Although Konoha had suffered unrest, it had only affected the remote Uchiha Clan compound. Konoha as a whole remained as prosperous as ever.

As the most prosperous and wealthiest ninja village,

Konoha’s commerce was also thriving. All kinds of goods had long been packed and ready to go, so there was no need to spend time gathering them specifically.

Once the route was decided, the wagons were loaded almost immediately. Then, under the escort of Konoha’s ninja, they set off toward the border of the Land of Water.

The Konoha ninja were only responsible for escorting them to the border. After that, Mei Terumi would notify the Hidden Mist ninja to take over.

That was only because Mei Terumi was part of the group. Without her, ordinary merchants would have to nervously endure a stretch of road without any protection.

That was also why the Land of Water’s specialties were so expensive.

Along the way, Xu Yue used the four men like donkeys. He did not allow anyone from the Laborer Group to help, claiming it was to train the newcomers, and assigned all the dirty and exhausting work to them.

Yet the four did not dare show the slightest resistance or struggle.

They were only official Reincarnators, after all. There were Konoha ninja guards here!

The crisis had not yet passed. If they exposed any weakness, all their previous efforts would be wasted.

So even when they were made to clean up feces near the campsite, they could only hold their noses and accept it.

They could only keep score in secret…

At the same time Xu Yue’s caravan left Konoha,

Qi Xieyuan and the other two fled Konoha in a wretched state…

Third update complete. Rejoice, everyone~