Chapter 71: Uchiha Itachi Roams the Daimyo's Mansion, the Daimyo Trembles with Fear!
Right, there was still a Kankuro.
"What is Kankuro doing right now?"
Chiyo looked up and asked, her eyes already showing immense weariness.
"Kankuro?"
Temari didn't expect Chiyo to ask what Kankuro was doing.
"He seems to be researching that trash he picked up near your house earlier!"
As soon as Temari said this, Chiyo's heart completely shattered.
Sure enough, no wonder even Byakuya looked down on him.
Who would value a fellow who treats trash as treasure?
"Tell Kankuro to stop playing with that trash!"
Chiyo's expression became extremely serious.
"Doesn't he want to learn Puppet Jutsu? Tell him to come find me!"
Although Kankuro was indeed a bit disappointing...
...there was no other way; Kankuro's talent was already considered among the best in Hidden Sand Village now.
And Chiyo couldn't just watch the entire future of Hidden Sand Village lean towards Byakuya.
Yes, how could she have forgotten Kankuro!
"I... I understand!"
Temari hadn't expected Kankuro to actually be chosen by Advisor Chiyo.
You should know that in the past, Advisor Chiyo had been very reluctant to teach Kankuro Ninjutsu.
Now, the pressure from Byakuya had forced Chiyo to do so.
During the time Byakuya had left Konoha...
Danzo also received news that his Root organization had been completely uprooted.
Land of Fire.
"Preposterous!"
"Byakuya is simply looking down on me too much!"
Rage had completely overtaken Danzo's rationality.
"Lord Danzo, please, you must remain calm!"
Aburame Torune hurriedly spoke up to advise him.
"Byakuya's current strength... let alone all of Konoha, there might not even be anyone in the entire Ninja World who is his match."
Aburame Torune's words failed to calm Danzo down.
"That fellow Byakuya actually announced to the public that I betrayed Konoha!"
"And that's why he sent people to raid my Root organization!"
"This is pure slander, grave slander!"
At this moment, a fierce fire was burning in Danzo's chest.
He simply could not accept this!
"For the sake of Konoha, I became the Root hidden beneath the sun!"
"Yet, Byakuya treats me like this. I must report this to the Daimyo!"
Danzo could no longer endure it.
He had previously spoken to the Daimyo about Byakuya's tyrannical and overbearing behavior.
But the Daimyo had been unable to make up his mind at the time.
This time, he really couldn't tolerate it any longer.
"I am going to have an audience with the Daimyo!"
After saying that, Danzo directly led his men out.
Today, Danzo looked as if he wouldn't let the matter rest until it was settled.
Before long, they arrived in front of the Daimyo's Residence.
It had to be said that while the Daimyo was quite useless, he certainly knew how to enjoy himself.
Even in a small place like the Ninja World, he had to build the most luxurious estate.
"Ah, Lord Danzo, is something the matter?"
The Daimyo's subordinate butler asked very warmly upon seeing Danzo.
Because Danzo had not returned to Konoha during this period,
the relationship between Danzo and the Daimyo had been getting better and better.
"I request an audience with the Daimyo!"
Naturally, the butler did not dare to delay Danzo's words.
Before long, the Daimyo agreed to Danzo's audience.
When Danzo entered, he found the Daimyo holding a banquet.
In the center were many young dancing girls.
Each was dancing gracefully, a picture of pure enjoyment.
But Danzo didn't have the slightest interest in it.
"Lord Daimyo, you must seek justice for me!!"
Danzo's single sentence immediately drew the Daimyo's attention.
"Byakuya not only removed me from my position without any reason, but he also raided and confiscated everything from my Root organization!"
At this moment, Danzo looked as if he had suffered a great injustice.
"This..."
It should be noted that those seated there were all nobles of the Land of Fire.
Upon hearing this news, the Daimyo was naturally very displeased.
"Danzo, as far as I know, the appointment documents for the Fifth Hokage haven't been sent over from Konoha yet, have they?"
According to custom, Konoha usually selects the candidate for Hokage internally.
Then it is presented to the Daimyo for review; of course, in most cases, this is just a formality.
After all, the Daimyo wouldn't pointlessly reject a Ninja capable of becoming Hokage.
"Lord Daimyo, Byakuya has no intention of submitting the appointment papers to you at all!"
Danzo put on an angry expression.
He was actually right about this; Byakuya had no intention of submitting any appointment papers to the Daimyo.
Did he, Byakuya, need the Daimyo's consent to become Hokage?
"How could this be!"
The Daimyo's expression became somewhat unnatural.
It could even be said he was a bit angry.
"Danzo, is what you're saying true!"
The Daimyo even stood up.
The Daimyo might not care about anything else, but he definitely cared about his face.
"Immediately have the Fifth Hokage of Konoha come here to see me!"
The Daimyo's expression was somewhat gloomy.
For such a strong-willed Hokage, an even firmer stance had to be taken.
As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding nobles also began to whisper among themselves.
"I was wondering why Konoha recently withdrew all the Ninja guards."
"Yes, I heard that for the time being, Konoha doesn't seem to be planning to send out Ninja guards at all!"
Many of the Daimyo's subordinates in the Land of Fire had Konoha Ninjas with them.
This was also an agreement made between the Daimyo and Konoha.
The Daimyo provided economic support to the hidden village, while the village provided military protection for the Daimyo.
Nominally, the hidden village needed to follow the Daimyo's orders.
"The Konoha guards have been withdrawn? When did this happen!"
At this point, the Daimyo was still unaware of when these Ninjas had been withdrawn.
And the butler naturally didn't dare to say that because of the many banquets held during this time,
it hadn't been reported.
After all, even if those Ninjas left, did they have no way to protect the Daimyo?
"Lord Daimyo, I don't think there's any need to worry at all!"
At this moment, a noble stood up.
"Those Ninjas were unreliable anyway. I heard that Lord Daimyo previously established the Twelve Guardian Ninja."
This was a private, independent unit directly under the Daimyo's command, with very strong power, marked by the 'Fire' character on their waist cloths.
Asuma Sarutobi, the second son of Konohagakure's Third Hokage Hokage, and Jirōkuyō, the head priest of the Temple of Fire, once belonged to this organization.
"Even without the Konoha Ninja guards, with Lord Daimyo's Twelve Guardian Ninja here,"
"Lord Daimyo's safety can still be protected."
It had to be said that this noble's flattery was quite well-placed.
This one sentence immediately made the Daimyo feel very pleased.
"There is truth in those words!"
"But the mistake made by the Konoha Hokage must be severely punished!"
"Butler, from now on, stop providing any economic support to Konoha, and at the same time, cease issuing any missions to Konoha!"
The Daimyo's intention was very clear.
He wanted to force Konoha to back down.
"Alas, the Fifth Hokage is still too young!"
"If the Hokage of Konoha were a famous Ninja like Lord Danzo, such a thing likely wouldn't have happened."
Danzo still had quite a few connections among the nobility.
"Exactly, Danzo is more suitable..."
...Many people began to discuss Danzo.
"Well, Danzo is indeed a bit more mature than this young Hokage!"
The Daimyo did not object to this.
"Boom!"
A violent explosion sound echoed out.
This explosion terrified all the nobles.
The samurai under their command hurriedly moved to protect them.
At this moment, the most composed person was actually Danzo.
Compared to these parasites, Danzo had seen his share of great storms.
"What's happening outside!"
The Daimyo still hadn't realized the situation.
At this time, he confidently believed that even without the protection of Konoha's Ninjas,
he could still sit securely in his position as Daimyo.
"Bang!"
The main gate was sent flying inward by some impact.
"Cough, cough!"
A monk was thrown in just like that, smashing through the gate in the process.
Seeing things weren't right, Danzo quietly retreated, leaving the nobles in front of him as a shield.
The sense of crisis he had cultivated over the years led Danzo to immediately lead his men out through a side door.
In this regard, one had to admire Danzo.
Back when he joined forces with Hanzou in the Hidden Rain Village to kill Yahiko,
Danzo had run away as soon as he saw things taking a bad turn.
Only now did it become clear how much Danzo feared death.
"Who are you? Don't you know this is the Daimyo's Residence? How dare you be so insolent!"
The Daimyo's butler immediately shouted.
"Where are the Twelve Guardian Ninja? Hurry up and take these two down."
The ones who broke in were Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki, wearing black cloaks embroidered with red clouds and conical hats with wind chimes.
Uchiha Itachi didn't even bother to disguise himself.
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"Is it these people?"
After receiving Byakuya's request, Uchiha Itachi immediately rushed over with Kisame.
Looking down at the group of cowardly nobles below.
Uchiha Itachi truly couldn't understand how they dared to provoke Byakuya!
Did they really think Byakuya would be concerned about their so-called noble status?
In any case, he felt Byakuya was definitely not someone so easily intimidated by noble titles.
Otherwise, Byakuya wouldn't have sent him to teach these nobles a lesson.
"Twelve Guardian Ninja!!"
The Daimyo was visibly panicked at this moment.
Having lived in luxury for so long, how could they have ever seen such a scene.
"Ah!"
"Are you talking about these Ninja!"
Kisame swaggered in, carrying two corpses on his shoulders.
"Honestly, they were a bit too easy to defeat!"
Kisame's smile looked like a demon's to these nobles.
Actually, that was normal.
You have to understand, the strongest of the first generation Twelve Guardian Ninja were only Asuma and Jirōkuyō.
Regarding that, Kisame had something to say.
I could beat Asuma with one hand tied behind my back.
Not to mention these second-generation Twelve Guardian Ninja.
Even though Kisame hadn't fully recovered his Chakra yet.
Defeating them was still as easy as turning over his hand.
"By the way, Itachi-san, I just saw Konoha's Danzo running past!"
Kisame looked over at Uchiha Itachi.
But Itachi didn't speak. Let Danzo keep his life for now.
Byakuya's order to them was to teach these Daimyo a lesson.
Perfect, as for how to teach someone a lesson...
He happened to be quite experienced in that!
"Impossible!!"
Seeing the Twelve Guardian Ninja corpses carried by Kisame, the faces of those around were utterly shocked.
"Impossible!!"
They couldn't accept it.
You have to understand, these people were all hired at a high price.
How could they be so easily defeated?
Even twelve of them couldn't beat two people.
"Indeed, even if these twelve trash combined, they wouldn't be a match for the Fifth Hokage!"
The information Kisame inadvertently revealed made the nobles even more incredulous.
They themselves lacked any real understanding of power.
They always thought, a regular Jonin is a Jonin, and Kakashi and Might Guy are also Jonin.
So the two sides would be evenly matched.
You have to understand, even Kakashi, who was called the 'Copy Ninja', could defeat ordinary Jonin with ease.
Not to mention someone of Byakuya's caliber.
"It's a shame. Even if my power increased tenfold now, I'm afraid I still wouldn't be that person's opponent!"
Kisame Hoshigaki's words made the Daimyo completely terrified.
You see, their confidence in cutting off Konoha's economic support stemmed solely from having their own private, independent, direct-controlled troops.
But when they saw their private, independent, direct-controlled troops being slaughtered like chickens...
They all fell into a state of immense bewilderment.
Especially the Daimyo.
You have to understand, he spent a fortune to maintain these people!
But what was the result?
"Heh, you don't really think you can hire powerful bodyguards just with money, do you?"
Kisame felt like laughing at these people.
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