My ninjutsu is not right

Chapter 137 Invitation

"Hmm~"

Temari let out a breath. She was exhausted from traveling for more than half a month and wasting her energy protecting an ordinary person.

Fortunately, it will be over soon.

After encountering that group of Kawakuni ninjas, the war zone became increasingly quiet and desolate. Often there were no signs of human habitation for dozens of kilometers, and all the houses were either vacant or destroyed.

In the two towns we encountered, there seemed to be survivors who were lucky enough not to die and had no ability to escape.

All of them hid quickly after discovering them. More than half of them were pale and skinny children. It was Orochimaru's happy hometown.

The situation was not much better as we got closer to the capital. There were fewer and fewer people. After all, there is a saying that goes "bandits come like combs and soldiers come like combs." I'm afraid ordinary people simply cannot survive in a war zone where fighting is fierce.

On the way, they also encountered a group of unidentified ninjas who were looting supplies. There was no communication between them. They just fought each other, and then they were all squeezed into a bloody rain by the sand.

In short, after nearly a month of hard work, I finally saw the capital city in the distance.

However, the Kingdom of Chuan has been destroyed now, and I don’t know whether the new country will still place its capital here.

"Your Highness." The samurai driving the carriage saw the daimyo's son coming out and quickly began to try to slow down the carriage.

"It's okay." The daimyo's son looked much thinner, and his originally fair skin had turned a healthy yellow after being tanned by the sun. He held on to the carriage that the samurai had rebuilt, and looked at the capital from afar with a complicated expression.

"Link Jonin, your mission is to get me there and that's it, right?"

"Yes." Link replied while standing on the car, "We'll take you to the capital. Everything that happens next has nothing to do with us."

The daimyo's son smiled, then said helplessly: "If I am willing to pay--"

"Then how much money can you give?" Link noticed the vaguely prying eyes around him and began to sense the nearby chakra. "If it's according to what those ninjas said before, we may have to face a new country and the daimyo of the new country. I have no problem taking money to do my job, and the village will..."

There should be more reactions from the thirteen chakras, but there is no way to be sure without refining the chakras.

"I see." The daimyo's son nodded and sighed, "I understand."

In fact, he regretted it the next time he set out on the road. He ran over on impulse, and it would have been a great loss if he died.

He wanted to regret it halfway, but facing the admiring eyes of the three warriors guarding him, he gritted his teeth and held on, thinking that since Konoha might use him to interfere in the country's affairs, they would definitely protect his safety.

And that day, he learned from a familiar middle-aged ninja that his entire family was assassinated by Konoha's ninjas. Even if he fled the country of River with hundreds of thousands of ryo...

Money is important, but not that important.

Link didn't have time to care about the conflicted feelings of the daimyo's son. He just stood on guard quietly. Even if the ninjas and samurai from small countries were very bad, they would have to be careful not to be dragged to death if they ran to the other country's lair.

The army in the Naruto world is completely different from the ancient Japanese army on Earth. Here, they often fight to the death and their morale is incredibly high.

Whether it is ninja or samurai, most of them have the concept of taking life and death lightly. They are not afraid of killing people, but also don’t care about what will happen if they die.

Moreover, the battlefield is different from ordinary ninja battles. When multiple ninjas release a ninjutsu at the same time, the power will be extremely superimposed. If you can't release a ninjutsu of the same scale for defense, the outcome will not be good. You know, the ninjutsu released by the ninjas together can be put into the fourth battle of Gundam Brawl in the later part of the comics.

What's more, there are things like detonating talismans that can effectively make up for the gap. With his physical fitness, he would be seriously injured if he was hit in the face by a detonating talisman. He didn't want to test how much damage his clone technique could offset.

Not only him, even his three subordinates became nervous after noticing that more and more people were gathering nearby.

As the group arrived at the gate of the capital, a group of people came out to greet them. The old man in the lead knelt in front of the carriage and said, "Your Highness."

The daimyo's son obviously knew him and jumped off the carriage on his own initiative.

At first, this guy had to step on others or be supported to get off the carriage, let alone jump.

The two talked quietly for a while, and the old man burst into tears on the spot, looking guilty and sad. He stroked the old man's back and said a few words to comfort him.

Soon, the daimyo's son came over and said with a somewhat relieved expression: "The River Country has indeed disappeared. The rebels and the new daimyo decided to rename this country the Valley Country."

"The new daimyo would like to invite everyone to attend the celebration in three days..."

At this point, he no longer had to worry about his death when he returned to the capital. In order to quickly unify the country, the rebels accepted many retainers of the former daimyo of Kawanokuni. As the last descendant of the previous lord, there was no way they would let him die openly in the capital.

I'm afraid that those ninjas before are the only means that the new daimyo can use.

So no matter how hard they struggle, they still have to use guns. Even if the rebels unify this small country, they still can't solve the hidden dangers, let alone a special senior ninja sent by Konoha Village who has no temper at all.

Do you really dare to offend the Fire Nation openly?
I’m afraid I don’t dare.

"Forget about attending the celebration." Link declined the invitation and said to his three subordinates, "We will rest for a night and prepare to return tomorrow."

It’s not that I don’t want to leave today, but we have been traveling for such a long time and I must have a good rest. Otherwise, it might be very dangerous if I meet Orochimaru on the way back.

The daimyo's son did not force it. He seemed to know that there was no hope for him to restore his country, and his expression was much more relaxed.

The group followed the carriage into the city.

The interior of the capital was much more normal. Apart from the slightly depressing atmosphere caused by the occasional groups of warriors marching by, it was overall a normal city, with street telephone poles, paved asphalt roads, people walking on the streets, and the occasional shops and vending machines.

Everything is operating as normal. You can't tell that this place has just experienced a war. The residents are leading normal lives and the rebels have done nothing wrong.

Overall, apart from the somewhat messy city layout, there is not much difference between it and Konoha Village.

After all, the land of Kawanokuni is very rich and the country is rich. Unfortunately, it is not a good thing for a small country to be rich.

Link and his four companions soon parted ways with the daimyo's son, and under the tracking of a ninja in the dark, they found a random restaurant to have a meal. The Country of Rivers is quite rich in rice, and the rice tasted quite good.

After dinner, they stayed in a nearby hotel, rested well, and prepared to return to the village tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)