Analyzing the Ninja World Starting from Konoha

Chapter 250 The Daimyo's Wrath

The Land of Fire, Daimyo Prefecture.

Inside the luxurious palace, the daimyo was lounging on soft silk cushions, admiring the dancers' graceful movements, a glass of expensive wine in his hand, looking completely absorbed in his hedonistic life.

Since the end of the Third Shinobi World War, the daimyo had finally enjoyed a period of peace.

With advisors handling his political affairs and ninja villages guarding his territory, he only needed to enjoy himself. This was the life a daimyo should live.

"My lord, this wine is newly transported from the Land of Waves; its taste is mellow and lingering—"

The maid knelt beside him, carefully filling the daimyo's wine cup.

The daimyo nodded in satisfaction and was about to say something when the side door of the main hall was suddenly pushed open. An aide practically tumbled in, his face pale and his forehead covered in cold sweat.

"My lord! Something terrible has happened!"

The aide's voice trembled noticeably, and he knelt down with a thud.

Da Ming yawned, put down his wine glass with some displeasure, and waved his hand lazily.

"Alright, alright, you can go now."

Upon hearing this, the dancers and maids inside the hall stopped their movements, bowed their heads, and filed out one after another.

Only when the daimyo and his advisor were left in the hall did the daimyo glance at his advisor and speak in a languid tone.

"What's wrong? Why are you so worried? Did those ninjas start fighting again?"

"Sir, please take a look at this first."

The staff member, his hands trembling, handed over a sealed intelligence report.

Daiming casually took it, tore open the seal with one hand, and glanced at it indifferently.

At first, his expression was relatively calm, even showing a hint of impatience.

However, the next second—

Daimyo's pupils suddenly contracted!

The body, which had been loosely leaning against the cushion, suddenly straightened up, and the cushion was thrown to the side.

"How dare he?!"

Daiming's voice suddenly rose several octaves, his languid and hedonistic expression vanishing, replaced by unbelievable rage.

The contents of the scroll were not complicated, but each word was like a sharp blade, piercing straight into the heart of the daimyo.

Detailed information about the "Root" organization in Konoha.

Its leader is none other than Shimura Danzo, the actual personnel of Root, and Danzo's plan to eliminate the daimyo of the Land of Fire and install a puppet in power.

Daimyo's hands began to tremble slightly, not from fear, but from anger.

"Outrageous! How dare Shimura Danzo harbor such treasonous thoughts!"

Daimyo slammed the scroll onto the table in front of him with a loud bang.

He took a deep breath, turned his head and stared at the kneeling aide, his eyes filled with scrutiny.

"Where did this intelligence come from? Could it be fake news deliberately spread by another country to sow discord?"

Although the daimyo appeared to be incompetent and pleasure-seeking on ordinary days, he still maintained basic vigilance when it came to matters concerning his own safety.

The aide quickly replied, "Lord Daimyo, this intelligence was purchased at a high price from an underground exchange. The seller previously provided information about Miyo's restart of Wood Release human experiments, and after cross-verification from multiple sources, its accuracy is extremely high!"

"and----"

The aide paused, lowering his voice even further, "This kind of top-secret information would be impossible for outsiders to know in such detail unless there was a major problem within Konoha, so—this intelligence is most likely true!"

After listening to his advisor's analysis, the daimyo's face darkened completely.

An image that still haunts him to this day flashed into his mind.

That was at the meeting to appoint the Fourth Hokage.

When Minato Namikaze was nominated as the Fourth Hokage, almost everyone agreed without objection, except for one person who showed an extremely unusual attitude at that meeting.

Danzo Shimura.

The man with a bandage around his right eye and a cross-shaped scar on his chin stared intently at him with a cold, venomous gaze.

That look in his eyes remains vivid in my memory to this day.

There was not a trace of reverence for the great name in his eyes.

It was like looking at a dead person!

Daming immediately felt extremely uncomfortable and was very angry.

He is the Daimyo of the Land of Fire! He is the nominal supreme ruler of this country!

An advisor from a ninja village dared to give him that rebellious look!

When the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, returned to power, he explained that Danzo's actions stemmed from his personality and he had no intention of disrespecting Danzo.

Daiming outwardly accepted it, but the resentment in his heart never dissipated.

And now, this intelligence has completely confirmed his intuition.

Sure enough, that guy named Danzo had long harbored resentment towards him.

They even wanted to kill him and replace him with a compliant puppet!

"That's utterly despicable!"

Da Ming slammed his hand on the table, causing the wine glasses to bounce.

He suddenly stood up and paced back and forth in the hall, his mind racing with various thoughts.

In fact, the Daimyo had already developed a deep sense of crisis when the Sand Village invaded the heart of the Land of Fire.

On that occasion, the Sand Village ninjas marched straight in, fighting their way to the heart of the Land of Fire.

Although Konoha ultimately succeeded in repelling the invaders, the fear brought about by that war left an indelible shadow in the hearts of the Daimyo.

Ninjas are a group of beings who possess superhuman strength.

If the Sand Village ninjas hadn't attacked Konoha, but instead had gone straight to the Daimyo's residence to plunder—

I can't even imagine his name.

With his ordinary samurai in the daimyo's mansion, they probably wouldn't even last a single round against a group of ninjas.

That's why, after that war, the daimyo had the idea of ​​forming his own ninja guard.

He even sent a special letter to Hiruzen Sarutobi, asking the Third Hokage to recommend several reliable ninjas to serve as guards in the Daimyo's residence.

But it's just a small team.

Only now did he realize that this Shimura Danzo was actually secretly controlling a huge organization called "Root"!

Its size is comparable to that of a regular ninja squad!

What does this mean?

This means that Danzo possesses hidden power in Konoha Village that is no less than that of the Hokage!

And he, the daimyo of the Land of Fire, couldn't even muster a decent squad of ninja guards!

This absurd contrast filled Daimyo with an unprecedented sense of fear and anger.

"This is outrageous!"

The daimyo grew angrier the more he thought about it, his fists clenching so tightly they cracked. "I shouldn't have agreed to let Hiruzen Sarutobi return to power last time! What is he doing?! Letting his subordinates grow such a large force, is he planning a rebellion?!"

The ninja world is constantly embroiled in war, filled with bloody assassinations and betrayals.

However, the Daimyo group has always been very safe.

Even though the major ninja villages fought tooth and nail on the battlefield, the daimyo of the major countries actually maintained very good relations in private.

To put it more bluntly, we're all basically related by blood or marriage.

This also applies to the names of many small countries.

Fame is the bottom line for all countries!

Ninjas will do anything for profit, but they must never assassinate a daimyo!

Otherwise, with the weak protection of the Daimyo's residence, if they were really targeted by ninjas, the Daimyo would have died countless times.

This is an unspoken ironclad rule that everyone in the ninja world has known since the founding of the village!

But now, Danzo actually wants to break this ironclad rule!

This is not only a provocation against the authority of the Fire Country Daimyo, but also a challenge to the bottom line of the entire Daimyo class in the ninja world!

All of this was, of course, Aoba's scheme.

The second piece of information that Aoba sold on the underground black market, besides exposing the details of Root, contained the core message that "Danzo intends to eliminate the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and replace him with someone who is obedient."

Aoba dared to write it this way because he knew that the daimyo had a very poor impression of Danzo.

With the preconceived notion of that "venomous eyes," Aoba only needed to add a little something extra to the intelligence report, and Danzo would be sure to take the blame!

When it comes to framing someone, once the logic is sound, the false becomes true.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

"Guards! I want to personally write a letter questioning Hiruzen Sarutobi, demanding to know what he's up to! Has he gone senile, unable to even control his subordinates?!"

Upon seeing this, the staff member quickly stepped forward and urgently tried to dissuade him.

"My lord, please calm down! Regardless of the veracity of this information, sending a direct letter to question us is probably inappropriate!"

"What's wrong with that?!" Daimyo exclaimed, glaring.

"Please consider, sir."

The aide lowered his voice, his expression grave.

"If you directly post a message questioning Hiruzen Sarutobi, this matter will inevitably alarm the higher-ups in Konoha. At that time, that guy named Danzo will definitely find out as well."

"Since this person dares to secretly cultivate his own power, it shows how insidious his methods are and how deep his scheming is. If we alert him and cause him to retaliate, it will be even more dangerous."

Upon hearing this, Daming's expression changed slightly, his anger mixed with a hint of apprehension.

Seeing that the daimyo's emotions had eased somewhat, the staff continued to press forward with the railway project.

"My lord, didn't the Hidden Cloud Village clash with the Hidden Leaf Village again on the border of the Land of Lightning? And didn't the Hidden Leaf Village previously request additional military funding?"

Daimyo frowned and said, "You mean—"

"Drag it out."

The aide held up a finger, a shrewd glint in his eyes.

"Withhold this military expenditure for now. Neither approve nor refuse it. Have Hiruzen Sarutobi come to the Daimyo's residence in person to explain and ask you for it."

"When he arrives, you can give him a dressing down in person. Let him handle Danzo's problem himself!"

"In this way, not only can you find out the true situation inside Konoha, but you can also use Hiruzen Sarutobi to eliminate the hidden dangers, and you will not expose the fact that you have already obtained the information."

The aide smiled slightly, his tone respectful yet confident.

"After all—you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days if you're a thief for a thousand days. Rather than dealing with a venomous snake yourself, it's better to let the snake breeder handle it."

Upon hearing this, Da Ming narrowed his eyes slightly.

After a moment of silence, he slowly nodded, the anger on his face gradually replaced by the calm of someone in a position of authority.

"That makes sense."

Daming leaned back in his chair, picked up the last half-glass of wine on the table, and took a small sip.

"As the dignified ruler of a nation, it is indeed beneath me to personally engage in a contest with a venomous snake in a ditch; it would be beneath my dignity."

"Let's do it this way."

The daimyo put down his wine glass, and his expression relaxed.

"Withhold Konoha's military funding application and tell your subordinates that this money needs to be 're-examined'."

"Send Hiruzen Sarutobi to see me in person."

"As for that guy named Danzo—"

Daiming's voice suddenly turned cold.

"I'd like to see how Hiruzen Sarutobi plans to explain himself to me."

The aide bowed and replied, "I will arrange it immediately."

Border of the Land of Lightning, frontline battlefield.

The stalemate between Konoha and Kumogakure has lasted for nearly a month.

After Aoba issued his counterattack plan, the friction between the two sides intensified. His bold use of the Uchiha further escalated the situation and caused heavy losses to the Hidden Cloud Village.

However, apart from the initial supplies, no further supplies were ever delivered.

Supply lines at the front are already strained, with food and medical supplies being consumed at a visible rate.

Aoba roughly guessed the reason.

The name of the emperor blocked military funding.

"Heh, it seems that the intelligence was even more effective than expected."

Aoba roughly guessed that the daimyo intended to use military funds to control the third generation.

However, none of this concerns him anymore.

Because the Fourth Raikage came in person!

Thirty kilometers north of the Konoha front-line positions on the border of the Land of Lightning.

This is the border area between the two sides, a desolate plain ravaged by war.

When the two figures slowly appeared on the horizon, the air on the entire battlefield seemed to freeze.

"They're here."

Aoba stood at the front of the group, looking calmly at the two of them.

The Fourth Raikage, A, was covered in crackling blue lightning armor, and his terrifying chakra fluctuations were comparable to those of a tailed beast.

Killer Bee, standing next to him, wore sunglasses and carried seven swords on his back, making for a very unique look.

"Yo hehe~ It's you~ Konoha's general~ Let me sing you a song~ to send you to the Pure Land~ Yay!"

While rapping with his whole foot, Kirabi pulled out a small notebook and jotted something down.

Raikage A punched Killer Bee squarely on the head.

"Shut up! Don't embarrass yourself!"

Then Raikage turned his head, his eyes fixed on the young man in front of him.

"You're Yamashiro Aoba, one of Konoha's Twin Stars?"

"Yes, Lord Raikage, I am Yamashiro Aoba."

Aoba smiled and said, "It's truly an honor. I never expected the Raikage to personally come!"

"So, is Konoha going to start a war?"

Raikage glared at Aoba with hostility.

"We did not start the war, Lord Raikage."

Aoba's smile remained unchanged. "Since Kumogakure wants to fight, Konoha will not back down."

"Is this what Konoha means?"

"This is my will, and it also represents the will of Konoha!"

"Of course, it would be good to talk about it. I don't think the next Abby has been chosen yet, right?"

"What do you mean?"

The Raikage's body crackled with lightning, and his hair stood on end like a Saiyan's.

"Lord Raikage, is there no one left in Kumogakure? You can't even send out a decent commander, insisting on having your own Kage personally take the field. Isn't that too dangerous?"

"court death!"

Aiben's already volatile temper was instantly ignited by those words.

boom!

A surge of violent lightning chakra shot into the sky, instantly collapsing the ground beneath A's feet. He transformed into a streak of blue lightning and vanished from the spot in an instant.

At the same time, Kirabi also moved.

"I'll amplify my brother's anger, you idiot, you bastard!"

Killer Bee let out a strange cry, and his body also erupted with astonishing Lightning Release chakra, his speed being in no way inferior to that of the Fourth Raikage.

The two, one on the left and one on the right, appeared on either side of Qingye in an instant, like two intersecting bolts of lightning, covering a distance of tens of meters.

"Extremely powerful Thunder Plow, Hot Blade!"

The two roared simultaneously, their thick arms, enveloped in high-density lightning chakra, clamped down on Aoba's neck with terrifying speed that defied the laws of physics.

too fast!

So fast that most of the ninjas present didn't even have time to catch their afterimages with their Sharingan!

This move is Abby's signature technique; its perfect combination of power and speed makes it virtually unstoppable in the ninja world.

In the original timeline, Kisame Hoshigaki's clone was beheaded by this very move.

And now, this move landed perfectly on Aoba's neck.

puff!

A chilling thud.

Amidst the horrified gazes of thousands of ninjas in the arena, Yamashiro Aoba's head shot skyward like a baseball hit by a bat!

Quiet.

A deathly silence.

The entire battlefield seemed to be paused at that moment.

The Konoha ninjas were all stunned. Many even forgot to breathe, their eyes wide with disbelief as they stared at the scene before them.

"Lord Aoba!"

"Commander-in-Chief!"

After a brief silence, a terrified roar erupted from the Konoha camp. Several elite Uchiha clan members' eyes instantly turned bloodshot, their three-tomoe swords spinning wildly as they drew their ninja swords and charged forward.

Just then, a figure appeared in front of them, spreading his arms to block everyone.

It is Uchiha Shisui.

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