The world I hear is completely different from yours.

“There’s no need to use it on everyone!” During his time integrating the Land of Rain, Yahiko had gradually found his path for the future: “I only need to use it on the high-ranking officials of the Land of Earth! Similarly, as long as I use ‘talk-no-jutsu’ on the high-ranking officials of all the ninja villages and daimyo, and make them give up the idea of ​​war, then peace will come to this world!”

By brainwashing and manipulating the high-ranking officials and daimyo of all the ninja villages in various countries, Yahiko has found a path to peace that prevents war from breaking out! Although I cannot completely eliminate the problem, I can ensure that you never even entertain the idea of ​​solving problems with violence!

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Chapter Thirty-One: The Difference Between a Daimyo and the Shadow of a Ninja Village

Among the five great nations, the Land of Wind has the most desolate territory, with over 90% of its land being barren desert. The Land of Earth is second only to the Land of Wind. Much of the Land of Earth's territory consists of barren rocky cliffs, resulting in relatively small grain production and a small population.

However, due to the presence of numerous towering and difficult-to-pass rocky mountain ranges along the border of the Land of Earth, which resemble a high wall tightly protecting the Land of Earth, the Land of Earth is not only severely hindered from traveling between the Land of Earth and other countries, but also made the Land of Earth extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This is why, during the various Shinobi World Wars, few other countries were able to invade the Land of Earth, allowing its inhabitants to remain largely untouched by wars large and small. As a result, the Land of Earth accumulated enormous wealth and resources during its long period of peace, ultimately enabling it to unleash its full potential in this war. Without having to draw many of its village's manpower, it was able to assemble a 30,000-strong Iwa ninja force to launch an attack on another country.

"Wow! This row of continuous rocky peaks is truly magnificent!" Yekura stood at the entrance of a valley leading to the Land of Earth, looking up at the towering rocks that stretched along the border of the Land of Earth, so much so that her straw hat seemed about to fall off. "Is this really not the wall that the ancestors of the Land of Earth built using earth-style techniques? Is it really just a natural creation? The Land of Earth is incredibly lucky!"

"It should have been formed naturally. It's just that the Iwa ninja were the first to discover this place and thought it was suitable for establishing a country, so they occupied it," Sasori said. As brothers living in impoverished rural areas, the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth naturally knew each other to some extent. "Moreover, given the arrogant temperament of those Iwa ninja, if these rock formations were really created by their ancestors, they would have shamelessly spread their glorious achievements everywhere!"

“That’s true!” With that, Yekura and Sasori quickly rushed into the valley, heading towards the Land of Earth. This time, after submitting the black market mission to “stop the Land of Earth’s army from attacking Konoha,” the Akatsuki organization quickly responded, not only accepting the mission but also issuing orders for Yekura and Sasori to immediately infiltrate the Land of Earth and capture its daimyo!

The daimyo of a country is its nominal leader. Although in the ancient Warring States period, the daimyo was indeed the true master of the country, the rise of the ninja class, who wielded chakra, greatly weakened their control after the daimyo's power was diminished. This was because the ninja class quickly eliminated the forces that the daimyo could previously control, such as samurai, onmyoji, and monks.

With the rise of the "one country, one ninja village" system established by the First Hokage, the daimyo, lacking the power to counter chakra, were sidelined by the ninja class who possessed chakra, becoming nominal leaders of their respective countries and losing control over their ninja villages.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun; only the class with the strongest power can become the ruling class. This is an extremely objective truth no matter where or when.

In the original story, when Kakashi was explaining world facts to his three rookie subordinates, he clearly stated that ninja villages are not under the control of the nation! In other words, although the leaders of ninja villages, the "Kage," are nominally subject to the control of the nation's leader, the "Daimyo," in reality, the establishment and control of ninja villages, representing the nation's strongest power, are not in the hands of the Daimyo. The "Kage" is the core of the ninja village's armed machine and the object of the ninjas' loyalty, not the Daimyo!

Therefore, when they received the Akatsuki's order to "capture the Daimyo of the Land of Earth," Pakura and Sasori accepted the order without even flinching and went to the Land of Earth without showing the slightest reverence for the country's leader! However, if the order had been to "capture the Tsuchikage of the Land of Earth," Pakura and Sasori would probably have betrayed them on the spot.

"Speaking of which, while dealing with the Daimyo of the Land of Earth isn't difficult, is kidnapping the Daimyo really useful?" Sasori asked doubtfully as he ran. "Does the organization think that by having us kidnap the Daimyo, we can use his orders to make the Tsuchikage abandon his plan to attack Konoha and return home with 30,000 Iwa ninja troops? The Daimyo's orders are completely ineffective against the Tsuchikage. Even if we kill the Daimyo, it won't matter. The Tsuchikage can just find another puppet to take over as Daimyo. Surely the leader of the organization doesn't even know this basic common sense?"

"Who knows!" Yekura replied. "Anyway, I'm not stupid enough to go and die in front of the Iwa ninja army. Small missions like kidnapping a daimyo are fine, but if I have to go and fight 30,000 Iwa ninja head-on, I'll run away immediately."

Then, Yekura recalled Yahiko's brainwashing techniques and hesitated before adding, "Even if we're going to cause trouble for those 30,000 Iwa ninja, let the organization's leader go first, and we'll follow behind and see how things go."

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The daimyo of the Land of Earth lived in a city within the Land of Earth. Although this city was not as prosperous as the Hidden Stone Village, it was still quite well-organized thanks to the daimyo's years of hard work. Its population was among the largest of all the cities in the Land of Earth, making it very popular.

Of course, unlike ninja villages, which can mobilize a large number of ninjas to use ninjutsu for city construction, the overall construction level of the city is not very good. Not only are there no magnificent buildings like in ninja villages, but the city also lacks a unified plan, with all sorts of messy low bungalows everywhere, making it look extremely chaotic.

Yekura and Sasori walked with disgust along the dilapidated streets of the city, heading towards the mansion of the Daimyo of the Land of Earth. The mud that splashed along the way covered Yekura and Sasori's fire cloud robes.

"This is supposed to be a major city in the Land of Earth, can't they hire a few ninjas to renovate it?! The daimyo controls all the finances in the Land of Earth except for the ninja villages, is he really that poor?!" Yekura said unhappily. Although as a ninja she had seen the dirtiest and most chaotic places on the battlefield, this was a city that the daimyo had managed for many years, so it should naturally be better than the battlefield that was constantly being bombed, right?

"That's because we're still in the civilian area on the outskirts of the city. It'll be different once we get to the richer areas further inside the city," Sasori said calmly. He had seen relevant records in the Sand Village's intelligence before, so he knew a little about the Land of Earth.

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Chapter Thirty-Two: The Guardian Ninja Squad

Sure enough, when Yekura and Sasori reached the city center and the area where the daimyo and many nobles lived, the city became much neater and cleaner. The clean and flat streets and the magnificent buildings around them showed that a lot of manpower, resources and money had been spent on careful maintenance.

"Tsk tsk, these daimyo and nobles really are that selfish!" Ye Cang said sarcastically, looking at the scene that was completely different from the commoners' district on the outskirts of the city, his heart full of disdain for the daimyo and nobles.

In the ninja village, there are always many genin and ninja academy students carrying out low-level tasks such as weeding, cleaning up garbage, and repairing roads throughout the village. The existence of chakra allows these children to work with efficiency far exceeding that of ordinary people. Therefore, the ninja village is naturally clean and tidy everywhere. Moreover, the village does not need to pay too much, since these low-level tasks are just part of the daily training for these rookie ninjas.

However, the situation is different for cities under the rule of a daimyo. If a daimyo wants ninjas to do these trivial tasks, he must issue the missions to the ninja villages. After all, a daimyo is only the nominal leader of a country and cannot directly control ninja villages, let alone bypass the Kage and the higher-ups of the ninja villages to give orders to lower-ranking ninjas.

In the original work, only those with a C-rank or higher mission were allowed to leave the ninja village. In other words, chores like cleaning up trash and repairing roads would only be considered low-rank D-rank missions if done within the ninja village, with low pay. However, if a daimyo hired a ninja to do the same work in another city, it would be at least a C-rank mission, and C-rank missions were already very expensive.

Therefore, even with the wealth of a daimyo, they couldn't afford to hire a large number of ninjas for menial tasks like repairing the city's sewers. After all, there were so many assassinations, guard duties, and intelligence gathering jobs that required a lot of money to hire ninjas, and they also had to provide a yearly financial allocation to the ninja villages in exchange for their nominal support. Where would they find the extra money to improve the living conditions of the city's civilians?

Therefore, the daimyo and nobles made the same decision: they only needed to manage their own residential areas, and they didn't care about the other commoner areas. As a result, unlike the dirty and chaotic commoner areas, the areas where the nobles lived were not only clean and tidy, but also had many guards forming a tight defense line to protect the safety of the nobles at all times.

"Halt! Who goes there!" Several guards shouted as they saw Yekura and Sasori approaching. As lackeys of the nobles, they were no strangers to beating up commoners who strayed into their territory. Had these guards not noticed Yekura and Sasori's fiery robes and suspected them of being powerful wandering ninjas, they probably would have already charged at them with their weapons.

"Illusion Technique*Bewitching Technique!" Ye Cang swiftly formed a hand seal, and the guards immediately walked over in a daze, obediently standing in front of Ye Cang, awaiting his orders.

"Speaking of which, given the nature of these nobles, the daimyo's residence should be that vast mansion in the very center, right?" Yekura asked one of the guards, pointing to the luxurious building in the very center of the city.

"...Yes...yes..." The guards, who were completely absorbed in the illusion, answered in a daze. Then, under Yecang's orders, they led Yecang and Scorpion inside.

Of course, such a brutal and direct method of intrusion quickly alerted more guards inside. However, they probably realized that they could not pose any threat to Yekura and Sasori, who were ninjas, so they did not rush up directly. Instead, they began to call on the ninja guards employed by the daimyo in the mansion.

Although a daimyo cannot directly command the ninjas within a ninja village, with enough money, he can still bribe some wandering ninjas for protection. Combined with the elite ninjas dispatched by the ninja villages to protect him, the daimyo still maintains a fairly diverse ninja guard unit closely protecting him. In the original story, the daimyo of the Land of Fire once had a unit called the "Twelve Guardian Ninjas," and Hiruzen Sarutobi's youngest son, Asuma Sarutobi, was once a member of this unit.

"So, you're the guardian ninjas of the Land of Earth's daimyo? You've got a quick reaction!" Led by the guards who were bewildered by genjutsu, Yekura and Sasori entered a spacious plaza. At the very front of the plaza stood a dozen or so ninjas wearing various headbands, waiting for them with bated breath.

"Who are you? Why are you invading this place? What do you want to do to the daimyo?!" one of the leading ninja guards shouted, asking questions like "Who am I? Where am I going? What am I going to do?"—the most philosophical questions of life, much like the gatekeepers of later generations.

Although the guardian ninja knew that judging from the fiery cloud robes worn by the two men opposite him, Yekura and Sasori were likely mercenaries belonging to the Akatsuki organization; and considering their use of genjutsu against the guards upon entering, they were probably hostile, he still asked again to confirm their intentions. After all, this was the most central area of ​​the city, and if a large-scale ninjutsu battle broke out, even if they were ultimately victorious, the subsequent repair costs would likely be a painful blow to the Daimyo.

"So you're the captain of the Guardian Ninja?" Yekura didn't answer the question, but instead looked with interest at the headband on the Guardian Ninja's head. It was a headband engraved with the Iwagakure symbol, proving that this ninja belonged to Iwagakure. "I've heard that the Daimyo and Tsuchikage of the Land of Earth have a very good relationship. The country has always had a harmonious relationship between the ruler and his subjects. I didn't expect that this was actually true?!"

The position of captain of the guardian ninja is extremely important, as it directly relates to the personal safety of the daimyo. Therefore, only the daimyo's closest confidants can hold this position. The fact that the daimyo of the Land of Earth appointed an Iwa ninja drawn from Iwagakure as his captain of the guardian ninja demonstrates the high level of trust he places in the Tsuchikage and Iwagakure, a stark contrast to the infighting and power struggles between daimyo and ninja villages in other countries.

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PS: The conflict between the Daimyo and the ninja village is also a conflict that all revolutionaries who are determined to reform the Naruto world must face. There is still a lot to write about, so I will give a brief description here first to prepare you mentally—this is really not just padding the word count, *facepalm*.

Chapter Thirty-Three: Its Illness is Love! It Will Cause You to Hemorrhage Instantly!

"Damn it! Shut up! Don't spout nonsense and try to sow discord between Lord Tsuchikage and Lord Daimyo!" Before Yekura could finish speaking, the captain of the guard ninja immediately interrupted him loudly, reprimanding him. Although Yekura hadn't explicitly mentioned any problems between the Daimyo and the Tsuchikage, the captain of the guard ninja was a sensible man and knew that such matters shouldn't be discussed in public, so he immediately stopped Yekura's "nonsense."

"Oh? Judging from your nervous expression, did this woman guess correctly?" Sasori, standing to the side, revealed a contemptuous smile, looking at the guardian ninja opposite him. Among them were rogue ninja without headbands, as well as ninja wearing headbands from various ninja villages such as Iwa, Amegakure, and Takigakure. The Daimyo actually maintains such a diverse force of guardian ninja, instead of simply relying on Iwa ninja for protection. It seems he doesn't quite live up to the rumors of his complete trust in Iwagakure!

This time, the ninja captain didn't speak. Sasori's response was a kunai that flew towards him with a cold glint! As the captain threw the kunai at the enemy, the ninjas drew their weapons, some charging forward, others forming hand seals, and they swarmed towards Yekura and Sasori!

Clang!

In that instant, Scorpion swiftly extended two fingers of his left hand, catching the kunai that flew towards him with lightning speed. When his fingers touched the kunai, the sharp kunai not only did not cut his fingers, but instead made a clanging sound like metal clashing, and was abruptly stopped in mid-air!

As a puppeteer, Sasori has gradually begun the transformation surgery to turn himself into a puppet. This left hand, full of metallic texture yet exceptionally agile, is the masterpiece that Sasori has poured all his efforts into during this time! How could a mere kunai pierce this puppet left hand, which is made of the latest alloy? Moreover, Sasori plans to further strengthen this left hand in the future, hoping to reach the "Ultimate Claw King" level, where it can clamp anything, whether it's a kunai or a chakra sword.

If Tian Qing were here and saw Scorpion's movements, she would definitely shout out, "Isn't this move just Lu Xiaofeng's Spiritual Finger?" Though he may not have the wings of a phoenix, their hearts are connected by a single thread of understanding. No matter what weapon the opponent uses, he can perfectly defend with just two fingers!

In Tian Qing's past life, there was an ultimate assassin who excelled in this art. This assassin's favorite method was to hide in the target's likely path and proactively extend their hand to shake hands. When the two shook hands, the assassin would use the "Spiritual Finger" to slice the target in two! Therefore, this assassin was known as the Handshake Maniac!

On the other side, Yekura looked at the guardian ninjas charging towards her and revealed a cold smile, opening the third eye on her forehead: "What a bunch of guys who resort to violence when they can't win an argument! So let me ask you a question: do you know about a disease called love?"

Boom! An extremely malevolent wave of chakra erupted instantly, splattering blood everywhere from the guardian ninjas! Screams filled the air!!

"Ah!!! It hurts so much! What's going on? What's wrong with my body?!" A guardian ninja was writhing in pain, rolling around on the ground. His hands, which he had been trying to form hand seals, were now beyond his control due to the pain. He could only desperately clutch his stomach, trying to alleviate the pain. Beneath him, large amounts of blood were flowing out like tap water, staining the ground of the plaza red.

Around this ninja, many more guardian ninjas lay sprawled on the ground, their massive amounts of blood pooling into numerous puddles on the undulating plaza, as if a blood-red downpour had just swept across the entire square!

The ninja captain, his face contorted, collapsed motionless on the blood-stained steps of the plaza. Over the years, as a battle-hardened warrior, he had endured countless wounds on the battlefield, and thought he was completely immune to pain. But this time, he knew he was wrong! In the face of that sudden, terrifying agony, his once-proud resilience crumbled instantly, and he succumbed to unconsciousness and darkness.

"This is the power of 'love'! It seems the so-called guardian ninjas are nothing special. You know, many women experience this feeling every month!" Yekura sneered, turning and walking towards the residence behind the plaza. His wooden clogs left a trail of bloody footprints on the blood-soaked ground.

The disease is called love, and this is the power Yekura gained after awakening her third eye. The evil chakra fluctuations emanating from that third eye swiftly seep into the body of the person Yekura stares at. Afterwards, regardless of the person's gender, they will immediately and inexplicably experience menstruation, their blood gushing from their lower body, accompanied by excruciating pain hundreds of times worse than menstrual cramps, causing them to bleed to death in extreme agony!

Scorpion shrugged sadly as he looked at the corpses, their faces contorted in agony. He had witnessed Yekura test this terrifying power before. Yekura had merely glared at a vibrant forest, and all the birds and beasts within began to writhe in agony before spurting their blood and dying. From large animals like tigers and bears to small creatures like insects and dragonflies, none escaped. It truly was a case of "a single glance, and a thousand mountains are devoid of birds, ten thousand paths vanish without a trace of human footsteps!"

Of course, Scorpion would never admit that a significant part of the reason he started the surgery to transform his body into a puppet so early was because he was afraid that one day Yekura would be in a bad mood and suddenly glare at him, making him experience "Aunt Flo's period" too.

"Eternal puppets are definitely better! Eternal art is the best!" Scorpion thought to himself. "At least puppets don't have periods; at most, they just leak a little bit of machine oil!"

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In a residence not far from the plaza, the Daimyo of the Land of Earth sat calmly in a room, sipping tea.

After receiving news that his residence had been attacked by two unknown ninjas, he immediately sought refuge here under the protection of his attendants. He would only leave this safe haven after receiving news that the guardian ninjas had eliminated the enemy. For a daimyo, if even the occupant of this room couldn't protect him, he probably wouldn't be able to find a safer place.

This is because it is the residence of Huang Tu, the son of the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, and the second strongest warrior in the Land of Earth.

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Chapter Thirty-Four: Hunting You Down to Protect You

Kurotsuchi, son of the Third Tsuchikage Onoki, will have a daughter, Kurotsuchi, who will become the Fourth Tsuchikage. At this time, in order to protect the daimyo of the Land of Earth, the Third Tsuchikage Onoki sent his son here before leading his army into battle to be responsible for the daimyo's personal protection.

In terms of individual strength, although Huangtu did not inherit his father Onoki's Dust Release, he possesses extremely powerful strength and Earth Release, and is considered the second strongest ninja in the Land of Earth after Onoki. In the original work, later on, Huangtu was even able to send the Nine-Tails-transformed Kinkaku flying with a single punch using pure power, and he was also able to use Earth Release to temporarily suppress the Gedo Mazo and the Ten-Tails, demonstrating his formidable strength.

Of course, since Tsuchikage is still quite young, he has not yet reached his peak of being able to "punch the Jinchūriki" in the future. Even his mischievous daughter—the future Fourth Tsuchikage—has not yet been born.

Seeing the Daimyo's seemingly calm demeanor, yet his restless behavior of constantly drinking tea as if he were thirsty, Huang Tu decided to speak up to calm him down: "Your Highness, please don't worry. The Iwa ninja I brought this time are all battle-hardened elites, especially the Guardian Ninja Captain, who is a veteran who has participated in hundreds of battles and has rich combat experience. Dealing with one or two small mercenary groups is a piece of cake for him. I imagine he should have already defeated the enemy and ended the battle by now."

As if in response to Huang Tu's judgment, a deafening scream suddenly erupted from the distant plaza from the guardian ninjas! It was their desperate wails as they faced the "Auntie's Period"!

Bang! A servant hurriedly burst through the door and stumbled into the room, his voice filled with terror: "It's terrible! It's terrible! All the guardian ninjas have been killed by the enemy, and now the enemy is heading this way!"

"What?!" The lord was shocked and stood up abruptly. He knocked over the tea table next to him, and the precious teacup that he usually liked the most fell to the ground and shattered into pieces, with tea splashing all over the floor!

Huang Tu's square face twitched, looking somewhat embarrassed. He had originally planned to take the opportunity to boast about the Iwa ninja's fighting prowess, hoping to dissuade the Daimyo from his inappropriate thoughts. This would allow him to later purge the Daimyo's recruited guard ninja forces, replacing all the outlying village ninja with Iwa ninja, thus further consolidating control over the Daimyo. However, things didn't go as planned. Huang Tu never imagined that the guard ninja would be defeated so quickly!

"Ah! Don't come any closer!!!" Another scream rang out, the last desperate wail of the soldier guarding the entrance to the residential area, his voice filled with terror! It was as if hundreds of muscular men were rushing towards him, about to cover him in sweat.

Clearly, those two terrifying enemies who swiftly killed all the guardian ninjas were slowly making their way here, and the ordinary soldiers along the way were no match for them!

Amidst the increasingly loud screams outside, the Daimyo of the Land of Earth trembled uncontrollably. His previously composed face was now filled with terror, and his legs shook so badly that he could no longer stand and had to slump back into his chair.

Huang Tu deftly picked up his weapon, signaling his attendants to support the daimyo, who was completely unable to walk, and hide him behind them. He himself fearlessly walked towards the source of the screams. As the second strongest warrior in the Land of Earth, he was quite eager to see these two unusually high-profile invaders!

They were a male and a female ninja wearing black robes with fiery clouds on them, but the black robes were stained red with the blood of the guards.

"Judging from that uniform, are they from Akatsuki?" Huang Tu quickly identified the other party's identity. Then he saw the eye on Ye Cang's forehead and suddenly felt the blood in his body surge uncontrollably!

"What's going on? Is this that woman's eye technique?!" This thought flashed through Huang Tu's mind, but then his thoughts were shattered by the sudden, intense pain. He could no longer think logically and could only scream and writhe on the ground in agony, with large amounts of blood gushing from his lower body as if he had suffered a hemorrhage!

"According to the guards' testimonies, the daimyo should be in this room, right? It seems there won't be any more fighting!" Yekura looked at the room before her, and could vaguely hear the panicked voices of the daimyo and his attendants inside. She then closed the third eye on her forehead to allow her body to rest briefly. Although this eye was quite powerful, it consumed a lot of chakra, so after using it many times, Yekura had to close it to allow her chakra reserves to recover.

Scorpion looked at the dying Huang Tu lying on the ground with curiosity: "Oh? He's still alive after losing so much blood? This guy seems to have quite a bit of vitality. He must be one of the elite members of Iwagakure!" Looking at Huang Tu's solid muscles and thick arms, Scorpion was somewhat tempted, thinking about whether to take Huang Tu away and turn him into his own puppet, so that he could add another member to his "Eighteen Naked Men".

"Alright, Sasori, stop wasting time here," Yekura said impatiently, then kicked open the door and glared fiercely at the daimyo and his attendants huddled together inside. "Get the daimyo out of here quickly, or it'll be bad if the Iwagakure reinforcements arrive. Don't forget, our main mission is to bring the daimyo back alive! If those Iwagakure ninja just kill the daimyo to silence him, that would be a real problem!"

After hearing Yekura's words, Sasori finally looked away from the still-breathing Huang Tu, then went into the room, grabbed the daimyo, and left with Yekura.

The daimyo, held in Sasori's hand, wore a bitter expression. As a seasoned veteran of politics, he knew that Yekura's words were not empty threats. If the Iwa ninja realized that he might be out of their control, killing him and establishing a new daimyo would be the simplest solution, much easier than spending a lot of manpower and resources to rescue him.

"I was just sitting at home when disaster struck. What did I do to deserve this? Why does everyone want to kill me?" The daimyo roared inwardly. The fact that the Iwa ninja who had been protecting him might turn around and kill him instead filled the daimyo with even more rage.

Although as a ruler, the daimyo has made such choices many times in his daily life, and has sent people to kill many subordinates he had used, justifying it as "sacrificing a small number of people for the benefit of the Land of Earth," when such a thing happens to him, the daimyo is only thinking about saving his own life and has no intention of "sacrificing himself for the Land of Earth."

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