Naruto: I, who didn't want to be hacked to pieces, saved the ninja world.

"This is all thanks to our new Hokage. Most of these buildings were proposed and organized by the Hokage."

Kazuma's eyes narrowed slightly, a glint of light flashing in them.

"As far as I know, the new Hokage of Konoha only took office a couple of days ago, right?"

The ninja leading the way nodded; this was information that had been released a couple of days ago during the villagers' vote.

"Although the Sixth Hokage only took office two days ago, as the disciple of the previous Hokage, he actually started participating in the Hokage's work a long time ago."

Upon hearing this, Kazuma's eyes grew even colder.

If he remembers correctly, the previous Hokage was also a disciple of the Hokage.

The Hokage's disciple becomes the Hokage; even a mere village like Konoha has adopted this hereditary system.

The position of Hokage should be appointed by the Daimyo himself, instead of being messed around like this.

Otherwise, before long, who would know whether this Konoha is the Hokage's Konoha or the Daimyo's Konoha?

Konoha will eventually become a country within a country!

This is something he absolutely cannot accept.

The Land of Fire can only have one sun, and that sun is the Daimyo!

"Konoha is just a small ninja village, where would they get the money to build these buildings? These... were probably all built with the Daimyo's funds!"

Kazuma remained silent, and the one who had followed Kazuma's unwavering stance for a long time finally spoke.

"The Hokage of Konoha has indeed become corrupted. What do you think, Lord Kazuma?"

"Hmph, it's precisely because of the existence of the Hokage that Konoha is in this state."

"The position of Hokage should have been abolished long ago. Only by letting the Daimyo manage it personally can the Daimyo's funds be used to the greatest extent, instead of engaging in these vanity projects."

Kazuma stopped acting, his tone full of disdain, "What's the use of building a house that's tall and beautiful?"

"The most important thing for a ninja is to improve his own strength and be loyal to the daimyo. Extravagance and pleasure will only gradually erode a ninja's will!"

"Since the Hokage of Konoha is so focused on these flashy but impractical things, he has neglected the essentials and has long since deviated from the way of the ninja!"

"?"

The Konoha ninja who had been leading the way was now completely bewildered after hearing their conversation.

Clearly, they hadn't expected the other party to have such a misunderstanding.

He was about to say that Konoha no longer relies on the Daimyo's funding and has its own sources of income.

But before he could even speak...

"We'll walk the rest of the way ourselves; we don't need you to lead the way."

After leaving a cold remark, Kazuma sped off towards the Hokage Building.

They also noticed that there were road signs along the roads, so they didn't have to worry about not being able to find the Hokage Building.

They couldn't wait to stand in front of that young Hokage and loudly question him.

After all, they came with the Daimyo's decree, so they had a legitimate reason to come to Konoha and take back everything that rightfully belonged to the Daimyo.

They will take back all of the daimyo's wealth and dignity!

Soon, the group arrived in front of the Hokage Building.

"Haven't you Hokage received news of the Daimyo's arrival yet? Why aren't you coming out to greet him?"

With his great name attached, Kazuma acted as if the Hokage Building was his own place, and questioned people arrogantly.

He had just witnessed ninjas leaving Konoha even faster than them as soon as they entered the village.

The ninja on duty at the door blinked, his eyes filled with confusion.

There was no notification that a daimyo's envoy would be coming today.

When Kazuma saw that even the gatekeeper ninja treated him, the daimyo's envoy, with such disdain, he became even angrier.

This Hokage Building really doesn't respect the Daimyo anymore!

"It's one thing that the Hokage didn't come, but even the elders of your Konoha didn't come?"

Kazuma took out the Great Name Token and asked again with a cold expression.

The ninja on duty only came to his senses after seeing the daimyo's decree and began to explain.

"The Hokage is currently handling official business in his office. As for the elders you mentioned... Konoha no longer has any elders."

"Huh? There are no elders anymore, what does that mean?"

He Ma was somewhat surprised.

He hadn't been to Konoha much, but he did know some of the elders of Konoha, the former Hokage, and Ma from Daimyo's residence.

They were quite respectful to the daimyo and would never dare to disobey him.

Therefore, Kazuma is willing to treat them as half of his own people.

The ninja on duty didn't think much of it; it wasn't a secret either. He said directly, "Several elders were dismissed several years ago for betraying the Will of Fire, and their elder positions were revoked. Now they're all just Hokage secretaries!"

"Bullshit!"

He Ma immediately understood what was going on.

What do you mean by betraying the Will of Fire? This is clearly the Hokage and those so-called Hokage secretaries who, in order to maintain their corrupt rule, oppose the Daimyo and take action against the village elders!

In the current Konoha leadership, where is there even a single daimyo's own person?

They're all Naruto's own people.

In Konoha, is it the Daimyo who's revered, or the Hokage?!

It now appears that Konoha has long harbored rebellious intentions, not only suppressing high-ranking officials who are close to the daimyo, but also waging war against the Land of Grass without the daimyo's permission and attacking the daimyo's residence.

If you dare to attack the Daimyo's residence in the Land of Grass today, you'll bombard the Daimyo's residence in the Land of Fire tomorrow!

It seems that the Hokage clearly knew they were coming, but didn't send anyone out to greet them, obviously intending to give them a hard time.

"Is this the Hokage's intention, or Konoha's?"

The ninja on duty looked puzzled. "What...what do you mean?"

He frowned and snorted coldly.

"Hmph! He's just a gatekeeper ninja after all. Let's go and see how the Hokage explains himself!"

Kazuma forcefully shoved the ninja on duty aside, leaving the ninja standing bewildered in front of the gate.

Could there be something wrong with this daimyo envoy?

Chapter 655 Something Like a Dog

The Hokage's office.

"The daimyo's envoy is about to arrive. Shouldn't we go and greet him?"

Shizune, watching Shirokumo Aoba pretending to be engrossed in reading the documents, couldn't help but offer a reminder.

Previously, the envoy sent by the Anbu had entered Konoha, and she thought that the other party was going to prepare for welcoming the envoy. However, she did not expect that they would sit down again in the end.

Baiyun Qingye placed the documents in her hand and said jokingly, "I was just worried that you, Jingyin, would get tired doing so much work by yourself."

"..."

Jingyin rolled her eyes dramatically. "If you're really worried about me getting tired, you might as well just give me the day off tomorrow?"

"..."

Bai Yun Qingye immediately fell silent, lowered her head to look at the document again, and pretended not to have heard.

"?"

Shizune was speechless and simply gave up on the topic, instead saying, "We attacked the Land of Grass without the daimyo's permission this time. The daimyo's envoy is probably here to hold us accountable. Should I go and receive him?"

Shirokumo Aoba has only told Tsunade about the plan against the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, so Shizune is not yet aware of his attitude towards the Daimyo.

But Shizune knew Shirakumo Aoba's personality. Although she would act very easygoing and let them do whatever they wanted when facing them, she was quite assertive when facing outsiders.

Today, Aoba may have a significant conflict with the daimyo's envoy.

After hearing Jingyin's words, Baiyun Qingye raised her head again and gave her a meaningful smile.

"Sister Shizune, do you want to be the daimyo's wife?"

"what?"

Shizune was clearly stunned upon hearing this.

She's only been the Hokage's wife for a short time, and she's already going to be promoted to the Daimyo's wife?

This is a promotion/

What's the device?

Before she could even process what was happening, some unfriendly noises broke out outside the office.

"Who are you? This is the Hokage's office. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter!"

"Insolence! Didn't you see the Great Name Token in my hand?"

"I'm sorry, the Hokage didn't inform us that an envoy from the Daimyo's residence would be visiting today!"

"What do you mean by this? Ignoring the Great Decree, are you perhaps planning a rebellion?"

Hearing the conversation outside, Shirokumo Aoba laughed. It seemed that the ANBU ninjas did have some sense.

He knew he disliked these so-called daimyo envoys who clearly came with ill intentions.

However, this is actually a good opportunity to take action against the daimyo of the Land of Fire.

He got up and walked outside, not forgetting to remind Jingyin.

"Sister Shizune, I'll leave these matters to you for now."

"Oh~"

Silent was still a little dazed, clearly not having come to her senses yet.