Naruto: My Ninjutsu is mediocre

"The daimyo wouldn't normally issue such an order, as it's out of line and illogical. Normally, he would order us to defeat or annihilate the ninjas in Lingdang Castle, thus eliminating the daimyo's influence and minions."

"After disarming the enemy, the Kikyo Daimyo will then dispatch his secular forces to eliminate the hostile daimyo... The enemy has no ninja, but Kikyo Castle does. Therefore, the latter is naturally invincible. Any subsequent military action, even if unsuccessful, will not result in any major losses."

"Why do we have to go around in circles and add unnecessary details?" Chihori asked again.

"Because this is a political tacit understanding, no daimyo wants to become the direct target of a ninja, so under normal circumstances the ruler will not violate this tacit understanding." Uchiha Nanami spread his hands and said.

Ninjas would often cut off scalps, pierce kidneys, and dig out hearts. For the noble daimyo, this was too bloody.

Can their lives be treated the same as the worthless lives of others?

If a daimyo sends a ninja to assassinate another daimyo, it would destroy the tacit understanding and be equivalent to indirectly assassinating himself, which is not in the overall interests of their class.

Although making a circle is superfluous, it is equivalent to isolating the daimyo's neck from the ninja's sword.

Chihori nodded. "So we've taken on a mission that goes against common sense?"

Fuma Goro nodded and said:

"I suspect that even if we complete this mission, we will become abandoned pawns of Kikyo Castle, because the Daimyo of Kikyo Castle obviously does not want to bear the blame for sending ninjas to assassinate other Daimyo."

Yuzhen thought for a moment, then said, "Why do we have the opportunity to become the official power of Kikyo City? It's because the previous ninja forces in Kikyo City were eliminated. So... why were the previous batch of ninjas eliminated, and by whom?"

No one answered this question, but everyone thought of a bad possibility.

It is possible that those ninjas took on certain crimes for the daimyo and were then pushed out as the "culprits."

Even the destruction of those ninjas may be the result of Kikyo City taking action to "clean up the house" on its own.

It’s no wonder that people think so badly of Daimyoji, because human hearts are inherently dirty, let alone the hearts of politicians.

"Have you accepted this mission?" Yu Zhen asked Fuma Goro.

Fuma Goro said, "Yes, regardless of whether the Daimyo has bad intentions or not, I can't refuse in that situation."

Yu Zhen nodded, thinking that it was all right. You can't refuse the first assignment from a new employer you've just signed a contract with, otherwise it would be a sign of a lack of cooperation.

"I just heard some news in Kikyo City... This area was called Chuanyuan Kingdom over a hundred years ago. Later, due to war, this country was divided into five regions, and five powerful daimyo emerged. They all claimed to be the monarch of Chuanyuan Kingdom, and therefore they were in opposition to each other..."

"By now, three of the five factions have been eliminated. Of the so-called Kawase Province Daimyo faction, only Kikyo Castle and Lingdang Castle remain."

Fuma Goro added some more information about the local forces.

It sounds more and more like this Kikyo Daimyo is trying to hold his fart.

What does Yu really mean by Chuanyuan Country or not? This place will only be the Land of Fire in the future. Does the so-called Daimyo of Kikyo City still want to restore the old mountains and rivers and realize his grand ambitions?

However, this is Chuanyuan Country, and they are Yugong Yuan, both of whom have the word "Yuan" in their names, so they have a deep connection.

"what should we do?"

Following Fuma Goro's question, everyone's attention turned to Yuzhen.

Yu Zhen was silent for a while, and after he seemed to have figured out the whole process, he said:

"We are wandering ninjas, and they are the daimyo who 'kindly' took us in. According to the universal values ​​of the time, we cannot repay kindness with enmity or usurp their power... At least there must be a legitimate reason."

Yu Zhen is not a daimyo, so he doesn't care much about "tacit understanding", but he doesn't want to be used for no reason.

"Do we... have a body?"

This question came out of nowhere, but Fuma Goro nodded anyway:

"While cleaning up the battlefield, we collected some ninja corpses from the Jinchuan clan's village in case of emergency."

This is a bit perverted. Why did you keep the corpse?

But Yu Zhen didn't ask, because these corpses were really useful anyway.

"Very good, let's take this mission... Let's go to Lingdang City and at least see what the Daimyo of Lingdang City looks like."

"I really didn't expect that. I had just finished a foreign war, and after finally returning, I had to go through internal political strife again."

Fuma Goro and the others looked at each other. They felt that Yu Zhen was not nervous at all, but even a little happy?

Uchiha Nanami rolled her eyes secretly. She thought to herself, what do you mean by "internal"? Where does your sense of ownership come from?

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At the same time, Kikyo Castle and Castle Tower.

Kikyo daimyo Date Toyosaka was also in a very happy mood.

Compared to the Date Kamaya whom he had met before, this daimyo fits all of Yuzhen's stereotypes of the high-ranking nobles.

In short, the first impression given by Date Toyosaka is that he is a human being, but if you cut him in half, he becomes a pig.

On the top floor of the castle tower, he sat in the highest position, with exquisite delicacies placed on the low table in front of him.

His nephew, Date Kamatani, served by his side.

"This batch of ninjas seems to be quite strong?"

"It still needs to be verified. We have to wait for the information we receive back. If the situation is consistent with what they reported, then it means that they are still quite powerful... After all, the Fuma clan is quite famous in the ninja world."

Ida Kamatani knew basically nothing about the Fuma clan, but that didn't stop him from introducing them to even more clueless people.

"Haha, they're just begging stray dogs. If they bark a few times, I'll throw them a few bones. After they finish eating the bones, they'll bite people for their master."

"They have some strength...very good. I hope they can complete that mission successfully."

"Sir, they are quite powerful. Will it be difficult to deal with them later?" Ida Kamaya reminded cautiously.

"And many things don't happen again. If something like that happens a second time, it will be difficult for us to gain the trust of the outside world."

The daimyo waved his hand nonchalantly. "As long as it's barely plausible, it's fine. I'll expose the culprit anyway. As for whether or not I'll be trusted... it's not important at all. Do you know why?"

Date Kamaya thought for a moment and said, "Because after this is accomplished, you will be the only daimyo of Kawagen Province."

"Haha, that's the correct answer... Besides, there won't be any problem in cleaning up the mess. You don't know the origins of the ninja I hired."

"You wouldn't understand how sharp his fangs are."

Chapter 56 The Dark Wind

In the current ninja world, there is no clear "border" division between different spheres of influence, and the so-called great powers of later generations are still in a fragmented state.

According to the geographical division of the one country, one village era, this is the northern part of the "Land of Fire".

A ninja wearing an unmarked forehead protector, with his face covered with a black scarf, leaving only his eyes exposed, came to this area slowly.

"There are quite a few people who are good at doing good things..."

Feeling the vague gazes around him, many of whom were even looking at him unscrupulously, the masked ninja just smiled and didn't care.

After walking forward for a distance, the ruins of a village appeared before his eyes.

The traces of the fire were still vivid. The masked ninja walked around the village and then walked directly into it.

After strolling around the village a few times and carefully assessing the extent of the damage, he couldn't help but shake his head... It looked "half-cooked" and there were quite a few traces left, which showed that the person who destroyed it was not very skilled.

The masked ninja saw more than just the surface.

"The invaders were powerful, and the defenders barely managed to mount an effective counterattack. Is this... fear? What exactly happened in this village before the war?"

"They put up a bit of resistance, and then at some point... they scattered and fled? Was someone important killed?"

"But the enemy... doesn't seem to have deployed much combat power at the first moment?"

"It seems that the attackers have some very strong players."

He kept muttering to himself, and when the masked ninja felt he had gathered enough information, he immediately turned around and left without looking back.

Two days later, he appeared in a town further north.

After searching the town for a while, he confidently came to two people squatting in the corner of an alley.

The two men had dirty faces and tattered clothes, looking like beggars.

The masked ninja came to them, and even though he was close enough, the two men still had dull eyes, as if they didn't see the person coming.

Or maybe they saw it but didn't care at all.

From analyzing the actions of the masked ninja, it is obvious that he is an "intelligence investigator".

He placed a few small coins in front of the two men, which made their dull faces brighten up a little.

"If I'm not mistaken, you should be ninjas from the Jinchuan clan, right?"

The masked ninja smiled, as if trying to show some friendliness, but a person whose face could not be seen could only show loneliness.

One of the two ninjas squatting in the corner stretched out his hand to take the money. After hearing the other party's question, he hesitated for a moment and finally nodded silently.

Losing the ninja clan is equivalent to losing everything, so at this point they have nothing to deny.

"What exactly did you go through? Can you tell me about it?"

This question made the two Tsukawa ninjas fall into memories, and a hint of pain appeared in their eyes.

One person's throat moved a few times, and finally said in a hoarse, dry and extremely low voice:

"An enemy has invaded our village..."

"We never found any trace of him. He first blew up our supply stores, then assassinated our elders and captains one by one..."

"Later... after everything was over, we called him 'Hidden Wolf'."

"By the time a large group of enemies openly invaded our village, we were already in a state of command failure. Add to that the panic that permeated the village..."

"When the enemy attacked the clan leader head-on, most of our ninjas completely lost their will to fight..."

The masked ninja could tell from the other party's fluctuating tone that compared to the ninja who defeated the clan leader, they were more afraid of the person who invaded the village silently.

Well, of course, Tsukawa Ninja couldn't be sure that the so-called two people were actually one person.

"So, this 'Hidden Wolf' is very skilled at infiltration and assassination?"

The Jinchuan ninja nodded silently, then he thought for a moment before adding, "He might also be very good at disguise and transformation."

Then, he briefly explained the situation at that time when the elders and captains of the tribe were killing each other.

This was very important information. The masked ninja nodded and wrote it down.

Yu Zhen does not have the ability to annihilate the Jinchuan clan, so a certain degree of information leakage is inevitable, and there is nothing that can be done about it.

But if he knew that the other party would give him such a code name, he would definitely neither admit it nor accept it.

It doesn't matter whether it sounds nice or bad. The main thing is that when everyone hears such a code name, they know that it refers to a person who is insidious, cunning, vicious, cruel, and even treacherous.

This is inconsistent with Yu Zhen's image and temperament. He considers himself an upright person and will never let evil words pollute his pure qualities.

After chatting for a few more words, the masked ninja chose to leave. Although he had the corresponding strength, he was not willing to take back the money he had given.

This is not just intelligence money, it can actually be considered as money to buy your life.

The masked ninja had collected enough information, and not far from the town, he used a flying summoning beast to send the information out.

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On Yuzhen's side, he did something very "folk horror story".

Since the Ashes Organization has accepted the mission from the Daimyo of Kikyo Castle, they need to bring the "results" to the Daimyo.

But considering that the daimyo had no good intentions at all, Yuzhen subjectively did not want to complete this task... Even if it was just based on rebellious psychology, he could not behave like a loyal dog.

So he decided to pretend to complete the task and bring the evidence back to Kikyo City.

So he came to Lingdang City alone.

The city's layout and defenses weren't anything to write home about; they were comparable to Kikyo Castle. Yu Zhen could enter and exit freely without encountering any resistance.

The location of the daming is also easy to find.

As we all know, some characteristics of daimyos are not much different from those of ladybugs. Even if they only live on a stick, they will climb to the higher end.

Yu Zhen didn't say much and went straight to the castle tower of Lingdang Castle.

After taking two quick turns around the castle tower and performing a lot of wall-penetrating magic tricks along the way, he finally found the daimyo's location.

It was already late at night, and in a rather spacious three-dimensional room, the daimyo had fallen into a deep sleep.

The Daimyo of Lingdang City is a young man in his twenties. He lies alone on a big bed, looking very "peaceful" while sleeping.

Yu Zhen carefully explored the surroundings and found that there were at least four ninjas hiding here. Obviously, these ninjas were the daimyo's "bodyguards".

However, they were completely unaware of Yu Zhen's infiltration.