There are many ruthless bosses living in my territory

Lister on the side nodded, maintaining the vision of the carbon copy magic eye.

While observing the changes in Madara's body, he checked the flow of various energies within thousands of meters around him and locked onto the position of the plant species in the center.

"It must be angry."

Angry? Then let's see whether this little grass is more angry or the anger of the Ninja Shura is more terrifying.

Lister quickened his pace and rushed towards the direction of the vegetation.

Madara followed closely beside, ready to use Susanoo to crush any vine attacks from all directions at any time.

At this moment, he saw the green grass under his feet suddenly grow and turn into a green cage that tried to tie up the two of them.

Green grass entangled!

Liszt seemed to have anticipated this. He used his chakra hand knife to cut the ropes before the green grass could wrap around him and jumped onto the tree.

The same is true for Madara.

When he noticed that Lister's feet were stuck on the tree trunk, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

The magic power in the opponent's body was instantly converted into chakra of equal mass.

He mastered chakra control in less than half a day...

Let him see how far he can go!

The grass, vines, and branches all began to move.

All the plants in the jungle seemed to come alive, growing at an extremely fast speed and rushing towards the two of them.

Uchiha Madara deliberately did not destroy the surrounding plants, but instead devoted some of his energy to observing Lister.

At first, Lister seemed flustered facing attacks from all directions, but he soon adapted to the attacks, moving and dodging.

He was like a winding stream, dodging all attacks by a hair's breadth, even attacks from blind spots in his vision.

It was exactly the same as Uchiha Madara's actions.

!!!

Madara suddenly realized something.

The corners of his mouth rose, and a feeling of excitement surged up.

He actually dared to copy Uchiha Madara's actions.

Then keep going! Keep dancing!

So what if I let you imitate as much as you want?

Madara opened his arms.

He hadn't danced since he got older, but now he felt the urge to do so.

Faced with the large number of vines and branches around him, Madara quickly jumped back and turned, dodged all the vine tentacles with gorgeous postures and formed seals.

Fire Release·Phoenix Immortal Fire Technique!

Several flames the size of heads spread out, burning the vines and branches to ashes.

On the other side, Lister also used the Phoenix Fire Technique at a slower speed and resolved the pursuit.

The flames burned the woods, but were soon extinguished.

Madara glanced at Lister, who was full of excitement. He was now certain that the other party possessed abilities similar to the Sharingan's observation and copy eyes, and perhaps also the Byakugan's perspective and long-distance observation.

Combining the perception abilities of the Sharingan and the Byakugan... this kid's future might be further than he expected.

At this moment, Liszt's expression suddenly changed.

"It's running away!"

"Mr. Madara, let's catch up!"

Uchiha Madara immediately lifted Lister's collar.

"Where?"

"There!"

Lister raised his hand and pointed to the location of the vegetation.

Madara immediately raised his chakra and sprinted at an extremely fast speed.

Even with Liszt in one hand, he was still able to move through the woods in a dancing manner.

“Plants can escape?”

"Yes! Plant species are very special. They can control their roots to move underground. Young plant species move especially fast."

Liszt explained as he pointed the way.

He could use the copying magic eye to see the flow of energy around him, and he could also see a silver-white flower traveling underground a thousand meters away.

However, what puzzled him was that the plant species described in the books were very powerful even in their infancy, and were particularly good at fighting in their home turf.

Why did this plant cut off most of its roots so quickly and abandon the land it had worked so hard to cultivate?

It was like he was very afraid of them, no, it should be said that he was very afraid of Uchiha Madara.

The distance of a thousand meters was too close for Madara. Even if the little silver-white flower ran very fast, it could not compare with Madara who was moving at full speed.

When there were only a hundred meters left, Madara also discovered a high-energy reaction four or five meters underground.

Susanoo!

A huge air blade cut the ground apart, and the silver-white flower immediately turned around, but...

Earth Escape·Open the Earth and Dig!

The ground shook, and a volcano-like mound rose up, and the next second, the silvery-white flower was spit out.

Woo-woo~~~Pah-ji.

The small silvery-white flower fell to the ground, and it quickly got up, using its roots as limbs to kowtow to Ban quickly.

······

"What is it doing?"

"Maybe asking you to let it go?"

The corner of Ban's mouth curled up.

"It's an interesting creature."

At this moment, Nicole suddenly flew out of Lister's body.

【Master, I can help you translate. 】

That being the case...

Liszt squatted down, stretched out his index finger towards the silvery-white flower, and moved his mouth.

The little silvery-white flower was startled, tentatively touched the finger with its roots, and then became quiet.

Ok?

"what are you doing?"

Ban saw that the energy in Lister's body was flowing towards the small silver-white flower.

“Convincing it.”

Liszt said as he watched the roots wrap around his fingers.

"How about it? If you agree to help me manage the land, I can help you get nutrients and protect you at the same time, and the ninja Shura next to you won't bother you anymore."

Based on the conversation just now, he realized that this plant species became nervous because of the influence of the atmosphere of the previous battle between Madara and the unknown wizard.

It has been rooted here for more than fifty years, with no threats around, but then something appeared that could kill it.

It subconsciously wanted to grow faster, causing its tentacles for absorbing nutrients to extend farther and farther until they affected the wheat fields.

At this time, the silvery-white flower rubbed Liszt's fingers with its petal.

"Okay, it agreed. From now on...just call it Xiaobai."

Sounds like raising a dog.

Madara didn't say much. It had nothing to do with him, so he didn't care even if the name was ugly.

"Okay, this time the matter has been resolved perfectly."

Lister stood up and looked at Uchiha Madara.

"Mr. Madara, it's already noon, let's have lunch in our Red Maple Town first."

"I will answer your questions later, sir."

Chapter 12: The Warmth of the World

After being invited, Madara realized that he had not really taken a good look at this small town of only 600 people.

Since his shadow clone is watching on the other side, there's no harm in taking a look.

So at Lister's invitation, the two of them made a detour and ran to the entrance of Red Maple Town near the sentry post.

This row of roads is a cobblestone road made of large square stones, and the gaps between them are compacted with small stones and soil, so Lister and others were able to quickly reach the sentry post on horseback.

Humph, that's pretty bad.

Madara said casually: "The roads in Konoha are all hardened dirt roads using ninjutsu. They are not only flat but also free of sand and dust."

"Yes." Liszt smiled slightly: "So I envy the situation of Konoha Village, but this kind of stone road has existed in this world for thousands of years, and no better road can be built without permission."

Thousands of years? Can't we build a better road?

Ban glanced at Lister but didn't ask the reason because he didn't care about it.

The two walked along the cobblestone road, and in front of them was the entrance to Red Maple Town.

In order to facilitate the expansion of territory in the future, Lister did not build an outer wall, so that one could see the scattered houses at a glance.

Humans or orcs in cloth are working.

Some were washing clothes by the canals, some were weaving things by hand, and some were cleaning the streets and houses.

Almost all the people here are women, because the men have gone to other places to do heavy work.

“Those canals bring water from the Red Maple River in for domestic use and irrigation of farmland.”

"I'm very glad to have found this good place. In the future, all the land in Red Maple Territory will be very fertile, and the people living here will be healthier."

Liszt touched the silvery-white flower wrapped around his fingertips, and the flower nodded as if promising that it would do it.

As Lister and Ban walked into the town, they were quickly noticed by the townspeople.

Liszt smiled and nodded to them. They subconsciously wanted to kneel down to salute, but when they realized it, they immediately changed to bowing.

Madara noticed their reactions.

“They’re used to it.”

"In this world, contracted people need to kneel down when they meet nobles."

"They were all indentured subjects in the past, or slaves in simple terms. Because they haven't gotten over their past identities yet, they always use the wrong etiquette."

Lister explained.

All the orcs in the Red Maple Territory were once contracted subjects, but now they all have the status of free subjects.

Madara thought about what Cortini had once said to him, and now he had a new idea.

"Because they are easy to exploit?"

"……indeed so."

Liszt looked straight ahead and spoke in a calm tone without any emotion.

"In the final analysis, what people pursue in this world is nothing more than a sense of belonging and value."

“Simply put, the former is living comfortably, and the latter is feeling that what you do is valuable.”

"In this world, orcs are the property of the nobility."