What's wrong with having a large harem if you're the emperor of the ninja world?

Di Yan slowly walked down from the high platform.

The boots made a soft "thud" as they stepped into the sticky pool of blood.

He walked up to Inuzuka Hana.

Looking down at this woman who had lost all pride and the ability to resist.

"Now," Di Yan's voice was calm and composed, "we can talk again..."

"Have you thought about the future of you and the Inuzuka clan?"

Inuzuka Hana raised her head.

Looking into Di Yan's unfathomable eyes.

A bone-chilling cold finally engulfed her completely.

.......

32. The Collapse of Inuzuka Hana; at Least Remain Neutral

Di Yan looked at Inuzuka Hana's defiant pretty face and reached out to lift her chin.

Inuzuka Hana gritted her teeth and dodged:

"Do not touch me."

Di Yan smiled.

His fingers, with an undeniable force, reached for Inuzuka Hana's chin once more.

Inuzuka Hana suddenly turned her head away.

Her eyes were filled with humiliation and anger, like a wounded mother wolf still baring her teeth.

Di Yan's hand stopped in mid-air, but he was not annoyed.

He simply reached out again, slowly but firmly.

Inuzuka Hana dodged again.

the third time.

After doing this three times...

The defiant light in Hana Inuzuka's eyes was gradually replaced by a deep sense of powerlessness and despair.

She stood there stiffly, no longer trying to dodge.

He let Di Yan's slightly cool fingers handle him as if he were selecting goods.

He flippantly lifted her chin, forcing her to raise her head.

Look directly into his unfathomable eyes.

"You...you killed so many Konoha ninja..."

Inuzuka Hana's voice trembled with anger and grief as she tried to intimidate the other party with her last bargaining chip:

"Konoha will never let this go! You're just asking for trouble!"

Upon hearing this, Di Yan chuckled softly, as if he had heard something utterly ridiculous.

The laughter was full of mockery and disdain:

"Konoha? They won't let this go? Hahahaha!"

He leaned down, getting close to Inuzuka Hana, his eyes flashing with a cold and crazed light:

"I am the only legitimate heir to the daimyo throne of the Land of Fire, and the nominal supreme ruler of this land!"

"Konoha? It's nothing more than a military institution under my command!"

"What do they dare to do to me? Send their secret agents to assassinate me?"

"Do they dare? Even if they do, what can they do to me?"

His tone suddenly turned cold and ambitious:

"Besides... who told you that I need to worry about Konoha's retaliation?"

He applied slight pressure with his fingers, causing Inuzuka Hana's chin to ache.

"Soon, even Konoha itself will be in danger."

"It will become a name in history books, just like the Uchiha clan of the past."

"And I will become the true, sole, and supreme ruler of the Land of Fire!"

Hana Inuzuka was so shocked by the immense ambition and madness in his words that she was speechless.

Di Yan released her chin, straightened up, and said in a tone as if announcing a fact:

"Therefore, there is no need for you to worry about me. Now, answer my question... become my concubine and submit to me."

"Don't think about it!"

Inuzuka Hana screamed almost instinctively.

Her remaining pride made her unyielding even unto death.

"Even if I, Inuzuka Hana, die, I will never submit to a demon like you! Kill me!"

"die?"

Di Yan raised an eyebrow slightly, his tone calm yet carrying a deadly threat:

"How easy it is. To die would indeed preserve your so-called dignity. But..."

He changed the subject, his tone sharp and menacing:

"Your good-for-nothing younger brother, who seems very important to you... Kiba Inuzuka, he's still alive, isn't he?"

"What will happen to him if you die?"

“Let him continue to wait in the dark, sunless dungeon until all his fingers are chopped off.”

"Or... become the ingredients for the next pot of dog meat hot pot?"

"you..."

Inuzuka Hana was struck dumb, her whole body trembling violently.

Kiba Inuzuka... is still alive!

This fact was like a sharp knife, instantly piercing through all her defenses.

She doesn't care about her own life or death.

But she couldn't help but care about her younger brother, who, despite always causing trouble, was her blood relative.

Di Yan accurately grasped her greatest weakness!

Seeing Inuzuka Hana's face turn deathly pale and her eyes tremble violently.

Di Yan knew that the outcome was already decided.

He stopped looking at her.

It was as if she were something readily available.

Di Yan turned to Uchiha Tetsuka, who was standing to the side, and spoke as casually as if he were ordering dinner:

"Tiehuo, dispose of these corpses."

“Chop off their fingers… um… all of them…”

He paused, his gaze sweeping across the distance beyond the palace, a cruel sneer curling at the corner of his lips:

"Then, send someone to deliver it to those five good-for-nothings who are still waiting in the hotel."

"Let them take it back and hand it over to the clan leaders of Inuzuka and Aburame personally."

“Tell them,” Di Yan’s voice was cold and ruthless, “that if they don’t want the owners of these fingers…and their heirs (Inuzuka Kiba and Aburame Shino) who are still in my hands to really become a pile of rotten flesh.”

"During the upcoming 'great upheaval' in Konoha, you'd better stay put and behave yourself!"

"I will not force them to take sides, but at least they must remain neutral before me."

"Then I can pretend that what happened before never happened. Otherwise..."

No further explanation is needed.

That bloody "gift" is itself the clearest threat.

Actually, besides Inuzuka Hana.

All the ninjas from both clans present have been slaughtered!

Di Yan's actions are nothing but blatant fraud and intimidation!

He used his already deceased clansmen as bargaining chips.

He forced the two tribal chiefs to mistakenly believe, due to the information asymmetry, that the lives of all their people were still in his hands.

Thus, they were forced to remain neutral in his plans and dare not act rashly!

This is not just a matter of overwhelming force.

It is also the ultimate in ruthlessness in terms of psychology and strategy!

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

Uchiha Tetsuka bowed and accepted the order without hesitation.

His eyes showed only absolute obedience to orders.

He waved immediately.

He gestured to the black-clad assassins around him to coldly deal with the corpses scattered on the ground.

To carry out that gruesome "finger-chopping" task.

Di Yan then turned his gaze back to Inuzuka Hana, who was slumped on the ground, pale-faced and almost completely mentally broken.

"Take him away and 'take good care' of him."

He gave the order in a calm tone.

There was no emotion in his tone.

"Let her calm down and think it through... how to be a proper 'concubine'."

Uchiha Izumi stepped forward, as if dragging an object.

They lifted the distraught Inuzuka Hana from the pool of blood.

They left the training ground that had just witnessed a massacre.

The strong smell of blood lingered in the air for a long time.

Di Yan stood amidst the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, his expression indifferent.

Another batch of pawns that hindered his ambitions were eliminated.

At the same time, new threats and leverage have also been acquired.

The internal strife in Konoha is about to be completely ignited by this "gift" he gave out and Danzo's ambition.

And he will be the last fisherman.

Di Yan seemed to be deep in thought:

"So, next up, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio will be here soon! And Ino too..."

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