To pay off the debt, become Hokage!

The wages of avarice is death.

The bulk of the money and grain are in the hands of these upper-class people. They have the technology and the people who can use the technology.

By controlling and monopolizing the means of production, they can sit high in the clouds and look down on the struggling people.

Ninjas have the powerful strength of swallowing clouds and breathing fire, and holding thunder in their hands. However, ninjas' skills are mostly in killing people. They do not engage in production, and they do not know how to produce.

Moreover, the ninjas are not a monolithic group. They are not of one mind and are not united.

If one side of the ninjas opposes the daimyo, has the intention of rebelling and taking the daimyo hostage, there will immediately be ninjas from the other side who support the daimyo and accept the daimyo's commission to come and suppress the rebellion and eliminate those who disobey.

The long-dead Salamander Hanzo is a typical example of this.

Even if Salamander Hanzo did not invade the Iron Kingdom or the Fire Kingdom, the fact that he kidnapped and imprisoned the Daimyo of the Rain Kingdom was enough to sentence him to death.

In this regard, all the daimyos in the ninja world are of one mind and stand together.

Let the ninjas fight each other, kill each other, and be trapped in the vortex of hatred... This is what the daimyos would like to see. Only in this way can they rest assured.

Of course, this does not apply to characters like Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

To play the game of checks and balances, the first thing is that the power of both parties must be equal, or the power must be within a certain range, but Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha are clearly beyond their capabilities.

When the power is strong enough to ignore everything, the people who control the means of production will no longer have the opportunity to manipulate them and can only be as quiet as a quail, actively contributing and making friends.

To be honest, in the era when the first Hokage was alive, there was a great possibility of breaking the outdated and cruel ninja system and changing the entire face of the ninja world.

Unfortunately...Hashirama Senju's actions, in a sense, put even heavier shackles on the ninja system.

From the Warring States Period to the Ninja Village Period, the scale and intensity of wars reached an unprecedented high. The dead were no longer limited to clan members, but clan members and civilians, men and women, old and young...

Hashirama Senju fought for a certain peace, but it brought long-lasting and deeper pain.

[Uchiha Madara can see this clearly. ]

Uchiha Shigeka's eyes flickered.

Uchiha Madara does have the idea of ​​using his powerful strength to subdue the ninja world, but unfortunately, he is not invincible in the world, and Senju Hashirama will stop his ambitions.

Later, Hashirama Senju passed away, and Uchiha Madara used Izanagi to change reality and was resurrected. At this time, although he was invincible, he no longer had the ambition to subdue the ninja world.

Uchiha Madara was guided by Black Zetsu to take a shortcut - a dream of infinite Tsukuyomi.

[If I become Hokage, I will not allow those people to put obstacles in my way or to check and balance me. ]

After all, ninjas possess extraordinary powers. If they master the technology and make improvements, the productivity they create will definitely far exceed that of the daimyo!

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Chapter 250: There is something wrong with this mission

Uchiha Shigeka was thinking about the relationship between the daimyo and the ninja.

In order to pay off the debt to the system and get more character cards in the ninja world, Uchiha Shigeka must become Hokage.

But what happens after becoming Hokage?

In order to prepare for a rainy day, Uchiha Shigeka felt that he should take it seriously in advance and think about what he would do to Konoha, the Land of Fire and the entire ninja world after becoming Hokage.

"Chonghua, look there."

Namikaze Minato touched Uchiha Shigeka, pursed his lips, and motioned him to look over there.

Uchiha Shigeka's thoughts were interrupted. He blinked, came back to his senses, and observed according to Minato Namikaze's instructions.

"Ok?"

Uchiha Shigeka frowned.

They walked at a fast pace and slowly arrived at the palace gate of the Daimyo of Tangshi Country.

About a few hundred meters to the right of the main entrance of the palace, some workers were repairing the damaged palace walls.

Uchiha Shigeka looked carefully and could see that the crack had traces of burning.

In his direction, looking diagonally from the gap, he could see a little bit of the situation inside the palace wall - dilapidated houses ravaged by fire, and the gray embers left after the burnt formed a thin layer of powder on the ground.

"Judging from the traces of the breach, it happened not long ago." Orochimaru narrowed his dark golden snake eyes and said, "It seems that the cult problem in the Land of Hot Springs cannot be delayed. The cult members have already approached the Daimyo's palace."

"Senior Orochimaru, are you saying that this was sabotage caused by cultists?"

Uchiha Shigeka looked at Orochimaru.

Orochimaru nodded and said to the three people, "The cult problem in the Land of Hot Springs has been going on for more than a year or two. Why did they only entrust us, Konoha, to deal with the cult members now?"

"The daimyo didn't pay attention to those cult members in the past, but now, he has to take them seriously."

In this, Sarutobi Hiruzen's guidance and arrangements are certainly important, but if the Daimyo of the Land of Hot Springs himself does not care, this S-level mission cannot be accomplished.

In the final analysis, the things done by those cult members are getting bigger and bigger, which has caused great uneasiness and a strong sense of crisis in the Daimyo of Yunokuni.

Minato Namikaze looked at the workers sweating profusely while working, and said to Orochimaru, "Are you sure it was done by those evil cult members? This is the capital of the Kingdom of Hot Springs, where the daimyo, officials, dignitaries and celebrities live. The security force must be strong."

"We just walked along the way, and there were no signs of fighting or destruction in other places. Only the residence of the daimyo in the center of the capital was destroyed..."

Minato Namikaze didn't say the rest of the words, but his face showed confusion and puzzlement.

This is the capital of a country, and important figures gather here. How could the security forces allow those cult members to approach the daimyo's palace?

"Every country's Daimyo has a guardian nin around him, and they don't seem to have taken any preventive measures."

Uchiha Shigeka narrowed his eyes slightly.

"The palace wall over there is in ruins, but most of it was caused by the fire. There is also some violent fire chakra left... it's a detonating talisman."

"Besides that, there are no other traces." Uchiha Shigeka speculated: "No battle took place there."

Aburame Shihui suddenly raised his right hand, and several insects crawled on the back of his hand.

"The bugs have caught the scent of the criminal, Orochimaru-senpai."

Aburame Shikai looked towards Orochimaru, waiting for his instructions.

Orochimaru looked at the bugs on the back of Aburame Shihui's hand with great interest and said, "The Aburame clan's bug manipulation technique is really convenient. They caught the criminal's clues so quickly."

Orochimaru shook his head and said, "Shihui-kun, wait a moment."

Orochimaru watched the palace gate open, and a neatly dressed palace servant saw Uchiha Shigeka and his group and hurried over.

As the palace maid walked in, she said, "Sorry for the long wait, ninjas who have come from afar, His Majesty the Daimyo has been waiting for a long time, please follow me in."

Orochimaru nodded and agreed happily.

"Let's go, let's go meet the client first and find out the details of the incident."

Orochimaru glanced at the dilapidated palace wall not far away with a playful look. Various unusual signs showed that dealing with the cult members was not as simple as it seemed.

The purpose of this trip was to destroy the Evil God Cult. The mission was not important, it was just an excuse.

But now it seems... the complexity implied in this mission may be worthy of the name and deserve the level of an S-level mission.

......

As expected of a daimyo's palace, it is large and winding.

Uchiha Shigeka and his party followed the palace servants around, passing through several corridors, passing through several rooms with expensive materials, and bypassing several small lakes...

Namikaze Minato was shocked and whispered to Uchiha Shigeka: "The gap between daimyo and daimyo is so big."

"I participated in the mission to rescue the Daimyo of the Land of Rain and had the opportunity to visit the Daimyo's mansion... I was amazed at the time, but compared to the Daimyo of the Land of Hot Water, there is still a huge difference. I am dwarfed by the giant."

Orochimaru walked in front, and when he heard what Minato Namikaze said, he chuckled and whispered, "Minato-kun, if you have a chance in the future, go to the Daimyo Mansion in Kyoto and take a look. Then you will feel that this place is nothing."

The Kyoto that Orochimaru mentioned is the capital of the Land of Fire.

After all, Hot Spring Country is still a small country, but relying on its advantage as a tourist destination, it has accumulated a lot of wealth. Its daimyo prefecture is naturally much stronger than the daimyo prefecture of Rain Country, which has rain all year round, a sluggish economy and is in the midst of war.

But can the Kingdom of Soup be as rich as the Kingdom of Fire?

Namikaze Minato and Aburame Shigeki were both dumbfounded and stunned by this place. For the daimyo's palace in their own country...this was really something they couldn't imagine.

Uchiha Shigeka had a calm face and no waves in his heart.

Uchiha Shigeka was not impressed by this ostentatious and magnificent palace. He was a time traveler who lived in the era of industrial modernization in his previous life and had seen all kinds of buildings.

"Everyone, we are here." The palace maid stopped at a small building in the lake and turned around to say to everyone, "His Highness the Great Master is inside. Please make yourselves at ease. I will leave now."

The palace maid bowed to the three people, then walked away quietly.

"Your Highness, the Daimyo, the Konoha Ninja Orochimaru, has come to see you with three of his subordinates."

The status of ninjas and daimyo are not equal. Even Orochimaru, who is famous in the ninja world, needs to go through the procedures of social etiquette.

"Come in, ninja of Konoha."

Uchiha Shigeka raised his eyebrows. The voice of the Daimyo of the Land of Hot Springs... lacked strength, was a bit soft and weak, and sounded very weak.

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Chapter 251: Is the Tang Ninja Village still the Tang Ninja Village?

The Daimyo of Yunokuni was an obese middle-aged man.

The weather is not too hot now, but the Daimyo of Yunokuni is already sweating profusely and keeps drinking ice water to cool himself down.

"call--"

The Daimyo of Hot Spring Country put down his water cup, wiped his sweat, opened his small eyes, and looked at Uchiha Shigeka and his group.

"Everyone has come from far away, I'm sorry there's not much time for you to rest."

The Daimyo of Yunokuni looked haggard and said tiredly, "I'm sure you all saw the damaged palace wall when you came here."

Uchiha Shigeka and the others looked at each other, but the expected social etiquette and polite words did not appear.

The daimyo of the country of Tang spoke quickly and directly to the point.

Orochimaru nodded, and his hoarse and charming voice rang out: "Your Highness, we saw it. Was it done by the cultists?"

The Daimyo of Yu Country looked at Orochimaru in surprise, nodded and said, "Yes, it was those damned cultists who did it."

Speaking of cult members, the Daimyo of Yunokuni frowned and his face was full of anger.

"Your Highness the Daimyo, I want to ask you something." Namikaze Minato raised his hand, drawing everyone's attention to him.

"We speculate that no fighting took place near the damaged palace wall. May I ask what the security forces and guardian nin in the capital were doing at the time? Did they take any countermeasures or tracking and arresting methods afterwards?"

Namikaze Minato expressed his doubts: "After entering the capital, no other places were damaged, only the palace walls of the daimyo... The security forces in the city did not change much, and they were relaxed, without a trace of tension, as if nothing had happened."

"As for the guardian nin." Namikaze Minato paused.

The security forces were patrolling and guarding outside. Uchiha Shigeka and his party had dealt with them before when they entered the city, so they were able to observe their demeanor up close.

But the guardian-nin is the one who protects the daimyo closely... Namikaze Minato looked at the daimyo of Yunokuni, and he did not see any guardian-nin accompanying him.

The Daimyo of Yu no Kuni had a sarcastic smile on his face.

"The security force and guardian ninja are jointly formed by the domestic clans and the hot spring ninja village."

The Daimyo of Yu Country said calmly: "To be honest, as a Daimyo, I do not have the power to command those clans, and the Yu Ninja Village... humph, they have already surrendered to the clans but still want to get resource support from me, ugh, they are flattering me."

The Daimyo of the Land of Hot Springs took a deep breath and said self-deprecatingly, "As you can see, the clan and the Hot Spring Village do not listen to me. They turned a blind eye to the attacks by the cultists and are trying to use this terrorist attack to threaten and control me."

After hearing this, Uchiha Shigeka frowned and raised an objection: "Your Highness, you said that the Yugen Village has joined the clan, but I don't think they have gained much benefit from the clan. Without your financial support, the power of the Yugen Village is continuously weakening. We met a robbery ninja from the Yugen Village on the road, and he hasn't eaten for a long time..."

Before he could finish his words, the Daimyo of the Land of Hot Springs burst into laughter: "It's what they deserve. It's good that the Hot Spring Village is weak, and it's even better that they don't have enough food! It's better that everyone starves to death!"

The Daimyo of the Land of Hot Springs snorted coldly.

"Your Highness, the clan treated the Yugen Village like this. Have you ever thought about winning over the Yugen Village to stand on your side and fight against the clan?"

Confrontations between the Kage and clans of ninja villages are common, and the situation in the Hidden Mist Village is the most serious, with the Mizukage and the clan in an open state of confrontation.

If it is magnified to the country, there will naturally be open and secret struggles between daimyo and clans.

Obviously, the Daimyo of Yu Country was at a disadvantage in the struggle among the clans, and the Yu Ninja Village, which he was supposed to support, also defected to the clan for unknown reasons.

The uncontrolled military force led to the weakening of the power of the Daimyo of Yu Country, and there was no one to deal with the terrorist attack by the cult members - and from what the other party said, this terrorist attack was probably related to Yu Village and the clan.

They allowed the cult members to break into the core of the capital and wreak havoc in the daimyo's mansion, just to impress the daimyo of Yunokuni and show him a warning.

This is fortunately because those clans have the idea of ​​controlling the daimyo. If they had rebelled and were trying to overthrow their superiors... the daimyo of Yunokuni would not have sat here and talked to them peacefully.

The Daimyo of the Land of Hot Springs sneered at Uchiha Shigeka's question.

"Is the current Yugen Village still Yugen Village?"

"!?"