Axue's current situation in the Nagao family has really become so bad that even this visitor from Owari Province can see the clues at a glance?

"Isn't there anything else that can be done?"

The black-robed monk raised his eyes and looked into the distance. His unfocused eyes were as deep as a pool of stagnant water.

"Even someone as clever and resourceful as Lord Oda was still called the Great Fool of Owari Province. Isn't it the same reason why I, for my senior brother and for the entire Echigo Province, don't receive recognition from my retainers?"

"Hey, hey, hey! You're only in your early teens! You still have so much time to waste! How can you be moaning and groaning like a dying old man? You should never give up! How can you say something like you've run out of ideas?"

Oda Nobunaga patted Axue's shoulder, angry that she didn't fight back.

"If you come to Owari Province, I will give you my Furuno Castle completely! If anyone dares to oppose you, I will kill him for you! The Oda family needs talents like you!"

"Hahaha, Lord Oda, I already have a lord, so there's no need to steal my woman."

Axue just smiled and pushed away Oda Nobunaga's hand, declining Oda Nobunaga's invitation.

But in fact, deep down, this prime minister in black knew it very well.

Oda Nobunaga was indeed a person of this kind.

In the previous life, in a duel in Kyoto, Oda Nobunaga was forced onto a fishing boat by him. She even jumped on the bow and scolded him for being a coward for not wanting to keep her to fight alongside him against the enemy.

Oda Nobunaga was a man who valued friendship and loyalty. If someone close to him was wronged, he would have stuffed his matchlock gun into that person's mouth long ago.

What if it’s my senior brother?

At this moment, this thought suddenly arose in Axue's mind.

What if my senior brother faced this situation?

If sometimes Axue has to become an enemy of the whole world, will his senior brother Nagao Kagetora become a demon king for him?

【The annual party of Kasugayama Castle has begun.】

This annual meeting was Nagao Kagetora's first since he succeeded the family head. The two ministers, Ayuki and Naoe Kagetsuna, personally stripped him naked throughout the meeting. This was the most important event of the year and no one could neglect it.

All the prominent figures of Echigo Province came to Kasugayama Castle and visited the Honmaru castle tower.

【But at the same time, a battle hidden in the dark also began. 】

All the Xuanyuan ninjas came out in full force!

Under the secret order issued by Naoesuke Kagetsuna, this group of ninjas must sneak into the castle tower today and successfully assassinate the black-clad Prime Minister Axue.

As the night deepened, the atmosphere of the annual party in the castle tower reached its peak.

That was the Noh performance of the geisha.

After the high-ranking officials and their wives were seated, the seat for the guest of honor in the center of the front remained empty.

That was the position of Nagao Kagetora, the senior brother of the Nagao family.

However, due to some urgent matters, he was temporarily pulled to a side room by Kuroda Hidetada of the Lower Yue Yangbei clan to report the military secrets of the Yangbei clan rebellion.

Axue himself was also going to accompany him forward. After all, he possessed the Observation Haki that could see through emotions. Whether Kuroda Hidetada was a trustworthy frontier official or not, he would have to personally interrogate him to find out the result.

However, Axue forgot that she was a popular person, at least she was a hot topic at this annual meeting where many noble ladies gathered.

The noble ladies all pestered Axue, asking the black-robed prime minister to accompany them to watch the Noh performance.

Even Oda Nobunaga was quite interested in the Noh performances in the Echigo region, and he pulled Axue's sleeve and asked him to watch the performance first before leaving.

After all, Axue is the most popular person around Nagao Kagetora. Now the head of the family is away for some reason. If he also leaves for some reason, this annual meeting will only offend other guests.

The great Kasugayama City doesn't even have someone to maintain order, so how can it respect these distinguished guests who have come from afar?

So Axue sat on the chair and listened to Oda Nobunaga describing to him what was happening above with his hands and feet gesticulating.

A group of masked actors performed on stage. Their dance moves were full of grace, and their waving of military fans was full of samurai spirit.

What is even more outstanding is the voice.

Axue is blind, and the only way he can appreciate this performance is through sound.

The word "pleasant" is far from enough to describe its brilliance, because it is full of emotion, and the protagonist's lines contain artistic intonation and vivid emotions.

"Genji raises the white flag, waiting for the enemy to gather."

"The sound echoed across the river, fighting across the beams."

"Horse hooves on the white waves, the waves crashing."

Axue could hear the figures of the Genji army, walking on the river with the soldiers, encouraging their companions.

"This is supposed to be a civil war between the Genji and Taira clans."

Ah Xue is indeed a man of great learning. She can understand what story is being performed just by listening to the lyrics.

But soon the prime minister in black frowned.

Showing civil war is not a good sign.

Because the prerequisite for the senior brother to take the position is the internal war between the brothers of the Qingjing faction and the Torachiyo faction. This kind of drama is really not a good show for the first annual meeting of the senior brother who inherited the family headship.

This Noh performance was supervised by Naoe Kagetsuna throughout. How could that meticulous Home Minister make such a low-level mistake?

Later, the lyrics made the black-robed prime minister even more frightened.

"The water and the sky are reversed, and the reefs are standing in disorder!"

"The warrior holds both ends of the bowstring and strikes with both strength!"

As the leading geisha on the stage spread out her military fan, the actors took off their armor and drew their swords!

"Blood flows like a river, and the sword shatters bones!"

"The world is but the waves of the Three Paths River. Alas, how can the Yama Buddha be so concerned?"

"Honestly, I'm here to inform you, the guest from afar, that I am Xuanyuan Ninja!"

Then, the final song of his farewell was shouted out from the mouth of the leading ninja -

"The flower of rotten wood never blooms, how sad it is when death comes! By the will of Heaven! Kill Manjusri Bodhisattva with all my might!"

In an instant, all the distinguished guests present exclaimed in surprise!

"Oh no! It's a ninja!!"

Because the geishas who were originally performing Noh on the stage suddenly showed their ninja postures and attacked the black-clad Prime Minister Axue in the audience with kunai!

"It's an enemy attack!!"

"The enemy is in the castle tower!!"

Seeing the ninjas turning into afterimages and rushing towards him, Oda Nobunaga's pupils shrank sharply in an instant.

The girl never expected that at the annual meeting of Kasugayama Castle, there would be ninjas lying in ambush for a long time in such a place!

This was definitely a carefully planned assassination!

And the target is definitely the black-clad Prime Minister Axue who is beside her!

But this big fool from Owari Province had never seen such a scene before. His body shook unconsciously for a moment and he almost fell to the ground.

She has no weapon in her hands!

Moreover, at such a close distance, she and Axue are definitely no match for the group of ninjas in front of them!

Just five more seconds!

Both Oda Nobunaga and Axue will be chopped into meat paste by the kunai in the hands of these ninjas!

However, unlike the panicked Oda Nobunaga, Axue regained his composure and quickly grabbed Nobunaga who was about to fall. He just yelled -

"Duan Zang! Come out!!!"

Following Axue's call, hundreds of shurikens flew down from the ceiling the next moment!

The Xuanyuan ninjas in front did not react in time and did not stop, and were instantly buried under the rain of shurikens!

Kato Danzo, who stopped the enemy attack in the first place, quickly jumped down from the ceiling. The mechanical ninja wearing a red scarf said apologetically.

"Lord Axue! It's Danzo's fault! He didn't even notice that these ninjas had infiltrated the castle tower!"

"Do not blame you."

Axue just said coldly.

"There's a traitor inside Kasugayama Castle. Danzo, you don't need to blame yourself. Immediately protect all the VIPs present and bring these Xuanyuan ninjas to justice!"

In response to Axue's order, Kato Danzo immediately turned around with murderous intent in his eyes.

"You all know that the Xuanyuan ninjas are ninjas serving the Echigo Kingdom! You guys have no ninja spirit! What on earth do you want to do today?!"

"Danzo-san."

The leading Xuanyuan ninja pinched his ninja seal and answered expressionlessly.

"We have come here to slay the Sky Thief for the future of Echigo!"

"Skythief?"

Kato Danzo's mechanical golden pupils suddenly sank.

"You mean to say... that Duan Zang's lord, Axue, is a traitor who deserves to be punished by heaven?"

"exactly!"

"—Then you will die!"

Kato Danzo no longer had any room to hold back, and the next moment he clasped his hands together, and the mechanical arms began to rotate around each other!

"Hey! Danzo! Don't use that trick!"

Axue immediately realized that something was wrong. She didn't expect that Kato Danzo was really going to use his ultimate move right away!

But Kato Danzo, who was already overloaded at the moment, could no longer hear Axue's advice -

The female ninja from the mechanical machine just exclaimed in shock!

"【Network Magic Technique: Ox Swallowing】!!!"

At that moment, the two repulsive gusts of wind entangled with each other!

Then the terrifying suction force twisted the Xuanyuan ninjas in front of him, along with the stage and the thick wall!

Oda Nobunaga looked at the scene in disbelief.

It is hard to imagine that such a terrifying power is hidden in this chaotic Warring States era!

The Xuanyuan ninja at the front was like a piece of armor pierced by horse hooves, and his whole body began to collapse from the shoulders!

The bones of the Xuanyuan ninjas were all shattered by the suction force, and then blood exploded from all over their bodies!

Even Axue and Oda Nobunaga behind Kato Danzo were attracted by this gravitational wave and were about to be forcibly pulled into this terrifying vortex!

"Stop it! Danzo!!"

Looking at the entire castle tower, who would not have noticed this earth-shaking movement?

Nagao Kagetora, who had previously been in a side room discussing military matters with Kuroda Hidetada, quickly arrived at this chaotic place. Seeing this incredible scene before him, the Buddhist martial god was completely dumbfounded.

what's the situation?

I just went out for a while, and when I came back, the entire castle tower had been demolished? ? ?

Seeing that Kato Danzo ignored him, Nagao Kagetora picked up a chair from the side and smashed it on the head of the mechanical ninja who was accumulating power to release!

"Oh!"

Nagao Kagetora's strength and speed were so terrifying that Kato Danzo was still concentrating on using his ultimate move, and before he could react, he was shot in the head by this Buddhist martial god!

"...Report, the machine has malfunctioned, and the system has begun to crash--"

Kato Danzo's body completely froze, and the next moment, the pair of golden mechanical eyes stopped moving, fell to the ground, and then froze and restarted.

The terrifying bull-swallowing illusion ended there, and the Xuanyuan ninjas who were far away from the gravitational waves could finally breathe a sigh of relief, as they were not wiped out by Kato Danzo in one move.

"Axue! What the hell is going on?"

Nagao Kagetora was still in the dark and had no idea that an unprecedented assassination had just taken place.

"Weren't we supposed to be performing Noh? Is it over now? Or is the show actually a ninja battle? I'm not going to spoil everyone's fun, am I?"

The head of the Nagao family just took a step forward and was about to ask Axue what had happened when she was away.

But the next moment, the Buddhist Martial God suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back.

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