The Shimada Family's Ninja Journey

When we got home, Hitomi and her younger brother Genji were already having dinner.

The Warring States Period was no better than later generations, productivity was low, and electric light did not exist.

Although there are braziers and candles, generally speaking, normal people are still accustomed to resting at sunset and having dinner in the evening, which is already considered too late.

Hanzo wasn't that particular, he just said hello and sat down to prepare for the meal.

At this time, Zhongnian was feeding his struggling little son with a grimace.

Genji, who is over one year old, has just been weaned, and is still very resistant to eating. His fleshy little hands made a "please hug" gesture towards his mother, babbling, and turned a blind eye to the spoon that was handed to his mouth.

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"My little ancestor, just take a bite, ah, be good~~"

"Huh!" The little guy turned his head, not giving his father any face.

Hanzo couldn't help but laugh while eating his rice.

"Why are you laughing? You brat." Zhongnian naturally noticed Hanzo's snickering and immediately straightened his face.

"Have you learned everything dad taught you today?" Zhongnian said with a ferocious expression.

"Of course." Hanzo looked at the fierce-looking father and said helplessly.

"You're pretty good at it, kid." Zhongnian snorted.

However, his ferocious look did not frighten Hanzo. Instead, it frightened the little son in his arms. Genji curled his lips...

"Wow"

"Oh, oh, darling," Hitomi took her son from her husband's arms with a look of disgust.

After only a few seconds of seeing him, Genji's tears turned into laughter, making him extremely jealous.

"Hanzo, this brat, has been precocious since he was a child, and now even Genji is discriminating against me..." Chongnian muttered softly.

Hanzo carefully lowered his presence...

Let him act like a real child...

Spare him...

Just as the family was laughing and laughing, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"What's the matter?"

The smile on Zhongnian's face instantly faded. Under his serious expression, an aura of a wealthy patriarch emerged spontaneously. There was no trace of the unreliable middle-aged son slave uncle he had just looked like.

"Reporting to the clan leader, the great elder convened an emergency meeting."

"I know." Chongnian replied.

The ninja outside the door disappeared silently.

Zhongnian said to Renmei with an apologetic look: "Madam..."

"Well, let's go." As the patriarch's wife, Hitomi also takes the overall situation into consideration.

Chongnian immediately stood up, patted Hanzo's head, and disappeared into the room.

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"Great Elder."

When Chongnian arrived at the conference hall, all the senior members of the clan had already arrived.

Including the clan leader Shimada Shigetoshi, the nine elders headed by the great elder Shimada Hidenaga, and the "butler" Shimada Yoshitoshi who sits at the bottom.

Although he is said to be a butler, he is actually completely different from the leader of domestic servants in Hanzo's impression of his previous life. He is more similar to the "elder brother" of a daimyo.

That is, the chief official responsible for internal affairs.

Those who serve as housekeepers are ordinary clansmen with no talent for cultivation. In contrast to the family's military affairs, they are led by the clan leader and grand elder, and eight other elders serve as counselors.

The power of the "steward" who only needs to answer to the clan leader to handle internal affairs is not insignificant.

However, in this Warring States period, the military of the Ninja clan came first. Even if the butler worked hard and made great achievements, he could only sit at the bottom of the high-level meeting.

"Now that the clan leader is here, I will tell you directly." The old elder said.

During the Warring States Period, the average lifespan was more than twenty years, and the elders who were already over sixty years old were undoubtedly living fossils. Even in their old age, they respected the experienced elders very much.

"Today, the Daming Mansion of the Country of Fire sent people to contact us, hoping that we would accept their employment." The Great Elder said slowly.

No one said a word, because hiring was just a small matter. As the ninja clan itself was a mercenary group, since the great elder hurriedly convened a high-level meeting, he must have something else to say.

Sure enough, the great elder said: "The people from the Daming Mansion told us that our opponents this time are the Uchiha and Hagoromo clan."

"Uchiha?"

"Hagoromo clan?"

All the elders were in an uproar.

Zhongnian frowned and said: "We, the Shimada clan, are naturally not afraid of facing the Hagoromo clan alone, but our opponent is Uchiha. As long as the price is right, we can negotiate, but against these two clans at the same time..."

Zhongnian took a breath and said, "I'm afraid we are beyond our capabilities."

The Shimada family is not afraid of the Hagoromo clan at all, and the Uchiha are stronger than the Shimada clan, but the duel between ninjas is not just a confrontation of paper strength. As long as it is done properly, it is nothing more than taking some risks. If the Daming Mansion

If the offer is suitable, the Shimada clan will also dare to accept it.

But when dealing with two clans at the same time, the hope of success is too low. This ninja clan is paid to do things, not to be paid to die.

Seeing this, the great elder explained: "Some time ago, the general hired the Hagoromo clan to smuggle valuable materials. The Daming Palace noticed something strange and hired the Senju clan to investigate and recover it. But who knew that the general also hired Uchiha secretly?

Now the Thousand Hands Clan is in trouble, so the Daming Mansion came to us."

"General" is also an official position in the Daming Palace. However, due to his excessive power, he is in charge of the ninja forces affiliated to the Daming Palace. Now he has long been the leader. If it were not for the large number of ninja clans outside, I am afraid that the Daimyo would have been ignored by the generals.

However, the daimyo did not dare to rashly introduce the ninja clan to destroy the shogun. Firstly, the general would also hire ninja clan. Secondly, if the ninja power in the hands of the shogun was eliminated, I am afraid that the daimyo mansion would become the plaything of the ninja clan.

Anyway, to the outside world, the general is still an internal minister of the Daming Mansion, and the two can be regarded as fighting without breaking up.

After hearing what the great elder said, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became relaxed again.

With the Senju Clan as an aid, the Shimada Clan will naturally not be afraid.

"It turns out it's the daimyo and the general's trouble again, hahaha." The fourth elder laughed.

Several other elders also echoed, but only the steward Yi Teng and Chongnian still looked at the elder.

"But..." The great elder looked around and said: "The Senju clan was surrounded by Uchiha and Hagoromo a day ago. If the Senju clan has been wiped out when we rush there, we may be a sheep in the tiger's mouth."

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

"However, the commission offered by Daming Palace is very generous. This employment involves both risks and benefits. It is difficult for me to decide whether to trust the Thousand Hands Clan and take a gamble or to preserve my strength, so I have called everyone here to discuss it together.

"

After saying that, he looked at everyone.

The third elder said: "Everyone, I think it's worth a try. The Thousand Hands clan is also a big clan and it's not easy to eliminate. I don't think the risk is worth our retreat."

"But..." Another person spoke.

Everyone discussed it for a long time, but could not reach a consensus.

The second elder suddenly said: "What does the patriarch think?"

Seeing this, Zhongnian stood up slowly, and all the elders also became quiet.

"That guy in the Buddha Room is not so easy to eliminate." Zhongnian suddenly laughed, "The Daming Mansion sent money, why should we refuse to accept it?"

When everyone heard this, they immediately understood that the clan leader had decided to take over the task, and no one stopped to refute.

Zhongnian looked around and said: "The elders listened to the order and went back to order the clansmen to prepare for the night. Tomorrow we will set off to meet Uchiha Tajima and Hagoromo Ran."