The Shimada Family's Ninja Journey

The sky gradually darkened.

In the City of Fire, the mansion where the Guardian Ninja lives, the two leaders of the Guardian Ninja are sitting opposite each other here.

"...Tell me, will Hokage-sama really help us deal with the aftermath? Don't just push us out as scapegoats." The Uchiha ninja looked at his colleagues sitting opposite with a sad face.

Just earlier, Hanzo's shadow clone rushed to the City of Fire. After understanding the specific situation with them, he went to Daming Mansion alone to visit the elder.

"What are you talking about?" Hearing his partner's doubtful words, the jounin of the Shimada clan curled his lips with some dissatisfaction and said, "The clan leader will definitely not do that."

"..."

The Uchiha ninja didn't know what to say when he heard this, so he could only close his mouth, but with his worried eyes, he didn't seem to have listened.

The Jonin of the Shimada clan couldn't help but feel a little angry when he saw this guy doubting Hanzo so much.

However, this time the matter involves a daimyo, and the fire daimyo has a distinguished status, so it is not unreasonable for the other party to have such concerns.

But based on his understanding of the heads of his family, Hanzo was determined not to throw them out as scapegoats.

Just when the Jonin of the Shimada clan was secretly expressing his respect for Hanzo, the atmosphere in the reception room of the Daming Mansion was stiff.

"Huh... So, Hokage-sama doesn't plan to rescue the Daimyo-sama, right? Is this what your village promised to protect the Fire Country?" The elder sneered at Hanzo with an angry face.

Hanzo was not angry when he heard the elder's sarcasm. He just said calmly: "Mr. elder, you are really excited. I am also very sorry that something like this happened to the daimyo.

But now that things have happened, what we need to do is find a solution instead of saying these unnutritious words here."

"There is only one solution, and that is for Konoha to do its best to rescue the Daimyo now! This is your Konoha's responsibility!" The elder yelled at Hanzo, even spitting on Hanzo's face.

"..."

A trace of disgust flashed in Hanzo's eyes. Anyone who was sprayed with spit from the other party during a conversation would feel quite unhappy.

But now, Hanzo still needs to stabilize the elder in front of him, so Hanzo still suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and continued to say unhurriedly: "Mr. elder, I thought I had made it very clear.

The daimyo belongs to Uchiha Madara, and Konoha is currently at war with Uchiha Madara. We will try our best to save the daimyo, but Uchiha Madara has become quite crazy now, and I can't guarantee that we can save him.

Lord Daimyo..."

"That's your Konoha problem." The elder interrupted Hanzo's words with a wave of his hand, and then he stood up directly, took a step forward, walked to Hanzo, looked down at Hanzo who was sitting on his knees, and said coldly

: "Hokage, don't forget, it was the Country of Fire that hired you, you are just a subordinate organization of the Country of Fire...Hokage, recognize your identity."

The elder's words were very rude, and when Hanzo heard this, his expression became cold.

Hanzo suddenly stood up. As a ninja who has been training for many years, Hanzo was much taller than the skinny elder.

As soon as they stood up, their eyes immediately turned upside down.

"Mr. Elder." Hanzo squinted at the thin old man in front of him and said word by word: "How to fight Uchiha Madara is an internal matter of Konoha, so I won't bother Mr. Elder. As for how to fight Uchiha Madara,

I think you should recognize my identity as Mr. Big Old Man."

"you!"

Hanzo's voice was full of contempt, making the old man's face turn red, but he couldn't say anything.

Indeed, theoretically speaking, Hanzo, the Hokage, is only the leader of a subordinate organization of the Land of Fire, and may not even be comparable to him, the elder of the Daiming Mansion.

But in fact, it is unclear who is the real talker in the Fire Nation today?

As early as when Konoha was first established, whether he was leading the exchange of land between the Kingdom of Sichuan and the Kingdom of Wind, or later vassaling small neighboring countries, Hanzo would still say hello to the Daimyo, nominally asking for the Daimyo's opinion, but in reality it was tantamount to issuing an order

notify.

But no matter what, Konoha still saved some face for the Fire Country.

But now...

Some time ago, Konoha never even mentioned the alliance between the five major ninja villages, including the subsequent war with Madara Uchiha, with the Daimyo Prefecture.

This almost made it clear that he didn't take Daming Mansion seriously.

The elder just used the topic to accuse Hanzo because he wanted Konoha and Hokage to restrain themselves a little, and wanted the other party to face up to the status of the Daming Palace.

But he didn't expect that Hanzo would trample his face directly under his feet.

In the early years, the elder often hired ninjas and issued tasks. Those ninjas were not respectful to his employer. When had he ever been so angry?

For a moment, the elder's voice became a bit sharp: "You... you are really too domineering. Listen to Naruto, the Fire Country will cut off financial support to Konoha from now on, and the nobles of the Fire Capital will also

No one will ever go to Konoha to issue a mission again! You will regret talking to me like this!"

"Ha. Me? Regret?" Hanzo pointed to himself and said with a mocking look on his face: "Then we'll see, Mr. Big, I want to see who will regret it."

Having said that, Hanzo ignored the elder's reaction, turned around, opened the door and left the Daming Mansion's reception room, his figure blending into the vast darkness.

"..."

A moment later, there was a sound of broken porcelain coming from the reception room of Daming Mansion.

I don't know if it was a coincidence, but Hanzo, who had already reached the entrance of Daming Mansion, inadvertently glanced back in the direction of the reception room, with a hint of disdain on his lips.

The elder thinks he is a threat to Konoha, but in fact it is not a threat at all.

Indeed, although the proportion of revenue from various taxes in Konoha's finances is increasing year by year, mission commissions are still the bulk of Konoha's income.

After all, it is the tradition of ninjas to do missions.

only……

The main source of tasks has now changed from nobles to merchants and guilds from various places, including individual merchants.

Compared to the nobles, these businessmen are the main force in issuing tasks. Even the trivial tasks of daily life issued by the villagers of Konoha are no less than those of the nobles of the Fire City.

What's more, even the daimyo can't fully grasp the intricate connections of the nobles in the Fire City. Does a mere elder really think that he can order and prohibit the nobles in the Fire City?

For those nobles, even if they really don't want to offend their boss, it's just a matter of finding a white glove or an agent.

After all, the elder's orders cannot be eaten, and these noble gentlemen are not that great.

While thinking about it, Hanzo also sneered at the corners of his mouth.

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