This Uchiha Itachi is very lonely

The relationship between the five major countries is obviously serious, and wars often occur.

The kages of the five great ninja villages even reached a hidden consensus that the king would not see the king, and few kage went to the battlefield in person.

But...the relationship between the lords of the five major countries is not so rigid!

As the Daimyo of the Fire Country, Sakamoto often invites daimyo from other countries to visit the Fire Country, and he often goes to other countries.

In fact, there were even five lords who gathered in the Country of Fire to hold a grand dinner, a flower viewing party... a feast.

In addition to these, marriages often occur between nobles in various countries.

After returning to the room, Itachi followed his father's wishes and took out the scroll as quickly as possible to read it and destroy it.

Faced with these pieces of intelligence information, both he and Artoria remained silent.

The information revealed in just a few scrolls is intriguing.

"Itachi, take out the map."

Artoria hesitated for a moment and signaled Itachi to take out the map of the Land of Fire from the bookshelf.

And when Itachi re-layed the map of the Land of Fire on the table, the ordinary coordinates on the map in the past had changed in their eyes.

The city that occupies the largest territory of the Fire Country is called Kyoto Castle.

With Konoha as the center, ordinary caravans can reach Kyoto City in about two weeks by traveling south along the official road.

Kyoto City has an outer city and an inner city, and the core area is called Damingfu, which is the center of power of the entire Fire Country.

The division of Konoha's construction area is modeled after Kyoto City.

And if you pass through Kyoto City and go south, you will see the highest mountain in the Land of Fire, with a temple called the Fire Temple on top.

There are many Ninja monks in the temple.

These ninja monks, like ninjas, can extract chakra from their bodies, can use spells, and even possess some kind of power called immortal talent.

Konoha and the Fire Temple surround Kyoto City from the south and north respectively, becoming important shields to protect the city.

This was the agreement made by the first Hokage and the Daimyo. The Fire Country provided many of Konoha's economic needs, and Konoha protected the Fire Country and their safety.

Based on such a comprehensive "fortress", Kyoto City has become the largest population gathering place in the Fire Country.

According to Itachi's understanding of the history of the Fire Nation, during the Warring States Period, Kyoto City was not divided into an outer city and an inner city, but only the difference between Kyoto City and Damingfu.

It was not until the end of the Warring States Period, when the First Hokage reached an agreement with the Fire Country and Konoha was built, that many people in the country who originally lived in the outer areas of the Fire Country gradually moved to the inner areas and took root near Kyoto City.

Regarding this kind of migration, the great names of the Fire Country did not stop it, and even issued many preferential policies to attract people from the outside to move to the inner areas to "gather together".

After the death of the first Hokage and the outbreak of the First Ninja War, the speed of this migration increased in an unimaginable way.

Countless people abandoned their original villages and towns and moved to the vicinity of Kyoto on a large scale.

Rather than having the population scattered across a vast land rich in products, they prefer to gather near Kyoto City to save their lives, even if the living environment is not as huge as before.

As a result, the outer city area of ​​​​Kyoto was naturally formed.

According to Uchiha Fugaku's personal information, when he was still a genin and went to Kyoto Prefecture to perform a mission, the journey would take nearly a month.

Now, more than twenty years later, traveling at the same speed, it would only take less than a week to reach the outer city of Kyoto.

Even the Fire Temple has been unknowingly included in the so-called "Kyoto Outer City Area".

The outer city area of ​​Kyoto City is constantly expanding, a fact that many discerning people can now see.

But due to the strategy of boiling frogs in warm water, even if someone sees the current situation, no one can stop it, because the aggregation of the population is the general trend.

Although the official rule of the ninja world is that ninjas are not allowed to attack civilians at will.

But there are not many ninjas who really follow the rules.

Performing tasks has always been regarded as the duty of ninjas, and when civilians become the door that blocks the completion of tasks, many ninjas will choose to push it open.

Especially in wartime.

The only thing civilians can do is huddle together for warmth.

When there are only a few, ten, or even a hundred people blocking the door from completing the task, the ninja may push the door open without hesitation or hesitation.

But what if there are thousands, ten thousand, or even one hundred thousand or one million people?

In order to carry out a mission, do you attack tens of thousands of civilians, thereby standing on the opposite side of the large group of "human beings"?

Regarding this point, I believe that even a Hokage would hesitate, let alone someone who performs tasks in an individual capacity.

Survival and stability are the only hope for the common people!

If you prevent civilians from migrating to Kyoto City and taking root, it means that you are standing against the majority of people!

The agglomeration of population means uneven distribution of land.

To accommodate a sufficient population, the area needs to be continuously expanded.

Of course, the land originally vacated by population migration cannot be wasted.

"Father is right, we really shouldn't get too close to the nobles of the Fire Country."

Itachi agreed with what his father reminded him.

The only thing that is certain at present is that the "nobles" headed by the name of the Fire Country are not as simple as they seem.

At least, based on the treaty signed between the Fire Nation and Konoha, they unknowingly gathered the hearts and minds of most of the Fire Nation's people, and... used the civilians as their best shields.

Konoha and the Fire Temple are shields to the outside world.

The people of the Fire Nation are shields from within.

Although it is unclear whether the Fire Nation has any ill intentions towards Konoha.

But from this information, it seems that the relationship between the Fire Country and Konoha is more like mutual use than the past thought of life and death.

Originally, the Uchiha were a relatively special force in Konoha. If they could surpass the position of Hokage and directly make friends with the daimyo of the Land of Fire...

There is no doubt that it is stirring up Konoha's nerves!

"Konoha is really troubled externally and internally, ha..."

As Itachi gradually sorted out his thoughts, Artoria also understood the cause and effect.

Her fair face was full of confusion, her fingers were sliding lightly on the map on the table, and she laughed miserably, "No matter where you are, there will always be disputes within a force."

In his laughter, Itachi did not feel the calmness and calmness of the past, but instead felt lonely and sad.

Under this situation, Konoha and Britain are indeed somewhat similar.

But rather than comforting her.

Itachi's eyes fell on her fingers.

Just now……

She seemed to have touched the tabletop by accident.

After being able to walk on the ground, standing on trees, and occasionally unable to pass through walls, now... can she touch the table?

Sure enough, Artoria is not in a spiritual state after death.

It’s more like being in between two worlds!