Naruto: From the capture of the main family to the behind-the-scenes mastermind

Chapter 218: With Daming Prefecture as the boundary, the southeast belongs to the Fire Country, and the northwest belongs to us

As a daimyo, no ruler wants him to be alive, and Uchino Nobuji is the most prestigious elder of Sunagakure. If the next ruler of the Wind Country wants to take over the power of Sunagakure but does not want to spend time to slowly gain control, he will definitely kill Uchino Nobuji.

They were both in the same situation.

Thinking of this, the daimyo smiled and watched the maid fill a glass of wine for him and hand it to him.

The wine in the glass glows amber under the candlelight, and emits a faint aroma as it sways gently.

He took the wine glass, touched the rim of the glass with his fingertips, felt the slightly cool touch, and an inexplicable tranquility surged in his heart.

"These are my last days as daimyo."

The daimyo slowly raised the wine glass to his lips and took a deep breath, letting the aroma of the wine swirl in his nose. Then, he took a sip, the wine flowing in his mouth, with a hint of sweetness and spiciness, just right to stimulate his taste buds, making him close his eyes and enjoy the tranquility and satisfaction of this moment.

The wine contained a drug from Sunagakure that could help one fake death and escape. It was given to him by Uchino Shinji.

In order to prevent anyone from plotting something bad, the daimyo did not use someone else's hand, but personally prepared a bottle of fake death medicine according to the contents of the scroll...

His heart twitched, and the Daimyo's expression of enjoyment disappeared, and his pupils contracted, with an effect different from what Uchino Shinji had said.

According to the scroll, this is not the effect after taking it.

Unless it's fake!
The daimyo tried to remain calm, but his body had already reacted. A numbness quickly spread from his stomach to his entire body, his vision began to blur, and his limbs became heavy and weak.

He could only use his last bit of strength to look at Uchino Shinji, staring at him intently.

It's you……

Amid the puzzled expressions of the people below him, the daimyo collapsed on the table after drinking, becoming the first daimyo of a major country in the ninja world to die in a castle tower.

This incident has also been recorded in other countries.

In the 47th year of Konoha, the Daimyo of the Wind Country made a recipe, took it, and died!
……

Inside the castle tower, the sudden collapse of the daimyo was beyond everyone's expectations.

Everyone thought that if something was going to happen today, it would be them. Who could have thought that it would be Daimyo who would get into trouble?

While others were still in a panic, Uchino Shinji, who was well prepared, quickly rushed to the daimyo's seat, blocked the daimyo's final "accusation", and put his trembling fingers against the daimyo's nose.

"The daimyo is dead."

The low voice echoed in the room and reached everyone's ears.

"who is it?"

"who is it!"

"No answer? Then arrest them all!"

"Yes!"

The ninja hiding in the dark heard the order, appeared behind Uchino Shinji, and looked at everyone in the room with cold eyes.

The nobles, who were originally just showing grief because of the loss of the rabbit, suddenly changed their expressions.

"Elder Shinji, you can't arrest us. How can a mere lowly ninja treat a noble so rudely!"

"It's you, you did it, I just saw it, the last daimyo's eyes were on you!"

"Elder Shinji, today's incident has nothing to do with me. Now that the daimyo is dead, I am willing to follow you."

"..."

Ignoring the insults or pleas for mercy, Uchino Shinji watched quietly as everyone was either captured or killed for resisting.

He smiled slightly and said before everyone was taken away:
"The Daimyo devoted himself to training ninjas for the Wind Country. He worked tirelessly and made great contributions to resisting the invasion of the Fire Country. But the hateful thing is that it was precisely because of this that he was feared by the Fire Country and died there. You all should not seek your own destruction." After hearing this reminder which sounded like a sarcastic remark, some nobles who were still shouting and cursing reacted and stopped talking, while the nobles who had been quiet and prepared to coexist with the country started to curse immediately.

"You are a running dog of the Fire Nation. You defected to the Fire Nation in Tsukimi Castle, right? You are so stupid. They won't let you go!"

"Uchino Shinji, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost!"

"..."

Watching them being taken away by his subordinates indifferently, Uchino Shinji turned his gaze again to the daimyo's corpse on the ground.

Thinking of Gui Deng Huan Yue who was about to arrive, he hesitated for a moment and made up his mind.

He didn't even care about his dignity. In front of his subordinates, he threw himself in front of the daimyo's body, grabbed his hand, and cried bitterly:
"Master Daimyo, we had a pleasant conversation yesterday. Why did you die today? What should I do if you die?"

As he was talking, he seemed to remember something. He looked at his dazed subordinates and shouted, "What are you still standing there for? Go and take back all the ninjutsu that the daimyo has collected, and take away all the treasures of the daimyo's mansion. Don't even leave the sign of the castle tower behind. That's all our credit! Those who are left behind, cry with me!"

After giving the order, Uchino Shinji grabbed the daimyo's other hand and continued to cry:

"I, Uchino Shinji, will definitely avenge you, Lord Daimyo!"

The ninjas left around looked at each other and squeezed out a tear.

By the time Gui Deng Huan Yue, with the help of people inside Daming Mansion, walked in here without fighting, the crying in the room had not stopped yet.

Looking at the group of ninjas crying bitterly surrounding the daimyo's corpse, Hozuki Gengetsu's mouth twitched.

The acting is a bit fake.

But he understood why they did this. Wasn't it because they were afraid of destroying the bridge after crossing it?

Is he like that?
Seeing the real boss coming, Uchino Shinji wiped his eyes, with a trace of sadness on his old face, "Second-generation Mizukage, the daimyo's mansion has been controlled, and various resources are being integrated."

"Yeah." Hozuki Huanyue thought of the ninja outside who had started to tear down the walls and tiles. He was silent for a moment, looked at the ninja who was still crying, and stopped talking.

Because faced with such a situation, he didn't know what to say.

On the other hand, a ninja from Uchino Shinji's side suddenly stopped crying and came to ask, "Sir, what should we do with the bodies of the daimyo and the nobles here?"

"Do I need to teach you? Cremation! And search again, and take away the valuables. Haven't we had enough of the hard days of the Sunagakure without funds? Let's burn the remaining garbage along with the useless planks that were removed..."

Upon hearing the arrangement, Hozuki Gengetsu glanced at Uchino Shinji and his eyebrows twitched.

People take picking up as their heaven, and he understands that.

But what you imply is that Daimyo is trash, right?
Is this too much?

As if he could see Hozuki's emotions, Uchino Shinji glanced at the daimyo's body and smiled, "You see, the daimyo has no objection."

"..."

Although he had seen many shameless nobles, Hozuki Gengetsu had never seen a ninja as shameless as Uchino Shinji.

However, the daimyo has no objection...

Mo Ming glanced at the Daimyo's body, and Gui Deng Huan Yue smiled slightly, "Mr. Daimyo, from now on, with Daimyo Prefecture as the boundary, the southeastern direction belongs to the Fire Country, and the northwest direction belongs to us. How about that? Do you have any objections?"

"..."

Seeing that the daimyo agreed, Gui Deng Huan Yue nodded with satisfaction, "It seems not."

That’s decided.

(End of this chapter)