Naruto: Nara's skill set is incredibly sneaky.

In Chapter 171, only Sunagakure was injured in the end.

When information is laid out on the table, problems are actually quite easy to spot.

The daimyo of the Land of Lightning isn't here, but the elders are.

Faced with everyone's gaze, the elder, who had been struggling desperately, fell silent.

Lu Shi walked over and removed the seal from the elder's mouth. "Elder of the Blood Pool Clan, tell me, what exactly happened?"

The elder remained silent.

In a sense, this action already represents an attitude.

Miya Ryūshin was somewhat incredulous. "Elder! Why? What good does staging this do us?!"

"benefit?"

The elder's voice was deep. After a moment, the elder raised his head and said, "Our Blood Pool Clan has lived in Hell Valley for over a thousand years. Originally a great clan comparable to the Uchiha, it was decimated by Hell Valley, with less than one in ten surviving."

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"Now that I have a chance to leave Hell Valley, why shouldn't I seize it? I'm saving the Blood Pool Clan!"

What did I do wrong?!

Faced with the hysterical elder, Lu Shi calmly asked, "So you did those things?"

"The letter that Ryu Shin received was replaced by me. I have discussed it with the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning. We will take the Blood Pond Clan and leave the Land of Lightning. He doesn't care where we go, but we cannot return to the Land of Wind."

"If we do as he says, the grudge between us and the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning from a thousand years ago will be wiped clean. If we don't agree, he will send the Hidden Cloud Village to hunt us down."

"I am unaware of the deal between the Daimyo of the Land of Wind and the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning."

The elder revealed everything he knew.

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind widened his eyes. "That bastard Daimyo of the Land of Lightning, he took my things and then did this?"

Now the truth is out.

The incident stemmed from a transaction between the daimyo of the Land of Lightning and the daimyo of the Land of Wind.

The daimyo of the Land of Wind paid a certain price to try and recruit the Blood Pool Clan into his service.

The daimyo of the Land of Lightning wanted what the daimyo of the Land of Wind wanted, but didn't want the daimyo of the Land of Wind to gain the power of the Blood Pond Clan.

Therefore, the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning sought out the elders of the Blood Pond Clan and orchestrated today's farce.

"Alright, the misunderstanding is temporarily cleared up. Lord Ikegawa, and everyone from the Blood Pond Clan, what are your plans?"

The misunderstanding has been cleared up.

Lu Shi naturally prepared to finish the task quickly.

The Blood Pool Clan was somewhat at a loss.

The daimyo of the Land of Wind was extremely agitated. "Damn it, that bastard daimyo of the Land of Lightning, I will never let him get away with this! I'm going back right now to cause him trouble!"

Upon seeing this, Shikatoki quickly said, "Lord Ikegawa, this is a matter between daimyo, and it is not convenient for me to get involved."

Akira Ikegawa didn't intend to make things difficult for Shikatoki. "Shikatoki-kun, you don't need to worry about this matter. I will pay your reward to Konoha Village later. Don't worry, I will not shortchange you. You just need to be responsible for my safety on the journey."

"That's good."

Shika had no desire to get involved in the power struggles between the daimyo.

"What are you going to do about the Blood Pool clan?"

Upon hearing this, Ikegawa Akira looked at the Blood Pond Clan. Originally, his goal was to recruit the Blood Pond Clan, but after what happened today, Ikegawa Akira suddenly didn't want to recruit them anymore.

The Blood Pool Clan is brainless; they even dared to kidnap me.

How could he possibly recruit such a ninja clan into his ranks?

"Let them do what they want, I'm not going to take it anyway."

Lu Shi was not surprised by this.

When faced with people or things that might threaten them, the Daimyo group's favorite approach is to eliminate them completely.

This way, there's no need for strategy or guesswork.

"And you? What are your plans now?"

The Blood Pool Clan was somewhat bewildered. They had originally gone to the Land of Water to escape for their lives, but now they suddenly had no reason to go, and it seemed that they had even lost their place in the organization.

Miyajo En stepped forward. "We definitely can't go back to the Land of Lightning, but we've escaped Hell Valley, which is a good thing. Finding a safe place and living a peaceful life is so much better than before."

These words gave the Blood Pool Clan a glimmer of hope.

Yup!

Could it possibly be worse than being in Hell Valley?

"Let's continue our journey to the Land of Water!"

After thinking it over, Miyajo En decided to go to the Land of Water.

After thinking for a moment, Shikamaru said, "How about we go back to Konoha?"

"what?"

The Blood Pool clan all looked at the deer.

Lu Shi also had his own considerations.

The Blood Dragon Eye is a valuable bloodline limit, and we don't know where Black Zetsu and Uchiha Shinnosuke are hiding in the Land of Water.

What if the Blood Pool Clan goes to the Water Kingdom and ends up being absorbed by them? That would be aiding the enemy.

Therefore, it would be better to simply recruit them into Konoha, which would also improve Konoha's combat strength.

"Lord Shikatoki, is Konoha really willing to accept us? Will the Uchiha clan agree?" The elder spoke cautiously.

Lu glanced at the elder.

This is the reality, damn it.

Just now they were calling it Nara Deer!

Now we just call him Lord Lu Shi.

He really knows how to be flexible and adaptable.

"Don't worry about that. Konoha has accepted the Minazuki clan and the Kaguya clan, so it won't miss your Blood Pond clan. Of course, that is, provided you don't cause trouble."

"As for the Uchiha clan, to be honest, they don't even remember you. You're just overthinking it."

Even the head of the Uchiha clan doesn't have much of an impression of him.

What about the younger generation of the Uchiha clan?

"We're joining Konoha!"

Miya Shiro spoke directly.

If given a choice, Konoha would definitely be much better than the Land of Water.

What was their reason for going to the Land of Water?

It's because the Land of Water is chaotic enough to better conceal them.

But now that there's a safe and secure place, who would want to go to a chaotic place like the Land of Water? That would be crazy!

Shika nodded upon hearing this. "Alright, then turn around and return to the Land of Fire. I will arrange for someone to meet you at the port. When you arrive, register in Konoha and your treatment will be the same as that of the Minazuki clan."

"Thank you, Lord Lu Shi."

"I'm leaving now. Uchiha Riki, you can go with your best buddy." After saying that, Shikatoki disappeared with the Daimyo of the Land of Wind.

Uchiha Ri scratched his head, feeling somewhat uncomfortable as the other person stared into his eyes.

Miya Ryūshin leaned closer. "Ri, what was in the letter you wrote to me?"

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Ryou immediately became interested. "Ryushin, let me tell you, I borrowed Jiraiya's collector's edition of Icha Icha Paradise from Nawaki—well, I mean, someone from the village. I'll introduce you to him later."

"It's much more explicit and the content is much richer; it's truly an eye-opener for me. I was planning to share it with you, but I never expected something like this to happen. Sigh!"

"Collector's Edition!"

Miya Ryushin was brimming with excitement. "What's inside? Describe it!"

Seeing that the two were talking about erotic books as if no one else was around, the rest of the Blood Pool clan chose to stay away.

Meanwhile, Shika returned to his base with the daimyo of the Land of Wind.

The people of Sunagakure breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that the Daimyo of the Land of Wind was unharmed.

"Daimyo, it was my fault for failing to protect you properly. Please punish me." Yashamaru apologized to the Sand Ninja.

Akira Ikegawa snorted coldly, "I'll settle accounts with you when I get back. Now, prepare yourselves for the capital of the Land of Thunder!"

"yes!"

Their location was not far from the capital of the Land of Lightning.

In addition, the daimyo of the Land of Wind was still angry and didn't rest much on the way, so he arrived at the capital of the Land of Lightning in just a day and a half.

Akira Ikegawa took Shikatoki straight to the Daimyo's residence in the Land of Lightning.

Lu Shi waited in the reception room.

You could hear the two big names shouting insults from afar.

A simple and unadorned exchange of insults.

Based on family genealogy, with parents as the target.

A thoroughly enjoyable war of words.

Lu Shi didn't know the final outcome, only that during the banquet that evening, the two daimyo reconciled and ate and drank heartily.

They're as close as if they were wearing the same pair of pants.

The rest was simple: after spending a few days in the Land of Lightning, the daimyo of the Land of Wind chose to return.

After sending the Daimyo of the Land of Wind back, Shikatoki's mission was considered complete.

"We're heading back to Konoha. You should go back to Sunagakure too." Shikatoki greeted the people from Sunagakure and then turned and left.

The ninjas of Sunagakure were not in such a good mood.

The daimyo of the Land of Wind keeps his word.

They said they'd clean up when they got back, so they went back to clean up!

Yashamaru held a document on military budget cuts in his hand and felt a wave of dizziness.

Why was it that only Sunagakure was injured in the end?