The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

"Sixth Prince!? What are you doing? Killing your brother?!" Startled by the screams outside and the sudden intrusion of the Sixth Prince into his palace, the Fourth Prince's face paled, but he still questioned him in a restrained voice.

He hoped to attract the attention of the palace guards and thus escape danger.

"That's right, I'm here to kill you!" The Sixth Prince stepped forward and shouted fiercely.

"How dare you! Father will not forgive you when he finds out!" The fourth prince was startled and instinctively hid behind the guards on either side, shouting in a voice full of fear.

"Then you don't need your help, Fourth Brother!" the Sixth Prince sneered.

"Charge them!"

"Yes!" The guards who had followed the Sixth Prince into the fray did not hesitate and responded with a shout, charging towards the Fourth Prince.

"what!"

"what!"

Several warriors were outnumbered and killed on the spot by the men brought by the Sixth Prince!

"Sixth Prince, you will not succeed!" The Fourth Prince cursed with his eyes closed, thinking he was doomed this time.

Before he could finish speaking, even more screams rang out in the hall.

"Who goes there?!" the Sixth Prince shouted.

But the response he received was not from anyone's voice, but from a shuriken that shot towards him like a flying disc, grazing his body as the Sixth Prince scrambled to dodge.

Although it wasn't a direct hit, the shuriken still left a wound on the sixth prince's body, and bright red blood flowed out.

"Ninjas?" the Sixth Prince exclaimed.

The surrounding warriors did not hesitate and immediately surrounded the sixth prince, scanning their surroundings warily.

The Sixth Prince is their guarantee of the future; they can't let him be killed by ninjas hiding somewhere.

Unfortunately, their existence was far too insignificant to the ninja, so no matter how the samurai searched, they could not find the ninja's whereabouts. What was even stranger was that, apart from the initial attack, the ninja seemed to have vanished without a trace.

"Kill them! Kill them all!" the fourth prince roared, thinking the ninjas were his own people.

"Bring me a bow," the sixth prince said to his attendants after a moment's glance.

"Yes, Your Highness." The attendants quickly handed a bow and several arrows to the Sixth Prince.

The sixth prince reached out and took it, drew his bow and nocked an arrow, then suddenly released it, sending the arrow flying.

"puff!"

"Uh..." The fourth prince was shot with an arrow, and his blank eyes still held an incredulous expression. He fell heavily to the ground, seemingly unable to believe that he had died here.

"Come! Follow me to the palace!" At this moment, the sixth prince, having confirmed the death of the fourth prince, shouted.

Clearly, he wanted to go all out and officially ascend to the throne of the Daimyo of the Land of Water.

Before he had gone far, he suddenly felt everything go black and stumbled to the ground.

"Your Highness! Your Highness!"

The surrounding soldiers called out anxiously.

“Dead…” After a while, a soldier checked the Sixth Prince’s breath with his hand, then sat down on the ground with a look of despair and murmured.

"what?!"

Upon hearing this, the others also began to probe the situation of the Sixth Prince, until they were certain that the Sixth Prince was indeed dead.

"How could this be? Everything was fine before..."

……

"Daimyo, daimyo!"

"What is it?" Daimyo asked impatiently.

"A servant just reported that about fifteen minutes ago, the Sixth Prince suddenly led his personal guards and some soldiers of the Left Imperial Guard to attack the Fourth Prince's palace, and sounds of fighting could be heard. We suspect..."

"Crash..."

Before he could finish speaking, the tightly closed paper sliding door was suddenly yanked open, and a decrepit, lewd old man stepped out.

"What did you say?" the man asked, his eyes filled with shock and anger.

"A servant just reported that the Sixth Prince led troops into the Fourth Prince's bedchamber, seemingly intending to murder his brother," the servant reported.

"You bastard! You bastard!" the man shouted angrily.

However, before he could figure out how to handle the current situation, another servant dressed as a eunuch ran to the daimyo's palace.

"Speak your mind if you have something to say," the daimyo snapped at the eunuch who seemed hesitant to speak.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, according to the latest information I've gathered, it has been confirmed that the Fourth Prince died at the hands of the Sixth Prince, and..."

"And what?" the daimyo pressed, his face grim.

"Furthermore, the Sixth Prince is suspected of being poisoned and died on his way to the palace," the eunuch hurriedly reported.

"What?! You mean that beast is planning to come to the palace?!" the daimyo exclaimed angrily.

"Yes."

"Pfft!" The lord was so enraged by the eunuch's affirmative answer that he immediately vomited a large amount of blood and collapsed to the ground.

"Daimyo, daimyo!"

"Go, have Sato Kazusuke immediately take men to take control of the palace and thoroughly investigate everyone involved in this incident. Whoever they are, arrest them all immediately and throw them in jail! Also, send men to check on the Fifth Prince, the Seventh Prince, and the Eighth Princess to see if they are in danger or if they were involved in this matter. Do it immediately." The daimyo, forcing himself to stay upright, gave the order to the eunuch.

"Yes." The eunuch did not dare to hesitate and immediately ran out to convey the daimyo's latest instructions.

……

Soon after, more detailed information reached the daimyo.

The Fourth Prince is undoubtedly dead, and was personally shot and killed by the Sixth Prince with an arrow. The Sixth Prince also died of poisoning. As for the source of the poison, it was carried by a ninja shuriken that appeared out of nowhere during the attack on the Fourth Prince's palace. The identity of the ninja is unknown and is under further investigation.

Left General of the Imperial Guard, Akiyama Saemon Heijiro, committed suicide in his residence out of fear of punishment.

Consort Qiushan also committed suicide in her palace.

All other soldiers and guards involved in the palace coup, except for a few who were killed by Right General Sato Kazusuke for resisting arrest, have been captured and are being severely interrogated in an investigation to determine if there is a mastermind hiding behind the scenes.

In addition, the ailing fifth prince was murdered, and his body was found in his own palace, but it was unknown who did it or when.

The seventh prince also died, along with several eunuchs and maids who served him closely.

Princess Bajie is safe and sound, except for being slightly frightened.

In other words, apart from the eighth princess and the eldest princess who has already married and is now considered part of someone else's family, the daimyo of the Land of Water has completely run out of descendants who can inherit the daimyo's position...

Overwhelmed with rage, the emperor coughed up another mouthful of blood and fainted in his study.

Chapter 85 Mei Terumi

"How's it going on your end?" Inside the hotel, Ishihara Sho asked Zabuza, who was standing next to him.

"They're all dead," Zabuza replied calmly. "And what about your side?"

"Now we just need to wait for news from the palace," Ishihara Akira said with a confident smile.

After a pause, he asked Bai, "By the way, how's the house I asked you to prepare coming along?"

“Everything is ready, and you can move in anytime,” Bai replied.

“Then let’s move there. That way, when the messengers from the palace arrive, they won’t be unable to find me, the illegitimate son raised outside by the daimyo,” Ishihara Akira said with a light laugh.

"Yes."

After tidying up their belongings, the three checked out of the hotel and entered the inner city. They stopped at a longhouse street that wasn't particularly conspicuous and where most of the officials were of the sixth or seventh rank. They then found the house that Bai had prepared in advance and checked in smoothly.

As for the original owners of this place?

With one hypnotic spell, this place, which wasn't originally owned by Ishihara Sho, would be his.

As the illegitimate son of a daimyo, it's impossible for him to be without any servants.

Therefore, these original residents could also be hypnotized into being placed here by the daimyo to take care of his servants, making it easier for nobles who harbored ill intentions towards his identity to investigate.

"Phew, the preliminary arrangements are finally complete. Now all that's left is the imperial edict." Sitting on the large bed in the main house, Ishihara Akira let out a satisfied sigh.

Thanks to him for bringing Zabuza and Haku back from the Land of Waves, otherwise today's plan might not have gone so smoothly.

Yes, besides the sixth prince, who is controlled by Ishihara Akira's inner demon technique, Zabuza and Haku also participated in today's drama.

For example, there's Haku, the mysterious ninja who shot the Sixth Prince with a dart at a crucial moment.

However, he was not the one who poisoned her.

Because Bai was too kind, even though he was just acting in cooperation with Ishihara Sho, he didn't intend to kill anyone. So the deaths of the guards and the Sixth Prince were entirely due to Bai's illusions when their attention was drawn to his attack.

Then there's the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince, whose actions were taken by Zai Buzan.

As a demon, he has no moral fastidiousness. Once he lowers his standards, princes and such are nothing to him.

Moreover, one of the princes was weak and sickly, with a physical condition worse than that of an ordinary person, while the other had the intelligence of a three-year-old child. Both of them needed servants to take care of their actions and daily life. How could they possibly stop Zabuza, such a murderous wretch?

If it weren't for the concern that the daimyo might be stubborn and hand over the position to the fifth or seventh prince after the deaths of the fourth and sixth princes for the sake of the family's continuation, it wouldn't have been a problem to let those two continue living.

……

Two days later, the imperial edict from the daimyo that Ishihara Akira had been waiting for was brought over by a court official.

In other words, from this moment on, Ishihara Akira officially stepped onto the political stage of the Land of Water, becoming the only heir to the position of daimyo in the daimyo's heart.

Afterwards, Ishihara Akira sat in the cramped sedan chair brought by the Minister of the Interior and went to the daimyo's residence under the escort of a group of soldiers.

Then came a series of ceremonies, various formalities, and a meeting, which in the shortest possible time allowed Ishihara Akira to complete the process of being included in the family genealogy, establishing his identity, and stepping into the limelight, officially being pushed into the position of crown prince by the daimyo.

Why so fast?

This all started that night when Da Ming vomited blood twice.

The first time was when the blood and qi attacked the heart. Not only did it look terrible, but the consequences were also terrible. At least, the already weak heart of the man became even worse under this wave of reverse learning.

Fortunately, he was a daimyo and had enough resources to take care of him, so as long as no further problems arose, he could still live well under the care of a group of doctors and even medical ninjas.

But after the first wave of blood reversal, he got so angry that it wasn't just a heart problem anymore; his blood vessels also suffered significant damage, some ruptured and others became blocked.