I am the new Hokage of Konoha.

......

Inside the teahouse.

Ritsuko Yamanaka, who knew through her senses that all enemies had been eliminated, informed Unting.

Yun Ting nodded, used his Wood Release life force to purify the cold tea in the bowl, and drank it all in one gulp before calling out, "Boss, the bill."

"Here you are." The owner of the teahouse, an old woman with a hunched back, walked slowly over, took the money handed over by Yun Ting, and smiled kindly, "Please take care, guest."

Yun Ting nodded calmly, then got up and left.

Just then, seeing Yun Ting's back within reach, a cold glint flashed in the old woman's eyes. With a speed far beyond her years, she pulled out a poisoned silver needle and plunged it straight into Yun Ting's back.

Yun Ting did not react.

Just as the man's face lit up with joy, suddenly!

He was instantly paralyzed.

"Ninja Technique: Mind Disorders Body Technique"

Beside her, Ritsuko Yamanaka calmly formed a hand seal, and then, under the man's terrified gaze, directed his right hand to insert a silver needle deep into her forehead.

boom!

With the man dead, the disguise vanished, and the old woman's makeup instantly transformed into the face of a gloomy middle-aged man.

Yun Ting ignored him and continued walking.

Whether it was the assassination attempt just now or the poisoning of the tea earlier, in his view, the methods were too low-level, and it was clear that they were not sent by a major power.

Ritsuko Yamanaka was clearly aware of this as well. After examining the assassin's belongings and finding a wanted poster, a hint of surprise flashed in her beautiful eyes. She immediately caught up with Yun Ting and said:

"Lord Hokage, that person just now, and the group that bowed their heads earlier, should all be bounty hunters from the black market. I think the reason they were so overconfident is probably related to the bounty list."

As she spoke, she handed the bounty list to Yun Ting.

When Yun Ting opened the phone, he saw that the person at the head of the group had his own name and portrait.

Next, let's look at the reward amount.

Good heavens, it's a whopping eight hundred million taels!

Even someone as wealthy and powerful as Yun Ting couldn't help but consider handing himself over when he saw the astronomical reward.

Not to mention those in the underground black market.

The saying "people die for wealth" applies to all of the world.

Of course, handing myself over was just a joke.

Coming to his senses, Yun Ting shook the bounty list in his hand and sneered, "This is still the Land of Fire, yet the underground black market dares to openly offer a bounty for the head of the Hokage. They really have a lot of nerve!"

"A cancerous growth, usually ignored because I couldn't be bothered, now dares to defy me. Does he really think he can act with impunity just because he has the protection of some powerful figures? Notify Konoha Village to issue an S-rank mission in the name of the Fourth Hokage, led by Minato Namikaze, to clean up the underground black market of the Land of Fire. Let them learn a lesson they shouldn't forget, that the dignity of Konoha Village is inviolable!"

"Yes!"

Upon receiving Yun Ting's menacing order, Yamanaka Ritsuko quickly wrote the mission on a blank scroll, had Yun Ting sign it, and then summoned a messenger eagle using a summoning technique, bringing it back to Konoha at lightning speed.

It is foreseeable that a bloodbath will erupt in Konoha's underground black market in the coming period.

This operation also includes Minato Namikaze, who possesses the Flying Thunder God Technique, making it even more certain that none of them will escape.

All of this is the result of offending the Hokage.

It should be noted that in the past, although many famous ninjas from the five great nations were on the bounty list of the underground black market, almost none of the Five Kage were on it.

After all, the former is just a pawn, and the ninja village won't get angry over one person.

But the latter is handsome, and jade-like.

If anyone dares to put the Five Kage on the bounty list, they will face relentless retaliation from the entire ninja village, where the lord is disgraced and the vassal dies.

Therefore, Yun Ting was very surprised and wondered what had gotten into the underground black market that made them dare to put him on the list.

Could it be because of that unprecedented stimulus of 800 million?

maybe.

He's now quite curious about which wealthy people have raised his bounty so high!

That old guy, Onoki, the Tsuchikage, definitely has a share.

After all, this guy is known for hiring bounty hunters, so it's not surprising that he would offer to kill him.

But this old guy can't offer such a high price.

There must be other people involved as well.

It's quite intriguing to wonder who among these people might be.

Chapter Fifty-Five: Boring Political Struggles

The matter of cleaning up the underground black market in the Land of Fire still needs time to develop, so let's leave that aside for now.

After dealing with the first wave of pursuers, Yun Ting continued on his journey with Yamanaka Ritsuko.

Despite the bloody lessons of the past, people still flocked to Yunting, drawn by their own interests.

However, they didn't even get to meet the latter before being secretly wiped out one by one by the Shadow Guard members.

With the protection of two Jonin and two Special Jonin, few organizations, apart from the four major nations and a very few other forces, can break through.

The first day passed by in this way, filled with playful bickering.

After enjoying a luxurious night in a Wood Release villa, Yun Ting continued his journey with Ritsuko and the Shadow Guard members the next morning.

Unlike yesterday, there were fewer attempts by those overconfident individuals to test us today.

We traveled for several hours without any unexpected incidents along the way.

In response, the vigilance of the Shadow Guards protecting the area around Yunting increased rather than decreased.

Because they all knew that this was the calm before the storm.

After the mediocre are eliminated on the first day, what remains is the real danger.

.......

now.

About five kilometers away from Yunting, in a narrow valley, a group of uninvited guests were gathering.

There were roughly thirty-three people.

The vast majority of them were ninjas wearing Cloud Ninja headbands, numbering eleven.

The second most numerous were ninjas wearing Mist Ninja headbands, totaling six.

As for the rest, they might be highly skilled bounty hunters, or they might simply be people sent by other ninja villages. However, unlike the water and lightning kingdoms, the lightning and fire kingdoms are still at war with the fire kingdom, so they can expose their identities without restraint.

They had nothing on them that could identify them.

Regardless, the fact that these people were able to be gathered here means they are definitely much stronger than yesterday's cannon fodder.

The leader of the Cloud Ninja team, a Jonin named Yun, looked around at everyone who was considered to be on the same side, and a hint of joy flashed through his mind.

In this operation, the eleven Cloud Ninjas led by him were all Jonin-level, as were the Mist Ninjas beside him. In addition, there were these unidentified individuals whose auras seemed to be no less than their own, which meant that there were a total of thirty-three Jonin-level experts gathered here.

With such power, annihilating a small ninja village would be an easy task.

Even if it's an assassination attempt against a Kage-level expert, the success rate is extremely high.

When Yun accepted this mission, his original goal was merely to test the Fourth Hokage. If he was unable to defeat him, he could simply collect his blood and leave. He was not required to risk his life to assassinate the Hokage.

However, it seems that the latter is not impossible to achieve!

So what if he possesses Wood Release? Even if he has the same bloodline limit, it doesn't mean that the current Fourth Hokage is Hashirama Senju.

The latter also won the title of God of the Ninja World after decades of fighting.

He didn't believe that the young Fourth Hokage possessed such strength.

Therefore, if all of them were to attack together, the probability of killing the Hokage would be very high.

In this way, Konoha will be leaderless, allowing Kumogakure to gain even greater benefits from this war.

Thinking of this, Yun felt a surge of excitement, but his gaze involuntarily turned to a man wearing a cold mask in the crowd.

It was this person's arrival that allowed the Cloud Ninja, Mist Ninja, and other miscellaneous forces to purposefully gather together and ambush the Fourth Hokage on his inevitable path without leaking any information.

Although this person had made great contributions, Yun still looked down on him.

The fact that they were able to find this group of people in the Land of Fire and bring them here quietly shows that their influence in the Land of Fire is deeply rooted and that they have inextricable ties with Konoha Village. They are very likely one of the high-ranking officials in Konoha.

Boring political infighting!

Although his body was covered in muscles, Yun was very intelligent and naturally understood that someone in Konoha wanted to use them to get rid of the Fourth Hokage.

No wonder the Land of Fire, as the number one nation in the ninja world, always performs poorly in wars.

With so many scheming and hindranced individuals within the organization, how can they possibly exert their full strength to fight against external enemies?

Unlike their Hidden Cloud Village, they don't have so many hidden agendas; they've always focused on one thing and attacked with one punch.

This is why Kumogakure has consistently achieved victories throughout the many Shinobi World Wars.

Traitors are despised no matter where they are.

Although he despised this person, Yun, knowing the mission was of utmost importance, still asked him, "As far as I know, there are Byakugan ninjas among the Kage's guards. If they had discovered our presence earlier, would the Hokage and his party have retreated?"

The person in charge, or to put it bluntly, someone from the Root organization. After all, only they possessed a powerful intelligence network in the Land of Fire, had conflicts with the Cloud Court, and dared to act ruthlessly.

Although Root also dispatched an assassination squad at Danzo's request, after discovering other forces, they deliberately united these forces together, based on the principle of "why not use them if they are not needed," in order to pose the greatest threat to Cloud Court.

Upon hearing this, the Root member replied indifferently, "Don't worry, we have already set up a concealed sealing barrier here. As long as you don't leave the valley, the Byakugan won't be able to detect you."

"A sealing barrier!" Yun exclaimed with relief after hearing the news.

Konoha Village, which inherited the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan, is the envy of the other four great nations.

Especially the Cloud Ninjas, who were used to forcibly seizing various secret techniques in the ninja world, had been eyeing them for a long time.

They contributed greatly to the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools back then, and although they obtained many sealing techniques, the essence of them was destroyed by the former, so they are still far inferior to Konoha.

Not only sealing techniques, but also the Byakugan, Sharingan, Wood Release, and other techniques of Konoha Village made the bandit-like Cloud Ninja drool.