Madara, let's change the world together!

A small minority also deeply resented those who dared to resist, believing them to be a desecration of the noble bloodline of the aristocracy and demons who disrupted order and peace.

This incident made Kiyoi Gen and Uchiha Madara realize just how seriously ill the spirit of the common people in the Land of Water was.

These people would never think of taking up arms to resist unless they were driven to desperation.

They would only kneel down, grovel on the ground, and beg for the mercy of the noble.

They're not even as good as those children who survived the chaos of war!

The only way to change them is to use drastic measures to force them to change!

Kiyoshi's gaze turned cold.

He personally spearheaded a nationwide "bandit suppression" operation in the Land of Water.

Madara, disguised as the daimyo of the Land of Water, ordered his army to annihilate all rebels in the daimyo's name.

The officials of the Water Kingdom sprang into action.

Their efficiency increased many times over, as if they were afraid of suffering the same fate as some nobles, being killed by those rampaging commoners.

terrible!

These lowly people are actually learning to resist?

They thought only ninjas could possibly have the conscious desire to overthrow the daimyo's rule, but...

The armies from all over the Land of Water assembled very quickly.

There were ordinary samurai who didn't know how to refine chakra, as well as ninjas hired from small ninja villages.

Thus, a crackdown began.

Hundreds of small, scattered resistance groups across the country vanished in the blink of an eye from the Land of Water's intelligence coverage.

They seem to be hiding in some unknown place, making them difficult to find.

"Better to kill ten thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free!"

A high-ranking official from a water-dwelling nation issued this order.

The brutal looting began.

Nobles and officials in various places spontaneously began to legally plunder with their private armies of dozens or hundreds of men.

Those with money, take it!

A beautiful woman snatched it away!

They stole the treasure!

Some nobles seemed to have forgotten that the purpose of this nationwide crackdown was to find those who would rebel, not to allow them to legally plunder the people of their territories.

As a result, the common people who hunched over and knelt on the ground suffered.

Countless tragedies occurred, yet they could only watch helplessly, kneeling until their knees bled, to no avail.

Because they are not treated as human beings.

"My daughter!!!"

"dad!!"

In a small town, a man in his thirties lunged forward, only to be kicked to the ground by a warrior in armor.

"We suspect your daughter is a traitor!"

"If you continue to obstruct us, we will treat you as a traitor!"

The surrounding residents couldn't bear to watch, and their silent expressions pierced the middle-aged man's heart.

That's his daughter!

If I were taken to a powerful mansion, I would definitely be abused!

Three years ago, he, like the people surrounding him now, watched with pity as his neighbor's daughter was summoned to the master's mansion for a special reason.

Then, the neighbor's daughter never came back.

That neighbor fell ill from depression and eventually passed away one winter; he was the one who buried him.

So this day has fallen on his head too.

"take away!"

"Search again to see if any traitors are hiding."

"puff!"

A person fell from the sky and pierced the samurai's body with a samurai sword.

At the same time, several samurai who came to loot the streets were also killed by the suddenly appearing "traitors".

"Why not take up arms?"

The middle-aged man raised his head from his kneeling position.

The person in front of me was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy with long orange hair, but his eyes were sharp and completely different from theirs.

"You don't even have the courage to protect your daughter?!"

The middle-aged man pressed his hands to the ground and looked at his daughter who had just been rescued.

The daughter's eyes were filled with fear and disappointment in her father.

It's disappointment, isn't it?

Because he couldn't stop these warriors.

"Why are you unwilling to stand up?"

The boy, who wasn't very old, raised his katana and pointed it at the surrounding civilians, scanning them all with a sharp gaze.

"It's clearly you people who are rebelling!"

"If you hadn't resisted, how could we have encountered such a thing!"

A tall, thin man with a stubble beard spoke with increasing conviction, and even showed signs of becoming angry.

"You demons deserve to be..."

"clang!!!"

The sound stopped abruptly.

He felt a burning sensation on the outside of his ear, which quickly turned into a stinging pain.

He slowly turned his head.

The samurai sword that had just killed someone was stuck to the wooden door behind him.

The reason his ear felt a stinging pain was because the knife had cut open the outer edge of his ear.

"Eeya yaaa!!!"

The tall, thin man was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and the boy who had thrown the samurai sword walked towards him.

Despite the significant age difference between the two, the tall, thin man was terrified by the boy, who was much younger than him.

The orange-haired boy drew his blood-stained katana.

"coward!"

The sound wasn't loud, but it reached the ears of everyone present.

"You think that not resisting means safety?"

"Do you really think they're here to find traitors?"

"How pathetic! How lamentable! How laughable!"

"Indeed, it's a luxury for someone who has been kneeling for too long to stand up."

"Nagato, let's go. There isn't a single person here who dares to change the status quo."

Yahiko's expression was indifferent, and several warriors from Hatsuhi Castle, including Nagato, began to walk towards the exit.

"and many more!"

The middle-aged man who had almost lost his daughter stood up.

He glanced at his wife behind him, then at his daughter standing there dumbfounded, and finally gritted his teeth.

“Three years ago, I watched as Harlin’s daughter was summoned by God, and I was unable to stand up for her.”

"Today, without you, my daughter would be like Harlem's daughter."

The middle-aged man clenched his fist.

"I'm with you!"

"I don't want to live in fear every day anymore!"

"I don't want to see my daughter arrested again!"

After saying that, he turned to his wife and spoke.

"If I don't come back, you'd better run for your lives."

Yahiko watched as the other person walked over. Although his body was still trembling, his steps were clearly unwavering.

Finally, someone else has come to their senses!

What should I do?

The middle-aged man asked.

"Welcome to join us, we'll teach you how to fight."

Yahiko said this.

Chapter 123 The Spread of a Wildfire

Inside the Mizukage's office in Kirigakure.

Kiyoi Gen is systematically observing the uprisings and rebellions throughout the Land of Water.

Only Bai Miao was by his side in the office.