The Shimada Family's Ninja Journey

"Genji, you're a newlywed, I'm so sorry for dragging you here to attend the Five Shadows Conference."

At the entrance of Konoha Village, Hanzo and Genji had just said goodbye to the villagers who saw them off, and were heading towards the Iron Country together.

More than half a month has passed in a flash, and just a few days ago, Genji and Qiane, the young lovers who went through all kinds of hardships to get together, finally achieved success.

Of course, the price is that Genji owes Hanzo a large amount of money...

But putting aside the money issue, Genji is generally very happy.

Unfortunately, the happiness lasted only two days, as the newly married Genji was dragged by Hanzo to attend the Five Kage Conference.

According to the agreement between Hanzo and the other four great ninja villages, each Kage can go with two guards.

In addition to Genji, Hanzo also brought Madara with him.

There was no other way, Hanzo himself wanted to leave the village, and if he didn't take Madara away, he would be really worried about leaving Hashirama and Madara in the village.

Therefore, Hanzo simply took Uchiha Madara with him. Firstly, Konoha's side would be more intimidating at the conference, and secondly, it could stabilize the situation within the village.

With Hashirama taking charge of the overall situation, Hanzo was quite relieved.

Listening to Hanzo's sincere apology, Genji suddenly felt a black thread, but there was nothing he could do.

Hanzo must take a confidant with him when he goes here. Madara is naturally not a confidant, so he can only take Genji with him.

"Bu..." Genji breathed a long sigh of relief and said silently in his heart: "I'm not angry, I'm not angry. If I get sick from anger, there will be no one to take care of me..."

As for Ban on the side, he still had a Sima expression, as if everything in front of him had nothing to do with him.

Yes, after such a long time, Madara still has no intention of bowing his head, so the two are still in a cold war.

But Hanzo didn't care too much.

Although the two have conflicts now, this conflict is not enough to make Uchiha Madara betray, and from Hanzo's point of view, Madara is probably not that angry, but more like... tsundere?

After Hanzo and Yuan exchanged a few words, they also became quiet. Then the three of them stopped talking and started on their way wholeheartedly.

The location of this Five Shadows Conference is in the Kingdom of Iron.

This is not because of Hanzo's past life memories, but because of practical reasons.

The Country of Iron is located directly north of Konoha, and is also the northernmost part of the entire ninja continent. Therefore, this country is covered by wind and snow for a long time every year, and it can be called a bitter cold place.

There is no oil and water, and the country's warrior group is unique in the mainland and has a certain strength. Therefore, the five major countries made an agreement a long time ago not to take action against the Iron Kingdom, which can be regarded as establishing the neutral status of the Iron Kingdom.

Of course, the five major countries at that time were still in a period of melee warfare among the ninja clans. Even if someone wanted to attack the Iron Kingdom, they would be unable to do so.

Hanzo proposed to hold the Five Shadows Conference in the Iron Kingdom this time, mainly because of the permanent neutral status of the Iron Kingdom.

After all, this is the only permanently neutral country in the ninja world, which means that the Iron Country has no political leanings.

The other small countries sandwiched between the five major countries basically have more or less political tendencies. For the Kage of other ninja villages, coming to such a place involves taking some risks.

The Kages of each ninja village are the backbone of each village, not to mention that the current Five Kages are the first generation of each village and the backbone of the backbone, so naturally it is most appropriate to hold the Five Kage Conference in the Kingdom of Iron.

It has now entered November, and even the relatively warm Fire Nation has officially entered winter.

The speed of the three Hanzos was not too slow. As they gradually approached the north of the Land of Fire, the surrounding air became colder and colder.

The three of them immediately put on the cloaks they had prepared earlier.

The sun gradually moved to the top of the head. The three of them randomly found a village to do some repairs, had something to eat, and then continued on the road.

As we walked, snowflakes gradually began to fall in the sky.

"Is it snowing?" Genji said in surprise as he looked at the falling snowflakes.

The Land of Fire has a climate with four distinct seasons, and snow is common, but where Konoha is located, it usually doesn't start snowing in November.

"This is already the northernmost part of the Land of Fire." Hanzo stretched out his hand to grab a piece of snowflake and said with a smile, "If we go further, we will reach the Land of Iron. I'm afraid it will be a bit colder over there."

Genji nodded when he heard this and said: "Let's go, this is my first time to go to the Kingdom of Iron..."

"Who isn't?" Hanzo also laughed.

But just as he finished speaking, he remembered that this was probably not Madara's first time in the Kingdom of Iron.

About ten years ago, the Shimada clan and the Senju clan teamed up to defeat the combined forces of the Uchiha clan and the Hagoromo clan.

After that battle, the Uchiha clan lost the mission entrustment of the Daming Palace and cut off most of their economic sources. In order to prevent them from sitting on nothing, the Uchiha clan began to develop business in the small countries in the north of the Fire Country.

Small countries such as Taki Country and Tian Country have all been influenced by the Uchiha clan.

Of course, the Uchiha clan also tried the same thing with the Iron Kingdom.

However, the samurai group within the Iron Kingdom was quite strong, and the Uchiha clan had already suffered heavy losses at that time, so after some testing, the then clan leader Uchiha Tajima hesitated and gave up on the Iron Kingdom.

Thinking of this, Hanzo pursed his lips and suddenly said to Madara, who had been silent all this time: "Madara, you must have been to the Kingdom of Iron, right?"

Madara, who was silent at first, obviously did not expect that Hanzo would suddenly break the ice. After being stunned for a while, Uchiha Madara nodded slowly and said: "Yes, I have been here."

"Then tell us about the situation in the Iron Kingdom. What is the relationship between their generals and daimyo?"

"..."

Madara didn't expect that Hanzo would speak in such a tone as if nothing had happened.

"Well, this should count as him bowing to me first..." Madara reluctantly persuaded himself, and then said: "The name of the Iron Kingdom is just a decoration, and everything in their country is controlled by the leader of the samurai -

—The general will handle it, and the people and warriors in their country are all supporters of the general."

"Then what strength does this general have?" Genji couldn't help but ask.

Madara glanced at Genji and said calmly: "About ten years ago, I went to the Kingdom of Iron with my father..."

Speaking of his deceased father, Madara paused subconsciously, and then slowly said: "The general of the Iron Kingdom at that time should be slightly weaker than my father."

"Slightly weaker than Uchiha Tajima?" Hanzo and Genji were both surprised.

Uchiha Tajima's strength, even now, is still a good player in the Kage level. He could be compared with Uchiha Tajima ten years ago. This general of the Iron Kingdom should not be underestimated.

While the three of them were talking, the border of the Kingdom of Iron also came into their sight.

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