What's wrong with having a large harem if you're the emperor of the ninja world?

Asuma's voice was hoarse from the severe injuries and extreme shock.

The image of the daimyo he had in mind—"some special methods but average strength"—completely collapsed.

What's right before my eyes.

He possessed a power that was beyond his comprehension and resistance, a power akin to that of a god or demon!

Di Yan slowly stood up.

The black skull around him moved, creating an immense sense of oppression.

He walked step by step toward Asuma, who lay severely injured on the ground, his Mangekyou Sharingan coldly looking down at him:

“Now, Asuma. We can have a proper ‘talk’…”

"Regarding your unauthorized entry into my palace and your attempt to assassinate me... this is your crime."

.......

45. Assassination? Konoha's entire army wiped out.

At that moment, Kurenai watched as Asuma was severely injured by a single slap from that terrifying black skeletal arm.

Her heart felt as if it were being violently squeezed.

It almost stopped beating!

Her heartless words just now.

The original intention was to make Asuma give up and believe that she had changed her mind.

Perhaps Di Yan will spare his life because of his "heartbreak"!

But this idiot!

How could he not see that!

Why must we resort to violence?

Kurenai was extremely anxious and instinctively took a step forward.

His lips moved, and he almost blurted out words of pleading for Asma.

But then he caught a glimpse of Di Yan's icy gaze.

All the words stuck in my throat.

All that remained was boundless fear and trembling.

Kurenai suddenly realized that she couldn't speak.

She is already Di Yan's woman.

Once he speaks, he won't be able to save Asma.

It could immediately lead to even more terrible consequences.

Asma struggled to lift her head.

Just then, she caught a glimpse of Kurenai's hesitant, worried, and fearful eyes!

He was suddenly jolted, and instantly understood!

What Hong just said was a lie!

She did it to protect him!

However, understanding this only fueled a deeper anger.

He doesn't need Red to protect him in this way.

She was even more furious that Di Yan had driven Hong to such a predicament!

"Cough...cough..."

Asuma coughed up blood, struggling to sit up, and glared at Di Yan, "Assassination? You were the one who detained our Konoha ninja first!"

"You deliberately provoked this! This is the real provocation against Konoha!"

Upon hearing this, Di Yan was not angry at all.

Instead, it was as if they had heard something interesting.

He first glanced at Kurenai Yuhi, who was so nervous she was almost fainting.

Then he slowly looked at Asma.

Di Yan's lips curled into a mocking smile:

"Oh? You actually figured it out?"

"That's right, I did it on purpose."

He admitted it readily, even with a hint of smugness: "So what if I'm stirring up trouble?"

Asma's face instantly turned extremely ugly.

He hadn't expected Di Yan to admit it so bluntly!

Di Yan continued, his tone like a cat playing with a mouse:

"But Asuma, the fact remains that you held a sharp blade to the neck of the Emperor of the Land of Fire!"

"You said... if I were to use this to hold Konoha accountable."

"How do you explain your Fifth Hokage, Tsunade?"

"A Hokage's direct subordinate, an elite Jonin, assassinating the head of state?"

"Can Konoha bear this crime?"

Asuma's heart sank to the bottom, and his whole body turned ice cold!

until now.

Only then did he fully understand Di Yan's sinister intentions.

From the very beginning, their target was not just Red or Class 8!

The other party intends to use him as a breakthrough point to completely break off relations.

To create a plausible "justification" for taking action against Konoha later!

He, Sarutobi Asuma, was the son of the Third Hokage and a key member of the Hokage faction.

He was undoubtedly the best candidate to maximize the effect of the "assassination of the emperor" charge!

"You...you've been plotting against me from the very beginning?"

Asma's voice trembled with anger and fear.

"if not?"

Di Yan chuckled softly.

It was as if they were mocking his slowness.

"Why do you think you were able to 'smoothly' avoid all the guards and 'accurately' find this place?"

"Of course it was I... who sent people to 'guide' you here."

This sentence was like the last straw.

This completely crushed Asma's wishful thinking.

It turns out that all his actions and all his struggles...

From the very beginning, it was completely under the other party's control.

He was like a puppet on a string.

It's pathetic to be performing according to a script written by the other party!

at this time.

Di Yan clapped his hands again.

The door to the side hall was pushed open.

Uchiha Izumi and Uchiha Tetsuka led a team of black-clad ninjas, escorting two people in!

Those two were none other than... Nara Shikamaru and Akimichi Choji!

They had clearly been through a fierce battle.

He was injured, and his chakra was sealed.

His face was pale, and his eyes were filled with resentment and anger.

But it was firmly suppressed.

Unable to move!

"His Majesty,"

Uchiha Izumi knelt on one knee and reported in a cold voice:

"Two Konoha ANBU squads, totaling twelve people, were lurking outside the palace."

"The entire area has been cleared; there are no survivors."

"These are the other two infiltrators we captured."

completely annihilated?

This news came like a bolt from the blue.

It struck Asuma, Shikamaru, and Choji hard in the heart!

Lady Tsunade secretly sent reinforcements?

and……

And they've all been killed?

Not even a single message could get out?

In an instant, immense fear and a chilling cold swept over all the Konoha ninja present.

Their operation not only failed completely, but they also fell into the enemy's trap.

Even potential reinforcements from outside were silently wiped out by the enemy!

them at this moment.

They were truly trapped like turtles in a jar.

Their lives were entirely in the hands of this devilish emperor before them!

Di Yan admired the utter despair and the chilling fear on their faces.

He slowly walked up to Asma.

The terrifying black skull phantom surrounding him slowly dissipated.

"Now, Asuma, and all the elites of Konoha..."

Di Yan's voice seemed to emanate from the deepest hell, proclaiming their fate:

“We can have a good talk about how to use your ‘value’.”

"Come and atone for your foolish act of assassination..."

.......

46. ​​Coercing the Ino-Shika-Cho trio; framing Danzo.

Asuma endured the excruciating pain, his eyes burning with an indomitable flame.