The Shadow of Konoha

The young Daimyo of the Land of Fire was not only good-looking, but his interpersonal relationships, his ability to cope with emergencies, and his manners and conversation all made the Hokage and his crew feel like they were in spring breeze.

The image of the daimyo was completely different from the old, ugly, arrogant and conceited person that Hanyu had imagined.

But from the perspective of the Hokage, this daimyo who seems to be "working hard to govern the country" is definitely not as good as the good-for-nothing who only eats and does not work... As the two highest leaders in a country, no matter how harmonious the Hokage and the daimyo are on the surface, their status determines the secret antagonism between the two.

The Daimyo is the nominal boss of the Fire Country, but he has no real military power... Maybe he has a lot of militiamen, but ordinary people are useless in front of ninjas; although the Hokage's political position is below the Daimyo, he is the military chief of the Fire Country, and 99% of the country's combat power is concentrated in his hands.

If the Hokage wanted to stage a coup, change the structure of a village and a country, and combine the political orders and military orders of the Land of Fire into one, then this coup would almost certainly succeed... Therefore, unless the daimyo is a good-for-nothing, would he not want to change his miserable situation?

Therefore, in Daimyo Castle, the guards of the Hokage, such as Hanyu, not only did not relax their vigilance, but even raised the alert level again. Who knows what kind of unpredictable situation is beneath the cheers?

After meeting with the daimyo, the Third Hokage, accompanied by him, conducted a parade in the daimyo castle. Then they came to the square in front of the palace. Under the attention of countless people, the Third Hokage gave a speech, talking about nothing more than the difficulties of the past, the hardships of the war and the dawn of victory.

Then, in this square, the Fire Country Daimyo personally signed the official appointment of Sarutobi Hiruzen as the successor to the Third Hokage. From that moment on, no one could question the identity of the Third Hokage anymore...

Being legitimate is sometimes very important.

During the past half day, the ones who had been under the greatest psychological pressure were the members of the guard team including Hanyu. Considering that the Hokage was assassinated on the way to Daimyo Castle, they had to consider the possibility that there were assassins hiding in Daimyo Castle... Even in terms of success rate, an assassination hidden in a crowd had a higher chance of success than an assassination hidden in the wilderness. After all, even with the detection efficiency of the Byakugan, it was impossible to keep an eye on everyone.

You have to know that there are tens of thousands of people in front of the Hokage now.

Every Hokage's guard was in a tense state. After the Daimyo signed the appointment letter, Hanyu and others hoped that the Hokage could return to Konoha as soon as possible. However, the problem was that this was impossible because the Hokage was now carrying out a social mission.

What is a communicative task?

That is, before doing the real work, there will be a round of wrangling, and after the real work is done, there will be another round of wrangling. The Hokage must stay in the daimyo's castle for at least one night to demonstrate the mutual trust between him and the daimyo, and between the military and political forces of the Land of Fire, before returning to Konoha.

"Lord Hokage, please follow me. I have prepared a sumptuous dinner for you in the palace. Please be sure to enjoy it." said the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

Just as expected, the Fire Country Daimyo never tampered with the Hokage's appointment letter or made any excuses, because he had no reason to find fault in that regard.

After signing the appointment letter, the daimyo warmly invited the Third Hokage to dinner.

The Hokage rolled up the appointment letter written on the precious brocade scroll and put it in his arms, while responding, "That's great, thank you for the hospitality, Lord Daimyo. I have long coveted the delicacies of Daimyo Castle, and today I finally get to taste them."

After the words were spoken, the two looked at each other and then burst into laughter at the same time.

"Two old foxes!" Seeing the performance of these two guys, Hanyu couldn't help but curse inwardly.

The Hokage and the Daimyo are both in their twenties, by no means old, but at this point one can only say that Hanyu was right to scold them.

The Hokage and the Daimyo left the square hand in hand and walked into the palace together... At this time, Hanyu and others finally breathed a sigh of relief. Compared to the empty outside space, the Daimyo's palace was at least better defended.

The sky gradually darkened, and then not only the imperial palace, but the entire Daimyo Castle was immersed in lights. Inside the imperial palace was a dinner for the Hokage and the Daimyo, while outside the imperial palace was a grand parade held by the masses to welcome the arrival of the Hokage.

Although in the eyes of guards like Hanyu, the parade outside was actually as terrifying as the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, who knew what kind of demons were hidden in those lights.

After arriving at the daimyo's palace, the Hokage's guard team was also dispersed. The Anbu had to make sure that there would be no problems with the food the Hokage would eat next. Uchiha and Hyuga, because of their "status", also accompanied the Hokage's seat as representatives of Konoha... In fact, the burden of guarding the Hokage fell on them at this time.

As for Team Hanyu and Jiraiya and the others, in order to show the Daimyo's trust, they were only responsible for guarding the outer perimeter of the palace during the dinner. After all, it was impossible for the Hokage to cram all of his guards into the banquet hall, that would be too inappropriate. Who would they be guarding against?

However, in many ways, Hanyu prefers the mission of outer guard, because it is relatively free, he does not need to be tense all the time, the pressure is not that great, and he can even enjoy the night view of Daimyo Castle from a high point... Except that the Hokage sits while he stands, and the Hokage eats while he watches, all other advantages are there.

The daimyo was a respectable man and of course he would not forget the guards like Hanyu, so before the dinner started, he served them sumptuous food. However, these idiots didn't eat a single bite and poured it all out - as long as they were not crazy, they would never eat outside food.

Hanyu and his friends had to tell the daimyo that they were delicious and that the dishes they sent were really tasty.

Do you think it's funny? Hanyu didn't think it was funny anyway, and his tears were all in his stomach.

While Hanyu was maintaining a relatively cheerful atmosphere, a maid suddenly appeared beside them - the one who held an umbrella for the daimyo during the day.

"Who is it?!"

Almost in an instant, the seven Konoha ninjas, each holding a kunai, thrust their weapons into the beautiful woman's face.

All ninjas are like this. When faced with a beautiful woman who appears at night, they (even Jiraiya) will never think of anything erotic. They will just draw their swords and kill... After being frightened like this, the other party was stunned for a moment. Facing the gleaming blade, she was speechless.

Hanyu frowned and looked at the other party for a while. Then, as if he remembered something, he suddenly said the code he had received before the mission began, "Password: one sine, two sine, three tangent, four cosine."

The maid, who was a little stunned, immediately said the second half of the command fluently: "Odd numbers change, even numbers do not change, the sign depends on the quadrant."

It's one of our own... The Konoha ninjas looked at each other, then retracted their weapons at the same time.

The maid was a spy left by Konoha in Daimyo Castle. The Third Hokage had just taken over not long ago, so he did not have such far-reaching arrangements, so... all of this was prepared in advance by that blue man .

He really deserves to be the second generation, he is so awesome that he doesn't even trust his own people.

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