Daming City.
This city, home to hundreds of thousands of people, is one of the largest cities in the entire ninja world. The Fire Nation daimyo who lives in it is also one of the most powerful men in the ninja world.
Although he does not possess great strength himself, the daimyo's rule has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
At this time, in the castle tower, the daimyo was playing a game with Putian Taro, looking indifferent to the situation outside.
The retainers and ninjas who were guarding him were already anxious and kept pacing.
Although there are many ninjas in Daming City, facing the thousands of White Zetsu troops outside the city, they seem to be somewhat short of manpower.
The Twelve Ninjas are indeed the elite among the Jonin, but their eliteness has not yet reached the point where their numbers cannot be ignored.
"Lord Daimyo, President Taro, and the ninjas seem to be unable to resist the white monster's attack. For the sake of the safety of the two adults, should we evacuate immediately?"
The Fire Nation daimyo glanced at this loyal retainer, and then said: "Don't worry, it won't be too late after Taro and I finish playing this game of shogi. You still want me to abandon the people and leave immediately."
Taro Putian immediately echoed: "The Daimyo cares about the people and cannot bear to abandon them."
"But...but."
After the retainer still wanted to persuade, he saw the fierce eyes of the Fire Country Daimyo, so he shut his mouth obediently, silently retreated from the lobby, and walked towards the Twelve Ninjas.
He could not disobey the orders from the daimyo, but the loyalty of the samurai led him to seek help from the ninja.
"Asuma Jounin..." The retainer found the son of the Third Hokage, who took one look at him and said, "Hasn't the Daimyo-sama agreed to evacuate?"
The retainer pondered for a moment and then said: "The Daimyo-sama said that one cannot abandon the people and must live and die with the people."
"Did the Daimyo really say that?"
Asuma was a little surprised. He didn't expect the daimyo, who was usually timid and fearful of things, to have such a responsible side.
However, it is hard to say whether he is responsible or afraid of the dangers on the way to escape.
After all, during his years as a guard, he had seen all the nastiness between the daimyo and the nobles of the Fire Country, which was nothing compared to the darkness in the Ninja Village.
After thinking for a while, Asuma said to the retainer: "Take me to meet the daimyo..."
Not long after, Asuma arrived at the castle tower.
The Fire Country Daimyo and Putian Taro had already moved to the attic and looked down at the entire Daming City. With their binoculars, they could easily see the ninjas and samurai fighting with White Zetsu outside the Daming City.
The Fire Country Daimyo said in a faint tone: "It seems that those ninjas are useless. They obviously ask for a large amount of military expenses every year, but they can't even protect the citizens and orphans."
"It's not that the ninjas are too weak, but that these enemies are too strong. If we replace them with samurai, the losses will be even more severe."
The daimyo glanced at Putian Taro and said: "Then if you don't retreat quickly, the industry in the city will be at risk. And, don't you also train a ninja army? Why don't you show it out?"
Putian Taro said in a deep voice: "That is not my army, but the president's army."
"President..." The daimyo snorted softly and said, "Aren't you the president of the Tailed Beast Chamber of Commerce? I have never seen the president you talk about in these years. Why can't he even be invited by the daimyo to come forward?"
Putian Taro smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid you don't want to see that adult. His strength surpasses the Five Shadows and can easily destroy even mountain peaks..."
The daimyo recalled the scenes when he took the chunin exams over the years, and then mentioned this matter.
If the power of the first Hokage hadn't been too terrifying, how would the previous daimyo have allowed the establishment of shinobi villages in their territory.
After hearing the conversation between Taro and the Daimyo, Asuma waited until it was over before walking out of the corner. He pretended not to have heard those words and would report them to the old man after he returned.
As the water chestnut gradually smoothed away, he could also understand the reason why the old man asked him to serve as the Twelve Ninja.
After noticing Asuma, the daimyo first said hello and then said: "It's Asuma, when will you twelve ninjas be able to destroy the white monster outside? If it doesn't work, leave it to President Taro."
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"This is no good. How can the caravan guards be as good as the ninjas?" Putian Taro waved his hands repeatedly.
Asuma was a little surprised by the daimyo's frankness, but he also wanted to see the power of President Putian's bodyguards. According to the information from the old man, the strength of the ninjas behind the Tailed Beast Chamber of Commerce has surpassed that of the Five Kages.
After thinking of this, Asma said: "It doesn't matter, it's all to protect the residents of the city. President Putian should show his hand..."
"Yes, yes." The daimyo urged again.
Taro Putian looked embarrassed, and stood up slowly in desperation, slowly formed seals with his hands, and fired a signal bomb made of fire escape.
Asuma narrowed his eyes slightly, and he felt traces of chakra gathering from above.
The strength of this Putian president should have reached the level of a jounin. As a jounin who has been doing business all year round, he actually has such strength, which makes people start to wonder.
After the signal bomb exploded at low altitude, a ninja wearing chakra armor walked out of the city streets.
They walked uniformly towards the outside of the city and joined the defending troops who arrived at the White Zetsu army. They held samurai swords in one hand and were able to continuously perform C-level ninjutsu with the other. The armor they wore was enough to withstand ninjutsu attacks.
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What kind of monster army is this? The village's elite chuunin whose overall quality has surpassed that of Wataru. Is it because of the weird ninja tools?
More importantly, this army does not belong to a daimyo, but to a chamber of commerce.
Thinking of the branches of chambers of commerce in various places and their bottomless strength, this chamber of commerce seems to be stronger than many small ninja villages. It is another invisible ninja village lurking in major countries.
However, before Asuma's surprise could end, a soft snow began to fall in the city.
It was impossible to snow in this season, and Asuma could not help but frown as he sensed the aura of chakra.
Soon, the fine snow condensed into wrist-sized ice picks, and each one fell from the sky at an extremely fast speed, directly piercing Bai Jue's body outside the city.
This icicle rain was not an accident, but someone was performing a large-scale ninjutsu, so the chakra strength was only stronger than him.
Is this also the background of the Tailed Beast Chamber of Commerce?
The rain of icy cones continued for several minutes without any sign of stopping. Asuma's evaluation of the ice-bending blood ninja rose even more, even surpassing the category of elite jounin.
At this moment, the icicle rain stopped abruptly, and a large tornado blizzard followed!
This chapter has been completed!