"Hmm!" Senju Hashirama changed to sit in a cross-legged position, with his left hand supporting his right hand and his right hand supporting his chin, looking like he was thinking hard.
Faced with Kizaru's speculation, Uchiha Madara, who was full of anger and murderous intent, was silent for a moment, then reluctantly said in agreement: "I will keep him alive for the time being."
"As expected of Madara-senpai, he really understands justice!" Kizaru praised with a smile as everyone carried the sedan chair.
In response to Kizaru's praise, Uchiha Madara kept an indifferent face, turned around, and walked towards the door of the house.
After Uchiha Madara left, Kizaru, Hashirama, and Tobirama, the brothers, did not leave, but continued chatting while eating and drinking.
The content of the chat is mainly Hashirama and Tobirama asking questions, and Kizaru answering questions.
The three of them chatted until almost ten o'clock before ending the meal and leaving.
Kizaru, who came out of the Senju clan and drank a lot, was not drunk, but had a strong smell of alcohol on his body.
In order to relieve the smell, Kizaru bought a piece of chewing gum from a vending machine and took a walk on the street near his home while chewing it.
The result of today's conversation was pretty good. Judging from Uchiha Madara's reaction, Kizaru was quite confident about bringing him into the Kingdom of Light's team.
Therefore, Kizaru was in a good mood at the moment, with a faint smile on his face, his hands in his pockets, and a little carefree walking on the street leaning against the wall.
When he reached the corner at the end of the street, Kizaru slowed down, not because there was anything going on in front of him, but on the streets to the left and right in front of him, there were shops that Kizaru liked.
Should we go to the yakiniku restaurant on the right to eat some more yakitori, or should we go to the izakaya on the left and have a few more drinks?
Or, the massage shop on the right is also good, the master's techniques are very good. (Regular)
Just when Kizaru was thinking about which house to choose, a conversation between two people came from the street on the right side of the corner ahead.
“Brother Shigenobu, I’m really grateful for what happened this time!”
"Well! These are all small things, just one sentence. Don't be so polite."
"That's because Brother Shigenobu, you are so powerful! The Fourth Hokage is your junior. If you say something, those people above you still dare not to listen?"
"Hahaha! You guys are really good at talking!"
"I'm a straight-headed person, and I always have something to say!"
"You! Stop saying compliments. Go back and prepare the money. I will take your son to school to register and report tomorrow."
"Thank you, Brother Shigenobu!"
Listening to the conversation, Kizaru had already stopped, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.
Faithful?
Kizaru carefully recalled the clan members he knew, and vaguely felt as if he had heard of this name.
It’s really amazing! The Kingdom of Light has just been established, and I haven’t even enjoyed it yet, but the people in the family behind me are using their power for personal gain.
At this moment, Kizaru suddenly thought of the conversation he had with Madara Uchiha during the day, and it came true so quickly!
The upper echelons of the family, whether it was Danzo, the current patriarch, or several elders, Kizaru had talked with them and reminded them of certain things tactfully.
As a result, people at the top restrained themselves, but some at the bottom became greedy and began to become corrupt.
The voice sounded from far away to near, and Kizaru, with a cold face, waited for the two of them to fall into the trap.
Soon, two shadows came into Kizaru's sight. Two middle-aged men smelling of alcohol entered the street where Kizaru was.
"Brother Shigenobu, it's still early, why don't we go to the okiya to play?" He supported the slightly drunk Shimura Shigenobu, a middle-aged man who was asking for help, with a flattering smile on his face.
"I think it's better to forget it! Why don't you let me take this bastard back?" It was Kizaru who spoke. Standing against the wall with his hands in his pockets, he sneered.
"Asshole! You." Shigenobu, who was a little drunk, heard someone calling him an asshole and looked over angrily, only to find that the person speaking was the Fourth Hokage Kizaru!
His legs went weak, and Shigenobu, who was already drunk, leaned most of his body on Yoshimitsu, who was supporting him.
Jimitsu, who was asking for help, was still sober, but when facing Kizaru, his body softened.
The two of them fell to the ground in embarrassment. Under Kizaru's oppressive gaze, they suddenly woke up from the wine.
"Shimura Shigenobu. What should I call you? Big brother? Uncle? Or uncle?"
Every time Kizaru said a name, Shimura Shigenobu's body trembled.
"Come, my eldest elder, Uncle Shigenshin, tell me!" As he spoke, Kizaru took two steps forward and walked to the two people who were slumped on the ground.
"Hokage-sama, please forgive me. We were just drunk and talked nonsense!" Yoshimitsu was smarter than Shigenobu. He crawled forward, put his hands on the ground, and kowtowed to Kizaru.
Kizaru bent down and stretched out his hand to stop the man from kowtowing, and forcefully pulled him up.
"In the Kingdom of Light, everyone is equal. There is no etiquette of kowtow. If you make a mistake, just punish it according to the law." Kizaru looked directly at Ji Chong and said with a smile.
Kizaru's attitude made Ji Chong even more frightened. If he was punished according to law, Ji Chong didn't know anything else, but he was certain that his son would definitely have no chance of enrolling in the village's vocational and cultural school.
"Hokage-sama, I just asked Brother Shigenobu for help and got to know the teachers at the school. My child is going to school soon. I want to establish a good relationship with the teachers in advance." For the sake of his child's future, Jichong chose to quibble.
Yoshimitsu's words found an excuse for Shigenobu, who was still sitting on the ground. With his mental state calming down a little, he quickly stood up and said: "Hokage-sama, what Yoshimitsu said is true. I just wanted to
He introduced me to the teachers at the school. I know that my behavior is illegal, and I am willing to hand over all the benefits I claim to the village."
Seeing that the two of them were still arguing and unwilling to take responsibility for their mistakes at this time, Kizaru also became unusually angry.
"Very good! Since you said so, let someone check it out! Let the ninjas from the Yamazaka clan in the interrogation department see if what you said is true?" Kizaru said with a smile.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Hearing Kizaru's decision, the businessman Yoshimitsu didn't react much, and the ninja Shimura Shigenobu was dumbfounded.
In front of the secret skills of the mountain clan, he couldn't even think of hiding any of the things in his mind.
If the ninjas of the mountain clan really wanted to search his memory, things would be really big.
After Kizaru became the Fourth Hokage, Shigenobu united with several ninjas in the family and did a lot of power-for-profit things in the name of relatives of the Hokage.
Of course, these Shimura family ninjas are also smart and specialize in accepting small requests, such as helping people from other villages apply for temporary residence permits or naturalization in Konoha, or helping children from wealthy families apply for admission quotas, etc.
On the surface, these things do no harm to the village. The people who need trouble are just the grassroots officials of the village. These people will naturally not stop them because of the name of the Shimura clan.
At the same time, Chongxin and others also understand the principle of benefit sharing, and will use part of the benefit fees collected to distribute profits to the grassroots officials who help.
After this back and forth, a grassroots corruption group with Chongxin and others as its core gradually took shape.
After the group was formed, Shigenobu and others not only opened up many new tracks, but also upgraded their industry style of play.
Now, Shigenobu and others will take the initiative to look for fat sheep, deliberately letting grassroots officials from various departments in the group slow down the progress of these fat sheep in some areas.
When things go wrong for the fat sheep, Chongxin will ask people to go near the fat sheep, publicize his reputation, seduce the fat sheep to come to him for help, and take the opportunity to collect a lot of money.
Through this method, Shigenobu and others accumulated considerable wealth, and they were able to prosper in the Shimura clan.
Shigenobu also knew that what he did would not be on the public stage. Once something happened, he would be expelled from the family and thrown into prison, or directly executed internally at worst. He always acted very cautiously.
But he never expected that this time he was just doing some small things for a businessman he knew, and after the work was done, he was having a drink to celebrate, and that he would have the unlucky chance of bumping into Kizaru.
What's even more unfortunate is that I drank too much for a while, and the Hokage overheard some words that I shouldn't have said!
In order to keep the secret in his mind and survive, Shigenobu quickly knelt in front of Kizaru and said pleadingly: "Kizaru-sama, please, for the sake of being a member of the same clan, please spare me once! I
I won’t dare to do that again!”
"In the future? You'd better explain everything about the past!" Kizaru had already seen from Shigenobu's reaction that this guy had definitely done these things before.
"Kizaru-sama, I Shigenobu only died and I don't deserve your forgiveness, but please consider the family's face and let us handle it internally!" Shigenobu continued to plead.
Kizaru was immediately infuriated. He raised his right foot and kicked Shigenobu in the chest, knocking him to the ground.
"At this time, do you know that you care about the family's face? When you use power for personal gain under the name of the family, why don't you think about the family's face?"
After saying that, Kizaru, who made up his mind to dig deeper and not let anyone go, looked at the stunned Yoshimitsu.
"You have a good relationship?"
"Knowing each other!" Jichong stammered.
"Pick him up and follow me!" Kizaru looked at Yoshimitsu, stretched out his hand to get up, and said to Shigenobu who wanted to beg for mercy.
"Yes!" Jichong replied quickly, stepped forward tremblingly, stretched out his hand to help Chongxin up.
"Kizaru-sama." Shigenobu was helped up, but he still wanted to make the final struggle.
"If before, you had only one head left to go to the interrogation department now, you have to thank the newly established Kingdom of Light." Kizaru's eyes showed a trace of murderous intent, and the pressure in it scared Shigenobu to death.
Yoshimitsu, who was supporting Shigenobu, was just caught by his peripheral vision, and his whole body froze on the spot, and the pants on his lower body became even more wet.
Kizaru lost his momentum, glanced at this person with disgust, then turned to Shigenobu and said, "You guys change, you can support him and let me go."
"Yes, yes." Chongxin stuttered.
Worried that Shigenobu would be scared to death again later, Kizaru stopped giving any warning and turned around to walk in the direction he came from. Turn left in that direction and you will find the entrance to the Shimura family land.
Shigenobu looked at Kizaru's back and felt extremely panicked. He didn't dare to run away, so he could only forcefully pull Yoshimitsu beside him and follow him.
"Sir, I am very trustworthy," Ji Chong said in an extremely low voice.
"Shut up!" Shigenobu interrupted quickly.
Yoshimitsu is just a businessman and doesn't know much about ninjas, let alone understand that there is no difference between whispering in front of a strong man like Kizaru and standing next to Kizaru.
After being scolded, Jichong honestly shut his mouth.
Following Kizaru, Shigenobu found that the road ahead seemed to be in the direction of the same clan. This direction gave him a glimmer of hope.
Could it be that Kizaru-sama was still concerned about his family's reputation and gave up the idea of interrogating himself with the secret techniques of the mountains?
If so, he might be able to escape.
After returning to the family, even if Kizaru convenes his clan members to put him on trial, as long as he sincerely explains some minor issues with little punishment, he will at least be able to save his life, not to mention escaping completely. If he is lucky, he might be able to retain his clan membership.
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What's more important is that Chongxin's career has developed to this point, but it has dragged more than a dozen clan members into trouble. Even for themselves, these people must find a way to save Chongxin's life.
Otherwise, Chongxin, who knew there was no hope of survival, would have a high probability of betraying these people.
Even if it is to protect themselves, these dozen people must find a way to save Shigentobu's life.
Although these dozen or so people are not many, if you include their families and their familiar friends in the clan, you can easily mobilize hundreds or even hundreds of people to plead for Zhongxin.
You must know that the total population of the Shimura clan is just over a thousand now, and these hundreds of people already account for one-tenth of the total number of people in the family.
Thinking of this, the panic in Zhongxin suddenly dissipated a lot, and following Kizaru's footsteps, he became a little more powerful.
When he reached the door of the main house of the Shimura clan, Kizaru stopped. He looked back and followed Shigenobu, then knocked on the door.
The door was quickly opened, and it was Keiko, the housekeeper of the main house, who opened the door.
"Kizaru, you're back!"
"Sister Keiko, please help me inform the three elders and ask them to go to my uncle's yard."
Keiko showed a surprised look. She looked at Kizaru with concern and asked worriedly: "Did something happen? Can you tell me?"
"Don't worry, it's just that there are some moths in the house. I'm going to clean it up." Worried about Keiko's worries, Kizaru said with a smile.
Hearing Kizaru's words, Keiko looked at Shigenobu behind Kizaru, and she probably understood in her heart.
Keiko glanced at Shigenobu with disgust, then looked at Kizaru, her face regained the gentle smile of Yamato Nadeshiko.
"I'm going to inform the three elders right now."
After saying that, Keiko quickly bowed her head and turned to leave.
Watching Keiko leave, the smile on Kizaru's face disappeared, "Follow me!"
After saying that, Kizaru led the two of them towards the courtyard where his uncle Danzo was.
This chapter has been completed!