The next day.

The capital of the Kingdom of Fire, the home of Minister Zuo.

The fierce battle that took place in the daimyo's mansion late at night, especially the news that Kazuma dared to risk his life and assassinate the daimyo, was promptly learned by Minister Zuo, who instantly became impatient and restless.

He never thought that Kazuma would do such a treasonous thing.

Although he didn't know anything about it, he had had contact with him before, so it was hard to guarantee that someone would connect him with the assassination of the daimyo.

"No! Shouming must be controlled as soon as possible!"

Shou Ming was the special envoy who contacted Kazuma. Minister Zuo immediately called his men to bring this person and control him under his nose.

The latter is related to his innocence, and there must be no mistakes at this critical moment.

However, after a while, the fact that his men returned empty-handed suddenly made him look pale.

As a veteran of political struggles, how could Minister Zuo not know that someone had set a trap for him?

"No matter what, I am not afraid of a slanted shadow. As the left minister of the Country of Fire, how can I be brought down by someone else's frame-up?"

Minister Zuo quickly cheered up, thought about it, and immediately wrote to the huge network he had built up over the years to ask for help.

As a veteran noble family in the Land of Fire, Minister Zuo has great influence in the country. If he is allowed to use the political capital he has accumulated over the years, it is really possible to escape this disaster.

However, Konoha, which had already planned everything, would not give him this chance.

At this moment, a man wearing a black robe and a cat-face mask suddenly appeared outside the study.

After seeing this, a group of guards were about to draw their swords when a pair of three-magatama Sharingan suddenly appeared in their sights.

The visitor is none other than Weasel.

As a genius of Uchiha, after experiencing life and death in ANBU, his Sharingan has now opened up to three magatama.

Of course, the guards couldn't resist the Sharingan genjutsu.

So, while everyone was ignoring him, Itachi pushed open the door and entered the study.

"You are..." Minister Zuo, who was busy writing, suddenly heard the noise and subconsciously raised his head. Before he finished speaking, he looked at Itachi's Sharingan.

Then, Minister Zuo, who had been completely controlled by Itachi, put down his pen, took the common poison prepared by the former, and drank it without hesitation.

Soon, Minister Zuo died with a black face.

The action doesn't end there.

Itachi continued to walk to the desk, put away all the letters that Minister Zuo had just written, then held the pen with his gloved right hand, used the copying ability of the Sharingan, and wrote on a new piece of paper with the exact same handwriting of Minister Zuo.

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This is a confession from Minister Zuo, in which he admitted that he and a group of accomplices planned to assassinate the daimyo. After seeing the incident exposed, he committed suicide in fear of guilt and asked the daimyo to forgive his family.

In this way, the entire plan is completed.

When Itachi left the house of the left minister without disturbing anyone, the guards who had been under the illusion suddenly woke up.

However, they didn't notice anything unusual and just thought it happened in the blink of an eye.

These people continue to dutifully guard outside the study.

Little did he know that his owner had already died.

It wasn't until the daimyo envoy came to summon Minister Zuo to enter the government that he discovered that this powerful official in the past had been dead for a long time.

In the time that followed, there were constant tremors within the Country of Fire, which gave countless people a lot to talk about.

First, there is a rare assassination of a daimyo. The identity of the assassin turned out to be his close confidant who protects the Twelve Ninja Warriors.

Then came the civil war between the Twelve Guardian Shinobi, and only two were left.

However, when the tool was no longer worthy of the trust of its owner, this long-standing organization also ushered in the dissolution.

Finally, the most shocking thing is that the mastermind behind all this turned out to be Minister Zuo.

Before committing suicide out of fear of guilt, the latter personally confessed many accomplices in a letter.

Therefore, under the wrath of the daimyo, a great purge took place among the top management of the Land of Fire during this period.

If anyone pays attention, they will find that most of these people are people who have tried their best to fight against Konoha.

At this point, Yunting's goal has been achieved.

By deliberately stretching the line and using it as bait to fish out those vanguards within the Fire Country who are willing to fight against Konoha, then severely attack and destroy them.

In this way, we can not only eliminate some stubborn diseases for the future Fire Nation to take power, but also deter others and maintain the current domestic stability.

After this shock, it is time for the Fire Nation to slow down.

Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes, and there is no room for impatience.

With the strength of Konoha, Yunting can easily take down the entire Fire Nation.

The reason for this little by little penetration is to completely inherit the Kingdom of Fire.

Otherwise, even if it takes him one day to seize the Kingdom of Fire, such an extremely violent way of seizing power will only cause intense internal shock.

After that, it took him much longer than a day, a year...two years...or even more than ten years to truly stabilize the Fire Country.

This does not include the 100% possibility that the other four major countries will take advantage of this opportunity.

Strength can kill many people, but it can never govern a country.

With the size of Konoha, it is impossible to replace the Fire Nation with Snake Tonxiang in a short period of time.

Therefore, everything must be done steadily.

It’s undoubtedly a good start now.

After destroying the die-hards of the Fire Nation and the twelve guardian ninjas, Yunting stopped Konoha's expansion as soon as possible, and deliberately led the previous conflict between the two parties to the deliberate instigation of the left minister and his gang. After that, the village and the fire

The relationship between the country's top leaders has been eased and returned to normal.

In the following time, it was also time for him to set his sights on the upcoming Yun Ren peace talks mission and the Kingdom of Thunder behind it.

If the Fire Nation wants to smoothly complete the transfer of power in the future, it must severely crack down on external peeping forces.

Who else is more qualified to serve as a warning to the monkeys than this group of aggressive Kumo ninjas whose strength is only inferior to that of Konoha?

In this way, after the first step of internal cleanup of the Fire Nation, the second step is about to begin.

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Konoha, Hokage's Office.

Looking at Asuma Sarutobi, who was covered in dust and looked much more haggard than before, Yun Ting comforted him: "Since the Twelve Guardian Ninja Masters no longer exist, Asuma, you should rest well in the village for a while.

I will arrange other work for you later."

"Yes, Hokage-sama." Asuma replied in a low voice.

He really needs time to slow down, think carefully about everything that happened before, and re-examine his self-concept.

When I left the Hokage Building, passed through the unfamiliar street scenes along the way, and came to the front door of my house.

Asuma, who was worried, suddenly felt homesick for her hometown.

The reason for this is that the rebellious boy at the beginning has now experienced ups and downs and grown into an adult.

Not to mention what kind of conversation there will be between Armas and Sarutobi Hiruzen.

After meeting the former, Yunting immediately asked the female secretary beside him: "Has the Yun Ren peace talks delegation been arranged?"

Ritsuko Yamanaka answered without hesitation: "It has been arranged."

The arrival of the peace delegation from Yun Ren was several months earlier than in the original history.

Naturally, Yunting has contributed to this.

After sending a group of root ninjas to the battlefield with the Kumo ninjas, a large number of Uchiha ninjas who were eager to fight also followed, making Konoha's front line more powerful than ever before.

Correspondingly, the casualties and pressure on Yun Ninja are also increasing.

In the end, even though the vast majority of people in Yunyin Village were still clamoring for a fierce fight to the end, the truly rational senior officials still came up with the idea of ​​a truce.

If we continue, regardless of whether Yun Ren can win, the financial, manpower, and material resources spent will only become more and more overwhelming.

After all, the Kingdom of Thunder is not the wealthy Kingdom of Fire. A war of attrition would be just a drop in the bucket for the latter, but for the former on the plateau, even if its daimyo supports Yunyin Village the most among the five major countries, for a long time

I still can’t bear the burden.

As a result, a delegation from Yun Ren came to negotiate peace.

‘I don’t know if the leader of the Yun Ninja Mission will kidnap Hinata again this time.’ Yun Ting thought to himself.

I have to say that the leader of the Cloud Ninja Mission in the original history was really cool.

Instead of talking about peace, he went to kidnap members of the Hyuga clan just because of a pair of supercilious eyes.

Let's not talk about whether he can escape pursuit in Konoha's lair, but if he provokes such an incident during such a crucial peace talk, is he really not afraid that the peace talk will be canceled directly and war will break out again?

I don’t know how the higher-ups of Yun Nin chose this person.
To be continued...