On the morning of December 25, 55th year of the Konoha calendar, the capital of the country of Ina, Ina no Castle.
The dust from the Tailed Beast Jade fell to the ground, but looking around, the inner city had become a ruin. No, it wasn't even ruins, it was almost leveled.
However, Takegami Yoshimi and others were still alive, and they used ninjutsu to prevent the shock wave. Kikuchi Tadashi led some ninja troops up from the ground, and they used earth magic to hide underground.
But many ninja soldiers were lying on the ground. Some of them were dead just by looking at them, and some of them were hopeless.
Looking towards the city, the area close to the inner city was basically destroyed by the debris and air waves brought by the shock wave. Judging from the shouts, it sounded like places several kilometers away were affected.
The Seven-Tailed Human Power Pillar returned to its human form, looking at his masterpiece with a guilty but appreciative look.
"Now I finally understand why my grandfather and teacher always thought that our country of rice needs time," Yamazaki said, "because we lack such decisive power."
At this time, people from Takigakure arrived, and they immediately lectured Nanao Rikibashira and apologized to Takeami Yoshimi.
Mei Daizi said angrily: "Tsk, things have happened. Is it useful to apologize?"
Yamazaki said: "However, we do not have the power to sanction them."
Mei Daizi was stunned, and then said firmly: "Then let me punish them!"
Yamazaki said: "That's right, there will be a day."
Feng Kongling looked at Tomoya Takayama, meaning to ask him to teach Yamazaki and Meidaizi not to aim too high.
And Takayama Tomoya didn't answer. Yamazaki and Meidaizi have never produced chakra. They look like ordinary people, but in fact their strength has surpassed Takayama Tomoya. Meidaizi can win with only physical strength. They are qualified to say
In this case.
At this time, the daimyo ran out from the underground safe house with a small group of twelve guards.
Seeing the situation in the inner city, the daimyo was extremely excited and shouted angrily: "Yoshimi Takeami, you bastard, this is how you lead the ninja army and protect the country of Ina!"
Takegami Yoshimi's face turned red in shame, but he immediately suppressed it and rushed towards the daimyo with all his strength.
"stop!"
Takayama Tomoya and Kikuchi Tadashi rushed to stop them, but were stopped by Takigakure's people.
Here, Mei Daizi looked at Yamazaki, "Brother?"
Yamazaki shook his head, grabbed Meidaizi's hand, and told Meidaizi not to act rashly.
Over there, Takayama Tomoya said angrily: "What are you doing?"
"You actually interfered in our internal affairs." Kikuchi said angrily.
"The ninja only cares about the mission." Leader Takigakure said, "We took over Takeami Yoshimi's mission, so naturally we have to help him."
While the three of them were talking, Takeami Yoshimi and twelve guards approached.
"Thunder Escape·Thunder Slash!"
Takeami Yoshimi slashed with his sword, and the twelve guards avoided him one after another.
However, it was not only the blade that was slashed out, but also thunder and lightning.
Twelve guards were affected by lightning and their bodies were paralyzed.
"Wind Escape·Wind Slash!"
Takegami Yoshimi slashed horizontally with his sword again, and the blade wrapped in the wind blade seemed to have been extended by more than ten meters. With one blow, the twelve guards distributed in a fan shape were cut into twenty-four sections.
Takegami Yoshimi shook off the blood on his sword, stepped on the flesh and blood of the twelve guards, and walked towards the daimyo amidst the screams of the twelve guards.
"No, no, don't come here, don't come here." The daimyo was so frightened that he fell to the ground. He couldn't help but move back on his hands and feet, and his hair crown fell to the ground.
"When you sent someone to assassinate my father, you should have thought that such a day would come!"
"No……"
Takeami Yoshimi didn't even give the Daimyo a chance to defend himself, and slashed the Daimyo's neck with a knife.
"Uh..." The daimyo wanted to reach out and touch his neck, but before he could reach out, his head fell along the knife mark.
Takegami Yoshimi grabbed the daimyo's hair, lifted up the daimyo's head, looked up to the sky and shouted: "Father, I, Takegami Yoshimi, have avenged you. Father, have a safe journey."
Wu Shang Yili knelt down towards the General's Mansion and said, "Send to the General!"
The active Ninja Army, members of the Mochizuki Hundreds, Takayama Tomoya and Kikuchi Tadashi, all knelt on the ground in the direction of the Shogun's Mansion, "Send off to the Shogun,"
The only ones standing were Yamazaki, Midaiko, and the people from Takigakure.
"From today on, your father's granddaughter, His Highness Miyamoto Midaiko, is the daimyo of the land of rice, and I, Takegami Yoshimi, will inherit my father's legacy." Takegami Yoshimi announced, his blood boiling in his heart, and he finally reached this point.
One step.
"Your Highness the Daimyo, your Majesty the Shogun." Takegami Girei immediately put the matter into practice, and a part of the ninja army responded immediately.
Kikuchi Tadashi stood up and said angrily: "Yoshimi Takegami, you can't do this."
"Except for me, Takeami Yoshimi, the commander of the Ninja Army, no one in the Ina Country has this qualification. You Kikuchi is not loyal to you, and neither is Takayama Tomoya."
Takeami Yoshimi carried the daimyo's head and said loudly as he walked.
"He's right." Takayama Tomoya smiled bitterly, and then saluted, "See you, Your Highness, the Daimyo, and see you, the General."
Under the pull of Takayama Tomoya, Kikuchi Tadashi also knelt down.
Seeing this, the rest of the ninja army and the members of the Hundred People in Front bowed and paid tribute.
Seeing Takeami Yoshimi approaching, Yamazaki hinted that Meidaiko was showing weakness.
"Your Highness, this is the head of my father's enemy. Please take it."
When Takeami Yoshimi presented the head to Meidaizi, Meidaizi took it with some trembling.
Kikuchi Tadashi was trembling with anger and said angrily in a low voice: "Asshole, he is humiliating His Highness."
Takayama Tomoya knew that Meidaizi was acting, but of course he didn't expose it. It was better to show weakness at this time and wait until he grows up to talk about it later. At the same time, he couldn't help but praise Yamazaki. This idea must have come from Yamazaki.
Mei Daizi didn't want to hold the head, so she rolled her eyes, saw the human pillar, and walked over tremblingly.
Yamazaki understood Meidaizi's plan and followed her. Although Takeami Yoshimi didn't understand, she also followed her.
At this time, the medical team arrived, and Takeami Yoshimi asked Kikuchi Tadashi to command the medical team to rescue the injured, while he took people to the daimyo's refuge.
the other side.
"Your Highness."
Seeing Midaiko and Yamazaki coming over, the leader of Takigakure led ten of his subordinates to salute. Then he noticed that the Nanao Ribashira did not salute, so he immediately reached out and pressed his head down.
Except for special occasions, it is compulsory to salute a daimyo when meeting him. Even the leader of the five major ninja countries must treat him with courtesy when meeting a daimyo from a small country.
Of course, whether you want to turn around and kill the daimyo later depends on your mood.
Takegami Girei came forward to greet them and introduced the twelve people from Takigakure.
But Yamazaki and Meidaizi didn't listen, and their attention was all on Takegami Girei. Just as Takegami Girei came over, they both felt something in their hearts at the same time, and each of them had a feeling.
The two looked at each other secretly, but they were not sure what the other meant, so there was no attack for the time being.
"You helped us win the battle, so this is for you." Meidaizi handed the head of the former daimyo to the Nanao Kiki Pillar.
"Well……"
"Thank you, Your Highness." The leader of Takigakure thanked the Nanao Human Pillar.
After wiping her hands with a handkerchief, Mei Daizi invited: "On the New Year's Day in eight days, I will hold the succession ceremony and officially become a daimyo. Come and watch the ceremony then."
Takegami Girei hesitated for a moment and did not interrupt. He had no say in the matter of succession, and it was also a good thing to decide on the title early.
"Okay, I will definitely go." Nanao Rikibashira agreed to Meidaizi's invitation.
Under the protection of Tomoya Takayama and hundreds of people in front of Mochizuki, Meidaizi and Yamazaki left.
As they walked forward, the leader of Takigakure slapped Nanao Rikibashira's head with his back foot, "Asshole, who made you agree?"
"Really, we were planning to go back after the new year. You also said that the things here are cheap and we should try to bring as much as possible back."
"Asshole, what do you know? For this kind of formal occasion, you need to wear a high-end dress, which is very expensive."
"Anyway, we made a lot of money during this trip to the Ina Country. Besides, I haven't worn a high-end dress yet."
"Asshole, this is your goal."
"Hey, ah, I'm going to the city to help."
"Don't run, damn it, you chase me, you must catch him and take him back, this bastard will only help you more and more!"...
Miyamoto Kōkai General's Mansion, mourning hall.
Miyamoto Kokai's concubines and maids burst into tears, but when they saw Yamazaki, Meidaizi, Takayama Tomoya and others returning, their voices immediately became quieter.
All of them have insufficient status, and they have no way to intervene in the affairs of the general's mansion. They can only influence the mansion through their natal family's influence. However, the hundred people are not among them, so they met Yamazaki, Meidaizi, Takayama Tomoya and others.
Dare to be bold.
Takayama Tomoya told Snow Crane the heroic deeds of Mochizuki Shinsaburo and others, causing Snow Crane to cover his mouth and burst into tears.
Yamazaki and Meidaizi sat kneeling side by side in the mourning hall, keeping vigil and talking by writing in each other's hands.
"Brother, I think Girei Takegami has something to do with grandpa's affairs."
"I just don't think there's something right with him."
"What should we do?"
"Of course it's to avenge grandpa."
"But, brother, that's just my feeling. We have no evidence."
"I believe you, Mei Daizi, this is enough."
"Okay, then what should we do? Go to his house tonight?"
"No, that's too risky, and the chance of success is too small."
"Then we can't wait until we grow up. I can't wait that long."
"Don't worry, thanks to you, I have an idea."
"What is it, brother?"
"We will take action at your succession ceremony."
"Well, that's fine. Even if we assassinate him, it's hard to say it was us."
"No, Mei Daizi, my plan is more than that, but I will talk about it during this break."
"good."……
Soon after, people began to come to pay homage to Miyamoto Koumi, and there was an endless stream of people.
In the afternoon, Kikuchi Tadashi came over and brought news about the Ninja Army.
In the morning battle, the Ninja Army suffered heavy losses, mainly due to the damage caused by the broken inner city wall and flying fire. The number of dead was more than 5,000, the number of serious injuries was more than 4,000, and the number of minor injuries was more than 10,000.
As for the people in the city, those who live near the inner city are all dignified people, and the houses are spacious. Far away from the city, the flying rocks are not large-scale, so the casualties are not as serious as they look. There are only more than a hundred casualties, most of them.
He is a servant in a wealthy household.
In addition, Takeami Yoshimi carried out a purge in the city in the name of revenge for Miyamoto Hiroshi, and more than 2,000 men, women, and children from the side branches of the daimyo lineage were killed.
Currently, people in the city are in panic, merchant ships are not entering the port, and ordinary people are staying behind closed doors to wait for the dust to settle. Some people who know how to camp have gone to Takeami Gishifu...