"Your Excellency Daimyo, this is really..."

"No need to say more, Yamato Jonin. Regarding the current situation, I will personally write to your Hokage-sama later to explain that your Konoha remuneration will not be less. In this way, you will have nothing to worry about.

, and you can also gain the friendship of the Country of Chi.”

The Daimyo of the Country of Ikea saw Tenzo's rejection and blurted out first, blocking Tenzo's words, and also mentioned the friendship between Konoha and the Country of Ikema.

If you don't agree, it may affect the diplomacy between the two parties. This responsibility is too heavy for a jounin.

Tianzang smiled helplessly in his heart, "What's this? If I had known it, I wouldn't have come here to soak in any hot springs."

He just went out to investigate and got some extremely shocking news from the people of Chi Country - that is, this country is undergoing a civil war.

The militia organized by the people and the aristocratic group headed by the great masters of the Country of Chi are engaged in an extremely fierce firepower collision, openly declaring war.

Many places in this country have been occupied by militia organizations, and only a few important cities are still in the hands of the noble group of the Country of Chi. However, according to the trend of the battle, the people generally believe that the nobles have a greater chance of losing.

His instinct told him that getting involved in such a matter would make things messy.

But the words of the Daimyo of Chi Country had to be carefully considered.

If the relationship between Ikeda and Konoha was at odds because of his refusal...it would give me a headache just thinking about it.

"How do you think about it, Yamato Jounin?"

The Daimyo of the Country of Chi asked.

"In that case, fine. However, we can stay here for one night at most. Our team will leave here early tomorrow morning and return to the village to resume operations."

Tianzang thought about it again and again and decided to agree to it later.

But the bottom line is that they can only stay here for one night. No matter what happens the next day, Team 7 will leave here and will not be involved in the disputes in the Country of Chi.

"One night..." The Daimyo of Chi Country frowned thoughtfully, and then he opened his brows and said, "Okay, just one night. Then, I leave it to you all to ensure the safety of the castle tonight. Well, I can finally sleep now

A peaceful sleep."

The Daimyo of Ikeda Country considered that three days had passed since he sent the letter asking for help to Konoha. Calculating the time, the Konoha team that actually took over his mission would arrive tomorrow at the latest, just in time to complete the handover of the work.

The title of Jounin of Konoha is extremely valuable in the ninja world.

Compared with the jounin of a small country, the jounin of a big country are not only superior in professional ability, but also very excellent in strength.

Although the cost of hiring is a bit higher, it is definitely worth it.

As long as he can protect his own safety, the Daimyo of Chi Country is not stingy with money.

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At night.

The air in the port city seems much colder than during the day.

The castle-style daimyo mansion and all important checkpoints are filled with patrolling samurai and soldiers. They hold katana swords and spears and vigilantly stick to their posts under the moonlit night.

Located inside the castle is the room prepared by the Daimyo of the Country of Chi for Naruto and his party, which is not far from the courtyard where the Daimyo of the Country of Chi is.

If an accident does occur, timely support can be provided.

"You clearly promised to take a nice bath in the hot springs at night, but you ended up going out on patrol. That daimyo is really good at summoning people..."

Naruto said in a complaining tone.

Not only him, but Sakura also had some complaints on her face. She was forced to take a mission that was as troublesome as her own team. It would affect her mood no matter what.

But unlike Naruto, she would not express it verbally, but would whisper in her heart and curse the Daimyo of the Country of Chi.

Unlike them who go out to patrol in the freezing cold at night, the Daimyo of the Country of Chi may be hugging his concubine at this moment, enjoying the beauty of the scenery in a warm room.

The first impression I had from seeing him during the day was that this Daimyo of the Country of Chi was very good at enjoying himself, and was fundamentally different from the image of a monarch in his imagination.

Can such a monarch who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun really manage the country well?

She knows how hard the Hokage of her village works. In order to improve the living standards of the village, she can be said to stay up late every day. It is because of such an example that Konoha can quickly recover from the downturn of the previous year.

The situation quickly reversed and grew further.

Sakura couldn't understand.

Sure enough, there is a gap between fantasy and reality.

"Stop complaining. It seems we can only talk about the hot spring bathing when we go back."

Tianzang comforted.

"I know, then let's take action."

In order to cheer himself up and not get sleepy at this moment, Naruto patted his cheek hard and was about to take action.

Suddenly, a loud sound echoed in the night sky.

boom!

Something exploded in the dark night sky - an extremely brilliant firework.

Taking this as a signal, countless sounds rose into the sky, coming from all directions of the castle, and the loud sounds continued.

I saw that the originally dark and monotonous night sky was instantly dyed with colorful lights, and then these gorgeous flower petals exploded and fell like rain, like a dream.

The lonely and deserted night suddenly took on a lively atmosphere.

Seeing this scene, Naruto looked stunned.

"Eh? Is there any festival celebration tonight?"

Not only Naruto, but Tenzo, Sakura and Sakai also frowned, feeling puzzled by this.

They have never heard of any festival celebrations in Chi Country tonight.

In order to find out the situation, Tianzang took the lead and jumped to a high building in the castle to look at the situation in the distance.

Naruto and the other three also jumped up and looked around.

At this moment, Naruto discovered something and pointed at the sea area behind the castle.

"Look, what is that!"

Under the dark night, the sea area is dyed in pitch black, like a bottomless and terrifying quagmire, creating a frightening atmosphere.

In that dark field, there was only one light source, and the ferocious outline of a huge steel monster was vaguely visible.

"That is……"

Yamato was shocked when he saw the giant steel beast looming on the sea.

Before he could say anything, the steel monster instantly burst into a ball of light, lighting up the sea.

boom!

The explosion was deafening. In the widened eyes of the four people, the castle tower located at the highest point of the castle instantly turned into ruins. A large amount of rubble flew away. The flames generated by the explosion surged in the dark night with cruel tongues of fire, destroying the castle tower.

The pavilion was engulfed in flames.

All of this happened without warning, catching people off guard. The castle thousands of meters away from the steel giant was bombarded.

"What, what's going on?"

Naruto asked stammering, this scene exceeded his imagination.

Tenzo was not in the mood to respond to Naruto, but looked down towards the outside of the castle, feeling a chill rise behind him.

The sound of the explosion was masked by the sound of fireworks. Under the light emitted by the fireworks, countless black shadows flickered in and out of the light, running as fast as lightning, like locusts crossing the border. In the blink of an eye, they spread across the mountain road, approaching the daimyo.

of the castle.
Chapter completed!