146 You may come to me
Cardo.
The familiar name is also expected by Zhou Jianwen.
"Lord Cado bought off the Chamber of Commerce by coercion and inducement a few years ago......"
The assassin looked at Zhou Jianwen's face, swallowed another mouthful of saliva, and then continued tremblingly, "So all these years the business of the Chamber of Commerce has been covered by Lord Cardo, and they have also paid filial piety to Lord Cardo every year, but, but ......"
"But now that I've come to check the accounts, the people from the Chamber of Commerce are afraid that the matter will be revealed, so they run to ask Cardo for advice."
Slowly taking over the man's words that he didn't know whether to say or not, Minu Funaya didn't avoid the still young Sakura Haruno, nor Kakashi Hachiki and Itachi Uchiha, "And Kado decided to do nothing and just deal with me, didn't he?"
When the assassin heard this, he immediately nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, "Yes, yes, more than half of the routes of the country of waves are now under the control of the Cado and the Chamber of Commerce, including ......."
"Including the dock we came to dock at today?" Zhou Jian Wen nodded, this was not unexpected by her, "So is Cardo going to take my merchant ship for himself or destroy it directly......
Even if the "merchant ship" whose main body is the battleship Nelson is dressed in a wooden outfit, it is still as eye-catching as it is in this world where the technology tree does not point to this aspect at all, and even if it is Cardo, who controls the entire route of the country of waves, it is absolutely impossible to have such technology.
The eye is hot for sure - of course, Zhou Jian Wen also knows that his ship girl is very charming both in body and human form - but as long as Cardo still has a little intelligence, he should understand that if he wants to completely destroy the corpse, he should not beat her "merchant ship" attention.
Rather than taking it for yourself, it is best to destroy it directly.
If you want to say why, there are several places on her "merchant ship" with the family crest of the Zhenzhou family's "green clouds shining on the water octagonal pattern"; Even if Cardo was able to light up the tech tree in this area and erase the family crest of the Mafune family, her merchant ship departed from the docks of the Fire Country.
I don't know how many people know that this is the merchant ship of the real boat family, and I don't know who it will be.
Of course, all of this is based on the assumption that Cardo is crazy enough to take over her ship if her intelligence and force are too strong.
But judging by the facts in front of us......
Zhou Jianwen could pat his chest and assure that as many people as Cardo dared to send to attack her Nelson, then he was bound to lose as many people as he could.
The assassin looked at Zhou Jianwen with some fear, and shrunk back to not speak, but after the brief confrontation just now, he was already sure that this woman was definitely not a good person.
How blind are the eyes of the people of the Chamber of Commerce, and how dare they betray this woman who can be called terrible no matter how you look at it?
Knowing that there would only be one ending on Nelson's side, she didn't really care much about the assassin's answer, she gave Kakashi a look, motioned for him to let go of the assassin who was too frightened to speak, and then took out a sealed scroll and threw it in front of the other party.
"Since you've recruited everything you should do, then I won't embarrass you," Seeing that the assassin looked like he had escaped death, Funaken Min directly ignored the suspicious gazes that Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi threw at him, "Bring this scroll to Kado, and by the way, convey a word for me." β
"Youβyou say," the assassin picked up the scroll with his still mobile left hand, and responded to Funaka Min's words in a trembling voice.
"Since you dare to do something to me, you must first be prepared to die," said the shocking words, but Zhou Jianwen's face did not show too much ruthlessness, and even showed a light smile.
Seeing this, the assassin immediately broke out in a cold sweat and subconsciously wanted to beg for mercy, but the next moment he had already grabbed Kakashi by the collar and threw him outside.
After tonight's battle, and hearing the words of the Funajian Min, if Kakashi Hachiki and Uchiha Itachi didn't understand that the Funajian Mins were planning to carry out a major cleanup, then they would not be able to be sent by the Bo Feng Shui Gate to protect the Funajian Min.
"That's what Tsuru is going to do next," Kakashi Hachiki asked, after throwing the assassin out, returning to the house.
Cardo, who did evil in the country of Bo, can even be said to be a bold Cardo, and the members of the Chamber of Commerce who betrayed Zhou Jian Min, no matter how you look at it, these people are on the list of Zhou Jian Min's next settling accounts.
Although it is not in the job of "guarding" to clean up the moths and enemies for Funajian Min, Kakashi Hachiki and Uchiha Itachi, who have been ordered by the four generations beforehand, feel that as long as Funaken is willing to open this mouth, then they will basically agree.
"How?" Zhou Jian Min tilted his head, and glanced at the corpse on the ground again, "Let's clean up the scene first, and then change the room, I can't let our Sakura spend the night in this place tonight." β
Education is one thing, attitude to life is another.
- Hey! Who asked you this!
If it weren't for Kakashi's personality being calm in the entire darkness - even to the point of gloom in the eyes of some people - he would definitely spit it out like this.
Actually, not to mention Kakashi, this time even Uchiha Itachi felt that his cousin's former companion seemed to have something wrong with his brain.
She cares more about where she sleeps tonight than the two people who want her life?
"I know what you're thinking," Minu Funaya was so smart that even as Kakashi and Itachi struggled to keep their faces paralyzed, she could guess their thoughts at a glance from their subtle expressions and changes in their eyes, "But you don't have to worry about Cardo and the Chamber of Commerce, I promise ...... tomorrow morning"
"None of these problems will be a problem."
What a self-confidence, and what a domineering statement.
Kakashi and Itachi looked at the calm and confident, confident and a little proud, and thought about her actions in a day today...... Suddenly, I believed that the other party might have been prepared for a long time.
"Actually, I'm still quite good at prioritizing the priorities," Funaka Min slowly stood up with Veneto's support, and then took Haruno Sakura's small hand and prepared to walk outside the house, "You have taken over the job of a guard, and your duty is only to protect my safety." β
"And whether it's the Chamber of Commerce or Cardo, these are my private affairs, how can I make you contribute?"
"So don't worry, anyway, whether it's Cardo or the Chamber of Commerce, these problems won't exist anymore tomorrow morning," she said, taking Sakura Haruno's hand and taking Veneto, Akagi and Kaga to another suite that had been prepared beforehand.
"Tomorrow morning," Kakashi Hachiki pondered as he watched the group depart, "Does that mean that the Mafune family has the ability to solve all problems in one night......"
Itachi Uchiha, who had already seen the background of the Mafune family through his cousin, didn't have much reaction to this, "After all, it's Miss Jianwen, and my uncle once said that no matter what Miss Jianwen does, there is no need to be surprised. β
"Because before that, she had already anticipated everything that might happen next and prepared accordingly."
Kakashi, who had already followed with Uchiha Itachi, nodded, "Well...... Indeed, judging from today's situation, Lord Jian Wen came prepared this time. β
Whether it was the rebellion of the Chamber of Commerce, or the attack tonight, the fundamental situation was simply what she expected. In fact, with Zhou Jianwen's mind, she may not be able to avoid such a situation in advance, but she still let such a thing happen.
Judging from the situation just now, the main reason why she did not avoid such a thing was because she had her own purpose.
As for what her purpose is...... Apparently, it was the adopted daughter she had adopted years earlier.
- What a terrible existence.
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Just as Kakashi Hachiki sighed in his heart for the way he was educated, on the other side, the assassin who had been let go by Minu Shujian had also returned to his lair.
Nearly 30 people were discharged, and the soldiers were divided into two ways to assassinate Zhou Jianwen and his party, thinking that it would be easy to send so many people to solve this team with only old and weak women and children, who knew that the team that broke through from the front was directly killed by the only two men in the team......
And the detachment that had planned to sneak up from behind was silent.
The surviving Assassin was glad that he had escaped death, but he was also horrified by the momentum of the Ship.
In fact, just when he was fighting to the death just now, thinking about killing the little girl who looked soft and weak, he found that the woman sitting next to the little girl, that is, Zhou Jianwen's gaze could be said to be extremely terrifying.
Even if she didn't do anything, the aura and gaze shook his legs and almost fell to the ground.
The murderous aura that had been aimed at him from beginning to end was no worse than those two guys who were ninjas no matter how they looked, and it was impossible for a powerless woman to have.
If they provoke such a woman, can they really have a way to live?
Worried about the future, and horrified by the cruel words that Zhou Jianwen had asked him to relay, the assassin with a dislocated right arm tremblingly relayed everything that had happened tonight to his leader.
"There are two ninjas in the team of the Mashu family, although they are not very old, they directly destroyed half of our people, and as for the other group of people who died unexplained, I don't know if there are other ninjas among those people," he endured the pain, and only felt a headache in the face of the dissatisfied Cado in front of him.
"In addition, the woman of the Mashu family asked me to give this to Lord Kado, and let me bring you a message."
Cardo took the scroll handed over by his subordinates, and casually tore off the seal attached to the edge of the scroll, casually asking, "Huh? What words? β
The Assassin swallowed his saliva before carefully relaying, "The woman told me to tell Lord Cado, 'If you dare to do something to me, you must first be prepared to die...... Uh, that's it. β
"Bastard," Cardo kicked his subordinate in the chest, casually throwing the scroll in his hand to the ground, "How dare that woman say that?" Who does she think she is? It's like stepping into a coffin......"
BOOMββ
A loud sound suddenly exploded in a narrow space, a sound that the people of this world could not understand.
Cardo, who was in a state of exhaustion and was interrupted by the loud noise, turned his head and looked towards the source of the sound, only to see a deep pit in the stone wall at some point, and a pungent billowing smoke around him.
But that's not the point, because the point is that there are more than a dozen young and beautiful women in different costumes in the house.
Their gorgeous costumes are not something ordinary people can afford to use, and each of them is enough to make people unforgettableβif you ignore the coldness on their faces, Cardo may have already started to think about things that you shouldn't have.
"Who are you?" Although the beauties are current, they are all murderous, and Cardo is looking at them loudly while maintaining a relatively clear mind, "Why did you appear here?" β
The woman at the head was dressed in red, white, and blue, her blond hair was like an autumn wheat wave, she held a command knife in her right hand, and a cross in her left hand, and looked indifferently at Cardo, who was more annoyed or more timid.
"You don't need to know who we are."
She said.
"It's enough to know that we are the ones who brought you death."
Saying this, Richelieu stepped forward and put the knife on the other party's neck, his expression suddenly a little more dangerous, "And we can't pretend that we didn't hear what you just said." β
The beauty holding the knife in front of her was very dangerous no matter how she looked at it, and Cardo shouted in a trembling voice, "Come, come!! β
But in the next second, his crying stopped abruptly because of Richelieu.
Seeing that the subject who was blocked by his own throat slowly fell to the ground and ended his life as a rich man, Richelieu shook off the blood on his sword with an expressionless face, "Whoever insults my commander, die." β
With that, she stepped over the corpse of the other party, slashed the assassin who didn't realize what was happening, and then began to fight with the men who had been summoned because of Cardo's voice.
And the scroll that had been opened by Cardo but had not had time to look at it was blank at the moment.
Ports at the same time β
Back in the Chamber of Commerce...... Or in the port under Cardo's control, in addition to the men sent by Cardo to occupy the ships, there were only seven young women who looked to be only about twenty years old.
The woman in the lead, dressed in a leather uniform that was out of place in this world, wore a black blindfold on her right eye, and held a cane in her white-gloved hand, swept the crowd in front of her with her turquoise left eye, and then smiled contemptuously.
"Just because you want to occupy this ship too?"
She snorted, then slammed her cane on the ground.
The crowd closest to her immediately noticed that fine cracks began to appear on the otherwise flat ground because of her actions. With the crutches as the center, the crack began to spread like a spider's web, and there was even a depression in the very center.
"Don't dream, I'm here for Miss Commander, and I can't fall into your hands."
Listening to Nelson's words, Rodney, who was standing behind her, sighed to the three Colorado sisters and Mutsu beside her, "Sister is really angry this time. β
Seeing that Nelson, who was standing at the forefront, had begun to enter battle mode, Colorado and Maryland didn't say anything, just patted Rodney's shoulder silently left and right, but West Virginia said to her with relief, "Actually...... We all get it. β
A group of little thieves who don't have long brains dare to go against Zhou Jianwen, and they still want to get on the boat......
It's no wonder that Nelson doesn't go berserk.
This kind of thing is that anyone in Minato Ward will go berserk, okay?
Mutsu looked at Nelson, who had already rushed into the crowd and entered the Peerless Mode, and finally sighed, "I hope the dock will not be demolished by her, otherwise the commander and they will not be able to leave the port by then." β
"Oh, yes......"
"I think my sister should be able to restrain her...... Probably? β
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Early the next morning, Funakami came to the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce in the country of waves again.
Unlike yesterday's noon, this time she brought everyone with her, including Sakura Haruno, and looking at the weeping chamber directors at the headquarters of the Wave no Kuni Chamber of Commerce, Kakashi and Itachi immediately understood that something must have happened last night.
Although I don't know what kind of fate Kado who dared to grab land with Zhou Jian Min, but looking at these directors who can barely save their lives, but can they stay in the country of waves in the future, as outsiders, they can only sigh in their hearts that what Zhou Jian Wen said is true.
- Said to settle everything last night, and to get everything in order before dawn.
But compared to the directors of the Chamber of Commerce who have worked for the Zhenzhou family for so many years and always have some affection, the fate of that guy named Cardo ...... I don't think it's going to be too good, but it's out of Kakashi and Itachi's depths.
Leaving Sakura Haruno in Kakashi's care, Minru Funaken asked a few of his own shipwives who were said to have "arrived overnight", and the few remaining ones in the trading company who did not "mutiny" to start settling the accounts, while he and Veneto and Uchiha Itachi carried out the inspection work in the rooms where the supervisors usually worked.
"I see you seem to have something to say to me yesterday," Funakami took off one side of the bookshelf and flipped through it casually, but continued to the slightly flustered Uchiha Itachi on the side, "There's no one else here now, so you can say whatever you want." β
Uchiha Itachi looked at the boat stream Min, who had already sat on the chair, as if he was obsessed with the contents of the book, for a long time, and finally spoke as if he had made up his mind:
"Father and Uncle Tanqitang...... And the people in the family have always said that after the Nine-Tails incident, it was you who saved the Uchiha clan. β
After hearing Uchiha Itachi speak silently for a long time, Funaya didn't even raise her head, and her hand, which was turning the pages, didn't pause in the slightest, "Everyone else said that, but it doesn't mean that this is the case. β
"Perhaps in the eyes of more members of the Uchiha clan, Mizuto and I are the ones who infringed on the interests of the Uchiha and brought shame on the Uchiha clan."
She was referring to her statement that "the masked man's chakra was dug out from the Uchiha's people" that day, and that after the Nine-Tails incident, Bo Feng Shuimen made more ninjas other than Uchiha start to join the Konoha police force.
The former undoubtedly lost the face of the Uchiha family, while the latter made the Konoha police force, which has always been surnamed Uchiha, start to lose power since the second generation Hokage created the Konoha Police Force.
None of these were acceptable to the Uchiha clan, who had always been arrogant.
In fact, Zhou Jian Wen can more or less understand why the second generation of Hokage has a big head when he mentions Uchiha, but judging from the current facts, the reason why she and Bo Feng Shuimen have a headache about the existence of the Uchiha family......
Mainly because of the establishment of the "Konoha Police Force" by the second generation.
Whether it is maintaining the status quo or looking directly at the problem and dealing with it, the slightest carelessness will cause dissatisfaction and resistance from the Uchiha clan, just like an unscheduled bomb.
- It's just a lot of trouble.
"Although the power of the Konoha police force is limited, it is always under the control of the Uchiha clan, which will inevitably inflate the Uchiha mentality, and then cause dissatisfaction among the villagers and suspicion from the Konoha higher-ups."
Uchiha Itachi looked as if he was reading a book, but his mind was obviously wandering outside the book, and he said slowly in a calm tone that was completely inconsistent with his age:
"In fact, in the final analysis, the police force should have been Konoha's official structure and not the private power of the Uchiha clan. Now that ninjas from outside the Uchiha have joined the police force, for the Uchiha clan, it is ostensibly weakening our rights, but in fact it is reducing the danger we may encounter. β
"And at the same time, more and more Uchiha people are joining the daily mission, carrying out missions with ninjas outside of the Uchiha."
"This is not the suppression and punishment that others seem, but the salvation of the Uchiha clan."
Zhou Jianwen's eyes finally moved away from the book in her hand, and she looked directly at the pair of dark eyes of the young man standing not far from her for a long time, and finally asked seriously, "Is what you said just now also what Fuyue and Tan Qi meant?" β
If Uchiha Fugaku, as the patriarch, had such an awareness, she and Bo Feng Shuimen might really be relieved.
Uchiha Itachi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "No, it's just my personal opinion. Father and cousin...... I don't discuss this much in front of me. β
Zhou Jianwen only nodded when he heard this, but he didn't show disappointment or any other emotion.
She stood up and walked a few steps in front of Uchiha Itachi, "It's good that you can have such thoughts, because it shows that you have stepped out of the constraints of family consciousness and are thinking about the big picture. β
"Even if it's just for the long-term sake of the family, it's a good start."
"Although most of the Uchiha's people may not be able to do the same as you now, I hope that one day, the Uchiha and the Konoha high-level can achieve mutual benefit and mutual prosperity, instead of always worrying about taking more benefits from each other."
ββ¦β¦ Because that doesn't lead to anything other than disaster and tragedy. β
The Uchiha Itachi was silent for another moment, "What if...... I mean, if, it really will be that day......"
"Then you can come to me," Minu Funaken closed the book, then walked over to Itachi Uchiha, reaching out and rubbing his hair, "I promise you that I will never let things get the worst." β
Saying this, Zhou Jian Wen raised the book in his hand and gestured to Veneto on the side, "Let's go to find out if this book has a next volume, and it's too disturbing to see that there is no ending or something." β
Uchiha Itachi looked at the back of the hand in the hand of the boat stream Minyang gradually moving away, and suddenly felt that his cousin was really not wrong.
- She is indeed the most terrifying being.