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The second son sat alone, without turning on the light, and looked at the darkness intently. There was a cup of tea in front of him, and there was no longer a trace of heat in the tea, and the tea leaves that had been floating on the water had sunk to the bottom.

After decades of scrambling, from the year of the weak crown to the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, he spent the first half of his life living for the position of a daimyo.

The hands have changed from clean to dirty, and the heart has also changed from clean to dirty, and every day they have been camping in the court, attracting forces from all sides, and the brothers are becoming more and more estranged, and meeting each other is like seeing enemies...... But now, what's the point of all that wasted time?

"Third child, hello, you are very good."

He poured down a sip of cold tea, then waved his sleeve and knocked over the cup, only to feel sluggish in his heart.

"I'm not as good as you, I'm not as good as you, I'm far behind, I'm too far behind."

At today's birthday banquet, Xiuzhong's calm and calm posture really made him bitter, and the foresight when talking to his father also made him feel inferior. After half his life, he still didn't let his father take a look at him, but Xiuzhong was already able to stand on the same level as his father, and he could even refute his father and make his father admit that he had made a mistake.

He sighed softly, his palm touching the cold talisman in his sleeve, and a hint of danger rose in his heart.

At today's birthday banquet, although all his subordinates betrayed, there were still more than a dozen of them who were pinched in their hands. There are more than a dozen nobles, and there are not a few samurai ninjas, if you lure them with profit, threaten them with key points, and suddenly make trouble, can you ......

His hand gripping the talisman gradually strengthened, and he already had the idea of going out and fighting.

Stomping, stomping, just then, the sound of small footsteps came.

The second prince suddenly turned his head and shouted, "Who! ”

A small head sticks out from the corner of the door, and says timidly, "Daddy, it's me." ”

The second son was quite caught off guard, and the fierce and hideous expression on his face was halfway, and he had to take it back with a forced smile.

"Little princess, why are you here? Didn't you let you play with your mother, Dad was in a bad mood, don't scare you. ”

"Go, Daddy is fine, it'll be fine in a while. Go play, and leave Daddy here alone. ”

For his five or six-year-old baby daughter, the second son really regards it as a pearl in his palm.

He was close to middle age before he had a daughter, and when his daughter was born, he was so ecstatic that he almost couldn't sleep all night, and he couldn't wait to take the stars and moon in the sky, and the dragons and phoenixes on the ground to play with his daughter.

When his daughter grows older, she becomes more and more cute and pleasing like a pink carving, and he will cherish it even more, strive for the best in everything, and arrange everything personally. When his daughter was at home, he would even abandon the samurai and ninjas who protected him, for fear that the bloody aura on their bodies would collide with his daughter.

At this time, even though he was bored and abnormal, and even more thought of taking risks, he still pretended to be smiling and comforted his daughter softly.

The little head shook slightly, the white and tender little feet stepped on the ground, and she didn't wear shoes and socks, and the girl ran over and threw herself into the arms of the second son.

"Don't, I don't."

The second son hugged his daughter and stroked her head: "What's wrong?" Daddy is really fine, don't worry about it, children, just have fun and play. ”

"Why don't you wear socks, it's cold, you'll catch a cold."

The girl shook her head: "It's not cold, it's not cold at all." ”

"I was so panicked, so I came to find my father, and my father was not allowed to leave."

"I'm so scared, I'm so scared, Daddy don't let me go, as soon as I leave, I won't see Daddy in the future. I'm going to miss Daddy's ......."

The second son's body was like thunder, and he subconsciously hugged his daughter tightly.

"How come, don't think about it, how can Daddy leave, how can he leave you behind?"

The girl shook her head, and her little head rubbed against the second son's chest: "I don't know, that's what I think, if you don't come to find your father, if you let your father be alone, you will definitely never see your father again in the future." ”

The second son's heart shook violently, and the order in his sleeve was cold and piercing.

The daughter in her arms also fell asleep vaguely, and subconsciously dreamed: "Don't go, don't leave me." “

The second son's eyes showed a look of struggle and unwillingness, but his daughter's bare little feet shrunk, and she seemed to be a little cold.

After a while, he smiled bitterly, let go of the command charm he was holding tightly with his right hand, and threw the command charm away.

The free hand held his daughter's little feet, and the second son smiled bitterly: "You, you always don't like to wear socks." “

He slowly got up with his daughter in his arms, and was about to take her back to the room and let her go back to bed to sleep.

At this moment, his gaze froze, and in the courtyard outside, a dark shadow stood silently.

Seeing his movements, the black shadow nodded to him, and suddenly disappeared from his sight, like a dream.

The second son was drenched in cold sweat, looked at the daughter in his arms, and breathed a sigh of joy.

……

At the same time, the atmosphere in the mansion of the eldest prince was gloomy.

The eldest prince gritted his teeth, holding his own unique talisman in his hand, holding a sword in his hand, with a murderous aura.

"Unfair, unconvinced!"

"Decades of hard work turned into running water, decades of love turned a blind eye, father, I don't accept it!"

He tried his best to suppress his anger, but it grew hotter and hotter.

"Not convinced! Defy! Defy! ”

"You made it over a decade ago, didn't you? More than ten years ago, you planned to give the third child, and you played me like a fool for more than ten years! ”

"The third, the third, the third, you are very good! Pretending to be so well-behaved and cute, he listens to me in everything, ah, he left the capital without a sound, and came back quietly, and robbed me of my place without a sound?! ”

"I'm not convinced, I'm not convinced!"

Suddenly, he raised his sword in his hand and slashed at the grass and trees in the courtyard. The ancient name sword was incomparably sharp, and it easily cut the precious grass and trees into a mess, but the cold sword body did not calm him down, but gave birth to the fire of ambition in his heart.

"As the eldest son, I am the most qualified to inherit the throne of the Daimyo. Since your father, you prefer the third child and treat me unfairly, and the third child is also disrespectful to my brother, then don't blame me for not thinking about blood love. ”

"There are still those families, the lifeblood is in my hands, and today I will run to please the third child. Heh, want to just get out of it? Dream on! ”

A piccolo was placed to his lips with a short whining sound, and one after another dignified ninjas and samurai gathered in his courtyard, all of them dead soldiers raised by the Grand Prince, absolutely loyal.

"You, send a message to Asakawa House."

"You, send a message to Kondo's house."

"You guys, come with me, we'll go ......"

A cold voice interrupted the eldest prince's arrangement: "You don't have to go anywhere, just stay here." ”

As the cold voice sounded, dense black shadows appeared, enveloping the courtyard layer by layer.

The dense kunai glowed with cold light, like the stars in the night sky, and the several ninjas led by them exuded a powerful momentum, and there was no emotion in their eyes, only a cold murderous aura.

The eldest prince laughed a few times, lost his strength, and collapsed to the ground with a dead face.

"I'm not convinced!"

……

A few days later, Tokugawa Ieyasu, the current daimyo of the Land of Fire, announced his abdication and passed the daimyo throne to his third son, Tokugawa Hidetada.

The whole country shook, and the situation changed for a while, and even several other major powers stopped their actions and went all out to find out the news, and the battlefield entered a strange truce.

"The new daimyo Tokugawa Hidetada held a meeting, at which he announced the personnel changes of the high-level personnel and shook hands cordially with the third Hokage Ape of Konoha Village. He encouraged the good development of Konoha Village in recent years, commended Konoha Village's resistance to foreign enemies, and expressed full support for the arduous fighting that Konoha Village is underway. “

The three generations of Hokage Ape Flying Sun Slash also said that Konoha would hold the belief of protecting the dignity of the country and fight this war that should not happen. To win, beat the enemies who dare to provoke the Konoha ninja and dare to provoke the national prestige of the Fire Country. At the same time, he said that Konoha Village is in a state of extreme war, and the ninjas on the front line are fighting for the sake of their country, and the full support of the daimyo at this time is undoubtedly a matter of relief. ”

After the meeting, many officials and nobles said that they would also pay more attention to the front line and would do their best to support the battle ahead, and many nobles had already begun spontaneous fundraising activities. And this behavior also marks that the internal harmony of the Fire Nation is more harmonious, and the relationship between all walks of life is moving towards a new and better stage. ”

"The Fire Nation Central News Newspaper reports to you on the latest major events."