Chapter 90: The Iron Fist (Part II)
Not only did the young Fire Nation Daimyo look good, but his dealings with people, changes in his mannerisms, and his mannerisms made the Hokage and his party feel like a spring breeze.
The image of the daimyo is completely different from the old, ugly, arrogant megalomaniac that Hanyu imagined.
But if from the Hokage's standpoint, this kind of daimyo that seems to be a bit "hard work" is definitely not as good as the kind of sake bag and rice bag that only eats and doesn't work...... As the two supreme leaders of a country, no matter how harmonious the Hokage and the Daimyo are on the surface, their status determines the secret antagonism between the two.
The Daimyo is the titular boss of the Fire Nation, yet he has no real military power...... Maybe he has a lot of militia in his hands, but ordinary people don't use it in front of ninjas; Although the Hokage is politically under the great name, he is the military leader of the Fire Nation, and 99% of the country's combat power is concentrated in his hands.
If the Hokage had a coup d'état that would change the pattern of one village and one country, and make the decrees of the Fire Nation and the military decrees one, then the coup would have been almost 100% successful...... Therefore, if the daimyo is not a wine bag and rice bag, then does he have no intention of changing his bad situation?
Therefore, in the Daimyo Castle, Hanyu and other Hokage's guards not only did not let their guard down, but even raised the alert level again, who knows what kind of tricks were under the heat wave of cheers?
After meeting with the Daimyo, the three Hokage, accompanied by each other, conducted a round of parades in the Daimyo Castle, and then they came to the square in front of Miyagi, and under the attention of countless people, the three Hokage gave a speech, talking about nothing more than the difficulties of the past, the hardships of the war, and the dawn of victory.
Then, on this square, the Daimyo of the Fire Nation personally signed the official appointment of Sarutobi Hizashi to succeed the three generations of Hokage, and from now on, no one can question the identity of the three generations......
Justifiably, sometimes it's important.
For most of the day, the members of Hanyu's escort team were under the most psychological pressure, and since the Hokage was assassinated on the way to Daimyo Castle, they had to consider the possibility that the Daimyo Castle was also hiding in the Assassins...... Even in terms of success rate, an assassination hidden in the crowd has a higher probability of success than an assassination hidden in the wilderness, after all, even with the efficiency of white-eyed detection, it is impossible to see everyone.
You must know that the people in front of the Hokage now are tens of thousands.
Every Hokage guard was nervous, and after the daimyo signed the letter of appointment, Hanyu and the others hoped that the Hokage would return to Konoha Lair as soon as possible, but the problem was that it was impossible, and now the Hokage was on a communicative mission.
What is a communicative task?
That is, before doing the right thing, there is a fight first, and after the business is done, there is another fight. The Hokage would not be able to return to Konoha until he had spent at least one night at Daimyo Castle to demonstrate the mutual trust between him and the Daimyo, and between the military and political forces of the Fire Nation.
"Hokage-sama, please come with me, I have prepared a rich dinner for you in Miyagi, please be sure to taste it." The Daimyo of the Land of Fire said.
As he had imagined in advance, the Daimyo of the Fire Nation had no tricks or prevarication on the Hokage's letter of appointment, because he had no reason to find fault in that regard.
And after signing the letter of appointment, the daimyo warmly invited the three generations of Hokage to dinner.
Hokage rolled up the letter of appointment written on the precious brocade scroll and put it in his arms, and said in response, "That's great, thank you Daimyo Lord for your hospitality, I've been coveting the food of Daimyo Castle for a long time, and I finally got to taste it today." ”
As the words fell, the two looked at each other, and then laughed at the same time.
"Two old foxes!" Seeing the performance of these two guys, Hanyu couldn't help but curse so secretly.
Both the Hokage and the Daimyo are in their twenties, and they are by no means old, but at this time, they can only say that Hanyu is right.
The Hokage and the Daimyo left the square hand in hand and walked into Miyagi together...... At this time, Hanyu and the others finally took a breath, compared to the empty outer space, the Daimyo Miyagi was at least better prepared.
The sky gradually sank, and then not only Miyagi, but even the entire Daimyojo Castle was immersed in the lights, inside the Miyagi was a dinner party between the Hokage and the Daimyo, and outside the Miyagi was a grand procession held by the masses to welcome the arrival of the Hokage.
Although in the eyes of Hanyu's guards, the parade outside was actually terrifying like a hundred ghosts walking at night, who knows what kind of ghosts and ghosts are hidden in the lights.
After arriving at the Daimyo's Miyagi, the Hokage's escort team was also dispersed, and the Dark Department had to make sure that there would be no problems with the food that the Hokage would eat next...... In fact, the burden of guarding the Hokage was on them at this time.
As for the Hanyu team and Jiraiya, in order to see the trust of the Daimyo, they were only in charge of the guards on the periphery of Miyagi during the dinner, after all, it was impossible for the Hokage to stuff all his guards into the banquet hall, that was too unseemly, who to prevent?
However, in every sense, Hanyu prefers the task of guarding the perimeter, because it is relatively free, does not need to be tense all the time, and the pressure is not so great, and he can even enjoy the night view of the Daimyo Castle from the high point of Miyagi...... It's simply a benefit except that the Hokage sits and he stands, and the Hokage eats and watches him.
The daimyo was a decent man, and of course he didn't forget Hanyu's guards, so he brought them sumptuous food before the dinner began, but the group of 250 didn't eat a bite, and they were all poured out - as long as their brains were not pumping, they would never have eaten foreign food.
Hanyu and the others were nibbling on the food pills, and at the same time they had to tell the daimyo that it was delicious, and the food you sent was really delicious.
Do you think it's funny, Hanyu doesn't think it's funny anyway, his tears are in his stomach.
While Hanyu was maintaining a more cheerful atmosphere, a maid suddenly appeared beside them—the one who was the one who was holding the daimyo during the day.
"Who?!"
Almost instantly, the seven Konoha ninjas each took a kunai and slammed it into the face of the beauty.
Ninjas are all virtuous, and in the face of the beautiful women who appear at night, they (even Jiraiya) will never think in the direction of peach, but will only draw their knives and kill people...... Frightened like this, the other party was instantly stunned, and she was a little speechless in the face of the bright blade.
Hanyu frowned and looked at the other party for a moment, then as if he remembered something, then suddenly said a code that he had received before the mission began, "Password: one positive and two sine, three cut and four cosine." ”
And some of the maids who were stunned instantly said the second half of the password very smoothly: "The odd change does not change, and the symbol looks at the quadrant." ”
It's your own people...... The Konoha ninjas looked at each other, then withdrew their weapons at the same time.
The maid is a spy left by Konoha in Daimyo City, and the third generation Hokage has just succeeded not long ago, and he doesn't have such a far-reaching arrangement, so ...... All of this is a spicy blue man's preparation in advance.
It's really worthy of being a second-generation eye, it's really a cowhide, and even his own people don't trust it.