Chapter 156: Meeting, Negotiating
Liu Yang and Itachi followed the four black-clothed ninjas around the streets of the capital of the Iron Country, dodging the patrolling soldiers on the street from time to time, and finally walked outside a ancestral hall.
The two people looked up at the archway above the ancestral hall, and the two big characters of "three boats" were clearly visible.
It is the ancestral hall of the Mifune clan.
"Here we are." The four black-clothed ninjas turned their heads to Liu Yang and Itachi and said respectfully. "Because of the rebellion in Taichang, Lord Mifune can only hide here with the survivors, he is inside, you can see it if you walk in directly."
"Thank you." Itachi looked at the ninja who spoke, his eyes stayed on the other party's body for a while, and then he finished speaking slowly, and walked directly towards the ancestral hall with Liu Yang raised his feet.
After taking a few steps, Liu Yang suddenly turned his head to look at the four ninjas, and his emotionless gaze accompanied by a clear murderous aura instantly shook the four ninjas who wanted to keep up.
Turning his head to look at the weasel who had stretched out his hand to open the door of the ancestral hall, Liu Yang's voice sounded in his ears like a mosquito: "Whether it's true or not, be careful." ”
From the time they entered the capital of the Iron Country to the present, their situation has been very passive, whether it is the general who claimed to be the general Mifune before, or the "real general Mifune" in the mouth of these four black-clothed people now, they can't easily believe it.
"......" Itachi heard this, the cold expression on his face remained unchanged, and the hand holding Liu Yang under his sleeve tightened a little.
After pushing open the door, what appeared in the eyes of the two people was the ancestral hall with a very dark tone and a solemn atmosphere.
This ancestral hall adopts a bit of a courtyard design, without those layers of paper doors to block the view, only the boxy gate is blocked at the entrance of the north hall, revealing a spacious courtyard in the middle.
And in this garden, a man in armor was staring at the only plane tree in the courtyard, and only turned his head to look at Liu Yang and Itachi when he heard someone approaching.
Unexpectedly, this person turned out to be exactly the same as the "General Mifune" they saw before, and even the sword on the waists of the two people was exactly the same.
“……”
Liu Yang and Itachi subconsciously glanced at each other, and there was something incredible in their eyes.
Although they look the same, they can naturally distinguish as ninjas, and these two people are completely independent individuals, without the slightest resemblance.
But neither the person in front of him nor the previous "General Mifune" had any traces of transfiguration or disfigurement.
"What? Scared? The man looked at Liu Yang and Itachi's expressions, then smiled slightly and walked over: "Am I exactly the same as the director Taichang you met before?" ”
“……”
Itachi and Liu Yang didn't speak, quietly looking at the person who walked in front of them, their faces were a little vigilant, Liu Yang even put a short knife out of the sheath to block between them, preventing the person from getting closer.
"I'm sorry." Seeing Liu Yang directly blocking in front of him with a horizontal knife to prevent him from approaching, the man smiled, and then said to the two, "I forgot that you ninjas don't like people getting too close. ”
"Who the hell are you?" Itachi looked at him lightly, but he didn't buy the smile on this man's face at all. "What the hell did you call us here? Also, who is that person before? What is the relationship between you? ”
"Let's answer your first and last question first." The man's gaze swept over Ryu Yang and Itachi a few times, and finally fell on Itachi, and then smiled at Itachi.
Obviously, he also saw that between Liu Yang and Itachi, it was Itachi who really made the decision.
"I'm the true Iron Nation General, Mifune." The man said, stretched out his hand and touched his beard, squinted his eyes and said slowly: "As for the one you met before, it is the deputy Shouge Taichang of the Iron Country, and he and I are twin brothers of the same father and mother, but I inherited my father's family, and he inherited my mother's family. ”
"So, this rebellion is a good thing done by your brother?"
Itachi tilted his head slightly, and said to him with a knowing expression on his face.
The man...... Let's call it Mifune first, he nodded: "That's right, all this happened too suddenly, I just came back from training outside, these things have already happened, and I only had time to gather some of my subordinates to hide in the underground secret room here temporarily, because he has been raised in his mother's family since he was a child, and he doesn't know anything about the fact that there is an underground secret room under the ancestral hall of the Mifune family, so he escaped a catastrophe." I didn't expect him to be able to pretend to be me to deceive you now. ”
"Even if what you say is true, this is a family matter between your brothers, what are you doing here?" Itachi looked at Mifune with a pair of cold eyes, and then sneered at Mifune: "We are just a passer-by here, we don't care if there is a rebellion or usurpation here. ”
Liu Yang listened to Itachi's words, a touch of deep thought flashed in his eyes, but the next second he was attracted by the gaze that fell on his body and turned his head to look at the place where his gaze came from, only to see that behind the pillar at the corner of the ancestral hall, a girl in a dirty and pure white kimono was staring at her with a pair of big eyes.
Sensing her gaze, he took a step back in fright, then turned around and hurried away with a hint of crimson on his face.
“……”
Does she look as terrible as a big devil? It can scare people away.
But honestly, who is this girl? Mifune's daughter?
"That's not what I said, you are the ninjas of Konoha and you can't walk away in this rebellion." Listening to Itachi's words, the expression on Mifune's face flashed a touch of obscurity, and then said to Itachi with a look of wisdom beads in his hand.
"Oh? Be all ears. Itachi squinted at Mifune's appearance, a hint of coldness flashed in his dark eyes.
Is this a clear threat to him?
"The troops of the Five Great Ninja Villages and a mysterious organization are going to war, and the battlefield is set in the Iron Country, right? Counting the days, your Konoha troops should have reached the outskirts of the Iron Country, and you two should be Konoha scouts, right? Mifune looked at Itachi and smiled confidently.
"But now that the Daimyo of the Iron Country has died in rebellion, no one can respond to the entry request of your Konoha troops, you don't dare to come in, if you enter the Iron Country at this time, it will provoke a war between the two countries, and it will be very troublesome."
"As long as you help me quell the rebellion in the Iron Country, the entry permit is just a trivial matter, and after success, I am the only one who can take charge of the Iron Country, and I can grant the entry permit if you want it."
Mifune said, the smile on his face became a little more obvious. "Think about it, your battlefield is here, you have to come in anyway, if you don't help me, it won't do any of us any good. I can promise to allow Konoha to enter the country, but it's not certain that my brother will agree to it. ”
"What does that have to do with us?" Itachi suddenly pulled a smile on his face, and then looked at Mifune and lowered his voice, and said indifferently: "When the time comes, the big deal will be to destroy the Iron Country first, and then let us in, and at that time, the Iron Country will not be a country, and there will be no trouble in provoking a war." ”
He knows Ah Fei too well, since Ah Fei has set the war in the Iron Country, then there must be something in the Iron Country that is very important to this war, otherwise he would not have directly announced the battlefield.
If the Iron Country really doesn't allow them to come in, Ah Fei will definitely destroy the Iron Country first and then let them in.
So he wasn't worried at all.
This sneak in was just that he was curious about what had happened in the Iron Country, and he came in to take a look.
Besides...... As Tsunade said, the fake Gongji secretly fell in love.
Whether it's true or not, such a threat doesn't matter to him or to Konoha at all.
"I've been thinking about this for a long time." Mifune was clearly prepared for Itachi's words, he gritted his teeth, and then took out a token directly from his arms.
"Although the country of iron is small, but there are 8,000 samurai and troops lurking outside the national capital under my name, as long as you Konoha help me quell the chaos, I can merge these 10,000 samurai into the Five Ninja Alliance and join you to resist that Xiao organization."
"Eight thousand samurai?" Itachi's eyes moved, and then he looked at Mifune seriously.
"That's right." Mifune nodded, and then added, "And there is not a single wandering samurai, all of them are descendants of the nobles of the Iron Country. ”
"......" Liu Yang and Itachi raised their eyebrows together.
I didn't expect this Mifune to have such a hole card.
Although this is a Hokage world, Liu Yang does not deny that some powerful samurai can still fight with ninjas, although they do not have gorgeous ninjutsu, but their own physical skills are not much worse.
Moreover, the so-called samurai can only be called samurai if they have made meritorious achievements on the battlefield, and those who have not been on the battlefield or have no master and behind them can only be called ronin.
According to Sasuke's latest intelligence, their five-ninja alliance is no more than 70,000 people, and if you add Mifune's 8,000 samurai and army, it is also a large force, although these people are more like cannon fodder, but what they lack most in this war is people.
If the samurai and ninja cooperate well with each other, there may not be surprises, such as after provoking a large-scale attack, the samurai harvests the mending sword or something, and it will be very useful for the 100,000 white doppelgangers who can only copy the chakra.
After all, the warrior himself does not have chakra, and those clones can't copy the clones, so naturally the combat effectiveness will not increase, and it is still very easy to kill.
As for the reincarnation of the soil...... Forget it, leave this non-human thing to them ninjas.
Liu Yang shook Itachi's hand, and turned his head just in time to see Itachi's gaze.
Obviously, not only her, but also Itachi.
"In this case, we can talk about it in detail." Itachi turned his head to look at Mifune, and then said.
A happy smile instantly appeared on Mifune's face, and then he hurriedly stretched out his hand to Itachi and Liu Yang and said, "Please, go to the basement and we'll talk about it in detail." ”
As he spoke, he walked directly to the back of the ancestral hall with Liu Yang and Itachi, and Liu Yang looked at it, and this road was the place where the girl in white disappeared before.
So could it really be Mifune's daughter?