Relations between the five major powers are clearly severe, with frequent wars.

The shadows of the five ninja villages even reached a hidden consensus that the king did not see the king, and few shadow relatives went to the battlefield.

But...... The relationship between the lords of the five great powers is not so stiff!

As the land of fire, the daimyo of Sakamoto often invited the daimyo of other countries to the land of fire as guests, and he often went to other countries.

There were even five lords who gathered in the Land of Fire to hold a dinner and a flower viewing party...... The feast of the .

In addition to these, there were often marriages between the nobles of various countries.

After returning to the room, Itachi took out the scroll as soon as his father wanted, read it, and destroyed it.

In the face of this piece of intelligence information, both he and Artoria were silent.

The information revealed in just a few scrolls is intriguing.

"Itachi, take out the map."

Artoria hesitated for a moment, then motioned for Itachi to take out the map of the Fire Nation from the bookshelf.

And when Itachi re-rolled out the map of the Fire Nation on the table, the coordinates that had been unremarkable on the map in the past changed in their eyes.

The castle that occupies the largest territory of the Fire Country is called Kyoto Castle.

With Konoha as the center, ordinary caravans traveled south along the official road to Kyoto Castle in about two weeks.

Kyoto Castle has an outer castle and an inner castle, and the most central area is called the Daimyo Mansion, which is the power center of the entire Fire Country.

The construction area of Konoha was designed to imitate Kyoto Castle.

If you pass through Kyoto Castle and further south, there is the highest mountain in the Land of Fire, on which there is a temple called the Temple of Fire.

In the temple, there are many ninja monks.

These ninja monks, like ninjas, can extract chakras from their bodies, can use techniques, and even have some kind of power called the talent of the Immortal Clan.

Konoha and the Temple of Fire enclose Kyoto Castle from the south and north respectively, and serve as important shields to protect the castle.

This was a pact between the original Hokage and the Daimyo, and the Land of Fire would supply Konoha for many of its economic needs, and Konoha would protect the Land of Fire and their safety.

With such a well-thought-out fortress, Kyoto Castle has become the most populous place in the Land of Fire.

According to Itachi's knowledge of the history of the Fire Country, during the Warring States period, Kyoto Castle was not divided into outer and inner castles, but only between Kyoto Castle and the Daimyo Mansion.

It was not until the end of the Warring States period that the first Hokage reached an agreement with the Land of Fire and Konoha was built, and many people who originally lived in the outer areas of the Land of Fire gradually migrated to the inner area and took root near Kyoto Castle.

For this kind of migration, the Daimyo of the Fire Country did not stop it, and even issued a lot of preferential policies to attract peripheral people to move to the inner area to "huddle".

And after the death of the first Hokage and the outbreak of the First Shinobi War, the speed of this migration increased in an unimaginable way.

Countless people abandoned their original villages and towns and moved to the vicinity of Kyoto Castle on a large scale.

Rather than being scattered across a vast and abundant land, they prefer to gather around Kyoto Castle to save their lives, even if the living environment is not as large as it used to be.

As a result, the area outside Kyoto Castle was naturally formed.

According to Uchiha Fugaku's personal information, when he was still a shinobi, when he went to Kyoto Prefecture to carry out a mission, it took nearly a month to get started.

Now, more than 20 years later, at the same speed, it takes less than a week to reach the outer city of Kyoto.

Even the Temple of Fire has been unwittingly incorporated into the so-called "Kyoto Outer Castle Area".

The fact that the outer area of Kyoto Castle is constantly expanding is now visible to many discerning people.

But between the strategy of boiling frogs in warm water, even if someone sees the current situation, no one can stop it, because the gathering of people is already the general trend.

Although the rule on the surface of the ninja world is that ninjas are not allowed to shoot at civilians at will.

But there aren't many ninjas who actually follow the rules.

Carrying out missions has always been seen as a ninja's duty, and when civilians become the door to complete the mission, many ninjas choose to push it away.

Especially in wartime.

The only thing civilians can do is to huddle together to keep warm.

When there are only a few, ten, or even a hundred people blocking the door to complete the mission, perhaps the ninja will push the door open without hesitation, or with some hesitation.

But what if it's thousands, ten thousands, even a hundred thousand, a million?

In order to carry out a mission, to attack tens of thousands of civilians, and thus to stand on the opposite side of the large group of "people"?

For this, I believe that even the Hokage will hesitate, let alone someone who is on a mission as an individual.

Survival and stability are the only hope for civilians!

If you prevent civilians from moving to Kyoto Castle to take root, it means that you are on the opposite side of the majority!

And the concentration of the population means that the land is unevenly distributed.

In order to accommodate a sufficient population, the area needs to be constantly expanded.

Of course, the land that was vacated by the migration of people should not be wasted.

"Father is right, we really shouldn't get too close to the nobles of the Fire Nation."

Itachi agrees with his father's reminder.

The only thing that is certain at the moment is that the "nobles" led by the daimyo in the Fire Nation are not as simple as they seem.

At least, under the treaty signed between the Fire Nation and Konoha based on it, they unwittingly gathered the hearts of the vast majority of the people of the Fire Nation, and ...... The civilians are the best shields.

The Temple of Konoha and Fire is a shield to the outside world.

The people of the Fire Nation are the shield within.

Although it is unclear, the Fire Nation has malicious intentions towards Konoha or not.

But from this information, it seems that the relationship between the Fire Country and Konoha is more like using each other than life and death as previously thought.

Originally, their Uchiha was a special force in Konoha, and if they crossed the position of Hokage, they would directly make friends with the daimyo of the Fire Country......

There is no doubt that it is stirring Konoha's nerves!

"It's really Konoha who is worried about the outside and the inside, ha......"

As Itachi gradually cleared his mind, Artoria also understood the cause and effect.

I saw that her fair face was full of confusion, her fingers slid lightly on the map on the desktop, and she laughed miserably, "No matter where you are, there will always be disputes within a force. ”

In the midst of his laughter, Itachi did not feel the stability and calmness of the past, but was full of loneliness and sadness.

In this situation, Konoha and Britain are indeed somewhat similar.

But more than comforting her.

Itachi's gaze fell on her fingers.

Just now......

She seemed to have inadvertently touched the tabletop.

After being able to walk on the ground, standing on trees, and occasionally not being able to walk through walls, nowadays ...... Can she already touch the table?

Sure enough, Artoria was not a post-mortem spirit state.

It's more like being somewhere in between!