Chapter 138
Chapter 138
The ninja army, who were originally enjoying robbing the rich, were suddenly called by Tobirama. They quickly put down the gold and silver treasures in their hands and gathered in front of the ruins of the castle tower in panic.
As soon as they approached, this group of battle-hardened ninjas immediately noticed that a faint smell of blood was quietly permeating the thick smoke. The ninjas looked at each other, and then looked at the dense forest that overturned the building, as well as the broken pieces of meat and fragments of gorgeous clothes between the branches of the trees. Everyone's heart trembled, and they immediately understood that it was none other than their Hokage who killed the daimyo.
This cognition was like a thunderbolt, which really shocked everyone present. After all, in everyone's cognition, killing the daimyo seemed more like something that Hashirama's good brother Uchiha Madara would do.
However, their surprise only lasted for a short moment, and they were brought back to their senses by the angry scolding of Tobirama with a dark face.
The magnificent palace in front of them had been burned beyond recognition by the raging flames. The flames shot up into the sky, reflecting not only the confused and helpless expressions of the ninjas, but also the gloomy and terrible face of Tobirama.
"Who set the fire?"
The ninja soldiers were stunned. They looked at each other, then at the angry Tobirama Senju, and shouted loudly:
"Lord Tobirama, it really wasn't us!"
They had been staying in the city to rob those nobles and merchants. In such a short time, they couldn't even plunder the mansions on hand. How could they run to the palace to set fire? This matter had absolutely nothing to do with them!
"Wait a minute, Lord Tobirama, this fire, is it burning from inside?"
The ninja of the Nara clan was the first to discover the clue. At the same time, Tobirama, whose anger gradually subsided, also calmed down and realized that something was wrong. Seeing this, the ninja army immediately drew their weapons without hesitation and rushed into the inner palace in an orderly manner.
Someone actually set a fire inside. Could it be that in addition to them, there are other forces that have sneaked into the palace?
"Hahaha!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a sky-high fire burning from the depths of the palace. In the fierce flames, a figure staggered out.
This person held a torch, his face was covered with smoke and sweat, his eyes were red, and he limped along the road. He lit up the surrounding buildings when he saw them. Wherever the torch went, the fire spread rapidly. The flames set off his hideous figure, and he was already crazy to the extreme.
The ninjas were startled by the sudden change, and they all drew their weapons and prepared to fight. However, the madman did not seem to be afraid of the siege. Instead, he waved the torches more frantically and destroyed everything in the palace.
The flames burned behind him, illuminating his crazy and twisted smile, which made people shudder.
"This is just an ordinary person without chakra!"
"What, who is this madman?"
The perception ninja in the ninja army made a confused judgment. The remaining ninjas also looked at this madman without chakra, and their faces showed puzzled expressions. Tobirama stared at this dirty face, and felt that he was a little familiar for some reason. After a moment of silence, a glimmer of enlightenment flashed in his eyes, and then he recognized who this person was.
"You are... Prince Zongren?"
It's no wonder that he couldn't recognize it for a while. The little prince who was once high and mighty, smart and handsome, is now so miserable. It's unbelievable.
Tobirama looked carefully and saw that his clothes had become ragged and worn out, and could hardly cover his thin body.
The gorgeous clothes made of brocade were now covered with dirt and stains, and looked dull. Zongren's exposed limbs were also covered with scars and bruises, and it was obvious that he had been tortured severely.
If he hadn't dragged a broken leg and limped, Tobirama would probably not recognize this man for a while.
The crazy Zongren was completely immersed in his own world. He held up a torch and saw someone coming. He immediately screamed hysterically:
"Where is the Daimyo?"
"Why are you looking for him?"
Tobirama looked at this madman curiously. It was obvious that he came to find the Daimyo not because of the deep father-son relationship, so he asked casually.
"I'm going to kill him. If I kill him, I'll be the daimyo!"
"Then you don't need to look for him. He's already dead."
After saying that, Tobirama looked at the murderer standing beside him. Hashirama, who had been distracted from the moment before, suddenly showed an awkward smile, and quickly jumped onto the eaves and rushed into the sea of fire to save people.
"Dead, dead?"
Jōnin stopped suddenly. He widened his eyes in disbelief. His eyeballs seemed to jump out of his sockets, and his lips trembled.I was speechless.
Soon, this astonishment turned into ecstasy.
A twisted smile appeared on Zongren's face, and his pale face was flushed. The corners of his mouth turned up, revealing a row of uneven yellow teeth, and then he laughed wildly. This laughter was sharp and piercing, echoing in the night sky, and it seemed extremely weird and terrifying:
"Haha, hahahaha!"
This hysterical laughter lasted for a long time, until Zongren was exhausted, and he gradually stopped laughing. At this time, his face was replaced by a kind of arrogance and pride:
"I am the daimyo, I am the daimyo, hahahaha!"
Zongren turned his head suddenly and looked at the ninjas present, his eyes full of bloodshot, as if he was an arrogant wild dog.
He raised his head high, as if he thought he was the master of this world, and there was a hideous smile on the corner of his mouth, and there was only contempt in his eyes when he looked at the ninjas.
"Hey, you lowly people, why don't you kneel down for me? I am the great name of the Fire Country!"
Seeing this, the ninjas showed disgusted expressions, and looked at Zongren as if they were looking at a worthless clown.
They didn't even bother to pay attention to this idiot. At the signal of Tobirama, the crowd who had seen enough of the excitement turned around and ran towards the source of the fire.
"Why do you want to leave? I know, you are afraid of me, hahahaha!"
The ninja's agile figure quickly disappeared in the night, leaving Zongren alone to continue his wild laughter. His laughter echoed in the flames, which seemed more and more ridiculous.
Tobirama, who stayed in place, glanced at him coldly, ready to use the secret technique to dig out the memory and information in his brain and squeeze out the last bit of value of this person, but the change happened at this time.
"Hey, why don't you kneel down? Why don't you obey me? I'm a famous..."
The crazy Prince Jong-in yelled in the flame-filled field, his eyes were wild, his shouts were sharp and his voice was broken, he roared and howled like a beast, and kept waving the torch in his hand.
However, at this moment when Prince Jong-in was the craziest, he was accidentally tripped by a piece of gravel and fell to the ground.
He screamed and fell forward, and the torch in his hand fell from his hand. The torch happened to fall on the corner of his clothes, instantly igniting his clothes, and the fire spread rapidly. Soon, he was wrapped in flames!
Prince Jong-in screamed in horror, he struggled to get up, but the flames had tightly wrapped him, making him unable to move, so his body twisted in the flames, his skin was burned black, and his hair and clothes gradually turned into ashes.
"Ahhhhhh!"
A shrill scream gradually became weaker, and finally turned into a short wail, and was completely engulfed by the sea of fire.
Tobirama stood quietly at the edge of the fire, watching Prince Zongren rolling and struggling in the flames indifferently, but all this was just a trivial performance in Tobirama's eyes.
Blown by the hot wind, Tobirama raised his head and frowned slightly. He found that the wind tonight was extremely fierce. The wind roared, rolling up pieces of hot flames, making the whole palace shrouded in a sea of fire.
The air also seemed extremely dry. In such an environment, the fire spread rapidly and could not be controlled at all.
In addition, the whole palace was in chaos, and the guards and waiters fled outside in fear. Screams and shouts came one after another, intertwined with the crackling of the flames, forming a chaotic and tragic picture. It is no wonder that this useless cripple could cause such a big fire.
The fire became more and more fierce, and finally swallowed up the whole body of Prince Sohito in the sea of fire, leaving only a charred ruin and thick smoke. Seeing this clown being burned alive, Tobirama activated the water ninjutsu to extinguish all the flames in front of him and around him.
"Water Style: Water Wave"
In the distance, the ninja army that had finished putting out the fire ran back and asked:
"Lord Tobirama, should we save people?"
Tobirama thought about it. To be fair, he didn't want to save these people. The fewer people related to the daimyo, the better.
But his good brother Hashirama had already rushed into the crumbling building and rescued everyone inside, so he sighed helplessly and could only nod in the end.
The ninja army quickly joined the rescue. The ordinary servants and guards were released directly after being rescued by them, but the children and ministers of the daimyo were all knocked unconscious by them, tied up their hands and feet, and thrown aside.
Soon, the out-of-control situation was completely controlled by the ninjas, the fire in the palace was extinguished, the people were rescued, and the wealth wasThey also harvested most of the fire. Although the fire had been put out, the losses were shocking. Along with the huge amount of wealth and the magnificent palace, countless lives were lost.
However, the ninjas only felt heartbroken for the former. If the latter were nobles, they would not only not feel heartbroken, but even secretly happy.
"Where are the daimyo's children?"
After hearing Tobirama's question, the Konoha ninjas quickly dragged the tightly tied daimyo's children one by one, as if they were dragging a group of prey without any resistance.
These once high-ranking noble children are now like lambs to be slaughtered. Their once luxurious clothes are extremely messy. They can only stare with fear and helplessness, lying on the ground in despair.
Tobirama stared at this group of high-ranking nobles with indifference, and a sneer slowly rose at the corner of his mouth.
Isn't the person who takes the blame here?
"The Fire Country only needs one daimyo."
He paced back and forth among these tied-up daimyo's descendants, his eyes moving back and forth over these trembling figures, like a shrewd businessman carefully selecting his favorite dishes in the vegetable market.
Finally, his steps stopped beside the youngest son of the daimyo, and in the extremely frightened eyes of the future new daimyo, he showed a meaningful, evil smile that made people's hair stand on end.
In the past, the daimyo took the blame for the ninja, and now, of course, the ninja can also take the blame for the daimyo.
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Early the next morning, the people of the ninja world who had just woken up were surprised to find that the Fire Country had a new daimyo.
It is said that just last night, the former daimyo of the Fire Country died in a sudden fire, and the initiator of this disaster was actually Prince Sorento, who was bent on seizing power. In order to satisfy his ambition, he betrayed his family and country and secretly planned this heinous crime!
After receiving the news, the loyal Konoha ninjas rushed into the capital to put out the fire, but unfortunately they were still a step too late. The daimyo, his descendants, and ministers were all buried in the sea of fire, leaving only the youngest son.
This youngest son who escaped by chance was the new daimyo of the Land of Fire. Although he was of noble status, he was just a childish kid. How could a child manage state affairs?
In addition, most of the palace had been burned down by the fire and was no longer suitable for living. For the safety of the daimyo and the stability of the country, the Hokage Hashirama could only take the young daimyo to the village, where the ninjas of Konoha would personally protect and educate him.
At the same time, the most solemn and sacred first holy temple of the Land of Fire, the Fire Temple, was not spared.
It is said that after causing the fire in a frenzy, Prince Sorento was not satisfied with it. He even hired a large number of wandering ninjas to launch a fierce siege on the Fire Temple. Although the monks of the Fire Temple fought hard, they were defeated due to the disparity in numbers and strength. In the end, all the monks in the temple were brutally killed.
After the tragedy, Konoha also went to the Fire Temple to clean up the mess as soon as possible, but during the investigation, they unexpectedly discovered that although the Fire Temple seemed sacred and solemn, it was full of corruption and darkness inside.
Konoha firmly stated that they would thoroughly investigate the matter. Konoha Village would never condone the numerous crimes of Prince Sorento. They would definitely bring this extremely evil prince to justice and give a fair explanation to the former daimyo who died tragically.
At the same time, Konoha will also conduct a comprehensive review of the situation of the Fire Temple and must return a bright and clear world to the Fire Kingdom!
As for the rumors about wooden men attacking the city, demons attacking the temple, and Konoha rebelling, those are completely false rumors spread by the fugitive Prince Sorento in order to confuse the public. Konoha strongly urges everyone not to believe in such unfounded false rumors!
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