"Thousands of hunters set an ambush to attack Lord Danzo!"
"Lord Danzo is in a difficult situation, Lord Danzo is in a dilemma!"
"Lord Danzo is about to lose!"
"Lord Danzo has annihilated all the enemies!"
"Lord Danzo is giving a victory speech!"
Over the past two days, the Shinobi World United Newspaper has been 'flooded' with these news stories.
The emotions of many Konoha villagers have been fluctuating with the news reports.
At one point, some even petitioned Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was still the Hokage at the time, to send troops to support Lord Danzo.
However, Hiruzen suppressed these requests.
Unlike others, he understood his old friend, who was known as the Darkness of the Shinobi.
He would never place himself in real danger!
Fortunately, the news of Danzo's victory finally came, allowing everyone to breathe a sigh of relief.
"I told you, Lord Danzo would definitely win."
"That's right, he is our Konoha's War God!"
"Exactly, those hunters from the underground money exchanges are too bad."
"Eliminate, we must eliminate these cancerous growths!"
For a moment, the Konoha villagers were in an uproar, filled with hostility towards the hidden underworld.
Not only in Konoha, but the entire ninja world's underground market also experienced significant turmoil.
This further solidified Danzo's reputation as the Darkness of Shinobi.
In any case.
After this farce ended, the journey of Danzo and Minato became exceptionally smooth.
The places they passed through were all well-behaved, and no one dared to have any ideas about them.
Under such circumstances, it only took them two days to successfully reach their destination—
The capital of the Land of Fire.
As they approached the capital, the number of people around them began to increase.
"Senior Danzo, the capital is ahead," Minato said, looking at the magnificent capital before him.
This was the largest city he had seen in this world, without exception.
The capital had almost no walls around it, with roads leading in all directions and a constant stream of pedestrians.
Around the city, there were small villages attached to it.
Further out were flat fields of farmland, with many farmers working in the rice paddies.
"Truly, the capital has an extraordinary presence," Minato said with a smile on his face.
This was his first time visiting the legendary capital.
It was the economic and political center of the Land of Fire, the most prosperous place in the entire ninja world.
Danzo, however, didn't have much feeling about it.
After all, compared to the big cities in his memory, the current capital was like a world of difference.
There was simply no comparison between the two.
If he had to compare, the city before him could at most be considered a suburban area.
Thus, with an expressionless face, Danzo led Minato and Kakuzu, who was wearing a mask, straight towards the Tenshukaku, located in the center of the capital.
Their group attracted quite a bit of attention within the capital.
Because Minato's forehead was adorned with the forehead protector representing Konoha.
Kakuzu's face was covered with a mask symbolizing the Anbu.
Even in the capital, such ninja from the great ninja villages were considered rare.
However, it was not only the civilians who were surprised, but also Minato.
"Why haven't we seen any messengers from the Daimyo?"
Before they left Konoha, they had already submitted a visitation document to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
As the elder of Konoha and the Hokage successor, the Daimyo should have sent a messenger to greet them.
Why was there no movement now?
Upon hearing this, Danzo revealed a mocking smile.
"Perhaps they haven't received the news that the underground hunters have been completely wiped out."
"Or maybe they underestimated the significance of my title, the Darkness of the Shinobi."
Just as Danzo finished speaking, a commotion appeared on the distant street.
With the screams getting closer, a runaway carriage burst out from the crowd.
A little girl with her hair in a braid was squatting in the middle of the road, and it was already too late for her to dodge.
Moreover, due to the shock, she sat down on the ground directly.
Next to her, her mother was rushing towards them, tearing her heart out, and tightly hugged the little girl in her arms.
The next second, the tall carriage rolled over.
The driver sitting on it didn't care about the lives of these civilians at all.
He just had a crazy expression, lashing the horse in front of him vigorously, and shouted:
"Faster! Faster! Even faster!"
Seeing this, Danzo couldn't help but complain:
"What a clichéd scene."
In an instant, he appeared in front of the mother and daughter.
Before Danzo could make a move, Kakuzu rushed to the horse.
His palm stretched out like steel, grabbed the chest of the horse, and gave it a strong pull.
"Thud!"
With a muffled sound, the entire horse was crushed by Kakuzu's hand!
As for the carriage behind and the driver on it, Kakuzu casually flicked them off, and they were thrown to the ground!
The neighing of the horse and the noisy sound of the carriage wheels quieted down in an instant.
Even the little girl forgot to cry.
At this moment, the entire street fell into an indescribable silence.
The eyes of the surrounding crowd were filled with shock.
Because in the capital, only the nobles could ride in carriages.
And the commoners killed by the nobles did not need to bear any responsibility.
Therefore, no one dared to stand in front of the noble's carriage.
Otherwise, dying would be in vain.
As for overturning the other party's carriage, it was even more unimaginable.
But this group of ninja lords from out of town, not only did they think of it, but they did it!
Now, these presumptuous outsiders are probably going to suffer greatly!
Many people thought so.
Of course, no one would take the trouble to remind the other party.
Whether it was the noble lord or the ninja lord, they were both existences that they could not provoke.
They were just ordinary civilians, better not to get involved.
Even the middle-aged woman holding the little girl had no joy on her face, but her face turned pale.
Minato wanted to help her up, but he heard her muttering:
"We're going to die..."
Minato suspected that he had heard wrong, so he asked again.
"What did you say?"
The woman seemed to finally come to her senses.
She pushed the girl in her arms into Minato's arms.
"Offending the noble lord, we are definitely going to die!"
"Leave quickly, you all leave quickly!"
"It's all my fault, you take Chiyuri and leave quickly!"
She pushed Minato in a panic, hoping that he could take her daughter and leave quickly.
As if being a second late would mean death.
This action made Minato realize something immediately.
"Are you worried about the noble's revenge?"
Hearing Minato's words, the woman in front was almost on the verge of collapse.
She could only keep repeating:
"Leave quickly, I beg of you."
"The noble lord will really execute every one of us!"
"You saved me, you are good people!"
"So, take little Chiyuri and leave here quickly!"
By the end, her tone had completely turned into a plea.
Minato, who had not experienced such a thing, could only look at Danzo.
Unfortunately, the latter did not pay attention to them.
His gaze was fixed on the broken carriage beside him.
Soon, the coachman and the noble boy in the carriage got up from the ground.
"Damn it, do you know who I am?!"
The noble boy, holding his forehead wound, was full of anger in his eyes.
Seeing his master injured, the coachman immediately picked up the whip in his hand, preparing to give these guys a good lesson.
"Kill them."
Danzo spoke indifferently.
He had no mood to play this kind of boring drama with these guys.
Before the noble young master could speak, Kakuzu had already appeared in front of him.
A punch swung out, a head exploded.
Another punch swung out, another head exploded.
Such a decisive way of doing things, not to mention the surrounding civilians, even Minato was scared.
These are nobles!
Don't you need to see who the other party is before killing them?
Minato, the soon-to-be Hokage, unconsciously swallowed his saliva.
Looking at the expressionless Danzo, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart:
Is this the value of the leader of the Military Faction?
Soon, the warriors responsible for maintaining the order of the capital arrived at the scene.
Unfortunately, there were only two headless corpses on the ground, and they could only identify the deceased's identity through the family crest on the carriage.
In addition, the Daimyo's messenger also arrived late at this time.
Seeing the blood on the ground and the two headless corpses, the messenger's face turned pale immediately.
"Lord Danzo, this is..."
He asked with a bad expression.
Danzo glanced at him.
Kakuzu immediately stepped forward and lifted him up with his steel-like palm.
The other party immediately screamed.
He did not want to follow the previous guy's footsteps!
So he quickly explained his identity.
"Lord Danzo! Lord Danzo!"
"I am the messenger sent by the Daimyo to pick you up!"
"Don't kill me, please don't kill me!"
Danzo raised his eyebrows and showed dissatisfaction.
"Messenger? Why did it take you so long to come?"
A chilling killing intent burst out from him immediately.
The astonishing killing intent made the messenger seem to see the terrifying situation of blood rivers floating and broken limbs floating.
His brain crashed instantly, and a foul-smelling liquid flowed out from below.
Danzo's face immediately showed a look of disgust.
"Kill him too."
He said coldly.
Kakuzu had no hesitation about this order.
A punch was thrown out, and another blood flower exploded!
Such a terrifying scene stunned everyone around.
It was not until this moment that they realized that a group of formidable ninja lords had come to the capital.
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Taking a week off