Naruto: This Uchiha is a businessman Chapter 148

In the palace of the Fire Country’s Daimyo, the Daimyo held a fan, gently fanning himself. The Fire Country was truly hot during the height of summer, and even with ice basins placed all around him, he was still sweating profusely.

Just as the Daimyo was growing irritable, a subordinate ran up:

“Lord, the Third Hokage of Konoha has arrived.”

“Mm.”

The Daimyo nodded, then stopped fanning himself, sitting upright and proper. However, he still held the fan in his hand, covering half of his face.

Soon, a person wearing a straw hat, accompanied by a ninja, walked in.

“Lord Daimyo.”

The person who arrived was none other than the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. After greeting the Daimyo, he naturally took a seat in a nearby chair.

Clearly, although the Daimyo controlled some of the village’s economy, this was not a time of war, and the Daimyo’s mansion wasn’t of much help to Konoha.

The Daimyo naturally understood the reason for Hiruzen Sarutobi’s confidence. Although he was a bit displeased internally, he managed to suppress it well.

“Lord Daimyo, may I ask if there’s something important that required my presence?”

As the Kage of a village, he had too many things to attend to each day. If the Daimyo hadn’t insisted on his personal presence, he might have sent a high-ranking Konoha official to handle it.

“Recently, rumors have been circulating throughout the ninja world that Konoha’s foremost clan, the Uchiha clan, has defected from Konoha. Is this true?”

At these words, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had been so confident, suddenly felt a headache coming on. He had originally hoped to keep the Uchiha’s defection a secret, but unfortunately, there were too many onlookers at the time, and who knew how many spies from other countries were mixed among them.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had no way of keeping this news under wraps. What he hadn’t expected was for this matter to reach the Daimyo so quickly.

“It is true.”

Hiruzen Sarutobi could only nod helplessly:

“However, Lord Daimyo, rest assured, Konoha will find the Uchiha sooner or later and bring them to justice.”

Seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi become respectful again, the Daimyo chuckled heartily:

“There’s no need for too much trouble. I have a good opportunity here. Not only can we capture the Uchiha clan, but we can also apprehend that Uchiha who defected from the village earlier, all at once.”

“A good opportunity?”

Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at the confident Daimyo, feeling a sense of doubt inside. In his eyes, these nobles, the controllers of the Fire Country, had always been people who only exploited the poor. How could they get involved in ninja matters?

“What, you don’t believe me?”

The Daimyo impatiently fanned himself:

“Apart from our Fire Country, the other Great Nations have already dispatched their most elite troops to our Fire Country.”

“They are going to pass through our Fire Country to attack the Tea Country, which is where that rogue ninja Uchiha is located.”

“So, I thought, shouldn’t we also send people over? After all, those Uchiha were originally Konoha people. Their own affairs should naturally be resolved by themselves.”

Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned. He looked at the Fire Country Daimyo with a strange expression, saying with a somewhat inexplicable tone:

“So, has the Tea Country offended the Daimyos of all Five Great Nations simultaneously?”

The Daimyo didn’t answer, but instead looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi with burning eyes. He didn’t believe that Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn’t know about this matter.

Under the Daimyo’s “enthusiastic” gaze, Hiruzen Sarutobi uncomfortably shifted his position:

“Konoha will send people, Lord Daimyo can rest assured.”

“That would be for the best.”

With Hiruzen Sarutobi’s affirmation, the Daimyo also revealed a satisfied smile:

“The ninja armies from the other countries will gather in the Fire Country at that time, and the provisions will be provided by our Fire Country. As for the expenses, they will be borne by the Daimyos of the other countries.”

Regarding the Fire Country Daimyo’s description, Hiruzen Sarutobi began to ponder. He wondered if he could extract sufficient benefits from the military expenses, especially since the troops would be assembling on home soil.

As if sensing Hiruzen Sarutobi’s thoughts, the Fire Country Daimyo slowly spoke:

“Military expenses will be distributed to the army by one representative from each of the Five Great Nations.”

Hiruzen Sarutobi, whose thoughts had been seen through, remained expressionless. The Daimyo quickly continued:

“But don’t worry, this time Konoha goes to war, I will give Konoha some extra military funds to help Konoha develop.”

Konoha was the strongest among the Five Great Ninja Villages, which was common knowledge throughout the ninja world. Therefore, when besieging the Tea Country this time, if Konoha’s participation was missing, the Daimyos would feel uneasy.

After all, the enemy was the Uchiha clan, who had originated from Konoha.

Having received Hiruzen Sarutobi’s promise to fight, the Daimyo felt much more at ease. Afterwards, he took out many treasures from his treasury and presented them to Hiruzen Sarutobi, telling him that once the ninjas from the other four villages arrived, they would actively declare war on the Tea Country.

These Daimyos had finally united, and naturally, they didn’t want to resort to any sneaky attacks. Their idea was to openly defeat the Tea Country, letting the world know that ordinary people could only live better under the protection of nobles.

…

The people of the Tea Country were still unaware of what was happening in the Fire Country. They were currently happy about having their own summoned beasts, especially the enormous giant whales.

Moreover, as long as your strength was sufficient, you would have the opportunity to cultivate Sage Mode.

A group of people from the Tea Country had already gone to the Sea within a Sea, though their numbers weren’t too many.

After all, there were only a few people in the entire Tea Country who could physically enter the seabed.

Even Sakumo Hatake found it very difficult to move around underwater, as he was primarily a master of swordsmanship and hadn’t trained his physical body extensively.

On the other hand, Adai, despite his extremely poor chakra talent, possessed an incredibly strong physical body.

Furthermore, natural energy was something that all living beings on this planet could cultivate, so Adai’s training in the Sea within a Sea was twice as effective.

It was just a pity that he didn’t have much chakra; otherwise, the ninjutsu released by combining chakra and natural energy would truly be a devastating weapon in group battles.

This day, after practicing Sage Mode, Lu Lin received a letter from the Rain Country, sent by Hanzo.

[Several ninja teams from Great Nations have passed through the Rain Country and entered the Fire Country.

What’s puzzling is that I haven’t received any news about battles occurring in the Fire Country. Do you have any information on your end?]

Lu Lin fell silent as he read Hanzo’s letter.

In the ninja world, between two Great Nations, even if one Great Nation dispatched its ninja forces to a neutral zone between the two countries, the other country would also send its own forces to strictly guard against them.

But now, they had already entered the Fire Country’s territory, and there had been no reports of battles…

He felt that something was amiss.