Chapter 56: The Daimyo has no right to honor me
With their younger brothers, Shiba Kiyokawa's team of four quickly captured the last Iwagakure jonin alive.
Yayu smashed the opponent's knee, while Shiba Qinghe used the sealing technique experience recently rewarded by the system to cast a simple ban.
"Be careful, don't let him commit suicide. If necessary, knock out his teeth. Keep an eye on him, he is one of our bargaining chips in future negotiations." Shiba Qinghe instructed.
The Iwagakure jonin lay on the ground with a look of humiliation on his face, his body twitching from time to time, and it was unclear whether it was because of pain or humiliation.
Before setting off, he never imagined that he would encounter such humiliation in a small country like the Rain Kingdom.
Masuda Ikki suppressed the jonin, smiled innocently, and whispered: "Captain Qinghe, are you too nervous? Didn't we kill that group of Konoha ninjas before without any trouble? Maybe this time will be smooth sailing too?"
But Shiba Kiyokawa shook his head seriously and corrected the team members' overly optimistic mentality on the spot.
"This time it's different."
There wasn't any big trouble when Ryoma Aburame was killed last time. One reason was that Danzo had sent people to investigate privately and in violation of regulations, without reporting to the village.
This is supported by the information from the Uchiha clan in the Cat Village.
Secondly, Konoha was in a difficult situation, and the Third Hokage's character was full of weakness and compromise.
Like the statement that Shiba Kiyokawa tricked Minato into writing, if it were the Hidden Cloud Village, they would definitely not recognize it, and would even declare that they wanted justice as soon as they returned to the village.
However, Shiba Kiyokawa had used this statement to hype up many times before, but Sarutobi Hiruzen chose to acquiesce every time.
All these became obstacles for Danzo to regain his position.
It can be said that Sarutobi Hiruzen accounted for at least one third of the credit for the statement's current effect.
But Iwagakure does not have these unfavorable factors!
During the period before the Battle of Kannabi Bridge broke out, Iwagakure had always been the strategic initiator on the front battlefield, and their situation was much better than that of Konoha.
At the same time, Ohnoki is not the kind of person who always gives in like Sarutobi Hiruzen!
Shiba Kiyokawa knew very well that the other party would not swallow this loss.
So the real test has just begun from this moment!
"Don't take it lightly. We don't need to be overly afraid of the Great Ninja Village, but we also shouldn't think of them as too weak. Konoha is a special case."
Shiba Kiyokawa gave his arrogant subordinate a brief lesson, then walked towards the noble who had collapsed on the ground in fear.
"Before that, let's sort out our own affairs first."
At this time, the wealthy nobleman was already terrified. Seeing Shiba Kiyokawa approaching step by step, he could only sit on the ground and scream.
"Don't come over here! Don't come over here! I am a first-class noble who was appointed by the Daimyo himself! Do you know what the Daimyo's status is?!"
Shiba Qinghe just smiled, went up and slapped the other person in the face with a big slap, knocking out half of his teeth on the spot.
"Daimyo? How many divisions does he have?"
Although the other party didn't understand what Shiba Kiyokawa was saying, there was no doubt that the contempt in his eyes had been clearly felt by the other party.
The nobles were completely stunned.
How could there be a ninja who had such little respect for the daimyo? He didn't understand.
But Shiba Qinghe was too lazy to explain, and turned around and said, "Tie him up and take him away. Bring him to our base tomorrow and set up a gallows. I want all the villagers from the surrounding villages to watch his hanging!"
Such a person cannot be killed so easily.
Just like Huang Silang in the movie, they had to first break the villagers' awe of them.
Otherwise, even if kunai were given to everyone, the lower class people would still not dare to resist.
More importantly, everyone who watched the execution became an accomplice!
From now on, there will be only one sun above the heads of the surrounding villages and towns - that is their Akatsuki organization!
Shiba Kiyokawa will not allow anyone to have a way out at this time.
Any village that dares not come tomorrow will be disloyal!
When Kenjiro went forward to tie the man up, he noticed that there was another person hiding behind the noble's fat body.
It was the tax officer who had come to the village to collect taxes before.
"How should we deal with this person?" he asked Shiba Kiyokawa.
The tax collector was also smart and knelt down on the spot.
"Sir, I had no choice before, but now I want to be a good person! Give me a chance! I have admired the Akatsuki organization for a long time!"
Everyone could see that he had just learned about the Akatsuki organization a few minutes ago. Yayu had already held down the knife, but Shiba Qinghe thought about it and stopped it.
"Keep him here. There aren't many people in our organization who know arithmetic, so he can be useful."
In order for a tax collector to help collect taxes for the nobles, he or she must at least know some arithmetic, which is considered a highly educated talent in the Akatsuki organization.
Kenjiro asked hesitantly, "Should we ask Chief Yahiko for his opinion?"
Shiba Kiyokawa smiled, a smile that was meaningful, "Am I not also the leader now?"
Kenjiro suddenly didn't dare to speak.
He had a feeling that it wouldn't be long before these words became "I am the leader now."
……
Later that day, Nagato and Konan also returned with their respective teams.
Konan came back the latest and looked a little tired, but as soon as she came back, she looked at Shiba Kiyokawa eagerly.
"Qinghe, your ninja cat is amazing! If it weren't for Xiaoyu, we would have almost lost the last Iwagakure ninja.
Do you have any space on that psychic scroll of yours?"
When the entire organization was actively trying to sign a contract with Neko no Sato in the early days, Xiaonan was not interested at first.
She has been focusing on her natural paper-style ninjutsu since she was a child and has never been interested in other ninjutsu.
But this time, she became interested in spiritualism for the first time.
It can be seen how much help and shock Xiaoyu brought today!
Who wouldn’t like a cute cat that is clever, capable of sensing and tracking, and has impressive fighting capabilities?
At this time, Xiaoyu also jumped out of Xiaonan's arms, leaped onto Zhiba Qinghe's shoulder, stretched out her hand, and naturally asked for her reward.
"Today's overtime is seriously over budget, meow! Please pay three times the amount of dried fish, meow!"
Shiba Qinghe touched Xiaoyu's chin, handed her some dried fish, and handed Xiaonan the contract scroll.
"Here, your dried fish. Take this, Xiaonan, and sign it."
"Thank you." Xiaonan took it naturally.
The relationship between them has become tacit and familiar through repeated cooperation.
Only Yahiko, who entered the room later, saw this scene and remained silent.
Have you forgotten that I was the one who originally prepared this scroll? Yahiko opened his mouth several times, but in the end he couldn't say anything...
He, the first generation leader who actually founded the organization, is now being increasingly forgotten.
The next day, everything happened as Shiba Kiyokawa had arranged.
A conspicuous gallows was erected, and more than half of the residents from several surrounding villages and towns came here voluntarily or were forced to do so, gathering in the open space in front of the Akatsuki base to watch this grand trial.
At first, people looked panicked.
"Oh my god, we are trying the nobles? Is this true?"
"I...I don't want to come. Is it too late for me to go home now? I'm just passing by."
But as Shiba Kiyokawa stood on the podium that had been prepared long ago and began to recount one by one the experiences of the Rain Country over the years, the soul-searching questions finally calmed the restless crowd.
“In summary, every time we saved ourselves in the past, it had nothing to do with the daimyo and the nobles!
Every struggle and every survival of ours depends on our own efforts!
So why should we allow these termites to come back and plunder everything we have?
From now on, Akatsuki will protect you!
From now on, I will acknowledge it, I will bear the responsibility, and I will protect it!
I am Shiba Kiyokawa, the leader of Akatsuki, and the daimyo has no right to confer honors on me!"
After a brief silence, thunderous cheers suddenly broke out from the crowd!
At that moment, Kenjiro sighed silently in the crowd.
At this moment, he couldn't help but realize that the scene he had anticipated not long ago might come sooner than he thought.
(End of this chapter)
