Chapter 88 For a Better Life
Chapter 88 For a Better Life
The Daimyo Mansion of the Land of Fire.
"Get out...all of you get out..."
A young boy was frantically chasing away the servants who were serving him.
"Has the young master fallen ill again?" A woman who looked extremely noble rushed over.
“Yes, Madam.” A maid standing at the door immediately knelt down and replied when she saw the lady approaching.
Upon hearing this, the elegant woman ignored the servants' attempts to stop her and pushed open the door to go inside.
The boy saw someone come in and was about to throw something at them, but after seeing who it was, he put the thing back and called out, "Mother!"
"Meiji, are you alright?" The elegant woman stroked the boy's face, her expression full of concern.
"Mother, I'm fine, but apart from you, I don't want to see any other women for the time being. Send them all away..." The boy became more and more agitated as he spoke.
"Okay...okay...okay...Mother promises you." Seeing this, the noblewoman quickly agreed.
The boy slowly regained his composure, a hint of madness still flickering in his eyes. "Mother, I'm tired. I want to rest for a while."
Noticing the look in her eyes, the lady, not wanting to upset her son any further, said softly, "Alright, you should rest well."
Once the lady left and closed the door, the boy's mad expression returned to normal in the blink of an eye.
The boy was none other than the spirit clone 'Flower Spirit', who had been staying in Daming Prefecture for almost a year.
She originally intended to find an opportunity to die suddenly, but then she realized she had nowhere to go. As the son of a daimyo, her quality of life was quite good, which was better than being a ninja in her original form. She might even be able to reform the Land of Fire.
Although she doesn't have much power now, Hua Ling has still gained quite a bit after staying for almost a year.
At least in terms of money, there's no need to worry at all; every day, people send all sorts of rare and precious treasures over.
Hua Ling never intended to change her original personality, otherwise she wouldn't have pretended to be crazy every now and then.
According to her calculations, today should be the last time she pretends to be crazy like this.
The next step is to continue to undermine the power of the daimyo, otherwise it will be very annoying to be restricted by others at every turn, but we still have to proceed slowly and plan carefully.
As for the position of daimyo, she had no interest in it. Even sons were often assassinated, let alone daimyo. It was more realistic to have someone in front of her while she held power behind the scenes.
Hua Ling toyed with the gemstone that a merchant had given her the day before yesterday, pondering, "I've got it."
Her eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty light as she precisely tossed the gem into the box and got up to rest.
After all, she still had to put on a show. Once she had stripped the daimyo of his power, she wouldn't have to worry about so much anymore. She was really fed up with having to kneel and bow all the time, even though she only experienced it once.
A month later, the daimyo of the Land of Fire suddenly fell ill, and his eldest son, Meiji, temporarily took over the position.
This sudden change caught Konoha completely off guard.
Hiruzen Sarutobi stared into thought as he looked at the document in his hand.
What should we do now? The supplies destined for the front lines were already a week late, and now this has happened, the supplies will probably be delayed even further.
The frontline battles were more frequent than before, and how could they fight without supplies? Hiruzen Sarutobi was genuinely worried, puffing on his pipe.
Hua Ling was looking at the documents sent from Konoha when she immediately ordered, "Gather these supplies plus 100 million taels of silver and send them to Konoha within three days. If you can't do it, there's only one word: 'die'."
"Without adequate war supplies, how can the ninjas on the front lines fight with peace of mind? Don't these people have any brains?" Hua Ling thought to herself with a hint of sarcasm, finally feeling a little better.
"But dealing with so many things is really annoying. I've already done enough for the real world, and I didn't expect that I couldn't escape this fate even in the game world."
Now that they've taken over the power of the daimyo, it's impossible for them to return it.
Once she has trained her trusted confidants to share the burden, she will be able to live a carefree life.
However, for now, we're eliminating those who don't know their place. When the Great Name awakens, all that will remain is a title.
Thinking about how much work there was to do, Hua Ling suddenly wanted to give up. "Forget it, I'll just have to bear with it for the sake of a better future."
Under Hua Ling's iron-fisted rule, many things became easy.
There was no other way; if they didn't do it, they would become one of those executed in front of the Daming Prefecture.
Those who arrived in Daming Prefecture were terrified when they saw the ground stained with blood. They were afraid they would be the next to be executed, so they dared not make any further moves. As for those who opposed them, none of them survived.
Numerous ninjas were sent to assassinate Young Master Meiji, but not a single one succeeded. The head of the mastermind behind it was even hung directly at the gate of the daimyo's mansion, which made many people even more hesitant to take any action.
"terrible."
Rumor has it that something happened to young Master Meiji a year ago and he went completely insane. This isn't just insane, it's madness!
The supplies that were originally scheduled to be sent to Konoha in three days arrived in less than two days, and the quantity of supplies had more than doubled, which made Hiruzen Sarutobi extremely happy.
"Third Hokage, this is a document that Young Master Meiji asked me to give you." A samurai in armor took out a document from his pocket and handed it over, then led his men away from Konoha without stopping for a moment.
After the group of samurai left, Hiruzen Sarutobi opened the document in his hand and began to read it. There was only one sentence in it: "Tell me what supplies you need. The only condition is that you must win."
Upon seeing the document, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but recall Uchiha Yoh's illegible letter.
Of course, the two have no connection whatsoever.
With the supplies in hand, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt much more confident and immediately divided the supplies into five portions, sending a small team to each portion to escort them to the front lines.
He was still searching for suitable personnel for the last squad.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was smoking his pipe, deep in thought, when he caught a glimpse of the report out of the corner of his eye and immediately made a decision.
"Go and bring Orochimaru's squad over here."
As soon as he finished speaking, the hidden agents vanished from the spot.
Recently, Itachi has been training his eye techniques with his father, while Uchiha Yoru was training alone on the cliff of Hokage Cliff when suddenly someone appeared next to her, which was really scary.
Fortunately, she is now calm and composed.
Uchiha Ye still looked annoyed and said, "Kakashi-senpai, can you please stop appearing out of nowhere?"
"The Third Generation Lord is looking for you."
"Ah... I just finished a B-rank mission and have five days to rest." Uchiha Ye was filled with resentment at this moment.
"Whoever wants to be a ninja can be one!"
She let go and fell off the cliff.
"Uchiha Hato, what are you doing?" Kakashi reacted extremely quickly, picking up Uchiha Hato in mid-air with one hand, and then leaping several times to the top of Hokage Cliff, his tone extremely angry.
"Kakashi-senpai, I just had a leg cramp." Of course, she couldn't say that she didn't want to be a ninja, otherwise she would be contradicting herself.
"Let me show you." Kakashi didn't doubt him, put the person down, and was about to start working on him.
Uchiha Ye quickly spoke up, "Senior, I'm alright now. I'll go find the Third Hokage right away."
She casually pulled the "Icha Icha Paradise" from Kakashi's pocket, without feeling guilty at all.
She had good reason to suspect that the fact that one or two of her masterpieces kept disappearing was most likely because Kakashi took them.
Although there was no evidence, that didn't stop her from accusing Kakashi, otherwise how could she have a reason to take away his "Icha Icha Paradise"?
"Ah... no, I picked it up."
Uchiha Ye took Kakashi's belongings and didn't dare linger, running faster than a rabbit, leaving Kakashi alone with a look of disappointment.
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