Hokage: I Confronted the Five Kage Before the System Arrived

Chapter 162: A "Chicken" Too Shocking to Warn the Monkeys

"You... you..."

No matter how slow-witted the Daimyo of the Land of Waves was, he now realized there was a problem.

Cold sweat poured from his body as he tried to drag his thick legs to run outside, only to find himself immobile, forced to watch the assassin beside him interrogate his hired ninjas.

"Have you collected all the information?" Hagoromo Gengetsu asked nonchalantly.

The leader of the Nokizaru group immediately presented a scroll and said, "Clan Leader, we have gathered all the information regarding the Land of Waves."

Hagoromo Gengetsu nodded, took the scroll, and began reading it.

Although relocating Lockfront Village to the Land of Waves was his spur-of-the-moment decision, it didn't mean that subsequent intelligence work would be neglected.

The internal structure of the Land of Waves, power factions, geography, diplomatic relations, etc., couldn't be ignored just because it was a small country.

After all, Lockfront Village would be settled here in the future, and the Land of Waves needed to be thoroughly controlled.

At that time, the Daimyo of the Land of Waves felt he had done too many bad things. Fearing that his few samurai could not suppress the increasingly restless commoners, he decided to hire ninjas.

Given the relationship between the Land of Waves and the Land of Fire, the Daimyo initially wanted to hire Konoha ninjas.

However, upon hearing that the task was to suppress ordinary people, Konoha, valuing its reputation and now under Tsunade's leadership, refused the hire.

The Daimyo had no choice but to hire another ninja organization, and "coincidentally" hired the Nokizaru group.

For this notorious organization known for daring to attack the Fourth Raikage for a mission, the Daimyo was very satisfied and entrusted them with many matters in the country.

Thus, the infiltrated Nokizaru group gained a deep understanding of the Land of Waves.

A powerful organization is never built overnight; it always has its foundations.

The Nokizaru group, recognized in the ninja world as "Ninja Hunters," once accepted a mission against the Fourth Raikage, killing one of his guards. If not for Tsunade's timely intervention to heal the Raikage and his guards from a secret technique, the battle results would have been more impressive.

Such an organization naturally couldn't be grassroots in origin.

In fact, its foundation lay in the Hagoromo clan.

Five members with Hagoromo bloodlines, each skilled in fire, earth, wind, water, and lightning chakra nature transformations, could together perform the "Explosive Bugs" secret technique that even ensnared the Fourth Raikage. This was the Nokizaru group, another weapon of the Hagoromo clan besides Lockfront Village.

Lockfront Village handled intelligence, while the Nokizaru group dealt with killing.

The Hagoromo clan had relied on these two to survive in the ninja world.

The outside world didn't know that the Nokizaru group had already undergone several member replacements since its inception.

Some retired due to injuries, others died on missions.

Regardless, to accommodate the rare "Explosive Bugs" secret technique, the Nokizaru group always consisted of five members.

The current generation of the Nokizaru group were the same five who previously dealt a heavy blow to the Fourth Raikage, with no personnel changes.

A few minutes later.

Having quickly skimmed through the scroll, Hagoromo Gengetsu closed it, tapped the Daimyo's fat head, and chuckled:

"Who would've thought, after seeing this, that you did all sorts of evil things—confusing right with wrong, taking by force, forcing good people into prostitution, hunting people for pleasure, and more."

At this moment, the Daimyo found he could speak.

He suppressed his unease, barely maintaining his Daimyo demeanor, and argued:

"I am the Daimyo. It is reasonable for me to have power over life and death in my country. As ninjas, your job is to be sharp weapons, not to meddle in these affairs."

"Is it the money? I can double the payment!"

Hagoromo Gengetsu and the Nokizaru group remained unmoved.

Seeing this, the Daimyo gritted his teeth and, with great pain, added:

"Not enough? Then double it. At most, three times. You ninjas shouldn't be too greedy!"

However, what awaited him was still a chilling silence.

Finally, the Daimyo, unable to contain his fear any longer, raised his voice and shouted:

"I am the Daimyo! If anything happens to me, all the Daimyos and the five great ninja villages will not let you off!"

Hagoromo Gengetsu, seeing this, finally spoke.

His tone was calm: "I've killed quite a few Daimyos."

"What?"

The Daimyo doubted his ears.

Hagoromo Gengetsu kindly added, "I mean, don't worry. I'm very experienced in killing Daimyos."

Daimyo of the Land of Waves: "..."

"Crazy! You are all crazy! Guards! Come quickly!!!"

Seeing Hagoromo Gengetsu's calm face, as if he had indeed killed many Daimyos, the Daimyo frantically shook his head and desperately called for his guards.

However, the singers and dancers in the hall continued their performance as if nothing had happened, and the guards were nowhere to be seen.

Ignoring the Daimyo's tearful, snot-filled face, Hagoromo Gengetsu instructed the Nokizaru group: "Prepare to handle the Daimyo's aftermath. Then let his four-year-old son take over."

"Yes!"

The Nokizaru group responded in unison.

"Crazy! Completely crazy!"

Listening to the arrangements for his aftermath, the Daimyo stood dumbfounded, feeling the world had suddenly become too strange and crazy.

Even when Gato was at his most arrogant, he didn't want his life.

These people... their minds were definitely twisted!

The Daimyo wanted to say more.

But Hagoromo Gengetsu was no longer interested. He grabbed the wine cup the Daimyo had just finished and smashed it into the Daimyo's head, embedding it deeply and causing blood to splatter everywhere.

With a thud, the esteemed Daimyo collapsed, no different from the commoners who had died at his hands.

"Announce to the public that the Daimyo died of alcohol poisoning."

Feeling satisfied with his handiwork, Hagoromo Gengetsu clapped his hands and left as if nothing had happened.

It wasn't until Hagoromo Gengetsu's figure disappeared that the Nokizaru group stood up, first looking at the Daimyo's body, then at each other.

In reality, they were far less composed than they appeared.

They had never imagined killing a Daimyo before, and this was their first time witnessing it.

Even at this moment, the five were still in shock.

Although they had heard that during the Warring States period, their Clan Leader had killed many Daimyos and nobles as easily as crushing bugs, witnessing it firsthand was different.

The Nokizaru group could only marvel that their Clan Leader was indeed extraordinary.

To be honest, they now understood why the Clan Leader was once ambushed in the Valley of the Fallen God.

Soon, the leader of the Nokizaru group coughed a few times, waking his teammates: "Ahem! Let's follow the Clan Leader's orders and properly handle the Daimyo's aftermath."

"Yes!"

The usually rebellious Nokizaru group was now completely submissive.

They had no choice.

The "chicken" used to warn the monkeys was too shocking.