Hirajima Gorō.
He had originally been a samurai, but a few months ago, he had suddenly awakened tremendous power.
However, he had kept it quiet, secretly building up his strength and gathering a group of subordinates.
A few days ago, believing he had accumulated enough power, he assassinated the feudal lord.
Although the Land of Rivers was only a small country, its territory bordered the Land of Fire. What happened in the Land of Rivers reached the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire the very next day.
Before long, the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire would likely order Hidden Leaf Village ninja to hunt this man down.
Unfortunately, this man had some skill, and the assassination had already succeeded.
But he could not read the situation.
He had originally thought that killing the feudal lord would make him the feudal lord of the Land of Rivers.
However, the Land of Rivers' Shinobi Village refused to recognize him as the feudal lord of the Land of Rivers.
Instead, he found himself being hunted down.
Although he was extremely powerful and could hold his own against several Jonin, he was alone and outnumbered.
Left with no choice, he could only flee.
As for the subordinates he had recruited, not a single one was capable. When facing those ninja, more than half of them were taken out in a single exchange.
The rest were terrified out of their wits and ran away.
"Damn it! Once I recover, I'll wipe out your entire Shinobi Village!"
In a forest somewhere in the Land of Rivers, Hirajima Gorō was in poor condition.
After happily declaring himself the feudal lord of the Land of Rivers, he had barely had time to celebrate before the Land of Rivers' ninja attacked him.
And it had been