At the words of the envoys from the Land of Waves and the Land of Sea, an inexplicable chill suddenly rose in the heart of the Land of Fire's Daimyo.
He even temporarily put aside the matter of Konoha and stopped dwelling on it.
The Land of Waves, the Land of Sea...
Neither was far from the Land of Fire.
Dawn Shipping's operating model could easily hollow out a Daimyo's authority and seize the people's hearts.
That meant it could be implemented in any country in the ninja world.
Including the Land of Fire!
That was precisely what the Land of Fire's Daimyo feared most.
Just as the Daimyo's thoughts were in turmoil, the two envoys dropped to their knees with a thud and repeatedly kowtowed. In pleading voices, they said together, "Honorable Daimyo of the Land of Fire! Dawn Shipping has acted against all reason, propping up the lowborn and hollowing out the authority of Daimyos and nobles. They are criminals seeking to destroy the order of the entire ninja world!"
"The Daimyos of our two countries beg you, for the sake of our shared status as Daimyos, to uphold justice! We implore you to dispatch Konoha's powerful ninja to send troops and wipe out Dawn Shipping, restoring normal order to our two countries!"
The envoys' tearful pleas echoed continuously in the Daimyo's ears, and the folding fan in his hand finally stopped moving.
Faced with the requests of the Land of Waves and Land of Sea envoys, the Daimyo did not agree at once.
The residence fell silent for a time, broken only by the slightly heavy breathing of the two envoys.
The Daimyo's profound gaze repeatedly swept across the humble, expectant faces of the two envoys, while countless thoughts and calculations churned within him.
His long experience