Understood!

Two maids each hugged the Feudal Lord's legs, while the Feudal Lord had his arms around the maids' necks.

Every now and then, he would do some piano-tuning actions that were too much for people to bear to watch.

The Chunin guard, seeing this, momentarily forgot to tell the Feudal Lord that the Genji had just killed a guard.

However, by the time he remembered, the Feudal Lord had already ridden far away on two maids.

He had no intention of calling out again.

Without further ado, I'd better steal something and run away.

With that thought in mind, he returned to his residence, preparing to move some valuables with him.

Regardless of whether Genji's claim of an enemy attack was true or false, the fact that Genji dared to kill the guards of the Daimyo's Mansion told him that something big was about to happen.

He was just a lowly Chunin who came to the Daimyo's Mansion to make some easy money, not to actually throw his life away like that fool before.

"Running away is the priority!"

At the gate of the Daimyo's Mansion.

As the door opened.

The Feudal Lord appeared before Genji, riding on two maids.

Genji frowned slightly, but didn't show it too obviously.

Furthermore, Feudal Lord daimyo was a Noble who only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun, and he didn't know anything about reading people's expressions, so he couldn't tell what the Genji was feeling at that moment.

"What's wrong, old man? What do you need me for?"

While eating the grapes that the maidservant offered him, the Feudal Lord casually asked...

The Genji bowed respectfully.

"Feudal Lord Daimyo, Mist Village is currently under attack. We hope you can intervene to mediate, or utilize the power of your Daimyo's Mansion to lend us a hand."

"Pooh!"

Feudal Lord spat the grapes out of his mouth and stared wide-eyed.

"What did you say?! An enemy attack?! It's those damned Ninja from Iwagakure attacking?!"

"Thank goodness you're here, Genji!" With that, the Feudal Lord patted the headlights. "Turn around! Back to the palace!"

He was already preparing to flee; his two weeks of preparation had been all for this moment!

To buy him some time to prepare his escape!

Upon receiving the Feudal Lord's signal, the two maids immediately turned around, carrying the Feudal Lord, and prepared to head back into the courtyard.

This series of actions left even the Genji completely dumbfounded.

Both the signal to turn around and the statements made seemed utterly absurd to him.

Is this the Feudal Lord who governs a country?

Coming to his senses, Genji hurriedly called out, "Wait! Feudal Lord Daimyo, where are you going?"

"Where to? To run away, of course! You know how powerful Iwagakure is now, they're number one among the Five Great Nations, and even the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning is their prisoner!"

"I still have to thank you, Genji. You risked so much to come and remind me. I told you it wasn't anything serious. Why did you come all the way to the Daimyo's Mansion?"

Feudal Lord was about to leave.

Just then, a wind blade suddenly slashed past his side.

"Thump!"

The woman to the left of the Feudal Lord immediately collapsed to her knees.

"Aaaaaaah!!! My legs!!!"

The maid on the left belatedly realized with horror that her legs were flat on the ground outside the Daimyo's Mansion, while she herself was kneeling Daimyo's Mansion.

Feudal Lord also stumbled and fell to his left.

"Damn it, you're useless! You can't even lift me! Are you saying I'm too fat?!"

Before the Feudal Lord could even get up, he had already begun to accuse and insult the maid lying next to him.

However, as soon as he got up, he was stunned.

He saw that the hands he was using to support himself on the ground were covered in red blood.

"Holy crap, what is this?! Are you on your period?!"

"Ah! Ahhh..."

However, the maid was in so much pain that she could only groan, and her makeup was completely ruined by crying.

"You cannot leave, Feudal Lord Daimyo."

The words of the Genji were heard.

Only then did the Feudal Lord notice the situation of the maid beside him.

My calves are gone!!

The maid's clean wound on her calf was gushing blood.

"Aaaaaah!!"

The Feudal Lord let out a sharp cry and hurriedly crawled back, grabbing the right maid's leg as she touched it.

"Quickly, quickly, take me away from here! Let's go! Let's go!"

However, the maid on the right did not react.

Her eyes had already rolled back, and she had fainted from fright while leaning against the door frame of the Daimyo's Mansion.

With a Feudal Lord, the man's body collapsed to the side with a thud.

At this point, Feudal Lord was well aware that all of this was done by the old man Genji.

"Why? Why did you hurt my car?!"

Feudal Lord glared angrily at the bald old man outside the door, who was leaning on a cane and had a hunched back.

"Because they wouldn't listen to me. I called out to them several times, but they still wanted to leave. Maybe it's my fault; I'm old and my speech isn't clear anymore, so it's not their fault they couldn't hear me."

Genji sighed softly and took a few steps forward.

The Feudal Lord scrambled to his feet in a panic, grabbing the unconscious maid and holding her in front of him.

"Old man, you... you stay away! I'm giving her to you as a reward! She's incredibly obedient. Look at all these bumps on her body, they're all buttons! No matter which one you press, she knows where you want to go!"

As he spoke, the Feudal Lord patted the maid and hurriedly said, "Look at this! This place is for turning around! This place is for moving forward! And this place is really something—it's a 'ready to refuel' stance!!"

Soon, the maid's body was covered with red, bloody handprints.

However, the Genji did not stop and walked directly to the Feudal Lord.

"You might not have heard me clearly. I asked you to mediate, to utilize your resources— Chakra- conducting metals, land resources, allocated mineral veins, or something like that."

"Do you understand?"

"Understood, understood!" Feudal Lord nodded repeatedly.

He understood; he understood the market.

If he still had resources at his disposal, the Daimyo's Mansion's guards wouldn't still only Chunin two Chunin.

As for the armed forces of the Daimyo's Mansion, they had already been withdrawn by him long ago.

There are Elite Jonin, samurai, and even Kage-level powerhouses, but he can't afford to support them.

The Land of Water is closed off from the world, so there is no trade to speak of. Ninja can only accept missions from their own villages, which are a means for the Feudal Lord to control the Ninja.

The money handed over by the Ninja is then used to create a cycle of commissioned missions. Overall, the more missions an individual completes, the more money they earn.

From the Feudal Lord's perspective, however, this wealth will only dwindle, merely turning poor person A into poor person B.

The most valuable thing we have now is this land.

"If you understand, then come with me."

Genji, leaning on his cane, turned and walked unsteadily back along the narrow path he had come from.

Feudal Lord the Genji's trembling figure, looking as if he might die at any moment, the daimyo suddenly had an idea.

Sneak attack!

A single, fatal blow will allow me to escape!