A change of Feudal Lords, a declaration of emperorship!

Five days later.

Inns and taverns that should have been thriving in various parts of the Shinobi World suddenly became deserted.

"Well..."

The shop owner stood on the second floor, looking down at the few people scattered around, and sighed.

"It's been three days already, and there's still no improvement. Before, the seats were always full, and there were even situations where people were packed together. Now it's become this bleak..."

"Boss, what's been going on these past few days? Why has it suddenly gotten so bad?"

A ragged, homeless Wandering Ninja emerged from a room on the second floor and asked the shop owner.

"You didn't know?"

"What do you know? I've been busy catching the missing-nin with bounties these past few days. Has something big happened?"

"No wonder you chose to stay here for so long..."

The shop owner glanced at him.

His expression showed slight hesitation.

He felt that as soon as he spoke, the guest would immediately check out.

"Why are you being so slow? What happened?"

"I told you, don't cancel your booking. I still have your deposit."

"Don't worry, I said I'd stay for a month, and I mean it. This time, that missing-nin's bounty is a whopping ton!"

The Wandering Ninja said with a smile.

"Alright then..."

The shop owner, already prepared for the other party to run away, said, "There's been a huge uproar in the Shinobi World lately!"

"Take your time."

"Wasn't it Akane and the Hyuga Clan princess's wedding a few days ago?"

On that very day, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind went mad, directly stealing the name of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, and then secretly contacted many Small Country and villages.

Two of them are quite large countries: the Land of Iron and the Land of Frost.

They want both countries to disrupt Akira's wedding! They even want Akira killed!

"Damn it, is this Daimyo of the Land of Wind so treacherous? Stirring up trouble during someone else's wedding?!" The Wandering Ninja couldn't help but curse. "And in the end? Akane was wiped out?"

"Red was wiped out?" The shopkeeper scoffed. "Red was truly a figure unprecedented and unlikely to be repeated."

He single-handedly slaughtered everyone summoned by the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, and his wedding to the Hyuga Clan princess was a bloodbath!

"Hmm, and then?"

"Then overnight, many villages in the Shinobi World were in grave danger. The two largest Five Great Nations, were easily destroyed. Anyone with even a little bit of fighting power was killed!"

Only a few obedient villagers remained, and then some people began to speculate that Chi might have been angered.

He was prepared to kill everyone in the Shinobi World and all those involved who tried to disrupt his wedding!

"Aka... he shouldn't be that kind of person, right? I remember that although he had done a lot of killings before, it was basically only when the other party provoked him. How come he's changed this time?"

"Who knows? Most people don't believe it, but as more and more people feel scared, they don't go out much."

This matter went from being fake to being real; they were just afraid of the worst-case scenario!

The shop owner said regretfully.

"And then, didn't Aka explain anything?"

The Wandering Ninja asked again, still curious.

The shop owner shook his head. "No, Chi has always been a very easygoing person; he definitely wouldn't care what others think of him."

I don't believe he would kill someone who didn't disrupt his wedding for no reason.

All of this is the fault of that dead Daimyo of the Land of Wind; he was incompetent yet loved to cause trouble, and in the end, he got himself into trouble.

Although it didn't cause any harm to Kanami, it made him feel somewhat unlucky at his wedding.

"Don't worry, if that were all, your place would be full again in a few days."

The Wandering Ninja smiled and offered words of comfort.

The shop owner sighed again, "We can't fill the shop to capacity. Although Akira hasn't said anything, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire spoke up two days ago."

"The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire? What did he say?"

"He said he was stepping down and would let Akira take the throne, while also announcing Akira's real name as Kanami, and then changing the Feudal Lord's name to become Emperor."

"What?!" The Wandering Ninja's eyes widened. "Aka has actually declared himself emperor?!"

"Yes, after that incident at the wedding, he probably still feels that he can use power, but he can't be without it, so it's probably over now."

Oh, and the names of the Five Great Nations have also been erased; no one is allowed to use them anymore. They've now been renamed the Five Autonomous Regions of Wind, Fire, Thunder, Water, and Earth, and the villages are now called Autonomous Villages.

The shop owner added.

The Wandering Ninja asked in confusion, "Why bother with all this? Just to change the name?"

"I don't know, but everyone in the Shinobi World is saying that Akane might be making a big move soon, so there are fewer and fewer of them."

"I see." The Wandering Ninja frowned and nodded.

"You're not going to cancel your booking, are you?" the shop owner asked again to confirm.

"How could that be! You still have my deposit. If I cancel my booking, I'll lose my deposit for nothing!"

"Sigh, my place is relatively safe. I don't think even if Akama were to wipe out the Shinobi World, he would go so far as to wipe out my shop."

Don't worry, business will pick up in a few days.

The Wandering Ninja offered a word of comfort and then returned to his house.

"I'm going back to rest now. You should rest too, it's late."

"Fine, sigh..."

The shop owner sighed countless times, went downstairs, and continued to serve the other customers in twos and threes.

He was busy until late at night before going upstairs to go back to sleep.

But as he passed the room of the Wandering Ninja he had just met, he hesitated for a moment, then knocked on the door. "Would you like to stay a little longer?"

For a long time, the room remained silent, without any sound.

"Hello!"

He spoke a little loudly.

But there was still no movement inside.

"Am I coming in to clean?"

The shop owner asked tentatively, then carefully inserted the key and opened the door.

"Splash!"

As soon as the door was pushed open, a gust of cold wind rushed in through the window.

The windows were wide open, and the room was long gone.

"Damn it! They just ran off without taking the deposit!!"

The shop owner clutched his chest, feeling a tightness in his chest.

The deposit will only earn you enough for half a month's worth of money.

If the Wandering Ninja stayed for a month, he could earn a month's worth of money, which would at least allow the shop to stay open a little longer.

That's not possible now.

Like other shops, we plan to close early to minimize losses.

Minimize losses.

On the other side, in Konoha Village.

"Lord Emperor Akashi, I, Xiao Ming of the Land of Fire, request an audience."

Inside Kanami's house, an Anbu Ninja shouted loudly outside the courtyard.

Kanami instantly appeared outside using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"What does Xiao Ming want with me?"

Although the Daimyo of the Land of Fire had stepped down, he still needed to handle those trivial matters for Kanami, so he changed his name to his Xiao Ming.

"Xiao Ming Komei says the matter has spread far enough throughout the Shinobi World. Please announce New Education Model that combines the Cultural School and the Ninja Academy."

"Okay, I'll go see him myself tomorrow."

"Yes, Lord Emperor Akashi."

The Anbu vanished into the night with a "whoosh."