Sudden Turn of Events

I was once a Hokage, until I took one—no, two—arrows to the knee. --Shimura Kazashiro

These two arrows not only greatly affected Kazashiro, but also severely contaminated Uchiha Hikari's ears.

As for the reason...

After confirming that no more arrows were coming from the other side, Kazashiro to "Zu'an mode".

"You're a son who's born without an anus, and a daughter who's born... ￥%!@￥%%,%#￥!@@!#!#4..."

Hearing all sorts of vulgarities, Uchiha Hikari really wanted to just throw this filthy thing out and let the unknown archer on the other side shoot him to death.

Kazashiro when he was captured by Susanoo.

Although he is Jinchuriki, he can heal his wounds on his own.

Although he had received training to resist torture and was able to endure a certain amount of pain.

However, the opponent's shot was positioned so precisely that Kazashiro desperately wanted to strangle the hateful attacker with his bowstring.

To think that he, the dignified Fifth Generation, would actually make intimate contact with the ground with his face in public, even causing his nose to bleed.

Disgrace! Disgrace!

Moreover, Uchiha Hikari witnessed the whole thing. If he hadn't been captured by Susanoo, Kazashiro would have jumped out and let the attacker shoot him to death.

While Kazashiro was cursing and swearing, the daimyo and nobles who had left the palace earlier were now holed up in a safe house.

Their safety was protected by a guard composed of ninjas and samurai.

The ninjas were all from Konoha; they were former subordinates who accompanied their advisors, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, when they were "expelled."

Through the observation window, both sides saw the city frozen in ice.

"This is terrifying. Is this the strength of the Fifth Hokage?"

A Konoha Ninja muttered to himself.

The samurai beside him asked curiously, "How do you know it was the Fifth Hokage who did it?"

"In the entire Konoha, only the Fifth Hokage and his younger brother can use Ice Release. And his younger brother is still very young, so only the Fifth Hokage can do this."

After hearing the explanation, the samurai nodded in understanding and was about to ask further questions when he suddenly felt a pain in his waist.

With difficulty, he turned his head and saw the scene beside him, his eyes filled with astonishment.

The ninjas, who had just been arm in arm, exchanging camaraderie, suddenly turned their blades on the samurai. Caught off guard, the samurai fell to the ground one after another, without even being able to utter a sound.

"Is it all cleaned up yet?"

Senju Yoshika walked over and asked Sarutobi Mitsume.

"It's all taken care of now, only those two samurai beside the daimyo remain."

"Their consultants will handle that. All we need to do is seal off this entire area."

No sooner had Senju Yoshika finished speaking than a commotion erupted from the location where Daimyo and the others were hiding.

The two men exchanged a glance, kicked open the door, and rushed inside. They saw the lord lying on the ground, covered in the blood of the two guards.

Looking at Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura now, their usual amiable demeanor was nowhere to be seen. They were now holding Kunai, glaring fiercely at the nobles, threatening them not to make any moves.

And hanging from Utatane Koharu's waist is Minato's unique Flying Thunder God Kunai.

A short while later, Yellow Flash appeared, and Minato Namikaze appeared beside his opponent.

"Thank you for your hard work, two consultants."

Minato, with a serious expression, greeted the two advisors.

"Hmph, when will your men arrive?"

Utatane Koharu, readily accepted the other person's question and inquired about the location of the reinforcements.

"The main force has already set off and will arrive within three days."

Minato glanced at the trembling daimyo and lowered his voice. "What should be done with the daimyo...?"

Hearing that Minato had so easily raised the issue of how to deal with the daimyo, the two advisors couldn't help but glance at each other again.

When did this gentle and sunny young man turn into a white-skinned, black-sesame dumpling?

"Danzo will handle this matter. In particular, remember to keep the Hokage out of this."

Utatane Koharu whispered something to Minato, then turned and gave the Daimyo a complicated look.

To be honest, she wouldn't have wanted to treat Daimyo this way if she hadn't been forced into it.

It's important to know that this daimyo had always maintained a good relationship with Konoha, especially during the Third Hokage's reign. This daimyo did not restrict Konoha's development too much, and the several ceasefires were all at Hiruzen Sarutobi's own request.

Unfortunately, the current Hokage, determined to avoid being financially dependent on others, is determined to target the nobles of the Land of Fire, forcibly pushing this daimyo to the opposite side.

"I'll take my leave."

The two advisors exchanged a glance, both seeing helplessness in each other's eyes. After bowing to the daimyo, they took their leave.

"Treason! This is treason..."

The nobles trembled in fear; knowing Minato Namikaze's formidable reputation, they no longer harbored any thought of resistance.

Those were ninja war heroes who single-handedly fought against the entire Stone Ninja force. These good-for-nothings wouldn't even be able to withstand a single finger from them.

"We surrender, we surrender. From this day forward, I will serve the Lord Hokage as my adoptive father, no, my biological father, only asking that he forgive my sins..."

Some were spineless and disregarded all hierarchy and social order, kowtowing incessantly in hopes that Minato would let them off the hook.

"Bang!"

The door was pushed open again, and this time, a face familiar to all the nobles entered.

However, the appearance of this face almost caused the already terrified nobles to suffer brain death on the spot.

Shimura Danzō arrived.