Evacuation

No one expected that the advisors who were Danzo to the Daimyo's residence by the Daimyo's Mansion under the pretext of protecting the Hokage were actually spies sent by Danzo.

Some of these arrangements were unknown even to Kazashiro himself.

He just felt that these guys were getting in the way of the village, but now, looking back, the whole thing seemed to have Danzo exactly as Danzo had predicted.

He accurately predicted his son's attitude and, without telling Kazashiro, arranged everything in an orderly manner.

As for why the two advisors were willing to help Danzo fight the daimyo, the inside story is probably only known to them.

The daimyo abdicated hastily, Tokugawa Shigenami ascended the throne after a rather meager enthronement ceremony.

After being rescued from the dungeon, he remained silent for a long time after seeing the abdication edict personally written by the daimyo.

Even after the ceremony ended and he officially moved into the palace, he carried the edict with him at all times.

"Your Highness."

Seeing that Tokugawa Shigenami remained silent, the ninja standing below spoke in a cold voice.

Upon hearing the other party's impolite address, Tokugawa Shigenami, knowing the other party's identity, dared not be negligent and hurriedly greeted him with a smile.

"But does the Lord Hokage have any instructions for me?"

Although he had taken this position, he still maintained a subservient attitude when facing the ninjas of Konoha.

Part of the reason for this is probably that when he was rescued, there was still a lot of ice outside the city that hadn't melted.

In his knowledge, there are only two people who can single-handedly change the topography of a city.

Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha.

"The Fifth Generation Hokage didn't give me any instructions."

The ninja shook his head, and his answer relieved Tokugawa Shigenami.

He was also worried that the Hokage might make some particularly unreasonable demands...

"But Danzo has something to tell you."

Tokugawa Shigenami's heart, which had just relaxed, jumped into his throat again.

"Yaowan is dead."

Amado had just lit a cigarette after a busy day, saw Raste and Miya Dawn emerge from a spacetime rift.

He wasn't too surprised to hear the news and continued his smoking.

"Oh, and also, all the people he took with him are dead."

Miya Dawn quickly added.

This is not surprising. The Hokage must have come prepared. The ordinary Jonin that Yaowan brought were not enough to defeat Kazashiro, who had shown his talent in the Fourth Shinobi World War during his youth.

"Slos is dead too, killed by that Hokage."

"Yeah?"

Amado finally spoke.

As the creator of Slos, he had a clear understanding of his own abilities.

Because they incorporate Ōtsutsuki cells, Artificial Human naturally inherit Ōtsutsuki's speed, strength, and regenerative abilities.

However, due to the limited number of cells and the short time since the project was initiated, the overall strength of the Artificial Human is still quite different from that of the Ōtsutsuki.

Some of them are even defective products.

"Where is Slos's body?"

"They were taken away by the people of Konoha. One of the Uchiha members has a rather strange Dojutsu; I'm not confident I can take him down."

The Uchiha that Raste mentioned is Uchiha Obito.

"I see."

Amado nodded.

Seeing that the other party remained so calm, Miya Dawn couldn't contain himself any longer. "Sir, are we just going to sit idly by and watch them possess Ōtsutsuki cells?"

"It's alright. With Konoha's technology, they won't be able to figure out Ōtsutsuki cells in a short time."

Amado waved his hand holding the cigarette, and the ash fell to the ground with his movement.

"But I heard that Orochimaru's Konoha Research Bureau has already..."

Miya Dawn wanted to say something more, but when he saw Amado's eyes, he immediately shut his mouth.

A moment of silence fell over the room.

"Hello."

The silence was broken by Scorpion, who suddenly appeared in the room.

After entering the house, Scorpion first glanced at Rast not far away with a look of disgust before looking at Amado.

"Jigen has said that we must evacuate the Land of Rain within three days."

"I understand." Amado seemed to have expected this.

"Is that so? That's good." Scorpion, who thought he would need to explain things to the other party, left the room immediately after hearing the reply.

Why evacuate?

The only one who didn't understand was Miya Dawn.

"Jigen has always wanted to lie low in the Shinobi World, waiting for the 'Karma' experiment to be completed before carrying out his plan. But that restless guy from Yaowan has been causing trouble all along, and now is the perfect time to use his death to let the Dawn Organization disappear into the shadows."

Amado explored Jigen's mindset very thoroughly.

Even before Yaowan set off, he had packed up and collected confidential information, preparing for his evacuation.

"So where are we going to retreat to this time?"

Miya Dawn was somewhat curious.

Who knows?

Amado stubbed out his cigarette and squinted.