National Conditions

Because of Shikamaru's withdrawal, Geng Hua's match was moved up. His opponent was Dosu Kinata of Otogakure.

The match ended with Geng Hua's victory, and there had been little worth watching in the process.

Dosu Kinata's sound wave attacks looked powerful, but they required close-range contact. Though Geng Hua's Wood Release was not especially strong either, it completely countered Dosu Kinata. After struggling for a while, Dosu Kinata had his limbs bound by Wood Release and could only concede.

In the spectator stands, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire asked Shiraishi Yoshijo, "Is that your son?"

Shiraishi Yoshijo nodded. "What do you think? He's quite handsome, isn't he? I heard you've had another daughter. Want to consider it?"

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire immediately fell into thought.

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Wood Release was the personal Secret Technique of Senju Hashirama, the God of Shinobi. Once Geng Hua matured, he would surely become a powerful man. In that light, a marriage alliance did seem like a good choice. But when he thought of what had happened to his other two daughters, he hesitated again.

There were simply no good men in Peach Country. Every last one of them was rotten, especially Shiraishi Yoshijo. Not only did he have thousands upon thousands of women, but he also desperately stuffed women into his sons' lives. Even his daughters were overbearing and tyrannical—like his son's wife, Tian Meng.

Whenever they disagreed, she would start throwing punches. Since their marriage, Shixiu had been hospitalized five times from beatings, and one time he had even been critically injured. If Shixiu had not been sent to Peach Country for Shiraishi Yoshijo to personally treat, he might have lost his life.

Yet he could do nothing