Outside Kyoto, Fugaku Uchiha said, "Kawadera, something suddenly became clear to me over the past two days. I've been at a loss lately, completely thrown off balance.
"You were right. Kyoto here in the Land of Waves is crucial.
"Father spared no expense to secure the position of commander-in-chief on the Land of Waves battlefield precisely because he wanted to find a way forward for our clan.
"The Uchiha Clan is trapped in the village. We can't leave without a mission, and if this continues, we'll find ourselves in an increasingly helpless position.
"We have to secure a share of the Land of Waves' missions."
Kawadera Uchiha was relieved to see Fugaku Uchiha regain his fighting spirit so quickly. He was not good at comforting people.
After entering Kyoto, Kawadera Uchiha took out a scroll and quickly found the contact details for the spy Shengdao, who led them into Castle Keep.
Everything went smoothly.
Kawadera Uchiha felt that Shengdao was less a spy than the power behind Castle Keep's throne.
Konoha had won on the front line. No one dared oppose it anymore.
Inside the main hall, the daimyo saw several Konoha ninja appear without a sound and knew that his fate was once again about to be placed in someone else's hands.
Only after seeing Kawadera Uchiha and the others did he hear the dull thuds of bodies falling outside the hall.
Those samurai had offered no resistance whatsoever. He did not know whether they were dead or caught in a genjutsu.
Kawadera Uchiha said, "Daimyo, why don't you have even a single Guardian Ninja?"
The daimyo gave a bitter smile. "I did have Guardian Ninja originally—twelve Mist ninja. When you came, they fled.
"Now I have to wait until the war ends and the Land of Fire, the