Gentle and refined, humble and yielding.
Such traits would never exist in political struggles.
This point.
Even between father and son, it remains the same!
Even if the systems differ.
Even if the dimensions are not the same.
Things that are meant to be the same will always exist in the same way!
Asada Kei would never know that Kuroda, the person he trusted most, was the greatest hidden piece his father had planted, nor would he know that the attack during his return to the country was his father's own doing. The reason was simple: it was not just because of Asada Kei's restless ambition, but most importantly, when Asada Masashi learned that his own son actually harbored the delusion of controlling Kirigakure to achieve true dominion over the Land of Water, it solidified his resolve that this son could not be allowed to live!
Control Kirigakure?
Asada Kei was definitely not the first person in the Asada Clan to harbor such a thought.
But without exception.
These people either suppressed their own impulses.
Or they were simply erased.
There was no need for complex reasons.
One only needed to understand one thing.
The tacit understanding between the Five Great Nations and the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
It never relied on so-called tradition.
But rather on the delicate balance brought about by power.
It was already a feat in itself that these ninja masters could ostensibly honor the Daimyo of their respective countries as their supreme leaders.
If one day these ninjas truly desired to become the supreme rulers of the nation.
These Daimyo were not incapable of anticipating such an event.
But the crux of the matter was that, currently, the Kage of these villages and the ninjas beneath them had no such intentions.
Therefore!
The Daimyo of