Ueno Kei darted and leaped swiftly through the forest. Of course, this was not Ueno Kei's normal speed. While the carriage was already quite fast in the eyes of ordinary people, compared to a ninja's feet, it was still rather slow.
Naturally, Ueno Kei had no choice but to restrain his speed so he could better fulfill his escort mission. Otherwise, what kind of escort would abandon the person he was protecting and race ahead by himself? Honestly, Ueno Kei did not have the slightest favorable impression of or respect for the Land of Fire's upper ranks. To him, perhaps only the Daimyo of the Land of Fire deserved a trace of his respect.
As for everyone else? Heh. Although Ueno Kei had addressed the Right Minister as "my lord" earlier, sounding quite respectful, there had not been the slightest bit of respect in his tone. This was also one of the reasons the Imperial Guard General named Kondo disliked Ueno Kei. In his eyes, ninjas were simply far too arrogant.
In the eyes of ninjas, samurai were a relic of the past. In this era? Samurai? Ninjas considered them a joke. So-called samurai were merely ninja training in taijutsu. Although Ueno Kei's soul did not belong to this era, after living in this world for so many years, this ninja view of samurai had already seeped deep into his bones.
Naturally, throughout the journey, Ueno Kei had barely spoken to either the Right Minister or that so-called Imperial Guard General. In any case, his objective was simply to escort the Right Minister to the Land of Waves, then eliminate a few unstable elements so the Land of Fire could smoothly take over all the remaining territory of the Land of Waves. Ueno Kei could not be bothered with the