Inside the Royal Capital of the Land of Fire.
Within a spacious estate, this was the residence of Tamako, the Feudal Lord.
As the Land of Fire's—and even the entire Ninja World's—only female Feudal Lord, Tamako naturally drew a great deal of attention.
As a result, she had also become a special target of certain hostile or disapproving factions.
However, over the past year,
the resources under Tamako's control had only continued to grow.
Even on the surface, she owned several grain storage facilities and breweries... Tamako had gotten involved in nearly every industry related to people's daily lives.
Still, these were merely ordinary businesses for a Feudal Lord; Tamako's operations were simply larger in scale.
Naturally, that alone wouldn't make the many nobles wary of her.
What truly alarmed them were the rumors that had begun to circulate.
They said that Tamako had even gotten involved in Konoha's Military Ration Pill production and ninja equipment manufacturing!
When this news got out, every noble began to regard Miss Tamako with deep awe!
As everyone knew, a ninja village was a nation's military force.
Generally speaking, nobles and other high-ranking officials weren't allowed to interfere too much with a village's military production!
This wasn't only to prevent the village's military secrets from leaking; it was also because ninja villages had their own unique way of operating.
If the Feudal Lord, an ordinary civilian, interfered, it could easily lead to a decline in the village's military output and a weakening of the nation.
So, if the rumors were true, then Tamako's ability to win the village's approval and successfully enter the field of ninja equipment manufacturing meant she was no ordinary operator!
That was what made all the nobles wary of her.
With such a formidable and mysterious female Feudal Lord looming