"If you, old man, unified the Land of Water, you'd die within a dozen years. At that point, I'd inevitably take over as the ruler of the country. Then, if war broke out, it wouldn't be the childish squabbles between clans anymore!"
Although Mingye was extremely displeased by Hozuki Gengetsu's curse, he merely killed Hozuki Gengetsu thirty million times per second with his eyes. After killing him for three seconds, he reminded him again.
"You're thinking too far ahead. It isn't time yet!"
Hozuki Gengetsu had clearly ignored the old man's warning. Spreading his hands, he gazed at the ceiling, his expression growing increasingly crazed.
"At least I want to imagine it now. My whole body is practically boiling! Just imagine it, old man—future wars will no longer be battles involving a hundred people from one clan. They'll be life-and-death struggles between tens of thousands of ninja. What a wonderfully dreamlike scene!"
"Hehehehe!"
Byakuren shook his head and said nothing more. In truth, both Hozuki Gengetsu and Byakuren knew that only by having Mingye separate the ninja of those disloyal clans from the Land of Water could they act more swiftly.
Late at night, Mingye set down his brush at the desk, sealed the envelope with red wax, and handed it to the ninja kneeling on one knee beside him.
"You must deliver it personally to my eldest brother. If not, then to my second brother. No third person may touch this letter! If you are surrounded or ambushed, you know what to do first, right?"
"I understand. This letter must be destroyed!"
"Leave now. Everything must be done quickly!"
"Yes!"
After speaking, the ninja vanished from the bedroom with the Body Flicker Technique. Ara coiled around the ceiling beam, poked his head out, and said to Mingye with obvious