"Bang!"
"Dawn Hidden Village? Without my permission, how dare they name themselves after a village? They are still just an organization made up of rogue ninja. Send people to wipe them out immediately!"
Furious shouting rang out from the Land of Lightning Daimyo's residence. The death of the messenger ninja was a direct slap in the daimyo's face, utterly stripping him of his dignity. Now they were even declaring that they would establish a village. A village without the daimyo's recognition could never be allowed to exist.
"Don't think that destroying Kumogakure means you can do whatever you please. Issue a mission notice: whether they are bounty ninja or people from other villages, whoever destroys Akatsuki will receive a fortune beyond imagination from me!"
As the ruler of the Land of Lightning, he held immense wealth in his hands. Through layer upon layer of exploitation, that wealth was enough to make many ninja risk their lives for him. However, what happened next drove him completely into a furious frenzy.
"My lord! My lord!"
A servant rushed in frantically, clutching a newly issued notice in his hand as he stammered out its contents.
"Dawn has stopped purchasing grain. If we want to buy grain from them, we have to pay five times the price, and purchases are limited..."
The Land of Lightning Daimyo panicked upon hearing this and hurriedly asked, "What? Are those bastards robbing us? How could they demand so much money? How long can our food supplies last?"
"They can last for another week. The prices of all other vegetables and meat have also risen. Our trade with the surrounding countries has been cut off by them, so we can no longer conduct trade..."
Though the daimyo was a fool who had long occupied a high position, he had