Crown Prince Wipes Out Daimyo's Entire Family

A moment later, angry curses rang out, followed by tearful cries for mercy.

The Daimyo's second son and his family knelt before everyone.

"Ugh... Fifth Brother, Fifth Brother, hurry... save me, save me."

His face swollen from slaps, the second son seemed unable to see the situation before him clearly. Forced to kneel by Sada Hidemasa, he cried and shouted for help from his fifth brother—the current Crown Prince.

But the controlled Crown Prince naturally did not respond. Instead, he acted directly.

With a wet stab, the Crown Prince's blade pierced the heart of his own second brother, the Daimyo's second son.

Then, still under control, he turned to look at the second son's family—his sister-in-law, nephews, and the rest—and spoke coldly.

"Every one of you, do it. Kill them all.

Whoever does not act is my enemy. And when it comes to enemies, I will kill without mercy!"

After saying that, he swept his murderous gaze across the crowd, seemingly intent on remembering everyone present.

Uchiha Feng naturally did not care. The Crown Prince only wanted to slaughter all of the Daimyo's descendants because Feng controlled him.

So, without giving the others a chance to react, he immediately put on an act and set an example. Drawing the long sword at his waist, he spoke.

"Your Highness, you are the heir personally appointed by the Daimyo. With the Daimyo absent, naturally we must obey your orders."

As soon as he finished speaking, he had already cut down one of the Daimyo's second son's concubines.

Uchiha Mikio, whom Feng had summoned through Impure World Reincarnation, and Sada Hidemasa, who had figured out the reason behind it all and taken the lead in arresting people, naturally did not fall behind.

They followed by killing the second son's wife and children.

Afterward, the four who had acted looked toward those who had not. They did not urge them aloud, but the inexplicable chill in their eyes made no one dare meet their gaze.

These people were all key members of the Samurai Corps and Guard Corps. Feng had repeatedly shifted personnel around before finally gathering them here.

The result was that they had now been placed over a fire. Either they joined Feng and the others, raised their blades against the Daimyo's descendants and family, and offered proof of loyalty—giving everyone something to hold over one another so they stood in the same camp.

Or, if anyone's hands remained unstained by blood and they did not share Feng's purpose, Feng could not let them live.

...Silence filled the surroundings. Clearly, Feng had underestimated the status of the Daimyo's bloodline in the ninja world.

At this moment, shock surged through the others' hearts like raging waves.

Kill the Daimyo's descendants and family!

That was the Daimyo!

For thousands of years, they had held an incomparably noble status. They were considered irreplaceable, descendants of the gods!

Kill the descendants and family of such people!?

Forget doing it—they had not even dared think about it before.

Yet now they were suddenly expected to do it immediately. Their minds could not keep up.

The loyalty to their lord ingrained over thousands of years, or their own lives hanging by a thread—which mattered more? Which should they choose?!

Fortunately, though Feng did not understand their hesitation, he was in no hurry and had time to spare. So he did not press them, merely waiting quietly and giving them time to think.

However, after half an hour had passed without anyone acting or speaking up.

Feng finally lost his patience. He looked at the other two subordinates who had sworn allegiance to him and spoke in an icy tone.

"Keiichi, Kengo, why don't you two set an example for your fellow colleagues?"

The moment Feng called their names, Shibata Keiichi and Furukawa Kengo became the focus of everyone's attention.

Already extremely nervous and still muddleheaded, the two only gradually came to their senses after Feng called out to them.

But when they saw everyone's eyes gathered on them, they were once again dumbfounded.

Feng had no intention of letting them continue standing there in a daze. He directly grabbed the last remaining concubine and child of the Daimyo's second son and threw them at the two men.

The impact jolted them, clearing their heads a little further.

Then they looked at the crying women and children collapsed at their feet, then at their lord who had thrown them over, and then at the murderous Crown Prince.

The two exchanged a glance and revealed bitter smiles. They were not clever, but neither were they fools.

At this moment, if they did not act, either their lord or the Crown Prince would absolutely kill them.

If they acted, all that would happen was that certain beliefs they had held onto for so long would be shattered.

Clearly, compared with their lives being in immediate danger, a few fixed beliefs were not worth mentioning.

So, after their bitter smiles, the two men painfully drew their weapons and killed the people their lord had thrown beside them.

After acting, both men let out long breaths. At last, we no longer have to endure the scrutiny of our lord and the Crown Prince.

At the same time, after breaking through the shackles of confusion and ingrained beliefs in their hearts, the two, like Sada Hidemasa, thought of things they had never considered before.

However, they were not as clever as Sada Hidemasa, nor did they dare think as boldly as he did.

Therefore, they merely believed that their lord intended to follow the example of those lawless figures from the ninja world's past—imprisoning the Daimyo's family and becoming the powerful minister of Tea Country, second only to one and above all others.

Yes, even now, neither of them dared imagine that Feng might kill the Daimyo as well.

After Shibata Keiichi and Furukawa Kengo acted, the Daimyo's second son's entire family had been killed.

The Crown Prince spoke faintly.

"Next, we're going to Third Brother's residence.

I hope you all know what to do. Otherwise..."

He did not finish his sentence. He simply turned and headed toward the Daimyo's third son's residence, but everyone understood what he meant.

Uchiha Feng and the others who had already acted naturally followed.

Those who had not acted looked at one another, not knowing what to do.

In the end, some decided to side with the Crown Prince and caught up with Uchiha Feng and the others.

Others remained behind. After discussing the matter, they unanimously decided to report the current situation to the Daimyo.

They knew very well that since they had not declared their allegiance to the Crown Prince, they would certainly suffer in the future.

To avoid that fate, they could only seek out Lord Daimyo.

After all, the Crown Prince was still only the Crown Prince and heir. The ruler of this country was still Lord Daimyo.

For now, there was no need to mention what happened to those who went to find the Daimyo.

At the very least, the group that followed Uchiha Feng was extremely obedient afterward.

Whether they faced the Daimyo's third son's family or the Daimyo's other descendants and relatives, every one of them personally struck at least one blow.

Thus, Feng smiled happily. And since Feng was happy, Uchiha Mikio, who had been summoned through Impure World Reincarnation, the Crown Prince controlled by Uchiha Mikio's genjutsu, and the three subordinates who had sworn loyalty to Feng naturally became happy as well.

Some of them might not know Feng's thoughts or plans, but they understood that if Feng could still smile happily under the present circumstances, then he must have gained some benefit or accomplished some important goal.

As people on Feng's side, even if they did not benefit first from being closest to the source, they would still gain something and certainly would not suffer any losses.

Before long, when everyone within the Daimyo Palace qualified to inherit the Daimyo's position, aside from the Crown Prince, had fallen in pools of blood.

Feng finally stopped and had the controlled Crown Prince turn around and lead everyone toward the Daimyo's residence.

Along the way, most of those who did not know the truth assumed that the Crown Prince was going to report back to Lord Daimyo. They had no idea an even greater spectacle awaited them.