Although Uchiha Hara had previously referred to the Land of Fire's capital as both the Daimyo's Court and Kyoto, it actually had an official name of its own: Heian-kyo.
Heian-kyo had been established as the capital extremely early, serving as a national capital as far back as a thousand years ago. When the Sage of Six Paths founded the Ninja Sect and the concept of the Land of Fire first took shape, this place became the Land of Fire's capital in the true sense, a position it retained to this day.
So Heian-kyo was actually a thousand-year-old ancient capital.
However, due to the frequent wars of the past millennium, Heian-kyo's development had always been rather mediocre. It was only after Senju Hashirama founded the Hidden Leaf Village and wars between ninja clans became wars between ninja villages that Heian-kyo finally gained the opportunity to develop in peace.
By now, forty-two years had passed.
At this moment, Uchiha Cheng, remotely controlled by Uchiha Hara, stood outside Heian-kyo's enormous city gates. Looking up at the towering gatehouse—a blend of traditional karahafu roofs and reinforced concrete structures—and the searchlights and loudspeakers mounted atop the walls, a tremendous wave stirred in his heart for the first time.
"Is this... really a city that belongs in a ninja world?"
The gatehouse was one thing, but why were there huge loudspeakers too?
Following the crowd, he paid the city entry tax and entered this ancient capital of a thousand years.
The first thing that met his eyes was not the antique architecture he had expected, but a broad main road paved with asphalt—Suzaku Avenue.
The road was not occupied solely by pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages.
Every now and then, black, boxy automobiles passed by with horns blaring "beep beep." Though their designs looked rather antique to