In order to accommodate Raizo, a powerful limited-level combatant, Yayoi quickly built a living residence for him in a large underground space. Let him guard General's Residence together with the puppet army controlled by Naraku.
However, because Eternal Life's immortality was too scary, Yayoi did not want to be besieged by the other major powers, so it directly limited the scope of Raizo's activities to avoid errors.
Just in case, Yayoi also specially asked Nene to develop special drugs and assist with some surgical techniques, so that Raizo usually pretends to be a frail old man who is almost seventy years old.
Even if you want to meet someone, you must do so in a specific area and try to avoid appearing in public places.
For Raizo myself, there is nothing unacceptable about these restrictions.
After all, once Eternal Life's immortality technology is leaked, not only Land of Night will encounter a catastrophe, but he will also not be able to escape. While Land of Night has the ability to deal with all doubts from the outside world, his existence must be kept secret.
Therefore, meetings with Princess Tamaki on weekdays were only held within General's Residence. In order to prevent Princess Tamaki from having random thoughts, he appeared as a frail old man. The reason he gave was that he had taken some special medicines and although his life span had been successfully extended, he was no longer able to use force.
So General gave him grace and allowed him to retire in General's Residence and write Swordsmanship teaching materials until the day he died.
And when Raizo looked at the slim and graceful Princess Tamaki, who was already fifteen or sixteen years old, some thoughts suddenly came to his mind.
After watching Princess Tamaki leave, he returned to the large underground space with his rickety body like an ordinary old man. After returning here, his slightly rickety posture did not change, but his steps suddenly became much calmer.
"Do you mean to make Tamaki the side room of Doichi?"
Yayoi came to examine Raizo's body again, as well as the source of Cursed Seal planted in his heart. After he completed the examination, Raizo spoke his true inner thoughts without any concealment.
"Yes."
Raizo answered without hesitation.
Yayoi did not give an answer immediately, but began to think thoughtfully.
"I can't give you an accurate reply on this matter, but I will mention it to Doichi. It will be up to these young people to make their own choices."
Land of Night The current situation is not like that of more than ten years ago, which requires him, a general, to seek external forces for growth and development.
Therefore, he has basically no requirements for the marriage of his children now, and he will not interfere in the future. It all depends on the wishes of these children.
After all, he no longer needs these cumbersome things to maintain his rule.
As for whether Doichi needs these, only he himself knows.
Whether it's one-on-one pure love or a wide harem, Yayoi won't make the choice for him.
But speaking of it, since Doichi graduated more than half a year ago, many people have indeed come over to him and hinted at Doichi's marriage, and sent many rosters of women of the same age, some of whom are even in seventh or eighth grade at school.
Yayoi thought about Doichi's tall body of nearly two meters. If he were surrounded by a group of chirping little girls... he would probably get a lot of electric shock.
"Sorry for your trouble, General."
Raizo felt sorry, but didn't force it anymore.
Apart from Swordsmanship, he only has Tamaki, the subjugated princess entrusted to him by his best friend.
Seeing that Princess Zhuji, whom he took with him, was growing up day by day and was now almost ready for marriage, he wanted to find a good match in the Kingdom of Night that Princess Zhuji could entrust to her for the rest of her life.
"It's okay, this is human nature."
Yayoi could see that Raizo was worried about him and had no intention of blaming him.
As for making a bet in advance, Yayoi did not associate it with this. After all, the source switch of Cursed Seal is in his hand, and sealing Raizo only requires a thought, without even moving a finger.
Moreover, as Doichi, as the successor of the next general, he personally announced it to the whole country, and there was no need for anyone to place a bet.
Let Raizo settle down in the large underground space, and Yayoi turn around and leave this place.
Compared with Doichi's marriage, he felt that Cursed Seal's power in Raizo was more worthy of in-depth study and had a lot of room for improvement.
The most interesting thing among them is the major flaw that requires constant absorption of Chakra to maintain life.
As long as this problem is not solved, the place and time that a powerful existence like Raizo can be used will be limited.
However, this is not impossible to solve. The best way is to improve Cursed Seal to infinitely reduce or even eliminate the disadvantages.
But this kind of thing cannot be done in a short time, so another way is to use some special means such as Sealing Jutsu to install a 'mobile power supply' on Raizo that can store a large amount of Chakra.
For example, Yin Seal, which Hisana just taught him, belongs to one of them, but its essence is still to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. The accumulation of Yin Seal is calculated in years. As for using those hidden Chakra energy, let's not talk about whether the order of magnitude is enough. In the future, such Eternal Life immortal people may not be the only one Raizo...
Therefore, in a short period of time, Yayoi has no better way but to let Raizo guard the door together with Naraku here.
Of course, the most important thing right now is the war between Land of Hot Water and Land of Frost.
His intuition told him that a real war would soon ensue.
Everything now must be compromised for the war that may break out at any time.
Whether Land of Night can take advantage of this east wind depends on this time!
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In mid-December, in Land of Hot Water, the cold current raged and the wind and snow turned into ice.
But the war between Yugakure and Frost Village never stopped for a moment.
Sometimes the ninjas of Frost Village attack the territory of Land of Hot Water, and sometimes the ninjas of Land of Hot Water will counterattack and invade Land of Frost, destroying the border towns of Land of Frost. Countless civilians are affected and die, causing many refugees to flee. Both sides are seeking revenge.
The fight has reached this level, and both sides have become red-blooded. The international treaty that does not affect ordinary people is like a piece of waste paper in the eyes of the ninjas on both sides.
Many villages and towns in border areas have been reduced to ruins and have become the focus of concentrated attacks and bombings by ninjas from both sides.
In a temporary wooden house in the forest, Izayoi was wearing a gray-white hooded coat exclusive to the Assault Department. The coat was thick and warm, and the brim had a furry part.
There was no mask on her face, and a white mask with a red Red Spider Lily pattern was hung on her waist, revealing a face that was too young and beautiful.
"... Minister, this is the information that has been detected in the past few days."
Hatake Shinjiro took off the mask on his face and reported to Izayoi.
Due to the outbreak of the war between Land of Hot Water and Land of Frost, the investigation mission of their Special Assault Department branch also shifted its focus from the Land of Hot Water and Land of Fields area to the territory of Land of Frost.
Izayoi did not speak immediately, but was digesting the intelligence information Shinjiro had just reported, and his brain was working rapidly.
Shinjiro didn't make a sound to disturb, and he and the four team leaders behind him stood by silently.
Over the years, they have become accustomed to Izayoi's silent thinking state, and they don't show the slightest hint of impatience.
"What you mean is that the Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Mist Village core areas of Land of Frost have begun to be fortified layer by layer, making it difficult to approach, and even their whereabouts are difficult to capture, right?"
Izayoi asked in order to confirm something, staring at the five people in front of him.
Shinjiro and the four team leaders all nodded seriously. The team they led has indeed encountered many obstacles these days. There is no way to get close to the ninjas on both sides and obtain any useful information.
Although it is Frost Village who is currently fighting with Yugakure, neither Konoha nor Land of Night are focusing on Frost Village, because the movements of Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Mist Village are more important.
This was also the reason why they felt frustrated. As Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Mist Village tightened their defense lines, it was difficult for their small forces to approach. If they were trapped in an encirclement, there would be only one way to die.
Izayoi had no intention of blaming them. After all, only she, the minister of the Special Assault Department, knew that Assault Department's investigation team was actually just a cover to attract attention.
The real person to spy on intelligence was decided from the beginning. She is Komurasaki who has Genjutsu's invisibility ability and does not need to eat, drink or rest. She is the real intelligence agent used to penetrate deep into the enemy's position.
However, this does not mean that Shinjiro and others have no role. Rather, Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Mist Village have now blocked their ability to spy on intelligence. This in itself means that it is unusual.
After all, it was suddenly quiet. Either he was scared or he was planning to cause trouble.
Considering that it is impossible for Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Mist Village to give in, then there is only one possibility that Izayoi can think of - that is, Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Mist Village are ready to do something big!
"Shinjiro, you should immediately go to Konoha's position to inform them, asking them to be cautious recently. The rest of the people and I are on standby, waiting for the notification from Nightview City."
Izayoi made a decision quickly.
Although she doesn't like Konoha very much, since they are now a strategic alliance, she will hold her nose and share information, and she can still distinguish between private matters and official matters.
"Yes."
Shinjiro was stunned, and without asking why, he quickly left the stronghold and rushed towards the Konoha position where Land of Hot Water was stationed.
Due to the escalation of the intensity of the war, the number of Konoha Ninja currently stationed in Land of Hot Water is no longer the five hundred at the beginning, but has expanded to more than a thousand.
The leader is Sasuke Sarutobi, the consultant elder of Konoha. Warring States Era is a powerful ninja with many excellent records.