The Daimyo's Court general was, aside from the daimyo himself, one of the most authoritative and high-ranking figures in the entire Daimyo's Court—no, even in the entire Land of Fire. He was also one of the Land of Fire's representative nobles.
Moreover, he was the daimyo's biological younger brother.
Though their relationship was rather complicated.
They were half-brothers who shared the same father but had different mothers.
Still, the assassination of a Daimyo's Court noble—one of the few people with the most power besides the daimyo—was no small matter.
The nobles of every nation's Daimyo's Court held extremely high status. That was beyond question.
Nobles being assassinated was not unusual, but such things generally happened in small countries. As long as the daimyo himself was not killed outright, it would not cause much of a stir.
But things were different in the Five Great Nations.
It was no different from poking a hornet's nest.
If they could kill the general outright, they might be able to sneak into the palace and kill him too.
The moment he thought of that, the daimyo became nervous.
"Bastards! Who the hell did this? They actually came to the Daimyo's Court to assassinate a noble!!!"
"Investigate!!! We must capture these people and execute every last one of them!!!"
Even the Daimyo's Court general had been assassinated. That meant the assassins this time were a lawless bunch.
They had even dared to kill the Daimyo's Court general. What would they not dare to do?
Their next move might well be to assassinate the daimyo.
The daimyo did not dare bear such a risk, so...
The truth had to be uncovered, and every assassin had to be executed!!!
"Right, where are Konoha's shinobi? Get all of them into the palace to protect me!!!"
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