"Lord Daimyo! Lord Daimyo, something's happened!"
Shinada of the Salamander found Tetsuya playing on his phone in the study.
"Calm down. What happened?"
"Lord Daimyo, a large force of Iwagakure ninja has gathered at the border!
"They sent someone to tell us they want passage through our Land of Grass to attack the Land of Fire! If we refuse, they said they'll conquer the Land of Grass too!"
"Oh? That old bastard Ōnoki is feeling that brave?"
Tetsuya laughed. Did that old bastard really think knowing Dust Release made him invincible? So full of himself that he wanted to conquer the Land of Grass too.
"Lord Daimyo, what should we do now?"
"What else? Let them through, of course!"
"Huh? We're really letting them through?"
"That's right. Not only will we let them through, we'll line the road to welcome them."
As he spoke, Tetsuya's eyes turned into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, the pattern in one eye shifting.
A mirror of light appeared, and a Uchiha Izuna stepped out of it.
"Shinada, go notify the Uchiha Clan. I have a mission for them."
Shinada of the Salamander immediately understood Tetsuya's intent. He planned to have Lord Mirror Izuna lead the welcome party for the Iwagakure army passing through the Land of Grass.
"Remember, if they want passage, they have to pay. If they won't pay, I'll take it by force!"
"Understood, Lord Daimyo."
At the border, the Iwagakure army had finished assembling. Its commander was none other than Ōnoki's son, Kitsuchi.
"Well? Did the people of the Land of Grass agree to let us through?"
Kitsuchi asked one of his ninja for an update.
The ninja replied.
"They said they'd gone back to consult their daimyo. Someone should return with a definite answer shortly."
Beside him, Kitsuchi's deputy snorted.
"Since