The Eastern Front troops were advancing toward the capital.
Danzo, Sakumo, and Takahashi Yū ran at the head of the column. They could already see the Land of Fire's capital in the distance.
Its towering walls were every bit as impressive as Konoha's. And Konoha had been created with the First Hokage's Wood Release, while these walls clearly weren't made of wood.
There was only one word for it: extravagant!
In an age when construction depended entirely on manual labor, how many people had this taken? How long had they worked?
Takahashi Yū recalled the little villages they had passed along the way. Compared with the capital, they seemed to belong to two completely different eras!
When they were about fifteen kilometers from the capital, Danzo called the troops to a halt.
They made camp on the spot!
Danzo felt that this visit to the capital was bound to be troublesome. A fierce war of words was inevitable!
To avoid giving the daimyo the wrong impression, it would be better to keep the army some distance away.
Danzo believed that the daimyo must thoroughly disapprove of their Eastern Front. After all, they had ignored the Hokage's orders and had even been subtly targeting the nobility.
They might have no choice this time but to pressure the daimyo with the weight of the situation and make him grant them official recognition!
Danzo's bottom line was that he at least had to get his younger brother Sakumo an honorary Hokage half-sleeve!
This will put my skills to the test! Danzo cleared his throat and straightened his collar.
"Let's go, my brothers. The three of us will go meet the daimyo!"
"But let's get this straight first! No matter how nasty his words are or how he makes things difficult for us, don't