"Lord Feng!"
"Little brother!"
Seeing the figure before them completely unharmed, Konan and Uchiha Itachi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why were you so reckless this time... going to Kirigakure all by yourself?"
Uchiha Itachi scolded Ning Feng as he stepped forward to check him for injuries.
"Lord Feng, Amegakure is already at the center of the storm... if Kirigakure targets us afterward, they have allied Ninja Villages. It won't be easy for us to make a move..."
Konan frowned as she spoke, somewhat worried.
"Well..."
Ning Feng gave a strange smile and said unhurriedly, "Kirigakure now exists in name only."
"What?"
Konan, who had been about to continue, froze.
Uchiha Itachi's hands paused as he examined Ning Feng.
Both looked at Ning Feng in confusion.
"I've already poached Kirigakure's Ninja clans. With the development Amegakure has undergone lately, it can absolutely become an existence on par with the Five Great Nations of the Shinobi World."
"Our only shortcoming is that we have very few high-ranking Ninja available to deploy, and not many Bloodline Families."
"Kirigakure happened to have plenty of Bloodline Families, so I poached them."
Konan and Uchiha Itachi were once again too stunned to speak.
Just because they had too few Bloodline Families, he had poached another nation's?
It sounded somewhat reasonable... but to say it so casually... just how powerful had Ning Feng become?
Seeing their stunned gazes, Ning Feng shrugged and told Konan, "Assign territory to these clans ahead of time. Don't let them get into disputes."
"Itachi, I'd also like you to assign some Anbu personnel over the next few days to watch these clans for any activity."
"After all, they were brought back through force. Whether they're loyal is still another matter."
Konan and Uchiha Itachi exchanged a glance, then turned back