Naruto God Tree Arrives

After Konoha issued two announcements in succession, the entire ninja world thought that the outcome of the political changes in the Fire Country had been decided, and they were just waiting for the new daimyo to succeed to the throne.

But no one expected that on the day of the throne transfer ceremony, there would be a huge change in the Fire Kingdom again.

In order to ensure the sanctity of this passing of the throne, not only the top leaders of the Fire Nation and Konoha gathered in the capital to participate in this ceremony, the Fire Nation also invited allied countries to send missions to witness

Originally, this kind of succession ceremony within the Fire Country was inconvenient for foreign countries to participate, but this time the dethronement of a daimyo was the first of its kind in the entire ninja world. In order to gain official recognition from the mainstream of the ninja world, Konoha made an exception and invited delegations from various countries.At the same time, it is also to show the influence of Konoha

The result was unexpectedly good. In addition to the countries and ninja villages in the Konoha Alliance, even the four major countries and the three ninja villages that were forced to sign a contract with Konoha in the last war also sent missions to save face. Come to the capital of the Kingdom of Fire to participate in this passing ceremony.

Konoha and the Country of Fire are at the height of their power in the ninja world. They are recognized as the number one ninja village and powerful country. Although this ceremony has no precedent, it is completely in compliance with the law. There is no need for all parties to offend each other because of this matter, so regardless of The daimyo governments and shinobi villages of various countries readily accepted the invitation.

Of course, except for Konoha's die-hard allies, the envoys who came to watch the ceremony were not the leaders of various countries. Now that the war has just subsided, all countries did not want to cause trouble.But even so, the top brass of Konoha and Fire Nation were very satisfied.

The last time Konoha could summon so many countries to participate in an event was the heyday after the First Hokage pacified the Warring States Period. Today's grand occasion shows that Konoha has risen again.

In addition, since the decision to abolish the throne was jointly decided by the Hokage and the General, the passing ceremony was also presided over by the two of them, with Sarutobi as the main leader and the deputy.

This morning, high-level dignitaries from the Land of Fire and Konoha, as well as envoys from each country, all gathered in a square in the capital, waiting for the ceremony to officially begin.

At the same time, the team responsible for welcoming the daimyo and the prince had entered the palace.

As the consultant in charge of Konoha's foreign affairs, Koharu is not qualified to host the entire ceremony, but she is still responsible for this key link of welcoming the guests.

Soon, Xiaochun led the welcoming motorcade to the entrance of a gorgeous palace, and said in a respectful tone: "The ceremony of passing the throne is about to begin, please ask the lord and prince to move over."

Then everyone lowered their heads and waited for the two people to leave the palace, but the palace was quiet and there was no response.

After a long time, Xiaochun frowned and urged again: "Please ask the lord to move on. Missions from various countries are still waiting to watch the ceremony. It would be bad if the auspicious time is missed."

After waiting for a long time, there was still no response from the palace. Xiaochun could only say coldly: "If the lord is unwilling to open the door, then we will have to force our way in. Please forgive me."

After Xiaochun finished speaking, he approached the palace and walked directly towards the palace gate. For a shadow-level powerhouse, this kind of ordinary gate had no hindrance at all. "Boom!" The huge high door was swung open in response.

A stream of air with a bloody smell spread outside the palace. Xiaochun, who was the first to bear the brunt, asked about the smell and his face immediately changed. After shouting something bad, he quickly ran into the gate, and the welcoming team behind him also Followed by.

When everyone poured into the main hall, they saw a large number of corpses of palace people lying on the ground in confusion. They hurriedly ran to the deeper dormitories. Finally, they saw the daimyo and the less than three-year-old

The princes also fell into a pool of blood.

"Your Majesty," Xiaochun shouted as he stepped forward to check on the two of them.

At this time, a Fire Nation nobleman who was following behind asked anxiously: "How are the daimyo and the prince doing? Can they be saved?"

Xiaochun shook his head solemnly and said: "The pulse has stopped."

Seeing that both of them were dead, the people who were in charge of greeting the driver were all panicked. The nobles in the team said anxiously: "They are dead."

"This is how to do"

"The general and the envoys from various countries are waiting."

"It's over, it's over this time."

The nobles in the welcoming team had all taken refuge with the senior officials of the Rope Tree. They originally thought that this would be an easy task. They could not only show their loyalty to the Rope Tree but also show their faces in front of the envoys from various countries. Who would have thought that they would encounter such a change? , for a moment everyone panicked and became a mess.

At this time, Koharu stood up from the ground and scolded with a serious face: "Why are you panic? We are only responsible for welcoming the driver. The safety of the daimyo and the crown prince has always been the responsibility of Danzo. He should know better than us."

"Yes, yes, the root should be responsible for this matter. Go find Danzo-sama quickly." Several nobles immediately agreed and asked their subordinates to find Danzo, obviously preparing to throw the blame on the other party.

Soon Danzo led Genbe into the palace. Before he could speak, Koharu asked: "Danzo, what is going on? Why did the daimyo and the crown prince die here? What are you and Genbe doing?"

Danzo looked at the two corpses on the ground, his eyes flashed, and then he said with a serious face: "The daimyo came to me last night and said that he wanted to marry his family before passing on the throne.

I felt pity in my heart and agreed to his request, allowing them to reunite in the palace for one night. At the same time, I ordered Genbu to guard outside the palace and not to disturb him at will.

But I didn't expect it

Alas, the daimyo’s temperament is too strong.”

Danzo sighed with regret, and all the nobles present looked at each other in surprise.

"What Danzo-sama means is that the daimyo and the crown prince were not assassinated," a young nobleman asked tentatively.

"That's right." Danzo pointed to the two corpses on the ground seriously and said, "You see, the crown prince's death was caused by his throat being slit with a sharp blade. And Daikan died by committing seppuku with a short knife in his hand.

Moreover, the defense at the base makes it impossible for people to sneak into the palace and assassinate them silently.

So according to my inference, the daimyo killed the crown prince and other palace officials with his own hands last night, and finally committed seppuku."

"This"

All the nobles present showed hesitation. Danzo's statement seemed reasonable, but it was very awkward. Why did the good daimyo kill his family and commit seppuku? Why did the guard in charge not stop it in time?

Danzo looked at everyone's reaction and said with a gloomy face: "Why do you think what I said is wrong? You were the first to discover the scene, and the palace door is also locked. If he was assassinated, everyone present would be suspected."

After hearing this, the nobles present hurriedly expressed their opinions: "Danzo-sama is right."