I teach kendo in the ninja world

In the entire ninja world, there are no fewer than dozens of countries, large and small. In addition to the five major countries of fire, thunder, water, earth, and wind in the first echelon, there are countless small countries in the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth echelons.

Among so many countries, there are not a few that have always remained neutral.

For example, the Kingdom of Ghosts, the Kingdom of Snow, etc., including the Kingdom of Tang, which has forgotten the war, can barely be regarded as one.

Most of the reason why they were able to remain neutral was because of their superior location. They neither blocked the only path for the confrontation between the five major powers and were used as a buffer zone, nor were they too close to one of the major powers to be directly accepted as a vassal.

Coupled with the lack of domestic armaments and few resources, it was able to maintain its independent position.

But the Iron Kingdom is different.

Although their location is a bit remote, the country's armed forces are extremely strong, with tens of thousands of warriors.Although the climate is harsh, the mineral resources are extremely rich, even enough to allow them to cover their samurai troops with heavy armor.

If the reason why other countries can be neutral is just because the five major countries don't care about the little corner of the territory, then the Iron Kingdom can be neutral partly because of its geographical location and the other half because of its own threat of force.

Even for the five major ninja nations, it is not easy to conquer the Iron Kingdom alone. If not, other major nations may take the opportunity to attack them along the way.

It is precisely because of this that the Iron Kingdom has the conditions to become the venue for the Five Shadows Conference to coordinate disputes between the five major nations.

In the past, the Iron Country was quite proud of their status as the arbiter. They believed that they had upheld the tradition and maintained the last glory of the samurai in a world full of ninjas.

But achieving such a status does not come without any price.

In the general's mansion.

A middle-aged man wearing green laminated armor, his head wrapped in white bandages, and a long beard on his mouth and chin looked at the letter in his hand, worried.

Below, a bald man with a scar sitting on the tatami asked: "General, what are you so worried about?"

Opposite him, a middle-aged black-haired man with a square face also showed a concerned look.

"Sigh...Okisuke, Kato, this is a letter from the Tsuchikage. They want to hold a new Five Kage Conference in the Land of Iron."

Mifune sighed and said to his two confidants.

"Five Shadows Conference? What a good thing!"

The bald samurai known as Okusuke's eyes lit up and he was quite excited, "This is a good opportunity to show our influence! And afterwards, the venue, the place where the five Kage lived, and even the things they used were all Rare resources can attract a large number of tourists to visit continuously, bringing us very considerable economic income!"

As Admiral Mifune's deputy, in addition to his superb skills, Okisuke often assists him in managing the country.And developing a country is always inseparable from money, so he is very sensitive to how to make money. When he heard about the Five Shadows Conference, he immediately thought of these ways to make money. The scar and the ferocious blue birthmark were squirming up and down, as if they were alive.

Don't think that all the warriors of the Iron Kingdom are extremely rigid and unreliable. The warriors who truly cling to the so-called tradition have long since disappeared from history.

The samurai profession in the Iron Kingdom can survive to this day precisely because they have learned to adapt to the development of the times.

For example, abandoning the traditional, more difficult power or methods, and actively accepting the existence and spread of chakra.

So, in order to develop the country, what if you show your face as a businessman?Make money, don’t be shabby!

Of course, there are also samurai with more conservative ideas, such as the samurai sitting opposite Okisuke with a sword.

"What are you thinking?! Hosting the Five Shadows Conference is our honor, and you actually want to use it to make money?"

He glared at him with a knife.

"Cut~"

Okisuke rolled his eyes and didn't argue with the knife.Because they have different ideas, they have discussed this topic countless times. How can they come to any result?It's just a waste of effort.

Besides, if there is no way to make money, could it be that the armors and weapons of the tens of thousands of warriors in the Iron Kingdom were blown by the strong wind? !

"you!"

Okisuke's indifferent attitude undoubtedly made Kato even angrier.

"Okay, if it's as simple as you say, I won't worry about it."

At the critical moment, General Mifune sighed, "Don't think about it, if nothing big happened, how could the revered Five Kages gather together so easily?"

"Huh? Aren't they meeting to end this ninja war?"

Okisuke scratched his head. Of course he knew that the Five Kage Conference must be held for a big event, but the big thing he thought was that the five countries wanted to sit down and talk and peacefully resolve this ninja war. Could there be anything else more important? Something?

"it's not true."

Mifune shook his head, "They are fighting against a common enemy."

"What kind of enemy can actually make the five major countries join forces?"

The man with a sword next to him couldn't help but temporarily put aside his thoughts on questioning Okisuke, and asked in surprise.

"That's what worries me."

Mifune rubbed his head that was tightly wrapped in bandages, "The Tsuchikage didn't make it very clear in the letter, but they will have a group of ninjas coming in advance to stand in front of the Five Shadows. Okisuke, when the time comes, you Take someone to greet you and see if you can find out more information."

"understand!"

"Also, don't forget to clean the residence where the Five Shadows are staying and the venue. From now on, the Kingdom of Iron will officially enter a state of war readiness, and the number of patrolling samurai will be doubled. Bring a sword, and you will be responsible for these."

"Yes!"

After giving the instructions, Mifune looked at the howling cold wind and the falling snow outside the window, and sighed softly, "I hope this time the matter can be resolved smoothly!"

……

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Three days later, the advance teams of the five major nations arrived at the Iron Kingdom.

They are said to be the advance team, but they are actually the elite ninjas sent by various countries to the Kingdom of Ghosts.Going back to deliver the letter did not require the entire team to come together, and their mission to the Kingdom of Ghosts was not actually completed, so they simply escorted the miko Maitreya to the Kingdom of Iron.

General Mifune of the Iron Kingdom came out to greet him in person.

Of course, what he greeted was not those ninjas, but the supreme ruler of the Kingdom of Ghosts, the witch Maitreya.

"Your Majesty the Witch."

"Your Excellency the General."

After the two people, whose status was equal to that of the king, greeted each other, Mifune, as the landowner, said: "Thank you for your hard work escorting them all the way. Okisuke, please take them to have a rest first. Your Majesty Maitreya, please come this way, I still have some I need to ask you for advice on something."

"Ok."

After the two left, Samurai Chongsuke said to a group of Jonin, "I am Chongsuke, I am a senior warrior of the Iron Country. Please follow me."

After all, the mainstream combat power in this world has become ninjas. Although the Iron Kingdom still stubbornly adheres to its samurai tradition, because the essence of their power has long been transformed into chakra, they are said to be ninjas who specialize in swordsmanship. It's not a big problem either.

Even the levels of warriors in the Iron Kingdom are modeled after the levels of ninjas.

Lower-level samurai correspond to genin, intermediate samurai correspond to chuunin, high-level samurai correspond to jounin, and general correspond to the level of shadow.

Therefore, Okisuke's identity is comparable to theirs.

Among the ninjas from the five countries who came to the Kingdom of Iron this time, the candidates from other countries have not changed much.The Nara Shikake of Konohagakure has returned, led by Uzumaki Kushina; Kirigakure is still Kisame Kisame; Sunagakure and Kumogakure are still the same ones; only Iwagakure has changed a lot, and Loess has been replaced by Ohnoki. Called back to the village, Jounin Huo Guang became the new leader.

The climate in Iron Country is extremely cold, and now it's snowing season. Kisame and the others are indeed quite tired from the journey.In addition, whether it is the Kingdom of Wind or the Kingdom of Thunder, the climate is mainly hot. Suddenly coming to this world of ice and snow, it is really a bit uncomfortable to adapt to it, and I look miserable.

Therefore, the group of people walked in silence. Even if Otisuke tried hard to stir up some topics, no one responded.In the end, the plan to gather information was aborted.