Chapter 356 Banquet!

Light!
light!

The extremely bright lights make the entire castle tower look like a city that never sleeps.

The messengers were stunned for a moment.

There are no street lights in ordinary cities, but there are quite a lot of them in places like Konoha and Kyoto.

But no other place has lights as bright as the one in the castle tower.

Even in the direction of the port, there are several lighthouses emitting pillars of light that reach into the sky, allowing ships to clearly see the sea and dock even at night.

The streets are crowded with people.

The bright lights, safe environment and relaxed atmosphere are naturally what people yearn for.

Do you really think the title of "beacon of freedom" is just a gimmick?

If the castle tower had not blocked the immigration channel, it would not be a problem to double the current population of more than 100,000.

But even so, the number of merchants and unregistered people doubled the number of people in the castle tower.

That is to say, the public data is over 100,000, which only counts registered people. If all people are included, the population will double.

They are catching up with Konoha!

The population size also represents the prosperity of the city, so how could Konoha not be wary of it?

The bright street lights on both sides of the street make it feel like daytime.

The ninja world is an extremely contradictory place.

On the one hand, we had entered the age of electricity and productivity had developed; on the other hand, we were backward and poor, with countless people starving to death.

Soon, a dozen envoys from the joint delegation and their escort ninjas arrived at the top of the mountain.

The appearance of the top of the mountain changed drastically at this time.

Everything that was originally there was flattened and turned into neat buildings with various water towers on top.

Hospitals, shops, barbecue restaurants, etc. are all gathered here.

A huge dark golden bowl-shaped building appeared in front of everyone.

Judging from the appearance, the building cannot be said to be similar to the Hokage Building, they are exactly the same.

Tang Ping was not in the mood for any "spectacle".

It’s not that there’s no money, it’s that now is not the right time.

What the castle tower wants now is to develop in a low-key manner, not to steal the limelight.

Of course, Tang Ping couldn't let the envoys in so easily, so he prepared a little "surprise" for them.

Ninjas wearing ninja vests and forehead protectors were scattered around the building, all staring at the delegation.

Hundreds of ninjas were staring at a delegation, and the pressure was as strong as it could be.

If this joint delegation was sent by the five major ninja villages, they would definitely not feel any pressure, because the strength to be an envoy is extraordinary.

But this delegation came from the daimyo, not from the ninja village, the envoys were not ninjas, and they had never experienced such treatment before.

The ninjas they usually meet treat them as superiors, so how dare they treat them like this?

Chakra is distilled from cellular energy and spiritual energy, so murderous aura is not an expression in the ninja world, but a description.

Although the murderous aura of ordinary ninjas is not very effective.

But hundreds of ninjas releasing murderous intent is useless to the ninjas, but extremely terrifying to ordinary people.

Feeling the murderous intent materializing within them, it was as if there was a kunai stuck at their throats. The faces of these messengers all turned grim.

There were even several envoys from small countries who were so frightened that they peed their pants and fell to the ground.

Get off the horse!
Tang Ping played this trick to make these envoys put away their noble arrogance.

He is not like other ninjas who treat nobles as their fathers.

On the contrary, he is the father of this group that has seized the most resources in the ninja world but is corrupt and incompetent.

This building was named "Castle Tower", and the first floor had been converted into a banquet hall.

It consists of a long desk and a conference table at the top.

Tea and snacks were placed on the table.

At the edge of the hall, there were fully armed Uchiha soldiers.

I have to say that Uchiha is not good at other things, but he is really useful for holding the scene and chopping people.

Hinata Sogetsu and Uchiha Mei stood on the left and right of Dohei.

As for Uchiha Shizuka, Yamama Koji... and others, they naturally mixed in the corners of the banquet hall, responsible for supporting the occasion.

The eighth generation Uchiha and Ashikaga Kiyomi each had a desk of their own.

Soon, the messengers sat down behind the desks, with the guarding ninjas standing beside them.

Sitting on a chair behind the desk at the top, which was taller than the desk, Tang Ping looked at the figure behind the Fire Nation envoy.

An acquaintance!
It was the youngest son of the Sarutobi family, the rebellious boy Asuma.

Unexpectedly, the other party also came.

But after thinking about it, Tang Ping found that the other party's appearance was very reasonable.

Because the other party joined the daimyo's guardian ninja, and the castle tower is related to Konoha, sending him, the "son of the Hokage", to act as a guard can not only raise the envoy's status, but also make the castle tower have some reservations.

All I can say is that Asuma Sarutobi didn't serve as the second-generation Kage and instead ran off to be a dog for the enemy. He is simply idiotic and absolutely brings shame to Konoha.

The most speechless thing is that after being a dog for others, he can still return to Konoha and be the instructor of Ino-Shika-Chou.

It’s so shameless!
Pooh!
nausea!

The inside story couldn't be darker.

Why don't you try another ninja?

Forget about joining the Daimyo's guardian ninja, even if you leave Konoha without permission, you will be hunted down as a traitor.

Like the Anbu, one of their important responsibilities is to hunt down rebellious ninjas.

With this ready-made example, one really has to doubt whether Sarutobi Hiruzen is really as "kind and fair" as he appears to be.

In addition to Asuma Sarutobi, another guard ninja of the Fire Nation envoy is also very eye-catching.

He is a bald monk!

However, judging from the aura emanating from him, the other party is not an ordinary ninja, but should be from the Fire Temple.

Both of them are guardian ninjas.

This daimyo's direct organization has a very obvious symbol.

The loincloth with the word "fire" on it reveals her identity at a glance.

The reason why there is no forehead protector is because the daimyo did not want to copy the ninja, so he deliberately used this thing as the symbol of the organization.

There is only one monk who acts as a guardian nin.

Land!

He is the future abbot of Fire Temple, also known as the 'talent of the immortal race'.

Good guy, Tang Ping exclaimed, good guy!
The Fire Nation also has talented people. They sent out guardian ninjas on missions, and one of them includes two guys with extraordinary backgrounds.

A second-generation Kage and a future abbot of the Fire Temple, neither of them are ordinary people.

As for the Land of Water and the Land of Wind, the guarding ninjas are all new faces, but their strength is quite good, either special jonin or jonin level.

As mentioned before, the status of the Jonin is considered middle-level even in the ninja village, and the daimyo certainly don't have many of them, but they still choose to send them out, which can be regarded as a "show of muscle" to the castle tower.

Tang Ping leaned lazily on the chair and said:
"It is a great honor for the castle tower to have the presence of the envoys!"

He didn't look honored at all, as if he was just doing it reluctantly to give face.

Well, he did it on purpose.

He had to swallow his anger before he had no strength, and now he has strength, he still has to swallow his anger. Isn't his strength in vain?

Anyway, as long as he was unwilling to give up the Tea Kingdom, he would definitely fall out with the nobles, so there was no need to pretend.

Besides, he doesn't want to pretend.

When facing those who are stronger than himself, he doesn't mind pretending, as he did in the past.

But the nobles are not worthy of it.

That's why he took this stance.

This gesture naturally made the envoys representing the daimyo feel offended.

"Be bold!"

The envoy from the Fire Nation stood up and scolded immediately.

He was already filled with anger long before he came on this diplomatic mission.

First of all, there is the issue of the Tea Kingdom. They have already written to Konoha asking for an explanation, but there has been no movement from the other side, which has forced them to send an envoy.

Then the other party did not come to greet me.

You know, they represent the daimyo. If the other party dares not to welcome them today, they dare not imagine what they will do tomorrow. Therefore, they have already secretly communicated and decided to teach the castle tower a lesson.

Now, seeing the other party's attitude, how could the Fire Nation envoy not take the opportunity to lose his temper.

The other party's scolding also triggered a chain reaction.

(End of this chapter)