When Itsuki publicly announced that three cities, including Dizou City, would be placed under Shinobi Village's management, the entire Shinobi World fell silent.
Everyone was left with a big question mark!
What on earth are you doing?
Itsuki completely broke the norm.
Shinobi Villages manage shinobi.
Nobles manage civilians.
This time, it stirred up a hornet's nest.
The shinobi were silent, somewhat bewildered.
Can shinobi even do these kinds of things?
The nobles, led by the daimyos, hated Itsuki intensely.
If the shinobi begin to manage civilians and cities, then what becomes of the nobles?
This undermines their foundation!
To put it bluntly, if you steal their livelihood, what are they supposed to live on?
It's no wonder they couldn't understand.
Even the shinobi of the Hidden Fire Village couldn't comprehend it.
"I just think the Shinobi World needs a change."
This was Itsuki's answer.
He didn't return to the Hidden Fire Village, choosing instead to reside in Dizou City.
The three cities he occupied formed a triangular pattern, with Dizou City at the top.
He stood at the forefront of that position!
He wanted to see who would dare to come looking for trouble.
He might be a bit concerned about Madara's hidden plans, but that didn't mean he'd let anyone bully him.
In fact, being reckless was very much Uchiha Itsuki's style!
When he left Konoha with the Uchiha clan, he was prepared to expose some of his power and crush that damned Konoha.
Who would've thought!
Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to let him leave.
He only ordered Nara Shikaku to pursue them.
But Nara Shikaku and Sarutobi Hiruzen were only pretending to be allies. Shikaku led the pursuers in circles, and the two sides never met.
Thus, Itsuki had no chance to unleash his fury!
He originally intended to wipe out Shikaku and his men.
"How strong am I!"
Itsuki clenched his fist.
An explosive power flowed through his body.
Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan!
Sage Mode!
Flying Thunder God!
In terms of ninjutsu, he was beyond an ordinary Kage-level shinobi!
… Madara!
"Just make your move!"
Itsuki stood at the highest point in Dizou City, looking down at the land below. He sneered, saying, "Senju Hashirama and Madara founded Konoha, establishing the one-village, one-country system."
"If they could do it, why can't I, Uchiha Itsuki?"
Very soon!
Protest letters from various shinobi villages came pouring in like snowflakes.
Itsuki didn't even bother to look at them, tossing them aside.
These guys, their threats meant nothing to him.
If it were the shinobi villages, he might take them more seriously.
To put it bluntly, could all the nobles in the Shinobi World combined withstand a single punch from Itsuki?
A bunch of mere mortals!
Even when Kakashi was half-dead, he scared off a large group just by using Shadow Clones.
And they were ronin!
They were far stronger than the nobles.
With Itsuki's current chakra level, using Shadow Clones to create a thousand replicas wouldn't be an issue!
Itsuki thought he had less chakra, but that was only compared to Naruto!
Try comparing him to Kakashi.
Itsuki could arrogantly say, "Mere mortals!"
But unfortunately!
Itsuki waited for three full days, but nothing happened!
The nobles continued to scold, persuade, and insult him.
Other than that, there was no movement.
You bastards, why don't you send your troops already!
I feel like killing someone!
Eventually, Itsuki grew impatient.
On the fourth day, Itsuki led all the shinobi away from Dizou City.
"Did we win?"
The mayor of Dizou City looked excited.
During this period, he was all too aware that nobles from all over had been pressuring Itsuki.
They tried all sorts of ways.
They had brought up the idea of war more than once.
And!
The Five Great Nations were all involved!
It looked like the Five Great Nations were preparing to join forces to destroy the Hidden Fire Village.
Under such pressure, could Uchiha Itsuki still hold out?
The mayor prayed every day for him to leave!
Uchiha Itsuki, just go!
Otherwise!
If the other nobles really sent troops, Dizou City would become a battlefield. No matter if they won or lost, the city would be destroyed.
Without Dizou City, what would the local nobles be worth?
Who would pay attention to them?
As long as Dizou City remained, even after everything they'd done, the daimyo would choose to forgive.
After all, they were all nobles, and things should be settled to a reasonable extent.
The daimyo couldn't really drive another major noble to death!
"They're gone, they're gone!"
The mayor of Dizou City hummed a little tune, walking leisurely.
"Sir!"
A guard came running up hastily, shouting.
"How rude, what do you want?"
The mayor frowned in anger.
He'd been holding in his rage for some time now and wanted to vent it.
The guard showed up just in time!
The mayor glared at him coldly, calculating in his mind how he should deal with the guard.
Quartering?
Skinning?
Burning?
What? This guard is loyal to him?
Heh, loyalty from a lowly commoner is only natural, right?
Is that a reason not to kill him?
The guard seemed to sense something was wrong and quickly said, "Sir, there's news from the Uchiha!"
The mayor immediately shifted his focus, asking eagerly, "News from the Uchiha? Speak!"
"The Uchiha didn't return to the Hidden Fire Village; they went to Fireleaf City!"
Fireleaf City?
The mayor of Dizou City was stunned.
Fireleaf City was to the north of Dizou City, indeed farther away.
What are the Uchiha doing there?
Isn't the Hidden Fire Village to the south?
A bad feeling rose in the mayor's heart.
He muttered, "The capital? Fireleaf City is closer to the Fire Nation's capital. Could it be? No way, absolutely impossible, the Uchiha couldn't be that crazy!"
But the truth was exactly that!
That very day, news spread.
In Fireleaf City, all the nobles were killed.
These were the nobles who once looked down on Dizou City, thinking they'd disgraced the noble name.
Now, they defended it with their lives.
Itsuki massacred them.
Not only the nobles but also all their guards.
It was said that the ground in Fireleaf City was stained red with blood.
Afterward, the Three Light Policy appeared once again.
Itsuki sealed a large sum of money into a scroll in front of many spies, and then led his shinobi toward the Fire Nation's capital.
Along the way, there was a small town, which Itsuki entered with his people.
And again!
He killed the few nobles there and plundered their wealth.
"He's gone mad!"
When he heard the news, the mayor of Dizou City simply said this.
When all the nobles had vowed to deal with him, not only did he not retreat, but he also wiped out another city.
This was a heavy slap to the nobles.
Did they really think he had no temper?
A great war was about to start.
Moreover!
This time, it wouldn't just be one shinobi village taking action.
Maybe several shinobi villages would make their move.
With this thought, the mayor of Dizou City felt a sense of relief. He continued humming a tune and ordered the dancers to perform.
Though all his wealth was gone.
He wasn't worried!
The money would naturally come from those lowly commoners, providing for him again.
It would just take some time.
He was never in a hurry.
Steadiness is a virtue of the nobility!
The potential of the lowly commoners was also enormous—bit by bit, as long as you squeezed them, there would always be more.
(End of Chapter)