Starting with the usurpation of Akatsuki, the ninja world was overthrown.

Chapter 56 A Great Name Has No Right to Confer Honors Upon Me

Chapter 56 A Great Name Has No Right to Confer Honors Upon Me

With his underlings by his side, Shiba Kiyokawa and his team of four quickly captured the last Iwagakure Jonin alive.

Karasu shattered the opponent's kneecap, while Shiba Kiyokawa used the sealing technique knowledge recently rewarded by the system to cast a simple restriction.

"Be careful, don't let him commit suicide. If necessary, knock out his teeth too. Keep an eye on him; he's one of our bargaining chips in future negotiations," Shiba Kiyokawa instructed.

The Iwagakure Jonin lay sprawled on the ground, his body twitching occasionally, whether from pain or humiliation, it was unclear.

Before setting off, he never imagined that he would suffer such humiliation in such a small country as the Land of Rain.

Masuda Kazuki, pressing down on the Jonin, grinned sheepishly and whispered, "Captain Kiyokawa, aren't you being too nervous? We took down that group of Konoha ninja before and nothing happened, so maybe this time will be peaceful too?"

However, Shiba Kiyokawa shook his head seriously, immediately correcting the team members' overly optimistic attitude.

"This time is different."

The last time Danzo killed Aburame Ryoma, nothing too serious happened, partly because Danzo had secretly and illegally sent people to investigate without reporting to the village.

This is corroborated by information from the Uchiha clan of the Cat Country.

Secondly, it was also because Konoha was in a difficult situation, and the Third Hokage's personality was inherently weak and compromising.

If it were the same statement that Shiba Kiyokawa tricked Minato into writing, Kumogakure would definitely not accept it, and would even make a statement demanding justice as soon as they returned to the village.

However, Shiba Kiyokawa had repeatedly used this statement to generate hype before, but Sarutobi Hiruzen had always chosen to acquiesce.

These all became obstacles for Danzo to regain his lost ground.

It can be said that Hiruzen Sarutobi deserves at least one-third of the credit for the statement's current effectiveness.

But none of these disadvantages apply to Iwagakure!

In the period leading up to the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, Iwagakure was always the strategically proactive party on the main battlefield, and their situation was much better than that of Konoha.

At the same time, Onoki is not like Hiruzen Sarutobi, who always backs down!

Shiba Kiyokawa knew very well that the other party would not swallow this loss in silence.

So the real test has only just begun from this moment on!

"Don't let your guard down. We don't need to be overly afraid of the great ninja villages, but we also shouldn't think of them as too weak. Konoha is an exception."

Shiba Kiyokawa gave his arrogant subordinate a light reprimand, then walked toward the nobleman who had collapsed to the ground in fear.

"Before that, let's take care of our own problems."

At this moment, the wealthy nobleman was terrified. When he saw Shiba Kiyokawa walking towards him step by step, he could only sit on the ground and scream in fright.

"Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer! I am a first-class nobleman personally appointed by the Daimyo! Do you even know what a Daimyo's status is?!"

Shiba Kiyokawa just smiled, then went up and slapped the other man across the face, knocking out half of his teeth on the spot.

"His famous name? How many divisions does he have?"

Although the other party didn't understand the joke about Shiba Kiyokawa, the contempt in his eyes was clearly felt by the other party.

The nobles were completely dumbfounded.

How could there be such a disrespectful ninja to the daimyo? He couldn't understand.

But Shiba Kiyokawa was too lazy to explain. He turned and ordered, "Tie him up and take him away. Tomorrow, bring him to the vicinity of our base, set up a gallows, and I want all the villagers from the surrounding villages to watch him being hanged!"

This kind of person shouldn't be killed so easily.

Just like Huang Silang in the movie, they first had to break down the villagers' awe of them.

Otherwise, even if everyone were given kunai, the lower classes would still not dare to rebel.

More importantly, since everyone witnessed the execution, it meant that everyone became an accomplice!

From now on, the surrounding villages and towns will only have one sun overhead—that is their Akatsuki organization!

Shiba Kiyokawa will not allow anyone to have a way out at this point.

Tomorrow, any village that dares not come will be disloyal!

When Kenshiro went forward to tie up the man, he noticed that there was another person hiding behind the nobleman's large body.

It was the same tax official who had come to the village to collect taxes before.

"What should we do with this person?" he asked Shiba Kiyokazu.

The tax official was quick-witted; he immediately knelt down.

"My lord, I didn't have a choice before, but now I want to be a good person! Please give me a chance! I've admired the Akatsuki for a long time!"

It was obvious to everyone that he had only just learned about the Akatsuki organization a few minutes ago.

Karasu had already pressed down on the sword, but Shiba Kiyokawa thought for a moment and stopped him.

"Let's keep him. There aren't many people in our organization who know arithmetic, so he'll be of some use."

Tax officials who can help nobles collect taxes must at least know some arithmetic, which is considered highly educated in the Akatsuki organization.

Kenjiro asked hesitantly, "Should we ask Boss Yahiko's opinion?"

Shiba Kiyokawa laughed, a meaningful laugh. "Aren't I the leader now?"

Kenjiro immediately fell silent.

He had a feeling that it wouldn't be long before those words would become "Now I am the leader."

……

Later that day, Nagato and Konan also returned with their respective teams.

Konan was the last to return, and she looked a little tired, but as soon as she got back, she looked at Shiba Kiyokawa with great enthusiasm.

"Qinghe, your ninja cat is amazing! If it weren't for Xiaoyu, we would have almost lost track of the last Iwagakure ninja."

"Is there any space left on your psychic scroll?"

When the entire organization was actively trying to sign a contract with Cat Country a while ago, Xiao Nan was initially uninterested.

From a young age, she focused on her innate paper-based ninjutsu and never showed any interest in other ninjutsu.

But this time, she surprisingly became interested in psychic abilities.

It's clear how much help and impact Xiaoyu brought today!

Who wouldn't love a clever, intelligent, perceptive, and tracking cat with impressive fighting skills?

At this moment, Tama jumped out of Konan's arms, leaped onto Shiba Kiyokazu's shoulder, and stretched out her hand, naturally asking for her reward.

"I seriously exceeded my overtime budget today, meow! Please pay me three times the amount of dried fish, meow!"

Shiba Kiyokawa stroked Tama's chin, handing her dried fish while handing Konan the contract scroll.

"Here you go, these dried fish. You can use this to sign, Sister Nan."

"Thank you." Xiao Nan naturally accepted it.

Their relationship has become more tacit and familiar through repeated collaborations.

Only Yahiko, who entered the room later, witnessed this scene and remained silent.

Have you forgotten that I was originally in charge of allocating this reel? Yahiko opened his mouth several times, but ultimately couldn't say anything...

He, the first leader who truly founded the organization, is now being forgotten more and more.

The next day, everything went exactly as Shiba Kiyokawa had planned.

A conspicuous gallows was erected, and more than half of the residents from several surrounding villages and towns came here, either voluntarily or by force, to gather in the open space in front of the Akatsuki base to watch this grand trial.

At first, people looked panicked.

"My God, we're judging nobles? Really?"

"I...I didn't want to come. Is it too late for me to go home now? I was just passing by."

But as Shiba Kiyokawa stepped onto the prepared podium and began to recount the events that the Land of Rain had experienced over the years, his soul-searching questions finally calmed the restless crowd.

"In conclusion, every time we have saved ourselves in the past, it has nothing to do with daimyo and nobles!"

Every struggle and every fight for survival we have had has been thanks to our own efforts!

So why should we let these parasites come back and plunder everything we have?

From this day forward, the Akatsuki will protect you!

From this day forward, I will acknowledge it, I will bear it, and I will protect it!

I am Shiba Kiyokawa, the leader of the Akatsuki organization, and the Daimyo has no right to bestow honors upon me!

After a brief silence, a thunderous cheer erupted from the crowd!

At that moment, Kenjiro sighed silently in the crowd.

At this moment, he couldn't help but realize that the scene he had foreseen not long ago might come sooner than he had imagined.

(End of this chapter)