Chapter 195: To Kill You, I Still Need to Wait for Teacher to Come?
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Uchiha Douhuan truly didn't understand where this group of civil ministers got the audacity to attempt such a thing.
The former Fire Capital, Minister of the Left Abe Taiichi's residence, was still a notoriously ill-omened house even now. Were these civil ministers truly that bold?
Uchiha Douhuan asked himself if he had offended this group of civil ministers in recent years. Apart from some policies in preparation for future wars, he, as the Grand Minister of State, hadn't excessively interfered in court affairs. For some individuals whose hands weren't entirely clean and who had reaped benefits from Konoha's rapid development these past few years, Uchiha Douhuan also turned a blind eye, as long as they didn't go too far.
But now it seemed these people weren't satisfied with the status quo.
"Inahi," Uchiha Douhuan called out with a grim face.
"Present." Uchiha Inahi pushed open the office door and walked in.
"Go invite our Minister of the Left, Lord Miura Kazuo, over for me," Uchiha Douhuan said.
"Yes!" Uchiha Inahi nodded, accepted the order, and departed.
Before long, Miura Kazuo, who was just preparing to spend a wonderful evening with his newly married ninth concubine, was brought to the Hokage office by Uchiha Inahi.
However, after hearing Uchiha Douhuan's summons, Miura Kazuo immediately dropped everything he was doing and followed Uchiha Inahi to the Hokage office without stopping.
Others might not know how terrifying Uchiha Douhuan was, but Miura Kazuo was crystal clear about this. Hadn't he seen Abe Taiichi, who had previously almost pushed him to a dead end, fail to last even a single round against him?
As a qualified vermin, Miura Kazuo was, on the contrary, very clear-headed in this aspect. Uchiha Douhuan held power in his hands, and he also possessed the courage and means to dare use that power at any time. Although he currently held a high and weighty position within the Land of Fire, before Uchiha Douhuan, he was like an ant that could be crushed at any moment.
"Your Excellency Grand Minister of State," Miura Kazuo said, bowing respectfully after entering the office.
"The Minister of the Left has arrived," Uchiha Douhuan sat in his office chair, glanced up at Miura Kazuo. "I thought you were extremely busy recently, with no time to come see me."
Uchiha Douhuan's words and tone instantly caused cold sweat to bead on Miura Kazuo's forehead.
"Your Excellency Grand Minister of State jests," Miura Kazuo looked up at Uchiha Douhuan and said, bracing himself. "The entire capital and twelve cities of the Land of Fire rest on your shoulders. Compared to you, what I do is merely my duty."
"Is that so?" Uchiha Douhuan sneered, tossing the intelligence report the Anbu gave him in front of Miura Kazuo. "Your duty? I remember managing the court officials is also part of your responsibility as Minister of the Left, right?"
Miura Kazuo picked up the intelligence report before him. After just one glance, he knelt before Uchiha Douhuan with a thud. "Your subordinate deserves death! Your subordinate deserves death! Your subordinate has nothing to do with this matter!"
"Of course, I know you have nothing to do with this matter," Uchiha Douhuan glanced up at the other and said with a cold smile. "Otherwise, the place we'd be meeting right now would be the Security Department's interrogation room."
"Many thanks for Your Excellency Grand Minister of State's mercy," Miura Kazuo said, wiping the sweat from his forehead, still shaken.
"However, for such a faction to suddenly appear in the court, your crime of negligence as Minister of the Left cannot be escaped," Uchiha Douhuan said frostily.
"Yes," Miura Kazuo kept his head bowed, not daring to move. "But I implore Your Excellency Grand Minister of State to give this subordinate a chance to atone for his crime by rendering meritorious service."
"There is only this one chance. I trust Mr. Miura won't disappoint me," Uchiha Douhuan said. "Tell me, who are these people, and what forces are behind them?"
Only then did Miura Kazuo pick up the intelligence report a second time, carefully reading every name on it, afraid of missing even the slightest detail.
After a while, Miura Kazuo carefully chose his words before speaking, "These individuals are all officials who entered the court in the last two years. The highest-ranking among them is only 6th rank. They usually hold little sway in the court. Who would have thought they would actually gather together to plot such a treasonous and outrageous affair."
"However, the leader among them, Tajima Yukio, seems to have close ties with some domestic nobles."
"Nobles?" Uchiha Douhuan frowned slightly. "You mean, the masterminds behind this are those nobles of our Land of Fire? Are they tired of their comfortable lives?"
"Correct," Miura Kazuo nodded. "Although these past few years since relocating the capital to Konoha, our Land of Fire has been flourishing under Your Excellency Grand Minister of State's unremitting efforts, some of the industries you've vigorously developed these years have encroached upon the traditional industries of these nobles."
"For example?" Uchiha Douhuan raised an eyebrow and asked.
"For example, land rent," Miura Kazuo explained. "Under your policy support these years, factories have sprung up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain all over our Land of Fire. Commoners who previously relied on their land for a living now have another means of livelihood. Therefore, they have also had to lower land rents."
"As for these young officials, I believe they were all incited by these nobles to act in such a manner," Miura Kazuo concluded.
"So they're all just old landlords," Uchiha Douhuan sneered. The history of his past life had already told him that these landlords were always incapable of achieving anything good but excelled at spoiling things. Moreover, they possessed sufficient destructive power against the implementation of national policies. As long as it hindered their rent collection, they would even dare to sell out the country, let alone incite a few young officials to force the palace. However, there was one point completely different from Uchiha Douhuan's past life: this was a world of superhuman abilities. Uchiha Douhuan, already close to the pinnacle of combat power in this world, didn't particularly need to care about these stumbling blocks from the old era.
If the other party continued to be tactless, Uchiha Douhuan also didn't mind letting them see the methods of killing according to the family register.
"I understand. I will be present at tomorrow's court assembly," Uchiha Douhuan stated. "Mr. Miura, by tomorrow morning, I want to see evidence of corruption and collusion for personal gain for everyone on this list. Understand?"
"Yes! Your subordinate will go investigate immediately!" Miura Kazuo nodded hastily. Uchiha Douhuan's meaning was already very clear: before the morning court session began tomorrow, he and his faction, even if they had to fabricate it, had to produce evidence of guilt for the people on this list.
After Miura Kazuo left, Uchiha Douhuan had Uchiha Inahi send this list to the Security Department.
Kakashi, after receiving the list, immediately summoned the two captains of the Security Department.
At this moment, inside a private room of a tavern in the northwest part of Konoha, over ten young men were gathered. After a few cups of wine, fueled by alcohol, one of them spoke out angrily, "That Grand Minister of State Uchiha Douhuan, entrusted with such heavy responsibility by the late Emperor, and His Highness the young Daimyo even acknowledges him as teacher! But what has he done these years? He actually allows His Highness the Daimyo to indulge in such will-sapping activities as cricket fighting!"
"The Daimyo doesn't attend to state affairs, and national governance has long been controlled by him and treacherous villains like Miura Kazuo! If this continues, the nation will cease to be a nation!" Another young official slammed the table forcefully, his face showing distress.
"Four years ago, our Land of Fire's Minister of the Left, Abe Taiichi, was so upright and honest! But merely because he offended these two, he suffered the calamity of having his entire family wiped out!" another person then added.
"Therefore, we must unite to drive such treacherous villains out of the court and restore clarity and righteous order to our Land of Fire's court!"
"Right! We must let these treacherous villains know! Even if he can kill Lord Abe, the loyal and righteous men of our Land of Fire can never be completely killed!" another official said indignantly.
However, as soon as his voice fell, the door to the private room of their gathering tavern was kicked open.
"Who is it?" Everyone in the private room looked towards the door. Sakurai Hideaki, who had already been promoted to Chuunin Captain in the Security Department and had also obtained Tokubetsu Jounin status under the guidance of Uchiha clan seniors, walked in with a grim expression.
He had heard clearly what this group was saying outside just now. These ignorant fellows actually dared to curse his most respected Lord Hokage as a treacherous villain! They were truly tired of living! This group should be sent to the Samcheong Education Corps to properly experience Lord Hokage's 'kindness'.
"Sakurai Hideaki, Chuunin Captain of the Second Battalion, First Company, Konoha Security Department," Sakurai Hideaki said sternly. "Our Security Department received a report that someone is holding an illegal assembly here. Now it seems, indeed it is so. Take them all away!"
"On what grounds are you arresting us! Do you know who we are?" a young official in the private room said, craning his neck, his face flushed.
"I don't care who you are. Right now, you are just a suspect involved in gathering to plot rebellion," Sakurai Hideaki sneered.
"You lowly ninjas dare to offend us! We are court-appointed officials!" Just as the Security Department members under Sakurai Hideaki moved forward, a young official in the private room suddenly burst out, starting to shove a Genin who had graduated with Naruto's class and had only recently joined the Security Department.
"You motherf***er! How dare you violently resist arrest!" Sakurai Hideaki, seeing this, was furious. He drew the baton from his waist, kicked the person down, and in one second, delivered six consecutive baton strikes. The first three strikes accurately landed on the opponent's leg, waist, and mouth. The latter three strikes then aimed at the opponent's head and rained down successively.
Only after six strikes did this person, beaten until his head was bloody, manage to let out a miserable scream.
"So the legends are true!" At this moment, some of the new recruits in Sakurai Hideaki's team had their eyes light up. They had all joined the Security Department in the last two years, so they hadn't participated in that great battle where the Security Department made its name. However, they had all heard legends within the Security Department about these members who initially joined, said to be capable of delivering six baton strikes in an instant, before whom all evil could only wail in pain.
However, as the troublesome citizens of Konoha experienced the education of the Samcheong Education Corps over these years, and after the average quality of people in the Hidden Leaf Village greatly increased, the Security Department's standard one-second six-strike had already become a legend. But today, Sakurai Hideaki's baton was unsheathed again, which truly opened the eyes of these new recruits.
However, Sakurai Hideaki, after executing a combo, looked at the對方 (duìfāng - opponent/other party) screaming miserably, couldn't help frowning at his own baton, and thought to himself:
[He can still scream out? I've really slacked off these years. No, I must practice more when I get back.]
Sakurai Hideaki retracted his gaze and instructed his subordinates, "Take them all away."
"Yes!" the Security Department members replied in unison.
"You lowly ninjas! Lord Noda won't let you off!" Just then, a young official being restrained by Security Department members stared at Sakurai Hideaki through gritted teeth and spat.
"Oh? Noda?" Sakurai Hideaki, upon hearing this, came before that person with interest. "It seems you rebels have backers, huh."
"Hmph! Lord Noda is His Highness the Daimyo's own granduncle! Your Hokage usurps power, causing the people of the Land of Fire to live in misery! You hounds also oppress the commoners! Lord Noda will deal with you sooner or later!" This person, who seemed to be the leader of the group, said through gritted teeth.
"I see," Sakurai Hideaki nodded. "Anything else to confess?"
"Hmph!" This person snorted coldly and turned his head away.
"Seems not. Take them all away!" Sakurai Hideaki said, then instructed a new recruit under him, "Koji, make a trip to the Yamanaka clan. Request a Chuunin-level Yamanaka clan member to come over and assist us in investigating these rebels."
"Yes!"
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While Sakurai Hideaki was making arrests, inside Konoha's royal palace, Minamoto Miyuki, already eight years old this year, was in the garden teasing a cricket that a newly formed Genin squad had specially gone to the western forests of the Land of Fire to find for him.
This cricket looked extremely robust and powerful. Just looking at it, Minamoto Miyuki couldn't stop the smile on his face.
"Hehe, let's call you Ame-no-Minaka!" After Minamoto Miyuki named his beloved champion, he carefully added water and food for it, then said with a smile, "Now Konohamaru's Great Ape Demon is no match for me!"
However, just then, a eunuch came to report: "Your Highness, Prince Noda requests an audience."
"Tell him to find Teacher if he has any business. If Teacher can't be found, have someone take him to the Hokage office," Minamoto Miyuki said without looking up.
"Your Highness, you should still see him. According to seniority, he is your granduncle," this young eunuch said with some difficulty.
"Alright, then let's meet," Minamoto Miyuki nodded.
Before long, Minamoto Noda, dressed in princely formal attire, came before Minamoto Miyuki. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he began to steer the conversation towards the Grand Minister of State, Uchiha Douhuan.
Subsequently, this granduncle of the Daimyo began to passionately point out the pros and cons, attempting to paint Uchiha Douhuan as a treacherous minister and usurper.
After Minamoto Miyuki finished listening, he said expressionlessly, "Kill him."
Minamoto Noda, upon hearing this, instantly showed joy on his face, but still cautiously said, "Although taking down Uchiha Douhuan is urgent, he is, after all, still the powerful Hokage, holding considerable power in his hands. We still need to plan carefully and discuss it together."
"To kill you, do I still need to discuss anything with Teacher?"
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(End of Chapter)
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