"Jigen?"
Kaguya had no idea who that was.
She wasn't originally from Earth—mentioning an Earthling's name to her was like reading divine, indecipherable texts.
The servant girl beside her, however, flinched. "Jigen? Isn't that the monk's name?"
"Haha, you're quite knowledgeable for a servant girl," the old man laughed, then suddenly lunged toward the servant.
"What are you doing!" Kaguya Hime shouted as soldiers came to drag the Servant Girl away.
The Servant Girl squirmed, too.
"What else? Saving her, of course! I see that this Servant Girl is knowledgeable and worldly—I must say, she seems destined for me!" the old man said with a sleazy grin.
He looked particularly creepy.
Furrowing her brow, Kaguya Hime still couldn't stop the soldiers from pulling the Servant Girl away.
"Don't worry," the old man explained calmly. "To be honest, our only target this time is you. Being a damsel in my household would be much better for her than dying with you!"
Kaguya stopped resisting.
"Perhaps this really is a way out."
She was trapped between enemies front and back, her powers had failed, and facing so many enemies, she had no way out but death.
For some reason, in this most desperate moment, Kaguya actually thought of Ye Liang—the person she had always rejected!
She accepted her doom.
Suddenly, the distant Servant Girl screamed desperately: "No! Please no!" She had been dragged outside the door, and Kaguya couldn't see what was happening to her.
"What's going on? You said you'd take her as a damsel in your household! Why hurt her!"
"These impatient beasts!" The old man frowned and shrugged. "I just love family reunions. Like hell that is 'everyone is happy'!"
Kaguya Hime now understood the old man's meaning. What awaited the Servant Girl wasn't just the hardship of a Daimyo's mansion, but the dirty business that happens in a military camp!
"I'll never forgive you, even as a ghost!"
The old man waved his hand.
Immediately, the surrounding soldiers rushed toward Kaguya Hime.
Just at this moment, several screams suddenly came from the entrance! Then, the Servant Girl's heart-wrenching cries stopped as well.
"What happened?" The old man was taken aback. He pointed to two middle-aged men behind him: "You two go check."
The two middle-aged men exchanged glances.
Like hell we'll go!
We're the same rank—who's gonna obey you!
In this brief moment of hesitation, a man walked in from outside. Middle-aged, wearing armor.
Both the old man and this newcomer were stunned.
"So it's one of the Matsushita remnants! No wonder these people couldn't find you—turns out you've been hiding in this Ancestral Nation."
The man was none other than Ichiro Matsushita!
He was dragging several unconscious soldiers behind him. The Servant Girl who had been dragged out earlier was now hiding behind him, her clothes disheveled.
"Thud!"
The soldier was thrown onto the ground.
The old man frowned.
There was an obvious fracture mark on the soldier's neck—he was clearly dead.
"Hey! Matsushita brat! Have you lost your mind!" The old man cursed angrily, but Ichiro Matsushita ignored him.
He continued walking forward.
The old man called on several more soldiers, but before these men could even reach Ichiro, he quickly knocked them all out with practiced ease.
"Damn!"
Watching Ichiro Matsushita's movements, the old man sucked in a cold breath.
Two middle-aged men beside him rushed over when they saw what was happening.
Although they were daimyos and had military backgrounds, facing the quiet and reserved Ichiro Matsushita, they showed no fear at all.
"Kid!" one shouted. "Your father's head was twisted off by us two brothers! Are you asking for the same treatment now?"
Ichiro Matsushita glanced at them briefly before continuing forward.
The middle-aged men grew angry at once.
Together, they charged toward Ichiro Matsushita, but before they could even approach him, suddenly an immense pressure surged from his side!
It sent them flying backward.
"S-This is... divine jutsu!"
Everyone was shocked.
Kaguya Hime also stared in shock at Ichiro Matsushita.
[Shinra Tensei!]
This was a jutsu unique to users of the Rinnegan.
Except for Ye Liang, Kaguya had only seen it used by elders within her own clan before—she never expected Ichiro Matsushita to possess it.
Before she could react, Ichiro had already arrived before her.
"Mistress!" he declared firmly, dropping to one knee. "I have arrived late to rescue you. Please forgive my tardiness."
Mistress...?
Kaguya froze.
Looking left and right, she realized Ichiro Matsushita was speaking to her.
There was no time to dwell on the situation.
"Rise."
"Hn."
With a bow of his fists, Ichiro stood up.
From afar, the old man was astonished.
"M-Mistress? So Matsushita isn't actually the Leader? Then who is his master? Some rumored charlatan?"
Still confused, they increasingly felt like they had messed with someone untouchable.
Ichiro Matsushita radiated confidence.
Before departing, Ye Liang placed a restriction on him—whenever someone bore hostile intent toward him, the Heavenly King's Repulsion would activate automatically.
As for Ye Liang,
after giving Ichiro Matsushita some instructions, he had hidden himself around the perimeter.
He stayed in the shadows!
Since these foreign rulers were all manipulated by another party, there must be a hidden hand behind everything.
He didn't yet know who this so-called Great Mage was, but whoever could control so many Leaders was no ordinary figure.
Taking a step back, the old man and the two previously-fallen middle-aged men appeared rather intimidated.
Regardless of who led the Ancestral Nation,
just dealing with Ichiro Matsushita alone was already beyond their capacity!
Using divine jutsu!
Ichiro took another step forward.
In such circumstances, even if the old man and others wanted to resist, they couldn't anymore.
They shared bitter, irreconcilable hatred with him.
They incited rebellion against his Storage (his position and power), divided the Matsushita household's territory, and finally killed his Father!
Such a grudge must be avenged!
"D-Don't come any closer! You monster! If the Great Mage were here, he'd rip your body apart inside-out!"
"Great Mage?"
That name again.
Ichiro Matsushita still didn't understand, but he didn't stop advancing either.
Behind him, Kaguya Hime suddenly sensed something familiar.
Turning her head, she saw Ye Liang hanging on a crooked tree.
"Ye—!"
Before she could speak, Ye Liang gestured for silence.
"Be careful, there's a strange presence nearby."
Ye Liang warily scanned his surroundings before leaping over the wall of the Daimyo's mansion.
Above the clouds,
a grotesque monk stood silently observing the scene below. He sneered contemptuously at Ichiro Matsushita.
"Just a clown!"
He hurled down a black sphere from his hand.
As the ball descended, it radiated an ominous black glow!
At that moment, Ye Liang, who had just jumped over the wall, suddenly raised his head!
[Truth-Seeking Balls]!
He immediately shot straight into the sky!
To the monk's shock, Ye Liang crushed the Truth-Seeking Ball in one hand!
"Gotcha now!"
Ye Liang fixed his gaze directly on the monk.
Even hidden above the clouds, the monk couldn't escape Ye Liang's vision!
He activated the Byakugan!
He activated the Sharingan!
Both eyes blazed to life simultaneously!
He unleashed vision nearly equal to the Rinnegan!
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