Although Kairen kept portraying himself as going for the disaster victims, the dirty thoughts in his heart were completely perceived by Miroku.
"Miroku generates 5 points of snark toward you, blushes, and says you're a pervert."
Even though Miroku was speechless inside, she still had to rely on Kairen's power now.
"Thank you! I'll point you in the direction of the Land of Demons!"
Koyuki beside them shook Kairen's neck, her crisp voice ringing out: "Kairen! Kairen, can you help the Land of Snow?"
"The Land of Snow has no spring, and no sunlight. Kairen, can you help my country?"
Kairen lowered his head and looked into Koyuki's pure, flawless eyes.
The Land of Snow was a small country covered in heavy snow, with extremely harsh conditions, so Koyuki especially hoped for sunlight to appear there.
Kairen nodded. "Of course. After all, I'm the prince consort of the Land of Snow!"
"Kairen is so nice!" Koyuki gratefully kissed Kairen.
"Ding!"
"Kazahana Koyuki generates 20 points of romance toward you, kisses you, and says: I must tie Kairen to my side and not let any bad woman snatch him away, especially that one next to us!"
"The Snow Daimyō generates 20 points of gratitude toward you, pats you on the back, and says: As long as you can bring spring to the Land of Snow, you are my good son-in-law!"
Kairen smiled, then his wings beat as he flew toward the Land of Snow.
"The Land of Snow is closer. We'll go there first."
"Ding!"
"Kakuzu generates 300 points of heartache toward you!"
Kairen was speechless inside. It had already been more than ten minutes, and Kakuzu still couldn't forget the head of the Fire Country Daimyō.
How greedy did this guy have to be.
Kairen didn't think too much about it. His wings beat toward the Land of Snow as he flew at high speed.
After he left, the Fire Country capital descended into chaos.
Fortunately, a large number of Konoha ninja arrived soon after, suppressing the massive wave of zero-cost looting in the Fire Country capital.
At the same time, the news that the Fire Country Daimyō had been killed by a fire god descending from the heavens spread across the continent.
According to records by the court historians present:
The Fire Country Daimyō was rampant and lawless, disrespectful. The fire god was enraged, descended upon the human world, and executed the Daimyō along with the disrespectful ministers.
The heavenly might of the fire god was vast; mortals could not oppose it.
Addendum: The fire god's actions are strange, able to hear thoughts; do not harbor resentment toward it.
...
"Ding!"
"Sarutobi Hiruzen generates 600 points of hatred toward you: That damned thing Danzō—why wasn't I harsher back then?!"
"Utatane Koharu…"
"Mitokado Homura…"
"Tsunade generates 300 points of complaints toward you, bites you, and scolds coquettishly: You brute, I never should have given you this mission. When you come back, I'll drain you dry."
"Kushina generates 100 points of complaints toward you, tugs your ear and scolds: Stinky little guy, you dared to make a move on Minato. When you come back, I'll definitely teach you a lesson."
"Uchiha Madara generates 100 points of resentment toward you, is puzzled by the Kekkei genkai on your body, and mutters: Could this kid be born from Mito and me? But Mito and I are innocent. Could it be that night I got drunk at Hashirama's place…"
"The Great Toad Sage generates 600 points of resentment toward you, curses your ancestors eighteen generations, and says: Where did this guy even come from? Why does he keep ruining my story?!"
"…"
While flying, Kairen suddenly stopped. Susanoo hovered in the sky as he looked toward the distant world, as if its end were Mount Myōboku.
Able to hear the Great Toad Sage's thoughts, Kairen finally understood everything. This guy was the black hand behind the scenes—its existence was to safeguard the correct development of the storyline.
Rather than the Great Toad Sage, it would be more accurate to call it the Kishimoto Sage.
...
At this moment, Konoha Village had already fallen into chaos. The news that Kairen had killed the Fire Country Daimyō had just reached here.
Sarutobi Hiruzen swept the documents off his desk onto the floor, murderous intent toward Kairen blazing in his heart.
"That damned bastard! I'll brand him a missing-nin and have the ANBU hunt him for life!!"
Utatane Koharu beside him echoed, "Then what are you waiting for? Put Moku Kairen on the wanted list as a missing-nin. Issue a bounty across the entire ninja world."
A village ninja killing the Daimyō who served as their lord was unimaginable in the ninja world.
Ninja villages desperately needed the Daimyō's financial support. Kairen's god-pretending as a fire god could only fool ordinary civilians; it wouldn't fool ninja or upper-class nobles.
Kairen had eliminated the ruler of the Fire Country, and he was not a wanted missing-nin of Konoha. That was equivalent to framing the ninja, implying that his actions were backed by the ninja village.
Konoha was now effectively opposing all the Daimyō of the secular world. When the time came, nobles would stop commissioning missions from the village, and all the ninja would starve.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who hated Kairen to the extreme, naturally knew this, but he couldn't brand Kairen a missing-nin.
Because the village had several thousand of Kairen's shadow clones. Once a single wanted notice went out, those thousands of clones would riot and directly destroy the entire Konoha Village.
They didn't dare to drive him away, didn't dare to move against him—headache!
"So now tell me, what should we do?!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his head and swept his gaze around at the people standing there—leaders of the major ninja clans, along with Minato and Orochimaru.
Jiraiya was still in the hospital.
Tsunade had been dragged back to Panda News Agency by Kairen's shadow clones to keep her from taking risks.
"…"
The major ninja clans remained silent. Offending all the nobles of the Fire Country and still not branding Kairen a missing-nin was tantamount to shielding his actions.
In other words, Konoha had already offended all the nobles of the Fire Country.
Their heads hurt too. Without the support of secular nobles, there was no money to fight wars.
Orochimaru smiled faintly and suddenly said,
"I heard that one of Kairen-kun's shadow clones proposed a suggestion—have the ninja control the Daimyō, thereby indirectly controlling the entire Fire Country."
"We can support a Daimyō prince and let him become the new Daimyō. After stabilizing the situation, we can obtain funds without worrying about the prestige of the ninja village."
As soon as the words fell, Utatane Koharu jumped out, pointing at Orochimaru and cursing,
"This is treasonous! You're preparing to rebel!"
Orochimaru looked disdainfully at the old woman, said nothing, and instead quietly looked at his teacher.
Sarutobi Hiruzen thought for a while, then shook his head.
"No! We are ninja. Interfering in national governance is not permitted. I'll go to the Fire Country capital right away to negotiate with the ministers, obtain their understanding, and minimize this loss."
Orochimaru sneered, pushed open the door, and left.
He removed the forehead protector from his brow and looked at the Konoha symbol on it.
Sneering inside—ninja really are a tragic thing. I don't want to be a ninja anymore.