The Twelve Guardian Ninja relaxed their guard upon hearing this.
"En, long time no see." Asuma greeted Uchiha En with a complex expression.
After several years, he hadn't expected Uchiha En to become so strong.
"You're Asuma? Why did you grow a beard?" Uchiha En asked, feigning surprise.
"Don't you think a beard makes a man look more masculine?"
"Uh, cough cough! What about the Daimyo's condition? It doesn't look good, does it? I know Medical Ninjutsu; can I take a look?"
Asuma's mouth twitched upon hearing this. What did Uchiha En mean by that? Did he have no normal sense of aesthetics?
After discussing it, the other Twelve Guardian Ninja voluntarily moved aside.
Uchiha En knelt down and feigned checking the Daimyo's condition, but in reality, he was already using the Puppet to control the Daimyo.
This time, Uchiha En erased the Daimyo's memories before the age of 10 and implanted a memory of him growing up in the Uchiha Clan.
That's right, Uchiha En was going to turn the Daimyo into a member of the Uchiha Clan.
Under Uchiha En's subtle manipulation, the Daimyo's memory became that he grew up in the Uchiha Clan from a young age, and because he looked exactly like the former Daimyo's son, he was sent out by the Uchiha Clan at the age of 10 to replace the former Daimyo, who was also 10 at the time.
At the same time, Uchiha En also added the idea of loyalty to the Uchiha Clan into the Daimyo's memories.
After the memory modification was completed, the Daimyo was already an Uchiha Clan spy in the Land of Fire.
Subsequently, Uchiha En used Nijo's Chakra to heal the Daimyo.
The Daimyo slowly woke up, and the Twelve Guardian Ninja immediately stepped forward to explain the situation to the Daimyo.
And when the Daimyo learned that the Uchiha Clan's Clan Head had stopped the monster, a strange glint flashed in his eyes.
Then the Daimyo returned to his sleeping quarters and summoned Uchiha En alone.
Upon seeing Uchiha En, the Daimyo immediately dismissed everyone and then ran down.
"Lord En, are you the new Clan Head of the Uchiha Clan?" the Daimyo asked.
"That's right. You've worked hard all these years." Uchiha En said with a smile.
"It's no hardship, but I've never been able to help the clan much, which I feel bad about."
"Don't worry about it. The clan arranged for you to replace the former Daimyo's son back then to leave a fallback for the family. Now the family is developing very well, so it's a good thing you don't need to help."
"I see! Then I'm relieved. By the way, Lord En, did you come to see me for something this time?"
Uchiha En nodded and took out the letter Minato Namikaze had written for him.
The Daimyo took the letter, quickly skimmed it, and said: "These Kumogakure Ninja are going too far. Lord En, what do you think we should do?"
"Of course, we'll teach them a harsh lesson."
"I understand, Lord En. Don't worry, I will support Konoha in this war."
Uchiha En nodded.
Then the Daimyo asked about some changes in the Uchiha Clan, and Uchiha En told him with a smile.
The Daimyo was very happy after hearing it, just like a wanderer who had been away from home for many years hearing news from his hometown.
No, not just like; the current Daimyo *is* a wanderer who has been away from home for many years.
Afterwards, the Daimyo wrote a reply to Minato Namikaze, and Uchiha En returned to Konoha with the letter.
Uchiha En teleported all the way and arrived back in Konoha at 10 AM.
At this time, in the Hokage Office, the Cloud Village Envoy was questioning Minato Namikaze.
"Hokage, you Konoha are going too far! Our envoy leader was killed by you just after eating and going for a walk. Do you want to completely provoke a war between our two Villages?" A white-haired Kumogakure Ninja questioned Minato Namikaze.
"We have already examined the body of your envoy leader. He died from poison, and this type of poison is a specialty of the Hidden Sand Village."
"Hidden Sand and your Konoha are allies; the matter is very clear," the white-haired Kumogakure Ninja said.
"You may not know, but our Konoha Ninja can read memories from a Ninja's mind, whether that Ninja is dead or alive."
"What do you mean?" The white-haired Kumogakure Ninja asked, He paused for a moment.
"According to our Anbu's investigation, your envoy leader was tricked by your own people into taking poison."
The white-haired Kumogakure Ninja's expression changed drastically upon hearing this, but he quickly composed himself and said expressionlessly: "Hokage, the body was examined in your Konoha, so naturally, you can say whatever you want. We will not acknowledge this result."
Minato Namikaze frowned upon hearing this. The white-haired Kumogakure Ninja's rogue statement made him quite angry; the anger in his heart was almost impossible to suppress.
"Then what do you want to do?" Minato Namikaze took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and asked.
"It's simple: either form an alliance with us, or compensate us for our losses, and this time, you'll also have to add another Byakugan, otherwise—"
"Otherwise what?" Uchiha En's figure appeared out of thin air in the Hokage Office and asked coldly.
"En, you're back? How did things go?"
"The Daimyo has agreed to our war with Kumogakure. This is the Daimyo's letter." Saying this, Uchiha En handed the letter to Minato Namikaze.
Minato Namikaze read it, nodded, and said: "Then prepare for war! It seems we didn't hurt Kumogakure enough last time; this time, we'll make them remember."
The white-haired Kumogakure Ninja completely panicked upon hearing this. He hadn't come to Konoha this time to provoke a war between the two sides.
Konoha had been constantly backing down and clearly had no intention of going to war, so why had things suddenly changed?
"Hokage-sama, you..."
"Hokage-sama? Heh! Just now you called him 'Hokage' directly! Now you're getting anxious?" Uchiha En asked with a playful look.
"You... I..."
"Don't worry! Isn't the Two-Tails Jinchuriki already waiting with her people in the Land of Hot Springs? Go tell Yugito that a few years ago, I could crush her and the Two-Tails and cut off the Two-Tails' tail! A few years from now, she won't even have a chance to resist in front of me.
Remember my name, I am Uchiha En!" With that, Uchiha En showed a slight smile, a smile that made the white-haired Kumogakure Ninja feel a chill down his spine.
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