Chapter 286: The Uchiha Clan Elder Lodges a Protest
"Because you're too weak. That's why they don't take you seriously," Li Jiexuan sneered. "You need a real ninja army to place the entire Land of Artisans under militarized control."
Hearing this, Seimei shook his head helplessly. "But there's no way. Several of the key ministers who control the army have already betrayed me…"
"Which is exactly why you need a brand-new army!"
Li Jiexuan smiled as he sent a letter to XuanLord Town. "Over there, a powerful army is waiting for you to take command of it as long as you nod your head…"
Did Seimei even have a choice?
If he refused, even if he got through this crisis, he would still be pushed out of the Land of Artisans. If he agreed, at least he could keep the daimyo's throne.
Even knowing full well that this was inviting a wolf into his house, he had no other option. From beginning to end, humans were creatures that fell into the abyss one step at a time like this…
With that, Seimei could now be considered one of their own. But even one of their own still had to honor the wager…
As the founder of the Land of Artisans, Seimei's craftsmanship was naturally excellent. It didn't take him long to realize that what restricted the induction coil wasn't technique, but materials.
"At the northernmost edge of the South Sea, I once saw a piece of meteorite iron that fell from the heavens," Seimei said thoughtfully. "That meteorite seemed to have the ability to attract lightning. Thunder would constantly strike it from the sky, yet it suffered no damage at all…"
Ding…
Mission triggered: Obtain the Thunder-Attracting Meteorite Iron.
Mission details: What heaven gives and you do not take, you will suffer for it. Retrieve the thunder-attracting meteorite iron from the farthest edge of the South Sea.
Mission reward: One Kage-tier treasure chest, 10,000 points.
"I was wondering why the system hadn't reacted after so much happened," Li Jiexuan muttered in complaint. "So it was waiting for me here?"
However, since the system had issued the mission, it seemed this thunder-attracting meteorite iron truly existed. The strange part was…
Such a simple treasure retrieval mission was offering a reward as generous as a Kage-tier treasure chest?
There was likely another reason hidden behind this!
Still, a true man roamed the world with a sword at his side. Where could he not go? A mere Kage-tier mission was not something Li Jiexuan took seriously.
He set sail…
Li Jiexuan boarded the ship, preparing to depart, when an unexpected person came looking for him.
"Gengetsu Hōzuki?"
Gengetsu Hōzuki wore a serious expression as he cornered Li Jiexuan alone inside the cabin.
Seeing this, Li Jiexuan couldn't help but feel uneasy. Gengetsu Hōzuki had already watched the entire spectacle yet hadn't left. Had he discovered the cursed mark people in the Land of Water?
Or had he even seen through Li Jiexuan's intention to control the Land of Artisans?
If it was the latter, that was fine at worst he would withdraw from the Land of Artisans. But if it was the former, using cursed marks to control ordinary people was something none of the ninja villages would tolerate…
Li Jiexuan had even begun to think: should he kill Gengetsu Hōzuki, then hurry and run, hide in another time-space for ten or twenty years? If Senju Tobirama caught him…
Then he would truly be dead for sure!
Just as Li Jiexuan hesitated…
Gengetsu Hōzuki spoke with a serious and earnest tone. "What do you think of Kirigakure?"
"Uh, very nice. The scenery is great. Develop it as a tourist spot and you'd definitely make a fortune," Li Jiexuan replied casually, talking nonsense if the thick fog where you couldn't see your own hand counted as scenery.
Sunagakure would like to add that their endless desert was also a Five-Star Scenic Area of the ninja world…
At this moment, Li Jiexuan's mind was just like Kirigakure's scenery completely foggy.
What exactly was Gengetsu Hōzuki trying to say? Showing off his strength before a fight to intimidate him?
"Then what do you think about becoming the Mizukage?"
Gengetsu Hōzuki's single sentence was earth-shattering. Yet he looked utterly serious as he sincerely said, "Konoha lacks foresight. Kirigakure does not have such concerns!"
"When the time comes, killing Uchiha clan elders by the dozen won't be a problem!" True to the Mizukage of the Bloody Kirigakure, killing intent radiated from Gengetsu Hōzuki as he spoke.
The Uchiha clan elder would like to lodge a protest: Even if the Uchiha clan is wiped out, we absolutely refuse to be used as a unit of measurement for how many Hokage have been killed…