Chapter 243: The Small Nation of the Wilds
"Pfft…"
A sharp kunai pierced through and killed the last guard. Noshimura used his own body to shield Yeshinke and Yeshinko tightly behind him. Yeshinke's face flushed red, yet there was nothing he could do…
At this moment, his earlier oath to protect the Daimyo felt like nothing more than a joke!
Seeing this, Wu Xie sneered and shook his head. "Noshimura, surrender obediently, and I'll guarantee the safety of your two children. How about it?"
Noshimura seemed somewhat tempted…
"Dad, you can't trust him!" Yeshinke gritted his teeth and roared. At that, Noshimura seemed to come back to his senses and gently shook his head. "No, I can't trust you!"
"Oh?" Wu Xie sneered, casually tossing his twin forks. "Then what do you plan to do? I can give you a chance."
At that moment, Noshimura suddenly snatched the samurai sword from Yeshinke's hand and pressed it against his own neck.
"I know you want to use me to open the gates of the Wild Nation. As long as you agree to let Yeshinko and Yeshinke go, I'll go with you!"
Noshimura's sudden move caused Wu Xie to narrow his eyes. After a moment, he nodded slightly. "Alright!"
Seeing Wu Xie agree, Noshimura forcefully shoved Shenkè away. "Shenkè, take Shinko and run immediately—run to the Land of Wind!"
"Father!" Shenkè cried out, tears streaming down his face, but there was nothing he could do…
"Go!"
Noshimura roared, the blade cutting into his neck and drawing bright red blood. In the end, Shenkè could only drag Shinko away, stumbling as they fled.
Seeing this, Noshimura tightened his grip on the sword and said coldly, "Half a day! Wait half a day. Once I'm sure they're safe, I'll surrender!"
"Fine!"
Wu Xie agreed immediately. Behind his back, his fingers subtly moved, and the eyes of two chunin squad leaders suddenly turned dull.
Two streams of flowing sand quietly crept along the ground, chasing after Shenkè and Shinko…
Noshimura was still too naïve. As an ordinary person, he had no idea just how terrifying a ninja's methods could be!
Seeing this, Li Jiexuan stepped out from behind a sand dune with a smile. With a single punch, he slammed down, knocking the two "little mice" hiding in the sand unconscious and dragging them out…
"Water Release—Urine Mimicry Technique!" A curved stream of water shot from Li Jiexuan's hand, splashing onto the faces of the two Bird ninjas.
"Puh—puh—?"
The two Bird ninjas woke up immediately, looking around in confusion. "What happened? Where are we?"
"Looks like you're awake?" Li Jiexuan stopped the technique, holding a space-time kunai as he smiled lightly. "Now, I ask—you answer!"
"Brat, what are you talking about?" "You're the one who brought us here?" The two Bird ninjas hadn't even figured out the situation yet and charged angrily at Li Jiexuan.
Five minutes later…
"Now, I ask—you answer!"
The two Bird ninjas, bruised and swollen, knelt in front of Li Jiexuan like two newborn quails, nodding frantically. "Young master, we'll tell you everything we know!"
"You should've done this earlier. Such gluttons for punishment." Li Jiexuan's expression eased as he asked seriously, "That Noshimura you were chasing earlier—is he a Daimyo?"
The two "quails" nodded desperately…
Seeing this, Li Jiexuan frowned. "But which country is he the Daimyo of? Why have I never heard of it?"
"He's the Daimyo of the Wild Nation, of course!"
The moment they said it, the two lowered their heads nervously. "You come from a noble background, so you may not have heard of it. The Wild Nation is a remote border country next to our Land of Birds!"
A small country next to the Land of Birds?
Li Jiexuan frowned, and soon the system provided the answer.
The Wild Nation—a remote border country adjacent to the Land of Birds. Due to its isolated location and weak national strength, it never appeared in the original anime!
In fact, if one carefully looked at the map of the ninja world, there were countless small nations scattered between the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth, acting as buffer zones.
Some, like the Land of Birds, Rain, and Grass, were marked by name, while others—like the Wild Nation—were so insignificant that their names didn't even appear on the map…