Chapter 39 Preparing to Return to the Village

"Master Ryosuke, I really believed it a few days ago. The reason you came to meet with the daimyo this time was that the clan leader wanted to persuade the third generation to withdraw his previous decision and start with the daimyo."

It was already noon on the fifth day when Ryosuke and the other two left Kyoto City.

As soon as they walked out of the city gate, Hyuga Souji, who was standing behind him, couldn't wait to speak.

And next to Souji, Hyuga Xingcai also nodded, indicating that she also believed in his words yesterday.

A few days ago, Ryosuke excitedly gave a theory about national spirit and dignity to Tokugawa Shigemo in the daimyo's mansion.

His strong ability to incite directly made Tokugawa Shigemo sign some treaties that would help the development of their Hyuga clan.

For example, in the next few years, in terms of "private work", the amount of money given when hiring will be appropriately increased.

For another example, give their Hyuga clan a position as a guardian ninja.

Regarding these concessions of interests, Tokugawa Shigemo clearly stated that this was the Fire Country's way of compensating their Hyuga clan for their sacrifice this time.

Even if he realized that this might be Ryosuke's trick, he didn't want to bet on this possibility.

This group of ninjas had done these things before, knowing that they couldn't do it.

Spending money to avoid disasters, as long as they can maintain the current stable situation and let them enjoy the good life happily, giving up a piece of the cake is nothing.

"If it were ordinary officials, this matter would give them a way out. Under the pressure of the situation and force, they would agree without hesitation. After all, these literati are good at saving face."

Ryosuke was no longer as excited as when he met Tokugawa Shigeshige, and his mood was very calm.

"But a person in power like Tokugawa-dono, although he grew up under the influence and teaching of literati and scholars, he has been holding supreme power for a long time, so he is inevitably tainted with the greed of businessmen."

"No ordinary method can make him willingly give up his own interests, so I can only use the other party's lack of intelligence to cause him some psychological pressure."

Although it is a physical family, the Hyuga clan can also be regarded as a powerful perception family because of its outstanding ability.

For these reasons, the intelligence chain within their clan is very complete.

Many times, as soon as the Hokage's office makes a decision, the Hyuga clan can learn about the situation at the first time.

Therefore, Ryosuke, a member of the clan, can grasp a lot of information and can access the top intelligence and information of the Land of Fire and Konoha.

For example, Sarutobi Hiruzen has not yet informed Tokugawa Shigemo of this matter.

It seems that because of the issue of face, the Konoha high-level officials did not intend to inform the high-level officials of the Land of Fire.

They planned to make this matter a small matter, and after the corresponding compensation was in place, Konoha and Kumogakure would sign a confidentiality agreement to prevent the matter from being leaked.

And this gave Ryosuke an opportunity.

The plan to gain more benefits from the daimyo's mansion was made by him and Hyuga Hiashi together.

Although they avoided this matter in advance under Ryosuke's "foreknowledge", they had already anticipated the attitude of the village, and they were not so depressed in their hearts and emotions.

But since the village planned to fight for their interests, why not just take one more.

In this way, Ryosuke had this opportunity to go out of the village to experience and see the ninja world.

Because only the royal family can represent Hyuga, so he just happened to complete this task.

But it's a pity that on the way here, because the itinerary was relatively secretive, he didn't encounter any emergencies, and there was no practical opportunity for him to accumulate experience.

But... the way back is different.

"Master Ryosuke, the life of the daimyo is so enjoyable, why don't we stay a few more days?"

As soon as he left the scope of Kyoto City, Souji asked with some doubts.

They stayed in Kyoto City for a total of five days. Counting the journey, it was less than half a month. There was still a long time before Hyuga Hiashi gave them a month of mission time.

After entering the city, except for the first day to discuss practical issues, the second and third days... they were all entertained by the daimyo and many nobles, and lived a luxurious and beautiful life with them comfortably.

To be honest, this kind of decadent life is still easy to sink into.

At least these days, Souji enjoyed the feeling of being served from the moment he woke up in the morning until he closed his eyes and fell asleep at night.

"I originally planned to leave the next day, but in order to have more fun on our way back, I delayed a few more days." Ryosuke chuckled and turned his head.

Looking at Souji's appearance, he knew that this guy enjoyed the noble life very much.

But Ryosuke didn't want to care. Everyone has their own goals and choices. Hyuga Souji's goal is to live this kind of decadent and luxurious life, which is not bad.

Not to mention that this kind of life is really beautiful.

After experiencing these days, Ryosuke retracted his thoughts. No matter how extravagant and decadent this world is, it is not as comfortable as the previous life.

This relatively feudal lord life is still very beautiful, especially when standing at the top.

The degree of happiness is completely comparable to the era of entertainment information explosion in the previous life.

However... I still said that compared to practice, this kind of thing really can't give Ryosuke too much satisfaction.

"Fun?"

Souji and Xingcai obviously caught the key points in Ryosuke's words, and their relaxed expressions suddenly became alert.

The chakra in the body flowed faster, sensing and confirming the situation around.

"It seems that the enjoyment of the past few days has not made you forget that you are a ninja." Ryosuke turned around with a smile and continued to walk forward along the predetermined route. "Don't worry, no trace of the enemy has been found yet."

"But the road ahead is not peaceful. I hope you two can be vigilant. If you really want to continue enjoying yourself, you should go back to the village first."

"Have you received any news, Master Ryosuke?"

Although Xingcai is a woman, she is calmer and more mature than Souji, and can always catch some small details.

"No news, just my guess."

Ryosuke shook his head, "Do you remember that day, His Highness Tokugawa said that in addition to us, has any other family mentioned the matter of increasing the mission reward?"

"You mean... the Uchiha clan?" Xingcai frowned.

"It's just a guess, but there is a high probability that they will attack us." Ryosuke's voice was as usual, calm and gentle, without any worries about this matter.

After all, he had thought about this matter early.

On this trip, his first mission was to negotiate with Tokugawa Shigeshige and use the Cloud Village incident to gain benefits, which was very important for the family.

The second thing was his actual combat mission, which was very important to him personally.

Thanks to the book friend Wei Hualei for his reward and support.