[Naruto] Survival Records of the Warring States Period

The Kingdom of Fire, the Daiming's mansion.

Izumi Hiiragi sat blankly in front of the desk, his whole body shaking like chaff, looking at his sister in front of him with a pale face. Several powerful warriors behind him held him in place, making it impossible for him to break away easily.

Quan Jingzi was wearing a heavy dress, holding a bottle of wine in one hand, uncorking the bottle with the other hand, and walked up to her brother.

The maid on the side presented the wine cup in time. She picked up the cup and looked at it. She chuckled and threw it back on the plate: "This kind of thing is completely unnecessary."

"You think so, brother?"

Quan Jingzi looked back at him with a smile on her lips.

Izumi Hiiragi's pupils suddenly dilated, and he tremblingly begged: "Jingzi, I am your brother, I am your brother..."

"I shouldn't have sent you to the Kingdom of Wind. Spare me and I'll give you everything..."

Izumi Jingzi sighed slightly and interrupted the other party's begging for mercy: "Brother, you are a great name in the country. You should at least have some backbone like your father."

She put one knee against the table, stretched out her hand and leaned towards Izumi Hiiragi's chin to open it. She looked at Izumi Hiiragi who was struggling more and more unmoved, and the beads hanging from the complicated hair accessories on her bun. The curtain made a crisp sound as it shook.

"Oh, Yumi, come and hold it down for me -" She called to the maid who was accompanying her to hold down Izumi Hiiragi's mouth that she wanted to close tightly, directly pointed it at the mouth of the wine bottle, and poured the poisonous wine in her hand. While drinking, Izumi Shizuko sighed: "Even Shuichi-kun, who has not yet become a daimyo, looked proud and proud before his death."

"You——!" Izumi Hiiragi's eyes widened in disbelief upon hearing this, and he struggled even more fiercely. Blood began to ooze from the corners of his eyes, but as soon as he uttered a fragmented syllable, he was blocked by a steady stream of wine.

"That's it, drink, drink..." Izumi Shizuko patiently advised in a voice so low and weird that she seemed completely unaware of how terrifying the scene was. After seeing Izumi Hiiragi's unwilling and frightened expression, There was even a smile behind the expression.

Izumi Hiiragi wanted to ask what she had to do with the death of the heir of Kawanoguni, which led to civil strife in the Kingdom of Wind, and her return to the country, but the constant flow of wine poured down his throat made it impossible for him to even breathe.

He was pressed tightly on the seat, and his arms could not move. He was left with only two hands scratching the tatami made of straw, leaving traces of blood on the green tatami.

His perspective was gradually stained red with blood, and the curvature of the corners of the mouth of the sister he had never looked at before became wider and wider, becoming increasingly blurry.

As if she was sure that she had drunk enough poisonous wine, Izumi Shizuko laughed and raised the flask, her eyes and brows filled with madness. Before Izumi Hiiragi could catch her breath, she poured out the highly poisonous clear wine. Next: "You're welcome, brother, please drink more, drink more!"

The red cuffs painted with plum blossoms, the slender snow-white wrists, the gold foil decorations on the top of the building, and the translucent wine swirled and twisted crazily amidst the woman's laughter and in his field of vision. His consciousness gradually moved away, and the fingers with broken nails The severe pain from his internal organs seemed to remain in his soul, causing him to scream silently.

He seemed to have returned to the night three years ago when he sat in front of his father's bed and drank poisoned wine. The previous daimyo stared at him with his open and bloodied eyes. And the curse his sister had given him back then was integrated with the laughter in his ears now.

"...retribution!" These words flashed through his mind, and his struggling hands suddenly relaxed.

Izumi Hiiragi is dead.

Izumi Shizuko was still laughing, and Yumi let go of the meaningless deceased, quietly waiting for the master's instructions like a ghost, just like the day Akira Shuichi died, quietly waiting for the next arrangement.

Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking porcelain, and the wine bottle shattered on the pillar beside it. The woman's laughter also stopped abruptly.

Her hands were still supporting the table, and she kept her head bowed to slow down her breathing, but it was reminiscent of a beast before it launched an attack.

After a while, she seemed to finally recover from the murder and raised her expressionless face.

A coup is so simple, as long as you control the guards, you can do whatever you want.

Thanks to these people, they never dared to use ninjas as valets, and they never let ninjas participate in the planning of regime change, as if this would make those ninjas realize something.

She waved her hand, and her subordinates dragged away Izumi Hiiragi's body and replaced it with a brand new cushion. She straightened out the wrinkles on her clothes and sat down where Izumi Hiiragi was sitting at the beginning.

She seemed to relax at that moment, leaning against the backrest behind her, but her spirit was extremely excited and relaxed. Even the smell of blood close at hand and the stench of her brother's death could not disturb her mood.

The feeling of being the head of a country is indeed much better than being the so-called princess.

"What did Lai Shi say?" Izumi Jingzi asked calmly.

Yumi leaned over and answered: "The ninja who colluded with the heir of Kawanoguni three years ago has pleaded guilty and is being held in the prison of the execution center."

"Well, where are the others?" She responded lazily, and then asked about Izumi Hiiragi's family.

"They have all been executed."

Izumi Jingzi said nothing and closed her eyes. After a while she asked again: "Have you ever seen your family at home?"

Yumi was quiet for a long time and said, "Thanks to His Highness's care, I have met them and they are doing well."

"Have you asked about sister's whereabouts?" Izumi Jingzi asked again.

Yumi's eyelashes trembled slightly: "There is no news, it has been too long."

"That's it." Izumi Jingzi sighed calmly, opened her eyes and looked at the maid who followed her to the Kingdom of Wind three years ago, "Go down and rest first. You have been working hard these days, and there are still things to do next. busy."

After saying that, she laughed sarcastically.

If she were a man, it would be natural for her to become a daimyo after this coup. But she is a woman, and after the news gets out tomorrow, her relatives will probably want a piece of the pie.

She didn't mind at all. The Kingdom of Wind was already in war and had no time to care about the Kingdom of Fire. The Kingdom of Thunder in the north was at war with the Kingdom of Earth. She had plenty of time to deal with those who wanted to oppose her.

It is undeniable that in the future, daimyo from various countries will definitely start hiring ninjas to protect themselves personally. After all, no one wants to become the next Izumi Hiiragi.

She also didn't care about letting the ninjas realize that their abilities were enough to affect a country's regime change.

After all these years, if the ninjas had realized something like this, they would have realized it long ago. Where can the decision be made by all countries tacitly not involving ninjas?

Besides, even if those ninjas realize it, what can they do?

Putting all the energy into improving one's own force, not thinking about how to govern the land subjects, and struggling in the blood feud between ninjas, it takes time for the ninjas to break free from these cages.

At that time, what does this have to do with her, Izumi Shizuko.

"Satoshi Shimizu collaborated with foreign enemies three years ago to murder the Daimyo." The nobleman in front of you said something that made you find it extremely funny.

Three years ago, the daimyo died of illness shortly after the peace talks between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind. How did he become murdered?

Moreover, the boss who doesn't want to be a ninja, hugs his cat and bask in the sun every day, and at most thinks about how to sell books than the ancient village bookstore next door, can he murder a daimyo?

The eyes that say he is plotting against Uchiha are more believable than this!

If you want to talk about what happened three years ago, you only remember that Boss A Cong went on a long trip, but that doesn’t coincide with the time when the name passed away, and...

and many more!

When you realize it, your boss told you before he left that if he never comes back, you can find someone else to collect your salary.

If you remember correctly...

"...Lord Lai Shi?" you asked tentatively.

The other party hummed without retorting.

You said "ah" and was speechless for a long time.

Something feels wrong.

"What do you mean?"

You carefully raised your eyes to look at him.

It is known that the boss is a ninja and serves the noble in front of him. The boss should have followed his orders three years ago.

Then why today, three years later, he suddenly said that the boss was a big name who colluded with foreign enemies to murder him. He also said that the boss begged for your favor and asked you about Qingshui Bookstore?

No matter how you look at it, it looks like you are pushing the boss out to take the blame, and then pulling you in to temporarily take over as the boss of the bookstore.

"Satoshi Shimizu is dead, and I don't have anyone else who is familiar with the operation of the bookstore. Qingshui means to let you take over, and I will also send two assistants to help you." Izumi Yoshimi said calmly.

You cursed the other person hard in your mind.

No wonder the boss said you won't die.

It’s time to add a qualifier, it should be that he won’t die in the near future.

And send assistants! By the time the assistant figures out what happened in the bookstore, it will be your end!

However, if you don’t agree now, you will probably die together with your boss.

If you want to survive, there is only one choice before you.

"...I'm not too scared, but I may still need to ask Mr. Qingshui about a lot of things in the bookstore." You looked like you were crying with gratitude, feeling like you had confessed all the rituals you hadn't done in the past three years. , hoping to delay the time before meeting the boss and asking what is going on.

At this moment, you can't wait to go back to the cell that you disliked so much at the beginning.

Izumi Yoshimi laughed in a sinister way: "Do you feel that you are unable to take on this responsibility? I think so, after all, you are just..."

"Don't dare!" You almost break out in a cold sweat. "It's just that I'm afraid there are still some tasks that need to be handed over to Mr. Qingshui, and we need to discuss the explanation to the rest of the staff about taking over the bookstore... I hope you can give me some more time!"

……

You're back in your cell.

"Why are you back?" The boss asked you puzzledly from next door, but he didn't expect you to be back again.

You didn't mind being dirty anymore, so you leaned on the railing between the two cells, walked over to greet Boss A Cong, and asked him in a low voice: "Boss, boss, how much money have you saved over the years?"

Boss A Cong:?

"The store is not enough, do you need money?" Boss A Cong was silent for a moment, with a hint of condemnation in his tone.

you:……

"I'm collecting life-saving money!" You said angrily.

He didn't speak, and after a while he seemed to understand something.

"The ninjas outside can't get in, so give up."

He reminds you that the entire town is blocked by ninjas of unknown origin.

"There are ninjas in the town too!" you said anxiously. At least you know one. "When the time comes, I might be able to find a few ninjas to steal you out!"

"If you are talking about..." Boss Acong did not mention the other party's name, he shook his head, "She is just a liaison officer of the small clan, no one is in the town except her."

"Boss, you can't really wait to die like this! And the job you recommended seems to be good, but you will definitely die within a few years!" You suddenly felt a sense of sadness.

Boss A Cong lacked confidence: "...I persuaded you to open a store in Tanshu Town before, but Kentaro left easily."

you:……

"Well, boss, come here again, and I'll tear off those things you're wearing, so we can escape?" You put forward another idea.

Boss Acong looked at you for a moment and shook his head: "You have too many family members for me to take care of."

"I can leave without you," he added.

"And I'm tired of it too," he said calmly, leaning against the railing.

You stopped talking.

After a while, you asked him: "Boss, what does the bookstore represent to you?"