308. Use yourself to save others
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Tian Gan Sheng Tu
The Third Raikage sat up straight and stared straight at Tsunade, with a serious look on his face and a low voice:
"Subverting the ninja world? Tsunade, are you being alarmist? Don't say I don't believe it, the others here probably don't believe it either."
The Third Raikage looked around and continued: "Rather than saying that Uchiha Madara is secretly plotting to subvert the ninja world, it is better to say that it is you! When it comes to subverting the ninja world, in the current ninja world, you are the only one in Konoha who has such strength. !”
The words of the Third Raikage were very impactful, and Tsunade's expression changed slightly after listening to them.
Don't tell me, at this moment she actually felt that what the Third Raikage said made sense...what a ghost!
Konoha has never thought about subverting the ninja world. She did not, her grandfather did not, her second grandfather did not, and her teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi did not. The third Raikage is just talking nonsense!
Tsunade stood up from her seat angrily, glared at the Raikage, and scolded: "Your Excellency Raikage, don't make random guesses, let alone mislead others. We in Konoha have never had such an idea!"
"I emphasize again that Konoha will never seek hegemony, let alone bully other villages at will. I will not offend others unless they offend me. As long as we do not harm the Ninja world, the Land of Fire, or Konoha, we will never Feel free to take action!"
The above words come completely from Tsunade's heart. This is what she thinks. She does not pursue expansion, let alone unification of the ninja world. Her biggest wish is probably that there will be no more wars in the ninja world.
Of course, she also knew that her idea was naive, but she did think so. Moreover, even if peace cannot last forever, peace for a period of time is good. Ten years of peace is peace, and one year of peace is peace. Even if it is only one day, it Still peaceful.
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After Tsunade finished speaking, the whole place fell silent. They lowered their eyebrows slightly, as if they were deep in thought.
You ask them if they believe Tsunade?The answer is of course I don’t believe it!
Who knows if Tsunade's words are to lower their defensiveness. Now that Konoha has the advantage and is strong, of course they can say whatever they want. If it were the situation, they would say it.
But when they really have Konoha's current strength, their ambitions will be revealed, showing their ferocious fangs, biting off a piece of meat from other villages, or even directly annexing them!
Even they think this way, to judge others by themselves, but they don't believe that Konoha doesn't think so.
Hey, you want to lower our defenses and catch us off guard?There are no doors!
Onoki and others thought they had penetrated Konoha's conspiracy, and laughed in their hearts, and said calmly: "Okay, Tsunade, don't say this anymore, let's continue talking about the Five Shadows Conference."
Tsunade's momentum froze, and she couldn't help but curse in her heart, Ohnoki, you are a troublemaker, you have to disrupt the situation, right?
Even if you think about it with your buttocks, these people are trying to judge a gentleman's belly with their villain's heart again!
snort!a bunch of idiots!
If Konoha really had what they thought, they wouldn't have waited until now. Do you really think Konoha doesn't have the ability to unify the ninja world?Wrong, as early as the founding of Konoha, when the first Hokage was still alive and Uchiha Madara had not betrayed Konoha, Konoha already had the ability to unify the ninja world, but the first Hokage and Uchiha Madara had a falling out. !
Tsunade was too lazy to argue with them, silently rolled her eyes, and then said: "As for the details, someone will send them to you later, and you will read them. We will talk about the details later. As for now, let's just concentrate on reading. Let’s compete.”
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Unknowingly, while they were communicating, the contestants for this game had silently arrived on the field.
In the center of the Konoha duel arena, Minato Namikaze, Vanilla Uzumaki, Kagero Uchiha, Shuichi Uchiha, Shizune Hinata, Ai, Kirabi, Yuichi Onishi, Naoki Takeuchi, Ken Sato, a total of ten contestants lined up in sequence. , stand in a straight line.
The auditorium was now full of people, tens of thousands of people, a sea of people, very lively.
Especially when I saw the contestants entering the arena, the field immediately erupted in shouts, the mountains roared and the tsunami shook the sky.
The loud sound made Namikaze Minato and others standing in the center of the field feel as if their eardrums were about to be pierced.
But facing the gaze of so many people, especially the shadows and famous names of each village, even if their ears hurt, they still held their heads high and kept their expressions unchanged.
"It's noisy."
Kirabi, the youngest and most talkative, cooed under his breath.
However, this sound was heard by Uzumaki Vanilla. Facing this opponent who was about to fight, Uzumaki Vanilla showed no mercy. She immediately sarcastically said: "Hehe, a brat is a brat."
The most taboo thing for a brat is for others to call him a brat, so Kirabi got angry on the spot. He glared at Uzumaki Vanilla and said angrily: "You red-haired girl, you look like a tomato, what qualifications do you have?" Talk to me!"
"Haha, that's better than you being a brat who wears stinky sunglasses every day."
"you……"
When it comes to quarrels, Kirabi is naturally no match for Uzumaki Vanilla. As the saying goes, three women live on the same street, but in fact, the power of one woman is not small.
Fortunately, Namikaze Enmon appeared and rescued Kirabi in time.
With a swish, everyone suddenly felt their eyes blurred, and when they looked closer, Namikaze Flame Gate had appeared in front of them, looking at them thoughtfully.
At the moment when Namikaze Enmon appeared, in the audience, on a platform with a wide view, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire waved the fan in his hand, and then said to the other Daimyos with his face half-hidden while holding his lute: "Look, Namikaze Flame Gate is here."
"Namikaze Enmon? The one standing in front of the team, is he Namikaze Enmon?"
"He looks so young. Is he really as powerful as you say? He doesn't feel as oppressive as Raikage."
"Hehehe, what a handsome young man. I heard that he and Namikaze Minato are twins. When I saw it today, it turned out to be true. The two brothers look really alike."
"It doesn't matter that he's handsome, but his talent is so good, it's really a blessing from God."
Several people were chattering away, not caring about what others said and just talking to themselves.
"By the way, I have a daughter who is similar in age to the Namikaze Enmen. Do you think I should marry her to the Namikaze Enmen?"
Suddenly, the Daimyo of the Country of Fire said something coldly, and several other people fell silent with strange expressions on their faces.
After a while, the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Thunder also said: "I also have many daughters. If the Namikaze Enmen likes it..."
"Come on, you don't look at yourself in the mirror. Don't you know what you look like and what your daughter looks like?" As a rare handsome boy among the daimyo, the daimyo of the land of water said unceremoniously. Launched a personal attack on the Daimyo of the Land of Thunder.
"Everyone, please don't argue with me. Your daughters combined are not as good-looking as mine. If Namikaze Enmen wants to marry, he must marry my daughter."
"Bah! Shameless, you are not Namikaze Enmen, how do you know what he likes."
"That's right, maybe he likes strong ones."
"..."
A group of people were originally just curious about Namikaze Enmen, but somehow, the style of painting suddenly changed and turned into robbing the son-in-law, and it happened without the knowledge of the person involved.
Fortunately, Namikaze Enmon didn't hear, otherwise I don't know what he would have thought. Fortunately, Kushina didn't hear, otherwise no one can guarantee whether she would have done something drastic.
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"Very good, no one was late, everyone arrived, on time."
Namikaze Enmon looked at the ten contestants in front of him and praised them without hesitation.
"You are the protagonists of today's game!"
After Namikaze Enmon finished speaking, the audience burst into warm cheers again.
Under the attention of thousands of spectators, Namikaze Minato and others all had smiles on their faces, and it was a proud smile.
Afterwards, goalkeeper Namikaze Yan looked towards the podium, the highest stand in the field.
On the rostrum, Tsunade understood. She nodded slightly to the other shadows, then stood up slowly, came to the edge of the rostrum, took a deep breath, and said loudly:
"Dear distinguished guests, on behalf of Konoha, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to you for coming to Konoha to watch the Chunin Selection Examination!"
Without pausing, Tsunade continued to announce: "Next, the 10 contestants who have passed the preliminary rounds will have a formal selection competition. Please enjoy watching!"
After saying that, there was another burst of warm cheers on the field. It was obvious that everyone could not wait.
When the audience calmed down a little, Namikaze Enmon's voice sounded again: "I'll emphasize again, the rules of this exam are the same as those of the qualifiers, that is, there are no rules, and the division will not be considered until one side dies or admits defeat. Win or lose.”
"During the competition, no one except me is allowed to interfere. Once someone interferes, the contestant who comes from the same village as the interfering party will admit defeat."
"Of course, if I think it's decided, I'll stop the game."
"Did you all hear clearly?"
The ten people looked serious, but no one responded.
Namikaze Enmon nodded: "Now, please, the contestants in the first round will stay, and other irrelevant personnel will leave quickly."
Before he finished speaking, Ai took Kirabi and others and took the lead to leave. Before leaving, Kirabi made a special face at Uzumaki Vanilla.
However, Uzumaki Vanilla had no time to pay attention to him at this time, but looked at Uchiha Kagero and Uchiha Shuichi with somewhat complicated expressions.
Not just Uzumaki Vanilla, but several other people had similar expressions.
After a few seconds of silence, Minato Namikaze showed his iconic smile and said to Uchiha Shuichi and Uchiha Kagerou: "Then it's up to you, so you have to perform well. Also, remember, the competition is of course Important, but mutual friendship is even more important, you guys... in short, come on!"
"come on!"
Uzumaki Vanilla and Hinata Shizune spoke one after another.
"I tell you guys, it's almost done. Leave quickly and go to the viewing platform." Seeing that they were still lingering, Namikaze Enmon had no choice but to urge them.
With so many people watching, he couldn't let Minato and the others desert in front of so many people without stopping him, right?He is a referee and must be fair.
"Okay, Onisan, let's leave now."
Soon, Namikaze Minato, Uzumaki Vanilla, and Hinata Shizune left together.
In the blink of an eye, only Namikaze Enmon, Uchiha Shuichi and Uchiha Kagero were left on the playing field.
At this moment, Uchiha Shuichi and Uchiha Kagero were standing opposite each other, with less than two meters between them, and they were looking at each other closely.
Namikaze Enmon was standing on one side. He smiled and asked, "Two contestants, do you have anything to say?"
Uchiha Kagero looked directly at Uchiha Shuichi and said calmly: "Shuichi, let me see what you have learned under Namikaze Enmen during this period of time."
Uchiha Shuichi responded: "Don't worry, you will see it."
"That's good, but... I won't lose this game!"
"Really? What a coincidence, I thought so too. Okay, stop talking nonsense and let's get started, I can't wait!"
"Come on then!"
After the two of them finished speaking, they released aura in unison, and soon, a wind formed around them, surrounding them.
Namikaze Enmon smiled indifferently, walked between them, and waved his right hand, "Then I announce that the first round of the competition has begun!"
After saying that, Namikaze Enmon quickly stepped aside and gave up the playing field.
Their eyes met, and in the next second, the two of them threw several shurikens at the same time, hitting each other directly.
Ding Ding Ding!
The shurikens collided in the air, sparks flew and their directions changed.
But at this moment, Uchiha Shuichi pulled back his right hand, and the shuriken that had lost control struck Uchiha Kagero again.
Under the sunlight, you can vaguely see several silk threads wrapped around the shuriken. It is these threads that control the shuriken.
On the opposite side, Uchiha Kagero did not panic at all. He made the same action as Uchiha Shuichi. It turned out that his shuriken was also wrapped with silk thread.
The shurikens of both sides flew around the field, and then collided again.
"Shuichi, it's better not to use such little tricks. In front of these eyes, these little tricks have no effect at all!"
"Writing round eyes, open!"
Uchiha Kagero raised his head slightly, revealing his proud pair of magatama sharingan eyes.
Uchiha Shuichi snorted, not to be outdone and said: "Kageyan, do you think you are the only one who has the Sharingan? Open it!"
Also the double Magatama Sharingan.
Just when the two opened their Sharingan, the audience's emotions seemed to be aroused in the audience, and they cheered instantly.
It was so enjoyable. The match had just started, and both sides used their Sharingan. They both had double Magatama Sharingan, and they were similar in age. No matter how you looked at it, this match was very interesting.
At this moment, even the daimyo who had been busy arguing just stopped and stared at the competition below with wide eyes.
"Stop the quarrel, stop the quarrel, watch the game first, and then discuss the matter of Namikaze Enmon after the game is over. If that doesn't work, call Namikaze Enmon over then and ask him his opinion in person."
The Dai Ming of the Land of Fire made the final decision. After hearing this, several other Dai Ming felt that this method was acceptable, so they all nodded:
"Okay, that's it. Call Namikaze Enmon over when the time comes, so we can have a closer look."
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"Subverting the ninja world? Tsunade, are you being alarmist? Don't say I don't believe it, the others here probably don't believe it either."
The Third Raikage looked around and continued: "Rather than saying that Uchiha Madara is secretly plotting to subvert the ninja world, it is better to say that it is you! When it comes to subverting the ninja world, in the current ninja world, you are the only one in Konoha who has such strength. !”
The words of the Third Raikage were very impactful, and Tsunade's expression changed slightly after listening to them.
Don't tell me, at this moment she actually felt that what the Third Raikage said made sense...what a ghost!
Konoha has never thought about subverting the ninja world. She did not, her grandfather did not, her second grandfather did not, and her teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi did not. The third Raikage is just talking nonsense!
Tsunade stood up from her seat angrily, glared at the Raikage, and scolded: "Your Excellency Raikage, don't make random guesses, let alone mislead others. We in Konoha have never had such an idea!"
"I emphasize again that Konoha will never seek hegemony, let alone bully other villages at will. I will not offend others unless they offend me. As long as we do not harm the Ninja world, the Land of Fire, or Konoha, we will never Feel free to take action!"
The above words come completely from Tsunade's heart. This is what she thinks. She does not pursue expansion, let alone unification of the ninja world. Her biggest wish is probably that there will be no more wars in the ninja world.
Of course, she also knew that her idea was naive, but she did think so. Moreover, even if peace cannot last forever, peace for a period of time is good. Ten years of peace is peace, and one year of peace is peace. Even if it is only one day, it Still peaceful.
······
After Tsunade finished speaking, the whole place fell silent. They lowered their eyebrows slightly, as if they were deep in thought.
You ask them if they believe Tsunade?The answer is of course I don’t believe it!
Who knows if Tsunade's words are to lower their defensiveness. Now that Konoha has the advantage and is strong, of course they can say whatever they want. If it were the situation, they would say it.
But when they really have Konoha's current strength, their ambitions will be revealed, showing their ferocious fangs, biting off a piece of meat from other villages, or even directly annexing them!
Even they think this way, to judge others by themselves, but they don't believe that Konoha doesn't think so.
Hey, you want to lower our defenses and catch us off guard?There are no doors!
Onoki and others thought they had penetrated Konoha's conspiracy, and laughed in their hearts, and said calmly: "Okay, Tsunade, don't say this anymore, let's continue talking about the Five Shadows Conference."
Tsunade's momentum froze, and she couldn't help but curse in her heart, Ohnoki, you are a troublemaker, you have to disrupt the situation, right?
Even if you think about it with your buttocks, these people are trying to judge a gentleman's belly with their villain's heart again!
snort!a bunch of idiots!
If Konoha really had what they thought, they wouldn't have waited until now. Do you really think Konoha doesn't have the ability to unify the ninja world?Wrong, as early as the founding of Konoha, when the first Hokage was still alive and Uchiha Madara had not betrayed Konoha, Konoha already had the ability to unify the ninja world, but the first Hokage and Uchiha Madara had a falling out. !
Tsunade was too lazy to argue with them, silently rolled her eyes, and then said: "As for the details, someone will send them to you later, and you will read them. We will talk about the details later. As for now, let's just concentrate on reading. Let’s compete.”
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Unknowingly, while they were communicating, the contestants for this game had silently arrived on the field.
In the center of the Konoha duel arena, Minato Namikaze, Vanilla Uzumaki, Kagero Uchiha, Shuichi Uchiha, Shizune Hinata, Ai, Kirabi, Yuichi Onishi, Naoki Takeuchi, Ken Sato, a total of ten contestants lined up in sequence. , stand in a straight line.
The auditorium was now full of people, tens of thousands of people, a sea of people, very lively.
Especially when I saw the contestants entering the arena, the field immediately erupted in shouts, the mountains roared and the tsunami shook the sky.
The loud sound made Namikaze Minato and others standing in the center of the field feel as if their eardrums were about to be pierced.
But facing the gaze of so many people, especially the shadows and famous names of each village, even if their ears hurt, they still held their heads high and kept their expressions unchanged.
"It's noisy."
Kirabi, the youngest and most talkative, cooed under his breath.
However, this sound was heard by Uzumaki Vanilla. Facing this opponent who was about to fight, Uzumaki Vanilla showed no mercy. She immediately sarcastically said: "Hehe, a brat is a brat."
The most taboo thing for a brat is for others to call him a brat, so Kirabi got angry on the spot. He glared at Uzumaki Vanilla and said angrily: "You red-haired girl, you look like a tomato, what qualifications do you have?" Talk to me!"
"Haha, that's better than you being a brat who wears stinky sunglasses every day."
"you……"
When it comes to quarrels, Kirabi is naturally no match for Uzumaki Vanilla. As the saying goes, three women live on the same street, but in fact, the power of one woman is not small.
Fortunately, Namikaze Enmon appeared and rescued Kirabi in time.
With a swish, everyone suddenly felt their eyes blurred, and when they looked closer, Namikaze Flame Gate had appeared in front of them, looking at them thoughtfully.
At the moment when Namikaze Enmon appeared, in the audience, on a platform with a wide view, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire waved the fan in his hand, and then said to the other Daimyos with his face half-hidden while holding his lute: "Look, Namikaze Flame Gate is here."
"Namikaze Enmon? The one standing in front of the team, is he Namikaze Enmon?"
"He looks so young. Is he really as powerful as you say? He doesn't feel as oppressive as Raikage."
"Hehehe, what a handsome young man. I heard that he and Namikaze Minato are twins. When I saw it today, it turned out to be true. The two brothers look really alike."
"It doesn't matter that he's handsome, but his talent is so good, it's really a blessing from God."
Several people were chattering away, not caring about what others said and just talking to themselves.
"By the way, I have a daughter who is similar in age to the Namikaze Enmen. Do you think I should marry her to the Namikaze Enmen?"
Suddenly, the Daimyo of the Country of Fire said something coldly, and several other people fell silent with strange expressions on their faces.
After a while, the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Thunder also said: "I also have many daughters. If the Namikaze Enmen likes it..."
"Come on, you don't look at yourself in the mirror. Don't you know what you look like and what your daughter looks like?" As a rare handsome boy among the daimyo, the daimyo of the land of water said unceremoniously. Launched a personal attack on the Daimyo of the Land of Thunder.
"Everyone, please don't argue with me. Your daughters combined are not as good-looking as mine. If Namikaze Enmen wants to marry, he must marry my daughter."
"Bah! Shameless, you are not Namikaze Enmen, how do you know what he likes."
"That's right, maybe he likes strong ones."
"..."
A group of people were originally just curious about Namikaze Enmen, but somehow, the style of painting suddenly changed and turned into robbing the son-in-law, and it happened without the knowledge of the person involved.
Fortunately, Namikaze Enmon didn't hear, otherwise I don't know what he would have thought. Fortunately, Kushina didn't hear, otherwise no one can guarantee whether she would have done something drastic.
······
"Very good, no one was late, everyone arrived, on time."
Namikaze Enmon looked at the ten contestants in front of him and praised them without hesitation.
"You are the protagonists of today's game!"
After Namikaze Enmon finished speaking, the audience burst into warm cheers again.
Under the attention of thousands of spectators, Namikaze Minato and others all had smiles on their faces, and it was a proud smile.
Afterwards, goalkeeper Namikaze Yan looked towards the podium, the highest stand in the field.
On the rostrum, Tsunade understood. She nodded slightly to the other shadows, then stood up slowly, came to the edge of the rostrum, took a deep breath, and said loudly:
"Dear distinguished guests, on behalf of Konoha, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to you for coming to Konoha to watch the Chunin Selection Examination!"
Without pausing, Tsunade continued to announce: "Next, the 10 contestants who have passed the preliminary rounds will have a formal selection competition. Please enjoy watching!"
After saying that, there was another burst of warm cheers on the field. It was obvious that everyone could not wait.
When the audience calmed down a little, Namikaze Enmon's voice sounded again: "I'll emphasize again, the rules of this exam are the same as those of the qualifiers, that is, there are no rules, and the division will not be considered until one side dies or admits defeat. Win or lose.”
"During the competition, no one except me is allowed to interfere. Once someone interferes, the contestant who comes from the same village as the interfering party will admit defeat."
"Of course, if I think it's decided, I'll stop the game."
"Did you all hear clearly?"
The ten people looked serious, but no one responded.
Namikaze Enmon nodded: "Now, please, the contestants in the first round will stay, and other irrelevant personnel will leave quickly."
Before he finished speaking, Ai took Kirabi and others and took the lead to leave. Before leaving, Kirabi made a special face at Uzumaki Vanilla.
However, Uzumaki Vanilla had no time to pay attention to him at this time, but looked at Uchiha Kagero and Uchiha Shuichi with somewhat complicated expressions.
Not just Uzumaki Vanilla, but several other people had similar expressions.
After a few seconds of silence, Minato Namikaze showed his iconic smile and said to Uchiha Shuichi and Uchiha Kagerou: "Then it's up to you, so you have to perform well. Also, remember, the competition is of course Important, but mutual friendship is even more important, you guys... in short, come on!"
"come on!"
Uzumaki Vanilla and Hinata Shizune spoke one after another.
"I tell you guys, it's almost done. Leave quickly and go to the viewing platform." Seeing that they were still lingering, Namikaze Enmon had no choice but to urge them.
With so many people watching, he couldn't let Minato and the others desert in front of so many people without stopping him, right?He is a referee and must be fair.
"Okay, Onisan, let's leave now."
Soon, Namikaze Minato, Uzumaki Vanilla, and Hinata Shizune left together.
In the blink of an eye, only Namikaze Enmon, Uchiha Shuichi and Uchiha Kagero were left on the playing field.
At this moment, Uchiha Shuichi and Uchiha Kagero were standing opposite each other, with less than two meters between them, and they were looking at each other closely.
Namikaze Enmon was standing on one side. He smiled and asked, "Two contestants, do you have anything to say?"
Uchiha Kagero looked directly at Uchiha Shuichi and said calmly: "Shuichi, let me see what you have learned under Namikaze Enmen during this period of time."
Uchiha Shuichi responded: "Don't worry, you will see it."
"That's good, but... I won't lose this game!"
"Really? What a coincidence, I thought so too. Okay, stop talking nonsense and let's get started, I can't wait!"
"Come on then!"
After the two of them finished speaking, they released aura in unison, and soon, a wind formed around them, surrounding them.
Namikaze Enmon smiled indifferently, walked between them, and waved his right hand, "Then I announce that the first round of the competition has begun!"
After saying that, Namikaze Enmon quickly stepped aside and gave up the playing field.
Their eyes met, and in the next second, the two of them threw several shurikens at the same time, hitting each other directly.
Ding Ding Ding!
The shurikens collided in the air, sparks flew and their directions changed.
But at this moment, Uchiha Shuichi pulled back his right hand, and the shuriken that had lost control struck Uchiha Kagero again.
Under the sunlight, you can vaguely see several silk threads wrapped around the shuriken. It is these threads that control the shuriken.
On the opposite side, Uchiha Kagero did not panic at all. He made the same action as Uchiha Shuichi. It turned out that his shuriken was also wrapped with silk thread.
The shurikens of both sides flew around the field, and then collided again.
"Shuichi, it's better not to use such little tricks. In front of these eyes, these little tricks have no effect at all!"
"Writing round eyes, open!"
Uchiha Kagero raised his head slightly, revealing his proud pair of magatama sharingan eyes.
Uchiha Shuichi snorted, not to be outdone and said: "Kageyan, do you think you are the only one who has the Sharingan? Open it!"
Also the double Magatama Sharingan.
Just when the two opened their Sharingan, the audience's emotions seemed to be aroused in the audience, and they cheered instantly.
It was so enjoyable. The match had just started, and both sides used their Sharingan. They both had double Magatama Sharingan, and they were similar in age. No matter how you looked at it, this match was very interesting.
At this moment, even the daimyo who had been busy arguing just stopped and stared at the competition below with wide eyes.
"Stop the quarrel, stop the quarrel, watch the game first, and then discuss the matter of Namikaze Enmon after the game is over. If that doesn't work, call Namikaze Enmon over then and ask him his opinion in person."
The Dai Ming of the Land of Fire made the final decision. After hearing this, several other Dai Ming felt that this method was acceptable, so they all nodded:
"Okay, that's it. Call Namikaze Enmon over when the time comes, so we can have a closer look."
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