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- Matsukado-dano, the situation is not the best. Our troops have already exhausted a significant part of their forces, we can only restrain the pressure of the troops of the country of fire at the moment.

 

In an ornate hall, several people were sitting at a rather large table. Their concentrated gazes were drawn to a rather detailed map, where in several places there were porcelain figures of different shapes in two colors.

 

Sitting at the head of the table, a rather well-fed man, holding a fan in his hands, looked gloomily at the tip of a pointer held by a man in full armor. After a short silence, Matsukado spoke with a bit of dissatisfaction.

 

- Do you think it's worth retreating a little?

 

- This would be the best solution, so we can regroup the troops and reduce the load on supplies. Yes, and upon the arrival of all the ninja groups we have hired, we will be able to direct them forward.

 

The man in the armor spoke with seriousness in his voice, simultaneously moving several figures away from the contact line. Matsukado nodded after a while, taking his general's advice and looking at the man with glasses sitting next to him, holding a notebook in his hands, asked.

 

- Allocate more money from the budget for the purchase of everything necessary for the armies and ... – Shifting his gaze to a relaxed man in light armor, who, without any respect for the daimyo present in the room, looked at the ceiling. – Find the funds to hire more ninjas. Kagiyama-san, please take care of this.

 

The relaxed man, hearing the mention of his name, squinted his gaze at the ruler of the country.

 

- It will be quite difficult to implement. With the funds that you have allocated, I have hired the most famous and powerful clans and several small ones. Among them, the Uchiha will give us the greatest support, since the ruler of the land of fire hired Senju. As for the rest, they sent several teams each… Although Kaguya is probably an exception. But even if you allocate more money, their amount may not be enough. – Looking at the treasurer, the man asked. - How much money do you plan to allocate for my activities? 

 

A little surprised, the treasurer thought for a moment and flipped through his notebook, answered.    

 

- ... Unfortunately, not so much, the treasury is on the verge of depletion, so it's 20 million re at most.

 

- Uh-huh, so 20 million ... at most this will be enough to hire another full-fledged team of a great clan, or a dozen teams from small ones.

 

 - The more, the better. So focus on hiring small clans.

 

Hearing the harsh words, Kagiyame's eyebrow rose to the top and losing his relaxation, he looked at the speaker, who turned out to be the ruler of the country.

 

- Matsukado-dano are you sure? We ninjas are not ordinary people and we should not be counted in quantitative terms…

 

- I understand, but it's better for us to count on the number now. You said yourself that the Uchiha are ready to support us, so don't worry and focus on hiring small clans.         

 

Continuing to look at the ruler of the land of trees, the only ninja present in the hall, chuckled to himself and nodded his head, thinking to himself. 

 

"You don't understand a damn thing, Senju is on the side of the opponent... With such thoughts, I think this country will soon be gone. It's good for me that they will allocate me more money and I will definitely spend it where it should be… I remember that those hot springs cost several million..."

       

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Several dozens of blurred silhouettes were rushing through the forest at an incredible speed, which became quite common in this area. Jumping to the next branch of the tree, the group jumped to the grassy surface of the ground, waiting for something.

 

It was a group consisting of twenty people in white clothes of the same type, with light armor worn under it. On the backs of their clothes, a flash of fire could be seen enclosed in a quarter of a semicircle. In addition, the distinguishing feature of each person in this large group was white eyes.

 

After several tens of seconds, several silhouettes approached the group and stood in front of the Hyugas. They were three men in black clothes adjacent to the body. Their faces were covered with bandages, revealing only their eyes.

 

At first glance, only coldness could be seen on them, but if you looked closely, you could see that it was feigned and hid fear. A man standing in the center of the trio took a step forward and bowed with hesitation.

 

- Greetings to our Hyuga clan allies. I am Miroro from the personal protection group of the daimyo of the country of trees. My task will be to act as your guide to the city, please follow us.

 

From the abundant group of Hyugas, there was no response for a while, which caused the trio to be covered in more and more sweat, under the gaze of dozens of byakugan. But this silence did not last long, and coming forward a little, a middle-aged man with a faint smile on his face spoke.

 

- I will very well hope for your hospitality. But first, don't mind showing me the confirmation scroll.       

 

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Soon, a group of Hugues with slightly dissatisfied expressions reached the castle, settling down on a rather large area.

 

- How slow they are.

 

- What else did you expect from the non-clan.

 

Whispers could be heard among the group, which made the mood of the trio even worse. When the chief among them wanted to open his mouth to tell the general state of affairs, he was interrupted by a middle-aged man who had spoken earlier.

 

 - My name is Ame, I am the main head of the mission. From the contract concluded with us, our duties include two things. The first is the protection of your daimyo, the second is the exploration of the battlefield to support other clans. If you do not follow this agreement and try in any way to force someone from our clan to do more than what was discussed, we will complete the mission and leave the territory of your country. The funds are non-refundable.

 

- Um…

 

Not knowing how to answer, the man fell silent. His supervisor asked him to try to bring Hyugh to any additional actions. But apparently the captain of this group is quite experienced and the idea of the leader is a failure. 

 

When the daimyo guard wanted to ignore this moment and familiarize the group with the situation in more detail, Captain Hyug, whose byakugan had been active all this time, frowned, turning to the side. His example was followed with a slight delay by the rest of his subordinates, activating their dojutsu.

 

In less than a few minutes, dozens of silhouettes began to arrive quickly on the platform next to them. A second later, about fifty more people appeared on a fairly large-scale territory. All of them for the most part were dressed in slightly damaged black clothes, with the symbol of a white and red fan. Some of them had a variety of edged weapons, which showed traces of blood. Some of the group supported their fellow clansmen in their arms, making it clear that they were wounded.  

 

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- Oh, apparently their road was not so simple.

 

There was a soft chuckle from Captain Hyuga, was standing a little ahead, which was heard only by the three people standing next to him.

 

- Hmm, did they really spend the entire treasury to hire so many Uchiha?

 

Young man, whose face was decorated with a scar on his cheek, whispered the question to himself. The boy standing next to him, whose skin stood out a little white, shook his head.

 

- No, the enemy hired Senju, so the presence of a significant number of Uchiha is reasonable… Although their number is really quite large, there is probably something else here. Uncle, I think you should be careful.

 

- I understand... hmm, there are a few people from that fool Baru's group among them.

 

Hearing the mention of the Uchiha that interested him, Samato's eyes became interested.

 

- Uncle, what do they look like?

 

Slightly raising an eyebrow, the man continued to keep a smile on his face and answered.

 

- The one with the black hedgehog hair and the tanto behind his back, the one with the wound in his side ... - the slightly raised eyebrow of the man raised even more. - That girl with purple hair and missing eye and the young one with gray hair next to her, whose eye is also missing... Is it strange what's with their eyes and chakrocannals?

 

Hearing about the last mentioned Uchiha, Samato's gaze focused on people similar in description. Examining them, the interest in the eyes of the scientist grew more and more.

 

"Is it possible that these are the consequences of using izanagi or izanami?"