"Boss, what do you mean? Tell me clearly."
Several boatmen looked puzzled.
"Oh, don't ask. Anyway, whoever wants this ship can take it. I'm leaving. Remember, it's best not to return to the Land of Waves."
After saying that, ignoring the shouts of the crew behind him, he strode into Izumo Town and disappeared into the vast sea of people.
Early the next morning, Izuna walked out of his room on the second floor of the hotel and went to the lobby on the first floor, where the store served simple pasta and tea for breakfast.
"Did you hear that?"
At this time, a table of four people sitting behind Izuna was discussing something while eating breakfast.
"What's the matter?" another person asked aloud.
"The four clans of Watanabe, Fuma, Saito, and Onikawa have become affiliated clans of Uchiha and are now at war with Sarutobi and Shimura!"
"Tch, I heard about it when I came back from the northwest last week to deliver goods. Your news is already out of date," said another man with a mustache dressed as a typical vendor, with disdain.
"Ahem, tell me, who will win this battle?" someone else joined the discussion.
"Uchiha is already stronger than Sarutobi, and Shimura is even better. With four tribes now as their affiliates, they are even more powerful," replied one of the men, and the others nodded in agreement.
"No, no, no, the situation on the battlefield is complicated, and the stronger side won't necessarily win."
"That's right, even if the Uchiha win this battle, they can't completely defeat the Shimura and Sarutobi clans. Don't forget that their old enemy, the Senju, is still eyeing them from the east."
Hearing the group of civilian traders discussing the war behind him, Izuna couldn't help but secretly laugh.
Although not entirely accurate, what this group said had some truth to it.
It was very likely that Uchiha would win this battle, but it was impossible to completely defeat the Sarutobi and Shimura clans, meaning complete annihilation.
In that case, even if he won, the damage to Uchiha would not be light.
There was a high chance that the Senju from the East would take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack. Even with the truce agreement and Senju Hashirama, there was no guarantee that the Senju would not break the contract.
The best outcome would be to seize part of the land and resources from the Sarutobi and Shimura clans.
Boom~~Boom~~Boom~~
Suddenly, waves of shaking came from the ground, causing the hotel lobby to fall into a commotion.
"The ground—is there an earthquake?!"
"Quick, quick! Hide under the table!"
"My money bag! My money bag fell!"
Just when everyone was about to fall into chaos, the hotel manager ran out and explained, "Guests! Guests, please calm down! It's not an earthquake, it's not an earthquake!"
The ground was still trembling. Although it wasn't strong, the shaking of the tea in the cups on the tables was unsettling.
"Shopkeeper, what's going on?" one vendor asked, clutching his bag tightly.
The shopkeeper rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Everyone, you don't know. Two months ago, a monster appeared in our area. Sometimes it causes tremors like this, but fortunately, it hasn't entered the town where people live.
At first, everyone in our town was terrified, but in the past two months, apart from these occasional tremors, nothing else has happened, so there's no need to be overly scared."
"Monster?"
Izuna raised an eyebrow and asked, "Shopkeeper, what does that monster look like?"
The shopkeeper was startled and tried to stop him: "Sir, please don't mess around. Last time, a brave hunter from our town ran toward the direction of the vibrations, and the result..."
Izuna tossed a tael of silver toward the shopkeeper. "Is this enough?"
The shopkeeper eyed the silver, quickly smiled, and said, "Ah ha ha ha, that's enough, that's enough."
Quickly pocketing the silver, the hotel manager continued, "After the hunter came back, he was so scared he didn't eat for three days. When we finally asked him about it, he said there was a monster at the waterfall in Izumo Valley—cow's head, octopus tail, and as big as a mountain. The monster just glanced at him, and he was so frightened that he ran away..."
Before the shopkeeper could finish, Izuna suddenly stood up and strode out.
"What a weirdo," everyone in the lobby thought to themselves as they watched Izuna leave.
Even though the shopkeeper assured everyone, the occasional shaking was unsettling, so most people chose to pay quickly and leave.
(End of the Chapter).
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