Chapter 1235: Island Landing Operation (Part 2)

Chapter 1235 -124: Island Landing Operation (Part 2)

The Jonin of the Land of Demons responsible for this area looked deeply ashamed.

“It’s fine. No one would have thought they’d use this kind of method to destroy our foothold in the Land of Waves.”

Ichihime spoke calmly.

But those who knew her well understood she was already angry, just not showing it.

“I’m sorry.”

The Jonin of the Land of Demons kept apologizing.

“Report this to headquarters. I need instructions for our next move.”

If it were just pure assassination, Ichihime wasn’t afraid of that kind of tactic.

But if, on top of assassination, they were also going to carry out sabotage, Ichihime felt that just waiting around like this was worse than taking the initiative.

Next time, she had no idea what methods the enemy would use to further damage this factory that hadn’t even been built yet.

“Yes.”

The Jonin of the Land of Demons answered.

“Milady.”

Labored breathing sounded from behind her. Ichihime turned around to see Kado, who had run over gasping for air, his face slightly pale after the exertion.

Not being a Ninja, by the time he rushed here, things were already mostly over.

“Milady, how is the situation here?”

Kado looked down at the stretch of land ravaged by the pounding sea and asked.

“It’s already under control. You didn’t need to come in person.”

Ichihime said.

Kado wasn’t a Ninja. Him being here was almost useless, and on the way over, without sufficient protection, it would have been easy for someone to assassinate him.

“The factory is very important to us. I count as one of the people in charge. I can’t just not come.”

Kado said.

“Next, I want to move proactively. What do you think?”

Ichihime’s gaze swept toward Kado.

“Uh… wouldn’t that alert the enemy? And Lord Hakushi, over there, seems to think it’s still not the right time.”

Kado’s expression wavered.

“Then when exactly is the right time supposed to be?”

“…”

“Forget it. I don’t need you all for this. I’ll talk to the old man myself later.”

“Understood. But, Milady, you’d best not get your hopes up. Headquarters has a much stronger intelligence network; they’ll definitely consider things more thoroughly than we can here.”

Kado could only nod helplessly.

As he spoke, Kado shifted the topic, pointing at someone below. “By the way, Milady, please pay attention to that man.”

Ichihime was in a foul mood, but followed the direction of Kado’s finger. She saw an adult male whose appearance was ordinary in every respect, except for the cross-shaped knife scar on his chin, which was rather distinctive.

“Who is he?”

“A fisherman, Kaiza.”

“What about him is worth noticing?”

“He’s one of the members of the Industrial and Civil Cooperative, and based on my investigation, he might be a candidate who fits our plan.”

Hearing this, Ichihime raised her eyebrows and began studying this fisherman called “Kaiza” more seriously.

She had noticed him before. He was the only ordinary person who dared to act together with the Ninja of the Land of Demons at the most critical moment.

She had originally just thought he had a bit of courage, but now it seemed it wasn’t that simple.

“Then we’ll go meet him later.”

Ichihime nodded, then turned and left.

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After receiving the intelligence sent back from the Land of Waves, inside the Tenshu, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, who had gathered the Land of Fire’s senior ministers, wore a grim expression.

“Why did that bunch of idiots act on their own and do something like this?”

Faced with the Daimyo’s anger, the ministers all kept silent. They knew the contents of the report too, and they found the outlook of the merchants on the Isolated Island worrying.

They knew that the most dangerous part of the Land of Demons’ arrangements in the Land of Waves wasn’t that factory, but the Industrial and Civil Cooperative.

If that organization were allowed to exist long-term, the Land of Waves would carry a latent risk of civil war.

Yet the Isolated Island Merchant Alliance had flagrantly ignored their orders and gone off to carry out assassinations and factory sabotage… merchants’ thinking, through and through.

People like that, trying to build a “Country” in the Land of Waves, would go under quickly.

But it was precisely because these people were so short-sighted that they could use the Land of Waves as bait and later implement the annexation plan.

And now, because of that same short-sightedness, the Land of Demons would definitely carry out retaliation next.

If both sides kept relying on assassination and sabotage, the situation in the Land of Waves would be thrown into complete chaos.

The Land of Rain was already a mess; if the Land of Waves fell into chaos too… the ministers could only shake their heads helplessly.

“Fortunately, the Land of Demons hasn’t joined in the madness. It seems their deployment isn’t finished yet, so they don’t intend to muddy the situation in the Land of Waves for now.”

Reading the last part of the report, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire saw that the forces of the Land of Demons stationed within the Land of Waves had held back from taking action, and he let out a breath of relief.

“Lord Daimyo, we can’t just let this group of merchants run wild. If they continue to ignore instructions, they’ll only infuriate the Land of Demons and trigger an even greater calamity.”

“Exactly. Using a merchant’s perspective to handle affairs between Countries—these people have a very serious problem.”

They had already provided political support through the Daimyo of the Land of Waves, but the Isolated Island Merchant Alliance completely disregarded this and continued pursuing assassination and sabotage, leaving them at a loss for words.

“However, replacing them… isn’t such an easy matter.”

Although they maintained a cooperative relationship with the Isolated Island Merchant Alliance, the Alliance clearly had its own way of doing things and would not act entirely according to the Land of Fire’s will.

If the Land of Demons hadn’t intervened, then whether it was the Land of Waves or the Isolated Island, in the end they would both only become appendages of the Land of Fire.