Chapter 156: The So-Called Guardian Ninja
After two days in the Fire City, the Fire Country's grandest festival, the Fire Emperor Festival, finally arrived. On this day, Minato Namikaze, the Hokage, will attend the grand celebration with the Daimyo of the Fire Country.
When the first ray of morning light shines into the earth, it means that the celebration has officially begun. Before the celebration began, Minato Namikaze had already gone to the Daimyo's palace, ready to participate in the parade with the Daimyo. As members of the Shadow Guard, Genma Shiranui and others naturally followed Minato Namikaze.
"Hokage, thank you for your hard work."
Seeing Minato Namikaze, the Daimyo greeted him cordially. No matter what, Konoha won the victory of this Ninja World War, and the Daimyo of the victorious country must be very satisfied.
"Your Excellency the Daimyo, you are polite."
Minato Namikaze responded officially.
"This is the Daimyo of the Land of Fire!"
Looking at the middle-aged man in front of him who was obviously old in his gorgeous clothes, Bingzu Leitong muttered quietly. This was the first time he saw the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
Liu Yu turned around and glanced coldly at Bingzu Leitong behind him, signaling Bingzu Leitong to remember his duties.
The parade started soon. The Daimyo rode in the huge sedan chair in front and slowly moved forward, and Namikaze Minato followed him. Following behind were the royal family members. The third son and the unruly Princess Himeko, whom Liu Yu had met two days ago, were also in the entourage. The unruly Princess Himeko had a bit of royal style after wearing festive clothes. Then came the various dignitaries and foreign envoys of the Land of Fire, and on both sides were the cheering people of the Land of Fire.
Liu Yu did not care about the official greetings between Namikaze Minato and the Daimyo, nor did he care about the various celebration programs on both sides, but focused his attention on the guards around the Daimyo.
There were four guards around the daimyo, three men and one woman. Unlike the others in the team who were relaxed during the festival, they all looked very serious and looked at everything around them with vigilance.
The first man was wearing a monk's robe, almost fifty years old, and the oldest among the few people, always half-squinting. The man behind was about twenty years old, with silver hair and a senbon in the corner of his mouth, which looked a bit like Shiranui Genma.
Liu Yu had met the remaining two people, the brother and sister who accompanied the third son to find Princess Himeko last time, but he didn't expect that these two people were actually the daimyo's guards.
The solemnity of the four people formed a sharp contrast with the ease of the people around them, but these people were undoubtedly very qualified as guards, and the daimyo trusted them very much, which could be seen from the daimyo's inadvertent glance at the eyes of several people.
Perhaps stimulated by their peers, Shiranui Genma, Heizu Leitong and Die Iwashi were very serious at this moment. As the guard of the Hokage, he naturally cannot lose to the guard of the Daimyo.
"Very strong!"
This is Liu Yu's first impression of the few people. The few people are of different ages and dresses, but they have one thing in common, that is, they all have a piece of "fire" waist cloth hanging around their waists.
"Are they the guardians directly under the Daimyo?"
Looking at the "fire" waist cloths on the waists of the few people, Liu Yu couldn't help but guess.
"The Twelve Guardian Ninjas" are the twelve elite ninjas responsible for protecting the Daimyo of the Land of Fire. They are private independent direct forces under the command of the Daimyo. There is not much mention of this organization in the original work. It is only known that Asuma and the abbot of the Fire Temple, Ji Lu, once belonged to this organization.
When Asuma was still in the Twelve Guardian Ninjas, the Twelve Guardian Ninjas split into a conservative faction headed by Asuma and a radical faction headed by Kazuma. Kazuma failed to assassinate the Daimyo and confronted Asuma and his party, which eventually caused a large number of casualties, and the "Twelve Guardian Ninjas" were completely disbanded. However, this disbandment should refer to the disbandment of the Twelve Guardian Ninjas of Asuma's generation.
In the original work, Nara Shikamaru was invited to join the "Twelve Guardian Ninjas" after Asuma's death, but was rejected by Shikamaru himself. However, this also shows that the personnel of the "Twelve Guardian Ninjas" organization are not fixed, but are supplemented and replaced at any time.
After the civil war of the "Twelve Guardian Ninjas" ended, Asuma and Ji Lu chose to leave. At that time, the daimyo should have started to form a new generation of guardian ninjas. After all, the work of protecting the daimyo could not be left unattended with the departure of Asuma and Ji Lu.
Since the Guardian Ninja is an organization with replaceable personnel, it means that Asuma is not a member of the first Guardian Ninja, and it is not surprising that several Guardian Ninjas appear at this time. It is even possible that the Guardian Ninjas at this time are not twelve people at all, nor are they called the Twelve Guardian Ninjas.
As for the sources of the guardian ninja personnel, they come from various places within the Land of Fire. There are ninja monks from the Fire Temple, which has been passed down for thousands of years, and elite jonin from Konoha, but more of them come from other ninja families scattered within the Land of Fire.
Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha opened the era of ninja villages, and major families formed ninja villages one after another. But not all ninja families chose to join the ninja village organization of their country. There are still some ninja families that are independent in various places (such as the Tsuchigumo clan).
But the rise of ninja villages is inevitable. Ninja families that have never joined ninja villages have rapidly declined. They have no choice but to commit themselves to the daimyo of various countries and become an important fighting force in the hands of the daimyo. These ninja families attached to the daimyo have also become an important force for the daimyo to balance the ninja villages they belong to.
Just like the twelve guardian ninjas of the daimyo of the Land of Fire in the original work, except for Asuma and Jilu who have clear sources, where do the remaining ten guardian ninjas come from? The only thing Liu Yu can think of is the various ninja families attached to the Land of Fire.
Just like the back of the clothes that the brother and sister wore, there was a black six-pointed star. If I guessed correctly, it should be the family emblem of the family that the brother and sister belonged to.
And the elite ninja guards like the "Twelve Guardian Ninjas" who were directly under the daimyo and responsible for the personal safety of the daimyo, Liu Yu believed that they also existed in the other four major countries.
Noticing that Liu Yu was looking at them, the old monk who seemed to be from the Fire Temple was indifferent. The brother and sister who met last time smiled back at Liu Yu, and finally the man holding the thousand books snorted slightly and glanced at Liu Yu coldly.
"Is it starting now?"
Noticing the man's attitude, Liu Yu couldn't help but frowned. He didn't expect that some of the guardian ninjas at this time were dissatisfied with the Konoha ninjas. It was not a temporary thing for the twelve guardian ninjas in the future to split into two factions.
"Forget it! What does this have to do with me? Let Asuma solve this kind of trouble!"
Thinking of this, Liu Yu no longer paid attention to the daimyo's guardian ninjas, but instead observed the cheering crowd around him. Not to mention, this really made Liu Yu discover an acquaintance. In the crowd, Liu Yu saw his first client after becoming a jonin, Bang Rijian.
Feeling Liu Yu's gaze, Bang Rijian's mouth corners slightly raised and smiled back at Liu Yu.
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