Alexander, Douglas, and the beasts appeared in the sky above Iwagakure. "Hmm, it seems people haven't been living a good life lately."
"And he still wants a war," Douglas added.
"Yeah, his old head must be devoid of all intelligence," Alexander commented.
Then they moved down to the street level. Where people looked sad and malnourished. That's what war does to a country.
They were invisible so no one noticed them. Alexander's plan was to first win over the people and then defeat the main opponent. This way, after he takes over, no one will have a problem with them as everyone will already be happy.
But, Onoki had done a good job of demonizing Konoha among the normal citizens of the village. So, he started counter-propaganda. First, he started a few free kitchens and made Douglas the face of it.
For Douglas' identity, he was introduced as the new Daimyo after the last one went missing on a 'hunting trip' whose body was later found to have been attacked by a wild cat.
People loved him for what Douglas was doing, combined with his angelic charm he was a hit among ladies, old or young. Alexander kept a distant approach and only worked from the Shadows.
It only took them some months to fully win over the whole population of Iwagakure. Now, the people had food on their tables, their children weren't getting sick from hunger. Pending salaries of many Shinobi were paid by Douglas in an envelope with Douglas' thank you for your service card so they would know who was paying them.
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Tsuchikage's office,
Onoki knew about what was happening in his village. Initially, he let the rich man turned out to be the Daimyo do whatever he wanted as it eased up the load from his shoulders. But he soon found himself in a dilemma because now the man was people's favorite and many were already calling for Onoki to resign and let the man become the Tsuchikage.
He tried to get the young Daimyo killed a few times but all the shinobi who took the mission went missing. It proved that the man was not simple and either had some strong backing or he himself was powerful.
"I am in this situation because of this cursed box. Only if it would just open up." He cursed looking at a box lying in a corner of his office.
"Do you want me to open it?" A voice came from the window.
Onoki turned around and looked, "YOU! How did you get in here?"
"Haha, do you think only you can fly?" Alexander scoffed.
Then Onoki started laughing, "Hahaha, it is a blessing. Good thing you came here, now I just need to kill you and Konoha will lose."
Alexander disappointedly shook his head, "You are pathetic."
*Knock Knock*
"Lord Tsuchikage, Lord Daimyo is here to see you." Onoki's secretary informed and left as quickly as he came.
Douglas haughtily entered the office and went to the Tsuchikage's chair and sat down.
"I am deeply disappointed with you, Onoki. You have brought your village to ruin." Douglas said in an agonizing tone.
Onoki's eyes twitched seeing that he was being disrespected by a young man. "To what do I owe this visit, Lord Daimyo?"
War provoking acts - 6
Sin Percentage - 54%||
*Sigh*
Alexander predicted that most of the Ninjas in the world were in category three because killing people was part of their jobs. They had normalized killing someone to the point where it just didn't matter.
Onoki may have been a stupid man all his life due to his boisterous attitude which was further due to his meeting and fight with Madara in the past. But, it still didn't change the fact that he had gone out of his mind causing all these wars. He needed some lesson or punishment.
"Onoki, you say you can defeat me. So let's fight. One on one. No third party or beast involved." He proposed.
"What are the stakes?" Onoki asked.
"If I win, you will take classes from me about administration and follow my orders. If you win, I will give up Konoha to Iwagakure." He replied.
Onoki's eyes widened in shock and the appearance of such an opportunity. He didn't think twice and agreed, "I accept. Let's go to the public arena and fight there."
Onoki excitedly flew away. He also called his secretary and told him to inform the council and also the public that they can watch the match to bear witness.
Alexander quickly went to the arena, set the tailed beasts in nice seats, and waited for Onoki to arrive.
Douglas was also making his first public appearance as the new Tsuchikage. But they all were late for some reason.
Later, Alexander found out that Onoki had brought the Iwa Council to Douglas to pressurize him to not publicly reveal that he took over. They were apparently betting on Onoki beating Alexander.
Douglas, like any other superior, would, he fired the whole council and launched an anti-corruption investigation. They didn't utter a single word after that.
But, Onoki still planned to fight and get the public support in his favor.
After waiting for an hour and hearing a dozen complaints from ever pro-active Chomei about when the fun will start. Onoki finally appeared.
There were a lot of people who came to see the fight. Though Alexander doubted that they only came to see Douglas, their messiah.
No one was the referee in this. Douglas just shouted from his seat and the fight began.
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