The internal banquet of the Daimyo of Tori Country is actually almost like a family banquet. In addition to the Daimyo himself, there are also the only prince Heron, the only princess Toki, and the recently highly regarded Master Meng Zong.

Now, an extra "Count D" has been added.

Hanami Akira was actually a little curious. The "Hong Ming" who was also said to be the daimyo's confidant did not appear here. Instead, it was the wild bald man who joined in later, which was really confusing.

But no matter what, the atmosphere of the family dinner is still very good.

Prince Sagi, who secretly contacted Hanami Akira Sasuke and others, did not show any abnormality at all, as if the person who entrusted the ninja to investigate the "suspicious person" was not him.

The daimyo's wife died young in order to give birth to the twin brothers and sisters, and the daimyo had no intention of marrying again.

At this time, the daimyo was smiling and serving food to his children, but relatively speaking, it was obvious that Princess Ibis seemed to be more favored, probably because she was a girl!

Hanami Akira had already seen the daimyo serve meat to his precious daughter three times, but Lu only got a piece.

As if she noticed his gaze, the little Loli Princess Ibis turned her head and smiled sweetly at him.

"Thank you for the necklace, big brother. Ibis likes it very much!"

"I see, that necklace suits Her Highness the Princess very well."

Count D saw the bird-shaped necklace on Ibis' chest and praised it with a smile. Princess Ibis also smiled happily.

Although his father prefers the bald uncle, Ibis always thinks that the uncle has a weird smile, and it is this elder brother with different eye colors who is more good-looking!

Just looking at this face, Ibis felt that he could eat half a bowl of rice more.

Regarding Ibis's face-controlling behavior, Prince Heron sighed helplessly, as he was used to it.

He quickly glanced at Meng Zong, and then at the eaves and windows. He saw nothing, which was somewhat regretful.

Although he also knew that even if the Konoha ninjas agreed to accept his mission, they would not be able to complete it so quickly and break in directly, but he was somewhat disappointed.

Huh? No, just now, was there any dark shadow flashing outside?

Heron was stunned for a moment and looked out the window again. This time, there was nothing.

Is this an illusion?

…

Count D took in all this and raised his eyebrows slightly.

He had already sensed many uninvited guests, but he did not expect that Prince Heron's intuition was quite keen.

Uchiha Itachi has already arrived, but naturally, this genius cannot be so bad that a pampered ordinary person like Heron can notice that what is showing off is a group of motley crew with very weak aura and negligible chakra.

It seems that if he guessed correctly, tonight's family dinner is when the master was originally planning to take action!

Although he was aware of the uninvited guest, Hanami Akira didn't do much. He just smiled and listened to the nonsense of a certain bald man, while dealing with the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Birds, and then thinking about it in his mind.

Itachi was able to successfully build a spare ninja village, which was a win.

"Hanami Akira" is connected with Prince Heron and will become an important weight in the future. This is a win-win situation.

As for the third win...

Count D looked at a certain bald man and spoke to him with an affable look.

"I wonder if the donor has any doubts? Perhaps I can give the donor some comfort."

Meng Zong spoke to Earl D with a kind-hearted look, but in his heart he was already thinking about whether this nobleman could be his motivation to continue climbing up the ladder.

For a moment, Meng Zong's enthusiasm for Count D was even higher than for the Daimyo of the Bird Country - no way, in his heart, the Daimyo of the Bird Country was already a person destined to die tonight, and the dead person was not

It takes more effort to care about.

On the contrary, if he can establish a good relationship with this noble from the country next door, it will be much easier for him to seek the position of daimyo in the future, right?

However, there is no rush now. He needs to push a puppet and a target out first, and Hong Ming is very suitable.

When "Hong Ming"'s ambitions are exposed and he, as a "loyal minister", unites with nobles from other countries and domestic forces to impeach, Hong Ming will definitely fall, and then the world will be his!

Meng Zong silently looked at Prince Heron and Princess Ibis who were eating quietly, as well as Daimyo, who was smiling and picking up food for the two children, feeling a little pity.

Originally, he was planning to take action directly at this family banquet with no outsiders, but unexpectedly, a nobleman from next door suddenly came.

Meng Zong doesn't want to arouse alert from foreign countries for the time being. Moreover, Count D still has certain usable value, so it is better to keep it.

Meng Zong, who was not very strong, but his brain worked very quickly, moved a little closer to Earl D.

Originally, I planned to wait until he left before taking action, but maybe it would be a good idea to take action now?

He could let this distinguished guest be a "witness" - it was those lawless outsiders from the Bird Country who killed the daimyo and the prince and princess, and it had nothing to do with him, Master Meng Zong.

"Looking at the look of sadness on your brows, what's wrong with you?"

"Well, it's probably because I learned something very ridiculous and pity."

Count D also sighed pretentiously, meaning something.

"Master Meng Zong, you said that a person committed many crimes in the past, but later changed his mind and wanted to take the right path... He has obviously climbed high, so why are he still entangled with the past?"

"There are all kinds of people in the world. Some people repent of their past mistakes and turn around. Naturally, there are also people whose nature is hard to change and whose old habits are hard to change."

Meng Zong's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.

He prides himself on being cautious and careful, and he feels that this may just be a coincidence.

When people face factors that are not conducive to themselves, it is easy to hypnotize themselves. Like now, Meng Zong is looking for excuses to comfort himself.

However, he could no longer take such chances, because Count D stared at him with a smile on his lips and said softly: "So, master, which one are you?"

"I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Do you really not understand? I hid it for you because I admired your talents. Do you still want to be so wary of me?"

Earl D looked at Meng Zong with a smile, pretending that he was a silly Baitian who was "captured" by his charm.

"As long as you are willing to admit your mistakes and promise not to do those things again, all this can be forgotten, and I believe the Daimyo-sama will not mind."

"——"

Meng Zong's eyes suddenly became sharp and his thoughts became vivid.

Judging from the situation, this pretty-faced nobleman did not tell others about his information, but instead came to him to "admit his mistake"?

Haha, how naive and ridiculous.

Let’s not talk about Meng Zong’s IQ for now, but as a ruthless person who climbed from being a ninja to a powerful official, and also planned to kill the daimyo and the prince, there is no doubt about his decisiveness and ruthlessness.

At this time, the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Birds was chatting and laughing with his children and did not pay attention at all. In addition, Count D deliberately approached Meng Zong and lowered his voice, so no third person knew about their conversation.

It doesn't matter even if they know, as long as they never open their mouths!

"Clang!"

The sound of a cup being smashed was heard suddenly, and when everyone's attention was attracted, there was also a loud shout.
Chapter completed!