Naruto, starting with immortality, I'm going to buy up the ninja world!

Chapter 106: You're not a buddy, yet you flipped the table first?

Hozuki Castle is a castle built on an island; though called a castle, it's more like a giant fortress.

The carriage took Tetsuya to the dock, and he was then transferred to a boat that took him to the island. Once on the island, Tetsuya realized that it was much larger than he had seen before.

As Tetsuya disembarked from the boat, he saw several people in uniform and a palanquin.

"You must be Mr. Tetsuya Chiba."

"That's right, it's me. You're from Hozuki Castle, aren't you?"

Tetsuya sized up the people in uniforms. The clothes they wore didn't look like what you'd expect from a ninja; they looked more like what prison guards in One Piece would wear.

"Yes, Mr. Tetsuya, our Lord has been waiting for you for a long time. He specially sent us to pick you up. Please get into the sedan chair, Mr. Tetsuya, and we will set off for Hozuki Castle now."

"Okay, then thank you all for your hard work."

With a smile on his face, Tetsuya calmly sat down in the sedan chair, which was clearly a modified prison cage.

It must be said that the scenery outside Ghost Lantern Castle is quite nice. The mountains and fields are covered with a plant called Ghost Lantern, which has orange-yellow fruits that look just like little lanterns.

He had heard Kakuzu say that the normal Hozuki Fruits were edible, but if you ate the white fruit, you would be paralyzed all over and it would take at least a day to recover. Usually, when the prisoners in Hozuki Castle didn't want to work, they would eat the white fruit to avoid labor.

The sedan chair traveled on and soon arrived at the Ghost Lantern Castle.

The imposing gate slowly opened, and two teams of jailers stepped out and lined up on both sides of the city gate.

The sedan chair stopped, and Tetsuya stepped out.

"Bowing, Your Excellency the City Lord!"

At his command, all the prison guards saluted in unison.

Wuwei made a grand entrance with a group of followers.

"It is truly an honor for me that Chairman Chiba has come all this way."

Tetsuya chuckled.

"Hahaha, not at all, I'm very excited to be able to come to Ghost Lantern Castle."

"Speaking of which, hasn't Daimyo already arrived? I haven't seen her."

When Tetsuya mentioned his name, Wuwei's face remained completely expressionless.

"The daimyo is waiting for President Chiba inside the castle. Please come with me into the castle, President Chiba."

He really just blurted it out without thinking. That old bastard of the Land of Grass, the daimyo, hasn't even left the daimyo's residence. How could he possibly be inside Hozuki Castle?

But it doesn't matter, he's here to overturn the table anyway.

"Of course, please lead the way, Lord Wuwei."

Wuwei smiled as he looked at Tetsuya and led him into the Ghost Lantern Castle.

As soon as we entered the city, the heavy gate behind us slammed shut.

If it were an ordinary person, once the gates were closed and they entered this Ghost Lantern City, they would likely be doomed.

Wuwei, who was walking in front, spoke up.

"Chairman Chiba probably doesn't know what kind of place my Hozuki Castle is."

"Of course I know. It's a famous prison in the ninja world, where criminals from various ninja villages are imprisoned. As the Lord of Wuwei City, you are a member of the Tianlao clan and have mastered the Fire Release: Tianlao. All prisoners who enter this Hozuki Castle will be marked with the Fire Release: Tianlao mark to restrict their chakra and prevent them from escaping."

"See, am I right, Lord of Wuwei?"

Wuwei turned around and looked at Tetsuya with some surprise.

"You actually knew all that? Then why did you come to Ghost Lantern Castle?"

Tetsuya smiled frankly.

"I came to Hozuki Castle at the invitation of the Daimyo. I'm not a prisoner, so why am I afraid to come? Besides, I'm not a ninja. Is the Lord of the Castle going to use Fire Release: Heavenly Prison on me?"

As he spoke, Tetsuya opened his arms wide.

"Then please, Lord Wuwei. I came here with the intention of sightseeing and discussing cooperation. If you insist that I accept the mark of the Heavenly Prison before we can have a proper discussion, then I will have no choice but to accept it."

Seeing such honesty, Wuwei laughed.

"Hahaha, I must say, President Chiba has quite the nerve. You're right, President Chiba isn't a criminal, so why would I use the Heavenly Prison Technique on him?"

"That's right, I'm not a prisoner, I'm a guest."

"Haha, that's right. President Chiba, please. I'll show you around Hozuki Castle."

At Wuwei's invitation, Tetsuya entered the prison area of ​​Hozuki Castle.

Wuwei led them to see criminals from various ninja villages, whose crimes sounded increasingly heinous.

But in reality, they were just a bunch of nobodys.

Truly powerful ninjas with special abilities would never be handed over by the major ninja villages.

Not only in this ninja world, but ninjas with special skills are also a resource to some extent, especially ninjas with special bloodline limits, which goes without saying.

Some powerful rogue ninjas cannot be contained in this mere Hozuki Castle, such as Kakuzu.

Even the reason Kakuzu was imprisoned in Hozuki Castle back then was because one of his hunting targets was captured and brought to Hozuki Castle. He came in to take that guy's head and exchange it for money.

"These prisoners aren't much to see. I've heard that there's a Box of Bliss in Ghost Lantern Castle that can grant people's wishes. Is that true?"

"Haha, I didn't expect President Chiba to even know this."

Wuwei laughed twice.

"The Box of Bliss does exist, but it is merely an antique passed down from our Heavenly Prison Clan a long time ago, and it has no power whatsoever."

"Oh, is that so?"

Tetsuya suddenly asked, stroking his chin.

"Lord of Wuwei, do you have children?"

Wuwei was completely stumped by Tetsuya's question. No, how did it suddenly jump to such a personal question?

"Not yet, I'm not married yet."

"I see, I understand."

Upon hearing Wuwei's reply, Tetsuya nodded.

He's not married yet, which means his son, Wugou, hasn't been born yet, and he hasn't gone to the point of obsession with that broken box.

He vividly remembered that in the movie, this old guy went berserk while fiddling with the boxes, accidentally killing his own son. Then, in an attempt to revive his son, he went around capturing people to feed the boxes with his chakra, only to end up reviving a monster.

Seeing Tetsuya's thoughtful expression, Wuwei couldn't quite figure out what Tetsuya was thinking, but at this point, he decided not to try anymore.

"President Chiba, let's talk about cooperation now."

"Cooperation? What cooperation are we talking about? No one from the family is even here, what's there to talk about?"

"Hehe, I am here on the orders of the Daimyo to negotiate with you. Now, our Grass Country is prepared to add another clause on top of the previous request of 50 percent."

"Add more?"

Tetsuya laughed.

"Add more? What else do you want?"

"Our Grass Country wants 20% of the shares of your Chiba Trading Company."

"No, how dare you ask for 20% of the shares? Even Hanzo the Salamander didn't ask me for shares, and the daimyo of the Land of Fire never asked me for shares. What gives you the right, the Land of Grass?"

Seeing Tetsuya's puzzled look, Muu smiled with satisfaction.

"Why should I? Because you're on my turf right now."

With a wave of his hand, Wuwei summoned a group of people shrouded in robes and wearing masks of the twelve zodiac animals, who blocked the way in front and behind.

"If you don't agree, you'll probably have to stay here for a while."