Chapter 185: Special Request, Vacation and Right Track
___________ POV Narration ___________
Yamada sipped an aromatic cup of tea as he sat down in his office, with the leaders of his village's clans all around the table.
"Lord Kage, with all due respect, making such a deal with the Red Dot is... Unadvisable at best..." One of the old men around the office spoke out, his shaky tone made it clear that he was no powerhouse.
The only real power within that village was Yamada, the Kage. The rest were mostly fodder, with very few exceptions.
But those decrepit old men still had political power and affluence, which was what allowed them to stand in Yamada's office in the first place.
"What exactly is unadvisable about my dealings with the Dark Brotherhood, pray tell?" Yamada was not one to go back on his words regardless, he had already struck a deal with Ken, and it was disrespectful to back down at that point.
"Well... The noble clans funding our village, as well as the Daymio of all surrounding lands, made it very clear that deals with the Dark Brotherhood will have to go through them first..." One of the other fossils mouthed off, his face twisting into a scowl.
No one was utterly pleased with the rulings of the nobles, but they were the ones providing the funding, so the hidden villages, especially the small ones like the hidden village of the Land of Keys, couldn't help but bend the knee.
"Hmph, what exactly was I supposed to do? Send a letter to the Daimyo and ask the Red Dot to wait for one to two weeks the very least to receive a reply? All for some occasional fucking field trips?"