Reborn in a Daimyo's court in Naruto

Part 19

And that was the only scenario, for otherwise, with their forces spent, they would be left wide open to an attack from the upjumped young lord. Basically, he is ending the bid of his grandson, and the only way to succeed would be an assassination.

It would be highly risky given their circumstances, yet they would be left with no choice.

"Though speaking of that, how were you able to learn of Lord Akihito's plans so quickly?" Tsukiyama asked suddenly, and he smiled as he looked up at his second son.

"The only way such a thing would be possible is if you someone...." His son didn't need to finish his sentence as he nodded midway through it.

"Indeed, someone in his retinue is not quite satisfied with the young lord."

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AKIHITO SHIRAHOSHI

The young jito of Shinoi rushed through the woods along with his retinue of about fifty men as they rushed towards the Western fort as part of their plan.

Everything until this point had gone exactly as he had planned, yet an ominous feeling had filled him for some time now. The news reports from the capital had also dried up as Kirin-san had exhausted herself after utilizing her kekkei genkai for so long.

They were now an hour or two from the fort when suddenly he caught a glimmer in the distance and raised his hand in an instant.

"HALT!" he shouted as he pulled on the reins of his horse, tilting his head to the side just in time as an arrow passed right beside his face.

BOOM!

"WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!" he shouted as his mind raced at this new intervention. They had taken up a new route specifically to avoid any confrontation with the Mahiro forces.

Yet, for some reason, they had known of their movements.

"My lord, they have surrounded us," one of his men shouted, and he realized that they had been caught in a trap. He looked around and saw themselves getting surrounded by armed men, and he knew that there was only one way for them to get out of it.

"MEN ON ME! WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH THE BLOCKADE!" he shouted as the men cheered up behind him as he pulled on the reins of his horse, hitting it with his leg as it roared before it began to gallop straight on.

He reached for his blade with his other hand and saw the sky glitter as one of the samurai's sent another arrow at him, and he pushed his own chakra through his blade and slashed it at the arrow.

"NINPO: World Cleaver!" he shouted as his blade cut through the arrow, his wind-natured blade cut through the chakra-infused arrow as enemy forces began to pile up in front of him.

He saw them get into formation as they put up their shields and spears trying to stop their charge and his eyes narrowed as he pushed himself off of his horse and jumped over them. His loyal horse followed up and jumped over the blockade as he somersaulted behind the enemy line, his sword back in its hilt as he pushed chakra into the blade once more.

A green hue appeared on the edge of his blade, as the enemy forces realized just what he intended to do.

"Get away!" one of their men shouted.

Yet it was too late.

"Ninpo: World Cleaver!"

And he swung his blade as once more, a green hue passing from it as it cut through nearly a dozen or so men gathering infront of him, cutting through them, their armors leaving nothing but a puddle of blood as his own horse's rode through the puddle, and as he was about to hoist himself up once more, suddenly he stilled as his horse fell down, and he noticed how an arrow had hit it.