When I brought Saionji Hanako back to her friends in Tohun, who were staying in the Imperial Capital, waah! This is the reason why people were excited about her.

　Her masked costume looks like a "ninja", and it seems that she lived up to everyone's expectations (as a looker).

　Especially Liv was delighted.

"You're a female ninja?

What?

Do something!　I don't want Eigha to be bullied.

　Liv cradles her tank top tits and shakes the masked female ninja's shoulders gingerly.

　Come to think of it, these two have never met before.

''Wha, what is it?''

Hey, Liv. Calm down. Saionji-san is in trouble.

...... Aigado, please call me Hanako.

Hanako, do something.

　You called me.

"Female ninja. It's a straw doll and a five-inch nail.

　The watermelon maid seems to have misunderstood something.

"My family wants to see a water column break through the ground!

　All right, all right.

Thank you. Can you explain to everyone what a ninja is?

Huh. ...... I don't blame you.

　As Saionji Hanako replied, Igarashi-san brought in a whiteboard from behind the shoji.

''Ohon ....... Then I would like to begin.


~ ~ Saionji Kanako's Ninja "Spy" Lecture

　In the Imperial Capital, there is an institution for training elite ninja called the Omitsu Sun Plaza School.

　There, every morning, the following three lectures are given to the students


1 The art of gathering information ......

2 Conspiracy ...... The art of information manipulation and propaganda

3 Counter-Intelligence ...... The art of detecting enemy intelligence and conspiracy plans and using them to manipulate the enemy's thinking


　A ninja performs a secret leap to achieve an objective based on these theories.

　When it comes to ninja, glamorous ninjutsu is famous, but it is only a means to achieve a dark leap based on the above basic theory to the last.

≪End of the lecture on "The Ninja as a Spy


""Wow!"

　Crackle Crackle: ......

　The ones who were happy to be there were Igarashi, Garcia, Nao, and for some reason, Watermelon.

　Chiyo and Liv, on the other hand, don't look too amused.

　Chiyo had already gone to the courtyard to train when the whiteboard appeared, and Liv is not happy with a pout of her lips.

''Yes. I thought that if only ninjas would come, the lord of Kiyama would be buried in the dark: ......

"Hey, hey. I'm not in any way trying to eliminate the Lord of Mount Yoshiyama, you know.

Really?

...... If you want to end it with force, you simply don't have to deal with the lord of the Yoshiyama.

　Igarashi says.

　'Yes,' said Mr. Igarashi, 'it is true.

　In the first place, the fact that Yoshiyama possesses Oni Island is also a historical fact.

　Until then, it was the demons who used their power to 'exercise control' over the island, but now that we have exterminated the demons, the current occupation is under the control of Tohun.

　If you think about it.

　If you think about it, historical possession is only "possession" because of the past executive rule.

　Therefore, if we continue to take effective control of Onigashima by force, it will eventually, historically, be "officially" our territory.

　This is how territory comes and goes.

　Well ......

　But I don't have any desire to expand the territory itself or anything like that.

In the first place, the reason we pay attention to Onigashima is because of its iron mines.

　That's right.

　So the easiest thing to do would be to ignore the lord of Kiyama and send Akira to start mining iron ore as soon as possible.

　In the meantime, the island will be ours.

　But that would be a bit too ungentlemanly, and it would also put us in danger from the center and the other lords.

　If possible, I would like to avoid unnecessary conflicts and negotiate for the 'iron' matter to achieve our goal smartly.

But I'm having trouble negotiating with them. They don't like me very much.

Ohohohoho ....... If it's only that simple, a little counter-espionage should do the trick.

What do you mean?

We can do the 'opposite' of how Eigado was hated.


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It's Igarashi-san. The dumplings from "Kiyama" are really delicious.

...... Yeah.

　One day.

　I was relaxing with Igarashi-san over a cup of tea.

'Oh?　Are they gone?　The Dango of Kiyama

Watermelon is out to buy now: ......

I can't wait to eat it. Eating it makes me want to become the vassal of the lord of Kiyama.

...... Dear Eigha, I know how you feel, but please don't think twice about it.


　By the way, there is a reason why this conversation is going on like a farce.

　I went to talk to the lord of Kiyama before, thinking that he would open up to me someday, but I decided to stop that for a while

"Praising the specialties and the lord of the Yoshiyama in the absence of the lord of the Yoshiyama.

　This was the plan.

　Hanako Saionji said.

Against Aigado, the ninjas of Mount Yoshiyama are the ones who will undoubtedly spy on you.

　He said.

How can you be so sure?

I absolutely do. The fact that you don't like Eigatodo also means that you are curious about him. It's a good thing that people want to do an "ego search" to find out what such an eagle thinks of them ....... You will find ears on the wall, eyes on the shoji and ninjas in the ceiling.

　Indeed.

　People are more likely to believe a gossip that is told in their absence than one that is told to them.

"She said you were a great guy.

　That's more believable than being told by him, right?

　If her findings were true, it might be an effective move.

'My lord!　It's a dumpling from "Kiyama"!

　While I was thinking like this, watermelon came back from shopping.

It's so good!

　I wasn't lying.

　It's true, it's good.

　But ...... it's not so much the shouting as the screaming, I felt rather sorry for the ordinary goodness of the dumplings.


　Of course.

　This isn't just a strategy to eat the specialties of the Yoshiyama area.

　When talking to the other lords, he also intersperses his respect for the lords of Kiyama with careful feeding.

　To be honest, it was very stressful, but I couldn't blame them as I couldn't think of any other way to deal with it.

　One day, however, he found himself in a smoking room during a break in the House of Representatives.

　During a break in the council meeting, I went to the smoking area, and bumped into the lord of Kiyama, who was wearing a peach hatchet.

'Ah ......'

　I almost retracted my foot, but it was so unnatural that I was forced to go straight to the ashtray and light a cigarette.

'...... Hey there,'

N......

　There was no one else in the smoking area.

　It's just the two of us.

　That's awkward.

　I'm worried because I don't know if our counter-intelligence is really working.

　But then...

Uh, the lady from Tokumo: ......

　And then the peach beehive speaks up and my heart jumps with a bang.

'Ha, yes?　What is it?

Yeah. The ...... would you like to join us for an evening meal tonight?　I think I misunderstood a lot of things about you.

　They're here!

Yes, I'd love to.

　Okay, that should put the pieces together!