Chapter 98: The world does not believe in fairness, but I do!-Just Came Down the Mountain and Was Surrounded by Beautiful Senior Sisters(A Lonely Scene on the Desert)

How terrifying!

Standing close by, Ito Mi, who had been silent all this time, could not stop her long, slender legs from trembling.

Was this man even human? With a single slash, he had severed the old man's head. That man was one of Japan's ten greatest Shadow-level experts!

Fear surged through her heart, and Ito Mi could already picture the near future, in which she would become Ye Tian's second victim.

"Mas... master..."

"Please, seeing how obedient I’ve been, spare me, okay? I can do anything, and I can even do any position you want~"

As she watched Ye Tian approach with his blade in hand, Ito Mi's knees went weak, and tears welled in her eyes.

The man before her was more terrifying than the demons of Japanese legend. Even Ito Sasuke, in his hands, had been nothing but a pitiful thing.

If she angered him, she would surely die in excruciating agony.

No, she did not want to die. She had not even married yet. She had not yet had a happy family of her own.

Ito Mi struggled inwardly.

"Are you certain you can do anything?" Ye Tian asked coldly.

"Mm-hm, mm-hm! As long as it's your command, I can do anything!" Seeing that he seemed willing to relent, Ito Mi felt as though she had been granted a reprieve. She hurried forward on her knees and clutched Ye Tian's leg.

"Please, give me a chance~"

"All right." Ye Tian smiled and nodded. "Then I order you to prepare me a full Manchu-Han banquet right now."

Ito Mi fell silent.

If you want to kill me, just kill me. Why make excuses? Here, my neck is right here.

With a deadpan expression, she tilted her neck to the side, signaling for him to get it over with and stop making her wait.

"Haha."

Ye Tian could not help laughing, and then he unsealed Ito Mi's restraints.

"You are not of the direct Ito line, and you have not killed any people from Dragon Country before. I can let you live."

"However, death may be spared, but punishment cannot. My estate happens to be short of a loyal watchdog to guard the place, and you will take on that role."

At those words, Ito Mi's eyes lit up at once, hope rekindling within her.

"Yes, Master!"

"By the way, how much influence do you have within the clan?" Ye Tian asked as though something had just occurred to him.

"Reporting to Master, with the old man and that little beast gone, all the ninjas should, in theory, be under my command."

"Go and summon everyone you can. Kill anyone who refuses. Gather here in fifteen minutes."

"Yes!"

Having received her orders, Ito Mi vanished in a flash, while Ye Tian walked to the patriarch's throne and sat down in a leisurely pose.

About ten minutes later,

More than fifty ninjas arrived before Ye Tian in neat ranks.

"Your efficiency is不错. I am satisfied." Ye Tian looked at the obedient Ito Mi and nodded.

"Thank you, Master. I will work even harder from now on."

"Stop acting cute."

"Yes, Master..."

The assembled ninjas were baffled, staring in confusion at the exchange between the two. Most of them had never studied the Dragon Country language, so they had no idea what the two were saying.

But there was one thing everyone understood perfectly.

Right before the family head's throne sat the severed head of Ito Sasuke!

To the ninja crowd, that bloodied head carried more intimidation than anything else, more even than a nuclear bomb.

The tyrant who had once been so arrogant, so cruel, and so violent had now become a stepping-stone beneath Ye Tian's feet...

"Senior Sister Mi, why have you summoned us here?" one ninja captain asked anxiously. "You know the sweepers outside are still hunting us. If we don't flee now, it'll really be too late!"

Yet the effects of their obedience training still kept him from leaving.

"I called you here, of course, to save your lives!" Ito Mi snapped in Japanese without a trace of politeness.

"So long as you all acknowledge this immortal as your master, he can keep you safe and sound."

"Make your decision quickly. You don't have much time left."

As soon as those words fell, the ninjas' expressions changed drastically, and murmurs broke out among them.

Abandon their old faith and pledge themselves to a new master?

That was far too disloyal.

More importantly, why did Ito Mi seem so matter-of-fact? The family head had been killed, and as the adopted daughter, should her first duty not be revenge?

"Mi, you've truly disappointed us!" the ninja captain shouted angrily.

"We are the most loyal of all. We have always obeyed only the family head. Since you have betrayed your word, we can no longer obey you!"

With that, he turned to leave.

But in the very next instant,

Thud!

A dull impact rang out. The man collapsed heavily to the ground. Ito Mi stood over him with a sharp blade in hand, casting a cold stare at the rest of the ninjas.

"Obey, or die. Those are your choices."

"You have three minutes left."

In an instant, the world fell silent.

Only then did the ninjas remember that Ito Mi was the only member of the Ito clan to attain the rank of upper ninja at such a young age, and was even hailed as Japan's greatest prodigy girl.

By the standards of martial cultivation, she was already a mid-stage Heaven-and-Earth Realm expert.

All the ninjas here combined would not even be her match in a single exchange.

If even such a genius had chosen to submit to the young man upon the throne, and not even dared to show a hint of arrogance, then why should they cling to their so-called loyalty and righteousness?

"I am willing to submit to the immortal!" one of them cried, stepping forward and kneeling on one knee in Ye Tian's direction.

One stone stirred a thousand waves. Soon, the sounds of kneeling rang out one after another, and in the blink of an eye, all fifty-odd of them had knelt before Ye Tian.

"I am willing to submit!"

"So am I!"

...

"Well done." At Ito Mi's thunderous methods, Ye Tian could not help glancing sideways. Though still young, this woman possessed considerable command ability; she was a usable piece on the board.

"Bring them over. To ensure their loyalty, I need to use a little method on them."

Ye Tian instructed her.

Ito Mi's heart tightened at the words, and she thought, So it really is as expected.

Master truly does not trust these ninjas. He intends to place a shackle on them, just as he did on me.

If anyone here dares disobey an order in the future, what awaits them will be nothing less than a body exploding apart from within.

"I know what you are worried about," Ye Tian said flatly.

"Rather than worrying about the consequences of betrayal, you would do better to think about how much benefit loyalty can bring you."

"Remember this!"

"The world does not speak of fairness, but I do."

"Be loyal to me, and I will return to you a reward equal to your devotion."

The world does not speak of fairness, but I do...

Ito Mi suddenly understood. Yes, Master was the immortal Ito Sasuke had spoken of. With such immense power, how could he possibly need burdens like them?

In other words, Master was simply finding an excuse to grant them a chance at rebirth!

She immediately dropped to her knees and prostrated herself, crying out in Japanese:

"I am willing to follow Master through ten thousand generations!"

Seeing this, the others hurried to follow.

"We are willing to follow Master through ten thousand generations, and our hearts shall never change!"