At that moment, Fang Lan had already led a rge force to surround the three-story building at the heart of the vilge.

  With a cold gaze fixed oightly sealed doors and windows, Fang Lan raised his hand.

  In an instant, the soldiers sprang into a, quickly encirg the building from all sides.

  Nearly a thousand soldiers had surrouhe structure, and it was so tightly packed that not even a fly could escape.

  "Front row, attention!" Fang Lan barked.

  The front-line soldiers immediately focused, gripping their swords tightly, prepared for bat.

  "Ready the explosive tags!"

  "If they won't e out, we'll force them to!"

  Fang Lan's voice was ced with bloodlust as he opted for the quickest solution.

  The soldiers silently drew their explosive tags. At Fang Lan's signal, dozens of soldiers immediately attached the tags to their kunai and hurled them at the building.

  Thud, thud, thud— the explosive tags stuck to the wooden structure on all sides.

  Fang Lahe soldiers several steps back, waiting.

  Explosive tags, though oime-use tools, packed siderable destructive power. In a fined area, their bst could obliterate any target, but they were expeo produce. It was a heavy iment by the Hiddeo deploy such ons on a small scale.

  "Sizzle, sizzle!"

  A faint hissing sound began. The soldiers, gripping their ons, stood ready, eyes trained on the building as they awaited the explosion.

  Ihe three-story building, chaos was already brewing.

  "Boss, what do we do? We're surrounded!"

  A brown-haired rogue Shinobi, drenched i and clutg a rge knife, shouted anxiously, his face twisted in panic.

  "Get ready— we break out!" The cold, anding voice of the leader rang out.

  "Break out? Are you ihere's thousands of them!" The subordiared in disbelief.

  They kheir leader to be a man of brute force—quick to use violeo solve any problem. When things got difficult, he relied on sheer strength, never hesitating to throw his weight around.

  That's how they had been subdued in the first pce.

  But now, surrounded by thousands of enemies, he nning a reckless escape?

  The brown-haired Shinobi's face twitched. He wao ask if their boss had lost all sense of reason.

  "What? Do you have a problem?" The leader's gaze grew colder, his voice dripping with malice.

  His subordinates had long been ditioo obey his cruel demands. No one dared to defy him, even now. But there was no way they would actually follow him in this suicidal breakout.

  "Bunch of fools. If we don't break out, do you expect me to just sit here and wait to die?" The cold leader sneered, striding toward the window, i on charging out.

  He failed to notice that the explosive tags affixed to the window frame were primed to detonate.

  As he reached for the window, ready to make his move, several pieces of paper caught his eye.

  "Explosive tags?!"

  His eyes widened in shock, a wave of panic fshing across his face.

  Then—

  "Boom!"

  The building was rocked by a series of explosions. The entire wooden structure was torn apart in an instant. The cold leader, standing by the window, was ed by the bst, his body shredded and flung violently bato the room from the window.

  "They're ing for us!"

  Witnessing their boss's brutal demise, the Shinobi inside panicked.

  "Run!"

  At the first sign of dahey scattered like headless chis, crashing into walls, each other, and furniture in the room.

  "We 't go out! They'll cut us down!"

  One of them shouted, and the rest cowered, hiding wherever they could.

  But the fmes from the explosive tags spread quickly, and soon thick smoke filled the room, leaving no pce to hide.

  Outside, Fang Lan and his soldiers waited, patient and unhurried.

  Time passed, but the soldiers remained vigint.

  After about five minutes, someone ihe building coughed violently, attempting to escape the smoke.

  "Kill them!" Fang Lan's voice rang out coldly as he gave the signal.

  The soldiers rushed forward. Within moments, the remaining rogue Shinobi were sughtered.

  Though these rogue Shinobi still carried the title, their skills paled in parison to those of Konoha's fi.

  Soon, more Shinobi emerged from their hiding spots, only to be cut down one by one by the waiting soldiers.

  Half an hour ter, apart from five captured prisoners, the rest were dead.

  By the time Qin Yi and the others arrived, the fire had beeinguished, and the up of the entire isnd was plete under Fang Lan's and.

  "Your Majesty, the isnd is secure," Fang Laed, pg his right hand over his chest, his voice filled with pride.

  He khe significe of their success, and his excitement alpable.

  Qin Yi, Qin Xiyao, and the enerals couldn't help but smile, equally pleased with the oute.

  "Excellent weneral Fang Lan," Qin Yi praised with a nod.

  "Furthermore, we've captured five enemies alive. Whether to execute them or spare them is your decision, Your Majesty," Fang Lan said, pointing to the five Shinobi.

  Qin Yi sidered them for a moment. "Lock them up for now. We'll deal with them ter."

  "Uood!"

  Fang Lan gave a sharp nod, and the soldiers swiftly escorted the five dejected Shinobi away.

  With the immediate matters handled, Qin Yi turo the generals.

  "Brother, we o establish a kingdom here as soon as possible. This base is crucial for stabilizing and developing our forces." Qin Xiyao spoke with urgency.

  "Ie the locals, bring them into our fold, and strengthen our power."

  "Then, we focus on enhang the soldiers' bat capabilities."

  "First, we secure a foothold, then we pn our moves."

  The generals spoke with vi, but Qin Yi's face darkened, and a headache began to form.

  "quer the Otherworld? Are they serious?"

  Qin Yi thought to himself. The power of this world, as shown in ter years, was nothing short of godlike. Such ambition was reckless.

  "I reject this idea. Our focus should be on solidation, not overextension."

  Turning to Qin Lin, he gave a clear directive.

  "Gather the people on this isnd. Inform them that we are establishing a kingdom here, and invite anyone who wishes to join us."

  "Assign soldiers to hahe registration and ensure we keep track of the vilgers who join."

  "The most important task right now is to establish a funing kingdom. At the very least, we he framework in pce."

  He paused, then tinued with authority.

  "This framework must include both the kingdom and a Shinobi vilge. Both are essential."

  "The kingdom will be posed of civilians, while the Shinobi vilge will be built by us. We must quickly recruit talented vilgers to join the ranks of the Shinobi."

  "We will impose ris based on background, profession, e. Ah the necessary potential and drive bee a Shinobi."

  The room fell silent as the weight of Qin Yi's words sank in.

  Everyone uood the risks of such a bold move, but they also realized the potential rewards— this decision would undoubtedly accelerate the kingdom's development.

  (End of Chapter)

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