Building a Honmaru in the Ninja World

"Who knew I'd suddenly end up in the ninja world?"

The victim, Nakajima Atsushi, gave a bitter smile.

"At least the tsukumogami around me are kind and look after me..."

From far away came the energetic voices of the short sword boys returning from shopping:

"Atsushi will definitely like this deshedding paste!"

"If you ask me, cat grass is the best!"

"My magic wand is cuter!"

"Atsushi? Honestly, I never thought he'd become a daimyo. I'd never heard of anything like that before," Naruto sighed as he slurped his ramen.

"He really doesn't seem like the type to become a daimyo. But with capable retainers from his honmaru, it doesn't seem quite so absurd anymore." Sasuke gave his opinion and took the chopsticks his older brother handed him.

Guy asked Neji, whose forehead was smooth and bare, "So why did Atsushi decide he wanted to become a daimyo in the first place?"

Neji fell silent.

It seemed like maybe, possibly, it was because some sword-obsessed spirit had shouted that he wanted to bring his master the very best, and then...

And then things somehow ended up like this?

Theme: Persevering and striving to improve