Naruto: I Roamed the Ninja World as a Woman

Chapter 214 Amamiya goes to Mount Kikyo

The days are getting longer and the nights shorter, and the weather is getting warmer.

The crops in the fields grew stronger and stronger, and the height of summer arrived quietly without anyone noticing.

In the official residence office.

Ayane Amamiya stood by the window, her hands behind her back.

From her perspective, most of the capital city of the River Kingdom was laid out before her.

It has been seven months since they entered the River Country.

The city beneath my feet today is completely transformed compared to when I first visited.

Because of chakra, ninjas possess destructive power far exceeding that of ordinary people.

But their productivity is equally impressive, and once they get going, their development speed is actually quite frightening.

For example, from Shippuden to Boruto, only about ten years have passed, but the entire Hidden Leaf Village has changed as if it were on a rocket, the difference is so great that it's unbelievable.

This is an extremely high level of work efficiency.

Ayane Amamiya is now experiencing it firsthand.

Under her dedicated construction efforts, not to mention the rest of the River Country, at least the capital city beneath her feet has completely disappeared from its original state of being a dusty, low-lying town, gradually evolving into a modern and magnificent city.

But that's not enough.

As mentioned at the negotiation meeting with Sunagakure a few days ago.

In her mind, the River Kingdom, situated at the crossroads, needed to absorb all the resources around it to develop rapidly, and then give back to the Rain Kingdom behind it.

As for why construction wasn't carried out on the Rain Country's mainland—

Firstly, the Land of Rain's mainland is too large, and secondly, with Hanzo, the true leader, still alive, there are many things that cannot be done freely.

Secondly, as the initiator of the Second Shinobi World War, any major actions taken by the Land of Rain would more easily arouse the vigilance and defense of other ninja villages.

Now it wears the skin of a river kingdom.

This could be considered a different kind of listing—a shell company?

With a creak.

The sound of the door opening and closing came from behind me.

Mei Terumi pushed open the door and entered, reporting to her superior: "As per your request, the ninja hospital has been fully completed."

"It's finished so quickly?" Ayane Amamiya exclaimed in surprise.

The girl thought to herself, "Even if a ninja is incredibly fast, they can't be this fast!"

All told, it's only been a little over a week.

Among the ninjas under her command, there was none like Yamato, a master who could build houses with his bare hands.

"Mr. Kakuzu mainly contributed a lot to it."

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Mei Terumi, with a hint of admiration, said, "Mr. Kakuzu is not only diligent in his work, but also honest and incorruptible. He is exceptionally strict in planning the use of project funds, and the accounts are so clean that even the Goat-senpai could not find any problems."

She was truly convinced.

It should be noted that Kakuzu had previously reported his age as seventy-one on the information registration form.

The other person is already this age, yet they still have such enthusiasm for their work.

With such intense competition, how can we leave any room for the younger generation to survive?

Ayane Amamiya couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The fact that Kagami works so diligently is partly due to fear of himself, but also partly due to greed.

He works on civil engineering projects under his own supervision.

He not only receives a salary from the daimyo, but also project bonuses, essentially working two jobs simultaneously.

"Now that the hospital is finished, let him get some rest."

Ayane Amamiya considered for a moment, then sighed, "If he doesn't go back, the daimyo still won't have enough leverage to cause trouble."

"Should I make you a straw hat inspired by the River Shadow?"

Mei Terumi sensed the murderous intent hidden in her words, and a smile involuntarily crept onto her lips: "With just your order, we can surround the Daimyo's residence at any time and support you as the new Kawakage, and even the leader of the entire Land of Rivers!"

"What River Shadow? It sounds awful."

Ayane Amamiya was somewhat speechless: "Don't you guys try to do things yourselves, or you'll end up making things difficult for me!"

"I get it. In the end, they just don't like this place."

Mei Terumi put down the documents in her hand and snorted, "People with family fortunes are so great. They can go back and inherit the Rain Country's assets anytime. Unlike me, I'm destined to be a laborer—"

As a child of the sea, she has always had a strong character.

Since leaving Kirigakure with him, Mei Terumi has rarely shown this coquettish side.

Seeing this, Ayane Amamiya quickly pulled her to sit down in her chair, then carefully and ingratiatingly massaged her shoulders, asking with concern, "Little Mei, are you on your period?"

Mei Terumi was speechless for a moment.

She closed her eyes, tilted her head back, buried her head in the girl's arms, and muttered, "I just think some people are heartless, ignoring all the big things in the Land of Rivers, and letting a female ninja from another village steal their souls, insisting on going to some Loulan." Amamiya Ayane suddenly realized.

So it turns out that Ye Cang's side leaked the news, which angered the secretary!

After the last meeting, Ye Cang revealed information about Loulan to himself.

Ayane Amamiya was particularly impressed by this place.

Loulan is a small country deep in the desert of the Land of Wind. There is a dragon vein in the country that contains a huge amount of chakra, which can even allow people to travel through time and space.

In the original story.

While on a mission, Minato Namikaze encountered his future son, Naruto Uzumaki, here through the Dragon Vein.

Ayane Amamiya was naturally very interested in the dragon vein.

She certainly knew that knowing about the future too early was not necessarily a good thing.

But predicting the future—

Who could refuse?

If she could be absolutely certain of her safety, she would even like to take a trip to the future.

Go and see for yourself what changes will occur in the ninja world under the flapping of its own butterfly wings—

It was just because of the negotiations.

Yecang first went back to Sunagakure with Chiyo and her brother to report back to the Third Kazekage about the negotiations before he could return and set off for Loulan with her.

"Actually, if you had the time—"

Before Ayane Amamiya could finish her polite words, Mei Terumi immediately replied, "I have one!"

Girl: "————"

She looked at Mei Terumi, whose eyes were narrowed with a smile, as cunning as a little fox, and felt as if she had stepped into her trap!

That's it.

It's fine if it's a threesome; it's not like I don't have the ability.

At that very moment.

Then another "tap tap tap" sound came from outside the window.

Ayane Amamiya looked in the direction of the sound and saw a strangely shaped seabird tapping on the window with its beak.

This seabird looks extremely hot.

Not only did he look weak and listless, but his mouth was also wide open, constantly exhaling like a dog.

"It is Elder Yuanshi's summoned beast."

Mei Terumi's expression changed, and she quickly said, "It should be news from Kisame Hoshigaki's side."

She quickly removed the scroll from the bird's leg.

Ayane Amamiya kindly cast a wind jutsu on the summoning beast that had traversed the desert, letting it feel the cool breeze and refresh itself.

A short while later.

Mei Terumi finished reading the contents of the scroll, her expression somewhat complicated.

"How so?"

"The elder said—"

Mei Terumi sighed: "Kisame can be sent away by the village on a long-term assignment, as you request, and Samehada can stay here with him. But there's an additional condition—"

Mei Terumi looked at the girl and said with difficulty, "When Kisame came, he brought some young ninjas from bloodline clans with him. We have to accept them as well."

Ayane Amamiya was taken aback by what she heard.

She wondered to herself, "Just what kind of angel investor is this old man, Master Yuan?"

Compared to the stingy Sand Village next door, they actually allow me to eat and take from Kirigakure?

This made even someone as thick-skinned as her feel a little embarrassed for a moment!

But when the girl looked at Mei Terumi again, she was no longer surprised.

This is essentially laying the groundwork for Mei Terumi, preparing for future rectification and her succession to the Kirigakure throne.

Thinking about this...

A thought struck her again, and she asked, "Is the Mizukage's purge of the bloodline clans not over yet?"

Mei Terumi paused for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Elder Yuan Shi told me that the Third Hokage might want to exterminate all the bloodline families in the village, leaving no one alive!"

"Amamiya Ayane was speechless."

From this perspective, the Uchiha clan massacre was not unprecedented.

No wonder Hiruzen Sarutobi committed such a heinous act in the future, yet the other ninja village kage treated him with such indifference, as if they couldn't even be bothered to mention him.

It turns out there was a legendary figure who was practically a specialist in exterminating entire clans!

"no problem."

"I'll take as many as you bring!"

Amamiya Ayane thought of the performances of Shiro, Kimimaro, and others in the original work, and then waved her hand with a heroic air.

But she quickly added, "However, what if some people don't listen—"

Mei Terumi didn't let her continue, but instead solemnly assured her, "As long as I'm here, they must obey you. Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed."

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Ayane Amamiya remained silent.

He could only give her hair a good wringer and remark with a double meaning, "You've really gotten fiercer and fiercer since you became my secretary!"

Unfortunately, Mei Terumi didn't understand the pun.

She quickly got into work mode, added this new job to her schedule, and made corresponding time plans.

"Your schedule is packed from now on."

Ayane Amamiya glanced at the packed schedule and sighed, "I have to settle the ninjas from Kirigakure, go to Roran, and also dig a hole for the Daimyo—"

Mei Terumi immediately became wary and asked, "You're not going to change your mind? You don't want to take me with you?"

"How could that be?"

Ayane Amamiya smiled and explained, "I just remembered something else—before we head to Loulan, I need to take a trip along the border."

As the River Country developed rapidly, it also attracted many prying eyes.

This month alone, Goat has captured forty or fifty spies.

And most of them came from the Land of Fire, either members of Konoha's Anbu or ordinary spies under its command.

Not only the goat, but even Ayane Amamiya was getting annoyed.

"Turning around?"

"Want to show off our strength?"

"Come to think of it, I haven't seen you use Dust Release much before."

Upon hearing this, Mei Terumi felt a mixture of anticipation and mischievousness: "Both to broaden my horizons and to help our good neighbor, Lord White Fang, calm down?"

Ayane Amamiya snorted and speculated, "These recent spies might not be Sakuya's idea; they could be Danzo's, or perhaps—"

She paused, then didn't continue.

Instead, he glanced at the azure sky outside the window and said in a deep voice, "But no matter whose orders it was—I have to make a trip to Mount Kikyo. I need to make these demons and monsters behave themselves for a while!"

Mount Kikyo is located at the intersection of four provinces: fire, wind, river, and lake.

Although the mountain terrain is not particularly steep, the surrounding plains and rainforests make it a strategically important location, a "key crossroads" in military geography.

Yes.

On the very first day that Ayane Amamiya stepped into the Kikyo Mountain territory, the countries of Fire and River were on high alert.

Even the friendly Sand Village hastily mobilized some ninjas to keep a close eye on Ayane Amamiya's movements.

For a time, the area around Kikyō Mountain was filled with panic and fear.

As a result, the civilians along the border of the four countries became nervous for no apparent reason and reduced their outdoor activities.

On the border of the Land of Fire, in the town of Kikyo.

This place was originally called Jiegeng Pass, and it was built according to the terrain of Jiegeng Mountain.

However, due to the decline of commoner samurai and the rise of ninjas, the traditional methods of warfare with cold weapons also changed.

Therefore, the outer passes and city walls of the town were no longer repaired and maintained, and the town was completely transformed into a small town.

Sakumo Hatake, who is stationed here.

After reading the letter from her son Kakashi, she saw information about Ayane Amamiya.

His brows furrowed immediately.

Thanks to Ayane Amamiya, Sakumo Hatake hasn't received any missions from the Hokage in the past six months.

Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed him as the border commander of the Kikyō-yama area, giving him full authority over the defense of the Land of Rivers and the Land of Wind.

Although it is somewhat far from the central authority, it does indeed hold a high position and great power.

Sakumo Hatake could not only freely mobilize three hundred ninjas in the vicinity, but also had the authority to command two ANBU squads under his command.

However, Sakumo Hatake did not like this kind of life.

Without him.

The pressure from that young woman was too great.

Especially when Tsunade returned alone, looking distraught, Sakumo Hatake didn't dare close his eyes for days and nights, staying on the front lines the whole time.

He is a person with a strong sense of responsibility and extremely high standards for himself.

The more this happened, the more he worried and dared not relax, fearing that something might go wrong with Kikyoyama in his hands.

"Lu Ming, what's your opinion on this matter?"

After reading the intelligence, Hatake Sakumo looked at his strategist—Nara Shikamei, the head of the Nara family in the contemporary Ino-Shika-Cho trio.

Logically speaking, as the leader of the Jonin team, the other party should not be here.

But Nara Shikame was a smart man, and he sensed early on that something was wrong with the atmosphere inside Konoha.

Fearing he would be drawn into the controversy surrounding the selection of the Fourth Hokage, he resigned early from his position as the leader of the Jonin team and voluntarily applied to come to Kikyo Mountain to become Sakumo Hatake's advisor.

At this moment, I heard an inquiry.

Nara Shikamei pondered for a moment, then hesitated and said, "The other side probably doesn't intend to start a war, otherwise they wouldn't have revealed their whereabouts so easily."

Sakumo Hatake nodded: "I think so too."

"So the difficult part is, how should we deal with this right now?"

Nara Shikamei's stepson, somewhat troubled, asked, "Should we pretend we know nothing, or openly send troops to keep watch?"

He had a severe headache.

If you pretend you know nothing —

That's a bit too cowardly, but it really shows the grandeur of a great nation like Konoha, a country that has been ravaged by fire.

But if we send secret agents to keep watch—

Who has the guts to go?

Who has the ability to do that?

Sakumo Hatake was naturally aware of these potential problems.

He paused, then said, "How about I do it myself—"

Nara Shikame shook his head decisively, and Sumeragi hurriedly refused, saying, "Sakumo! Absolutely not! Konoha can bear the consequences of losing Kato Dan, but it absolutely cannot lose Sakumo again!"

Actually, before we actually took action...

To outsiders, it's difficult to say whether Sakumo Hatake or Ayane Amamiya is stronger.

But Sakumo Hatake now holds multiple responsibilities.

If he dies, the entire border military affairs will be thrown into chaos, and the cost will be far too high!

Nara Shikamei hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "Sakumo, I think I should go."

"During the last Chunin Exams, I was too far away, and I haven't had a chance to meet this renowned genius, Ara, since then!"

He forced a smile: "Then, won't you try to take this rare opportunity from me?"

Sakumo Hatake hesitated for a moment.

Although I knew he was putting on a brave face, I still agreed in the end.

Bai Ya, both straightforward and considerate, asked, "By the way, before you leave, do you need to write your will?"

Nara Shikamei, who was getting up to leave, stumbled upon hearing this and almost fell to the ground.

This journey was perilous, tantamount to putting our lives on the line.

But it's not a certain death sentence!

Nara Shikame gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "I'd better not write anything that's considered unlucky! If I really don't come back, please take good care of Shikaku!"

Sakumo Hatake nodded seriously.

He stroked the white dagger on the table, feeling a pang of emotion.

When was the last time I was so apprehensive and on high alert?

If I remember correctly.

It was shortly after I graduated from the Ninja Academy, when I first encountered a Jonin from Kumogakure during village affairs.

"Take care!" White Fang sincerely wished Nara Shikamei well as he watched her retreating figure.