Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 182 Etiology

In the Hidden Cloud Village, "Doctor Tessai" was personally received by the Third Raikage.

However, his two assistants don't need to see the Raikage.

Outside the Raikage's office, a burly man with white hair, dark skin, and a very rugged appearance said to Akaishi and Yakushi, "Physicians, let me take you to your lodgings first."

"Thank you for your trouble," Akaishi said obediently.

after all----

As assistants, it would be more natural for one of them, Akaishi or the pharmacist, to be better at dealing with outsiders.

However, Pharmacist Nonou is not up to the job!

After all, she was only twelve years old. Although the organization needed undercover agents, they hadn't had time to provide her with such comprehensive training.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have gotten so fixated on that during the Chunin Exams.

"My name is Genta. May I ask your name?" Akaishi started chatting with the white-haired, dark-skinned ninja.

Akaishi also realized that this person must be the Raikage's secretary.

"My name is Shizuma, and I'm the Raikage's assistant. You can come to me if you need anything in the future." Although Shizuma was serious, he was still kind to the doctor he had invited.

Now, having come to the Land of Lightning and taken a closer look, Akaishi discovered that the people here are not actually white and black, but rather white, red, and black...

Brownish-black — the difference between the latter two is actually quite obvious; Shizuma, to be precise, should also be considered reddish-black in skin tone; Raikage:

Or perhaps the Night Moon Clan is brown-black.

"Please take care of me from now on!" Akaishi said in a very outgoing manner.

Soon, Shizuma led the two to a building, a solitary cloud platform, adjacent to the mountain peak of the Raikage's main building.

Although the hilltop is small, it appears to house only one building, a rare type of structure perched atop a mountain peak rather than carved into the rock face.

The building, while not exactly magnificent, is at least large and imposing, combining a clinic and residence.

A look of surprise appeared in Akashi's eyes, as if he was very amazed by the hospitality shown to him by Kumogakure.

"You must be tired from your journey, please rest first—Dr. Tessai will be back soon," Shizuma said.

"Yes, thank you, Lord Shizuma!" Akaishi continued obediently.

After Shizuma left, Akaishi and Yakushi went into the house.

"Upstairs are the bedrooms, let me see—hmm, this is Dr. Tessai's master bedroom, we'll stay in these two rooms—"

"Kumakushi Village is truly magnificent!" Akaishi continued his performance.

"Hmm." The pharmacist nodded, then said to Akaishi, "Genta, you should also be careful. The fact that Kumogakure is treating us so well might mean that the patient's condition is quite complicated."

"With Dr. Tessai here, there won't be any problems!" Akaishi said confidently.

Although the two did not discover anything at this time, they tacitly agreed that they were being listened to—they were both very cautious in this regard, and without any prompting, they began to act out their roles in perfect unison.

To make it more convincing, Akaishi actually acted like an "assistant," making Tessai's bed and tidying up his room.

After all, given Yakushi's personality, Akaishi was worried that she wouldn't be able to play the role of a personal assistant well. Moreover—Akaishi didn't know medical ninjutsu, so Yakushi was clearly more suitable to be a medical assistant!

If Akaishi and Yakushi were truly just medical assistants from the Land of the Sea, it wouldn't be apparent now; all that would be known is that Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village) values ​​their group highly.

However, in reality, the two noticed this immediately upon arriving at the cloud platform—

This place is perfect for being monitored!

Moreover, it is one of the places where it is extremely difficult to sneak away or forcibly escape. If you can't fly, you have to pass by the cloud platform of the core buildings such as the Thunder Shadow Building to leave.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the Hidden Cloud Village has any suspicions about them now. It just means that—since they want to be the psychologists for Jinchūriki, this level of caution is inevitable!

More than an hour later, Orochimaru returned.

"Dr. Tessai, who is this person from Kumogakure who wants to see you?" Akaishi asked impatiently.

After Orochimaru entered and looked around, he said, "Although there are at least three members of the Cloud Village's Golden Horn unit monitoring the area, they can't hear the conversation here."

Upon hearing this, Akaishi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually, if Akaishi had activated his Sharingan, he might have been able to spot them, but—

Of course, Akaishi won't activate his Sharingan right now!

Otherwise, once discovered, no matter what kind of face he has, Kumogakure will know that he is a Konoha ninja.

The Golden Horn Unit, also known as the "Hokage's Direct Assassination Unit" of Kumogakure, is rarely referred to simply as the "Anbu" like it is in Konoha.

Moreover, in theory, the Golden Horn Force is different from the Dark Division. It does not have the prefix "directly under the Raikage". You can tell from the name that this is a special forces unit previously formed by the Golden Horn and Silver Horn brothers!

"The Golden Horn Unit is our Dark Division, right?" Akaishi asked Orochimaru to confirm.

"Well, the Second Raikage, like the Second Hokage when he established the special forces, perhaps out of a desire to appease the pro-war faction, and also to restrict the Yoruzuki clan, still relies heavily on the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers," Orochimaru said with a hint of sarcasm.

The "Golden Horn Squad" of Kumogakure has a function similar to the "Anbu," but during the time of the Second Raikage, it did not report directly to the "Kage" like the Anbu.

The naive Second Raikage probably thought he could sow discord among the hawkish factions within the village, but the result was that during last year's coup, the "Golden Horn Army" joined the rebellion.

The current Third Raikage has reorganized the "Golden Horn Squad," but he hasn't changed the name. After all, the Gold and Silver Horn brothers are also a symbol of the hawkish faction in Kumogakure.

However, in terms of function, he is now completely under the direct command of Raikage.

"Captain Orochimaru————"

Just as Akaishi was about to speak, Orochimaru interrupted, "Just in case, during the mission, please refer to me as 'Doctor Tessai'."

"Dr. Tessai, are you sure you can treat a Jinchuriki?" Akaishi was still a little worried.

After all, Orochimaru is not a doctor, much less a psychologist!

"Of course, it's just psychological intervention, and as for medications that affect mental state—heh." Orochimaru seemed quite confident, then glanced at Akaishi and said, "Genta, if you can't sleep well, you can come to me too!"

Akaishi shuddered: "Slept well, slept well—"

At this moment, what Akaishi was more concerned about was naturally—

"When should we make our move?" Akaishi asked hurriedly.

The reason I infiltrated "Kumogakure" wasn't really to treat that Eight-Tails Jinchuriki!

Of course, it's to get rid of him—

To be honest, even while lurking in Kumogakure, Akaishi was a little worried.

"In order to gain people's trust, we didn't bring any sealing scrolls. I need to start over here and prepare the medicine. Fortunately, I came here to be a doctor, so the raw materials are not difficult to obtain. Once this medicine is prepared—" Orochimaru said, a cold light appearing in his eyes.

"Do we need to prepare more medicine?" Akashi was taken aback when he heard this.

Isn't this just a matter of one slash?

Orochimaru then shook his head and said, "If we only kill the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, the Eight-Tails beast inside him will also dissipate—and after a period of time, it will be resurrected near the place of death."

Tailed beasts and their jinchūriki share a life-and-death bond, except that—tailed beasts can be resurrected!

However, it is clear that Orochimaru's ultimate goal was not simply to kill the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

"Then your medicine is—" Akashi was still a little confused.

"It's said that the First Mizukage and the First Tsuchikage died so young because they couldn't control the sealed tailed beasts. I wonder how the Third Raikage fared," Orochimaru said, a smirk playing on his lips.

Killing the Jinchuriki is relatively simple, and there will be many opportunities to heal. Just be careful not to be killed by the Eight-Tails' berserk attack.

However, Orochimaru was not satisfied with just that; he wanted to—

"You mean to release the eight-tailed beast?" Akaishi asked in surprise.

"That's right. If the Eight-Tails, which is second only to the Nine-Tails, were released into the Hidden Cloud Village and went completely berserk, their losses would be extremely heavy," Orochimaru said sinisterly.

Akashi's eyes lit up upon hearing this. If it could really be done, the Hidden Cloud Village would indeed suffer heavy losses!

Previously, during the Rain Iron War, Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure could only be said to have achieved their own goals. However, it seems that Kumogakure is undoubtedly the one who "benefits the most".

Without suffering any losses, they greatly depleted the power of the Land of Iron.

If this continues, the Hidden Cloud Village will definitely start a war!

Now that they had the opportunity, Orochimaru naturally couldn't let them comfortably prepare for war.

Upon hearing Orochimaru's words, Akashi was also excited. If possible, Akashi hoped that the losses suffered by Kumogakure would be as great as possible!

and----

Unlike Konoha, Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village) only serves as a "military center".

Unlike Konoha, it is also a cultural and economic center.

In such a remote and inaccessible place nestled among mountains, it was impossible to achieve anything significant in terms of economy and culture. As a result, Kumogakure was essentially just the inner circle of Konoha, consisting mainly of ninja-related personnel, without the bustling streets outside, meaning there weren't many ordinary people.

Akaishi felt no guilt whatsoever about causing destruction here.

"Captain Orochimaru, what's wrong with the Jinchuriki's mental state? Is it because of the coup?" Akaishi asked curiously.

"Heh, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki has always come from the Yotsuki clan. The current Jinchuriki is the Third Raikage's nephew." Orochimaru's tone was somewhat mocking—the target of his mockery was naturally the Second Raikage.

After endless compromises, the village's key forces have fallen into the hands of the opposition!

They're from the Night Moon Clan, and they're probably quite satisfied with the outcome of the coup. They shouldn't have any problems because of it. The reason it's so serious that they're seeking help from an outside psychologist is...

"I think it's because the Hidden Cloud Village has been modifying the sealing techniques for the Tailed Beasts recently. Although it's for the purpose of improvement, modifying the completed seals will definitely cause a lot of problems. Moreover, although the Raikage didn't say it explicitly, judging from the description of the cause of the illness, it's a modified seal that won't completely isolate the consciousness of the Tailed Beasts from the Jinchuriki." Orochimaru suddenly said.

Modify the seal —

The Uzumaki clan had just been wiped out, and the Hidden Cloud Village was already modifying the seal!

Although there has been no concrete evidence, this undoubtedly further confirms previous speculations.