Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Outside Kushina's house, Akaishi and Minato passed the Anbu's check before entering.

However, once inside, a female ANBU ninja stopped them first...

"Lady Kushina is currently training and is expected to wake up in about half an hour. Please wait here for a moment," the female ANBU said.

Akaishi and Minato naturally obeyed.

After the two sat down, Akaishi placed a teacup in front of Minato and asked him to pour him some tea, while glancing around and saying, "I have a feeling that Kushina staying here and not seeing any outsiders isn't a long-term solution."

As Minato poured tea, he shook his head helplessly and said, "I think so too... I hope Kushina can quickly familiarize herself with the seal and control the Nine-Tails."

Indeed, Kushina's seal is still unstable, and Minato doesn't dare to say he'll take her out... Of course, it wouldn't matter anyway, as this isn't something he can decide.

"The most important thing is to make Kushina remember that she is 'Uzumaki Kushina'." Akaishi is very experienced in this regard.

After all, Akaishi had witnessed firsthand how Orochimaru had guided Buyobi step by step toward the wrong version, and that reversing the training was the right thing to do! "Kushina will definitely be fine," Minato said confidently.

Shortly after, Kushina came out of the inner room and was overjoyed to see Akaishi...

"Minato, why did it take you so long to get here?" Kushina stepped forward and punched Minato, complaining.

"Cough cough..." Akashi coughed twice from the side.

"You have a cold, so go back and rest!" Kushina said with concern when she saw this.

Akaishi:……

"I don't have a cold! I'm here to learn sealing techniques, Minato is just keeping me company!" Akaishi emphasized.

"You..." Kushina stared at Akaishi for a moment, then said, "Is there something behind you?"

Akaishi:……

"What kind of invisibility is this? You can see through it as soon as someone comes, you can sense it as soon as someone comes!" Akashi turned his head and looked at the King of Hell with displeasure.

It was one thing for Akashi to be seen by the "Mangekyou Sharingan," after all, it was the invincible "Sharingan." But... when Minato sensed it later, Akashi became a little dissatisfied with Gokuenou. Now, even Kushina could sense it!

King Yama of Hell: ...

"I am from the Avici Hell..."

Even the King of Hell is helpless. You really haven't heard of "Kagura's Mind's Eye," have you?

"What Lord of the Avici Hell? Go back to your guardhouse!" Akashi immediately dispelled the psychic summons.

"Uchiha Akaishi Chunin, you..." The female ninja from the Anbu spoke in a deep voice.

Although she didn't know what had happened, she could tell that there was something behind Akaishi just now!

They actually brought an unknown ninja beast to see the Jinchuriki? What is this Uchiha trying to do?

"What do you mean, 'what are you talking about'? I just wanted to see how well your ANBU's defenses are going... and they're really not that great!" Akaishi preemptively struck. Female ANBU: ...

"This level of stealth is completely invisible to the Sharingan of our Uchiha clan. I told you your Anbu is no good!" Akaishi retorted directly.

Don't let Akaishi's status as a Chunin fool you; he's only been a ninja for less than a year, but...

As members of the Uchiha clan, their fundamental nature is "not afraid of the Anbu."

The Anbu? To other ninjas, it's a secret department directly under the Hokage, with high priority in intelligence and operations, and they'd have to back down when dealing with it. But to the Uchiha...

This is the place that Tobirama set up to divide the power of our security department!

Therefore, "finding fault with the Anbu" can be said to be a hobby for most Uchiha clan members.

Normally, Akaishi, who prides himself on being a "gentle Uchiha," would restrain himself somewhat, but...

Now that Hiruzen Sarutobi has agreed to let me come, what's there to be afraid of?

The reason why the Prison King was so openly exposed was partly intentional—Akaishi himself had been keeping it hidden, which made Hiruzen Sarutobi even more uneasy. Sure enough, after being reprimanded by Akaishi, the female ANBU fell silent.

"If you ask me, protecting someone... something like Kushina should be left to our Uchiha clan!" Akaishi said righteously. The ANBU ninja fell silent.

After humiliating the Anbu members, Akaishi, seeing that she was no longer uttering a sound, learned some basic sealing techniques from Kushina and went outside to practice on his own. Ten minutes later, in the Hokage's office.

"Elephant," wearing an Anbu mask, met the Hokage...

"An unseen ninja beast? I understand, no need to worry about it." Sarutobi frowned and said, "This ninja beast... I roughly know about it, but the Anbu protecting Kushina Uzumaki, from now on, must ensure that each team has at least one sensory ninja!"

"Yes!" Xiang said with some guilt.

Elephant is the leader of the Elephant Squad in the Dark Division, and the Elephant Squad is also responsible for protecting Kushina.

Just as Akaishi had predicted, Sarutobi had recently learned from the former Senju clan that Akaishi had not only successfully completed the "Rashomon" trial, but also seemed to have made some other contract in the Avici Hell.

At this moment, Akaishi immediately showed his true colors...

Although it was meant to mock the Anbu, Sarutobi actually felt that it showed that he wasn't very cunning.

As for Akaishi's conflict with the Dark Side...

It's all because of the Uchiha clan that he was corrupted!

Sarutobi also had some headaches about the "Security Department".

Especially now...

Previously, members of the security department were either irresponsible or rarely responsible for carrying out missions. Even when they left the village, it was usually to "check the mission completion status of other ninjas" or "handle mission complaints from other ninjas."

However, war is about to break out, and Konoha is not what it used to be. It is impossible to leave the strength of the Security Department unused, but... "how to use it" is giving Sarutobi a headache.

After the elephant left, Danzo said at the opportune moment, "Hiruzen, the power of the Uchiha clan is indeed not a pity in the war, but... if we really let them participate in the war, and it stimulates them to produce more powerful shinobi, it will definitely not be a good thing for Konoha!"

Although Sarutobi didn't say anything, Danzo guessed exactly what he was thinking.

"The Uchiha are also our comrades in Konoha, and the emergence of powerful shinobi is also..." Sarutobi didn't know whether he was trying to convince Danzo or himself. However, Danzo interrupted him directly: "Do you even believe that yourself? Those Uchiha who awakened the Sharingan are all mentally unstable. The more the Sharingan evolves, the more dangerous it becomes, yet the stronger it is!"

Taking advantage of Sarutobi's silence, Danzo suggested, "I think we should let them launch a surprise attack... Given the pride of the Uchiha clan, they certainly won't refuse..."

Upon hearing this, Sarutobi glared at Danzo and said, "Absolutely not!"

Surprise attacks are also highly dangerous.

That's not the key point!

More importantly, surprise attacks rely on intelligence; if there is a mishap in the intelligence, it becomes a suicide mission.

Sarutobi knew very well that Danzo's statement was not just because of "danger," but because he wanted to manipulate the intelligence.

"Alright, then let's face the dozen or so extra Jonin that the Uchiha clan will have after the war together," Danzo said with a sigh. Sarutobi: ...

Just then, Niu, the squad leader of the Dark Division, knocked on the door three times and came in.

"What's wrong?" Sarutobi asked immediately.

Sarutobi knew very well that unless it was something extremely urgent, Ushi would wait for his summons.

"Lord Hokage, Lord Kagami... was ambushed by Rain Ninja in Shattered Mirror Abyss in the southern part of the Land of Rain... Only the scroll was delivered by a summoned crow, and Namiashi and Shingetsu are also missing." Ushi urgently reported to the guide.

"What? Kagami...?" Sarutobi's expression changed drastically upon hearing this.

Danzo, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but stand up...

Niu immediately presented the scroll to Sarutobi. Sarutobi recognized the seal as the one they had agreed upon during the Second Generation Guard period. After opening it according to the instructions, Sarutobi swayed slightly upon seeing the blood-written message on it.

Half an hour later, Sarutobi personally arrived at the Uchiha clan's territory.

Seeing that the Hokage had come directly to their door without even a greeting, Jian Cheng and several clan elders came out to greet him, but at the same time, they all had a bad feeling.

"What? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"Mirror's clone technique is unparalleled; how could she possibly be ambushed?"

"Fake news! This must be fake news!"

In their excitement, the clan elders roared out their doubts and questions to Sarutobi…

After processing his emotions for a moment, Jian Cheng finally came to his senses and said, "Shut up, all of you!"

"Lord Hokage, who... killed Kagami?" Kensei asked after taking a deep breath.

"They were besieged by the three ninjas of Amegakure, who led an elite ninja squad..." Sarutobi said sadly.

"Sanyu? How could they... how dare they ambush Jing?" Although Jiancheng tried his best to suppress his emotions, his tone was still stiff.

"I sent Kagami and two other ANBU to the battlefield in the Land of Rain to gather information. Kagami discovered that the Sand Ninja had a plan against us, so he disguised himself as a Sand Ninja to intercept intelligence. However, he was discovered by Ebizo and led to Shattered Mirror Abyss."

"Amegakure also received advance warning and planned to ambush Ebizo, but... Kagami sent back the intelligence scroll while he was on the verge of death." Sarutobi's eyes reddened and his voice choked with emotion.

In short...

Amegakure originally intended to ambush Sunagakure, but both the ambush and Kagami's imposter meeting were discovered by Sunagakure. They then turned the tables and lured Kagami into the encirclement.

The one preparing to ambush the Sand Ninja was Miyuuichi from Amegakure, one of Hanzo's top Jonin. They had previously fought against the Sand and Konoha on the western front in the Land of Rivers... Although they suffered repeated defeats, they bought Hanzo time to retreat from the Land of Iron.

Although the three of them discovered that the ambushers had changed, they were convinced that "Konoha is also an enemy that could be attacked at any time," so they continued the encirclement and killing plan. Under the traps and the siege, Kagami tried his best to hold off the enemy, giving his two teammates a chance to escape... However, it is still unknown whether they have successfully escaped.

"Sanba... Ebizo... Hokage-sama!! What do you say?" Kensei's anger was now uncontrollable.

"Clan Chief Kensuke, Kagami sacrificed himself for Konoha... I am prepared to convene a Jonin meeting immediately and declare war on Amegakure!" Sarutobi also made up his mind to intervene in the war in the Land of Rain immediately.