Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 266 Changes in the Situation

After shaking off the Third Kazekage, Akaishi first headed west, then after wiping out a bandit stronghold, he changed his appearance and circled back east—after all, going around the entire ninja world and crossing the sea from the west back to Konoha would be too far and more likely to lead to accidents.

Therefore, after disguising himself, Chishi circled back east, avoiding the blockade along the way.

With the "Eliminating Face Technique" and the "Sealing Technique," after escaping his pursuers and removing the tracking marks from his body, Akaishi is basically impossible to be blocked again as long as he doesn't want to cause trouble.

Especially now, Sunagakure cannot spare too many people to search for Akaishi within its territory.

Regardless of whether it can be detected, according to the warning signs of an A-level dangerous target, the minimum requirement for someone to take action against Akaishi is that there are two Jonin present; otherwise, they should just run away!

Even during peacetime, how many Jonin squads can be dispatched?

Compared to the already sparsely populated land of the Wind Kingdom, this is merely a drop in the ocean.

Along the way, Akaishi also inquired about the aftermath of Sunagakure and news of the battlefield in the Land of Rain.

Because of the information control in the Land of Wind, Akaishi only heard a nursery rhyme!

In the Land of Rain, a cold rain falls, and the Sand Village children dare not venture there. The serpent retreats to its camp, while White Fang sits in the central hall, blade in hand. A white light rises, the sandstorm flees, and with a single flash of fire, no one can withstand its power—

From this nursery rhyme, Akaishi deduced that Orochimaru had been dismissed, Sakumo Hatake had taken over as commander-in-chief, and—clearly, Konoha's overall situation was good!

At first, Akaishi was puzzled as to why there were no nursery rhymes related to the Night of the One-Tailed Beast in Sunagakure.

Later, Akaishi realized that it would be strange if the nursery rhyme spread faster than he could run away!

October 9th, one week after the Night of the One-Tailed Beast in Sunagakure.

After changing his face several times, Akaishi successfully left the border of the Land of Wind.

Just as Akaishi had expected, there were not many obstacles along the way. It was clear that Sunagakure itself had no hope of stopping Akaishi. Although there were road blockades and checks on those coming and going, they were just routine procedures.

Just in case, Akaishi did not choose the most sensitive direction of the Land of Rain, but instead left the Land of Wind from the direction of the border between the Land of Hot Springs and the Land of Rivers.

After that, you only need to cross the mountains of the Land of Hot Water to enter the Land of Fire.

Akaishi first arrived at Yugakure Village, intending to make contact with the village there.

"Who goes there?" The ninja from Yugakure asked nervously as someone approached.

Although Yugakure is a neutral ninja village, a fact acknowledged by both Konoha and Sunagakure, the fact that someone was quietly approaching in the dead of night during a battle between the two neighboring ninja villages still made the ninja on night watch nervous.

"It's me." Akaishi walked out directly.

In the moonlight, the ninjas of Yugakure saw Uchiha Akaishi's face—

"You—you are—Lord Akaishi?" The ninja from Yugakure Village exclaimed in surprise upon seeing Akaishi.

The ninjas of Yugakure might not recognize the daimyo of the Land of Hot Water, but they would certainly recognize Uchiha Akaishi.

After all, for Yugakure, Uchiha Akaishi was one of the village's founders.

Soon, Akaishi met Furuki, the leader of Yugakure, as well as Uchiha Kei and Uchiha Hiroshi, who were Fugaku's two henchmen.

Because of a shortage of manpower during the war, Chunin were inevitably "padded out," and the two of them were also promoted to Chunin.

However, instead of sending them directly to the battlefield, they were promoted to "Chunin" so that they could carry out cross-border missions, such as being stationed in Yugakure!

"Brother Akaishi!"

"You're really alright!"

Jie and Yang stared intently at Chishi.

Although the two men were older than Akaishi, they still called him "Akaishi-nii".

It's impossible to keep the events in Sunagakure completely hidden.

Although unlike the incident in Kumogakure where Orochimaru was present to investigate the specifics, the exact extent of the damage suffered by Sunagakure during the "One-Tailed Night" cannot be determined, but the general situation has already been heard by neighboring countries.

The official statement from Sunagakure is:

On October 3rd, the One-Tailed Beast went berserk. Fortunately, the Third Kazekage returned in time and suppressed it. Sunagakure suffered minimal losses, except for one thing: the Uchiha clan prisoners, who were imprisoned, took advantage of the chaos to escape by kidnapping hostages. Mako of the Ao clan, who was old, happened to fall seriously ill and died that night.

However, neighboring countries also received another piece of information that seemed more reliable!

When Uchiha Akaishi was imprisoned by Sunagakure, he disrupted the seal on the One-Tailed Beast, unleashing it to wreak havoc and set fires throughout Sunagakure, causing numerous casualties. Mako forcibly activated the colossal puppet, exhausting herself and dying. The Third Kazekage rushed back and pursued Uchiha Akaishi but failed. Furthermore, Uchiha Akaishi was subsequently listed as a Rank A dangerous target by Sunagakure!

There are even more outrageous rumors that the Third Kazekage caught up with Akaishi, but—he failed to defeat Akaishi!

Although such rumors seem far-fetched, because of the "A-level dangerous target" designation, even if many people don't believe it out loud, they still have some doubts in their hearts!

After all, if this Uchiha had only released the tailed beast and caused casualties in the chaos, Sunagakure would have given him a "kill order," not a "Rank A dangerous target" to warn and admonish his own people.

As for the Uchiha clan—

"Brother Akaishi! I heard that you beat the Third Kazekage to his knees and begged for mercy—is that true?" Uchiha Yo asked with bright eyes.

Akaishi waved his hand dismissively and said modestly, "It's not that exaggerated. The rumors are slightly inaccurate, after all, there are so many people in Sunagakure—"

Hahaha."

When Gu Mu heard Akaishi say this, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Anyone who didn't know better would think that the Third Kazekage was ganging up on him with a lot of Sand Ninja!

Judging from the reaction of Sunagakure, if Akaishi had indeed escaped from the Third Kazekage, Koki might still believe it.

And this is already incredible enough. In Gu Mu's opinion, the Third Kazekage has already "played the fool his whole life, but got his eyes pecked by a sparrow."

As for beating someone to their knees, only the Uchiha clan would dare to believe that.

"Congratulations to Jonin Akaishi for his renowned reputation in the ninja world and for his safe return." Koki said with a seemingly congratulatory expression.

After all, the "relief funds" could only be spent under the supervision of the Uchiha clan, so Koki certainly wouldn't want to cause trouble.

"Yes, Chief Koki has been doing a good job in Yugakure lately." Akaishi nodded reservedly, then continued to look at him.

"Not at all. Compared to Jonin Akaishi and the rest of the Uchiha, who fight on the battlefield and are also exhausted off the battlefield, I'm just taking a break."

After Gu Mu finished praising Akashi and the Uchiha, the three Uchiha finally let him leave.

After Gu Mu left, Akaishi asked the two, "What's the situation on the battlefield in the Land of Rain?"

Although I heard some things along the way, it's hard to say how credible the various "hearsay" circulating among the people of the Wind Kingdom are, since the Wind Kingdom is clearly at a disadvantage in the war and is also controlling information.

The most credible are actually the vaguely described nursery rhymes —

"Clan Chief Kensuke personally went to the front lines of the Land of Rain and slew countless Sand Ninja!"

"On the Murao Plain, after his son was killed, Uncle Gongzhijiu awakened the Three-Sword Sharingan and slaughtered everyone in his path—"

"Half a month ago, the battlefield at Lianzhao Plain was in dire straits, but Elder Yang Yong arrived in time and turned the tide —"

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"Fugaku-san has been performing exceptionally well lately; everyone says he was second only to Akaishi-san among last year's Chunin!"

As usual, the two began by recounting the achievements of the Uchiha clan, embellishing them with exaggerated details and reciting them as if they were their own treasures.

Akaishi smiled and nodded—although he knew this information was about as accurate as popular rumors, he still seemed to believe it.

After discussing the Uchiha clan, the two finally got down to business.

As expected, the commander-in-chief of the Rain Country battlefield has changed.

On the one hand, it was because Sakumo Hatake's contributions were too great; on the other hand, Hiruzen Sarutobi also needed to prove that he placed Sakumo Hatake behind him because of foresight, not because he deliberately neglected him.

"Moreover, there are rumors that the Third Hokage and Orochimaru had constant disagreements, which is why he was transferred back—" Uchiha Jie bluntly revealed the gossip about the Third Hokage's own family.

"After Jonin Hatake took over as commander-in-chief, the offensive became even more aggressive, and the Sand Village strongholds within the Land of Rain were repeatedly defeated!"

It's clear that Uchiha Hiroshi prefers Hatake Sakumo.

"Is Hanzo really that honest, just watching Konoha and Sunagakure fight on Rain Country's borders?" Akaishi asked curiously.

He asked.

"What can he do if he's not honest? If it weren't for the Sand Village ninja's betrayal and ambush of Akashi-san, he wouldn't even have the chance to hide in Mount Sumeru!"

"Moreover, Iwagakure has also tried to attack Shiyu Mountain on its own. Those Amegakure ninja have also fought with Iwagakure ninja in the northwest, so they don't dare to leave Shiyu Mountain now."

"Oh, right!" Uchiha Jie suddenly remembered something.

Seeing this, Akaishi looked over with a probing gaze.

Then Uchiha Jie winked and said, "Ranmai from the Forest City, more than a month ago, after learning that you, Akashi-nii, had been captured by the Sand Village, she tried to sneak into the Land of Wind—but was stopped by Minato Namikaze, and was then put in solitary confinement by Tsunade and transferred back to the village."

Upon hearing this, Akaishi breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness Minato was there.

"The fact that those people in the Forest City have been actively participating in the war recently and supporting Jonin Hatake's strategy, just like the clan elders, is probably the result of Lanwu's persuasion," Uchiha Hiroshi speculated.

Because of Akashi, Lanwu was no longer referred to as "that Lanwu" by the Uchiha clan, and was instead given the honorific title of "Lanwu of the Forest City".

The reason for supporting Sakumo Hatake is quite simple—

The Uchiha clan and the people of the Forest City certainly wouldn't act as impulsively as Lan Wu.

However, because of Akaishi, they tend to launch a strong attack to put pressure on Sunagakure, so that Akaishi's safety can be better guaranteed.

Similarly, when Hiruzen Sarutobi was nearly ambushed by the Sand Village, he also tended to increase pressure on the front lines.

No wonder the cautious and stability-seeking Orochimaru is disliked!

"After the news of Akaishi's rampage in Sunagakure, his slaying of Mako, and his defeat of the Third Kazekage spread, everyone was overjoyed—"

Uchiha Jie then revealed the "most important" news.

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