Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 274 Empty Ninja?

December 31st, Konoha Year 37, New Year's Eve.

This is also Konoha's second "New Year's Eve" during the war.

Since three days ago, the atmosphere in Konoha has become even more oppressive.

Many ninja families who had originally hoped that their loved ones could take turns returning home to celebrate the New Year together are now simply hoping that their loved ones are safe and sound.

On this day, Akaishi also made an appointment with Minato to go find Kushina together.

"It's even more desolate than last year—" Akaishi sighed as he walked down the street.

"The sudden attack by the Land of Sky is really... I never expected that a small ninja village would have such methods." Minato said, shaking his head.

Three days ago, Shuimen returned.

It was the information brought back by Minato Seiya that made the atmosphere in Konoha Village tense.

For the past three months, the battlefield situation in Konoha had been very favorable.

A month ago, Mitokado Homura successfully persuaded the Land of Fire to declare war on the Land of Wind. Konoha ninjas crossed the Land of Rain and entered the Land of Wind to fight against Sunagakure!

After all, they don't have the Uchiha clan, so they're a desperate army, and whether they'll win is anyone's guess.

If it weren't for the concern that the "master of impartiality" from Iwagakure might betray the alliance because Konoha was in such a favorable position, and that the more they won, the more vigilant they would be in the northwest, coupled with the fact that Konoha's territory spanned the Land of Rain, making it difficult for ordinary soldiers from the Land of Fire to occupy and weakening their logistics—Konoha's offensive against the Land of Wind could have been even more intense!

However, just three days ago, the situation suddenly changed drastically.

No one expected that a small ninja village would get involved in the war between two major ninja villages, and that its strength was astonishing!

The first wave of sneak attacks inflicted heavy losses on Konoha.

In order to transmit the intelligence back completely and quickly, Sakumo Hatake directly had Minato summoned to Mount Myōboku, and then rushed back to Konoha from Mount Myōboku overnight.

The Sky Country is located northwest of the Fire Country, between the Wind Country and the Earth Country, and originally did not border the Fire Country.

It was because Konoha entered the Land of Wind to fight that the Sky Ninja had the opportunity to directly intervene in the battlefield.

The "Hidden Village of the Sky" in the Land of Sky was originally just one of many small, unknown ninja villages.

Its fame is far less than that of the smaller ninja villages of Takigakure and Amegakure.

However, this time it was unexpected. They suddenly attacked several of Konoha's strongholds in the Land of Wind and achieved considerable results. They even declared that they would directly attack Konoha!

"What's going on with those Sky Ninja? Are they really that strong?" Akaishi couldn't help but ask Minato.

Minato thought about it and figured that Akaishi would probably not be idle again and would probably return to the front line, so he did not hide the information from him. Although the Third Hokage had a gag order, it only told Minato not to "spread" it, not not to "leak" it.

"No, we haven't found any strong individuals among the Sky Ninja yet—" Minato shook his head, then said, "It's just that their fighting style is unpredictable, and—they possess power no less than that of the Tailed Beasts."

"Tailed Beasts? Is that rumor true?" Akaishi was taken aback upon hearing this.

It is said that on the front lines, a ninja leveled a mountain with a single blow—this rumor reminded Akashi of the Eight-Tails' "Tailed Beast Ball" that he had seen in Kumogakure!

However, the only small ninja village that possesses a tailed beast should be Takigakure, so it's unlikely that another tailed beast would suddenly appear in the Sky Village.

"Hmm, they—I don't know what kind of power they possess, but they can make the entire stone ninja village float into the air. Although their movement speed isn't fast, they can launch powerful chakra bullets that are no less powerful than a Tailed Beast Ball. The fury of Gale Cliff Mountain—"

"Wind Cliff was blasted apart by that single shot." Minato nodded.

As expected, according to Minato, it only shattered a mountain peak.

That's similar to the Eight-Tails' "Tailed Beast Ball"!

It wasn't, as the folk legends say, that a single blow leveled the entire mountain to the ground.

Because Konoha was caught off guard, news from the front lines is now strictly blocked. Minato, who returned to report the news, was interrogated for two days to confirm the information, which led to a lot of rumors circulating among the people.

"Able to make the entire ninja village float in the air—" Akaishi suddenly thought.

It sounds like a very, very large energy source!

The Hidden Void Village must have discovered something —

Akashi simply couldn't believe that a small ninja village could manufacture such a thing on its own.

In common sense, such a powerful energy source could only be a tailed beast. However, all nine tailed beasts now have masters, so it makes no sense for another one to suddenly appear. Could it be that—

Akaishi thought of the "evil god" of Yugakure!

"Could it be that something dirty has escaped from Uchiha Hagoromo's seal again?" Akaishi muttered.

"Uchiha Hagoromo?" Minato didn't understand.

"Oh, that's the Sage of Six Paths' real name—just keep it to yourself, don't spread it around, lest those illegitimate ninja clans hold a grudge against you," Akaishi said righteously.

Water Gate: ————

Minato smiled and nodded.

"By the way, what exactly is their fighting style that caught the front lines off guard?" Akaishi asked in confusion.

"The ninjas of the Hidden Void Village all use a strange flying machine. Although their flight is not particularly agile, the hundreds of ninjas capable of aerial combat, even if they are only skilled in rudimentary aerial combat, are enough to give a base that is suddenly attacked a headache." Minato shook his head helplessly.

Akashi was taken aback upon hearing this—in Akashi's common sense, "aerial combat" was a very rare form of combat. Back in the days when he was in Kumogakure and Sunagakure, he had escaped by aerial combat, and very few people could catch up with him!

However----

How could a small, hidden village like Kongyin have hundreds of aerial ninjas?

"Looks like they really did find something good—" Akaishi muttered.

According to Minato, the Sand Village coordinated with the Sky Ninja's surprise attack, which led to Konoha's heavy losses. If it were just Sky Ninja, they would be more of a "disgusting bunch," because they lacked skilled fighters, so their air attacks could only suppress the enemy.

Its role is to provide support, not to directly kill.

but----

There are skilled fighters in Sunagakure!

Air ninjas can directly "open up vision," discover Konoha's strongholds, and launch an air raid, clearing out various sealing techniques and traps. Konoha ninjas can only hide and are unable to effectively counterattack aerial units.

After being completely exposed, they were attacked by the Sand Ninja, and naturally suffered more defeats than victories.

As they were talking, Akaishi and Minato arrived at Kushina's house.

Once here, the two stopped talking about the front lines.

It's still a long way off before Kushina can go to the battlefield, both in terms of the situation and Kushina's personal abilities.

There's no need to let her know and make her anxious.

Kushina was overjoyed to see Akaishi.

"Minato? That old man actually let you come back for the New Year?" Kushina was also pleasantly surprised to see Minato.

Because she couldn't go out freely and didn't know the intelligence from the front lines, Kushina assumed that Minato had been transferred back to rest.

Neither Akaishi nor Minato offered any rebuttal.

Akaishi really had a lot of things to ask Kushina about regarding "sealing techniques" today, plus Kushina hadn't seen Minato for a long time—Akaishi and Minato lingered until the female ANBU member Taji chased them away!

after all----

If Minato hadn't come out of the ANBU's investigation today, Akaishi would have wanted to go find Grandma Chiri and tell her some important news!

Just last night, Akaishi underwent an "eye surgery service".

In an instant, my right eye regained its sight!

The surgery would be quite expensive. Akashi calculated that if he stayed in Konoha, didn't go out to fight, and didn't train too diligently or consume too many items, it would take him about three months to save up enough money.

Of course, this also refers to the non-extreme state of "immersion mainly in short stories" but "immersion time not exceeding twelve hours per day". Otherwise, if one were immersed all day long, it would be even faster.

However, if it goes too far, the mental pressure on Akaishi will be too great!

From morning till night, and from night till morning—no one can stand that.

However, if it is during combat, the immersion time cannot be guaranteed, or there are other expenses incurred during the process, this time will be greatly extended.

In addition, before the surgery, Akaishi also read the pre- and post-operative instructions. This surgery is not unlimited. It is fine to perform surgery on different eyes, but if the same eye is repeatedly "damaged", the difficulty of the surgery will increase, which means that the price will increase by 50% each time.

In other words, Akaishi still cannot recklessly use forbidden techniques with his own eyes!

Otherwise, the first treatment is three months, and the more you use it after that, the more difficult it becomes to recover.

but----

Using a "backup plan" can avoid this problem.

Like Setsuna's eye, even if Akaishi used it to "save himself" once, he could simply spend another four and a half months "repairing" it and returning it to him, while he himself would get a spare eye.

Thanks to the internal strife that Setsuna started back then, the Uchiha clan may not have much else, but they have plenty of useless Sharingan eyes that can be used as "backup eyes"!

Even if it takes three months to repair one stone, it would still take ten years to repair all the stones.

Now that he has a usable "backup eye," Akaishi is also preparing to try out some tricks, so he has many ideas about sealing techniques, which is why he has been consulting Kushina.

If Akaishi can rest for another three months, he might consider returning the spare eye to Setsuna after consulting with Grandma Chiri, provided that Grandma Chiri also thinks that Setsuna is not in any danger right now!

but----

Akashi is now preparing to use it himself first.

After all, even though Setsuna has two eyes, he's still in the dungeon, and the Uchiha clan won't release him unless absolutely necessary, so there's not much use for his Sharingan.

After that, Akaishi will most likely be going to the front lines.

It's always safer to have a backup plan.

Furthermore—

These eyes are unwanted by girls anyway, aren't they?

Akaishi was preparing to go to Grandma Chiri's place. Besides asking her whether he should return the eye to Setsuna, he also wanted to get another "spare eye" from Grandma Chiri so that if Akaishi stayed on the front lines for a long time and accumulated enough points, he could restore Grandma Chiri's eye.

If the "spare eye" is not used, it can be transplanted back to the original owner after returning. Of course, priority will be given to experts like Chiri and Setsuna, as it is more cost-effective from the perspective of "providing treatment".

and----

After his right eye regained its sight, Akaishi discovered that he could also use the kaleidoscope eye technique within that eye!

Therefore, from the perspective of "helping Akaishi," keeping the "Kaleidoscope" in hand would be more useful.

Dongdong: Let me explain a little to those who haven't seen the movie. The Hidden Village appears in the movie. In the setting, "during the Second Shinobi World War, it attacked Konoha and was eventually destroyed by Konoha." In the movie, during Naruto's time, it was resurrected. This plot corresponds to the setting in the movie.

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