Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 292 The Chunin Who Died Under Unknown Cause

Konoha is also exhausted after more than a year of war.

While this presents a strategic advantage for Sunagakure, it also requires a dual strategy: deterring Kumogakure, guarding against Iwagakure's betrayal, and ensuring a safe retreat for the Land of Rain.

Konoha began to suffer from a growing manpower shortage, and the supply troops and the garrison at the land bridge on the Land of Lightning's peninsula were now considered to be "resting."

Hiruzen Sarutobi has decided to designate the Land of Rain, except for the western region near the Land of Wind, as a "non-frontline combat zone"—meaning that genin will be allowed to carry out missions there!

Because of the escalating conflict between Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi, theoretically, even if Orochimaru came here, he wouldn't be a commander; he would only be here to mentor the graduates.

Of course, Jiraiya wasn't going to let him off the hook.

After arriving at the command post, Akaishi and Nonou rested for a day.

Along the way, Nono was really exhausted!

Akaishi further reduced the travel time from half a month to seven days.

Although Kenjo's "fifteen-day" transfer order gave Akashi a lot of leeway, there should still be at least ten days.

However, Akaishi continued to uphold the Uchiha spirit and rushed to the Land of Rain under the cover of night!

After reporting in with Jiraiya, Akaishi didn't have any missions.

Or rather, Akaishi has to arrange his own tasks!

After all, he was there to supervise and inspect the work of the supply troops, not to follow the orders of the commander.

"Ahem, Chunin Yakushi, what do you think we should do next?" Akaishi asked solemnly and with an air of authority.

Akaishi had been a team leader before, but this was the first time he had experienced a mission that required him to take the initiative. He had encountered "immersion" before, but it was not the same as reality.

Aside from having fewer subordinates, this is practically a "commander's" task!

"Commander Jiraiya has already notified the ninjas from the Security Department to return and report to you. Why don't we wait for their report?" Nono said after thinking for a moment.

Akaishi has fewer subordinates, but he's not the only one, Nono.

There were already six Uchiha Chunin in the supply unit, who were in charge of supervision. Now that Akaishi has arrived, they are also under his command.

Upon hearing this, Akaishi nodded seriously and said, "Alright, then let's go and see for ourselves in the Rain Country's settlements to see just how many people misunderstand us Konoha ninjas!"

Nonou looked at Akaishi again, then said, "Good idea, but I'd like to make a slight modification—"

Akaishi:————

"Let's change our clothes—" Nono said.

"Huh? Isn't that a bad idea? We don't even know what's going on yet—" Akaishi was taken aback when he heard this—we haven't even done anything yet, and he's already going to pretend to be a Sand Ninja or a Rain Ninja to "debunk the rumors"?

Isn't that too direct?

He truly is a born evil Root brat.

Nonou: ————

"I mean—your Uchiha clan robe might scare the people of the Land of Rain. What do you think about changing into ordinary clothes?" Nonou asked speechlessly.

After Akaishi was promoted to Jonin, he stopped wearing the Chunin vest—although theoretically Jonin could also wear it, it just seemed unoriginal, didn't it?

Akaishi usually wears the Uchiha's gray-blue clan robe, but he can use the "Substitution Jutsu" to remove it during battle.

"I thought—a transformation technique would suffice!" Akaishi said, waving his hand dismissively.

So, early in the morning, Akaishi greeted Jiraiya and took Nonou out to listen to the voices of the people of the Land of Rain.

Akaishi selected a small village not far from the map. At this moment, the place was very peaceful. Apart from being too quiet and dull, there was no sign of war.

Several children were still playing at the village entrance at this time.

After all, this place is not far from Konoha's command center, so in some ways it is actually quite safe.

Seeing this, Akaishi and Nonou used their "transformation technique" first, turning into ordinary villagers.

Of course, there were adults around during this sensitive time, and they immediately became wary when they saw two strangers approaching.

However, since Akaishi and Nonou only changed their clothes and their appearance and figure did not change, they looked like two young people, so the villagers were not too nervous.

The children became even less wary, and upon seeing the two teenagers, they curiously approached and asked them all sorts of questions.

"Brother, sister, are you here as refugees?"

"Which village are you from? Are there any bad guys on the road?"

"Is there going to be another war outside?"

Seeing the adults approaching, Akaishi coughed twice and said, "Nonou, look—this method is indeed good, and the masses also think of us as the masses!"

Nonou: ————

Villagers: ————

The villagers quickly stepped forward.

"You two—"

Before the other person could speak, Akashi interrupted, "Uncle, don't be nervous. We're just ordinary people. We're just here to ask what you think of the Konoha ninjas?"

"That would be great!"

"Much better than the Rain Ninja—"

"After the Konoha ninjas arrived, the banditry around the area disappeared, and life is even better than usual!"

Upon hearing this, Akaishi nodded and said, "Then I'm relieved—I was just asking casually—were they always this close from the beginning, or did they only become this close later under the supervision of people carrying round fans?"

"Everything has been great!"

"Um?"

"Well—I mean, it was fine at first—but it got even better after the people with the round fan came."

"Hmm, a red and white round fan, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes————"

"Don't just stand there, start taking notes!" Akaishi said after glancing at Nonou.

Nonou: ————

On January 18th, Uchiha Akaishi disguised himself as a villager and inquired about the situation from the people of the Land of Rain. Everyone was generally satisfied with the actions of the Konoha ninjas, especially after the Security Department strengthened its supervision. These are all Root ninjas, and their tracking records are accurate. How could they be fake?

"Does your village usually face any difficulties? You can tell us, and I'll mention it when I get back—we're just ordinary people, asking casually," Akaishi emphasized.

Under Akashi's repeated questioning, the villagers expressed some concerns about spring plowing. Akashi assured them that they would not let the Sand Ninja and Rain Ninja affect them.

then----

"Children, I'll teach you a nursery rhyme. Learn it well, and then teach it to children in other villages, okay?" Akaishi said to the children.

"Big brother, Dad and Uncle usually don't let us leave the village," a little boy said innocently.

"Passing on nursery rhymes is such an important thing, of course it's an exception! I—I'll take you there." A villager nearby immediately said.

Upon hearing this, Akaishi nodded in satisfaction.

"The mountain wind rustles, the raindrops sway wildly, the wicked feign mischief, secretly causing trouble, the good people shed tears, wrongly blaming the fine young men of Konoha————"

Akaishi taught them a few times, and after listening to them running and jumping while singing, he left.

Nonou: ————

Throughout the day, Akaishi and Nonou visited three villages before returning to headquarters in the evening.

"Isn't this nursery rhyme a bit too direct? The beginning only alludes to wind, sand, and rain, but why does it directly mention 'Konoha' later on?" Nonou said helplessly.

"Hmm? Who knows—maybe it's just that children are instinctively unafraid to mention Konoha." Akaishi had already forgotten what the nursery rhyme was—

He taught himself, acting as if he had only heard it from others.

Nonou could tell that Akaishi was afraid he might actually find out something.

but----

That very night, bad news arrived!

A two-person Uchiha security team rushed back overnight and immediately went to see Akaishi.

"Brother Akashi, something happened at the ruins of a village in the northeast—two Chunin have died." Uchiha Tamaki Kei immediately reported to Akashi upon seeing him.

"What? Was it done by the Rain Ninja or the Sand Ninja?" Akashi immediately became concerned.

Behind them, two Chunin died without any sign of life or call for help; they were only discovered by the supervisors, which is quite rare.

"We don't know yet, the cause of death is unknown. We received a report that the two of them would take more than their share in order to complete their expropriation tasks, so we wanted to see what they usually did."

"When we arrived at the land they were in charge of, we couldn't find them. After searching the surrounding area, we found four corpses—the other two were ordinary villagers from the Land of Rain. No other suspicious traces were found at the scene." Yu Chijiong said, sounding somewhat embarrassed.

While the Sharingan may not be as good at long-range vision as the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan, it is still quite adept at on-site investigation.

Yu Chi Jiong had already awakened a Sharingan, but he found nothing at the scene, not even the cause of death of the Konoha ninja!

Akashi frowned upon hearing this—the difference between "two Chunin killed" and "two Chunin whose cause of death is unknown" represents a completely different level of enemy strength.

Could there be a skilled assassin launching a surprise attack on the supply corps?

"What about the two ordinary people? Their causes of death are also unknown?" Akaishi asked.

"This—" Yu Chijiong said, glancing at Nonou, then added, "She died from a kunai; it was probably done by Amegakure or Sunagakure!"

Akaishi:————

Judging from his reaction, Akaishi knew that—based on the traces at the scene—that this was probably not the case!

For a moment, Akashi frowned deeply—were there really Konoha ninjas deliberately killing civilians?

"Ahem, well—the villagers from the village where the body was found had already been evacuated. Those two Chunin were just taking a chance and went to search. As for those two villagers from the Land of Rain, they were probably mistaken for enemies by the Rain Ninja and killed by mistake," Yu Chi Jiong explained.

"What did Commander Jiraiya say?" Akaishi asked.

"He doesn't know yet, so of course I came to report to Brother Hengchi first!" Yu Chi Jiongshi said matter-of-factly.

Akaishi:————

"Did you bring the body back?" Akaishi confirmed.

"Yes, all four corpses are here." Yu Chijiong said, taking out the sealing scroll.

"Let's go, come with me to Commander Jiraiya—there must be an enemy attack!"

The two Chunin died silently, and Akaishi felt that this was not just something the Security Department should care about.

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