Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 303: Substitute Literature?

Tsunade's judgment was not "misled" by Akaishi—would Madara Uchiha listen to a mysterious person who uses Wood Release?

It's obviously impossible!

"Perhaps—he found someone in the ninja world with a special physique similar to his grandfather's and cultivated him into a trusted confidant." This was the only guess Tsunade could make.

Tsunade's guess was already quite reasonable, since both "a consciousness created by the Rinnegan" and "an ancient human puppet in the body of the God Tree" were a bit too much of a challenge to one's imagination!

But now that she put it that way, it does sound a bit strange.

So after Madara Uchiha faked his death and went into hiding, he found someone in the ninja world who resembled Hashirama Senju and secretly trained him for so many years.

So this is some kind of stand-in literature? Akaishi has seen far too much of that—

Moreover, to Akaishi, the same logic seemed to apply to Indra as well. Could it be that Black Zetsu was actually trained by Indra?

Because of Black Zetsu's intervention, Indra never saw Ashura again during his lifetime. However, after Indra and Ashura passed away, their chakra continued to reincarnate together, locked in a love-hate relationship. Black Zetsu, dissatisfied, slandered Ashura everywhere, inducing Indra to be reborn as an enemy of Ashura's reincarnation.

Akaishi shook his head, banishing these bizarre thoughts from his mind.

"Anyway, that Wood Release ninja is super powerful, and I was also seriously injured—" Akaishi said after looking at Lanwu.

"Oh, do you want me to take a look?" Lan Wu said, pursing her lips.

Of course she understood Akaishi. This was to emphasize that "I was also injured by Wood Release, so don't mention the incident of you being injured by Uchiha Madara again"—Lanwu never used this incident to manipulate him!

"No need, Nonou already treated me," Akaishi said casually.

Lanwu: ————

"Ahem—" Tsunade, while marveling at the Uchiha brat's emotional intelligence, interrupted, "The very beginning of this whole thing was an incident where a Konoha Chunin accidentally killed a civilian from the Land of Rain?"

"No," Akaishi shook his head firmly, "It was Amegakure ninjas who killed civilians in the Land of Rain and framed Konoha Chunin!"

Tsunade: ————

Tsunade didn't question Akaishi. That's just how the Uchiha clan is—they know they're wrong, they correct their mistakes, but they don't admit them.

Moreover, this time it wasn't the Uchiha clan's fault, but rather Akaishi covering for Konoha.

Although Tsunade didn't think this cover-up was the right thing to do—in her opinion, it should be used as a negative example for all Konoha ninjas to learn from—Akaishi wasn't going to simply let it go.

"The proposal you're going to give to the village, Jiraiya told me about it. It's indeed very useful, but at this stage I'm afraid—" Tsunade shook her head helplessly.

Akaishi wanted to send a proposal to the Third Hokage under the guise of overseeing the supply troops, and of course, he also wanted to involve Jiraiya-sensei—otherwise, wouldn't it be like reporting Jiraiya to the authorities?

Jiraiya has read Akaishi's proposal these past two days, but hasn't officially sent it back to the village in a joint letter yet. He just mentioned it to Tsunade as well.

After these days of investigation, Akaishi has also discovered the biggest problem!

Indeed, the missions of the supply troops are not as tense or dangerous as those on the front lines. Therefore, the people in the Hokage's office made a good decision to use this place as a buffer and rest area.

The problem is that there are too many civilians from the Land of Rain in the area where the supply troops are currently carrying out their missions, and they are even dealing with civilians anyway!

Those ninjas who had just returned from the front lines were all on edge, some even having recently lost comrades in battle; it was the most sensitive time for them.

Including Kota and Takeru before, they were in the same situation—they were ambushed in the Land of Wind, one of their companions died, and they were also injured. After receiving simple treatment, they retreated to the supply unit.

From this perspective, they are the least suitable for the supply troops; they would be better off returning to their villages to recuperate for a while!

In addition, young ninjas, having recently graduated from the ninja academy, are generally more disciplined, which Akaishi felt made them suitable for the supply corps.

Of course, both Tsunade and Jiraiya understood that Akaishi's idea also contained an element of wishful thinking.

Why not let everyone go back to Konoha and recuperate completely?

It's all because we don't have enough manpower!

If this problem can't be solved, saying all this is probably useless—if there were enough manpower, Tsunade would even suggest expanding the scale of medical ninjas and making them a standard feature of ninja teams!

"Let's put that aside for now—we must inform the village about the mysterious person who controls plants and his alliance with the Rinnegan ninja, especially since he's a master of stealth—" Tsunade said with a headache.

The details about "Rinnegan ninjas" were only learned by Konoha's higher-ups after the Chunin Exams.

After all, the "Rinnegan" represents the Sage of Six Paths —

Although that strength seemed insufficient by any measure, and he was even scared away by Sakumo Hatake, rashly saying that a "Rinnegan ninja" was targeting Konoha might cause unrest among the people. Therefore, only a small number of Jonin knew about the "Rinnegan," and most Jonin were only told about a few of the other party's abilities.

Fortunately, no one knows what abilities the Rinnegan has now. In this way, no information that would affect the battle is hidden, and the Rinnegan itself is not exposed.

Now they've even created a Wood Release ninja—

"Why didn't you use your Wood Release to cover it up!" Tsunade said, glaring at Akaishi.

Although "Wood Release" and "Rinnegan" are different, "Rinnegan" has not appeared in the ninja world since the Sage of Six Paths, while "Wood Release" has appeared many times since the Warring States period, and not always by the Senju clan. However, the most famous user of Wood Release today is undoubtedly the First Hokage of Konoha, Hashirama Senju!

During the ninja village era, there was no record of a second Wood Release ninja.

Then it became known that a Wood Release ninja had appeared, teaming up with a Sharingan ninja to become an enemy of Konoha.

Even without mentioning the Rinnegan, rumors are bound to spread!

This is perfect for conspiracy theories, isn't it?

The Third Hokage will definitely be unable to sleep for nights on end.

"I'm just worried that if others run into me, they'll suffer because they don't have enough information—" Akaishi said with a smirk.

"However—that person probably only has special methods, and his strength is only at the level of an ordinary Jonin in the village, right?" Tsunade looked at Akaishi suspiciously.

After all, Akaishi fought two opponents alone and managed to retreat successfully, and he didn't seem to have suffered any serious injuries.

Therefore, Tsunade's assessment of the strength of "weakened Uchiha Madara" and "Wood Release Mysterious Man" was very limited. Calling them ordinary Konoha Jonin was an exaggeration.

Because of Lan Wu, Tsunade believed she had a fairly good understanding of Akaishi's strength—she naturally didn't believe the Uchiha-specific rumors about him beating the Third Kazekage to his knees.

After considering it in his mind, Akaishi said, "Even without considering the three points of infinite body regeneration, undetectable aura, and complete ineffectiveness of genjutsu, he still has the strength of an ordinary Jonin, and he is a Jonin who is good at large-scale attacks."

Tsunade fell silent upon hearing Akaishi's words.

A Jonin who excels at wide-range attacks, who doesn't need to consider his own defense and can ignore genjutsu—then he can't be considered an ordinary Jonin!

"You're this strong now?" Tsunade looked at Akaishi strangely.

If Akaishi weren't so serious right now, and if Tsunade hadn't dealt with him before and known that this Uchiha brat was actually reliable, she would definitely think he was just bragging in the Uchiha style.

"You know the Third Kazekage, right? Back then, I had just fought my way out of Sunagakure and was completely out of chakra, but he was in perfect condition—" Akaishi immediately boasted upon hearing this.

"Okay, okay, I got it." Tsunade rubbed her forehead. What she said next was definitely just bragging!

"Why do you think they're here?" Tsunade asked, turning the question to him.

Akashi fell silent for a moment after hearing this, then shook his head.

Madara Uchiha must be the one who killed Kota and Takeru, which is why he was exposed. But Akaishi can't understand why he would do such a thing.

That Black Zetsu is such a coward!

In other words, Akaishi suspected that the reason Black Zetsu appeared and lured him away was because he wanted to protect something important.

At first, Akaishi suspected it was Uchiha Madara, but—

Judging from their later encounters, Madara Uchiha was not so weak as to be completely unable to fight. Therefore, Akaishi also tends to believe that Madara Uchiha arrived later. If Madara Uchiha was so cowardly in commanding Black Zetsu, then he would truly be unworthy of the title Madara Uchiha.

Because Akaishi didn't see Nagato at all, he couldn't be sure that Black Zetsu was trying to protect Nagato.

Even when he occasionally made such a guess, Akaishi couldn't figure out the motive at all, so it simply slipped through his mind.

Lan Wu then weakly spoke up, "Could it be—that Uchiha Madara? Although he defected, he couldn't help but intervene when he saw ninjas in the Hidden Leaf Village he founded harming civilians. Later, he was backfired because he forcibly activated the Rinnegan. When Akashi encountered him, he was barely able to fight back?"

Akaashi, Tsunade:————

Akashi stared at Lanwu in shock, momentarily forgetting to emphasize that it was Amegakure who framed him—as expected of the Senju clan's bloodline—I never dared to guess that Uchiha Madara was so benevolent!

Akashi, Tsunade, and Lanwu discussed it for a while, but they had no clue whatsoever. It seemed that the only conclusion they could reach was that Uchiha Madara was hostile to the Konoha ninjas. The most plausible guess was the one Lanwu had suggested.

As for what Black Zetsu said, Akaishi didn't tell anyone—whether it was true or false, it had nothing to do with Konoha; they were two different things.

After the discussion yielded no results, Tsunade listlessly fell silent, gesturing for Akaishi and Ranma to be quiet, before walking towards the door.

She had discovered that Jiraiya was sneaking back to eavesdrop!

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