Uchiha Akaishi Tour

"Using a large number of orphans for Wood Release experiments may have already caused many deaths?" Kensei stared intently at Akashi, his expression somewhat excited.

If it can be verified that this was done by Root, then no one can save Shimura Danzo!

"Although there is no empirical evidence, the clues we have found all point to this conclusion," Akaishi replied.

"Could it be that Danzo instructed her to mislead us?" Kensuke asked suspiciously.

"No." Akashi shook his head directly.

Hearing Akaishi say this, Kensuke stopped questioning it.

Seeing the clan chief pacing back and forth, Chi Shi couldn't help but remind him, "Clan chief, before we have concrete evidence, we shouldn't directly clash with the Roots, let alone alert them."

Akaishi was also afraid that the family's radical actions might backfire, but he needed the security department's strength to pay attention to these clues, so he privately informed the clan leader.

After a moment's thought, Jian Cheng said, "I know, but you don't understand the current situation... In fact, in the past two months, there have been frequent cases of mission ninjas going missing in the country. Each disappearance includes genin and chunin from ninja clans, and the vast majority of them are young... even teenagers!"

"From a ninja clan?" Akashi frowned upon hearing this, then asked, "How many generations?"

"Six cases have been confirmed, affecting a total of twenty people." Jiancheng paused before saying, "Originally, we were investigating based on the assumption that 'hostile ninjas had infiltrated the rear,' but if..."

Clearly, Akaishi's words gave Kensuke a hint, making him begin to suspect that Root might be secretly looking for "experimental subjects."

Kensuke had absolutely no hope for Danzo's morality.

"Six cases? Each one involved the entire squad going missing?" Akaishi frowned upon hearing this—that's quite a number.

Konoha's mission failure rate is already extremely low, especially for domestic missions like this. It's rare for an entire team to suddenly lose contact without warning, let alone six in a row...

"That's right. When we went to check on the situation after the mission deadline, we found that these ninjas either never met with the client, or they disappeared without a trace during or after completing the mission. In short, they never received any requests for help or assistance, and they just vanished." Jian Cheng said, shaking his head helplessly.

The security department is also having a headache after this incident.

"What did Hiruzen Sarutobi say?" Akaishi pressed.

"We need to have our security department investigate." Kensuke was initially a little impatient, but when he realized that it might have been done by Root, he immediately showed an enthusiastic expression.

This matter wasn't really anyone's fault...

After all, he didn't disappear within Konoha Village, but while on a mission within the Land of Fire.

The security department is only responsible for verifying the mission details, not for protecting the safety of the ninjas carrying out the mission—the ninjas themselves are responsible for their own safety during the mission!

Otherwise, would Konoha have to provide them with bodyguards?

However, with one unusual situation after another occurring, and since it was discovered by the Security Department, Hiruzen Sarutobi was handed over to the Security Department.

Indeed, the Uchiha clan possesses the Sharingan, making it easier for them to find infiltrated ninjas.

However, this means that the ninja clans whose members have gone missing will inevitably come to urge them on their way.

"Do you have a list?" Akaishi asked, feeling better.

Kensuke searched his desk and then handed a list to Akashi.

It's clear that Jiancheng has been paying close attention to this matter recently...

Akashi looked at them and, just as the clan leader had said, there were six Chunin and fourteen Genin, and... most of them were very young, with more than half of them younger than Akashi!

However, Jiancheng hadn't noticed anything wrong with it before.

After all, the missions within the Land of Fire are currently being carried out by newly graduated young ninjas. The few older ones are ninjas who have returned from battlefield injuries to recuperate.

Since they all happened in the Land of Fire, it's not surprising that the missing ninjas were all teenagers.

It was only after Akaishi mentioned "human experimentation" that Kensuke began to have doubts...

Could it be that outsiders have infiltrated the Land of Fire and are randomly targeting Konoha ninjas, or that someone inside is eyeing these young people?

Akaishi looked through the lists of the six missing persons, and sure enough...

Of the six missing squads, at least one has a familiar surname—meaning they are from a ninja clan.

Given the current ratio of civilian ninjas in Konoha, one or two occurrences could be a coincidence, but all six occurrences...

It can be basically concluded that it is "targeting bloodline limits or secret techniques"!

"It is indeed suspicious, but..." Akaishi didn't really believe that Root was behind it.

It's not that I have any expectations of their morality, but... Akaishi can't think of any Root's motive for taking such a risk!

After all, by "falsifying accounts" with orphans, they had already obtained a large source of experimental subjects.

At this time, what benefit would it bring to Root to "eat the grass near their own nest," especially if they were to arbitrarily attack the ninjas of the major ninja clans?

"Sigh, if only we could interrogate him, then we would know why he did it," Jiancheng said regretfully.

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It's clear that Kenjo has already tacitly acknowledged that Danzo was behind it.

Fortunately, Detective Kenjou still had his senses and knew he couldn't arrest Danzo for interrogation...

Akaishi looked at the list again, trying to glean some clues, but unfortunately he couldn't find any.

"The last one was discovered three days ago? Was the missing team including Sarutobi Rin, a genin from the Sarutobi clan?" Akaishi saw a slightly familiar name among them.

Akaishi had virtually no memory of the younger genin in the village. By the time they graduated, Akaishi was no longer a genin and had little opportunity to cooperate with them.

The only impression I have is from my "student days," which is a vague memory of those younger students.

The Sarutobi Rin in the Red Stone Chronicles should be two or three generations younger than me and come from the Sarutobi clan.

"Even a member of the Sarutobi clan has gone missing..." Akaishi thought, "This makes it even less likely that Danzo was behind it."

If he had any sense, he would understand that if Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't protected him, he would have been subjected to "divine justice" long ago.

Just then, footsteps were heard outside, and Jian Cheng immediately called someone in.

The visitor was none other than Koji Kyu, who had previously gone to the Land of Wind with Akaishi.

When Gongzhi Jiu saw that Akaishi was also there, he nodded to him as a greeting, and then hurriedly said to Jiancheng, "Clan leader, there's another missing person... The people from the Third Squad went to Tanzaku Street to check the mission progress and found that a squad that was supposed to report to their employer a day ago has now disappeared without a trace."

"Another one? The seventh one... Give me the list." Jiancheng saw that Gongzhijiu had brought a document.

Jian Cheng frowned as he took the list.

"Hmm? None of the missing ninjas were from ninja clans?" Kensei wondered—this was the first time such a situation had occurred.

Upon hearing this, Akaishi also stepped forward to take a look.

"I don't know the specifics... Team Three is still investigating the situation. I found the list at the mission filing office after receiving the message from Ninja Cat." Gongzhi Jiu also knew that this matter was troublesome, and came over as soon as he heard the news.

However, Akaishi's expression changed at this moment, and he said, "No, this Yukimi should be from Mori no Machi."

Although they don't have a surname and aren't theoretically a ninja clan, in terms of bloodline, they are originally from the Senju clan!

When Akaishi saw the name Yukimi, he felt it looked familiar. After thinking for a moment, he remembered that there was a child with this name whom he had seen in the Forest Town before.

Since there are no ninjas from other ninja clans, this should not be a coincidence.

Upon hearing this, Jian Cheng's expression shifted: "As expected! I knew it... they've finally come looking for the Senju clan!"

Gong Zhijiu didn't understand why the clan leader seemed to have expected this, but he guessed that the clan leader must have been discussing this matter with Chishi before he came in.

The two seem to have some other clues.

"Does the clan leader know who it is?" Gongzhi Jiu asked hurriedly.

The security department has been keeping a close eye on this matter recently...

"This is a serious matter, but we don't have any evidence yet." Jiancheng finally realized that he couldn't alert the enemy, so he said to Akaishi, "Akaishi, then you will be in charge of investigating this matter! Perfect timing... let's go to Mori no Machi first."

"Huh? Clan leader, but I'm still at home reflecting on my actions, aren't I?" Akashi was taken aback by this question.

"It's alright, that Hiruzen Sarutobi... we'll just say you went there to retrieve Sarutobi Scale!" Kensuke said with a wave of his hand.

When Chishi heard the clan chief say this, he no longer refused—no one was really going to rush to make him reflect on his actions at home anyway.

Koji Kyu looked puzzled. Even if the missing persons were members of the Senju clan, was it really necessary for Akaishi to take charge personally?

Ultimately, all that's missing now are some lower-ranking ninja.

To everyone else, this wasn't a big deal—just twenty or thirty insignificant genin and chunin. Before the war, it would have certainly attracted attention, but during the war, people had become somewhat numb to sacrifices!

Furthermore, before Akaishi mentioned the Root's "Wood Release experiment" to the clan leader Kensuke, everyone felt that enemy ninjas had infiltrated the area, which further fueled the perception that this was also part of the battlefield casualties.

The level of importance attached to it is far less than the current "value" of "Konoha Red Stone".

However, Akaishi understood that the reason why Chief Kensuke specifically wanted to investigate was mainly because of the Root. If it was really related to the Root, then the importance of this matter would rise sharply. Moreover, Kensuke couldn't tell anyone else about the "possibility of being related to the Root," so he naturally entrusted it to Akaishi, who brought the news!

Akaashi didn’t waste any time…

When Akaishi returned to the clan's territory this time, besides seeing the clan chief and Grandma Chiri, he only took a bath before going out again... and arrived at the Forest Town.

On the way, Akaishi heard that several incidents of "mysterious ninjas damaging public property" had occurred near the Forest Town.

Seeing the damage caused by those water-style ninjutsu techniques, Akaishi roughly understood what had happened...

Clearly, the Forest City reacted much more strongly to the "Wood Release experiment"!