Uchiha Akaishi Tour

On October 27, Akaishi and the others returned to Konoha. In the morning, they were ordered to stay home and reflect on their actions. After reflecting for a whole afternoon, that evening Akaishi, Ranmai, and Nonoyu left the Forest Town and went straight to the Hokage Building. However, they did not go upstairs but went directly to the mission acceptance area downstairs to check the mission files.

at the same time……

"This is outrageous! Hiruzen, you told them to stay home and reflect on their actions during the day, and now? They're downstairs right now! They don't take your words to heart at all!" Danzo complained again in the Hokage's office.

After taking a puff of his cigarette, Hiruzen Sarutobi said, "They went to check the recent mission files... well, it's probably also because of the recent disappearances of young ninjas."

"Does this really have to be done by those two who were ordered to reflect on their actions? Isn't that..." Danzo did not accept this reason.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi interrupted, "Danzo... these disappearances, you weren't behind them, were you?"

Danzo: ? ? ?

"What does this have to do with me!" Danzo said irritably.

"That's good..." Hiruzen Sarutobi breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

……

After Danzo left, he also breathed a sigh of relief—it was indeed not Root that did it, but... Danzo vaguely knew who did it, but he just kept it to himself.

"Where is Hiruko?" Danzo asked the others as soon as he returned to the Root headquarters.

"Researcher Hiruko has taken leave to go on a mission," the Root ninja replied.

I need to take leave to do a mission...

That sounds like a passion for the ninja profession!

Danzo's face darkened upon hearing this, and he immediately said, "Summon Tatsugo."

Before long, Ryuma Aburame of the Aburame clan appeared before Danzo. Ryuma was an elder who had followed Danzo before the establishment of Root, and he even served as an examiner for the written exam during the Chunin Exams.

"That Hiruko is problematic. Go and resolve the issue," Danzo ordered directly.

"Yes," Aburame Ryoma replied without hesitation.

Hiruko was a researcher with research capabilities, discovered by Danzo!

When Danzo first discovered him, he was just a talentless Chunin who was secretly conducting illegal research...

At that time, Orochimaru had just become Uchiha Orochimaru, which left Danzo without any research allies. So after discovering Hiruko's research abilities, Danzo not only turned a blind eye to her illegal activities, but also provided her with some convenience!

On the one hand, to avoid suspicion, and on the other hand, to prevent being implicated by Hiruko as he is now, Danzo did not allow him to join the Root directly.

Shortly after the disappearances began, Danzo suspected that Hiruko was responsible.

However, Hiruko did not rely on the power of the Root. Instead, he would extract some valuable data from the Root's research, which was of unknown origin. Therefore, Danzo never asked about these things.

however……

Hiruko seems to be getting bolder and bolder, and he has already been targeted by the Uchiha clan. Danzo Satoru is in too much danger to keep him alive!

……

On the other hand, Akaishi, along with Ranmai and Nono, went to the mission center and obtained all the recently recorded mission acceptance and completion data.

Although these were classified information, Akaishi came with a warrant from the Security Department!

All data for missions below the current level has been handed over to Akaishi.

"Next is to organize... Summarize the movements of all the village ninjas over the past two months and filter out those whose seven times match!" Akaishi carried over a large stack of documents and placed them in front of Lanwu and Nonou.

When Lan Wu saw this amount, her lips twitched involuntarily, while Nono's expression turned serious—she probably understood that this might be related to the root.

"Could we call more people?" Lan Wu asked hesitantly.

"No, the more people we call, the more likely we are to alert them... It's just the three of us, but we can use Shadow Clone Technique!" Akaishi emphasized.

Lanwu: ...

Lan Wu looked at the stack of documents. Although she felt helpless, she could only silently create two shadow clones. The ordinary physical clones were unable to think logically, and the non-physical clones were even less capable of reading.

Nonou split her chakra into three, not because that was all the chakra they could allocate, but because she was afraid of mental exhaustion and not being able to hold on.

Nonou has received training and is slightly stronger.

Akaishi then split off thirteen at once!

Akaishi's "Mirror Clone" doesn't synchronize with memory, which becomes an advantage at this time, as he can use chakra to make use of it.

The night passed, and the three of them finished going through all the documents in the room they had borrowed from the mission office...

Finally, three names were narrowed down!

"There are actually three people with a chance? More than I expected..." Akaishi originally thought that with seven probabilities, there would either be a "real culprit" or none at all.

After all, the time span is more than two months...

Less than 10% of the Chunin were in the country for two consecutive months, and some of them were seriously injured and unable to go out to do missions, so the actual scope of the investigation was not large.

As it turned out, each of the three of them found one!

"Kurama Murakumo and Might Guy are out of the question, right?" Lan Wu said, looking at two familiar names.

"Whether Kurama Murakumo is possible or not, let's investigate!" Akaishi said confidently.

"What about Might Guy?" Nono asked.

"Matt Day's IQ isn't high enough to be a researcher... and he's just 'hardworking'." Akaishi curled his lip.

Matt Day was screened out entirely because he hardly ever stayed at home. The time he submitted tasks and the time he accepted tasks were often consecutive, so no matter how they were screened, he could always get through the "mesh".

As for the saddle horse and the clouds...

That's because Akaishi simply wanted to interrogate him!

"Speaking of which, how come he's still a Chunin? I told you the Kurama clan's genjutsu wasn't good enough!" Akaishi said disdainfully. If the Second Shinobi World War lasted five years and they hadn't even managed to get an elite Chunin, then Akaishi Satoru was simply incompetent.

"The main problem is that there are too many puppeteers in Sunagakure..." Lan Wu explained for him.

"Genjutsu Ninja v Puppet Master" is really at a disadvantage, as genjutsu is ineffective against puppets.

Kurama Murakumo's performance on the battlefield was mediocre, and he spent most of his time guarding Konoha Village. Although he was considered to be doing well among the Chunin who stayed behind, completing many A-rank missions, he could forget about being promoted!

At this moment, Nono ignored everything else and just stared at the third person...

Hiryuho!

"Who...is this person?" Akaishi looked at the third person with suspicion—this was the person Akaishi truly suspected!

"You forgot? Jiraiya-sensei's classmate, we met him during the Flower Capital mission before," Lanwu reminded her.

"Ah! That's right, it's that commoner ninja who was jealous of our Uchiha clan's talent!" Akaishi immediately remembered.

According to the Red Stone Chronicle, he was probably on the same team as the Eighth Generation, who was still a genin at the time, and he showed envy, jealousy and hatred towards the Uchiha.

Lanwu punched him—as a ninja of the Forest Town, Lanwu couldn't stand this.

but……

"Is he the type who silently gets jealous...?" Lan Wu hesitated at this point—it seemed like they were even going to find out his motive.

Akaishi shook his head and said, "No, that's something that's outwardly apparent; otherwise, how would I know?"

Lan Wu was taken aback when she heard this—in her understanding, it was just occasionally showing some emotion or being able to see a glance or something, which was considered "silent".

"Then what constitutes silent jealousy?" Lan Wu countered.

"What I didn't notice was my silent jealousy!" Akaishi said righteously.

Lanwu: ...

Yes, there are only two types of ninjas.

One type is jealousy that the Uchiha clan was discovered, and the other is silent jealousy.

……

Just then, it was dawn, and the clerical staff from the mission department came to work. They knocked on the door, glanced inside, and were startled by the sight of the weary-looking men and women in the room.

"Um...do you...have breakfast?" the office worker asked after a moment's hesitation.

"No need," Akaishi said, dissolving all the mirror clones.

After making some preparations, Nono and Ranmai also deactivated their shadow clones—as expected, they were both dizzy and their legs wobbled.

"These task records are not detailed enough and need to be rectified!" Akaishi said, slamming a stack of task documents in front of him.

Akaishi's pretext this time is a random check of mission records—whether those with ulterior motives believe it or not, he's keeping something under wraps.

"Yes!" the other party immediately agreed—these are all errors that can be corrected...that's good then.

After leaving the mission reception area, the three swallowed their ration pills and headed towards the village entrance.

"These three people all have missions now... Should we split up?" Nono asked.

They have just located the whereabouts of three "suspects".

The bad news is that all three of them are currently on missions in the field!

The good news is that Matt Day is now in Kurama Murakumo's squad.

"No need, let's go directly to that Beiruhu," Lanwu said directly.

Lan Wu knew very well that what Akaishi had just said about Kurama Murakumo being suspicious was just bluffing. In fact, he didn't suspect Kurama at all; he simply wanted to interrogate him.

"No, go find Kurama and Might Guy," Akaishi corrected.

"Huh?" Lan Wu looked at Chi Shi in shock—Are you serious?

"Kurama and the others' mission is to patrol the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rice Fields, while Hiruko's mission is to transport large quantities of trade goods to the Temple of Fire!" Akaishi emphasized.

"You mean..." Lan Wu's pupils contracted upon hearing this.

"While it's not certain, the two aren't far apart, and even if Hiruko were to leave for a few days during her time at the Fire Temple, her fellow genin wouldn't find it strange," Akaishi emphasized.

The Land of Rice Fields is located directly north of Konoha, on the upper reaches of the Naka River. Its border is the famous "Valley of the End." The Fire Temple is situated in the mountains directly north of Konoha, not far from the northern border and the Valley of the End.

Akaishi suspected that this was not a coincidence, but rather that Hiruko was about to make another move!

Among the squad recently on a mission on the northern border of the Land of Fire, only Kurama Murakumo is a ninja from a traditional ninja clan. Therefore, Akaishi decided to go directly to the Valley of the End to find Kurama Murakumo...