Uchiha Akaishi Tour

"That's just oxygen therapy...Are you an idiot?"

"Huh? Really? Then you gave it to someone else...?"

"Of course! It's just... later my medical ninjutsu improved, and I can now perform it directly with chakra!"

"So it really wasn't chakra that time, right? I vaguely remember feeling something on my lips... Ouch! What are you doing?"

"I was worried that you hadn't drained the water completely..."

Watching the two bickering, Jiraiya couldn't help but sigh, "Youth is wonderful... um."

Halfway through his reflection, Jiraiya saw Miroku watching the two playfully bickering, smiling "kindly," and he couldn't help but shudder—perhaps he shouldn't be young anymore, perhaps he shouldn't be young anymore...

……

After the commotion, Akaishi got down to business.

"The Iwa ninja didn't even defend the Shattered Sand Camp. It seems they either really want to negotiate peace and will offer a sincere deal, or they want to lull us into a false sense of security and launch a surprise attack!" Akaishi said, caught between two possibilities.

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya nodded and said, "As for the latter, there's no need to worry. Both the advisors Mitomon and Utatane are cautious people and won't be greedy for the spoils of war."

Upon hearing this, Akaishi immediately said with displeasure, "On the other hand... Iwagakure probably doesn't have any real schemes. If we intensify our offensive now, we can gain more leverage for peace negotiations. On the contrary, if we cower and don't come out, Iwagakure might see through our desire for peace and become even more emboldened... Sigh!"

Jiraiya: ...

Jiraiya remained silent about Akaishi's sudden change of expression—after all, "Captain Akaishi" would always find fault with anything the advisory group did.

"Forget about those old fogies... let's get down to business!" Akaishi said confidently.

Jiraiya was about to remind Akaishi about manners, but hearing that he wanted to get down to business, he had to stop for now.

The so-called important business...

"For Root, this is probably the most urgent time... The Forest City has completely standardized the orphan adoption system, and our Uchiha clan is also verifying missing persons, especially children, in the war zones. We've even caught some trailblazers, but that Shimura Danzo keeps mimicking Yamaku, which is why we haven't been able to catch him. Their Wood Release experiments should be at a standstill now!"

Akaishi said with absolute certainty.

If it were merely a matter of "the Uchiha clan being hostile to him," Danzo wouldn't be overly wary, since the Uchiha clan usually caused him trouble as well.

Moreover, ordinary members of the Uchiha clan were genuinely unaware of the Wood Release experiments. In Danzo's view, the Uchiha clan had simply stumbled upon his "collection of orphans."

Because of the need to train assassins, Root has always had a tradition of "collecting orphans," which was something they were doing even before the Wood Release experiments.

Upon hearing Akaishi mention Root, Jiraiya's expression became even more serious.

"Jiraiya-sensei..." Akaishi suddenly looked at Jiraiya earnestly.

Jiraiya: ...

Jiraiya shuddered—suddenly calling someone "teacher" could mean no good!

"What is it, Captain Akaishi?" Jiraiya asked dismissively.

"This mission is over! Now it's Tsunade's turn to take over." Akaishi spoke in a tone that implied, "Even outside of the mission, you're still my teacher."

"What are you talking about Tsunade for..." Jiraiya muttered.

"Of course, for Jiraiya's sake, Tsunade's business is our business!" Akaishi immediately declared himself as someone who had come to help him.

Jiraiya: ...

"Lanwu, why don't you just stop nodding? This isn't your family's business..." Jiraiya retorted speechlessly—how come you only met your sister because of me? Besides... isn't this your family's business?

However, before Jiraiya could finish speaking, Akaishi interrupted, "Jiraiya-sensei! What are you saying? The First Hokage's cells, those innocent children... isn't this all our business?"

Jiraiya smiled sheepishly upon hearing this, for he couldn't refute it.

"Back then, our Uchiha clan invited the Senju clan to build the village together for the sake of our children..." Akaishi was about to start chanting again.

"Alright, alright, what do you want me to do?" Jiraiya pleaded.

"I think... we need a few unfamiliar faces to try 'fishing'!" Akaishi said righteously.

Jiraiya then realized that Akaishi had his sights set on Yahiko and his group.

but……

"Their chakra is already quite powerful, Konan has awakened her bloodline limit, and Nagato has red hair... They're too conspicuous. We can't catch them." Jiraiya shook his head repeatedly.

"Jiraiya-sensei, why don't you think about it the other way around? That's why the Root members value them more... especially Nagato, since he has Uzumaki blood, he's more likely to be sent for Wood Release experiments! I have reliable research that the Uzumaki and Senju clans are... descendants of Indra's half-brother!"

Akaishi said matter-of-factly.

"Wasn't Ashura the second generation of the Ninja Clan?" Lan Wu promptly reminded Akashi from the side—you admitted it last time!

"This is the disastrous consequence of deposing the eldest son in favor of the youngest." Akaishi nodded solemnly.

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, Jiraiya quickly interrupted, saying, "These aren't the main points... The problem is... this kind of thing... is ultimately a matter for Konoha itself..."

Jiraiya, with a conflicted expression, voiced his true concerns.

Is this something to be proud of?

Nagato already had a very negative view of Konoha...

To the ninjas of Konoha, this could be described as "the Root's audacity," but to others, it was "Konoha's doing"!

It was not only dangerous for the three little ones, but also not a good thing for Konoha. Jiraiya certainly didn't want the three little ones to get involved.

"Then we'll have no choice but to..." Akaishi paused before saying, "We'll have to find some orphans ourselves!"

A "transformation technique" or something like that definitely won't fool anyone.

Fortunately, the war has dragged on for so long that finding a few orphans has been relatively easy...

Akaishi was a man of action!

Since the situation at the Kannabi Bridge battlefield has been settled, the Akaishi Squad is not in a hurry to return, but instead lingers on the northeastern border of the Land of Earth.

"The areas bordering small countries like the Land of Rice Fields are actually quite peaceful, since the battle between the Iwagakure and Konoha takes place in the southeast, in the Land of Grass," Jiraiya reminded them.

"The Roots in the southeast probably won't dare to make any rash moves either," Akaishi said matter-of-factly.

With so many Uchiha clans over there, Root has already been repeatedly beaten down...

In relatively calm places, they are more likely to strike at the root!

After searching for a while, the Akaishi team discovered a group of displaced refugees the following afternoon...

These people were refugees who had fled from the southeast. When the Red Stone Squad found them, most of them were already dead. It was Maitreya who first discovered the starving corpses on the road and followed them all the way, which led to the discovery of some survivors.

Seeing this, the four members of the Akagi family felt a chill in their hearts.

By this time, only a handful of the refugees were still alive. Before catching up with them, Akaishi encountered a child who had been abandoned—skinny and with snow-white hair, looking about three or four years old, though he might actually be older if malnourished.

The boy was already losing consciousness...

"Jiraiya, go ahead and guide those refugees. Don't tarnish Konoha's reputation," Akaishi instructed.

Jiraiya: ...

Well, because there's another "mission," although it's not an official mission, but Akaishi is the captain again, so... he's become "Jiraiya's team member" again.

However, Jiraiya heard this and chased after them without hesitation.

As for the child, his life was hanging by a thread.

and……

Since he was abandoned, it's clear that his parents must have already collapsed. At this point, other refugees are barely able to save themselves, so naturally they can't care about someone else's child.

Seeing this, Lan Wu first bandaged him up, then took out some herbs, squeezed out the juice and put it into his mouth—at this time, it is most taboo to use medical ninjutsu...after all, the principle of medical ninjutsu is to accelerate cell division to speed up recovery.

This child is currently lacking in nutrition; if the cell division accelerates further, he might just die.

Akaishi then activated his Sharingan and entered his world of consciousness...

Akaishi originally wanted to try and awaken his consciousness; at that moment, a person needs the will to survive. Who knew...

"Hmm?" As soon as Akashi entered, he discovered a seal in Akashi's consciousness world!

The boy's world of consciousness was vast and empty, seemingly an endless expanse of land, but this land was cracked and devoid of any life...

The world of consciousness reflects the human spirit.

This is a true reflection of the boy's numb and desperate inner world!

Now, because the boy's consciousness could vanish at any moment, the place appears to be on the verge of collapse.

At the same time, a seal suddenly appeared here...

After a quick look, Akashi realized it was the kind of memory seal that Sunagakure had!

The Sand Village possesses a vicious sealing technique.

In the early stages of the war, Konoha's medical corps was almost wiped out because a "Konoha ninja" betrayed them. This ninja was an orphan from the Land of Wind whom Konoha had adopted more than 20 years ago.

However, no one had previously discovered that he actually had a memory seal on him, left by Sunagakure. At a crucial moment, the seal was broken, his memories were awakened, and he was turned against the past.

The reason it's described as vicious...

This is the direct reason why Konoha began to screen orphans from other countries, and why the Third Hokage even agreed to let Root conduct the screening!

This technique directly destroyed Konoha... no, it should be said that it destroyed the ninja world's trust in an orphan whose background was unknown.

More than 20 years ago, during the First Shinobi World War, Konoha did not participate in the war at all. They only adopted some orphans who had been displaced to the Land of Fire. As a result, they suffered an undeserved disaster, which would be unacceptable to anyone.

As for Sunagakure, they simply placed this seal on a large number of refugee children, which cost almost nothing—since they didn't need to rescue them afterward, they could just die and that was it. Their idea was that if the children were adopted by other countries, they would make a profit and perhaps even gain an inside agent!

"The Sand Village is secretly doing this in the Land of Earth?" Akaishi said, directly breaking the seal.