Uchiha Akaishi Tour

The art of turning your mind around!

Before the three masked ninjas entered the secret base, Yamanaka Inoichi activated the Yamanaka clan's secret technique.

Hai made a heart shape with his hands, aimed it at one of the masked ninjas, and then...

The other person seemed to only pause for a moment before continuing to walk, while Inoichi lost consciousness and collapsed. Akimichi Choza, who was prepared, caught him immediately.

Seeing this, Akaishi realized that Inoichi's ninjutsu hadn't failed; quite the opposite...

The secret technique of the mountain clan has taken effect!

"As expected of the secret technique of the mountain clan, it has already touched the soul level." Jiraiya sighed upon seeing this.

Seeing this, Akaishi opened Jiraiya's eyes wide and said, "What's wrong with the soul? Who said anything related to the soul is powerful? I think the Spirit Transformation Technique is not even a hair's breadth inferior to your Sage Mode, Jiraiya-sensei!"

Jiraiya: ...

Shikaku and Choza, who hadn't initially thought of it this way, couldn't help but look over at Jiraiya's face.

"Red Stone..." Jiraiya's face darkened.

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, just do your job well!" Jiraiya said weakly.

……

Yamanaka Inoichi's consciousness had now transferred to the masked Root, completely suppressing his own consciousness.

As Jiraiya said, although the "Mind Transfer Technique" cannot directly make the user exist as a spirit like the "Spirit Transformation Technique," it still involves the soul and looks like a soul possession.

This was not a manipulation at the level of illusion, and no one noticed anything unusual for a while.

The entrance to this secret base was disguised as a huge rock. After the rock was moved, a staircase leading downwards was revealed. The first person went straight in, and Haiyi followed—he deliberately did not choose the leader to possess.

At this moment, the two people besides the leader were carrying a large jar on their backs, with various sealing stripes drawn on it. Presumably, the captured children were sealed inside—after all, it was necessary to ensure their survival and prevent them from running away, so this was indeed safer.

Upon reaching the bottom, there was another iron gate, guarded by two people wearing Root masks.

"The raging fire is hard to extinguish," the gatekeeper said directly, without saying anything else.

Hai lowered his head and remained silent, waiting for the leader to take the lead...

"We must guard against a prairie fire."

Sure enough, it was a secret code.

But this "Crimson Fire"...

Haiyi always felt that either the person was cursing the Uchiha clan, or that they were specifically cursing Akaishi!

The possibility that these ninjas are "imposters from Root" is becoming increasingly unlikely...

Following the leader, we successfully slipped through the iron gate; behind us lay the secret base... or rather, the secret laboratory.

In addition to the root members responsible for security, there are also many researchers.

And it was at this moment...

A group of Root ninjas carrying "withered branches and rotten leaves" walked towards them in the corridor.

firewood?

Haiyi had a slight feeling in his heart—this secret base was very high-tech inside, why did they still need to burn firewood?

at the same time……

For some reason, Haiyi felt a sudden pang of fear and a vague sense of foreboding.

"What bad luck! These few made it this far, only to turn into firewood!"

"Keep your voice down, those researchers are in a bad mood, and they might blame it on you..."

"What are you doing? We went through so much trouble to bring back these experimental materials, can't you use them more sparingly?"

"Why don't we just bring back firewood? That would be easier, hahaha..."

Haiyi: ...

Listening to the "pleasantries" and "complaints" exchanged between the two sides, Hai Yi suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He carefully examined the firewood and discovered...

The main part at the top is covered with human faces, none of them very big, some even resembling babies!

"Hmm? Baku, why are you so quiet today?" The person carrying the "firewood" asked the Root member who was possessed by Inoichi.

Haiyi was very experienced, so he didn't say much at this point, but just sighed and shook his head—he didn't know anything about this person either, so the less he did, the fewer mistakes he would make.

"He's getting serious... Hurry up and deliver the goods! The director and the others are getting impatient."

Led by the team leader, they turned left and right until they arrived at what appeared to be a place where experimental subjects were being held—surrounded by rooms that looked like small prison cells, containing children dressed in lab coats, and... baby boxes, some with people inside, some empty.

People dressed in lab coats were already there, ready to receive the sample.

"Three babies and three toddlers have been brought in this time? Not bad..." The researcher in charge of registration seemed to be in a good mood.

"Alright, open it now," said another researcher wearing glasses.

Seeing that the person beside him had taken down the large jar, Hai followed suit, but...

"untie!"

The Root member then broke the seal on the large jar, and the child's cries inside immediately became even louder.

Haiyi: ...

"Hmm? What's wrong?" The researcher asked, looking at the motionless tapir.

Hai looked around...

Clearly, this is where the "experimental subjects" are being held. So... should we make our move now?

There's nothing I can do if I don't want to do it!

After all, Haiyi didn't know what kind of sealing technique was used on it.

But as luck would have it...

Kucha —

Just then, a loud, strange noise came from deep within the corridor outside the "storage room"!

Immediately, someone called out, "Quick, someone come and help!"

Immediately, Haiyi's two teammates rushed out, and Haiyi, of course, was only a step slower, rushing out after them...

Following the other two, Haiyi arrived at the laboratory deep inside.

In the laboratory, a baby was crying loudly on a tree trunk—not sitting or lying on the trunk, but the baby's outline was appearing on the trunk!

Even though it had turned into a tree, the baby still seemed to have a life force...

At the same time, the tree trunk continued to grow branches, attacking those around it.

Calling it an "attack" might be an exaggeration; it was more like an instinctive push of those around him!

"Success? At least it's a major breakthrough... Everyone be careful! Don't hurt him!"

The lead researcher then spoke with enthusiasm, while also directing the other root members to prevent them from directly harming the trunk.

Upon seeing this, Hai paused slightly in his movements.

When using the "Mind Transfer Technique," one cannot unleash much power, leaving significant openings in combat.

Therefore, Haiyi had no intention of fighting at this time, but instead activated the "Mind Transmission Technique" to contact the outside world.

Outside the secret base, Shikaku suddenly had a change of heart—Inoichi had been "live-streaming" to him and Choza in their minds. Just now, Shikaku wanted to call Akaishi to make a move, and now Inoichi was urging him on.

Upon hearing this, Akaishi used the "Summoning Technique" without hesitation.

The next moment, the words "South" and "North" appeared in front of Chi Shi's left and right hands, enlarged to the height of a person, and then two raccoon dogs wearing masks of "Southern Dipper Immortal" and "Northern Dipper Immortal" respectively walked out.

One of them is a clone, entirely maintained by Akaishi's chakra!

Then, two raccoon dogs wearing fairy masks stepped forward and struck their staffs in front of the huge rock.

Immediately, the entire giant rock was enveloped by a spell that appeared out of thin air...

Seeing this, Shikaku became even more convinced that Akaishi had come prepared.

Although an emergency was taking place inside the secret laboratory, the commotion was quickly noticed by the Root ninjas inside.

"Who is it?"

"Oh no, we've been spotted... Send a signal now!"

The next moment, the giant rock shattered, and at the same time, Akaishi rushed in first, followed by the others—Inoichi's body had been handed over to one of Akaishi's mirror clones to carry.

"Who are you……"

The two guards from the Root had just recognized Akaishi when the three-pointed star pattern appeared in their eyes, and they were immediately knocked down.

Although the iron gate had been locked by the two men, at this moment...

Kerala —

The iron gate was torn open by the crimson hands of the Susanoo!

The alarms went off throughout the entire laboratory...

Amidst the chaos, the Root ninjas were unsure whether to go to the laboratory to provide support or to come here first to hold off the intruders!

"Wait... this is Root's secret base..."

"U-Uchiha! It's Akaashi Uchiha!"

"Stop! We've already signaled to the village..."

"Jiraiya? You...you're not going to stop Konoha's Red Stone?"

"Ino-Shika-Cho, have you joined the Uchiha in rebelling too?"

When the Root ninjas first discovered that the intruders were Konoha ninjas, they wanted to use the excuse of a misunderstanding to stop the fighting, and then ask Lord Danzo for a solution, whether to silence them or keep them quiet.

However, when they discovered that the person who came was Uchiha Akaishi, they immediately realized that things could not end peacefully today.

and……

What surprised them even more was that Jiraiya and the young members of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio were also there, but now they were fooling around with Akaishi, and even if they revealed their Root identity, it was no use!

As for that Lanwu?

It's better not to say anything!

"Choza and I are going to rescue the captured children. You're in charge of the lab," Shikaku said to Akaishi.

Upon hearing this, Chi Shi simply replied, "Lan Wu, you go too."

It's not that I'm afraid of danger or anything, it's just that with Lanwu around, it would be easier to handle if any child got hurt.

Looking at the masked Konoha ninjas around him, Shikaku also felt a headache coming on.

It's not their strength that's a headache, but their identities—there's no doubt that Root is conducting human experiments in secret!

But it's just a headache!

After all, they had already done it, and he had already discovered it, so there was no way he could pretend nothing had happened.

"Halt! You've betrayed the village!"

Several masked Root ninjas blocked the passageway, but...

shhhhh--

The shadow beneath Shikaku's feet rapidly expanded and twisted under the hand seals, binding the three Root ninjas who were blocking his way to the spot.

Then, one after another, the enormous hands slapped down, slamming them all against the wall. They were on the verge of losing consciousness, even on the verge of death...