Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 195 Fortress

With a deeply shocked Uchiha Shisui.

Before daylight fully arrives, they reunite with their companions.

After handing the explosive tags obtained from the transaction to Uchiha Asaka, Toshiro looked at Homura.

The other party understood his meaning, bit his finger, and used the summoning technique to summon a ninja cat that had signed a contract with him.

"Yoko, is everything ready at Granny Cat's place?"

Holding his summoned beast in his arms and giving it a good pat, Uchiha Homura finally spoke and asked.

"Of course it's all ready, meow! Just pay the bill and we can start the transaction right away!"

Looking at the white-haired man enjoying himself in Uchiha Homura's arms, Toshiro couldn't help but feel a pang of pain in his heart when he heard the other man mention paying the bill.

They really went to great lengths to complete this mission.

If they didn't do it this way, given the strength of their team, let alone whether they could complete the mission, even if they did, it's estimated that no one except him would be able to return to the camp alive!

"This is the agreed-upon amount, and these are some materials we've been collecting. Please give them to Granny Cat!"

He handed over the money he had prepared in advance to the white cat, along with another sealing scroll.

Among them were some iron materials they had collected, which they gathered while cleaning up the battlefield after the battle.

The purpose was to use these things to pay off debts at Granny Cat's place.

"The quantity is correct, and I've received the items, meow! In a little while, have Flame summon my sister; she'll bring the items over!"

"Okay! Thank you for your help!"

"goodbye!"

After greeting Uchiha Homura, the summoned white cat turned into a wisp of white smoke and returned to the empty area.

Besides the iron materials, he also took away most of the money he had left after this transaction.

This caused Toshiro, who was short of money, great distress.

The arms trade is incredibly hot right now. Take explosive tags, for example. They used to cost one or two thousand taels each, but now the price has skyrocketed to 6000 taels each.

Furthermore, items such as shuriken, kunai, and ninja swords—anything related to war—have seen their prices skyrocket several times over.

Sometimes he couldn't help but think, why be a ninja? Wouldn't it be better to do arms dealing like Granny Cat?

But reality doesn't allow him to do that!

What annoyed him the most was that the other party wouldn't let him pay on credit; they insisted on cash payment, otherwise they wouldn't ship the goods to him at all!

Her reasoning was quite compelling: "If you're out of luck, who will she go after?" This left him speechless.

You have no choice but to buy them, otherwise, after just a few battles, all your ninja swords, kunai, and shuriken will be used up, not to mention explosive tags!

However, the cost involved was truly alarming.

For example, with this batch of explosive tags, 600 tags were distributed among so many people, meaning each person only received 40 tags. Even including those obtained from usual spoils and those distributed by the village, the total was less than 60 tags.

These 600 explosive tags cost him 360 million taels, plus the cost of ninja tools and medicines.

There wasn't much left of what I earned this time.

Most of it ended up in the pockets of these arms dealers!

As for village supplies, each shipment consists of only about ten explosive tags, along with some military rations. This is truly a drop in the ocean, especially in this kind of behind-enemy-lines operation where rapid resupply is impossible.

Homura didn't have to wait long; in just over ten minutes, she summoned her summoning beast again, and the other party brought a large number of weapons that had been ordered in advance.

As long as the money is in place, Grandma Cat's delivery is quite fast~

Let's go!

After distributing the supplies, Toshiro led his people and disappeared into the surrounding bushes, heading towards their mission objective.

……

One day later.

In a vast plain in the Land of Grass, a brownish-yellow earthen fortress stands quietly.

It stood out starkly against the surrounding green meadows.

This is an outpost of the Iwagakure ninja here, its purpose being to facilitate the Iwagakure reconnaissance units so that they can carry out reconnaissance missions more easily.

This location also serves as a crucial node in the Iwa ninja camp, providing support and allowing the Iwa ninja commanders within the camp to better monitor Konoha's movements.

"Is this fortress our objective for this mission?"

Five or six kilometers away from the fortress, in a dense thicket of grass, a group of more than a dozen figures were hiding and using binoculars to observe their target for this mission.

Even though they were far apart, the group was still very careful, afraid of giving anything away and letting the observers on the other side discover something.

Some of the strategies employed by the Iwa ninja are truly a headache.

Take this fortress in front of us, for example. These Iwa ninjas built it incredibly solid. Not just solid, it's practically impenetrable.

Just one glance is enough to tell how much they enhanced this place using their expertise in Earth Release ninjutsu when it was built.

This left the Konoha ninjas feeling like dogs trying to bite a hedgehog, with nowhere to start, when facing these strongholds.

"No wonder you bought so many explosive tags this time. Without these, it would be almost impossible for the few of us to complete the mission!"

Looking at the building opposite, Uchiha Tetsuya spoke with a serious expression.

Years of battlefield fighting have drastically changed this impetuous young man. Having faced perilous situations several times, he now dares not act rashly again.

She's completely different from before; she's like a different person altogether.

"Even so, Toshiro! How confident are you?"

"Are you confident? I don't know, we'll just have to see how things go!"

Just like now, if it were the old Uchiha Tetsuya, he would never have asked such a question. He would have just excitedly asked him, "When are we going to make our move?"

At this moment, not only Uchiha Tetsuya, but everyone in his team was staring at the building in the distance with serious expressions.

"Yan! You and Tetsuya go find a place to stay first, and also scout out the terrain around here. Be careful not to leave any traces."

Although he is the team captain, there's no need for him to do everything himself. Otherwise, what's the point of having so many teammates?

He casually gave some instructions to Yan and Zhe, while inwardly pondering how to complete this mission.

(End of this chapter)