This was indeed an Uchiha. It was hard to imagine that this Uchiha had actually done something like that before.
Thinking that the other party was also a medical ninja, Nara Yoshino couldn't help but feel a hint of curiosity towards this powerful Uchiha Clan member.
It really did confirm some of the rumors in the village.
The stronger the Uchiha Clan, the more mental problems they had.
"Cough~"
After a light cough, she took out an envelope from her pocket and placed it on the coffee table, half-closing her eyes as she looked at Asuka-kun, and said softly.
"Asuka-kun, I heard you're the best detective in Konoha?"
A detective is a profession responsible for investigating cases, specifically responsible for investigating and solving criminal cases as a civilian police officer.
A private detective is someone who, through private commission, investigates extramarital affairs, finds people, and searches for secrets for employers. Asuka-kun belongs to the latter.
As a member of the Uchiha Clan, Asuka-kun doesn't lack money. The reason why he became a private detective in the first place was just to use this identity as a cover, in order to actually inquire about the little secrets of the supporting characters of the Hokage.
Having transmigrated to the world of Naruto, how could he not be interested in the people and things of this world?
It's impossible for comic books to write about who's having an affair, who's prostituting themselves, or who's becoming a mistress.
For some things that are difficult to talk about and cannot be solved by issuing tasks, this is when it's his turn to play.
Until the Third Shinobi World War officially started, he often inquired about the gossip of some supporting characters intentionally or unintentionally, helped others analyze treasure maps, and looked for treasures. Over time, the title of "Divine Detective" was pinned on his head.
If it weren't for the sudden arrival of the Third Shinobi World War, this kind of life might have continued for several years.
"Sorry."
At this moment, Asuka-kun suddenly came back to his senses. He leaned against the wall and shook his head.
"I've been teaching students recently, so I may have to take a break for a while. If you need it, I can recommend a few equally gossipy... Pah...equally excellent private detectives."
"Asuka-kun, this commission may be a bit challenging for others."
Hearing this, Asuka-kun's expression froze. He doesn't like challenges either.
He thought of a rather challenging commission he had taken on in the past.
[Investigate why hundreds of donkeys in a certain villager's farm outside the village screamed for no reason in the middle of the night.]
When he saw this commission, his first reaction was that it was man-made...there's a pervert...and after some investigation, he could basically confirm that it was man-made, there was a pervert...and that pervert was quite well-known in Konoha.
His name was Orochimaru...the Legendary Sannin. During that time, Orochimaru was like a corpse driver, often driving a group of slow-moving, sometimes roaring human-shaped creatures past people's donkey sheds in the middle of the night, scaring the donkeys.
Later, he made a simple trap on the only way for those human-shaped creatures, and found that those human-shaped creatures seemed to be semi-finished Impure World Reincarnation.
Later, an anonymous letter was thrown directly on the Hokage's desk, and Orochimaru was reported.
Nara Yoshino secretly sized up Asuka-kun for a while. Seeing that the other party did not refuse her again, but such a long silence was enough to show that the other party did not want to accept this commission.
It's a pity that although the ninja world war has ended on the surface, there are still constant disputes in the dark.
The sensory Jonin in the village either have important tasks, or they are defending against enemies on the front line.
After searching around, she couldn't find any idlers, otherwise she wouldn't have asked the Uchiha Clan for help.
After a moment of silence, she turned to look at Uchiha Mikoto and said silently.
"Mikoto, it's up to you."
"Don't worry!"
After giving the other party a reassuring look, Uchiha Mikoto stood up and came to Asuka-kun.
Having lived in the Uchiha Clan for more than twenty years, she can be said to know the temperament of the clansmen very well.
The 'use the power of encouragement' works surprisingly well on our own clan members, Asuka-kun."
Uchiha Mikoto looked at Asuka with a smile. For some reason, just seeing his face made her fingers ache slightly. If it weren't for this damned identity, or if time could be turned back a few years, she would have stormed his door long ago.
Advising people to divorce... After taking a few deep breaths, she suppressed the dissatisfaction in her heart, then made a gesture of invitation, signaling Asuka to come with her to the yard.
Once in the yard, she supported her belly with both hands, looked at Asuka with some suspicion, and said softly,
"I remember you proposed at the clan meeting to win over the Senju and unite with other clans, right?"
"Yes!"
"Then why didn't you seize such a good opportunity today? Or is it that you don't want to accept this request because you know that with your current ability, it is impossible to complete this request in a short time? You don't want to leave all the opportunities to win over other clans to the clan leader, do you?"
Hearing this, Asuka looked at Uchiha Mikoto with a smile that was not a smile.
You say I can't do it, I think I can, but I just don't want to prove it to you.
A normal Uchiha would fall for that reverse psychology. I'm not normal. Besides, the clan leader should be the one to win over other clans. For the glory of the Uchiha, he should dedicate himself, including his body. After waiting for a while, Asuka didn't wait for the clan leader's wife to continue lecturing.
He looked at Uchiha Mikoto strangely, only to see her also staring blankly at him. For some reason, those almost dark eyes seemed a little pure, like a black gem under the sunlight, exuding a charming color.
Asuka subconsciously moved his gaze down, looking at the slightly undulating belly, and after twitching the corner of his mouth, he directly turned his head to the side.
He didn't like either of these two brothers.
"Asuka-kun."
At this moment, Uchiha Mikoto suddenly stretched out a hand and waved the injured finger in front of his face. After attracting his attention, she smiled slightly and said,
"Fugaku's ability was much worse than yours at the same time before he became the clan leader. He didn't have the reputation of a genius in his youth, and he didn't have the extra energy to learn medical ninjutsu.
But you are much better than Fugaku at the same time.
The future of the Uchiha Clan needs you to create it with your own hands.
Since you want to change the future of the clan, why not try it, starting with accepting this request.
You should seize this opportunity to have a good relationship with other families, which will be of great help to the idea you proposed.
Uchiha youth, although you often make some annoying suggestions, I am still very optimistic about you.
Of course, you can refuse directly now, this kind of thing will not be forced on you."
Saying this, she saw the smile on Asuka's face gradually disappear, and couldn't help but stretch out her finger to pick up a lock of her hair, twisting it back and forth for a while, and said softly,
"Yes means yes, no means no, what does 'resting' mean? You will only make Nara Yoshino think that you simply don't want to accept her request.
Moreover, this also violates your original intention of the [winning over the Senju and uniting with other families] plan.
Or, was your proposal just a casual remark?
If that's the case, it would be quite happy.
From one spot, the whole leopard can be seen.
Your "divorce" proposal was just a joke, right? I said, how could the clan member I'm optimistic about do such a wicked, conscienceless, thunderous, five-thunderous, bad-dying, self-defeating, stinking"
Asuka quickly covered Uchiha Mikoto's mouth, looking at the smiling clan leader's wife, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
This woman has such a venomous tongue. If she keeps cursing, will she start spewing words like 'childless' from her mouth?
And she actually compared Fugaku to me... What makes her think she can compare Fugaku to me? Could that bastard son be born from my genes? After a moment of silence, Asuka-kun turned and went back into the house.
Although he wouldn't care about such low-level goading, he just remembered that the system seemed to have a mission to become friends with Shikamaru.
After seeing off the pregnant women, Asuka-kun weighed the envelope in his hand, recalling the situation described by Nara Yoshino, and fell into deep thought again.
They suspect the clan leader's cousin has a man and want me to investigate the man's clues, leaving the rest to them.
Combining the time provided by the other party, Asuka-kun suddenly slammed his right fist into his left palm, a look of realization on his face.
If he remembered correctly, he seemed to have stayed in Ryoko's room all night that night, right?
So, the person she's looking for should be me? But I'm not Ryoko's man.
Without ruining my reputation... how am I supposed to turn myself in?
The next day, the sun rose as usual.
As always, Asuka was awakened by the Orange Cat's overly obese body pressing down on him.
Noticing that he was having some difficulty breathing, he opened his eyes and placed the Orange Cat on the other side of the pillow, then yawned and got out of bed.
"Grumble, grumble, grumble~"
Asuka brushed his teeth while facing the window, studying the book in his hand titled [Fashionable Beauty Body Limits].
Knock! Knock! Knock! Just as he finished brushing his teeth and was about to go back to sleep, someone knocked on the door of his room.
Before he could answer, the door creaked open.
A small head of purple hair poked out from the crack in the door.
Uzuki Yugao didn't seem to expect that Asuka's door wouldn't be locked.
She was a little surprised at first, then curiously glanced inside, just in time to see Asuka standing in the center of the living room, holding a toothbrush cup in one hand and a magazine that was clearly not children's reading material in the other, looking at the other party's eight-pack abs and strong thighs. Uzuki Yugao blinked her eyes, and her face instantly turned red.
"Sorry to bother you!"
Bang! The girl slammed the door shut and leaned against it, gasping for breath.
The Konoha morning in February was still a bit chilly, but she didn't feel the coolness at all, only that her forehead was constantly sweating.
Who reads that kind of thing while brushing their teeth in the morning?
But on second thought, Yugao suddenly realized that shouldn't he be the one embarrassed to be caught peeking at a dirty magazine? Why was she hiding? It was too cowardly.
Thinking this, Yugao mustered up her courage and opened the door again.
However, Asuka had already put on his clothes, and the magazine had been thrown aside.
Toad Sages could get rich by collecting material at bathhouses, there was no reason why he couldn't get rich by collecting material from books.
If it weren't for the fact that the other party's Make-Out Series sold so well in the ninja world, and Asuka was a little too envious, he actually wanted to write some serious books.
Looking at the complex expression on Yugao's face, Asuka said unhappily.
"Hey, what's with that expression? Haven't seen enough?"
As he spoke, he opened the refrigerator door, took out a box of ice milk and a box of tonkotsu-flavored instant noodles, and continued.
"Do you know the saying 'doors are not closed at night'? The Uchiha Clan Grounds has a very good atmosphere, I don't close the doors or windows at night, remember to knock next time."
"Got it!"
Yugao lowered her head slightly, and the sweat on her face, under her mental suggestion, turned into sweat from running too fast.
"Teacher?"
Seeing Asuka boiling water to make instant noodles, Yugao pointed to the ice milk next to him, and said hesitantly.
"Are you going to eat hot and cold together?"
"Yeah, this is a way to exercise willpower."
"That..."
Uzuki Yugao poked her fingers together, a blush rising on her cheeks again, as she said somewhat guiltily,
"Actually, I can cook."
"You??"
After looking her up and down, Asuka raised his eyebrows, and asked doubtfully,
"You need something from me?"
"What? I just saw you eating like that this morning, and I was afraid you'd get a stomachache."
Listening to her somewhat lacking confidence, Asuka put his hand in the water to test the temperature, then said,
"Spit it out, what do you want?"
"That..."
After hesitating for a while, Uzuki Yugao bit her lip, "I'll make breakfast first."
As she spoke, she trotted to the kitchen, grabbed Asuka's sturdy arm, dragged him all the way to the living room, pressed him down on the sofa, and then tied on an apron and began to busy herself in the kitchen.
Half an hour later.
Asuka looked at the neatly arranged egg slices and the pan-fried bread and ham on the plate, and his gaze towards Yugao changed again.
Seriously, just half an hour ago, he thought he could eat some delicious feast.
But this is it... "Not bad!"
Taking a bite of the ham and finding that it still tasted the same, Asuka gave her a thumbs up and praised,
"You did a really good job, there's not even a hint of burnt flavor.
Your future boyfriend will be lucky."
"Heh~ heh~"
After giggling for a while, Uzuki Yugao remembered the purpose of her visit. She looked at Asuka, who was eating a fried egg, with some anticipation.
"Teacher, I heard that you studied swordsmanship before?"
"I did, but after studying for a while, I found that it wasn't what I thought it would be, so I gave up."
He did study swordsmanship for a while, thinking he could release slashes from a distance like in the Pirate World, but later found that it was just hacking and slashing with a katana... far less explosive than ninjutsu. Later, after he copied some swordsmanship with his Sharingan, he turned to learn something else.
"Teacher, I have a request to ask of you."
"Go ahead, I'm easy to talk to."
Hearing this, Uzuki Yugao took a deep breath, then bowed in one smooth motion, closed her eyes, and shouted,
"Teacher, please take me as your disciple!"
Huh?? Asuka blinked, instantly feeling that the egg in his mouth was no longer fragrant. He put down his chopsticks, turned to look at her, and said,
"You're talking about a disciple??"
"Yes!"
Hearing the other party's firm voice, Asuka felt his temples throbbing as if an electric motor had been installed.
What kind of stimulation did this guy receive? Why does he suddenly want to be my disciple?
After voicing the question in his heart, he saw Uzuki Yugao bring her legs together and say in a firm tone.
"You are the best Medical Ninja among swordsmen ninjas, and also the best swordsman ninja among Medical Ninjas. Old man Kosuke personally admitted that your mastery of swordsmanship is not inferior to his.
Tsunade-sama once mentioned that having a Medical Ninja in each team would increase the survival rate of the team members.
I want to learn medical ninjutsu, but I don't want to give up swordsmanship, and Yugao can't have two masters at the same time."
Kosuke?? Isn't that the old scapegoat, the perennial Genin who is as famous as Might Duy? After realizing who Kosuke was, Asuka's mouth twitched, and his face instantly collapsed. He had copied a lot of swordsmanship from him back then, and now it seemed like it was time to pay it back. After a moment of silence, he turned his head to look at Yugao and said slowly.
"What exactly happened that made you suddenly want to learn medicine?"
Yugao smacked her tongue, she showed an innocent expression, and looked at the ceiling with innocent big eyes without speaking.
Yesterday, during a competition with her clansmen, she accidentally injured the other party, and then her mother closed the door at night and beat her up.
Last night, when she was lying in bed, she realized why her teacher had learned medical ninjutsu in the first place.
Based on her understanding of her teacher during this period, when her teacher learned medical ninjutsu, he more or less had the idea of injuring his opponent while personally healing him.
Moreover, she had also heard that her teacher's medical ninjutsu was stronger than anyone in Konoha now, except for Tsunade.
Her left-hand swordsmanship strikes the enemy, and her right-hand medical ninjutsu slaps herself... Isn't this a perpetual motion machine that will never be injured?
After understanding the importance of medical ninjutsu, Yugao wanted to get out of bed last night to become a disciple, but her mother restricted her. Thinking of this, Uzuki Yugao couldn't restrain her excited expression. She took two steps forward, blinked her big eyes a few times, and then thousands of words instantly got stuck in her throat, and she couldn't say a word.
"Okay, okay, I know."
Asuka looked at Yugao's hopeful eyes, then looked down at the remaining half of the egg slice in the bowl, and said seriously.
"Medical Ninja and combat ninjas are two different paths. Now that you have made up your mind, you must be prepared to endure hardship."
"Yes!"
"Come over at five o'clock tomorrow to make breakfast, I don't want to eat egg slices anymore."
"Yes!"
"Then let go of my arm, don't shake it."
"Yes!"
Seeing that the other party agreed so readily, Asuka reached out and picked his nose, and looked up at the ceiling.
Did I get up too early today, which is why I'm still dreaming? In less than an hour... I actually took in a disciple...It's just that after they lose something, the smiles on their faces gradually decrease.
The smiles on ordinary people's faces will lose half of their smiles after they awaken their eyes and become Genin, and they will lose the other half after they become Chunin, and after they become Jonin, they almost lose the ability to smile."
"Then teacher, what about you?"
Uzuki Yugao looked at Asuka curiously. After searching her memory, she found that, as her teacher said, the stronger the Uchiha Clan members, the fewer smiles they had on their faces.
But her teacher has already become a Jonin, so why is his personality so different from the rest of the Uchiha Clan? "Me?"
Asuka looked around at the clan members coming and going, and quietly lowered his voice.
"It's mainly numbness. The first time I went to the battlefield, your teacher and I were completely numb. Dense corpses fell on the plain in various poses, flies were flying all over the sky, and I was assigned to a corpse collection team.
Later, I saw familiar companions die on the battlefield one after another. Although my strength didn't improve much, my thinking was sublimated.
Commonly known as, understanding life."
???
Uzuki Yugao looked at Asuka blankly. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but she didn't know what to say.
Listening to what the teacher meant, was he cowardly the first time he went to the battlefield?
Then, as he saw too many scenes, the whole person became numb?
Finally, after the numbness passed, the whole person developed in another direction?
Thinking of the rumors in the village that the strong members of the Uchiha Clan were mentally unstable, she looked at her teacher, who was [super mentally normal], and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Should she believe the legends that have been circulating in the village for decades, or should she believe the teacher's one-sided story? "Don't be dazed, I'll take you to broaden your horizons."
Asuka waved to Yugao behind him, then turned and walked towards the square in the center of the Uchiha Clan Grounds.
"Coming."
After responding, she trotted two steps to keep up with Asuka.
She didn't know what kind of knowledge her teacher was talking about taking her to see.
When she arrived at the center of the Uchiha Clan Grounds, she was instantly stunned.
In the center of this vast and magnificent square, there were three huge statues.
She recognized the statue in the middle, which was the Uchiha Clan emblem.
The statue on the right hand side of the clan emblem is... a fan?? What is on the left hand side of the clan emblem??
Looking at the statue that looked like a god of war, and the Sharingan in the statue's eye sockets, Yugao trotted two steps to catch up with Asuka, panting.
"Teacher, what is that tall god of war?"
God of war?? Asuka blinked in confusion, then followed her finger to look at the statue on the far left, and suddenly realized.
"Oh, you mean that one.
That is an important force for the Uchiha Clan to fight against the Senju Clan during the Warring States Period.
Some Uchiha Clan members with sufficient strength can forcibly materialize huge chakra to form a burly god of war for battle at the cost of blindness."
"Then teacher, can you do that?"
"No!"
Asuka shook his head decisively; even if he could use it, he wouldn't easily.
Don't ask, the answer is he has no brothers, and his eyes are prone to blindness.
It has to be said that the reason why those transmigrator predecessors wanted to transmigrate into the Uchiha Clan, the factor of opening Susanoo accounts for at least 70%.
"Let's go!"
Waving to call Uzuki Yugao, who was running around, Asuka took her straight to the northeast corner of the square, stopping in front of a somewhat old-fashioned house.
"This is..."
Looking up at this house that seemed older than her own grandfather, she focused her gaze on Asuka, her eyes full of doubt.
"This is the Uchiha Clan School. Before the Ninja Academy was established, the children of the clan would study ninjutsu knowledge here.
Later, the Second Hokage established the Ninja Academy. Children of age would go to the Ninja Academy to receive the village's training. Those children who are not old enough to enter the Ninja Academy still come here to receive some knowledge and cultivate their sense of belonging to the clan.
For example, the history and glory of the Uchiha Clan, etc."
"Teacher, do you also teach at the Clan School?"
"Temporarily filling in for a while.
The old man in the clan who teaches cultural classes got up too vigorously two days ago, feeling dizzy and unable to stand. After being ridiculed by the Great Elder, the two fought, and now he's lying in the hospital."
After saying that, Asuka pushed open the door, took Yugao to the podium, and quietly waited for the arrival of the clan's children.
He took out his copy of Ninja School Will of Fire Course Detailed Explanation and placed it on the table.
This book was originally a gift package from the system. It contains annotations and insights from various teachers in the Ninja Academy. Memorizing it will completely get rid of Danzo's prying eyes.
In other words, the person who memorizes this book will walk into Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes and get a title.
However, who memorizes books early in the morning?
After flipping through it a few times, Asuka threw the book aside. Having gone to school for so many years in his previous life, morning reading and morning running were simply anti-human. Not only was he sleepy, but he also had to memorize a bunch of things during the morning run, which was simply torture.
After the children finished checking in at the classroom, Asuka glanced at the time and stood up.
"It's not even seven o'clock yet, come with me."
After saying that, he pushed open the classroom door and led a group of children to the three stone monuments in the center of the square.
Breathing in the fresh air outside, turning his head to look at the old Clan School classroom, Asuka muttered with some dissatisfaction.
"Did the clan leader embezzle all the money? This classroom has been used for more than fifty years, and it smells musty inside."
"Teacher Asuka, is... is that chicken still there?"
Chicken??
Seeing the expectant look in the eyes of these Uchiha children, Uzuki Yugao looked at her teacher in confusion and asked.
"What chicken?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Asuka casually make a few hand seals and slam them on the ground, a burst of white mist instantly appearing before her eyes.
When the smoke cleared, more than twenty buckets of fried chicken Family Buckets had suddenly appeared on the ground.
At this moment, the teacher handed one of the buckets to her and asked.
"Yugao, want one?"
"No, no."
Uzuki Yugao quickly waved her hand, her face instantly turning pale.
Looking at the familiar red paper bucket with the white lid, she felt a tightening in her buttocks and subconsciously took two steps back.
Ever since she ate this stuff last time, she hadn't touched fried food since.
Disgusting, nauseous, wanting to go to the bathroom... clap! clap! Asuka clapped his hands, attracting the attention of the group of three- and four-year-olds, and began to speak.
"Last time, I finished telling you about the history of Konoha's founding and the origin of its name. Today, I plan to explain Konoha's spiritual core, which is the legendary Will of Fire.
You can listen to me while you eat."
In this era of scarce entertainment for children, there was nothing better than listening to stories.
The knowledge in textbooks was so boring and tedious that even adults didn't like to learn it, let alone children.
Then, Asuka picked up a piece of chicken, took two bites, and said.
"Tracing the Will of Fire back to its source, it can also be said to be the will of Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara.
Before Konoha was founded, there was no such thing as the Will of Fire.
After the two became friends, Hashirama Senju proposed to build a village to protect the children, so that the children could stay away from war. Uchiha Madara felt that this would better protect his own children, so he agreed with the other party's idea.
So, Konoha's Will of Fire can be simply summarized as protecting future generations."
Mmm~ Mmm~ The group of children listened attentively to Asuka's explanation of the Will of Fire while eating with greasy mouths.
Since the people of the ninja world were somewhat precocious, although they didn't quite understand the deeper meaning of what the teacher was saying, they could still understand the surface meaning.
"Later, as the situation developed, the Will of Fire slowly changed, but it never deviated from the core of 'protecting future generations'."
As he spoke, he saw Uchiha Itachi's lonely figure at the other end of the square, as if waiting for someone.
He heard that this guy had been somewhat out of place since he was two years old, stopped playing with children of the same age at three, and started following his father to the battlefield at four to think about the meaning of life.
He was really precocious.
When he was four years old, he was still playing ninja wars with children of the same age.
"Young Clan Head!"
Asuka waved at Uchiha Itachi and shouted when he saw him look up at him.
"Young Clan Head, what is your Will of Fire?"
Hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Uchiha Itachi's eyes. He looked at Asuka's smiling face, pondered for a moment, and said the knowledge he had seen in books.
"Where Konoha dances, the fire still burns. The firelight will continue to illuminate the village and allow new leaves to sprout."
"
Your Will of Fire can also be benevolent, just like the White Fang back then, who ultimately chose his comrades when faced with the choice between them and the mission.
Therefore, you don't need to force the Will of Fire that anyone talks about onto yourselves. If you feel that the Will of Fire you currently possess doesn't suit you and makes you feel troubled, then go and look at other people's Will of Fire, and then learn from it.
The original purpose of our learning the Will of Fire is to protect our descendants, and not to send our entire clan and descendants to the Pure Land because of certain people's decisions.
Look at the companions around you; these are the people you should be protecting by learning the Will of Fire.
Sacrificing the small family for everyone is for saints.
Killing the whole family for everyone is for great saints.
Killing the whole clan and digging up ancestral graves for everyone is for idiots."
After glancing intentionally or unintentionally at Itachi, who was leaving with Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Asuka sneered in his heart.
From now on, he would instill some things into the younger generation of the clan.
Lest some traitors emerge from this group of little guys in the future.
By the way, he also had to instill some anti-moral kidnapping and anti-"love" topics into these little guys.
In Naruto, they always bring up the lack of love in others.
After a while, he would also instill in them the question of [whether the clan head should get a divorce].
Education is the top
A low and aged voice echoed in the cave.
"Lord Madara, there's news about you again this time."
Whoosh! After taking a deep breath, Madara slowly opened his eyes. It took a while for his eyeballs to move before he took the information handed over by White Zetsu.
The time he stayed awake was getting longer and longer. He wondered when he would fall asleep and never wake up again.
Only four months of life left? He glanced down at the information in his hand.
Huh? Madara blinked in disbelief. After the Sharingan rolled in his eye sockets a few times, he looked at the note again.
Saying that I, the old man, will reign over the ninja world, hoping for eternal peace?
"Hahahaha, unfortunately, Hashirama doesn't agree with me. He has always insisted on the ninja village...coughcough"
After laughing wildly, Uchiha Madara coughed violently. He clenched the information in his hand tightly with one hand, his eyes looking deeply towards the direction of Konoha.
If that idiot Hashirama could see the current ninja world, see the current Konoha, I wonder if he would agree with my ideas.
He smoothed out the note in his hand and folded it, then looked at the grinning Spiral White Zetsu in front of him and ordered.
"Collect information on Uchiha Asuka."
"Ah?"
Spiral White Zetsu scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.
"Didn't we collect it when we were looking for someone who could replace Lord Madara and walk the ninja world after you left? Lord Madara said he was a disgrace to the Uchiha Clan and burned that person's information."
???
Uchiha Madara tilted his head and glanced at Spiral White Zetsu, a trace of confusion appearing on his long expressionless face.
Such an Uchiha clansman who suits my taste, and I didn't like him back then?? Did Hashirama's cells make his head as stupid as Hashirama's? Just as Uchiha Madara was suspecting that there was something wrong with the cells, he saw another White Zetsu appear on the ground beside him, his voice shrill.
"Lord Madara, don't mind that idiot. When we were collecting information, Uchiha Asuka was practicing Medical Ninjutsu."
Oh... Now that he mentioned it, Madara instantly remembered.
That guy seemed to be the only combat-type Jonin and Medical Ninjutsu user in the Uchiha Clan... With that extra energy, the Mangekyo Sharingan would have opened long ago.
Then, he looked at Konoha with a gloomy expression, his tone suddenly turning cold.
"I knew it was impossible for me to be influenced by that idiot Hashirama."
"Madam."
"Hmm?"
"I want..."
"Want what?"
"You."
Nara Yoshino was stunned for a moment, looking at Asuka's serious expression. She seemed to understand something, and after hesitating for a while, she refused.
"No, if Shikaku finds out about this, I'll get beaten."
"If you don't tell, and I don't tell, he won't know."
"There are no walls that don't let wind through."
"Just satisfy me, please."
Asuka put his hands together, looking sincerely at the Nara Clan leader's wife.
"No."
Seeing the other party shake her head again to refuse him, Asuka took a step back, a look of determination on his face, as if he had made a very important decision in his heart, and gritted his teeth.
"Three times... just three times..."
"Three times?"
Nara Yoshino propped her cheek with one hand, secretly observing Asuka's strong body, sighed and shook her head, then held up five fingers, bargaining.
"Three times is a bit too little, five times.
If you agree, I'll do it."
"Alright then..."
After thinking for a while, Asuka nodded, agreeing to the other party's request.
"Here you go!"
Nara Yoshino took out a large package from the counter and handed it to Asuka. She patted the package in her hand, looking at Asuka with some curiosity.
The Nara Clan has been raising deer for Konoha for generations. Deer antlers are a precious medicinal material, and their achievements in medicine are unmatched. Most of Konoha's medicinal materials and medicines are provided by them.
Ordinary people and ninjas who want to buy medicinal materials and medicines generally choose to come here.
Today, as soon as she walked to the entrance of the store, she saw Uchiha Asuka and the clerk there fiercely haggling over the price, so she pushed the clerk away and personally discussed the price of the medicines with him.
"Asuka-kun, what are you doing with these basic medicinal materials? Could it be that someone in your Uchiha Clan wants to become a Medical Ninja again?"
"No!"
Asuka carried the medicinal materials behind him, pouting.
"This morning, I took in a disciple who wants to study medicine. She just graduated from the Ninja Academy, and she's as poor as can be."
"Wow!"
Nara Yoshino's small mouth opened slightly, looking exaggeratedly at Asuka, then she gave him a thumbs up and praised.
"Asuka-kun, you really know how to talk."
"Since you think I'm so good at talking, how about three medical check-ups?"
"That won't do. Five times was what we agreed on. After all, you got these medicinal herbs at an 80% discount, which is practically giving them away."
"Heh~"
Asuka's mouth twitched. If it weren't for those treacherous merchants in Konoha, when had he ever bargained when buying things?
He had wanted to defect back then, selling everything he could sell, and using all his savings to exchange for some weapons from Cat Granny. Then, when he decided not to defect and went to Cat Granny to recycle those weapons, that old woman directly slashed at him with a dragon-slaying knife, and his assets instantly shrank by a third.
When he redeemed the things he had sold one by one, that group of treacherous merchants directly touted his ordinary kitchen knife as the Wind Lightning Sword, and the whetstone became the Earth Disaster Stone, raising the price on the spot. If it weren't for the identity of a ninja restricting him...
"Asuka-kun, how is your investigation going?"
Yoshino's voice pulled Asuka back from his memories. She pointed to the calendar on the wall behind her and said helplessly.
"Madam, it's only been a day..."
"Is that so? I thought it had been a long time. It's only been a day. Then you have to work harder."
"Understood."
With that, Asuka waved his hand and left the Nara family's pharmacy.
When he took those medicinal herbs just now, he quietly probed the other party. He now has a rough idea of Shikamaru's birth time.
September... Based on the speed at which children mature in Hokage, I can probably become Shikamaru's friend next February with a lollipop.
No, that's not right.
Thinking of Tsunade, who grows older by a year in Shizune's words, Asuka moved the time forward a bit.
With Shikamaru's genius brain, he might recognize people one month after birth, recognize words in two months, and make friends in three months.
Night.
Nara Clan Grounds.
Asuka, dressed in black, skillfully avoided the patrolling ninjas and came to Nara Ryoko's room.
"Who's there?"
As soon as the voice fell, Ryoko looked at Asuka, who had taken off his mask, and quickly stood up, grabbed his arm, and said anxiously.
"You're finally here."
"Don't worry."
After Asuka comforted her, he looked at her anxious expression and continued.
"The last time I came, I was discovered by the Nara clansmen patrolling outside, and then your clan leader's wife suspected you and I were having an affair."
"Oh~"
Hearing this, Ryoko's face also showed a look of realization. She was still wondering why Yoshino came to her house last time and asked her, overtly and covertly, if she had a man.
It's too bullying. Her husband just passed away, and they suspect she's looking for another man.
At that time, she angrily used a broom to chase the clan leader's wife out.
So that's the crux of the matter.
She sized up Asuka with her slender eyes, then, as if having made a decision, said earnestly.
"As long as my son is cured, whether the rumors are true or false, I don't care."
"I care."
After saying that, Asuka walked out of the room with her and went downstairs.
He didn't want Danzo to know that he was deliberately getting close to a Root member, and he didn't want to get the reputation of "seducing a widow in the middle of the night," especially since this widow had a son and wasn't particularly attractive.
Frankly speaking, not everyone can be like Boss Cao, treating other people's sons as if they were their own.
You need a grand vision to achieve great things, and he felt that his vision might only be enough to be a village chief in this lifetime.
Looking at the moonlight shining into the room through the window, Asuka thought of Kaguya Otsutsuki living on the moon. Although that guy had sons, the sons either died or were destroyed. The only one who survived was still helping Uchiha Madara a lot. He just wondered if Uchiha Fugaku marrying a Hyuga woman would cause their descendants to revert to their ancestors?
Having found the blind spot, Asuka decided to propose it at the next clan meeting. After today's treatment, Asuka, to prevent their shadows from being reflected on the window again, they sat directly against the wall.
"Actually, this matter is not difficult at all, just be honest with Yoshino."
Nara Ryoko looked at the moon outside the window, a rare hint of relief on her face. Just now, she discovered that her son's condition had indeed improved. After about seven or eight treatments, he should be able to move around like a normal person.
Thinking of this, she looked at Asuka gratefully and said in a relaxed tone.
"Yoshino-san is very understanding. When she learns that you came to treat her nephew, she definitely won't say anything."
"Now you know to call her 'san', you were just slandering her a moment ago.
Besides, the main problem is your 'adult'."
Asuka rolled his eyes at Ryoko.
If Danzo was an idiot, he wouldn't be so worried.
The key is that the old guy is just bad, not stupid, and he has a lot of bad ideas.
When he notices that there might be something between himself and Ryoko, he will inevitably follow the clues and thoroughly clean up "Root."
"Then what should we do?"
Hearing this, Asuka stood up, patted the dust off his butt, and said.
"Actually, I feel that a marriage between the Uchiha Clan and the Nara Clan is not bad. After all, the Uchiha Clan's members don't use their brains, which is a fatal flaw."
"So??"
She looked at Asuka blankly, not understanding what this guy was talking about.
Could it be that this guy really wants to marry me?
Although it's not impossible, and I'm not unwilling, but... it's too sudden... At this moment, Asuka turned to look in the direction of the Nara Clan Grounds, his gaze seeming to penetrate through many obstacles, staring straight at a certain house, and said.
"For the bright future of the clan, let's sacrifice the clan leader."
Nara Ryoko blinked, and then the blank look on her face was replaced by a look of horror. She covered her mouth tightly with her hands, looking at him in disbelief.
This guy is planning to kill the clan head?? And use this incident to settle our little matter?
There's really no need for that, right? "Don't let your imagination run wild."
Looking down at the terrified expression on her face, Asuka stretched lazily and said in annoyance.
"I plan to pin this matter on the clan head, but I never said that the marriage partner can only be one person.
I, a member of the Uchiha Divorce Faction, am actively helping the clan head find a beautiful woman. He couldn't find a more considerate clansman even with a lantern.
When Danzo asks why your son's illness is cured, you can say that this is the sincerity of my proposal for the clan head. And you appear to reluctantly agree on the surface, but are a chaste and virtuous woman in secret, never wanting to marry anyone for the rest of your life, wouldn't that be a perfect solution?"
Hearing this, Nara Ryoko breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. She really thought the Uchiha clan head was going to die, but she didn't expect it to be like this.
According to what he said, it seems not bad.
She can also claim to the outside world that the Uchiha clansman was pestering her, wanting her to marry Fugaku, but for the sake of her son, her attitude was rather ambiguous, and after her son recovered, she would deny everything.
Hmm... but... Nara Ryoko looked at Asuka with some worry, and she said hesitantly.
"You you... won't your clan head beat you to death?"
Beat me to death??
Asuka raised an eyebrow, pointed at his nose, then pointed in the direction of the clan grounds, and said calmly.
"Unless he really risks going blind to pilot a Gundam, it's hard to say who will beat who.
Besides, there are so many radical factions in the clan, and he didn't say anything, so why would he beat me?
Last time at the clan meeting, a certain radical faction even wanted to beat those Konoha elders who had a bad attitude towards the Uchiha to death."
Heh~ heh~ Nara Ryoko looked at Asuka speechlessly. She only knew that there were many people with mental problems in the Uchiha family, but she didn't expect them to be so extreme... even wanting to beat Konoha elders to death... Looking at it this way, this person in front of her seems to be one of the few normal people in the Uchiha clan.
Thinking that this person was sent by Nara Yoshino to investigate her, her face immediately darkened, and she turned to look at the center of the Nara Clan Grounds again, cursing.
"Damn Nara Yoshino, you actually sent someone to investigate me."
## Chapter 24: From D-Rank Missions to Soloing B-Rank
The next day.
Asuka wasn't woken up by being crushed this time. He covered his head with a pillow, his eyes tightly shut, intending to rest a little longer.
He had been exhausted last night.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Scrape! Scrape! Scrape! The sounds of chopping vegetables and a spatula hitting a pot came from the kitchen. Smash! There was also the sound of a bowl breaking.
Asuka removed the pillow, groggily walked to the kitchen, and looked at Uzuki Yugao, who was busy inside, and mumbled.
"Actually... you could just make me instant noodles in the morning."
"No!"
Uzuki Yugao wiped the sweat from her forehead and resolutely refused Asuka.
Asuka leaned against the wall and yawned. After twitching his nose, he smelled the aroma in the air and said with a satisfied expression.
"Thanks for your hard work. What's for breakfast today? I seem to smell tomatoes and eggs. Scrambled eggs with tomatoes?"
She looked at the tomatoes in the pot that could no longer maintain their blocky shape and had turned into mush, and fell silent instantly.
She had originally wanted to make scrambled eggs with tomatoes, but she didn't know why she had stir-fried the tomatoes into a paste.
After a while, she flipped the spatula twice and said with some uncertainty.
"Tomato-flavored egg soup."
"Not bad, I haven't had soup for a long time in the morning. I'll go wash up first, and then take you to do a mission after eating."
With that, Asuka turned and left the kitchen.
Was there any difference between tomato egg soup and scrambled eggs with tomatoes?
One was thick, and the other was thin.
Hmm... When Asuka finished washing up and saw the tomato egg soup on the table, he fell silent instantly.
He couldn't see any tomatoes in this soup. After scooping around with a spoon a few times, he took a sip of the soup and praised without thinking.
"Yugao, you're really meticulous.
You even used a juicer to mash the tomatoes. When I used to make this, I would just cut the tomatoes into pieces and stir-fry them casually."
"Is it really good??"
"Yeah! Yeah!"
Asuka nodded.
As long as it was food made for him by others, he would say it was delicious, no matter how good or bad it tasted.
It was always right to praise more.
It was just a little sweet... Konoha Village, in the park.
Asuka walked slowly along the path to digest his food while explaining today's mission to the three students behind him.
"Today, the task you'll be doing isn't difficult. It's a D-rank [Character Investigation] mission.
A villager is getting married soon, but he's recently felt that his girlfriend's behavior is a bit strange. He wants us to help him investigate her character to see if she's suitable for marriage."
"Character investigation missions test your tracking ability, intelligence gathering ability, and interrogation ability..."
Before he could finish speaking, Iruka suddenly raised his hand, looking puzzled.
"Teacher, what does interrogation ability refer to?"
"That?"
Asuka pondered for a moment, then nodded towards the direction of the Police Force prison, explaining,
"Interrogation ability is about getting the answers you want from the [Interrogation Subject]'s mouth.
[Great Memory Restoration Technique] is a ninjutsu often used in interrogation, and it's also a relatively simple ninjutsu."
Uzuki Yugao searched through her memories, but she couldn't find what level of ninjutsu the [Great Memory Restoration Technique] was. Just hearing the name made it sound high-end.
Rank A?
Then, she asked the question in her heart.
"Teacher, what is the Great Memory Restoration Technique?"
"Great Memory Restoration Technique, huh..."
Asuka stopped and turned to look at the three, organizing his words in his mind before explaining,
"Its advanced form is the [Secret Mind Body Switch Technique], which is the Yamanaka clan's secret ninjutsu.
Its basic form is taijutsu—that's right, the taijutsu you train with every day."
"So..."
At this moment, Hyuga Hanahana had a few black lines on her forehead. She looked at her teacher with her Byakugan, and said coldly,
"The so-called interrogation is just the literal meaning, beating the other person up??"
"You could say that."
Asuka nodded, then took out a scroll from his pocket, unrolled it, and read,
"Randomly beating villagers results in 20 days of detention, a fine of 100,000, bearing the villager's medical expenses yourself, and a ban on accepting missions in any form for three months.
You can't just beat up villagers at will. If you extract a confession by force and they later complain to the Hokage-sama, you'll be in trouble.
Back in the day, when I encountered some annoying bastards, I would always go beat them up with the answer in hand. Even if they really complained to the Third Hokage-sama in the end, the Third Hokage-sama couldn't say a word against me."
"Alright, I've told you the secret to doing missions."
Handing the mission scroll to the three, Asuka clapped his hands and instructed,
"Dismissed!"
Whoosh! As soon as he finished speaking, the three exchanged glances and instantly jumped to the nearby trees, running towards the village.
Watching the departing figures, Asuka put his hands behind his back and looked up at the white clouds in the sky with a nostalgic expression.
When he used to do these kinds of tasks, if he encountered men and women who betrayed their families, he would first collect evidence, then carry the evidence with him to interrogate those people.
And generally, these kinds of people harbor a lot of wishful thinking. Then it's time to use the Great Memory Restoration Technique. With his own exquisite Medical Ninjutsu and the Great Memory Restoration Technique, doing this kind of task is like eating iced watermelon in the sweltering summer.
Refreshing! Thinking of this, he lay on the park chair, took out a medical book from his bag, and slowly flipped through it.
As his Medical Ninjutsu got closer and closer to the ceiling of this world, Asuka became more and more curious about the secrets of Tsunade.
Her childhood photos clearly showed her as straight as a coffin lid, but in a very short period of time, such a big change occurred.
Although his Medical Ninjutsu level was a bit worse than Tsunade's, it wasn't so far behind as to be unreachable.
There must be some big secret here. If he found this secret, it would be like picking up money in a sack. At this moment.
Uzuki Yugao, Hyuga Hanahana, and Iruka had already arrived at the mission location.
The mission in their hands was not difficult.
The client who issued the mission had already provided his girlfriend's daily travel times. All they had to do was track, record, and interrogate.
This mission could be done with their eyes closed.
"Hanahana, don't lose her."
"Got it!"
After glancing at Hyuga Hanahana's cold expression and the thick blood vessels near her eyes, Uzuki Yugao knew that she had already activated her Byakugan. Then, she turned her head to look at Iruka and said softly.
"Iruka, take a step ahead to the bathhouse that the mission target often goes to. If the mission target is going there today, then you directly book the bathroom next to hers and wait for us to come over."
"Understood!"
Saying that, Iruka directly left the team and took the lead to come to this bathhouse.
As time passed, he quickly waited here for the mission target to come to this bathhouse with bathing supplies.
Hmm? Is she alone?
Seeing the other party enter the women's bathhouse alone, Iruka instantly frowned.
The mission book said that his girlfriend seemed to have developed a cleanliness obsession recently. She had to come to the bathhouse every morning, washing for several hours, and she was also walking very closely with a stranger.
This was also the reason why the other party issued this mission, to investigate her character. "Hey!"
At this time, Hyuga Hanahana and Uzuki Yugao also ran in from outside. They looked at Iruka, who was standing there in a daze, and stepped forward to ask in a low voice.
"Is she in that mixed bathhouse?"
"No!"
Iruka shook his head blankly. He pointed inside and said in a low voice.
"She went into the women's bathhouse..."
"Women's??"
The two blinked their eyes and looked at their companion with some doubt, saying in unison.
"You didn't see wrong?"
Iruka shook his head.
He had indeed seen that person lift the curtain of the women's bathhouse and enter, which was why he was pacing around in the lobby.
At this moment, Hyuga Hanahana suddenly stretched out her finger and started calculating.
"The reward for this mission is 5000 ryo in total. After deducting the village's handling fee, we can earn 4000 ryo. The teacher will take 1000, and we three will get 1000 each.
A women's bathhouse ticket is 150 ryo per person, so for two people it will be 300 ryo. Since Iruka, you can't go in, you have to give me and Yugao 50 ryo each.
You didn't contribute much this time.
Even companions have to settle accounts clearly to avoid disputes."
Huh??
Iruka scratched his head, then a look of realization appeared on his face. He took out one hundred ryo from his bag and handed it to the two of them, bowing.
"Thank you for your hard work."
After the two entered the bathroom, Uzuki Yugao looked at the hazy mist inside, then looked down at the basket containing toiletries in her hand, and hesitated.
"Is this okay for us?"
"Meh!"
Hyuga Hanahana waved her hand, casually saying.
"We're doing a mission while soaking in the hot spring.
Besides, I feel like today's mission won't be completed. His girlfriend has come to the women's bathhouse, but the mission description clearly states that she has an unclear relationship with a stranger.
That person is very likely to be a man."
"Alright!"
Yugao thought for a moment and realized that this was the case. She put down the basket, placed her hands on her pants, and was just about to take off her clothes when she heard a burst of noise from next door.
"You're so bad... let's go to your place later..."
"Can't we do it here?"
After hearing a very rough voice among them, Hyuga Hanahana's arm, which was taking off her top, froze in mid-air. Then, she put on her clothes with a blank expression, exuding an aura that said, 'stay away'.
Seeing Hyuga Hanahana pick up a Kunai and walk towards the side, Uzuki Yugao frowned.
"Do you need to take a Kunai??"
"No."
Hyuga Hanahana gripped the Kunai tightly in her right hand, coldly saying.
"We must never tolerate perverts who break into the women's bathhouse."
Saying that, she lifted the door curtain and directly entered the single bathroom next door.
"Ah~"
A burst of ear-piercing screams came. Hyuga Hanahana glanced expressionlessly at the mission target who was covering themself with a bath towel, then her gaze fell on the other person.
Hmm? A woman?
No, it's a Transformation Technique.
The Hyuga clan members who activate the Byakugan can observe the chakra flowing within the target's body.
Looking at the chakra flowing within the other party's body, Hyuga Hanahana's expression sank.
This person is actually a ninja.
"Who are you?"
Hearing the mission target questioning her, Hyuga Hanahana looked at the ninja with a vigilant expression, clutching a Kunai tightly in her hand.
"I am a ninja hired by your boyfriend, responsible for investigating your recent strange behavior."
"You actually have a boyfriend??"
At this moment, the ninja in the bathroom stood up and looked at the other party with a shocked expression.
"No, don't listen to that woman's nonsense. So what if I have a boyfriend? I'll break up right now."
Saying that, she stood up and walked to Hyuga Hanahana, sneering.
"You go back and tell your employer that he doesn't have a girlfriend from now on, and your mission is over."
Hyuga Hanahana's eyelids twitched. She looked at the mission target, then at the ninja behind her, silently mourning for the employer for a while in her heart, and shook her head.
"Now it's not about the employer, but about the person behind you who broke into the women's bathroom without permission."
Saying that, she looked at the ninja behind her who had put on clothes but had not yet dispelled the transformation, and continued.
"Show me your identification."
"Identification?"
She turned her head and glanced at her male companion, surprised.
"Do you have that thing? Haven't you applied for it yet?"
???
Hyuga Hanahana was full of question marks, "No identification? An illegal resident?"
"No, ninja-sama, listen to me."
Before he could finish speaking, the woman instantly became unhappy. She pointed her finger at Hyuga Hanahana's nose and shouted.
"What do you mean illegal resident? Why are you talking so harshly? He wanted to apply for identification, but you wouldn't let him? You said he was from a foreign country and the information was incomplete, so you wouldn't process it."
"No, no."
The ninja quickly waved his hand at Hyuga Hanahana, his face covered in sweat.
"What illegal resident? Ninja-sama, listen to me..."
"You're still a foreign illegal resident."
Hyuga Hanahana nodded in realization, she took out another Kunai from her backpack and said seriously.
"You're probably going to be detained and investigated by the Konoha Police Force for a while."
"Don't detain me! I'm a businessman. I came to Konoha to do business this time."
"Why are you wasting time with her!"
The woman pointed at the Byakugan girl in front of her, turning her head to look at her male companion, dissatisfied.
"Just let her detain you. Didn't you sell all the gold you secretly brought this time?
You've laundered all your money. What are you afraid of the Police Force for? Let them investigate."
Money laundering? This guy isn't a good person?
"You're laundering money? Come with me to the Police Force."
Seeing Hyuga Hanahana's increasingly ugly expression, the guy quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead and explained.
"No, no, ninja-sama, listen to my explanation. Let's not make a scene at the Police Force..."
"Why are you so annoying? Why are you explaining to her? What are you afraid of her for? We're not going anywhere, not even the Police Force."
Interrupting her male companion, she still felt a sense of frustration in her heart. Then, she pointed her finger at Hyuga Hanahana's nose and shouted at her male companion.
"Didn't you say you're a ninja?
She's a ninja too. What are you afraid of her for? Your Sand Country and Konoha are both among the Five Great Ninja Villages. What are you afraid of her for?"
????? Hyuga Hanahana looked at the two of them with a head full of question marks. She rubbed her cheeks, which had become a little stiff from shock, and asked suspiciously.
"Hey, do you work in Sunagakure?"
"No, no... I don't work in Sunagakure."
The sweat on the guy's face increased. He had known this woman for many years due to an accident. He had originally planned to get a new identity when he came to Konoha this time, but he didn't expect this woman to be here too.
When he saw her, he immediately had an idea in his mind.
If he and the other party obtained a marriage certificate and entered Konoha openly, this would be the most secure undercover identity.
To be on the safe side, he even revealed his true identity to her, forcibly tying her to his ship.
After all, they couldn't bear the crime of colluding with ninjas from other villages.
Moreover, after his hypnosis, this woman had suddenly become a love-struck fool.
Careless... He had hypnotized her a little too hard, turning this love-struck fool into a fanatic. "What work? He's a ninja from Sunagakure. Isn't the ninja world at peace now?
He came to Konoha this time..."
"Shut up!"
The man roared and slapped the talkative woman away.
Damn it!
It was originally just trespassing in a women's bathroom.
Now, everything about me is exposed.
Uzuki Yugao also picked up a Kunai at this moment and walked to Hyuga Hanahana's side, looking at the Sand Ninja with a vigilant expression.
This mission was a bit out of control.
It involved ninja from outside the village, and a Sand Ninja who had sneaked into the village.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like a D-rank mission.
Could it be a B-rank?
ps: I wrote seven thousand words, but I still have more to say. Forget it, I won't write anymore for now, it's almost ten o'clock.
See you tomorrow.
"B-Rank mission, may require ninja to participate in combat."
Recalling the overview of the B-Rank mission in her mind, Uzuki Yugao's face sank, and her heart trembled again. She did not relax her vigilance at all because she was now in Konoha.
This was not the center of the village, and it would take some time for the village ninjas to arrive. Those who dared to lurk into the ninja villages of the five great countries were at least Chunin or higher.
Two Genin against a Chunin or higher level expert, the odds of winning were not high.
Gulp!
Uzuki Yugao swallowed lightly. She looked at the person in front of her as if facing a formidable enemy. She instantly threw away the Kunai and drew the sword from her waist, ready for battle.
"Sigh!"
The Sand Ninja sighed in his heart. He slowly drew out his Kunai, not paying any attention to the two little brats in front of him. Instead, the map of Konoha's various streets appeared in his mind, and he began to plan his escape route.
He must be out of his mind to fight with Konoha Ninja again after his identity was exposed.
Bang! Facing the faint pressure brought by that person, Uzuki Yugao took the lead in attacking. As her body disappeared from the spot, potholes instantly appeared on the wooden floor.
"Obstacle!"
Kicking the [mission target] who had just gotten up away with one foot, the long sword flashing with a cold light directly slashed diagonally at the ninja's shoulder.
Clang! The Sand Ninja raised his left arm and pushed forward, the blade slashing on the Kunai's edge, flashing a spark in the air.
At this moment.
Uzuki Yugao suddenly turned the blade to the left, slashing along the Kunai, and slashed the Sand Ninja's neck horizontally with her sword.
"Little brat, you have a lot of courage."
The Sand Ninja took a step back, and the Kunai returned to his hand and re-blocked on the left side. After receiving the opponent's sword, he raised his leg and kicked towards Yugao's face.
At this time, Hyuga Hanahana lowered her body, and the Bagua diagram instantly appeared in her eyes.
She looked at the kick that the Sand Ninja kicked out, and the chakra in her body quickly surged to her right hand. Then, she put her five fingers together, aimed at the acupoint on the Sand Ninja's abdomen, and slammed her right hand forward.
Eight Trigrams: Vacuum Palm!
The shock wave instantly flew out of her palm and flew towards the acupoint on the Sand Ninja's abdomen at an extremely high speed.
After noticing the fluctuation in the air, the Sand Ninja retracted his leg, his figure flashed, and he instantly appeared behind Hyuga Hanahana, then raised the Kunai in his hand, with a ferocious look on his face.
He had forgotten that there was actually a Hyuga here. If he didn't get rid of her, the probability of his escape failing today would increase from 99% to 99.99%.
"Ah~"
Listening to the shout coming from behind him, the Sand Ninja's movements stagnated. He glanced behind him, and saw a boy in gray clothes holding a Kunai in his right hand, and holding his right wrist tightly with his left hand, shouting and rushing towards him.
Has the quality of Konoha's new generation declined to this extent? Looking at the boy who rushed towards him with his eyes closed, the Sand Ninja grinned, then he took out an Exploding Tag from his arms and stuck it on Hyuga Hanahana's back, then kicked her towards Uzuki Yugao's location, and turned to face Iruka.
"Idiot!"
After dodging Iruka's Kunai by sidestepping, he raised his hand and swung it down fiercely.
Pfft! Iruka felt a numbness on his face, followed by an excruciating pain from his forehead to his chin. The intense pain made him instantly drop the Kunai in his hand, and he desperately covered his face with both hands, beginning to wail.
"Gone."
After muttering in his heart, he glanced at the Exploding Tag that was about to explode. As if afraid that the Hyuga clan ninja wouldn't die, he took out a few more Kunai from his pouch and threw them at the two girls.
At this moment.
Uzuki Yugao, holding Hyuga Hanahana, was lying on the floor and also heard the sizzling sound of the Exploding Tag burning. They quickly reached their hands behind their backs, trying to tear off the burning Exploding Tag. Four arms fought for a long time on Hyuga Hanahana's back, but they couldn't find where the Exploding Tag was. The two people's eyes instantly turned from panic to despair.
Just becoming a ninja and doing a D-rank mission, to die in the village, would this be in the textbook?
How frustrating!! "Hey, are you two sticking together?"
Hearing a familiar voice in her ear, Uzuki Yugao quickly turned her head to the right and said urgently.
"Teacher, there's an Exploding Tag."
Boom! As soon as she finished speaking, a violent explosion erupted in the adjacent bath. Uzuki Yugao instantly closed her eyes and muttered to herself.
"Did I just kill the teacher too?
I haven't done a high-level mission yet... haven't experienced love yet... haven't kissed yet..."
As she said this, she felt something touching her lips.
Huh? Uzuki Yugao opened her eyes, and she looked at Hyuga Hanahana suddenly kissing her lips, her eyes full of confusion.
Why are you kissing me? "Tsk, tsk, you really are sticking together."
After blocking the shockwave of the explosion for the two, Asuka stood up, rubbed his aching back, and said speechlessly.
"The shockwave really hurts when it hits the back..."
After speaking, he glanced at Iruka, who was rolling on the ground, and disappeared from the bath with a Body Flicker Technique.
There's no need to look at that guy, the scar on his face is definitely there.
"Ah~ ah~"
Iruka's painful groans instantly broke the awkward atmosphere in the bathroom.
Hyuga Hanahana wiped her lips, and a blush crept up from her cheeks to her forehead. After taking a few deep breaths, she forcibly suppressed her trembling voice and explained to Yugao.
"You just said you hadn't kissed yet... and then I felt someone pressing my head down... like this."
"Oh~ oh~"
Yugao gave two dry "oh" sounds. She turned her head to look elsewhere, and said vaguely.
"We're both girls... um... it's... it's okay."
As she said this, she suddenly remembered the Sand Ninja who had escaped, and quickly stood up, saying urgently.
"That Sand Ninja..."
"Don't worry!"
Hyuga Hanahana gritted her teeth, pulled out the Kunai stuck in her butt, and after her body trembled, she pretended to be calm and said.
"The teacher will take action."
"That... the wound on your back..."
"It's already lucky enough. Just now, the teacher dragged our bodies forward a bit. These Kunai were originally aimed at our backs and the backs of our heads, but now they're stuck in the thickest part of our bodies. It's already the best outcome."
Looking at the worried expression on Uzuki Yugao's face, Hyuga Hanahana felt a warmth in her heart, but her voice was still cold.
"As a branch family member of the Hyuga, from the moment I was branded, I was already prepared to die."
"Hanahana..."
"Don't stick together, if you keep sticking together, Iruka is going to bleed to death."
Uchiha Asuka, who was choking the Sand Ninja's neck, walked into the bathroom at this time. He looked at the two people hugging each other for comfort, and then glanced at Iruka's pale face. Then, he walked towards Iruka, put his palm on his face, and a burst of green light emerged, and continued.
"One of you go and call the Konoha Barrier Team, the teacher wants some medical expenses for you."
"I'm here."
A guy with bandages wrapped around his head suddenly appeared behind Uchiha Asuka. He glanced at the clan emblem on Uchiha Asuka's back, and his tone instantly weakened a bit.
"This time it was our Barrier Team's dereliction of duty, we didn't detect that he had suspicious chakra."
Seeing that Iruka had stopped bleeding, Uchiha Asuka stood up and looked at the Barrier Team Ninja, sighing.
"Your Barrier Team, are you getting a little lax?"
"Sorry!"
He looked at the three people with an apologetic face, and explained.
"Because the Third Shinobi World War ended, recently ninjas from various countries in the ninja world have come to Konoha to sign treaties, and manpower is being transferred everywhere, so some omissions are inevitable."
"Alright."
Uchiha Asuka waved his hand, he handed the ninja in his hand to the other party, then leaned close to the other party's ear, and whispered.
"When the time comes, you can say that your Barrier Team actually discovered this person's suspiciousness, but because of insufficient manpower, you weren't sure if the other party had any problems.
You decided to follow him for a period of time, and just as you were preparing to carry out the arrest, you happened to meet me, who was on a mission, on the road. You were afraid that you wouldn't be able to do it, so you secretly told me the news and pulled me to help you arrest this suspicious person.
I pretended to let three students carry out the mission normally, the purpose was to prevent this ninja who sneaked into the village from relaxing his vigilance and not accidentally hurting ordinary people.
When the time comes, you can explain it this way. With the Fourth Hokage's tolerant and kind personality, your Barrier Team won't be too unlucky."
"Okay!"
The man wrapped in bandages glanced left and right, and after seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he nodded, and without hesitation, took out a stack of bills from his bag and stuffed them into Uchiha Asuka's hand.
"This time it was our dereliction of duty, buy some fruit for the students."
In the end, this matter was still the Barrier Team's dereliction of duty, and the solution proposed by the other party didn't seem to be bad for the Barrier Team.
His students were also injured, although the wounds seemed to have healed almost... but a little compensation was still necessary.
After taking the stack of bills, Uchiha Asuka treated the wounds on Hyuga Hanahana's back while saying.
"We'll help you escort him to the interrogation department, just in case he runs away halfway."
"Thanks for your trouble."
"Teacher?"
Hyuga Hanahana counted the bills in her hand. She looked up at the absent-minded Asuka and tugged at his sleeve, whispering.
"Is it... really okay for us to take money from them?"
Hearing this, Asuka's eyes shifted slightly downward, looking at the somewhat embarrassed Hanahana, and he comforted her.
"Think about the scars on your butt, and then think about the scars on Iruka's face... You should take this money with a clear conscience.
After all, it's not our fault; it's the Barrier Team's problem.
The teacher is already minimizing the Barrier Team's negligence as much as possible. We're all from the same village, and we'll see each other sooner or later. If they don't thank us, they'll have to go around us in the future."
Walking in front, the Barrier Team leader escorting the Sand Ninja twitched his lips slightly upon hearing the conversation of the four people behind him.
Fortunately, this foreign ninja didn't cause too much damage to the village; otherwise, they would all be in trouble, even with a thousand excuses.
"Everyone from Konoha!"
At this moment, an old man with eyebrows drooping to his chin, bandages wrapped around his head, and wearing a long robe suddenly blocked Asuka's path.
He glanced at the captured ninja, then his gaze fell on Asuka and the others, his face full of kindness.
"Thank you for helping this old man find the lost Daisuke. Daisuke has caused you trouble."
Standing behind Asuka, Hyuga Hanahana poked her head out. She looked at the kind old man in front of her and frowned.
"This is a Sand Ninja, a Sand Ninja who infiltrated the village."
"No!"
The old man shook his head, his voice aged.
"He is an attendant who came to Konoha with this old man for negotiations, not someone who infiltrated the village."
"Together?"
Hyuga Hanahana narrowed her eyes and asked.
"Old man, who are you?"
"This old man, ah..."
He glanced at the roof on the east side, then swept his gaze over the people in front of him before focusing on Asuka, smiling.
"Outside Konoha Village, people usually call this old man, Ebizo.
But in Konoha Village, this old man is the Wind Country's special representative, the person in charge of Wind and Fire countries' negotiations, a founding elder of Sunagakure Village, and a lifelong senior advisor, a key figure in the peace faction, and the mastermind behind the Third Shinobi World War.
Shimura Danzo's soulmate, Sarutobi Hiruzen's confidant outside the village, Konoha Village's ironclad ally.
Sunagakure Village's second instructor, Sunagakure Village's second puppeteer, Sunagakure Village's second medical instructor, the village's all-knowing scholar, the village's protector, the great guardian of peace... Ebizo."
After this long string of titles, Hyuga Hanahana couldn't help but feel a little dumbfounded.
She poked Asuka and asked in a low voice.
"Teacher, who exactly is this old man?"
"He is Chiyo's younger brother, the puppeteer, Ebizo, who is mainly responsible for the Sunagakure's [intelligence and espionage] work."
???
Isn't this just Ebizo no matter how you say it? Why don't you just say your name is Ebizo and be done with it, wasting words.
Asuka then stepped past the crowd and came to the front of the group. He looked at the old man in front of him and said calmly.
"You know what's going on, and I know what's going on.
Ebizo, you go and negotiate. If you can negotiate, then negotiate. If you can't, then we'll start a war.
A few days ago, when the village held a meeting for the Jonin, Danzo, the elder of Konoha's pro-war faction, constantly refuted the Fourth Hokage's decisions. Just as he was about to single-handedly restart the Third Shinobi World War, the Third Hokage suddenly teleported behind Elder Danzo and slammed his head on the table.
At that time, Elder Danzo's eyes scanned the direction of Sunagakure with a bloodthirsty gaze, and he said with a face full of hatred.
"Hiruzen, just hold me down like this, or else, I'm afraid I'll wipe out Sunagakure."
The atmosphere in the conference room was instantly ignited, and it was only one decision away from starting a war."
Pa! Shimura Danzo staggered and almost fell from the roof. Then, he attached chakra to his feet and stood calmly on the roof, as if nothing had happened.
This kid is exaggerating about me a bit too much.
He glanced at Asuka below, as well as the Sunagakure delegation opposite him, and waved his hand, instructing the ninja behind him.
"Don't rush down yet."
"Lord Ebizo, why waste words with them? Just snatch him back."
A female ninja wearing a backless outfit, with yellowish-green hair, and a Sunagakure Forehead Protector suddenly jumped in front of Ebizo. She looked at Asuka in front of her, and a fireball suddenly appeared in her palm, and she said coldly.
"Is this the sincerity of your Konoha's negotiations? Planning to capture our companion and use him to threaten us to exchange for benefits?"
Pakura?
Looking at the fireball in the other party's hand and the other party's appearance, Asuka vaguely guessed who this person was.
The hero Pakura.
This D-rank mission... is really troublesome. Whoosh! Seeing the fireball flying towards the barrier team members, Asuka frowned, then stood in front of that person, and with a wave of his hand, he changed the fireball's trajectory, causing it to fly into the sky.
Boom! As the fireball exploded and disintegrated in the air, the scorching heat instantly dried the sweat on the faces of the surrounding people. When the group of Konoha villagers saw ninjas fighting in the street, they turned around and fled.
"Not bad!"
Pakura licked the Kunai in her hand, then teleported in front of Asuka, and two Kunai directly stabbed towards his eyes.
Peeking at Ebizo behind Pakura, seeing that the old man was standing there blankly, without any obstruction, Asuka flashed, jumped directly into the air, drew the sword from his waist, and slashed down heavily.
Did the ninjas of Sunagakure get their brains blown away by the wind?
Are you here to negotiate or to fight? Clang! Clang! Clang! Between the field, the two of them exchanged blows.
The members of the Sunagakure delegation stared dumbfounded at the front.
That was their village's "hero," Pakura. Could it be that walking down the streets of Konoha, you could just randomly encounter a ninja who could fight their village's hero to a standstill?
Should this be said that Konoha is strong, or their village's hero is weak? At this moment.
Hyuga Hanahana and the others also stared dumbfounded at Asuka in the battle. They hadn't heard of Ebizo, but they had heard of the hero Pakura.
The Sand Village's prominent figure doesn't seem that strong... No! Pakura hasn't used her Bloodline Limit yet.
Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique! Asuka jumped into the air, formed hand seals rapidly, took a deep breath, gathered chakra in his throat, aimed at Pakura's location, and spat out a huge fireball.
Although this is said to be the edge of the village, the damage caused by large-scale ninjutsu is still too great.
He doesn't have money to pay for it! Looking at the bundle of flames, Pakura's palms produced two fireballs, which rotated in the air before merging into one, instantly turning into an equally huge fireball, and threw it into the air.
Boom! The two fireballs came into contact in the air, causing a violent explosion. The powerful heat baked the water vapor in the surrounding air completely dry.
The heatwave generated by the explosion blew on everyone's faces, the feeling was like putting a red-hot iron block in front of their faces, evaporating all the moisture from the surface of their skin.
Commonly known as, peeling.
"Not bad."