Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 150 Proving Sincerity

Chapter 152 Proving Sincerity

"Could it be that the poisonous fog here is poisonous—" Minato's tone was somewhat serious at this moment. Could it be that he had "won the lottery" right from the start?

"Impossible. If it were Hanzo's own salamander toxin, these ordinary people wouldn't have a chance to react. On the contrary, Amegakure has more than one or two ninjas who have signed contracts with salamanders. It's probably the toxin from other salamanders," Jiraiya said.

There was almost no poisonous fog remaining outside the village, indicating that this was not the edge of the poisonous fog, but the core of it. The poisonous fog was only used within the village. If it were Hanzo's poisonous fog, even a genin would not have a chance to react!

It's probably toxins from other salamanders—

Thinking of this, Jiraiya couldn't help but feel a little regretful that the contract requirements of Mount Myōboku were too high. Although Mount Myōboku regarded Konoha as an ally because of Jiraiya's existence, it would not sign contracts with Konoha ninjas on a large scale like other ninja beast clans.

After all, Mount Myōboku is located in one of the three great sage lands, belonging to another dimension. This means that they do not need to cooperate deeply with any party, but only sign contracts with some of the most outstanding ninjas.

"Akaishi-kun, let me teach you something else—don't just look at what these Rain Ninja took, also check what they left behind. Clearly, the Rain Ninja who attacked this place only hastily took the grain stored by each family; they didn't thoroughly loot it." Orochimaru said to the three people simultaneously, then asked, "So, what does that mean?"

"They're—demonstrating, and the supplies are just a side thing?" Lan Wu said angrily.

"That's possible, but there's only one entrance to the valley connecting it to the outside, so it's not a good place to demonstrate," Orochimaru said, shaking his head.

"They were marching covertly, so they killed people along the way and resupplyed hastily," Akaishi speculated.

"That's possible, but even if they didn't thoroughly search the place, they should at least make sure no one is left alive, otherwise it's pointless." Orochimaru said, looking at the four unconscious children.

What if someone manages to escape without falling unconscious? Wouldn't the information still be leaked later?

After a moment of contemplation, Minato said, "The Rain Ninja's front line has not yet advanced this far."

"As expected of Minato-kun, I think so too," Orochimaru said matter-of-factly.

"You bastard—" Jiraiya glared at Orochimaru. "You're not even going to pretend anymore, are you? You're trying to steal my student right in front of me, aren't you?"

Akaishi and Ranmai immediately understood what Minato and Orochimaru meant.

Judging from the situation at the scene, although the Rain Ninja who carried out the looting also tried to cover up the news, the priority of covering up the news was not as high as "leaving as soon as possible".

Therefore, it can be inferred that this place is likely still behind enemy lines, so only a small group of ninjas came to plunder supplies and leave!

This also explains the previous question: if this place has already fallen, then the Iron Kingdom's defeat was too rapid!

"Whether that's true or not, we'll find out by going to the next supply point," Orochimaru said.

Lan Wu glanced at the four unconscious children out of the corner of her eye and suggested, "Captain Orochimaru, if there really are enemies nearby, shouldn't we take a break? This place was just raided by the enemy, so it should be safe for now."

That makes a lot of sense.

However, based on Akashi's understanding of Lanwu, her main motivation should still be for the sake of these four children. After all, if they were to travel at full speed again, it would be inconvenient to take them with her.

"What Miss Lanwu said seems to make a lot of sense. Akashi-kun, tell me what the downsides of doing this are?" Orochimaru asked directly.

Akaishi:——

After a moment of silence, Akaishi said, "If the Rain Ninja really left quickly to avoid being discovered, then so much time has passed. This place could be discovered by the samurai of the Land of Iron at any time, and if it's misunderstood, it will be very troublesome—"

The seasoned Akaishi had some less-than-ideal ideas, such as having a few dim-witted samurai who insisted on suspecting them.

"Absolutely correct, and—correct." Orochimaru said, shrugging.

Minato's expression shifted at that moment, and Akaishi and Ranmai, seeing this, immediately seemed to understand something. They looked towards the valley entrance, and sure enough—

"Ah! You—who are you?"

"Damn it! Those damned Rain Ninja—"

"Wait, it doesn't seem to be a Rain Ninja."

"Those were just other ninjas taking advantage of the chaos!"

Akaishi——

Lan Wu originally wanted to refute Akashi, but—the reaction of the four samurai made Akashi seem very resourceful.

"Greetings, samurai gentlemen of the Land of Iron. We are ninjas from Konoha, here for trade between our two countries. This is the first supply point we chose, but unfortunately—there are no more supply points here. However, given that it is during wartime, we can understand," Orochimaru explained calmly.

Upon hearing Orochimaru's words, which were indeed devoid of warmth, Jiraiya immediately picked up the conversation, saying, "What we mean is—unfortunately, it seems those bastards from the Rain Village arrived before us."

However, the four ninjas from the Land of Iron glared resentfully at Orochimaru, clearly not taking Jiraiya's insincere words to heart at all.

Jiraiya glared angrily at Orochimaru as well—

"Minato-kun, Akaishi-kun, and Ranmai-san, what do you think we should do to clear up the misunderstanding with our trading partner in this situation?" Orochimaru asked calmly.

Lan Wu immediately said, "Hey! Look carefully, these are the four children who were still alive in the village when we arrived, and we treated them."

Upon seeing Yakushi Nonou caring for four unconscious children, the four samurai hesitated briefly. However, the leader remained wary, saying, "This doesn't necessarily mean anything. Perhaps you're just trying to take advantage of the situation!"

Akaishi:——

It can't be said that the samurai were completely without reason. Firstly, the scene before them was too shocking, and secondly—if it was just for a transaction, the Konoha team really shouldn't have entered the country from here!

Upon seeing this, Akaishi stepped forward.

The four samurai focused their gazes on him, seemingly wanting to hear what else he had to say.

Sharingan, activate!

Akaishi immediately activated his Sharingan.

Seeing the bloodshot and barbed lines appear in Akaishi's eyes, only the leader of the four sword-wielding warriors managed to take a small step back before they all froze.

"Huh?" Lan Wu was taken aback when she saw this, then immediately said, "Hey! What are you doing?"

Is this to clear up the misunderstanding?

Are you sure this isn't a cover-up?

Akaishi remained unmoved and continued for a while longer. Orochimaru, seeing this, nodded. Although he was somewhat slow in some areas of thinking, he was surprisingly fast in others.

If Akaishi knew what Orochimaru thought, he would really like to say to him, "Do you know how long I've been waiting for this moment?"

Do you know how satisfying it is to solve the problem by simply opening your eyes at this moment?

The next moment, Akaishi deactivated his Sharingan, and at the same time—

With a clatter, four samurai and three swords fell to the ground, and all four collapsed, except for the leader, who could barely maintain his half-kneeling position by using his sword for support.

"You are—a member of the Uchiha clan? We—believe you—and are very grateful for your help!" said the leading samurai.

"You didn't suspect our identities before, did you?" Lan Wu wrinkled her nose and asked.

Judging from their tone just now, they didn't suspect that "these Konoha ninjas are Rain Ninjas in disguise," but rather that "these Konoha ninjas have a conspiracy."

Therefore, it is clear that recognizing the "Sharingan" is not enough to clear up the misunderstanding!

"If we want to harm the Land of Iron, we can just kill these four more samurai—it's a very simple problem," Akaishi said arrogantly.

Lanwu: —

"Forgive our rudeness just now. Afterwards—I will take you to another supply point nearby," said the leading samurai.

"Thank you for your trouble," Orochimaru said politely.

As for the four children, the four warriors each carried one on their backs.

Another village we were going to nearby was also in the mountains. The Iron Country seemed to be very large, almost half the size of a major country, but in reality, only the mountains were inhabited. The plains were too cold for ordinary people to survive.

The target supply point village is located on a sheltered hillside.

"Jiraiya-sensei, do they really believe us? Aren't they planning to lead us into some kind of trap?" Lanwu asked Jiraiya in a low voice as they walked, still worried.

Jiraiya's lips twitched slightly as he said, "They probably believe it. If not—let Akaishi testify again. If that still doesn't work, let Orochimaru handle it!"

Jiraiya was also helpless; in some ways, Akaishi and Orochimaru were quite similar.

However, since it has already been "proven" in this way, it is difficult to explain it in other ways afterward.

If there are other doubts, or if the opponent's strength exceeds the limit that Akaishi can prove, then Orochimaru will have to "prove sincerity".

but--

Jiraiya understood that Akaishi's ability to prove his sincerity was quite broad. In the entire Land of Iron, there were probably no more than ten samurai who could prevent Akaishi from "proving his sincerity."

On one hand, Akaishi is already very strong, so we can't really make him a ninja; on the other hand, the samurai system is more afraid of genjutsu than the ordinary ninja system.

After all, samurai rely on training their bodies and wills to generate chakra, which they control through breathing and other methods, and fight with swordsmanship.

Therefore, whether it is the method of "disrupting one's own chakra" to break the genjutsu, or the method of "teammates inputting chakra" to help break the genjutsu, it is more difficult for samurai than for ninjas. Basically, they have to rely on their "willpower" to endure it. If they can't endure it, it is difficult for them to wake up.

Although Akaishi hadn't practiced genjutsu much, his basic genjutsu using his Sharingan was stronger than that of a typical special jonin who had long been trained in genjutsu. In the Land of Iron, he could be said to be able to sweep through ranks below the "Great Swordsman."

As it turned out, they understood Akaishi's sincerity.

There were no traps. After arriving at another village, the villagers, following the instructions of the "supply point," treated the Konoha group to a meal.

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