Summer of the 55th year of the Konoha calendar, the country of Tang.
Uchiha Itachi and Inigaki Kisame came to meet up with Kakuzu who was holding a ring with the word "North" representing Hokuto, a companion with only his eyes exposed.
The three of them found Hidan from Tangyin Village, a guy who claimed to be immortal because of his belief in the evil god.
Kakuzu tested it, and even if it penetrated Hidan's body, it didn't kill him.
Shogan Kaki Kisame, who was watching the battle, laughed and said: "This is really suitable for Kakuzu to be a companion, lest he kill his companions again."
"Stop fighting," Itachi Uchiha stepped forward to separate the two of them, "Hidan, you are qualified to join the Akatsuki."
"Qualifications? I don't want any qualifications, I just want the favor of the evil god."
"Xiao often engages in killing, which is just right for you to please your evil god."
"In this case, I will join, but I want to declare that I will continue to preach."
"As you wish." Uchiha Itachi used space ninjutsu to take out the ring and uniform and handed them to Hidan.
Kisame Kisaki smiled and said, "You are very eloquent, Itachi."
"It's just to do what he likes." Uchiha Itachi said.
Hidan put on Akatsuki's red cloud and black trench coat uniform, and a ring with the word "三" representing three stations.
Also delivered with the uniform were two scrolls, one from the Sanbei group and one from the Zhunan group.
"Hidan and I are going on a bounty mission."
"Kissame and I are going to the Country of Rice."
"Ina Country? Going to withdraw money? I should be allowed to go."
"The leader doesn't want to start a war with the Ina Country right now. That will make all the eyes of the five great ninjas focus on us."
"It's a pity, it's a pity." Kakuzu said regretfully, and then said to Hidan, "Come with me."
"I'm actually teaming up with you?"
"Remember not to bother me, or I will kill you."
"Ha, then you should kill and watch."
Watching the two bickering people walk away, Itachi Uchiha said to Kisame Inikasaki: "Let's go too, this time I have to leave it to you."
Kisame Kisaki said: "Don't worry, I have been to the Country of Rice with the caravan from the Country of Water before."
"It is said that it is different there."
“You’ll know when you go there.”…
The port of the capital city of Yuno Country, Yunoport.
Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Inikaki wore ordinary clothes, took off their ninja forehead protectors, and put away Kisame's sword. They dressed like ordinary people and walked into Yunoporta.
The port was very prosperous, and Uchiha Itachi was a little overwhelmed by the shops on the roadside.
Kisame Kisame was a little amused and said, "Never seen it?"
Uchiha Itachi said bluntly: "Well, I've only seen it in books and on TV."
Kisame Kisaki said: "This is not even prosperous. The most prosperous port is Nanyue Port of the Land of Fire, which is more prosperous than the capitals of many small countries."
"I know that."
"Well, the steel freighter over there is bound for the Country of Rice. Let's stay here for one night and find a caravan to sneak in."
"Caravan?"
"Well, Ina Country doesn't mind ninjas from other countries passing by, but they will be monitored. They have too many ninjas, so it's easier to sneak in as escorts like wandering ninjas."
Uchiha Itachi frowned and said, "It is said that there are hundreds of thousands of ninjas in the Ina Country?"
Kisame Kisame smiled and said: "That's true. Everyone in the country has the opportunity to become a ninja. If it weren't for the fact that most people couldn't bear the hardships and couldn't even meet the standards of genin, the number of ninjas in Inano Country would probably be in the millions."
count."
Uchiha Itachi said: "I remember that there is a plan in Konoha against the Country of Ina."
"There are also those in Kirigakure," Mikigaki Kisame said. "If I'm not mistaken, the five great ninjas all have plans against Ina Country, but none of them have been implemented."
Itachi Uchiha said: "The Country of Rice is too far away. If we have to go on an expedition, it will only give other ninjas an opportunity to take advantage of."
"Well, the country of Ina is too far away, and news spreads slowly. When the five great ninjas noticed that the country of Ina, a country that had little power before, had changed, it was already too late." Kisame Kisame smiled and said, "The country of Ina has changed."
There are no top ninjas in this country, but there are many of them. The result of a fight with any of the five great ninjas is..."
Uchiha Itachi said: "The Ina Country was defeated. One of the five great ninjas suffered a tragic victory, and then was completely eradicated by the other ninjas."
"Not only that," Mikigaki Kisame said, "At your age, you have only seen the cruelty of the Third Ninja War, but you can only read the cruelty of the First Ninja War in books."
Uchiha Itachi said solemnly: "Ordinary people hate ninjas and are afraid of ninjas. This is the trauma left by that time."
Kisame Inigangaki said: "It was a war out of control. No one knew before that the battle between ninjas could drag the entire continent into the abyss."
"I understand what you mean." Uchiha Itachi sighed, "The ninjas of the Ina Country are not ninjas among ninjas. No matter who attacks the Ina Country, the Ina Country can send enough troops to attack that country.
No ninja can have enough manpower to defend the cities and civilians after sending out an expeditionary force."
Kisame Kisame smiled and said: "Unless one day, the five great ninjas work together to deal with the country of Ina, then we can enjoy a great battle."
"That's for the future," Uchiha Itachi said, "Now I'm thinking about how we are going to complete the mission."
Kisame Mikigaki said: "I only know that the old man Miyamoto Kōkai is very aware of current affairs. He has always sponsored Kirigakure since he did business with the Land of Water."
"The same goes for Konoha." Uchiha Itachi said, "I thought it was the reason for his good relationship with the Sandaime Hokage, but now it seems it's just a diplomatic method."
Kisame Kisame smiled and said: "Speaking of which, I quite admire this old man. After all, even the God of Ninja has only left a mess."
Uchiha Itachi was silent for a moment, "Maybe."...
The Yuzhi No. 7 steel cargo ship can accommodate nearly 500 people in addition to the crew, and can carry more than 10,000 tons of cargo.
Uchiha Itachi walked out of the cabin, stood on the bow deck, looked at the big ship under his feet, and couldn't help but praise.
"What a big ship."
"The ship is nothing." Kisame Kisaki motioned to Itachi Uchiha to look at the crew members, who were washing the deck with water escape ninjutsu.
"Using ninjutsu to do ordinary work, this is how the ninjas of Inano Country do it." Uchiha Itachi murmured...
Half a month later, Yuzhi No. 7 met the ninjas of Inano Country who were solving an ocean storm.
Uchiha Itachi sensed this and immediately frowned. Those thousand wind attribute ninjas were all at the Jonin level.
Kisame Kisaki asked: "How many can you kill at one time?"
"If everything goes well," Itachi Uchiha said coldly, "everything."
Kisame Kisaki asked: "What happens after that?"
"Chakra is exhausted, run away." Uchiha Itachi said, and then asked, "What about you?"
"The number of people is meaningless to me. The problem is that the ninjas of Inano Country like to use ninjutsu to utilize natural energy. For example, a large number of wind-attribute ninjas use wind-attribute ninjutsu to gather clouds and generate thunder and lightning." Kisame Mikigaki said, "I don't want to
Struck by lightning."
"Is that so?" Uchiha Itachi asked, "How long will it take for us to reach the Country of Rice?"
"There are still more than ten days." Kisame Kisaki said.
Uchiha Itachi sighed: "It's really far enough."...
More than ten days later, Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Inogaki set foot on the land of Ina Country and sensed a large number of ninjas and many ninjutsu.
Use earth type ninjutsu to create land and open up wasteland, use water type ninjutsu to rain water to water the fields, use fire type ninjutsu to bake sea salt, use thunder type ninjutsu to charge the battery, use wind type ninjutsu to blow the wind in the blast furnace, use earth type ninjutsu to
Use the earth's melting type ninjutsu to plant fertile soil, use the fire and earth's melting type ninjutsu to make utensils, use the water and wind's ice type ninjutsu to make shaved ice food, use the wind and fire's burning type ninjutsu to make takoyaki, and use the genjutsu to make people
Realize dreams, use psychic beasts to move things, etc.
"Is this how blood inheritance boundaries are used?"
"There are ninja courses in elementary schools here. After graduating from elementary school, those who are willing can become ninjas, and those who are not willing can learn other things. Therefore, many people like these shopkeepers have innate attributes but do not have enough chakra.
, we can only wait until one day a genius emerges from the next generation, and maybe he will use it to fight."
Kisame Kisame spent money to buy takoyaki and shaved ice cups, and gave one to Uchiha Itachi.
Walking on the bustling street, Uchiha Itachi held takoyaki in one hand and a shaved ice cup in the other, eating happily like an ordinary boy.
Passing by a restaurant, the sign above said Ninja Employment Agency.
"Except for those who join the ninja army, the ninjas of the Ina Country either become their own bosses and open shops, or they work for others. Usually the price is clearly marked, and in some cases the one with the highest price gets it."
I went in and took a look, and the price was indeed clearly marked.
Ordinary ones such as fire attribute ninjutsu to dehumidify a room, water attribute ninjutsu to water the garden and change the water in the fish pond, and more special ones such as thunder attribute to create lightning and nitrogen fertilizer.
Uchiha Itachi sighed in his heart, the ninjas here are indeed different from those on the mainland...
After staying one night in the caravan's dormitory, Uchiha Itachi and Inikaki Kisame headed to the Shogun's Mansion.
One kilometer away, the two men resumed their Akatsuki costumes, thus proving their identities.
This immediately aroused the vigilance of the guards, who notified the general's palace and stepped forward to inquire.
"Itachi Uchiha."
"Dried persimmon Kisame."......
General's Mansion.
After Miyamoto Kokai received the notification, he ordered the release without even thinking about it.
Since the other party has come in such an open and honest manner, of course he should be polite first. As for whether he is a rear guard or not, that depends on the matter...
main hall.
Miyamoto Kokai sat on the main seat, Mochizuki Shinsaburo and Takayama Tomoya led the teams and stood on both sides.
Seeing Uchiha Itachi and Inigaki Kisame approaching, the guards also raised their alertness to the highest level.
Miyamoto Kokai raised his hand and said: "Please sit down."
Uchiha Itachi looked at it and sat down first, followed by Kisame Kisaki, which made the guards heave a sigh of relief.
After all, there is a slight difference in movement between sitting and standing.
In the back hall, Yamazaki and Meidaizi were peeping.
"Brother, I feel like we have been discovered."
"Well, Uchiha's powers of observation."
On the palace.
Miyamoto Kokai said: "The clothes of the two are the same. They seem to have joined a certain force."
"Yes." Uchiha Itachi said, "If it's convenient, just give me a mission. We want to take away 100 million taels."
Miyamoto Kokai said: "Oh, this reminds me of Orochimaru."
"He has defected." Kisame Mikigaki said, "We found that he embezzled a lot of money."
Miyamoto Kokai said: "I gave him 300 million taels, and he promised not to trouble me again."
Kisame the dried persimmon laughed and said, "Ha, so he swallowed two-thirds."
Uchiha Itachi said: "Then, for another two hundred million taels, we promise not to disturb you again, and when Orochimaru comes again, we will come to help."
"What a bargain." Miyamoto Kokai said with a smile, "But this is equivalent to paying your organization 500 million taels."
Uchiha Itachi said: "If you have any missions, just ask."
Miyamoto Kokai said: "I can't think of any such valuable mission at the moment. Well, in addition to helping me resist Orochimaru's attack, your organization owes me the Miyamoto family a mission worth three hundred million taels."
"Deal." Itachi Uchiha responded.
Miyamoto Kokai smiled and said: "Okay, Tomoya, take them to get the money."