The Country of Waves is a small island country with no ninja villages and almost no ninjas.
The entire country's transportation is blocked, the economy is controlled by certain businessmen, and the people live in poverty and are in dire straits.
Kesha was originally a villager from an unknown village in the west of the Kingdom of Water. He used to make a living by fishing.
A year ago, when I went fishing, I encountered a storm that capsized my boat. I also fell into the sea and fainted, and was carried by the waves to a bay in the country of waves.
Here, he was rescued by a young woman named Tsuna. After getting along day and night, the two people of similar age fell in love and successfully married. Kesha also had a son named Inari.
Of course, Kesha is just Inari's stepfather. When Kesha was rescued by Tsuna, Inari was already two years old.
And Inari's biological father died unexpectedly long ago when Tsuna was pregnant.
As for Inari, Kesha treats him like his own son.
In order to give the mother and son a better life, Kesha led the villagers to expel the evil forces and resist the exploitation from businessmen, and has become the spiritual leader of the village.
As for why Kesha did not take mother and son back to the Kingdom of Water, firstly, the national conditions of the Kingdom of Water are not much better than those of the Kingdom of Waves, and secondly, it is not easy to return to the Kingdom of Water from abroad.
Without a large enough ship, it was almost impossible to cross the sea and enter the Kingdom of Water. As for him being able to reach the Kingdom of Waves alive, it was completely lucky.
One early morning, the thick sea fog had not completely dissipated.
A strange man wearing a hat and a black cloak came to the village where Kesha's family lived.
"Is there a ship here that can go to the Kingdom of Water?"
The weirdo was introduced to Kesha by the villagers. As soon as they met, the weirdo asked questions.
The weirdo's voice was very young, and Kesha probably didn't differ much from his own.
"I'm sorry, sir, our village doesn't have that kind of boat. If you want to go to the water country, you can only take the club's merchant ship."
Kesha didn't hold anything back and told the truth.
In his more than 20 years of life experience, he clearly knows that the person dressed in this way is very dangerous.
After all, this is the world of ninjas, and many characters in the black zone like to dress up like this.
An ordinary person who wants to take advantage of a dangerous person is just like an old man hanging himself because he thinks his life is too long. After all, there are no laws to protect ordinary people in this world.
Like ninjas who are offended by ordinary people, killing them is in vain.
As for spending all his wealth to issue a mission to ask the ninjas of the Ninja Village to help him avenge himself, if it succeeds, it's okay. If it doesn't succeed, the murderer's subsequent revenge will not be bearable by ordinary people.
"Club Merchant Ship..."
Kesha's answer did not exceed the weirdo's expectations.
Under the bamboo hat, Uchiha Takuma sighed, but he was not too disappointed.
After all, he was just trying his luck, and he didn't expect that there would be a boat in such a small village to enter the Kingdom of Water.
As for club merchant ships, that is naturally impossible.
Clubs like that that provide cross-border shipping have the support of big forces.
Once he shows up as a rebellious ninja, he will accidentally reveal his identity and attract a group of people to hunt him.
In the half month since he defected, he ran from Konoha all the way to the Country of Waves without stopping at all. It was because of this that he was able to escape the pursuit behind him.
If he was delayed in the Land of Waves, Uchiha Takuma was still worried that the village's pursuit team would smell it and follow him.
"Does anyone in the village know how to read nautical charts and astrolabees?"
Uchiha Takuma asked again.
With the ability of a ninja, it is not a problem to live on the sea for a long time as long as you have a boat. Even if you can understand the chart, operate the astrolabe and distinguish the direction at sea, you can cross the sea even with only a small boat.
Hearing Uchiha Takuma's question, Kesha was shocked, but his face remained calm.
A mysterious weirdo wants to sneak across the country and cannot take a merchant ship. If you ask someone who can read nautical charts and astrolabe, his purpose is obviously obvious.
"I'm really sorry. We are just a small fishing village here. Everyone is fishing offshore. How can anyone know how to read a nautical chart? Besides, the boats here don't even have an astrolabe!"
Kesha smiled apologetically.
For an aspiring young man like him, the chart and astrolabe are natural, but Kesha obviously does not intend to let himself go into danger.
As for high risk and high reward, if the time of danger really comes, your life will probably depend on someone else’s thoughts, so where will there be any reward?
And the general moral standards in the ninja world make it impossible for people to gamble.
Uchiha Takuma nodded, a little disappointed, he didn't find any abnormality in Kesha.
Thinking about the state of this village, it really doesn't look like there is a ship equipped with an astrolabe.
Since he has not found a suitable ship, Uchiha Takuma does not intend to stay here too long.
As soon as Uchiha Takuma walked out of the room, Kesha's wife Tsuna led three-year-old Inari out.
"Who was it just now?"
Tsuna asked Kesha with worry in her eyes.
Recently, Kesha has caused a lot of noise in leading the villagers to resist the oppression of big businessmen. Although she admires Kesha's ability and courage, she can't help but feel worried most of the time.
"They are outsiders who come here looking for ships. They have nothing to do with us!"
Kesha said casually, but because he was afraid that the other party would worry, he did not elaborate.
"That's it."
Tsuna smiled and hugged Inari, smiling gently:
"Since there's nothing wrong, I'll prepare breakfast. Let's make miso soup and curry today!"
Kesha nodded with eyes full of endearment, and Xiaoyi was happy and shouted long live the day after hearing that today’s breakfast was no longer smoked fish.
Just as Tsuna was holding Inari in his arms and about to turn around and head to the kitchen, a large number of footsteps suddenly came from outside.
At the same time, some people shouted: This is it, surround this place.
When he heard the motives outside, Kesha's expression suddenly changed.
He quickly opened the door to a crack and looked outside, only to see dozens of gang members wearing ronin costumes and armed with samurai swords outside, surrounding the house where they were.
And the mysterious man in a hat who just left him was actually stopped by the gangsters.
Seeing those gangsters outside, Kesha still didn’t know that they were coming for him.
The current situation has become extremely dangerous. Kesha did not expect that yesterday he just led the villagers to demonstrate at the big businessman Cardo, but today he would be targeted in this way.
After looking at Tsuna and Inari, Kesha gritted his teeth and told Jinna to close the door tightly for a while, then resolutely opened the door and walked out.
If Cardo just came to him, he would definitely harm Tsuna and his son if he stayed in the room, and now he would also involve the mysterious person who visited him, which made him unable to remain indifferent.
"Kesha!"
Jinna also sensed the danger, and she stretched out her hand to keep her, but Kesha raised his hand to stop her.
Kesha closed the door and walked out. Jinna was in a panic in the room, and could only hug Inari tightly and shed tears.
"Who are you? Why are you here?"
A gang member who looked like a small boss stood in front of Uchiha Takuma and shouted loudly, while the latter was surrounded by four gang members with samurai swords.
Under the bamboo hat, Uchiha Takuma raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that he would be involved in a gang operation so early in the morning.
Before Uchiha Takuma could speak, the door of Kesha's house opened with a creak, and Kesha walked out with his head held high, shouting to the little boss:
"He is just a foreigner asking for a boat. It is me you are looking for and it has nothing to do with him!"
The little boss looked Uchiha Takuma up and down again, and then said to Kesha:
"Whether we want to let him go or not, we will know after the inspection. You dare to lead the unruly people to threaten Lord Cardo, and you dare to build a ship privately to open up a sea route. It's hard for others to say today, but you are definitely dead!"
After hearing what the little boss said, Kesha's expression changed, but he still gritted his teeth and held his chest high, showing no signs of begging for mercy.
"Take off the hat?"
The little boss with a pair of big buck teeth scolded Uchiha Takuma.
Uchiha Takuma didn't want to pay attention to him and was about to leave as soon as he moved.
But at this moment, three figures walked out of the sea fog not far away, and the moment he saw the three people, Uchiha Takuma also stopped.
Uchiha Takuma's subtle movements startled several gang members around him, and they almost put a knife on the former's neck.
Three figures passed through the sea fog, and as they got closer, there were some slight footsteps.
Only when the three of them were very close did a few gang members notice that someone was coming.
Throwing the bamboo hat on his head to the person next to him, Danzo revealed his true face and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Danzo stared at Uchiha Takuma, as if he wanted to see through his bamboo hat.
"Uchiha brat, you can really escape, and now I finally caught you!"