Dense forests and heavy rain.
The sky was gray, like a thick cover, and countless heavy raindrops formed a curtain of rain, beating in the forest with the wind, breaking countless twigs and leaves. The biting cold wind was howling, blowing through people's clothes, chilling people to the bone.
"Hurry up, are you looking for death?"
"Stop dawdling!"
"If you can't reach your destination tonight, none of you will be able to eat!"
The vicious escort Samurai shouted hoarsely, waving his whip, and kept urging.
On the road in the forest, there is a team of hundreds of ragged coolies. They are pulling wooden carts with human power. The wooden carts are covered with canvas. I don't know what is under the canvas, but the ruts are deep and they are pulling heavy objects.
It rained heavily and the road was slippery, but the coolies had to brave the wind and rain and move forward step by step.
There were less than ten Samurai responsible for the escort. They were just a small team. Although they were braving the wind and rain, they were wearing raincoats and bamboo hats. They only needed to watch the coolies and did not need to do anything personally.
The wooden cart, which seemed to be overwhelmed, made a creaking sound. The ruts gradually faded away, and the team gradually disappeared into the hazy mist ahead.
Whoosh!
A figure wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat appeared out of thin air on the avenue, looking at the retreating team.
This person is Uchiha Fugaku.
After six months of traveling across the ocean, he finally arrived at Land of Rainbows in May of the 34th year of Konoha.
The journey was thrilling. While Land of Water was berthed, he even saved a boy and his arm was almost bitten off by a ferocious Sea Kings.
It can be seen that King of the Near Sea is not just blown away.
Fortunately, he finally reached his destination safely.
Land of Rainbows can be said to be the most remote place in Shinobi World. The land here is barren and people rely on fishing for a living all year round.
Two years ago, a mine was discovered in Mist Mountain, which brought a little new life to the country.
However, this country is too backward and does not have much ability to mine. In the end, it had to sell the mining rights of this Mine Vein to a businessman named Imu.
And assassinating Imu is this mission.
Three days later.
A short, thin, middle-aged man in shabby work clothes looked at the patter of rain outside the window and didn't know what he was thinking.
This person is Fugaku.
In order to find out Imu's work schedule and address, he knocked out a worker three days ago, then transformed into that person and sneaked in secretly.
In his previous life, he was just an honest man who couldn't even speak three sentences on weekdays, so he didn't arouse anyone's suspicion.
"Brother, what are you looking at?"
Hearing the voice, Fugaku turned his head and saw a young man with pointed ears and monkey cheeks looking at him with a smile.
This man is also a miner here. He was sent here to work as a coolie because his family was poor. He is always chirping and talking endlessly. Fugaku I got a lot of information from him.
"Look at the rain outside. It's been raining for a month, and I don't know when it will stop."
"Who says it's not the case? In such bad weather, fishing boats can't go out to sea. Now our family relies on my little money to support us. This thief is really going to push us to death."
Hearing the boy's curse, Fugaku just smiled and said nothing, but he couldn't help but cursed in his heart, "What a bastard, what a thief."
The young man sat down next to Fugaku, and the bed made of old door panels immediately made a squeaking sound, making people wonder if it would break.
"Brother, I heard that in a faraway country, it's even more exaggerated than ours. It rains all year round. Do you know?"
Fugaku pretended to be shocked and shook his head, "I haven't heard of it. Who did you listen to?"
The young man said with a proud smile, "The bearded fish seller at the harbor, he used to go out with the fleet..."
The middle-aged man didn't say anything, and the boy wasn't embarrassed either. This old man couldn't even say five sentences a day before, but he's gotten a lot better recently.
"Brother, haven't you ever thought about going out and taking a look?"
Fugaku shook his head, "No..."
The young man sighed, "You are a married man, so your mind will naturally be more stable, but I'm just not willing to do it. It would be great if I could go out and have a look in this life."
"Everything outside may not be as good as you think..."
Fugaku thought of the civilians who died twice Ninja World War. Even if these people went bankrupt, they would probably be willing to change places with the boy.
The young man blushed and retorted, "That's better than staying here all the time. I can now see what my life will be like at the age of forty. I'm sorry... I'm not talking about you."
"Then what will happen to the family when you leave? Don't you still have two younger sisters?"
"It's because of my two younger sisters that I have to go out and work hard, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to buy them decent clothes.
They both took turns wearing the same set of clothes day by day. Once one wore it, the other could only stay in the house and could not go anywhere. "
Fugaku was speechless.
The young man jumped out of bed, took two old big bowls from the table, filled them with tea, and handed one to Fugaku.
"I may leave after a while. There is no wine or anything here. Two glasses of water will be my practice. If I become rich in the future, I will definitely not forget you, brother."
Fugaku did not laugh at the young man who could feel a little lofty and ambitious even if he drank boiled water, but silently thought of those Civilian Ninja in the village.
As a Young Clan Head member of the largest family of Konoha, he had never seen those people in the eyes before, and naturally he would not have too much contact with them. Now that he saw the boy, he inexplicably thought of them.
It shouldn't be too easy for these people to become ninjas, right?
The tea bowl touched the tea bowl, Fugaku drank it all in one gulp, and then stood up.
"Brother, what are you going to do?"
"I'll go to the latrine and be back in a while."
After saying that, he pushed open the wooden door and walked directly into the rain curtain.
Mist Mountain's camp is very huge. It is mainly divided into three parts. The north side accounts for about half of the area. It is mainly used for mining and smelting and the area where workers live and rest. There are rows of simple wooden houses. There are thousands of coolies working alone.
Of course, not all workers live in camps, most still live in mines. Their lives are not valuable, and no one cares if someone dies in a mine collapse.
The area of the South District is slightly smaller, but it is still enough to accommodate hundreds of people. Most of the people living in the South District are private soldiers under Imu.
There is also the core area. In the middle of the southern area, there is a mansion. Imu's master guards, namely those Samurai and ninjas, all live in the mansion with him.
At this time, Fugaku, who said he came out to use the toilet, was hiding in a big tree and looking at the brightly lit house. He stretched out his hand and quickly followed Hand Seals.
"Boom boom boom."
Under heavy rain, a series of explosions erupted from the mine to the north.
"There was an explosion in the mine."
"Someone, come quickly, help."
Seeing the guards leaving one after another to save people, Fugaku took out a Kunai.
"If this mission goes well, please take that boy to Land of Fire."
With this thought in mind, he rushed into the house with Body Flicker.
(PS I originally wanted to write two chapters at once, but I've only written half of the other chapter. I'll update it together tomorrow)