Konoha Year 36 August 18th, Land of Iron West, Severed Mountain City.
Orochimaru team arrived outside the city.
Severed Mountain City, it happens to be between two mountain ranges, with high mountains to the north and south, like a city cutting off the mountains.
It is said to be a "city", but in fact it is more like a pass.
Of course, for ninjas, "Guan" does not completely block the advance route.
Although this mountain is high, even Genin is not insurmountable.
The bigger effect here is that there is a "Sealing interference Cursed Seal" set up by Land of Iron ancestors at great cost. If this place is bypassed, the consumption of the "Sealing scroll" by the ninja will increase sharply.
Therefore, Hanzō did not dare to bypass this place easily and directly attacked the eastern part of Land of Iron.
Otherwise, the back road will inevitably be cut off, and the pressure on Supplies will increase greatly.
Akaseki stood at the foot of the city with an expression of great poetry, and immediately said with emotion. "Severed Mountain City is indeed the first great pass of Land of Iron!"
"If you can't say something more literate, you don't have to say it." Ranwu complained at the side.
Akaseki:----
Although Severed Mountain City is now heavily guarded, the news that "Konoha Ninja" is coming has already reached here. At this time, several warriors are waiting outside.
"Are they Orochimaru Jonin and Jiraiya Jonin from Konoha? Thank you for rescuing Land of Iron before. Several great swordsmen and swordsmen have been waiting for a long time. Please come with me!" The leading warrior said, stretching out his arms to lead the way.
"We just happened to meet each other when we were escorting trading supplies." Orochimaru said with a slight smile.
Because he heard that the other party still had no intention of formally asking for help, Orochimaru followed the original plan and regarded it as "escorting supplies."
A group of people entered Severed Mountain City----
This is also the first time Akaseki and others entered the town after arriving at Land of Iron.
I can see that the architectural style of Land of Iron is very broad, mostly made of bluestone and cast iron. This Severed Mountain City is even more of a Yamashiro-style fortress. Unlike the Konoha buildings that like bright colors, the door heads on the walls here are rarely painted. Only on the lintels of some large buildings can you see some simple patterns similar to family emblems.
"Huh? These are Land of Iron's ninjas----no, where are the samurai families?" Akaseki asked curiously.
If these buildings are said to be "tribes", they would be a bit small, but if they are said to be ordinary family residences, they would appear to be too large.
"No, we samurai generally don't talk about families. These are samurai dojos, which are places where samurai apprentices are recruited. The patterns on them represent different schools." The samurai who led the way saw that the little ninja was interested and explained a few words.
"That's it----" Akaseki was a little surprised when he heard this, and then raised his head proudly. No wonder you can't do it. It's because we, Uchiha Clan, don't have a rich family like us as Optimus Prime!
Of course, the Land of Iron model is not without its benefits.
In terms of the number of samurai, the samurai of Land of Iron are about the same as the number of ninjas in the five hidden villages----
It's just that the ratio of ashigaru and samurai is greater than that of Genin and Chunin, and the strength of the swordsman and great swordsman is not comparable to Jonin.
The attendant warrior led the group to the city gate to the west of Severed Mountain City. It seemed that the great swordsmen and swordsmen of Land of Iron were guarding here.
When I arrived at the door, I saw a samurai in his thirties standing in front of the door, seemingly waiting for everyone.
This samurai has no armor, only two armor plates on his shoulders, but looking at his demeanor, he doesn't look like an Ashigaru. Genin and Jonin don't wear Chunin vests, but the former doesn't dress up and show off in front of Hokage Building----
"Mifune Swordsman." Upon seeing this, the warrior came forward and saluted.
Sure enough, the person who came was a swordsman.
Jianhao's status in Land of Iron is higher than that of Konoha Jonin in Land of Fire - although his strength is not as good as that of Konoha Jonin, but the number is not as large as Konoha Jonin. More importantly, none of the ninjas of Five Great Nations actually manage the country.
"Are they Konoha's ninjas?" Mifune asked critically on the steps.
"That's right, it's----Three-Eyes Great Swordsman, please come in." The attendant warrior said sarcastically.
Akaseki's eyes wandered over the two of them - it sounded like the "Three-Eyes Great Swordsman" was at odds with the "Mifune Swordsman" in front of him, and the former was now the person in charge here.
Mifune ignored the warrior's refusal and walked straight towards the five Konoha people - Mifune had a serious face, with only a goatee on his chin, looking like he was coming with bad intentions----
Pat-
I saw Mifune slowly lowering his waist when he took a few steps forward. When he walked in front of the five people, he had already knelt down in a standard earth seat.
"On behalf of the people who were rescued, Land of Iron, thank you for your great kindness!" Mifune said solemnly and sincerely.
Jiraiya instinctively wanted to stop him, but from the corner of his eye he saw that Orochimaru didn't move, so he fell half a step behind without making a sound.
As for the four Akaseki, they have no chance to speak.
Orochimaru paused for a moment before saying, "It doesn't have to be like this. We are just responding reasonably to the attack on the caravan."
After hearing Orochimaru's Qianci words, Mifune stood up and asked, "When you killed those Land of Rain beasts, did you seize the materials they looted the Land of Iron village?"
Jiraiya frowned, and Akaseki stared at the goatee with unkind eyes.
Do you still want the loot back?
Regardless of where Rain Ninja's things came from, as Konoha Ninja, there is obviously no obligation to return them now. If Land of Iron hired bandits, these should be returned - but not.
Orochimaru, who has always been a hawk, did not change his expression. He just nodded and said, "Well, I made a small gain."
Immediately, Mifune took off his sword and gestured. "This is Black Marsh, the famous knife spread by Land of Iron. It is worth tens of millions. Please use this knife to exchange for the materials Rain Ninja looted in Land of Iron."
"Ah?"
The warrior on the side looked surprised at this, and looked at "Black Marsh" anxiously - obviously, either he was a shill, or - this "Black Marsh" was indeed worth a lot of money.
Orochimaru took it over first, pulled out "Black Marsh" and took a look----
"It's indeed a good sword—but if we ninjas can't use it, we won't win over others' love." Orochimaru said and handed it back.
When Mifune saw this, his eyes were disappointed and a little anxious, but he didn't say anything more and directly took "Black Marsh".
It's not that ninjas don't use swords. Orochimaru obviously didn't exchange it out of other considerations or simply felt it wasn't worth it.
Mifune walked aside and stopped blocking the road. The previous samurai also quickly led the five people into the tower.
Arriving at the meeting place in the city tower, there were already many great swordsmen and swordsmen waiting here.
The warrior who was leading the way came forward and whispered something to the great swordsman Three-Eyes sitting at the front——
Akaseki, based on lip reading, should be the "Mifune" thing just now.
Three-Eyes first showed disdain when he mentioned Mifune, and then nodded solemnly when he heard "Konoha Ninja did not agree".
"Orochimaru Jonin, Jiraiya Jonin, I have heard for a long time Daimyo, you are finally here!" Three-Eyes said in a tone of "I miss you so much".
Three-Eyes is older and looks older than Mifune just now. He has a big square head and a face full of scars. He looks very fierce. When he saw the ninjas of Konoha, he forced a smile.
"Wherever, we also want to complete the transaction quickly, but the current situation in your country is chaotic, so it has only been delayed for a few days.
Orochimaru smiled slightly.
Akaseki also heard that Orochimaru was typing Gentle Fist.
The other party, Three-Eyes, was obviously not talking about "transaction", but Orochimaru just pretended not to understand.
"There is no rush about the transaction. What matters now is that those bastard ninjas from Land of Rain asked me, General Land of Iron, for an excuse to attack your country. After our general refused, these bastard ninjas invaded our country brazenly——"
Three-Eyes obviously wants to emphasize this - Land of Iron went to war with Land of Rain only for Konoha and Land of Fire!
And----
It can be seen that Three-Eyes has a lot of resentment towards ninjas, and he went out of his way to shout "bastard ninja" in his face. It's hard to tell if it wasn't intentional.
"General wise, Land of Rain is just a small country. It has no ability to attack our country. It's just a false attack on iron." Orochimaru smiled slightly.
Three-Eyes was paused upon hearing this, obviously not expecting that the ninja who came this time would be so difficult to deal with.
But he couldn't refute----
You can't really lend it to Land of Rain to try, right?
Three-Eyes winked at the bald swordsman next to him, who said directly, "Orochimaru Jonin, people in the light don't tell secrets, we Land of Iron has always adhered to neutrality, but now he is forced to get involved in the fight between your ninjas. We are fighting Land of Rain's ninjas on the front line, and there are countless casualties among the people in the rear. Doesn't Konoha have no expression?"
"?" Akaseki made a confused sound at this time.
"Akaseki, do you have anything to say?" Orochimaru was not angry with Land of Iron, so he just asked Akaseki.
"Captain Orochimaru, when we usually do missions in Land of Fire, many of the time those guys who harm the countryside are wandering warriors - those bastard warriors, don't they have anything to do with Land of Iron?" Akaseki asked in a confused tone.
"Nonsense!"
"How could we do something like that?"
"They're not samurai at all!"
"Is this the etiquette of Konoha?"
The swordsmen present Land of Iron couldn't sit still for a while.
Faced with their questioning, Orochimaru said nonchalantly, "Those bastard samurai have nothing to do with Land of Iron, they are just called "samurai"."
Although he refuted Akaseki's words, Orochimaru obviously did not mean to scold Akaseki for being rude.
All the warriors now understood what Konoha Ninja meant. You are fighting with Rain Ninja. What does it have to do with me Konoha?
If you don't want to fight, you can surrender!
"Of course, as long as your country has sufficient goods for the materials seized before, I can make the decision and convert them into Chakra Metal according to the price." Orochimaru said reasonably.