On April 10, the good news from the front line came back to Konoha.
I heard that Sunagakure has been occupied, and everyone felt relieved...
However, Third also reminds everyone again and again - a person who travels a hundred miles is only half a mile, and the closer it gets to the last moment, the more we cannot relax!
The ninjas in the village became extremely busy in the next few days...
Akaseki is also ready and assigned a new task.
Just...
Seven days passed in the blink of an eye. Ranwu and Minato were all gone. Only Akaseki was still "on standby" in the village.
During this period, Akaseki also used Ryūchi Cave to send messages to Orochimaru, asking some vague questions about Space-Time Sealing - I originally wanted to wait for him to come back, but looking at the current situation of Sunagakure, Orochimaru should not be fooled again easily!
At this time, Third dares to say substitution. Even if Orochimaru agrees, Uchiha Clan will not agree...
But the problem of Akaseki is also all in vain.
Akaseki is still thinking in his heart, that Orochimaru really doesn't know how to teach others!
I don't know if it's because he doesn't understand, or because he's so confident in his teaching skills that he just pretends to be dead?
It wasn't until April 18 that Akaseki finally waited for Anbu Ninja to visit Uchiha Clan Compound to invite him...
"Lord Hokage are looking for me? Okay, I'll go right away." Akaseki felt excited.
Today's Hokage Office makes Akaseki feel a lot cleaner.
Probably Hiruzen Sarutobi also found that some "Soft Furnishings" are not suitable for display in the office when meeting Akaseki and Uchiha Clan...
"Akaseki, are you impatient?" Sarutobi seemed to see Akaseki's impatient expression.
"Yes! I knew that Lord Hokage would definitely entrust me with the most important task!" Akaseki boasted and signaled that he would listen to the arrangement.
Since he can be called to the office instead of being given a task scroll directly, it does mean that it is not an ordinary task.
At this time, Sarutobi heard Akaseki's words and shook his head helplessly. "Uchiha Clan doesn't want you to take risks. Originally, I gave you tasks that were not very dangerous every time... Sigh."
I don't know why, but every time a not very dangerous task is given to Akaseki, it becomes thrilling.
"Actually, I originally wanted you to guard the village..." Sarutobi shook his head and said, "But Orochimaru is on the front line and asked you to take a member of the Uchiha Clan tribe with open eyes to carry out a special mission."
"Uchiha Clan tribesman with open eyes?" Akaseki was a little confused by this request.
"Well, Sharingan said it might not be enough for you... In short, you decide who to choose. Then report to Sunagakure and follow Orochimaru's arrangements." Sarutobi said.
"Yes..." Akaseki was also confused about this situation.
But...
Akaseki feels that although Orochimaru didn't say it clearly, but... he should take the light with him!
If it was someone else, he could just name it - it's not like he didn't know someone in the clan.
Only Guang's situation is special. If he directly asked Akaseki to take Guang with him, Hiruzen Sarutobi would also wonder why he had to bring an "ordinary little girl with open eyes".
It is said that anyone can be taken with him, but Akaseki chose to take Guang with him. That is normal... maybe it is so that she can go to the front line to "recognize father and daughter"?
But if Orochimaru really wants to take the light with him...
Akaseki is just confused about this!
Akaseki didn't tell him who he was - the whole Uchiha Clan, Akaseki only told grandma Chizuru, and grandma Chizuru made it clear that she would not tell anyone.
The only one who knew something "abnormal" was Jiancheng Clan Leader - he was responsible for it. He was inexplicably responsible. When he wanted to explain, grandma Chizuru sent a letter to stop him!
Therefore, although he didn't know what was going on, he knew that there was something going on...
But how did Orochimaru know?
Even...
Akaseki suspected that the thing he asked him recently about "Space-Time Sealing" had already been guessed by Orochimaru, and it was related to light.
Otherwise, why would he hint that he would take Guang with him just after he asked the question?
Although he didn't understand the meaning of Orochimaru, after receiving the order, Akaseki took the mission scroll and asked Guang to go to Land of Wind!
Traveling under starry night, on April 20, at the urging of Akaseki, the two arrived at Sunagakure in advance.
Coming again to the place where he once studied, Akaseki couldn't help but feel that things are different and people are different - the "other" was very thorough. None of the Sand Ninja wearing desert hats were seen, replaced by ninjas wearing Konoha Headband and Konoha vests.
Puppet Mechanism Towers around the village had all been demolished by this time.
Anyway, Konoha Ninja is not good at Puppet, so he simply has no intention of using it, so he just dismantled them all. Even if those Sand Ninja come back in the future, the defense power of Sunagakure will no longer be the same.
At the entrance of "One-Line Sky", Akaseki Wako was inspected...
"Akaseki? Are you here too?" Akimichi Clan Jonin, the gatekeeper, after seeing Akaseki, checked him and Hikari's "Ninja Handbook" while chatting with Akaseki.
Nowadays, Akaseki's reputation in Konoha is no less than that of Sannin, and even equals that of White Fang.
Just because he is only seventeen years old, his prestige is somewhat inferior.
"Huh? Light?" Akimichi Clan looked at Ninja Handbook and looked at it in surprise.
Akaseki is even more surprised than him!
His expression didn't look like he was surprised to see "a Genin actually came here", it was clear that he had heard of the light...
"What's wrong?" Akaseki asked,
"No, it's nothing... hahaha." Akimichi Clan's Jonin laughed innocently.
Akaseki then thought, "Is Guan Ze with Sunagakure recently?"
"Well, I came here a while ago... but Uchiha Clan Head is not here." Akimichi Clan Jonin said without saying anything.
Akaseki:...
Hao Duanduan also mentioned Jiancheng Clan Leader...
It seems that Guan Ze has "popularized" Guang's identity!
Akaseki didn't explain much. Anyway, Jiancheng didn't dare to explain much after receiving the letter from Chizuru's grandma...
After checking his identity, Akaseki was let in.
At this time, there were not many people in Sunagakure Village, only some patrolling Konoha ninjas - Orochimaru even ordered that as soon as he came in, the residences, including the nominal core area of the clan, were sealed, and no one was allowed to enter.
There are only some key positions occupied by Konoha Ninja...
This is to prove to Sand Ninja and Land of Wind people that Konoha is a civilized teacher and can come back to "Peace Negotiations".
Along the way, Konoha Ninja, especially Jonin, all exchanged pleasantries when they saw Akaseki.
Although the silent light made people feel very rude, everyone soon showed "I see" expressions after being puzzled, and some even added a few words in particular about where Uchiha Clan Head went...
Regarding this, Akaseki all laughed.
"Is this where the other Ninja Village is?" Hikaru asked, looking at the surrounding houses.
"Yes, they attacked Konoha and were beaten away. Konoha kept it for them for a while." Akaseki said matter-of-factly.
Light:...
Soon after, Akaseki came to Kazekage Tower and met Orochimaru.
Akaseki looked at Kazekage's Office, and the first thing he did when he came in was to remind him, "Orochimaru, isn't it good for you to work here?"
Why is this son-in-law so uneasy?
As a result, Akaseki found out after coming in...
Kazekage's Office's desk has been replaced by the one he brought with him!
"It's nothing, the view here is just wider." Orochimaru said matter-of-factly.
Akaseki was about to say something else when Orochimaru emphasized, "Clan Leader chose this temporary headquarters, otherwise I want to Sealing this place too."
Akaseki:...
"By the way, you really didn't touch Sunagakure, did you? Those residential buildings are just that. Those Factions's nests have a lot of good things..." Akaseki asked worriedly.
Akaseki also saw the current situation on the way into Sunagakure.
Reputation is very important, but people can't just have reputation, right?
Just hearing this, Byakugan almost flipped to the sky - who just said to help keep it safe?
"Of course, in order to reassure those Factions, I Sealing their nominal residence immediately and did not search it, but... it is not their place in name, so of course I have to search carefully." Orochimaru said with a slight curl of the corner of his mouth.
Akaseki also understood after hearing this.
Those Factions will not keep their daily treasures at home and leave them to Konoha.
Most of what can be taken away, of course, can be taken away directly.
Those who cannot be taken away will also find some secret places to hide, and the territory on the surface is only for people to see.
Orochimaru also let go of these empty airs when he was "acting"!
Even those residential houses were nominally Sealing the first time, but later they were searched with psychic snakes. If there were any important materials such as chakra ores hidden, Orochimaru would still search them out and move them away.
"Akaseki, you don't have to worry about this. I have an important task for you." Orochimaru said matter-of-factly.
"Mission?" Akaseki was stunned when he heard this.
Originally Akaseki thought that Orochimaru had something to do with "Space-Time Sealing" and he wanted to tell himself.
Why is there really a mission?
"Between Land of Wind and Land of Earth, there is a small country called Rōran... Have you heard of it?" Orochimaru did not answer Akaseki's doubts.
"Rōran? I'm a little impressed." Akaseki nodded.
Rōran In a small country, its presence is actually quite high, but...
Rōran, Land of Earth, and Land of Fire are all blocked by mountains, and are basically only connected to Land of Wind. Therefore, only Land of Wind and Rōran are in direct contact, which is exactly the opposite of Land of Rain, which extends in all directions...
People in other places usually just hear about Rōran.
The reason why it can be "heard" is because the various Heavy Machinery Products of Rōran will flow out through Land of Wind...
"Although Rōran is a small country, it has mysterious energy in the country. The output of various Puppet structures is huge. It usually manufactures standard Puppet parts for Sunagakure... This time it was able to successfully acquire Sunagakure, Thanks to Country of Roran having a problem a year ago, Queen, who could control Mysterious Energy, died, and Sunagakure's Puppet parts production dropped a lot." Orochimaru said, almost humming.
What a coincidence, isn't it?
After Orochimaru came back as Commander-in-Chief, Rōran had problems. This was one of the reasons that prompted Orochimaru to suddenly become bold in strategy and provoke a decisive battle in advance!
Without Rōran's large-volume replacement of Puppet parts, the battery life of Sunagakure was greatly reduced, which gave Orochimaru confidence. Later, when he heard that Luo Yan and Chiyo were not around, he would immediately choose to go all out...
"Mysterious Energy? So important?" Akaseki was stunned when he heard this - then why didn't Sunagakure catch it in his own hands?
"Well, and only Royal Family of Rōran can control it. This energy seems to be subject to some restrictions and cannot leave Rōran. Therefore, its only function is to produce some high-energy-consuming equipment... such as a large number of standard Puppet parts." Orochimaru nodded.
From what I heard, I know that Rōran should be living a good life.
"Then this mission..." Akaseki also understood that Orochimaru would not mention this for no reason.
"Go to Rōran and determine the current situation in their country. We must not give those Sand Ninja any more hope. If... we can control Rōran in our Uchiha Clan hands, of course it would be better." Orochimaru said very Uchiha Clan.
"That's it?" Akaseki asked with a confused expression.
After listening to Orochimaru's description, Akaseki also felt that this task was very important, but...
Is it really just official business that you came to see me for?
Then you are so mysterious, why would you just find Uchiha Clan to come with you...
Isn't it better to say it openly?
"Well, this mission is actually very dangerous. Mysterious Energy is called Ryūmyaku by Rōran people. Although the power of Ryūmyaku cannot be carried out, it is within Rōran, the power of Ryūmyaku... is said to be more terrifying than Tailed Beast, and even... in the legend, affects the power of Space-Time." Orochimaru said seriously at this time.
Space-Time!
Hearing this, Akaseki suddenly became serious and looked at Orochimaru with the same awareness.
Looking at Orochimaru's smiling face, Akaseki understood...
He did it on purpose!
Originally, he asked himself to come and even hinted at bringing a light, just for this "Ryūmyaku", which was probably related to the power of "Space-Time".
I have been going around in circles before, just "teasing" Akaseki.
The reason is also very simple...
It's probably like "Didn't you tell me about the light?" and "Then I'll just pretend I don't know, otherwise you'll be embarrassed."
As for how Orochimaru guessed it?
Akaseki estimates that he may have watched "Warring States Sealing History"!
Therefore, as to why Akaseki suddenly brought back a "Illegitimate Daughter of Clan Leader", and then began to ask himself questions about Space-Time Sealing, Orochimaru felt enlightened.
The corners of Akaseki's mouth trembled, and then he responded, "I understand, Ryūmyaku... I will investigate clearly."
"Well, little Ranwu and Mr. Minato are also going together." Orochimaru said by the way.
"Ah?" Akaseki was stunned when he heard this.
Since Orochimaru already knows... at least guessed the identity of "Light", then he shouldn't let others go with him.
"Rōran Because of Ryūmyaku, countries rarely intervene directly. The situation is unclear now. Sand Ninja will definitely find a way to re-contact Rōran. Only you may not be able to cope with all situations..." Orochimaru reminded.
Orochimaru knows that Akaseki has the experience of destroying Kusagakure, destroying Amegakure, and supporting Yugakure, so it underestimates these small countries, so it specially reminds them.
"And little Ranwu and Minato are still very reliable teammates, aren't they?" Orochimaru said matter-of-factly.
Indeed, if Guang's identity must be exposed, the people Akaseki can trust the most are Ranwu and Minato.
Orochimaru Although it was not stated clearly, everything has been arranged.
Let Ranwu and Minato go together. If the situation is not that bad, it is best if Akaseki can handle it by himself. If it cannot be handled and they need to know, at least only trusted people will know!
At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the office door.
Dong dong dong--
"Come in." Orochimaru said.
What came in was Minato and Ranwu...
The two of them were a little surprised when they saw Akaseki... especially after seeing the light.
After that, Orochimaru also told them about Rōran and Ryūmyaku...
"Space-Time's power?" Minato's expression changed when he heard this, and he seemed to be very concerned about it.
Of course, this has nothing to do with light.
Just Minato himself, he has also discovered that he is very talented in Space-Time!
Not only is his chakra easier to influence Space-Time, which means he can learn Space-Time Ninjutsu more easily, but also...
Ordinarily, other ninjas and Ninja Beast will have some side effects when using the ninjutsu that shuttles Space-Time, such as the most common "Summoning Technique" and "Reverse Summoning Technique", but...
Minato Never!
"That's right, Mr. Minato can also take this opportunity to learn that technique." Orochimaru said with a slight smile to Minato.
"That technique?" Akaseki could see that Orochimaru also asked Minato to do it. There were also other reasons, and it was also related to the nature of Ryūmyaku's Space-Time power.
"Well, Teacher Jiraiya taught me Flying Thunder God Technique." Minato didn't hide anything from Akaseki either.
"What can Jiraiya teach you? You still have to explore on your own... Second's technique is actually very dangerous. You have to be careful about it." Orochimaru corrected at this time.
Jiraiya himself doesn't know how to "Flying Thunder God Technique", and he has been spending time with those Land of Rain children recently, rarely doing any tasks.
I just asked the old man for the cultivation scroll of Forbidden Technique and gave it to Minato.
Counting...
Orochimaru feels that he has more time to give guidance to Minato!
"Flying Thunder God?" Akaseki's expression changed when he heard this.
Of course Akaseki doesn't know this technique!
That Tobirama Senju has many Forbidden Techniques, and I have developed countless Forbidden Techniques myself, and "Flying Thunder God Technique" can be said to be one of the most famous ones... especially for the Uchiha Clan.
Because it involves the instantaneous movement of "Space-Time", once this move is combined with a close attack, the dynamic detection of Sharingan will lose its effect on it.
There is no spatial process at all and the movement is carried out directly. Of course, any "dynamic detection" is useless!
It is said...
Back then, that Madara Uchiha's younger brother, even with Mangekyō Sharingan turned on, was severely injured by "Flying Thunder God+Slashing Strike", and was later "picked up" by Madara Uchiha.
But after Tobirama Senju, no one has learned this trick!
Space-Time Ninjutsu, except Summoning Technique which is "just use it", the difficulty is too high.
"It's still far from enough. I just use some Space-Time-like Body Flicker Technique... to get started." Minato said modestly.
Space-Time's "Body Flicker Technique" looks very strong, but in fact it is very dangerous and does more harm than good, because suddenly traveling through space, even if the distance is short, will bring great pressure to the body and mind.
If you still stand still for a few seconds after Body Flicker Technique, then what is the use of Body Flicker Technique?
But Minato is different...
The space is like welcoming Minato to shuttle around at will. He can use the "Body Flicker Technique" of the Space-Time class with almost no restrictions!
Even if he bursts directly in front of the enemy, Minato can react faster than the opponent - not only is his motor nerves extremely developed, but the side effects of changing Space-Time are almost non-existent, and there is no need for additional adaptation time at all.
After taking over the mission, the four people left Former Kazekage's Office...
Seeing that the light was also on Mission List, Ranwu had some doubts, but he did not ask Orochimaru.
After all, in Ranwu's view, regardless of the importance or danger of this mission, Light should not be involved - even if she activated Sharingan not long ago, after all, she has not received ninja training for a long time, and... how strong can the Sharingan that she just activated can be?
Minato Although he is also confused about the reason, he understands that the strength of light is definitely not simple...
"Guang, are you going too?" Ranwu asked Guang doubtfully after coming out.
"Yeah." Guang just nodded.
Although she is very fond of "Uchiha Clan+Senju Clan", she herself is very cold towards Ranwu. She is basically only warm to Kushina who has "experienced something similar to herself".
"The ninja training you received..." Ranwu was still a little worried.
Akaseki then quickly changed the subject and said, "Sharingan of light... also has Space-Time attributes, so you have to get used to it in advance."
Afraid that Hikari would be sensitive to "ninja training".
After all, the Weapon-Based Training she endured did not treat her as a human being at all.
"Space-Time attributes?" Ranwu was puzzled after hearing this--What are the Sharingan attributes? Aren't they all the same?
But...
Guang only glanced at Akaseki's eagerness to interrupt.
"I have no problem, I won't hold you back." Guang said calmly.
Light is not that ungrateful...
She could tell that Ranwu was worried about his lack of training.
Even if there are some associations and bad memories, Guang will not be angry at Ranwu.
"That's not what I meant... We are all companions, there is nothing to hold us back!" Ranwu corrected.
Although I don't quite understand it, Ranwu doesn't have any objections to the addition of light. At most, it's... safety concerns.
Guang smiled slightly when he heard the words and nodded to Ranwu.
"When will we set off... Captain Akaseki?" Minato asked Akaseki who took the mission scroll and put it away as soon as he came up.
"Sand Ninja may contact Rōran at any time. We cannot give them Supplies a chance. We... will leave tonight!" Akaseki, as always, chose Traveling by Starlight.
Although Sand Ninja's attitude has now softened and Peace Negotiations has begun to be put on the schedule, no one dares to say that this is definitely not a smoke screen.
And...
Even if it is not completely a smoke screen, they still have to completely cut off their Supplies in order to get more opportunities to squeeze Sand Ninja in negotiations!
----End of this volume----
First of all, this chapter is two chapters in one.
Secondly, the following paragraph is pasted later and does not count the money or the number of words subscribed.
Dongdong: The ending of this volume is a bit sloppy, mainly due to the battle of Land of Water, which dissatisfied many readers.
Dongdong fully accepts everyone's criticisms. The main issues are the combat power and the weakness of the description of the battle scenes - especially the latter, which will also increase the flaws of the former.
The resulting problems have also been mentioned before.
Recently, I have started to read some novels with better descriptions of battle scenes as "tutoring". If you have any good works that you can recommend, or some video bloggers who have good descriptions of battle scenes during commentary can also recommend them. You can try all kinds of Dongdong. Anyway, Dongdong has a lot of room for improvement in its description of the scenes, so you don't have to worry about being biased...
In addition, in terms of follow-up processing, on the one hand, the previous description is suppressed, and on the other hand, the growth of the subsequent protagonist is accelerated, and the adjustment is slowly made to a level that does not destroy the outline and can satisfy the preferences of more readers. (However, compared with some high-speed expansion style books, the growth will not be too fast)
Here comes the point...
The new volume is quite special. This volume Bendong was more confident when designing the outline, and its position can also be adjusted. I originally wanted to place it at a later position, but it is okay to get it at this time. The most important thing is that it is more suitable as a transition to adjust combat power.
Of course, the actual excitement of this volume is not a "transitional volume".
Some of the settings will be bold...
What is clear is that the story in the next volume may also be seen as coming from the theatrical version, but it has been greatly changed.
During the process, some places will look very weird, strange, and seem to have bugs. Don't worry about this. You can leave a message, but don't worry. Many of them are not written incorrectly, but have other layouts and changes. Some of the mysteries will be revealed later, just like what happened with Nawaki. Don't worry...