"Minato... By the way, why do you like to wear Cheek Guard recently?" Akaseki looked at Minato's new look with some awkwardness.
Cheek Guard is a lightweight protective gear that is worn on the forehead and extends two metal strips to the temples and cheeks. It can protect against some attacks from the side, but the protection range is very limited. On the contrary... Sealing is more about good looks!
"Is this? It's not used as Cheek Guard. It's mainly used to give peripheral vision a reference for aiming angles when using Space-Time Body Flicker Technique... it's temporarily used as an auxiliary." Minato explained.
Akaseki didn't quite understand it. After all, Akaseki doesn't know how to travel through space. Body Flicker Technique.
"I call it "Golden Brilliance Instantly Drooping Along the Temples, Double-edged Face-covering Fluorescent Buccal Protective Armor Type 2"!" Minato said this name with great confidence.
It can be seen...
This is the second Cheek Guard he has replaced!
"If you want to consider aesthetics, your hairpin is not much better, right? What remnants of the Warring States aristocracy..." Ranwu's Byakugan is going to the sky.
Akaseki also changed his style, his hair is combed more neatly, and he wears a pair of silver Star-Pulling Circlet.
Indeed, this is a decoration as a symbol of nobility...
Normally Uchiha Clan ninjas won't carry it, after all, it's easy to drop it during battle!
Akaseki also dared to change this style because he thought that he would use Susanoo.
"What hairpin? This is called Star-Pulling Circlet... and your shoulder armor is old-fashioned, right?" Akaseki said while looking at the new soft armor on Ranwu's shoulders.
Light:...
For today's young people, Guang is somewhat incomprehensible, and they have no intention of changing their appearance.
Konoha On April 26, 2041, four people from Akaseki Squad came to Rōran.
Rōran and Land of Wind are in the middle and western part of the country, in the same desert.
However, the entire Country of Roran is located on a raised rocky land in this desert.
Therefore, the architectural style here is not like Sunagakure, which is just a group of sand blockhouses, but on this solid foundation, tall... it can even be said to be "magnificent" Tower.
The large rock here is very abrupt in the desert, and Rōran has built densely packed Tower on it, making the bulge more obvious from a distance, so you are not afraid of going in the wrong direction.
When you get closer, you can see that there is a ring of walls on the outside of the country of a thousand towers - it's just because it's not as tall as the tower, so I didn't notice it until I got closer.
"What is Captain Akaseki's plan?" Minato confirmed to Akaseki.
"Be polite first, then fight. Go directly to see the current king of Rōran and see if he recognizes him. If you see Sand Ninja, kill him directly!" Akaseki's plan is simple and crude.
"Eh? That's not good... The village's current strategy for the homeless Sand Ninja is not to push them too hard to avoid jumping over the wall, but to force them to the negotiation table as soon as possible." Ranwu heard this and had a slight objection.
"You're right. If you meet Sand Ninja elsewhere, that's fine. But if Sand Ninja appears here, it proves that they haven't fought enough and want to supplement the war Puppet. I won't be polite to such Sand Ninja." Akaseki explained.
Hearing what Akaseki said, Ranwu also accepted it.
Since it was necessary to show courtesy first and then fight, the four of them had to enter through the main entrance.
Come to the gate on the city wall...
"Huh? There is also Puppet Mechanism Towers here, it looks similar to Sunagakure." Ranwu looked at the mechanical Puppet on both sides of the door and said.
"Rōran has the energy of Ryūmyaku to utilize. It would be strange not to develop Puppet." Akaseki said, turned on Sharingan and observed it carefully and said, "And... the Puppet here are all automatic types. Although the operator is not a big deal, he must be careful."
Ebizo, who was killed by Akaseki, is good at making this kind of automatic type Puppet, but due to the energy problem of the chakra core, it is usually small.
However, in Rōran, because Ryūmyaku seems to be able to supply unlimited energy, there is a large automatic Puppet!
Of course, Orochimaru also said before that the special energy of Ryūmyaku cannot leave Rōran, and its range of action is very small...
In other words, these Puppet are only useful within the scope of Ryūmyaku.
If you want to bring out the value of Ryūmyaku in addition to Rōran, you must use the power of Ryūmyaku for material processing. Rōran usually uses these materials to trade grain and other necessities with Land of Wind.
The population of Rōran is not large, but starting from Warring States Period, it is quite wealthy...
Below Puppet Mechanism Towers, several guards Rōran Soldier had also discovered the four people from Akaseki Squad, and they became obviously nervous for a moment.
Obviously Land of Wind's recent situation has also had a great impact on Rōran.
"You..."
"We are Konoha's ninjas, coming to see your king!" Akaseki said directly.
"Ah? Oh... um... I mean, then I will take you to Royal Tower." The soldier guarding the door looked very surprised.
Akaseki nodded.
In normal times, Rōran's soldiers may not be so obedient - can the king be seen by just any Konoha Ninja?
But at this time, Rōran is also worried that next time it will be Konoha's ninja troops!
Two soldiers guarding the gate then introduced the four Akaseki into the city...
When we came to the city, the Tower towering around us seemed even taller and denser.
According to the gatekeeper, their Queen is usually in the highest "Royal Tower" in the center of the city.
"When you just heard that we are Konoha Ninja, what were you surprised about?" Minato asked with some concern.
Although it is understandable that these people would be on guard when they saw Konoha Ninja, the reaction of the soldiers just now was not as simple as just being on guard.
"It's nothing... it's just... I didn't expect Konoha to pay so much attention to us Rōran, and even sent two teams of ninjas here." The soldier guarding the door said sarcastically.
"What? Two teams?" Akaseki, Minato, and Ranwu all stopped.
The three of them looked at each other, obviously not understanding where these "two teams" came from?
"Yes, just in the morning... don't you know?" The soldier guarding the door also became confused.
How come the two groups of ninjas from Konoha don't know each other?
"Is it Hokage Building's side?" Akaseki first suspected that it was Hokage who bypassed Orochimaru and sent someone here, but then he shook his head and said, "It doesn't make sense..."
Akaseki then looked at the guard and asked, "What does that team Konoha Ninja look like? How did you confirm their identities?"
"Ah? Well... they are also wearing Konoha and Forehead Protector, and the others..." the soldier guarding the gate said sarcastically.
When Konoha Ninja comes to visit, they naturally don't dare to say "look at your ID", not to mention they are not the employer and don't know what certification code is on the ID, so looking at it will be in vain.
"Hiss..." Another soldier guarding the gate seemed to have discovered something at this time, and showed a hesitant expression.
"What's wrong? Have you thought of anything?" Minato asked in a friendly and soothing voice.
"Although I haven't seen any proof, but... speaking of it... the four Konoha Ninja are actually... quite similar to you!" Another guard guard said hesitantly.
"Like?" Akaseki frowned.
"They all look young... ah, there are three of them very young, probably about the same age as you, and one of them also has this family crest." The soldier guarding the gate said, motioning to "Gunbai" on Akaseki's chest.
"Gunbai? Uchiha Clan?" Akaseki was even more puzzled.
"Ah! By the way... and there are people with yellow hair and white hair!" Another guard guard suddenly realized why he said he looked similar to them.
"It's just hair color?" Ranwu became suspicious at this time.
"The temperament is also... well, how should I put it..." The soldier guarding the door was a little unable to describe it.
"Do they... all have faces that have never been bullied?" Akaseki asked seriously.
"Ah, yes, yes." The guard guard nodded repeatedly.
Akaseki nodded after hearing this, and then gave Minato and Ranwu a look.
The situation is unknown, you must be alert!
"Who could it be? And Uchiha Clan?" Ranwu asked Akaseki in a low voice.
"It's impossible...Orochimaru didn't say that he sent someone else here. If someone else gave the order, it's impossible to call Uchiha Clan's clan members." Akaseki was already very wary.
If for some reason, Hokage Building bypassed Orochimaru and directly sent someone to contact Rōran, it is not impossible, but... Since Orochimaru has to be bypassed, it is even more important to bypass Uchiha Clan!
Akaseki doesn't believe it at all now. The other four people are from Konoha, but I can't figure out who they are from.
Ordinarily, if it is Sand Ninja, there is no need to pretend to be a talent from Konoha. They are regular customers of Rōran, and Rōran has not switched to Konoha...
Unless it is "pretending to be Konoha Ninja to cause trouble", Akaseki cannot think of any benefit to Sand Ninja by pretending to be Konoha Ninja.
Walking inside the Rōran City, shuttling between the dense Tower, the heat in the desert suddenly disappears, and even on the ground floor, it feels a bit eerie.
There are many vertical and horizontal plank roads between many towers. Looking up in the city, there is no whole sky at all...
Not long after, the four people arrived in front of Royal Tower. After the gatekeepers exchanged a few words with the soldiers in front of the tower, Akaseki Squad was immediately invited in.
There is "Elevator" hanging on a chain in Royal Tower, but it does not use "electricity" - the entire city is powered by the power of Ryūmyaku.
This gives Rōran City and Akaseki an "urban" feel.
Of course, the convenience is far from the kind of cities where Akaseki and "Immersion" live.
Just because these organs of Rōran do not need to consider energy issues at all, they can be directly connected to "Ryūmyaku", so the wanton development of the organ structure makes the urban style here very special.
"Did a group of ninjas claiming to be Konoha visit before?" Akaseki asked the Royal Tower soldier who was leading the way.
"Ah? That's right, but... Master Regent said that those four people were fake and have been captured and thrown into prison." When the guard said this, he was also a little worried - what if it is true?
"Oh? Your Regent is very discerning..." Akaseki's words made them sigh in relief.