"Land of Iron What can go wrong? Are those samurai still attacking us?"
"Who knows... Since it is an emergency mission, let's patrol it, at least to eliminate risks."
"Don't you think this mission is too vague? Shikaku, why don't you say anything?"
Konoha Year 42 April 10.
Three people, Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi, were assigned to patrol a certain section of the border adjacent to Land of Iron.
Speaking of this mission, there are a few things.
It is said that the three of them were taking turns resting in the village, and now it is time to return to the battlefield, so they received the assignment from the headquarters.
But...
Although this mission was commissioned directly from squad leader Jonin Commander, it was not to go to the front line, but to patrol the Land of Iron border - the reason was that someone found that there was not much peace here recently.
All in all, it's a very perfunctory reason!
There are no details, no one said who discovered it, no specific circumstances.
But this is it, a team with "all Jonin" is actually going to be dispatched? The lineup can be said to be too luxurious...
Yamanaka couldn't help but wonder about this, especially after arriving near the mission site, they had already visited two surrounding villages, and the conclusion was... nothing unusual!
Choza Akimichi At this time, he had an ancestral heart and a fat body, but he still didn't take it seriously--since it was a patrol, then just patrol.
The so-called patrol does not necessarily mean discovering something. Being able to determine "nothing happened" is also a completion of the task.
But...
Shikaku Nara, the brains of the team, remained silent.
Hearing Inoichi Yamanaka take the initiative to ask himself, Shikaku said a little tiredly, "Hey, if something really happens, we will probably encounter it soon."
Inoichi and Choza haven't realized what he meant.
Just then...
"Who?"
Shikaku Nara:...
"Oh, isn't this Ino-Shika-Cho?"
"Great! The children are finally saved!"
Inoichi Yamanaka:...
I saw Akaseki suddenly come out, and then looked at the three people with "surprised" expressions, and finally showed an exaggerated "lucky" expression.
As soon as Akaseki came out, Shikaku understood that the stage was set up and ready to start.
Inoichi took a step slower and reacted - Akashi Uchiha shouldn't be here. Now the three of them inexplicably received an unknown mission from Uchiha Orochimaru, and then they met Akashi Uchiha here who shouldn't be here...
Can two "Uchiha Clan" be written in this stroke?
Only Choza Akimichi...
"Child? What child?" Choza took the initiative and asked, "By the way, why are you here? Didn't I say... you Earth Capital?"
"Actually, it's like this. On our way back from Earth Capital to Konoha, we discovered an infuriating and very urgent thing!" Akaseki said confidently.
Shikaku and Inoichi ignored him.
Akaseki saw that they were not applauding, so he took the initiative to ask, "You said... for Konoha Ninja, what do you least want to see on the battlefield?"
"Do you mean..." Choza looked at Akaseki in shock, and then asked tentatively, "Uchiha Clan?"
Choza looked at Akaseki as if you were so lucky.
Akaseki:...
"Someone involved innocent children, or even babies, in the war... No, to be precise, it cannot be said that they were involved in the war, but they were using the cover of the war to harm the children!" Akaseki said categorically.
That's true. After all, Konoha was established to protect children.
Choza heard this and quickly asked, "What happened?"
"We discovered that someone was pretending to be Konoha Ninja, taking away a large number of children... including children from other countries, including Land of Fire, and conducting inhumane experiments in secret!" Akaseki immediately shook it out.
Shikaku and Inoichi's expressions had already darkened when Akaseki said, "Someone involved the children in the war."
Now that I hear "fake Konoha Ninja", I feel heavy in my heart and at the same time feel a little relieved - as expected, it is... aimed at Root, right?
Although he didn't know the specific situation yet, from the very beginning, when Shikaku discovered that there was a problem with this mission, he knew that it must be Uchiha Clan who wanted to lure him here. In all likelihood... it was to witness something.
And among the eight or nine middle schools, at least six or seven, they were targeting something internal - if it wasn't an internal "enemy", they wouldn't be guilty of doing this, they would just go ahead and do it. Even if they needed reinforcements, they wouldn't have to make such a big detour.
When he saw the appearance of Akaseki, he was more sure of what he was thinking. At the same time, he also began to guess that it might be related to Advisory Council... especially Shimura Danzō!
After all, "Konoha's Akaseki" will definitely not be able to play a new game, and this "enemy" must be full of weight.
And now they hear about "murdering children" and "fake Konoha Ninja", which not only makes them feel right, but also makes them feel really sad - Root... really do this kind of thing?
This is somewhat beyond the lower limit of their expectations!
While feeling troubled, both of them were also indignant. As for Choza Akimichi, they were even more indignant.
"What? Using children for experiments? And pretending to be Konoha Ninja? Who is so bad?" Choza Akimichi said angrily.
"I don't know. Anyway, they are a group of mysterious ninjas who hide their identities. Now their Secret Base has been locked by us, but... if we want to make a raid, we are afraid that the children will be in danger. Fortunately, we just met you." Akaseki said, "It's all a coincidence."
Inoichi did not speak at this time, but looked at Shikaku.
"Akaseki, is it really... using children to conduct "dangerous" experiments?" Shikaku asked specifically.
Only Choza was still wondering what was the point of asking, but Inoichi understood that Shikaku was basically asking "What on earth did Root do?"
If it's something that's not too extreme, Shikaku actually wants to run away and doesn't want to get involved at all.
"Well, as far as I know, at least three-digit casualties have been caused, and the age of the experimental materials has been continuously reduced. Now there are experiments on babies. In order to obtain some babies and children, the indirect casualties may even be four-digit." Akaseki said righteously.
Shikaku and Inoichi looked serious when they heard this, and Choza said angrily, "Take us there quickly!"
"Well, let's go together!" Shikaku also decided.
Orochimaru asked the three of them to "arrange tasks". Naturally, he had judgment and was not just grabbing a few Jonin.
Firstly, Ino-Shika-Cho has a good relationship with the Uchiha Clan; secondly, the strength of the three Ino-Shika-Cho alliances plays an important role in Konoha, and together they are not inferior to the Hyuga Clan. They are stronger than Sarutobi and Shimura; the third one... that is Shikaku themselves. Not only are they the heirs of the family, but they are also only nineteen years old now, which is when they are young and energetic, and their blood has not yet cooled down.
Even if Inoichi is calm and calm, and Shikaku is deep-minded, they will not simply consider the pros and cons when faced with big issues of right and wrong.
Immediately, Akaseki led the three of them to a place near the entrance of the secret laboratory, where Jiraiya and Ranwu were also staring at this place.
But Miroku is not here, but is sensing surveillance farther away.
On the one hand, it's because Akaseki doesn't want more people to know about Miroku's strength; on the other hand... this kind of housekeeping thing, if there are outsiders present, it will also make Ino-Shika-Cho very embarrassed.
Seeing this scene, Shikaku and Inoichi felt even more unlucky - Akaseki might go crazy and exaggerate, but if it wasn't true, Jiraiya would not accompany him to fool around, and there is also Ranwu...
Thinking about it, there seem to be rumors recently that something unpleasant happened between Forest Street and Root.
"How many Jonin are there?" Only then did Choza react.
Akaseki and Jiraiya are both here, but they are still worried about their lack of strength and want to bring us over for reinforcements?
Isn't it Raikage hiding inside?
"Well, the main reason is that we are afraid of hurting the children. We are relieved that Inoichi and Shikaku can come." Jiraiya was still a little embarrassed at this time - only now did he understand why Akaseki contacted Orochimaru before!
Indeed, the current combat power is seriously overflowing...
However, Choza has no doubts about Jiraiya's explanation - as a teammate, he is most aware of the effect of the Nara Clan's shadow Secret Technique and Yamanaka Clan's distracting Secret Technique, which is indeed very suitable for sneak attacks and rescuing hostages.
It's just that Shikaku and Inoichi don't believe it. After all... Sharingan's large range Genjutsu can also have similar effects!
"Huh? Someone is coming." Inoichi suddenly noticed something.
Because Miroku was not there, Inoichi, a professional Sensory Ninja, was the first to notice someone approaching.
The six people immediately lurked down.
Then...
Gradually, Akaseki they can also hear directly...
Baby cry!
Because of what Akaseki said before, after hearing this voice, Inoichi and the three of them felt heavy in their hearts, especially Inoichi and Shikaku - for Choza, it was just anger against the enemy, but the two of them knew... The fact is probably more embarrassing than the "enemy" kidnapping babies for experiments!
"This time we found three children under the age of one and three under the age of six. They should be satisfied, right?"
"It's useless to be dissatisfied... They are conducting experiments behind the scenes. Who knows how difficult it is for us now?"
"It's all those damn Uchiha Clan, staring at the war zone like ghosts..."
"And damn Senju Clan! They actually started causing trouble too. Before, they could still use some of their quotas to adopt orphans, but now they've caught them all!"
"Okay, stop complaining. Those guys who betrayed Konoha, Master Danzo will come to settle accounts with them later."
"Don't say a few words in front of the researchers. I heard that the recent experiments have reached a critical moment and results must be produced. So much done before is meaningful!"
Along with the baby's cry, there was a sound of conversation.
At this time, only Choza was still wondering - how could these people pretending to be Konoha Ninja to be so involved in the drama in private? Could it be...
Is this idiot Akaseki making a mistake? Are they not fake Konoha Ninja?
Choza showed alert eyes...