"You, you are Konoha's Akaseki from Daimyo Dingding?" The catcher of Government Office immediately showed a shocked look after seeing Ninja Handbook from Akaseki.
Nowadays, "Konoha's Akaseki" has become very famous, especially recently... even surpassing "Konoha's White Fang" which has been silent for a long time.
As the news of "vs Tsuchikage" fermented, Akaseki, which was originally considered to be "barely escaping", "vs Kazekage", and "vs Mizukage", which was considered to be "insufficient and bullying old people", began to be accepted by others!
After all...
The battle "vs Tsuchikage" is extremely valuable!
Not only did many people watch, but even more people heard Akaseki's "Don't kill the old and the young".
In this way, Akaseki's record of "defeating three shadows, destroying two villages, and attacking one city" was supported by this "vs Tsuchikage" - it was because of this battle that other records were recognized.
Coupled with the publicity of the Uchiha Clan, it became a hit.
"Low-key, low-key, just to serve the big family Konoha, don't be special." Akaseki said kindly.
The catcher immediately returned Akaseki's "Ninja Handbook" hands, and then led him in diligently.
"Who is the person who accepted the investigation task?" Akaseki asked one more question on the way.
Because Akaseki came directly from Konoha Military Police Force and did not go to the mission center of Hokage Building to check, so I don't know the status of the recent missing cases at the mission reception side.
"Three little... young people," the catcher said nonchalantly.
Originally, when the three children came to Government Office and said they were taking over a mission to handle the missing case, the catcher was very disdainful - Konoha What is happening now? Are they weaned and come out to do the mission?
But now in front of "Konoha's Akaseki", the catcher doesn't dare to say any nonsense.
Akaseki is not surprised that ninjas who perform missions are very young.
After all, many of Konoha's newly graduated Genin are not very old!
But Ranwu was standing aside, but he frowned secretly - there have been ninjas missing before, so there shouldn't be any more C-level or lower missions, right? At least it should be B-level, right?
However, in front of outsiders, Ranwu remained silent for a while.
Soon after, the three Akaseki followed the catcher and arrived outside the case file room. The sheriff had already come to greet them...
"I didn't expect Master Konoha's Akaseki to come in person. This is really reassuring!" The Sheriff came up and held Akaseki's hand.
"Well, don't worry, after that... I'm just afraid that Root won't dare to act again!" Akaseki always insisted that it was Root who did it.
Akaseki said, pushed open the door of the case file room, and then saw...
Behind the tall case file, a head of white hair was revealed.
Akaseki:...
No wonder everyone at Tanzaku Town seems to think that the ninja who came here is too young!
It is indeed too young, five years old... He is still at an age where he is easily abducted, and he actually comes to help them investigate the disappearance case. Akaseki feels that if it were him, it would be difficult not to question it.
That's right, it is Konoha's youngest Genin--Kakashi Hatake who is burying his head in the case file!
"Huh? You..."
Aoba Yamashiro, who was wearing sunglasses and a crazy hairstyle, couldn't help but be startled when he saw Akaseki.
Although they felt that the situation was not simple after accepting the mission, they never expected that even "Konoha's Akaseki" would come!
As for Namiashi Raidō, who had a plain face, his expression froze slightly when he saw Akaseki. It was obvious that Uchiha Clan's PTSD had not yet recovered.
"You three actually took the mission... Without guidance Jonin, how can you take the C-level mission?" Akaseki looked at the three of them strangely.
No matter how underestimated this task is, it should still have a C rank!
Team Genin can indeed take on C-level missions, but...Kakashi and the others have only graduated less than two months ago. Ordinarily, without the guidance of Jonin to lead the team, they should only be able to take on D-level missions.
This was because of the war, so many subsequent regulations were relaxed.
Akaseki When they graduated, it was stipulated that the instructor ninja must personally take over the tasks and lead them in the first six months!
Now, due to the war, there is a shortage of manpower, so the restrictions on team leadership and guidance are gradually loosened.
"This..." Aoba Yamashiro felt embarrassed when he heard this.
Akaseki immediately understood after seeing this, that they must have used some means, either to make a false report or to lie, so they accepted this task!
"You really don't know how to live or die..." Akaseki saw that no outsiders followed, so he gave a stern lesson.
Well, if it's just a C-level mission, Kakashi and the three of them can handle it without any problem.
Although in terms of age, this three-person team has the lowest average age, and together they are only in their early twenties, in terms of strength, they are actually much stronger than the average Genin team, and can even compete with the weaker Chunin team.
Just...
They are really unlucky too!
I made an exception and accepted a C-level mission, but now I encountered an "accident" in a C-level mission...
Aoba Yamashiro and Namiashi Raidō did not dare to say anything, but Kakashi lowered his head and... seemed to be still looking at the case files on the table.
"Don't think that your little strength is enough for C-level missions. Without enough experience and caution, even Elite Jonin may overturn in C-level missions!" Akaseki said sternly.
But maybe what Akaseki said was too exaggerated, and the three of them didn't take it seriously.
Ranwu and Miroku also walked in at this time...
"Eh? You are not... Minato's students?" Ranwu also felt it was a coincidence.
Kakashi then raised his head and glanced at Miroku, and then looked at Akaseki--although he didn't speak, he seemed to be asking, can we still find people outside the village to join us in the task?
"Sir Akaseki, we... have carefully learned how to perform tasks, and we are also very cautious!" Namiashi then explained bravely.
"Really? Then tell me, what have you discovered now, and... what are you going to do next?" Akaseki said "I'll test you".
However, the three Kakashi didn't find it annoying. After all, with Akaseki's status, it was normal for them to take the test. If their teacher wasn't Minato, Akaseki wouldn't bother to take the test!
"Well... we found that the twenty-two missing people were all Merchant who came to Tanzaku Town for the first time. No one knew them, and they were only carrying small commodities. Their belongings were not found after they disappeared, and they all left the hotel on their own before disappearing. No signs of violent coercion were found...
"From this, we infer that their identities are questionable and they may be involved in special things, which is why they came to Tanzaku Town, which is not Merchant at all.
"The missing companions include three Chunin and three Genin. First there was one Chunin and two Genin. Here is Lodging, disappeared for no reason. Later, when a team of two Chunin and one Genin came to verify the matter, they also disappeared. Later, Jonin came to investigate in person, but to no avail.
"In addition, half a month ago, the disappearances eased for a period of time. It was not until two days ago that another report was made, and the mission was restarted at this time..." Namiashi Raidō reported.
"These are only superficial information, what about the internal analysis?" Akaseki continued to ask with a straight face.
"Actually... Kakashi has a guess that these people didn't bring any goods with them at all. They just registered as small goods, paid the tax, and came in!
"According to the regulations of Tanzaku Town, small goods are not taxed based on price, but only a head tax. By default, the value of small goods is bound to the owner of the goods. In other words... no one really saw what they brought in, and they may not have brought any goods in the first place.
"If this is the case, their identity is very suspicious and they are probably not from Land of Fire. After all, if the identity is detailed, there is no need to pretend to be Merchant if you want to enter Tanzaku Town.
"It's the first time I came to Tanzaku Town. No one knew me, and I probably didn't bring any goods. I left the hotel by myself and then disappeared... It looks very suspicious. He might be a ninja from an enemy village!" Namiashi Raidō said, feeling a little happy and seemed to be very proud of his analysis.
"If it was a ninja from an enemy village, why would it be so troublesome and conspicuous to "disappear" after sneaking into Tanzaku Town?" Akaseki asked.
"This..." Namiashi Raidō was speechless for a moment.
"It's more like some mysterious organization invited them here, and because they didn't want to expose this, they pretended to be Merchant." Kakashi corrected at this time.
"Sneaky... it must be the enemy village ninja." Namiashi Raidō muttered unconvinced.
In Namiashi Raidō's opinion, if you are not a ninja from an enemy country, there is no need to be so sneaky.
"It stopped for half a month, what does it mean?" Akaseki continued to ask.
"It means... the mastermind behind the scenes was not Jonin's opponent, so he stopped when he saw Jonin coming to investigate?" Aoba Yamashiro speculated.
Akaseki shook his head and said, "If it's so easy to be afraid of Jonin, he shouldn't do such things in Konoha Sakon. After all, it's not the first day Konoha has Jonin."
You don't even have the guts to face Jonin, but you still dare to come and cause trouble near Konoha?
The three of them didn't understand what Akaseki meant.
"First of all, you need to know why there are these disappearances?" Akaseki said matter-of-factly, which made them even more confused.
If I knew why, wouldn't that solve the problem?
"Essentially... it's because someone reported the crime." Akaseki said confidently.
The Three Youngsters:...
"You mean... the key to solving the problem is to solve the people who reported the crime? Isn't that bad?" Aoba Yamashiro said awkwardly.
Akaseki looked over expressionlessly, which made Yamashiro feel guilty for a while, and then said, "Of course not, why do you think so?"
Aoba Yamashiro:...
It's not that I think so, I'm just afraid that you Uchiha Clan think so!
On the contrary, Kakashi seemed to have guessed something at this time, and immediately wanted to look through other information.
"Why don't you think about it the other way around? There are more than 20 people missing, and there are six hotels that have reported the case. Basically, three or five people are missing in each of them, but... there are so many hotels, and the case has never been reported!
"In other words, these hotels may be the hardest-hit areas. The reason why no one reported the crime for half a month is because those missing people began to stay in these hotels that were unwilling to report the crime..."