"Wait a minute... the latest report was made a few days ago..." Aoba Yamashiro still doesn't understand.
"There is a report record here. It is true that the guy who reported the crime is new." Namiashi reminded.
"Furthermore, the missing person was described as a pretty good-looking woman. The young man was very worried and reported the case directly..." Kakashi also discovered the key at this time.
If it's a man, and there's no financial loss, especially if something valuable can be found in the other person's luggage, maybe the hotel won't report the crime!
Indeed, it can be seen from today's visit to the hotel...
After reporting a crime, it will have a great impact on someone's business. If you report a crime several times a month, your income will be cut in half.
In the past few years, affected by the war, it was difficult for these hotels to do Merchant business. Now it is just starting to get better. Some people don't want to be troublesome, which is normal!
And...
As long as you don't report the crime the first two times, even if you feel that something is wrong and there are too many missing guests, you can only pretend not to know!
If you think about it carefully, the more than 20 missing people are now too concentrated, and they are all crowded into one-third of the hotel?
"So... what should you do next?" Akaseki continued to ask in an instructive manner.
"Then we should investigate the Merchant hotel where no crime has been reported!" Aoba Yamashiro said.
"At this point, they will definitely not tell the truth. We should investigate secretly." Namiashi Raidō corrected.
"Perhaps you can find someone pretending to be Merchant and go to the hotel to observe." Kakashi is more adventurous.
But...
"It's all wrong!" Akaseki said directly.
The three of them immediately fell silent. They just looked at Akaseki unconvinced, not understanding what was wrong.
"A C-level mission has already been found. It is obviously beyond the scope of the three of you Genin. If there are enemies infiltrating, the number is already quite large. If Merchant is really attacked by the enemy, the number of crimes has been extremely high. What you have to do is... report to the village as soon as possible, upgrade the mission level, and wait for support!" Akaseki said matter-of-factly.
The Three Youngsters:...
"Sir Akaseki, we... are here to see you." Aoba Yamashiro made an excuse.
Kakashi said unconvinced, "The mission is the life of a ninja. How can you back down when there are difficulties?"
"Idiot! If it is a task for the village itself, it is related to the safety of the village. You should be extra cautious instead of gambling by yourself. If it is a task entrusted by outside the village... it is just for making money, and you must measure the cost-effectiveness!" Akaseki scolded directly.
Seeing this, Yamashiro and Namiashi also winked at Kakashi, telling him not to talk back.
"Sir Akaseki, now that you are here... what should we do next?" Namiashi asked, changing the subject.
Akaseki itself is a strong support, and then they only need to follow Akaseki's arrangements.
"In this case, you should first go to the hotel where the crime has not been reported and ask the store owner." Akaseki said directly.
"Ah? Will that... scare the snake away?" Aoba Yamashiro said worriedly.
"I was shocked when I was shocked. I found it out when I was shocked." Akaseki waved his hand casually.
After hearing what Akaseki said, the Three Youngsters agreed one after another.
When they left, Akaseki gave Miroku a look on the back - saying it was to "alert the enemy". In essence, they were using the three of them to fish, with Miroku monitoring the situation remotely.
As for Akaseki, he did not leave immediately, but checked the case file again.
As the Three Youngsters summarized, it is indeed the first time for them to come to Tanzaku Town, and they only paid the head tax for small products when entering. In theory, no one should see whether their products actually exist.
Then Akaseki came out of the case file room and asked the catcher to take him to the place where the missing persons' belongings were stored.
"Is that all?" Akaseki looked at the entire small room. The cabinets were basically full.
"Well, the items here are all missing items, and they have never been claimed." The catcher said helplessly.
"Okay, let's take a look for ourselves." Akaseki wants to see if we can find any clues from these luggage that can deduce their identities.
At present, it seems that the identities they registered at Tanzaku Town are most likely false.
The reason for paying taxes is probably because the identity verification of tourists and buyers is stricter-because it is during the war, so we are still wary of non-Land of Fire people entering.
In contrast, pretending to be Merchant can reduce the formalities.
In other words, Akaseki estimates that they are not from Land of Fire, otherwise there would be no need to bother...
"There's nothing that looks like something a ninja might be carrying... it certainly doesn't look like a ninja's luggage." Ranwu sighed after checking a few people's luggage.
Ninjas often don't need any complicated luggage when they are on the road, and these people's luggage even contains ordinary flints and too many warm clothes. This does not look like "ninja luggage".
"Originally, they are unlikely to be ninjas... With or without chakra, it is not easy to deal with them during the security check. Even if there are occasional ninjas with special methods and can hide, it doesn't make so much sense." Akaseki said.
If it can be infiltrated by so many unknown people with chakra, then this Tanzaku Town is too shabby.
"If they are not ninjas, then who are these people? They don't look like ordinary robberies, right?" Ranwu was a little confused.
Ignoring Tanzaku Town's mistakes, the most reasonable explanation is that these are enemy ninjas who have sneaked in and are now lurking.
"It is indeed not like an ordinary robbery, but... again, if it was an enemy ninja, why did they disappear? Wouldn't it be better to just find a place to hide?" Akaseki actually doesn't understand why he did this.
Is it difficult to take the luggage away too?
If I checked out normally, wouldn't anyone report the crime?
Even...
Even if these people were really attacked and disappeared, they are probably ninjas who have committed the crime so many times and haven't exposed themselves yet. Then wouldn't it be okay if a random "Transformation Technique" came back and took away the luggage?
Why do you have to leave part of your luggage behind?
Akaseki paused and then said, "I think these should be ordinary people. It's more like they came to Tanzaku Town to do something, or they were deceived, or the matter itself was very dangerous, so they disappeared."
Akaseki feels that the only reasonable explanation is that they "actively disappeared" rather than simply being attacked.
"What can ordinary people do here... huh? I know this kind of linen! It's made of a kind of linen from Land of Rivers!" Ranwu suddenly made a discovery.
Akaseki Seeing this, he quickly came over to check.
Although Akaseki doesn't recognize this Mabui suit, it does look different from ordinary linen.
"Land of Rivers? Sure enough, his registration is Land of Grass... hiss... wait a minute." Akaseki suddenly paused.
"What's wrong?" Ranwu saw what Akaseki was thinking of.
"What did he register Land of Grass for?" Akaseki wondered.
"Of course it's because the inspection of Land of Grass Merchant is very loose!" Ranwu looked at Akaseki inexplicably - isn't this obvious?
Land of Grass is now almost a vassal of Konoha, so the level of vigilance against Land of Grass's arrival is very low.
"But... Land of Hot Water is the same!" Akaseki asked naturally.
Yes, Land of Hot Water is in the same situation in this regard.
"As for Azabu, Land of Hot Water also has one, right? It's not surprising if he really is from Land of Hot Water. Why did he come here pretending to be Land of Grass?" This is what Akaseki is confused about.
Most of the land of Land of Hot Water was originally split from Land of Rivers and served as a buffer zone for the Three Kingdoms of Wind, Fire and Rain.
If this person is a Land of Rivers person and wants to impersonate him, it is more convenient to directly pretend to be a Land of Hot Water person. But if he is actually a Land of Hot Water person, there is no need to lie.
"Could it be that Land of Grass is really a person who just bought Land of Rivers's clothes?" Miroku interjected.
"This doesn't look like clothes for sale. It looks like they are all knitted by me for my own use." Ranwu looked at the clothes anyway.
"Wait..." Akaseki said, recalling the previous case files.
It is true that the places where these people registered are some in Land of Fire, some in Land of Grass, some in Land of Waves and other small overseas countries close to Land of Fire.
The commonality is that they all come from a place that will not be scrutinized, but...
There really is no Land of Hot Water!
"Judging from the descriptions of their accents and skin colors, it is true that they come from all over the world, especially those from the west of Land of Fire and the central part of the mainland. However... these people all say that they are from Land of Grass or the west of Land of Fire." Akaseki suddenly said.
It is normal not to say that you are from Land of Rivers, Land of Rain, Land of Wind, etc. Normally, Merchant may also lie - after all, if you say that you are from Land of Wind, Land of Rain, are you not causing trouble for yourself?
But there is no one in the other "safe place" Land of Hot Water...
Perhaps it is true that there really is no Land of Hot Water person, but when it comes to "false names", they always choose Land of Grass, which feels like they specifically do not mention Land of Hot Water.
Akaseki I always feel that this is not a coincidence!
"They are specifically avoiding Land of Hot Water? But... why?" Ranwu still doesn't understand.
Akaseki can't answer either.
"Actually, there is one more thing... Is there anything special here? Unless there is a reason to be here, if you really want to do something shameful, you shouldn't choose a place so close to Konoha, right?" Miroku also said at this time.
Akaseki also can't answer, but...
Akaseki At this time Hand Seals is channeling!
"Huh?" Miroku's expression changed slightly.
Ranwu cannot see Hell Yama King, but Miroku can.
"Old Wang, look at the things here, can you find any strange smell?" Akaseki asked nervously.
If you must say something special about Land of Hot Water, Akaseki can think of it...
It was Jashin Cult who killed Lanyu Clan Elder!
And from the point of view of "acting inexplicably", it is indeed in line with the style of a cultist...
Although there are still many things that cannot be explained, such as why Jashin Cult came all the way to Konoha and disappeared, Akaseki still asked Old Wang to check it out!