It is the summer of the 55th year of the Konoha calendar, in the country of Tang.
Uchiha Itachi and Inigaki Kisame came to meet up with Kakuzu, a companion who held the "North" ring that represented Beidou, with only his eyes exposed.
The three of them found Hidan from Tangyin Village, a guy who claimed to be immortal because of his belief in the evil god.
Kakuzu tested it, and even if it penetrated Hidan's body, it didn't kill him.
Shogan Kaki Kisame, who was watching the battle, laughed and said: "This is really suitable to be a companion for Kakuzu, lest he kill his companions again."
"Stop fighting," Itachi Uchiha stepped forward to separate the two, "Hidan, you are qualified to join Akatsuki."
"Qualifications? I don't want any qualifications, I just want the evil god's favor."
"Xiao often engages in killing, which is just right for you to please your evil god."
"In this case, I will join, but I want to declare that I will continue to preach."
"As you wish." Uchiha Itachi used space ninjutsu to take out the ring and uniform and handed them to Hidan.
Kisame Kisaki smiled and said, "You are very eloquent, Itachi."
"It's just to do what he likes." Uchiha Itachi said.
Hidan put on Akatsuki's red cloud and black trench coat uniform, and put on a ring with the word "三" representing three stations.
Also delivered with the uniforms were two scrolls, one from the Sanbei group and one from the Zhunan group.
"Hidan and I are going on a bounty mission."
"Kissame and I are going to Ina Country."
"Ina Country? Going to withdraw money? I should be allowed to go."
"The leader doesn't want to start a war with Ina Country right now. That will make all the eyes of the five great ninjas focus on us."
"It's a pity, it's a pity." Kakuzu said regretfully, and then said to Hidan, "Come with me."
"I'm actually teaming up with you?"
"Remember to leave me alone, or I'll kill you."
"Ha, then you should kill and watch."
Watching the two bickering people walking away, Uchiha Itachi said to Inikisaki Kisame, "Let's go too. I'm going to leave it to you this time."
Kisame Mikigaki said: "Don't worry, I have been to the Country of Rice with the caravan from the Country of Water before."
"It's said to be different there."
“You’ll know when you go there.”…
The port of the capital of Yuno Country, Yunoport.
Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Inikaki wore ordinary clothes, took off their ninja forehead protectors, and put away Kisame's sword. They dressed like ordinary people and walked into Yunoporta.
The port was very prosperous, and Uchiha Itachi was a little overwhelmed by the shops on the roadside.
Kisame Kisame was a little amused and said, "Never seen it?"
Uchiha Itachi said bluntly: "Well, I've only seen it in books and on TV."
Kisame Kisaki said: "This is not yet prosperous. The most prosperous port is Nanyue Port of the Land of Fire, which is more prosperous than the capitals of many small countries."
"I know that."
"Well, the steel freighter over there is bound for the Country of Rice. Let's stay here for one night and find a caravan to sneak in."
"Caravan?"
"Well, Inano Country doesn't mind ninjas from other countries passing by, but they will be monitored. They have too many ninjas, so it's easier to sneak in as escorts like wandering ninjas."
Uchiha Itachi frowned and said, "It is said that there are hundreds of thousands of ninjas in the Ina Country?"
Kisame Kisame smiled and said: "That's true. Everyone in the country has the opportunity to become a ninja. If it weren't for the fact that most people couldn't bear the hardships and couldn't even meet the standards of genin, the number of ninjas in the country of Ina would probably be in the millions." count."
Uchiha Itachi said: "I remember that Konoha has a plan against the Country of Ina."
"There are also those in Kirigakure," Mikigaki Kisame said. "If I'm not wrong, the five great ninjas all have plans against Ina Country, but none of them have been implemented."
Itachi Uchiha said: "The Country of Rice is too far away. If we have to go on an expedition, it will only give other ninjas an opportunity to take advantage of."
"Well, the country of Ina is too far away, and news spreads slowly. When the five great ninjas noticed that the country of Ina, a country that had little power before, had changed, it was already too late." Kisame Inikisaki said with a smile, "The country of Ina has changed." There are no top ninjas in this country, but there are many of them. The result of a fight with any of the five great ninjas is..."
Uchiha Itachi said: "The Ina Country was defeated. One of the five great ninjas suffered a tragic victory, and then was completely eradicated by the other ninjas."
"Not only that," Mikigaki Kisame said, "At your age, you have only seen the cruelty of the Third Ninja War, but you can only see the cruelty of the First Ninja War in books."
Uchiha Itachi said solemnly: "Ordinary people hate ninjas and are afraid of ninjas. This is the trauma left by that time."
Kisame Inigangaki said: "It was a war out of control. No one knew before that the battle between ninjas could drag the entire continent into the abyss."
"I understand what you mean." Itachi Uchiha sighed, "The ninjas of the Ina Country are not ninjas among ninjas. No matter who attacks the Ina Country, the Ina Country can send enough troops to attack that country. No ninja can have enough manpower to defend cities and civilians after sending out an expeditionary force."
Kisame Mikigaki smiled and said: "Unless one day, the five great ninjas work together to deal with the country of Ina, then we can enjoy a great battle."
"That's for the future," Uchiha Itachi said, "Now I'm thinking about how we are going to complete the mission."
Inikigaki Kisame said: "I only know that the old man Miyamoto Kokai is very aware of current affairs. He has always sponsored Kirigakure since he did business with the Kingdom of Water."
"The same goes for Konoha." Uchiha Itachi said, "I thought it was the reason for his good relationship with the Sandaime Hokage, but now it seems it's just a diplomatic method."
Kisame Kisame smiled and said, "Speaking of which, I quite admire this old man. After all, even the God of Ninja has only left a mess."
Uchiha Itachi was silent for a moment, "Maybe."...
The Yuzhi No. 7 steel cargo ship can accommodate nearly 500 people in addition to the crew, and can carry more than 10,000 tons of cargo.
Uchiha Itachi walked out of the cabin and stood on the bow deck. He looked at the big ship at his feet and couldn't help but praise.
"What a big ship."
"The ship is nothing." Kisame Mikigaki pointed to Itachi Uchiha to look at the crew members, who were washing the deck with water escape ninjutsu.
"Using ninjutsu to do ordinary work, this is how the ninjas of Inano Country do it." Uchiha Itachi murmured. …
Half a month later, Yuzhi No. 7 met the ninjas of Inano Country solving an ocean storm.
Uchiha Itachi sensed this and immediately frowned. Those thousand wind attribute ninjas were all jounin level.
Kisame Kisaki asked: "How many can you kill at one time?"
"If everything goes well," Uchiha Itachi said coldly, "all of them."
Kisame Kisaki asked: "What happens after that?"
"Chakra is exhausted, run away." Uchiha Itachi said, and then asked, "What about you?"
"The number of people is meaningless to me. The problem is that the ninjas of Inano Country like to use ninjutsu to utilize natural energy. For example, a large number of wind-attribute ninjas use wind-attribute ninjutsu to gather clouds and generate thunder and lightning." Inikisaki Kisame said, "I don't want to Struck by lightning.”
"Is that so?" Uchiha Itachi asked, "How long until we reach the Country of Rice?"
"There are still more than ten days." Mikigaki Kisame said.
Uchiha Itachi sighed: "It's indeed far enough."...
More than ten days later, Uchiha Itachi and Inogaki Kisame set foot on the land of Ina Country and sensed a large number of ninjas and many ninjutsu.
Use earth type ninjutsu to create land and open up wasteland, use water type ninjutsu to rain water to water the fields, use fire type ninjutsu to roast sea salt, use thunder type ninjutsu to charge the battery, use wind type ninjutsu to blow the blast furnace, use earth and water type ninjutsu to Use the earth's melting type ninjutsu to cultivate fertile soil, use the fire and earth's melting type ninjutsu to make utensils, use the water and wind's ice type ninjutsu to make shaved ice food, use the wind and fire's burning type ninjutsu to make takoyaki, and use the genjutsu to make people Fulfill dreams, use psychic beasts to move things, and more.
"Is this how blood inheritance boundaries are used?"
"There are ninja courses in elementary schools here. After graduating from elementary school, those who are willing can become ninjas, and those who are not willing can learn other things. Therefore, many people like these shopkeepers have innate attributes but do not have enough chakra. , we can only wait until one day a genius emerges from the next generation, and maybe he will use it to fight."
Kisame Kisaki spent money to buy takoyaki and shaved ice cups, and gave one to Uchiha Itachi.
Walking on the bustling street, Uchiha Itachi held takoyaki in one hand and a shaved ice cup in the other, eating happily like an ordinary boy.
Passing by a restaurant, the sign above said Ninja Employment Agency.
"Ninjas in the Country of Ina, except for those who join the ninja army, either become their own bosses and open shops, or work for others. Usually the price is clearly marked, and in some cases the person with the highest price gets it."
I went in and took a look, and the price was indeed clearly marked.
Ordinary ones, such as fire-attribute ninjutsu to dehumidify a room, water-attribute ninjutsu to water the garden and change the water in a fish pond, and more special ones, such as thunder-attribute ninjutsu to create lightning and nitrogen fertilizer.
Uchiha Itachi sighed in his heart that the ninjas here were indeed different from those on the mainland. …
After staying one night in the caravan's dormitory, Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Inikaki headed to the Shogun's Mansion.
A kilometer away, the two men resumed their Akatsuki attire, proving their identities.
This immediately aroused the vigilance of the guards, who notified the general's residence and stepped forward to inquire.
"Itachi Uchiha."
"Dried persimmon Kisame."......
General's Mansion.
Miyamoto Kokai received the notification and ordered the release without even thinking.
Since the other party came in such an open and honest manner, of course they should be polite first. As for whether they are rear soldiers, that depends on things. …
main hall.
Miyamoto Kokai sat in the main seat, and Mochizuki Shinsaburo and Takayama Tomoya led their teams to stand on both sides.
Seeing Uchiha Itachi and Inikaki Kisame approaching, the guards also raised their alertness to the highest level.
Miyamoto Kokai raised his hand and said: "Please sit down."
Itachi Uchiha took a look and sat down first, and Kisame Inikasaki also sat down, which made the guards sigh in relief.
After all, there is a slight difference in movement between sitting and standing.
In the back hall, Yamazaki and Meidaizi were peeping.
"Brother, I feel like we've been discovered."
"Well, Uchiha's powers of observation."
Your Majesty.
Miyamoto Kokai said: "The two of them wear the same clothes, and they seem to have joined a certain force."
"Yes." Uchiha Itachi said, "If it's convenient, just give him a mission. We want to take away 100 million taels."
Miyamoto Kokai said: "Oh, this reminds me of Orochimaru."
"He has defected." Mikigaki Kisame said, "We found that he embezzled a lot of money."
Miyamoto Kokai said: "I gave him 300 million taels, and he promised not to trouble me again."
Kisame the dried persimmon laughed and said, "Ha, so he swallowed two-thirds."
Uchiha Itachi said: "Then, for another two hundred million taels, we promise not to disturb you again, and when Orochimaru comes again, we will come to help."
"What a bargain." Miyamoto Kokai smiled, "But this is equivalent to paying your organization 500 million taels."
Uchiha Itachi said: "If you have any missions, just ask."
Miyamoto Kokai said: "I can't think of any such valuable mission at the moment. Well, in addition to helping me resist Orochimaru's attack, your organization owes me the Miyamoto family a mission worth three hundred million taels."
"Deal." Itachi Uchiha responded.
Miyamoto Kokai smiled and said: "Okay, Tomoya, take them to get the money."
"Yes, sir." Gao Shanzhiya responded.
"You two, please come with me."
"Good work."
"Farewell."......
