"There will be no missions for a while. You can move freely, but it is best not to relax too much and maintain combat readiness."
"yes!"
After Shiraishi and the other three had lunch, Sakumo found the three of them, gave them some instructions, and then went back.
Naturally, Shiraishi and Ruri returned to the mansion in the Uchiha clan's land.
Because he had not returned to the village for several months, Shiraishi felt as if the place had changed a lot while walking on the road, but it seemed as if nothing had changed.
"How do you plan to spend the next few days, Liuli?"
But the rest time will not be too short, but it will not be too long either. It is estimated that in about half a month, the next difficult task will come.
"Practice."
Liu Liyan answered briefly and concisely.
"It really seems like your style. I have some new ideas in my mind these days, and after these few months of missions, I think I can make some practical props to assist in combat."
"How to say?"
Liuli seemed to be very interested in this.
"Although smoke bombs are good, they are easily restrained by wind escape type ninjutsu, and the duration is not very long. They can be used for surprise attacks... But what if you add some poisonous gas to the smoke bombs? Then it will be Use Wind Release to blow away the smoke, and the enemy will have already inhaled a lot of poisonous gas, and their strength will be greatly reduced."
Shiraishi expressed his idea and thought it was feasible.
"Ninjas are generally more or less resistant to poison, especially Sunagakure ninjas. If the poison is not strong enough, it will not have much effect on ninjas."
"No matter how good the anti-toxicity is, there is still a limit. However, if you want to cooperate with the poison gas battle, you need to prepare the antidote in advance and let your own people take it in advance to avoid being accidentally injured."
"It is suitable for small-scale combat, but the effect of large-scale combat may be counterproductive."
Shiraishi nodded in agreement with Liuli's point of view.
In large-scale battles, the production quantity of antidote is a problem, and the poison gas is used together with smoke bombs. Even if the antidote is used to survive the poison gas, the sight will be blocked by the smoke in a short period of time.
However, Shiraishi didn't originally want to promote this tactic. It just needs to be promoted and used within Sakumo's team.
After such a long time, Shiraishi has already understood that their team mainly performs some dangerous and important secret missions, and it is very necessary to develop unique tactics suitable for Sakumo's team.
Returning to the long-awaited mansion, as I approached, I suddenly saw a man and a woman standing at the door of Luoye, waving to this side.
No, to be precise, they were waving to Liuli, looking very happy and excited.
"know?"
Shiraishi had not seen this man and woman in the Uchiha clan in the past two or three years, so he turned to look at Ruri.
"my parents."
Liuli replied calmly.
"!?"
Shiraishi was a little uneasy.
This was the first time he met Liuli's parents. He had always heard about them from Liuli's mouth before, but this was the first time he met them in person.
But speaking of it, Shiraishi has never seen Liuli's parents come home since he stayed at Liuli's house temporarily.
Even during the Chinese New Year, they just send some photos and letters to each other. Liuli's birthday and New Year gifts every year are also very simple, a bankbook.
The passbook starts with a 1, followed by many zeros.
This is the birthday and New Year gift Liuli receives every year, simple and boring.
"Long time no see, Xiao Liuli, do you miss your parents?"
The woman was wearing gorgeous and noble clothes, and her hair was neatly tied up with many ornaments on it.
It looks a bit too colorful and ostentatious, but it doesn't give people a tacky temperament.
How should I put it, it seems like I was born with this temperament.
As soon as she came up, she took Liuli into her arms and rubbed her face hard, causing Liuli's little face to wrinkle. Baishi was afraid that Liuli would spit out a fireball at this time and wipe out her mother.
"It's so noisy. I've told you many times not to get your saliva on my face."
Liuli's face was tense, as if she was seriously teaching her mother a lesson.
"Don't say that, Liuli. Mom hasn't seen you for a long time. Just like she did when she was a child, let her love you so much..."
boom!
Bai Shi held his forehead from behind.
I knew this would happen.
A wall of the nearby mansion was smashed through by a fireball, sending out black smoke.
Liuli's mother's face was now covered with cold sweat, her neck was turning mechanically, as if it was rusty, and the smile on her face became extremely forced and stiff.
"Really, Xiao Liuli is not as well-behaved as she was when she was a child. Obviously before..."
"Do you want to be thrown out by me? Or be burned by fire? You can also consider being flooded."
Liuli's brows jumped, as if her patience had reached its limit.
The woman in gorgeous clothes sighed and had to give up the idea of continuing to hold Liuli in her arms and ravage her.
Such a cute daughter can't do this or that. I should have known she would have given birth to a boy and come out to play.
My daughter is not good at all.
"My dear, how about we have another baby? Little Liuli has grown up and doesn't want her parents anymore."
"It's obviously your fault. You also know that Liuli has grown up."
The man who had been watching the harmonious scene between mother and daughter scratched his head in distress.
My daughter has been very strong-willed since she was a child, and she has always dominated me at home. As a father, he has long been accustomed to this kind of thing.
"Ah, you are the kid from Baishi that Xiao Liuli often mentioned in her letters, right?"
The gorgeous woman finally noticed Shiraishi.
"Ah, yes, yes, please give me more advice."
When he was finally noticed, Shiraishi quickly came up and bowed politely to ask questions.
"Don't be nervous. It's rare for Xiao Liuli to find a good playmate. When she was a child, Xiao Liuli often chased a group of boys alone."
Hearing what the gorgeous woman said, Shiraishi had already imagined such a picture in his mind.
If it were Liuli, maybe that would be the case.
"By the way, when are you two going to get married? You must have a boy by then, because I suddenly feel that boys are more fun than girls."
the gorgeous woman asked with a smile.
"..."
The topic jumped a bit, causing Shiraishi's brain to freeze and become a mess.
A tic-tac-toe popped up on Liuli's forehead and began to form seals.
boom!
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Liuli's mother is called Miyoko Uchiha. She is twenty-eight years old and in her prime. She likes luxury goods and wears beautiful and luxurious clothes like a princess.
Ruri's father is named Uchiha Sosuke. He is thirty-six years old. He is a mature-looking uncle. He wears decent formal clothes and looks much more serious than his wife Miyoko. He also looks more responsible.
But considering that Ruri is twelve years old this year, and her mother Miyoko is only twenty-eight, in other words, when Miyoko was pregnant with Ruri... she was only fifteen years old, a minor.
Shiraishi looked at Uchiha Sosuke's honest face and didn't feel that Sosuke was honest at all.
Because the couple did not have the talent to be a ninja, and they still only have the strength of a chuunin until now... According to Ruri's standards, if you are still a chunin in your twenties or thirties, you may not really have the talent to be a ninja.
Over the years, the couple have been working hard outside, and with the help of some connections accumulated by the Uchiha clan, in their words, business matters are barely okay.
In the past few years, the couple had not come back to Konoha to visit, but because they were very busy with their careers outside, they only met Liuli at the entrance of Konoha Village and then left in a hurry.
This also led to the reason why Shiraishi didn't see the couple at Liuli's house.
When Liuli and her parents got together, Baishi didn't know what was going on. If he went to join in the fun, it would only add to the embarrassment.
Shiraishi returned to the underground laboratory. Because he had to go out to perform tasks, many experimental equipment had been moved away in advance, but some less important ones remained.
A lot of dust has accumulated in the basement and instruments, so Shiraishi needs to clean it up.
When the cleaning was finished, footsteps were heard on the stairs leading to the top, and Liuli came down the stairs.
"Why, did the communication between relatives end so soon? There is no need to come here in such a hurry."
"Reminiscing about old times is fine anytime."
"It seems that uncle and the others will stay in the village for a long time this time. Is it because of the war outside?"
Shiraishi asked what he thought of.
"They do not do business around the Country of Fire, but in the far west of the continent, so the war here will not have any impact on their business."
"You didn't use your real name, did you?"
"Well, they are all using pseudonyms. They know some ninjutsu, but the information has not been collected by Konoha. In addition, some elders in the clan are working behind the scenes, which allows the two of them to do business outside with peace of mind. These years they have been outside, and We hired many bounty hunters with good reputations, including samurai and ninjas, to ensure their safety.”
No matter what, it was a wealthy family that had been inherited for more than hundreds of years, and Uchiha's heritage and connections were extraordinary.
For example, the Uchiha clan never goes to the Iron Country or purchases the ninja equipment in the village, but purchases it from the psychic beast ninja cat clan.
Many times, the Ninja Cat Clan will act as spies for Uchiha ninjas, collecting intelligence.
This is Uchiha's connections.
There are probably many allies like the Ninja Clan, and even Konoha would find it extremely difficult to obtain this part of the information.
In the same way, the same is true for the Hyuga clan of the blood-stained ninja clan. Only the highest-ranking people in the clan know how many connections they have secretly.
A truly wealthy family not only has strength and inheritance, but also has connections that are extremely terrifying.
Later, Liuli used the art of channeling to channel some ninja cats. These ninja cats all carried some scrolls. Many large-scale research equipment were sealed in the scrolls. They only needed to be unsealed and reconnected.
Shiraishi, Liuli, and these ninja cats began to work together, placing the research equipment in its original position, and connecting the lines as they were originally.
After finishing the work, it was already two hours later before Liuli asked these ninja cats to go back. Before leaving, these ninja cats showed humanistic and resentful eyes until Liuli said that he would prepare good cat food for them next time. Go back in a better mood.
Shiraishi looked at the huge research room at this time and really wanted to find an assistant.
But don’t think about this kind of thing for the time being. Many secrets here cannot be disclosed and can only be carried out secretly.
Fortunately, this is the Uchiha clan territory, and the ANBU directly under the Hokage has no authority to search here. After all, the power of the Uchiha Guards cannot be underestimated.
There are quite a few jounin and special jounin in it. As long as those who enter the ninja unit in the clan are basically chuunin or above when they reach adulthood, this is a very scary ratio.
Especially after awakening the Sharingan, the strength of Uchiha ninjas will rise sharply and cannot be taken lightly.
As for the next research target, Shiraishi has already found it.
A highly toxic smoke bomb combined with a matching antidote.
Of course, the research on natural energy must continue. Although the time in Konoha will not be too long this time, this precious time cannot be wasted casually.
Just when Liuli was about to go out and leave Baishi here alone, Baishi suddenly said: "By the way, Liuli, can I ask you something more?"
"Tell me, do you need new equipment?"
"Ah, no need for this. These are enough for a long time."
"what is that?"
"Human experiments."
Shiraishi simply said these four words.
Liuli's pupils shrank slightly, and then she looked at Shiraishi seriously, and Shiraishi looked at her calmly.
"Do you know what this means?"
"Human experimentation is not entirely evil."
As far as Shiraishi knows, many forbidden techniques are products developed based on human experiments.
The most famous among them is Konoha's former Hokage Senju Tobirama.
It can be said that the original source of the special ninjutsu learned by many ninjas in Konoha today is the second generation Hokage.
Liuli nodded thoughtfully and said, "I will deliver what you want tomorrow."
