Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 40 The Land of Waves

Just as Akaishi and the others were overjoyed, thinking that the Hokage had approved their participation in a B-rank mission...

Danzo suddenly interrupted, "Wait, are you two sure you want to take... a few genin with you to complete this mission? You should understand the true meaning of this mission."

Although Danzo knew that this was an intentional effort to cultivate these genin and help them grow faster, and that they would most likely be promoted to chunin in two months, Danzo was still not very supportive.

Firstly, Danzo cared a lot about this mission; secondly... there was a brat from the Uchiha clan inside!

"Suke Shimura, Choza and the others are already mature ninjas," Akimichi Torifu said matter-of-factly.

"I also think it's time to show them the real ninja world," Jiraiya said.

Upon hearing this, the three members of the Akagi family breathed a sigh of relief.

but……

"Want to see it? This mission..." Danzo was about to say something more.

However, Sarutobi interrupted in a deep voice, "Alright, Danzo, this mission can be handled by taking the wind and Jiraiya!"

Upon hearing Sarutobi's serious expression, Danzo immediately fell silent.

"This time, the employer is quite special. It's a merchant guild from the Land of Waves. They hope that Konoha Village can wipe out a group of pirates who are harassing the Land of Waves. It seems that there are at least Chunin-level wandering ninjas among these pirates, and we can't rule out the possibility that there are Jonin as well," Sarutobi said seriously.

The country of waves?

Akaishi heard an unfamiliar name.

"Let me confirm with the eight of you, are you sure you want to take on this mission?" Sarutobi said, looking at the six little guys as well.

"Sure!"

"yes!"

Except for Lan Wu, everyone else agreed. Lan Wu nodded, but didn't say anything.

Hearing everyone say that, Sarutobi smiled with satisfaction, but felt a little awkward when he saw Ranmai. Afterwards, he took out the mission scroll...

Lan Wu wasn't dissatisfied with the third generation, but ever since her grandfather died, she had harbored some resentment towards every member of the personal guard.

Two adults and six children, a total of eight people, signed the mission scroll and left the Hokage's office.

"Jiraiya, how about we meet at the village entrance in two hours?" Akimichi asked Jiraiya for his opinion.

"Let's set off at 2 PM," Jiraiya suggested.

Akimichi glanced at Akaishi and Minato, then nodded and said, "Okay, two points then."

The commander of the joint squad was Akimichi. Firstly, the person in charge of the mission was Akimichi Torifu, and secondly... although Jiraiya was a year older than Akimichi Torifu, in terms of seniority as a Jonin and status within the village, Jiraiya was far inferior to Akimichi Torifu at the moment.

It is said that the next Jonin team leader will likely be Akimichi Torifu.

"Minato, as expected of you, you actually graduated two years early." Nara praised Minato at this moment.

"Not at all, I was just impatient and couldn't keep my composure," Minato said modestly.

Indeed, graduating early is not common nowadays. Even geniuses in the ninja clan rarely apply for early graduation. On the one hand, peace has been maintained for a long time and there is no need for it. On the other hand, since they are from the ninja clan, even if they do not graduate, it will not hinder their further growth.

"Lanwu, you're already able to participate in B-rank missions? When I first graduated, I was still grinding D-rank missions..." Yamanaka said gently.

"Brother Hai, you're making fun of me again," Lan Wu said, still a little embarrassed.

Because of her maternal kinship, Lanwu is actually related to the Yamanaka family in some way.

Seeing this, Akaishi glanced at Lanwu, then at Yamanaka Inoichi, who had blond hair and was rather handsome, and couldn't help but purse his lips.

"You are... Uchiha Akaishi? I didn't expect you to have awakened your Sharingan." Akimichi Choza said, opening a bag of potato chips.

In comparison, Akaishi wasn't as familiar to these people—after all, Minato and Ranma were top students and prominent figures in their grade back in school, while Akaishi couldn't be considered an unknown, but rather someone who was just a nobody on the street...

"It's just a tiny bit of progress," Akaishi said modestly.

"Haha, don't be nervous. Leave the rest of the tasks to us. You just need to focus on learning," Ding said, taking full responsibility.

It's not that they're particularly domineering, it's just that they don't think things through at all.

……

After leaving the Hokage Building, the two teams split up and made their own preparations.

Akaishi finally couldn't help but ask, "Jiraiya-sensei, is there anything special about this mission?"

Even if Akaishi was slow to realize, he could sense that this B-rank mission was unusual. Not only was it personally issued by the Third Hokage, but he also seemed very serious about it.

Judging solely from the contents of the mission scroll, this mission should have been easily handled by either Jiraiya or Akimichi. Even if they had to bring genin, it didn't seem like there was anything to worry about. However, the Third Hokage gave them detailed instructions, and Shimura seemed to care a lot about it.

"Do you know where the Land of Waves is?" Jiraiya asked in return.

"This..." Akaishi really didn't know.

"Is it a small country at sea?" Lan Wu vaguely remembered it.

"That's right, it's an island nation in the eastern part of the Land of Fire, in the sea. It has a small population and no ninja village of its own..." Jiraiya recounted the information in detail.

Akaishi still didn't understand what was so important about this, but Lanwu, having already figured something out, said, "An island nation at sea... actually came to Konoha to issue a mission?"

"Yes, this is the first time the Land of Waves has issued a mission to Konoha, and it's even the first time that a large organization from among the many island nations at sea has issued a mission to Konoha!" Jiraiya emphasized.

Previously, the sea was the territory of the Land of Water, or rather, the Hidden Mist Village, and missions were always sent directly to the Hidden Mist Village.

Even if a few caravans or individuals hire Konoha ninjas, they will inevitably face prejudice when they go to sea, and may even clash with Kirigakure ninjas.

But now...

The merchant guilds of the Land of Waves have issued a mission to Konoha!

Thirty years ago, when the five great ninja villages had just been established, the likes of Sunagakure were eager to break the peace of the five great nations and expand their territory.

"At that time, the First Hokage convened the Five Kage Summit, which ultimately prevented the conflict between the villages from escalating. However, shortly after the First Hokage passed away, the conflict immediately broke out between the villages. At that time, both Kirigakure and Iwagakure were under the rule of the Second Kage..."

The first Tsuchikage and the first Mizukage were much older than the other Kage and were the first to be superseded.

Moreover, something special happened in Kirigakure at that time...

"The first Mizukage, Byakuren, did not pass the position to his intended successor, 'Tora,' but instead to Hozuki Gengetsu... Do you know why?" Jiraiya asked, seemingly offering a hint.

However, upon hearing that it was related to the succession of the Second Hokage, Akaishi immediately shut his mouth tightly—this matter was sensitive, especially for the Uchiha!

But Jiraiya took the initiative to ask Akaishi, "Akaishi, aren't you usually good at guessing?"

Akaishi:……

Thinking about what his elders had said about the Second Hokage, Akaishi replied, "It's probably... because of democracy, right?"

Yes, that's the reason Tobirama used to prevent the Uchiha from taking power.

Jiraiya: ...