Naruto Kakashi

Although there are many high-rise buildings in Amegakure Village, the overall area is actually not very large. After a while, Kakashi arrived at the high-rise building where they gathered last time.

Entering the top floor, he found that Xiaonan had arrived here before him.

Except for Xiaonan, the only person in the room was the leader Payne.

This is the second time Kakashi has seen Payne. It should be said that in the past two months, except for seeing Konan a few times on the street, Kakashi has not seen anyone else from the Akatsuki organization.

"We have received a commission, and we need you to go to Takigakure Village to protect the safety of a person." Seeing Kakashi come in, Pain got straight to the point.

At the same time, he threw a scroll to Kakashi: "This is the mission commission scroll. It contains all the information about this mission."

In order to entrust a task to the Ninja Village, a formal written scroll is necessary.

After taking a general look, the content of the mission was very simple. It mainly asked him to reach Takigakure Village within seven days and protect one person.

However, the specific objects of protection and the period of protection are not clearly written on this scroll.

Such a power of attorney is obviously incomplete.

If it weren't for the official logo unique to Takigakure Village, Kakashi would have thought someone was joking.

"This is an A-level mission. If there are no problems, I hope you will go there as soon as possible."

Except for the trip to Ghost Light City, this was Kakashi's first mission after joining Akatsuki, so he didn't refuse.

However, tasks within the organization have always been carried out in pairs, so Kakashi was naturally curious about his partner: "Who else is on this mission?"

"Kakuzu will participate in this mission together, but he is not in the village now. We will notify him to meet at Takigakure Village."

"Yes." Kakashi nodded, put the power of attorney away, and left the room.

After Kakashi left for a long time, Konan's voice rang in the room: "According to Zetsu's information, this mission is about the Jinchūriki? How about we take the opportunity to control it."

"Now is not the time. Leaving it in Takiyin Village is the best choice." Payne seemed to have already planned it.

"But can that plan really achieve peace?" Xiaonan, who had always been expressionless, finally showed a different kind of emotion when facing Payne alone, and looked at Payne with a touch of confusion. color.

Facing Xiaonan's gaze, even the "god" seemed unable to maintain his indifference.

Payne turned his head away slightly stiffly, avoiding Xiaonan's sight. He did not answer, but slowly walked to the balcony of the room.

In just this moment, the originally clear sky in Yuyin Village changed again, and a large group of dark clouds suddenly gathered over the village.

A heavy rain is coming.

Looking down at Yuyin Village where the heavy rain was approaching, Payne wondered whether he was talking to Xiaonan or to himself: "Isn't it good to have such peace?"

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Naturally, Kakashi would not see these. After getting the mission scroll from Pain, he returned to his house, prepared for the mission, and organized the required equipment.

In fact, Kakashi's ninja tools had been almost consumed before, mainly because of the huge consumption in the battle with Danzo.

It has not been replenished since.

After arriving at Amegakure Village, Kakashi wanted to make up for the shortage through the ninja tool shop in the village, but he couldn't find the ninja tool shop. Instead, he found traces of the black market Frog House in the village.

Being able to open a black market in such a strict Yunyin Village obviously requires more than just strong strength.

This also gave Kakashi an answer to his suspicions about the forces behind Frog House, but there was no evidence to confirm it.

But this is not important. What is important is that Kakashi has filled up his ninja tool library as he wished, especially the kunai and detonating charms that consume a lot of money.

Since the content of the mission was not detailed, Kakashi chose to bring as many ninja tools as possible.

After packing his things, Kakashi put on the organization's robe, and put the scratched Konoha forehead protector on his head, and then immediately set off.

From the Country of Rain to the Country of Taki, the straight-line distance is not very far, but since the two countries are not connected, it is necessary to borrow a road from another country.

There are three routes to choose from, which require passing through the Kingdom of Grass, the Kingdom of Earth or the Kingdom of Fire. The distances of the three routes are similar, and seven days is more than enough time.

However, there is no need to consider borrowing the land of fire for the time being, and Kakashi does not want to cause trouble.

And the Country of Grass just snatched away someone's treasure chest of bliss some time ago, so it's obviously not a good route choice.

In the end, Kakashi chose the path of Earth Country.

After determining the route, Kakashi left the Rain Hidden Village before the heavy rain fell.

It took two months for Kakashi to fully adapt to the environment of the Land of Rain.

The trip went very smoothly. It took two days to head north, crossing the border between the two countries, and arriving at the Land of Earth.

Kakashi did not go deep into the hinterland of Earth Country, but started walking along the border to the east of Taki Country.

Nowadays, the Third Ninja World War has just ended a few years ago, and the countries are still in the honeymoon period. Therefore, although it is a border, it is also very peaceful, and there is no longer any tension during the war.

Since he had plenty of time, Kakashi didn't go very fast. He stopped and stopped all the way, and finally arrived near Takigakure Village within the prescribed deadline, one week after leaving Amegakure Village.

Kakashi has not been idle this week. Apart from the daily rush, he has been studying various ninjutsu in his free time.

Recently, he has been studying how to open the treasure chest of bliss.

Of course, the object of his research was not the technique copied with Sharingan.

Kakashi had already translated the copied technique verbatim in common language, and everyone in the Akatsuki organization had a copy.

Others have also mastered it, and even tried this method during the period, but failed to open the treasure chest.

This result was not beyond Kakashi's expectation.

Kakashi was able to determine that the main reason why they could not open the treasure chest was the scroll obtained from Wuwei.

The content on the scroll is very complicated, and the words used are all original spells.

Kakashi compared the techniques copied from Wuwei and found that Wuwei's method of opening the box was actually not complete, it was only about half of the content on the scroll.

There is simply no possibility of opening up.

This also overturned Kakashi's previous speculation that Wuwei had opened the treasure chest.

Moreover, the spells on the scroll were very different from those in Uzushio Hidden Village, which made the translation in his hand less useful, and the translation progress of the scroll was also very slow.

But Kakashi is not in a hurry. He is not very interested in opening the Bliss Treasure Box, or he does not believe in the legend of the Bliss Treasure Box.

Compared to illusory legends, Kakashi still believes more in things that can be grasped in his hands, such as the Flying Thunder God Jutsu and the Mutual Multiplication Detonation Talisman.

Studying the Bliss Box was just Kakashi's pastime after training.

Kakashi spent more time on the two ninjutsus of Flying Thunder God and Mutual Detonation Talisman.

However, despite investing a lot of time, Kakashi has not made much progress in mastering these two ninjutsu, and there is still a long way to go before he can truly master them.

While thinking about the difficulties encountered in the research, Kakashi unknowingly came to a waterfall.

It's exactly where the connection is written in the power of attorney.

Not long after arriving at the waterfall, Kakashi noticed someone approaching.

Kakashi frowned, and just as he was about to force the person out, he saw three ninjas wearing Takigakure forehead protectors walking out of the forest.

Seeing the three Takigakure walking out, Kakashi temporarily put down his hostility.

Because he recognized the middle-aged man at the head as the village chief of Takigakure Village, Ito.

"Are you Hatake Kakashi? Have you joined the Hidden Rain Village?" Unexpectedly, Ito also knew Kakashi.

"This seems to have nothing to do with the commission." However, Kakashi did not explain Ito's doubts, but took out the power of attorney and handed it to Ise for confirmation.

Ito saw that Kakashi didn't want to say more, so he stopped asking and carefully checked the power of attorney.

After confirming that there was no problem, Ito returned the power of attorney to Kakashi: "Come with me, I will take you into the village."

The location of Takigakure Village is very hidden and has always been a mystery in the ninja world. Some say it is underground, while others say it is in the water.

Kakashi has also tried to find out, but to no avail. It seems that he can solve this mystery today.

Under the guidance of Ise, we came to the most rapid part of the waterfall.

Ito didn't explain too much and jumped directly into the waterfall.

Takigakure and three others entered one after another, and Kakashi hesitated before jumping in.

Although the waterfall looked fast, the resistance was much smaller than expected. After passing through a thin layer of water curtain, Kakashi found that he had actually arrived in a cave.

The cave is obviously naturally formed and there are no unnecessary artificial traces.

The cave is not big, and the four of them soon reached the end.

When Kakashi arrived at the bottom of the cave, he discovered that there was a pool of water inside.

In the lightless cave, the pool looks bottomless.

There is no wind in the cave, but the water surface of the pool has slight fluctuations, and it does not seem to be stagnant water.

"Follow me." Ito nodded to Kakashi and plunged into the pool.

Kakashi naturally followed closely behind.

Not long after entering the water, everyone encountered a stone wall, which should be the boundary of the pool.

After that, everyone began to dive down to the bottom of the pool.

When he reached the bottom of the pool, Kakashi discovered that the stone wall was not connected to the ground, but left a gap of half a meter.

Under the leadership of Ito, Kakashi got into the gap. After walking no more than ten meters, the gap ended and everyone came to another body of water.

Looking up, the water surface is not as dim as the previous pool, but full of light.

Looking for the light, the four of them began to float up.

Soon the four of them came ashore.

The water pool was on a high ground. Kakashi took two steps forward and the scene inside the waterfall was fully visible to Kakashi.

He never thought that the legendary Takigakure Village was actually inside the waterfall.

But the surprises that Longyin Village brought him were far more than that.

Kakashi discovered that the space inside the waterfall was much larger than imagined, but this space was completely separated from the outside world, and what provided light for the entire space was not the sun, but a tree, a towering tree. .

The light emitted by the giant tree gave Kakashi the feeling that it was not much different from ordinary sunlight. It was strong but not dazzling.

This big tree grows very lushly, and its spreading crown even extends to the top of this space.

It's like this tree supports the world within this waterfall.

The giant tree that shook the sky and the earth made Kakashi feel how small he was.

The shock brought by the giant tree made Kakashi freeze on the spot for a moment, until a familiar voice sounded in his mind.