I established the Kua Kua Cult in Naruto

Chapter 56: Try not to leave evidence when accepting private work

On the border of the Kingdom of Fire, on the coastline across the water from the Kingdom of Whirlpool, there are many fishermen gathering here. Although it has not become a village, it also has a name, Awa.

This is the destination of Jiraiya and his party. Since the destruction of Uzumaki Hidden Village, Awa has had fishermen going to the Uzumaki Country ruins to "hunt for treasure" from time to time.

Especially since there was a fishing moratorium in the past few months, it can be regarded as an income-generating activity during a period of no income.

The person who misunderstood the seal this time was also a fisherman in Awa named Shigeru, but there was not much specific information because the ninjas who entered Awa in the previous rounds to investigate had all forgotten their experiences in Awa.

The three of them did not disguise themselves in this operation, because the target of this mission was not ninjas, or even humans. Pretending would only consume their own energy and would not be of any help to the mission.

Outside Awa, Jiraiya taught the two how to grill fish. Although ninjas were on missions, they should not light a fire to grill fish. After all, this could easily attract the attention of enemies or other beasts.

But the hot food is really delicious.

At least Tatsuma was happy with his meal. Compared to the last mission out of the village, he was much better after chewing military grain pills for a week.

"Ah~ I'm so full. Minato, please wash the cooking utensils. Tatsuma, please light a fire and make some tea."

At the junction of the beach and the bank protection forest, Jiraiya was lying on the ground, rubbing his belly and directing the two students. The two of them went to the mouth of the river to get fresh water without complaining.

Minato squatted there and started washing the cooking utensils, while Tatsuma returned to the fire, started boiling water, and found some tea leaves from his backpack.

When they traveled, they did not bring tea leaves. These tea leaves were given to a caravan yesterday after they helped drive away the wolves. The tea leaves, including the seasonings for grilled fish, were also given by the caravan.

Originally, they were going to send money, but Jiraiya didn't agree, because it became a commission, and Konoha ninjas must go through the "intermediary" of Konoha Hidden Village to receive mission commissions, and they cannot accept them privately.

Tatsuma took out three wooden bowls that he had just made while waiting for the grilled fish. He put a little tea leaves into each bowl. After the water boiled, he carefully poured the water into the wooden bowls.

At this time, Minato had also washed the cooking utensils, and the three of them were drinking tea comfortably and admiring the midsummer sunset.

While drinking tea, Jiraiya asked, "Did you notice anything wrong?"

Tatsuma and Minato nodded at the same time, Jiraiya pointed at Minato and said, "You tell."

Minato nodded and said: "There are too many fishing boats on the shore. It is early August now, the fishing moratorium has just passed, the fish are getting fat, and the weather has been very good recently, there have been no typhoons or tsunamis.

But all day today, I saw almost no fishermen going out to sea, and no fishing boats returned. The fishing boats were all parked on the shore. This is definitely not right. "

Jiraiya nodded. Minato's observation was correct. He looked at Tatsuma and asked, "Tatsuma, what do you think? Is there anything you want to add?"

Tatsuma shook his head and said: "Without entering Awa, there is really no way to find more clues. However, I guess it is an illusion, or it misleads the fishermen's thinking."

Jiraiya took a sip of tea and said, "Well, but are you ready? Don't forget, there are thousands of fishing families in Awa. Can you withstand the illusion that can affect so many people at the same time?"

Tatsuma nodded. He was indeed not proficient in illusion, but he was very good at illusion and interpretation. It was a pity that there were no smart watches for sale in this world. Otherwise, it would have been better to remind himself to use illusion and interpretation every ten minutes.

“So when do you think it’s best for us to enter Awa?”

Jiraiya asked again, of course it was not that he didn't understand, but just to test the two students, Tatsuma replied: "At night, if it is really a ninjutsu that uses illusion to control fishermen, then its schedule should be consistent with the fishermen.

Unless this ninja beast does not need sleep, or has the ability to still cast illusions after sleeping. "

"Minato, do you agree?"

Minato nodded and said, "I think so too."

Seeing that the two of them were in agreement, Jiraiya nodded and said, "Then take a rest now and set off in four hours."

"Yes!"*2

Tatsuma and Minato began to rest, while Jiraiya was keeping vigil. Four hours later, as the time approached eleven o'clock at night, Jiraiya woke them up.

The two of them quickly moved their bodies, and after making sure they were in good condition, they followed Jiraiya and touched Awa.

Although it is still the end of summer, the nights on the beach are also a bit cold, but this also allows the fishermen in Apo to end their day early and return home to rest.

Quietly arriving at the center of Awa, Tatsuma formed a seal with his hands and began to use chakra to sense the surrounding situation. He soon shook his head and found no abnormal chakra.

Jiraiya believed Tatsuma's judgment very much and did not perceive it himself, but said: "Actually, this is not bad news. Maybe it is not here at this time, which is suitable for us to investigate."

After thinking for a while, Jiraiya continued: "Check the surroundings and find the fisherman named Shiyou's home as soon as possible. At the same time, check the status of the fisherman to see if there is anything abnormal."

The two nodded, then jumped up and ran in different directions.

About two hours later, the three of them returned to the place with strange expressions on their faces. Jiraiya looked at Tatsuma and asked, "Did you find anything?"

Tatsuma subconsciously looked back at the direction he had just searched, then turned around and said: "I didn't find Shigeyou's home, but after checking the status of the fishermen, I found that they were generally a little weak.

And there are a lot of stones in the kitchen, and there are even several pots with stones in them. "

After Tatsuma finished speaking, he looked at Minato, who nodded and said, "It's the same here. I also checked a few households that have dogs and cats. They also have stones in their cat and dog food bowls."

"As expected of you, Minato, that's fine."

Tatsuma subconsciously praised Minato, who was a little embarrassed, while Jiraiya's expression suddenly became interesting.

But soon Jiraiya shook his head to get rid of distracting thoughts, and then said: "I guess that the tanuki ninja beast used illusions on all the fishermen to stop them from going to sea and instead go to Moyou's house to buy fish to eat.

But without fishing, there wouldn't be that many fish, so it used illusions to disguise stones as fish and sell them to nearby fishermen. This "helping others" approach was similar to before. "

Tatsuma and Minato also nodded. Apparently they had guessed this, but they couldn't confirm it yet.

"It seems we have to come again during the day. Let's spend the rest of the night looking for Moyou."

Jiraiya gave the order again, and the three of them continued to investigate in the second half of the night. Although there were more than a thousand fishermen, their luck was not bad enough to find the last one.

The three of them left Awa before dawn. After dawn, they returned again and went straight to Moyou's house. At this time, many people had gathered outside Moyou's house and were queuing up to buy fish.

A middle-aged man who is not too tall, very thin and dark, is chatting with the fishermen with a smile. He is Mayou who accidentally released the seal of the ninja beast.

Tatsuma looked over and found that there were not stones in Shigeyou's fish basket, but fresh and fat fish. For a moment, Tatsuma also wanted to buy them and try them.

"Duang~Duang~"

Suddenly, Tatsuma and Minato were hit by chestnuts at the same time, and a burst of chakra rushed into their bodies. Their bodies froze, and then there were no more live fish in the fish basket in the distance.