Living in Naruto

Kurosawa City is located in the south of the Land of Fire, close to the sea. Blackpool City is famous for its fishing and maritime transportation industries. It has the second largest port in the Fire Country and is a quite prosperous port city.

The destination of our mission is here. There are many wealthy businessmen gathered in Kurosawa City. The city lord is an official directly sent by the Daimyo, so the nobles here are very unsuccessful.

None of the local nobles in Kurosawa City have real power. The city is named after the Kurosawa family, but the Kurosawa family is now in decline. Compared with other nobles, the territory is very small, and maritime merchants are strictly prohibited from participating. As a result, it can only maintain the superficial glory of a noble.

The target of this mission is here, Kurosawa Mansion.

From the outside, this mansion is still quite gorgeous, but the top management knows very well that this family only has its glamorous appearance. This family has always been a key target of suppression.

There are still enough guards in the mansion, but we knew before we came that these were guards arranged by the daimyo, and their main function was actually surveillance.

We handed over the invitation and entered the mansion smoothly, and met the current nominal owner of the mansion, Akira Kurosawa. Of course, the reason for saying it is nominal is that Kurosawa Fukase, the previous generation of Kurosawa's family, has just passed away, but there is no decision on who will succeed the family head. Kurosawa Akira is the eldest son and the nominal first-in-line heir. The Kurosawa family also has a second son, Kurosawa Jiro, who also has the right to inherit.

Even a fallen noble has a glory that ordinary people cannot enjoy in their lifetime. Therefore, Kurosawa Jiro also covets the behavior of this family leader. According to the information provided by Kurosawa Akira, after the death of the previous family leader, he has already experienced Three assassinations were carried out, and it was all thanks to the strength of the guards that he was not killed.

Akira Kurosawa is no longer young, he is a middle-aged man in his 40s, and he is a little fat because of his pampering. When we saw him, we found that he still had injuries on his arms and was wearing a bandage. Judging from the slight blood seeping from the bandage, this should be a new injury, and he should have been attacked again not long ago.

"We've finally waited for you, ninja masters of Konoha. It's great that you can come!"

Akira Kurosawa welcomed us very much. Although he was injured, he didn't look embarrassed. He seemed to be a noble nobleman.

"Did Kurosawa-sama just get attacked?"

I asked knowingly, but gathering information is necessary.

"yes……"

Speaking of this, Kurosawa's expression was a little sad: "I sacrificed two of my personal guards to escape with my life. I'm really ashamed..."

I narrowed my eyes slightly. Kurosawa's sad expression didn't seem to be fake. In other words, he was really sad. I don't know whether it was because of the broken brotherhood or the sacrifice of the guard.

"But it's great that Kurosawa-sama is safe, otherwise our mission would have failed before it even started."

I said this on purpose, as if I didn't speak a little, I could lower people's wariness.

"Haha..." Kurosawa was obviously a little embarrassed: "This is also my luck. In short, my safety will be entrusted to you!"

After saying that, Kurosawa bowed deeply to us.

I stepped forward to support Kurosawa and stopped him from saluting: "Master Kurosawa, there is no need to be polite. This is our duty, and we will protect you to the end with all our strength."

"Everyone has worked hard all the way. The house has prepared a dinner for everyone to welcome you. Please come here."

"You're welcome, Kurosawa-sama!"

"Then let's discuss the specific security matters while eating, please."

Humble, courteous, gentle...

It seems that Akira Kurosawa is a pretty standard nobleman. At least for now, he seems to be quite dignified. Being born into such a family is both his luck and his misfortune.

At the banquet, we learned in detail about the three previous attacks on Kurosawa, as well as the details of the latest attack. The assassins were not very strong, at the level of wandering ronin, but the assassins knew Kurosawa's whereabouts very well. , obviously came prepared.

"So, does Kurosawa-sama have someone to suspect? About the main messenger of the assassination?"

"This one……"

Kurosawa's expression was a little awkward, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't say it.

"Brother, I heard that guests came to the house, why didn't you notify me?"

A visitor interrupted our discussion. It was Kurosawa Akira’s younger brother, Kurosawa Jiro. As expected, Kurosawa Jiro looks like a playboy, but he is quite young, probably in his twenties.

"Jiro, you are back. Come sit down and eat. Let me introduce you to these three ninjas from Konoha, Mr. Shimura, Mr. Fujita and Miss Mariko."

"Oh?" Kurosawa Jiro calmly took his seat and said, "Just these three people were sent to protect you? Are there two more brats..."

"Don't be unreasonable! These three are all outstanding ninja masters in Konoha."

Kurosawa's expression turned serious, a bit like an elder brother's.

"How could these three people protect you? You don't look like very strong ninjas at first glance..."

"Jiro!"

Kurosawa's voice was a little louder and his expression was a little angry.

"Hey..." Kurosawa Jiro obviously didn't buy it: "I'm just telling the truth, brother, these people can't save your life!"

"Mr. Jiro! Whether we can protect him or not is our problem. Since the Hokage sent us here, he has considerable confidence in us. You don't have to worry!"

I looked at Kurosawa Jiro with a smile. On the surface, he was a rather unscrupulous person.

"Oh? Then I'll wait and see..."

The Fengfeng Banquet broke up somewhat unhappily, but it had no impact on us and the guard work continued as usual.

Akira Kurosawa arranged for us to live next door to his bedroom so that we could protect him, and asked at least one of us to stay with him at all times in case of accidents.

This is already a very low request, and he does not require all of us to guard him. His intention is very obvious, he wants us to find out the mastermind behind the assassin and end this crisis.

"Brother Mu Sheng, I will leave Master Kurosawa under your protection tonight. Mariko and I will go to get some information and survey the scene of the attack."

"Well, be careful."

I summoned the slug, handed it to Musheng, and said to Akira Kurosawa: "Slug will notify me as soon as possible if there is any situation, and I will arrive in time."

"I'm relieved now," Akira Kurosawa looked at the slug I summoned with some surprise: "Then I'll leave the rest to you!"

"Well, I will end this crisis as soon as possible and investigate the mastermind behind it. Don't worry!"

I took Mariko out with me. The first place we went to was the morgue. The corpse would provide us with a lot of information.

"Jing, it seems this mission is not that simple..."

We jumped between the eaves, Mariko looked at me calmly.

"Well, it seems so. Tell me what you think."

Mariko is already a very mature ninja, and she is very smart and talented.

"That Kurosawa Jiro probably won't be the mastermind behind this, that's what I think."

"What's the reason?"

I looked at Mariko with a smile, her thoughts were becoming more and more mature.

"Because he has a very good relationship with his elder brother!" Mariko smiled confidently: "Although he seems to want his elder brother to be careful, I can see that he cares about his elder brother very much, so he will not send anyone to kill him. Brother!"

"Well, not bad, very keen observation!"

Indeed, I sensed Kurosawa Jiro as soon as he arrived. He meant no harm. As an ordinary person, if he has murderous intentions, it cannot be hidden from my perception anyway, so I am sure that he is not the mastermind behind it. And if he really wanted to kill his eldest brother, his performance at the banquet would be too exaggerated...