Anbu Biography

When he first heard Master Tsunade promulgate this mission, Kiyohiko even felt that he did not understand the literal meaning of this sentence.

In his impression, in this world today, there are very few human beings who can pose a substantial threat to Kakashi—most of them have names on the most wanted list in the ninja world, or they are famous in various ninja villages the strong.

Because of Yagura's high-handed rule, a large number of talents left in Blood Mist, including Momochi Zabuza and Lei Ya, so that the country of water suffered a severe setback in terms of military strength.After the death of the three-tailed Jinchuriki, its soul and chakra would not spread too far based on experience, and it should be drifting unconsciously in the open sea near Kiri no Sato.

Therefore, if Kakashi is going to investigate the movements of Misao and Kirigakure, no accident, he should rent a boat and float in the sea nearby.

"I see, please provide more detailed mission information."

Qing Yan said solemnly: "The number of swords that I can cooperate with at the same time is limited, and I will configure the most suitable team according to the information at present."

"Of course, I won't let you go alone—there are not many ninjas in the village that can be used, and picking people easily may be a disservice, so I will send sentient ninjas to cooperate with you."

Tsunade propped his chin: "Don't make such an expression, after reading the report from Kakashi's summons before, you will probably know why I specially asked you to come over to take over this task."

She pushed out a scroll from the table and handed it to Qingyan.After the black-haired youth took the scroll and unfolded it, his expression was stunned—Kakashi didn't go to the vicinity of the country of water, but went around in circles and went to the village of artisans.

To the northeast of the country of craftsmen is the country of water, and a series of island chains with complex terrain are separated between the two countries.These two countries are isolated island countries, and in addition to the complex water environment between the two countries, Kakashi has reason to judge that the soul and chakra of the three tails may be lurking in this intricate sea area to recuperate, waiting for the next time. Resurrection made a comeback.

Considering that there are countless Ninja villages Anbu in the vicinity of the country of water who are feeding each other, Kakashi, who did not intend to get involved, decided to find another way, pretending to be going to the craftsman's village, and went straight to the craftsman. The west coast of the country.

And this exploration, on the contrary, found a big abnormality.

In the past many years, the country of artisans has been providing ninja tools to the five major countries on an equal footing. However, as a weapon manufacturer that does not raise ninjas, the country of artisans has inevitably continued to suffer from the five major countries. Secret strife.

In addition, the order requirements of some small countries, and the disputes among the five major countries about which is good and which is bad, have brought all kinds of troubles to this small island country in the sea.

Today is an era of peace, and the five major countries maintain at least superficial peace and quiet, and there is often a reasonable margin in the supply of ninja tools. It should have been a good time for such a small country living in such a narrow gap to recuperate, but... …

The streets and alleys of the country of craftsmen are empty.

Like most ninja craftsmen, the country of craftsmen has large and small underground fortifications, factories for frying steel, and heavily guarded casting workshops, so it is understandable that many people work and live underground for a long time, but a whole village It is very thought-provoking that the people disappeared completely - so Kakashi resolutely temporarily shifted the monitoring target, and sent one of the ninja dogs to send back the first abnormal information to Konoha.

Tsunade quickly released the Ninja Eagle to send a receipt. The theme of the investigation mission remains unchanged, and Kakashi is still entrusted to investigate the cause of the abnormal situation in the artisan village.

Considering that there are no ninjas or even samurai in the artisan village itself, and the level of combat power is quite worrying, Tsunade is very relieved to let Kakashi go deep into the hinterland. Considering the insight of the other party's Sharingan, this should not be a very good decision. The mission is difficult to complete - the blond Hokage-sama even considered for a while whether to let Kakashi take another lap on the sea after this mission is over, so that he can be surveyed by Anbu over there after the Kirigakure incident. Gather all the incoming information together.

Immediately after the situation took a turn for the worse, Kakashi's second report wrote in detail that the grave of Seimei, the ancestor of the country of artisans, was excavated for unknown reasons. The last communication——Since then, no information has been uploaded from this seemingly peaceful island.

"The reason why you asked Kiyohiko to participate in this task is because Kakashi's report mentioned that Seimei, the ancestor of the country of craftsman, once planned to create a ninja tool that can think freely and attack freely-you know what I mean , The idea of ​​this kind of thing is too similar to those of your sword retainers, so I think maybe if this task is given to you, there will be some clues."

In terms of combat power alone, there should be a surplus, and there are not many characters in Konoha who are more abundant in individual combat capabilities and assassination skills than Kakashi. It is obviously not appropriate to send Jonin all over.

"There are some intelligence personnel from Konoha stationed at the southern port of the Fire Country. If necessary, Kiyohiko, you can also use their power. I have already written a letter of entrustment for the collaborative mission, except for the one in Danzo's hand. Other than the 'root', those on-duty dark departments at sea can also try to dispatch."

"Yes."

Kiyohiko nodded. In fact, there are very few missions that require three or more jounin to participate. Considering that he is going to cooperate with Kakashiri instead of breaking out alone, there is nothing wrong with this arrangement.

——Of course, the prerequisite is that Hatake Kakashi is still alive.

"In addition, there are two other teammates... Although they are Genin, they can already be said to have reached the strength of Chunin in terms of their role as ninjas."

"Ningji, Shino."

Tsunade said towards the door: "You can come in."

The two pushed open the door and stood still in Hokage's office. Kiyohiko quickly took a look around, the insect messenger of the oil girl clan, and the kid from the Hyuga family...all looked about the same age as Naruto, probably the same generation forbearance.Obviously, there is no time for self-introduction and getting to know each other now, so Qingyan could only briefly nod to these two people according to everyone's habit when they were in the secret team back then, which can be regarded as a statement of the establishment of this temporary team.

"To save time, I will tell you about the task on the way. Now, I will give each of you half an hour to adjust your status and pack your things. After half an hour, you will gather at the entrance of Muye Village."

Kiyohiko glanced at the two ninjas, he was lucky, both of them had a calm and rational personality, which saved him a lot of trouble: "Considering that the place where the battle takes place is the country of craftsmen, you should bring more detonating charms or something, and this time Without medical ninjas, don’t waste medical bandages and emergency medicine.”

"Yes!"

After the two responded, they each disappeared in place with a whoosh.

After the office became quiet again, Kiyohiko saluted Tsunade, and was about to leave first, when he heard Tsunade add another sentence: "Sorry, I originally planned to let Sakura go as a medical ninja of the same team. Yes, but the child's current cultivation has just entered a critical moment, and he probably can't spare any energy to complete the task..."

"With the purpose of stealth, observation, and assassination when necessary, try to avoid frontal combat, and put Kakashi and Kakashi together as soon as possible as the top priority, and integrate multiple combat forces as much as possible."

Qing Yan twitched the corners of his mouth, and showed a smile that was not really from the heart: "I thought that with my own task completion rate, I didn't need you to bother so much."

"—Since you've become Hokage, how can you not worry about it?"

Tsunade also relaxed a little bit: "Then I'm counting on you! Be sure to complete the task satisfactorily!"

"With emotion and reason, of course."

Qing Yan made a seal, and also disappeared into the office.

After half an hour.

Neiji Hyuga and Shino Aburu moved very quickly, and the two of them waited at the entrance of the village early.Although the two of them are not Kakashi's disciples, they are both in the same period of taking the Zhongnin Exam, so they have a little understanding of this Naruto's role as a Jnin.Kiyohiko appeared in front of the two with an instant body art, wearing Anbu's uniform vest, with a sword slung across his back, and an Ishin Taidao and Ishkin Wakizasa on his waist.

Ning Ci looked at the notch on the handle and scabbard, but said nothing.In the form of wearing Taidao and Wakizashi together, his first reaction was "two swordsmanship", but when did Konoha's Anbu have more members of the Uchiha clan...

"Now that you are all ready, let's go. The goal is the southern port of the Land of Fire. Kakashi should also take the boat from here."

None of the three of them were troublesome characters, and they almost packed their bags and moved forward in a straight line.The scenery on both sides of the field of vision quickly swept behind him, Shino silently followed Kiyohiko's side and rear, and silently looked at the back in front of him.

——This guy is said to be a member of Anbu, and he is actually wearing the uniform of Anbu, but why an Anbu member led a team to guide their two ninjas is a question that he himself can't figure out now.

In short, Master Tsunade's instructions will not go wrong, and they can only do their best to carry out the task.

In the footsteps of ninjas, in the evening of that day, everyone rested at the deep-water port on the border. After dinner, they will take a boat overnight to ensure that they land in the country of craftsmen before dawn as much as possible.

"The situation of the mission has been explained to you on the way, have you memorized the password?"

Qing Yan asked: "If there is a mistake in the transmission of information, it will all be over."

"I have no problem here."

Ning Ci said immediately.

"I have doubts."

Yume Shino raised her hand: "Anbu's code cannot be freely shared with ordinary ninjas. If you want to ask why, it will easily cause unnecessary information leakage... But the code system you just told us, is that?"

"Oh, that, it doesn't matter, because it is indeed not the general system of Anbu - it was determined and used by Anbu Kakashiban in private back then, and those who still understand this code should be almost dead."

Qing Yan said very calmly: "Is there any question?"

"No, no more."

This answer was probably too hard-core, even someone as calm as Yume Shino seemed a little stiff.

"Then the mission continues."

Qing Yan looked at the sea. This is a deep-water port with a very large daily throughput. Merchant ships from all over the world will sail from here. Therefore, there is a large floating population and mixed fish and dragons, and the intelligence collection work is also quite difficult.

With a "bang", Qing Yan made a shadow clone.

The avatar just nodded at everyone, then closed the seal and disappeared in place, which was obviously also used for intelligence gathering.

Shino was asked to contact the merchant ship, while Neiji Hyuga followed Uchiha Kiyohiko's main body to a small hotel.The owner of the hotel is a middle-aged man with a bulbous nose and an ordinary appearance. His narrow eyes swept across the cheeks of Kiyohiko and Neji: "You two want to stay at the hotel?"

"There are three people staying at the hotel tonight, please prepare a bowl of wasabi rice for each of them."

Qingyan stretched out his index finger and tapped on the table, drawing another small circle.

"Wasabi rice, right?"

The shopkeeper nodded: "Understood, I will prepare."

Without waiting for Ning Ci to ask questions, Qing Yan took the lead in explaining: "Wasabi Rice means that the owner will find a way to give the illusion that the three of us are still in this port. If we leave overnight by boat, we must prevent people from being followed."

Not all ninjas stay in the village for long periods of time waiting for missions, and there are quite a few who lurk outside for a long time. Famous deep-water ports like this have always been monitored by intelligence agencies for a long time.

"My eldest brother was originally engaged in this kind of work."

Qing Yan explained with a relaxed expression: "He has been pretending to be the owner of the non-staple food store for a long time—because our family happens to be in this business, and this bastard often acts in his true colors."

Carrying the hope of his parents, he was carefully cultivated and grew up, learned a whole body of skills, and finally everything was burned in the war.Ning Ci's expression moved slightly, looking at Qing Yan with a somewhat complicated expression.

After reuniting with Shino, the three of them had a quick meal and boarded the cargo ship to the country of craftsmen.

——This is a cargo ship used by a small country to transport ninja tools. At the price of "willing to provide guards on the way for free", Yume Shino persuaded the other party to let them mix in it.The other party also seemed to be unaware of the changes in the country of craftsmen, and was extremely shocked after learning the information.

"The sea has not been peaceful recently."

The boss of the ship warned everyone: "Not to mention the ninjas coming from all over the world, even the wind and waves are much stronger than usual this year. Without permission, you must not leave the cabin."

Kiyohiko nodded obediently, not at all like a special Jonin.Stars floated in the sky little by little, and the road to Craftsman Village seemed extraordinarily peaceful. Under the 360° wide-area surveillance of Neici, except for one or two cargo ships from other countries that were not strange, they Nothing unusual was found.

When they could see the coastline of the country of craftsmen, the three of them thanked the boss of the ship, got off the boat early and ran towards the country of craftsmen. If you want to sneak in, you can't choose such a place that is easy to be found.

Scratching up from a rather tricky angle, Kiyohiko put on his mask, just like what Kakashi's information showed, the artisan's village was completely silent.

——not the kind of silence that sleeps peacefully at night, but emptiness in another sense.By monitoring with blank eyes, Neji confirmed that there was not a single living person in this area.

"The same goes for the message about parasites."

There was a bug between Zhi Nao's fingers, and he was communicating silently with the other party: "The residents here should have already evacuated in advance."

"—a large-scale evacuation is impossible without movement."

Qingyan shook his head: "The northeast direction here is the country of water. If you want to bypass the country of water and go to a country further north, it will take nearly a month of sailing time. Large-scale procurement of living supplies will also be suspected."

"what do you mean……?"

Shino asked.

"Assume there is no problem with Konoha's intelligence network during this period."

Qingyan judged: "Then the most likely situation is that the residents here hid somewhere on this island in advance."

"Then the next question is why they did it."

Ning Ci said, by the way, he made a seal and expanded the scope of Bai Yan's inspection, but still found nothing.

The territory of the Kingdom of Craftsmen is about one-third the size of the Kingdom of Fire. It is obvious that there is no way to see it at a glance just by looking at the coastline. In any case, it is inevitable to advance to the core area.

"——This should also be Kakashi's guessed route. In short, let's do the investigation first. His last information came from investigating the ancestral hall of Qingming, the ancestor of the country of artisans, so go there first."

Kiyohiko judged: "The two of you keep a safe distance of 200 meters from me, and use Neji's white eyes to receive the signal. Shino-kun, your parasites are used to collect information as much as possible, and pay attention to the cracks and blind spots of nearby buildings."

"Yes!"

As soon as the words fell, the three of them disappeared in place.

There are obvious signs of being searched around the ancestral hall.

There is a nick on the wall, which means "I will go to investigate here" in Anbu's code system, and if there is no other "I have completed the investigation" safety mark on the surface of this nick, it means that the first batch of The intelligence agents made it out of here unsuccessfully.

Of course, there are cases where there is no way to return, but this kind of investigation route will use a different code system, and there is almost no possibility of incorrect information transmission.

Qingyan raised his head, looked inside the dark ancestral hall, and walked in cautiously.

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General notes:

The country of craftsman and "craftsman's village" are similar descriptions. I watched the anime and basically didn't distinguish between these two definitions, and the translations are all random.

The country of the wind, sand village, is used to describe a smaller place.

Do you understand the difference between the definition of a whole country and the definition of a gathering place of people?