Chapter 86: Do You Know Chiyo?
Uehara Naraka didn't know Obito's plans.
Uehara just used some simple manipulative words, and Uchiha Obito actually believed he didn't mind? This EQ level surely meant he'd never been in love, right?
The current Uehara Naraka stood before a squad of ordinary Sunagakure (Village Hidden by Sand) ninjas, loudly proclaiming Amegakure's (Village Hidden in the Rain) order, "By order of Lord Hanzō, all ninjas from neighboring countries must leave the border immediately! We are beginning to exterminate the wandering ninjas within the Land of Rain."
"But our mission..."
The Sunagakure ninjas were somewhat reluctant.
Because commissioned missions within their village were becoming fewer and fewer. Currently, the village's finances were entirely sustained by the Fourth Kazekage Rasa's efforts alone. Therefore, upon encountering external commissioned missions, both Sunagakure and its shinobi cherished them greatly.
After all, client resources were dwindling.
Uehara Naraka shook his head, appearing very polite, "Apologies. Compared to your mission, I worry that if you happen to be implicated, it might trigger a war between Amegakure and Sunagakure, potentially leading to greater losses."
"..."
The Suna ninjas looked at each other.
If Uehara Naraka didn't still have one of their comrades pinned under his foot, they might really have planned to bully him using their numbers and refuse to yield.
Unfortunately, they couldn't win!
Right now, the most important thing was still to get the news of the Land of Rain's civil war back first.
This was precisely Uehara's goal. Towards ordinary ninjas performing missions, the main approach was expulsion, letting them spread news of the Land of Rain outside.
If facing spies like ANBU...
Then they could only switch to another method of interaction. The purpose of these spies was to investigate the most secret intelligence; encountering spies definitely meant killing them.
Once the situation in the Land of Rain stabilized, and Hanzō of the Salamander's confidants were all eliminated, the entire Amegakure village would be sealed off by Pain's Rain Tiger at Will Technique.
Uehara Naraka looked at the several Suna ninjas and continued asking, "Right, by the way, are there any Jonin among you?"
"..."
The gazes of the several Suna ninjas shifted, stopping on the one pinned beneath Uehara Naraka's foot.
This guy on the ground, who couldn't last more than a few moves against Uehara Naraka, was their squad's Jonin captain.
"Are you sure this is a Jonin?"
Uehara Naraka curiously looked at the ninja pinned under his foot, a hint of doubt in his gaze, "Is Sunagakure's standard for Jonin this low?"
The Suna Jonin stubbornly raised his head, looking at Uehara Naraka, "Kid, are you trying to humiliate me? I am Sunagakure's Blade of Wind!"
"Just this? That's it?"
"Bastard kid, I'll fight you to the death!"
The Suna Jonin was enraged by Uehara Naraka's words. Gritting his teeth, he moved his fingers, and one of his subordinates actually charged towards Uehara Naraka!
No, that wasn't his subordinate.
Rather, it was this Jonin's puppet, disguised by him as an ordinary Suna ninja.
This Sunagakure Jonin captain was a precious Puppet Master!
No wonder he could become a Sunagakure Jonin captain; a Puppet Master possessing excellent puppets was indeed considerably stronger than ordinary ninjas within Sunagakure.
It's just that after a Puppet Master is approached at close range, they can basically only wait for death...
Just now, after the Suna Jonin engaged Uehara Naraka, before he could even use his puppet to fight, he was effortlessly knocked to the ground by Uehara Naraka at close range.
Now, he would counterattack for Sunagakure's honor!
Crack!
Uehara Naraka casually summoned a purple chakra broadsword [Twilight Blade], splitting the attacking puppet into a pile of parts!
Uehara kicked the scattered parts, "Is that all?"
"You kid..."
Seeing this scene, the Suna Jonin on the ground looked utterly devastated, glaring resentfully at Uehara, "That was a puppet given to me by Elder Ebizō!"
Ebizō was Sunagakure's advisor, always highly respected.
Of course, not because of his strength, but because of his intellect. Therefore, Ebizō was also called the Old Man of the Sand by the people of the Land of Wind and Sunagakure.
In reality, this was a figure similar to Shimura Danzō.
Ebizō once controlled all of Sunagakure's spy intelligence. Even now in retirement, he still had numerous secret contacts willing to obey his command.
It's just that now Sunagakure's Fourth Kazekage Rasa was currently at the height of his power relying on his Gold Dust technique; not many people in the ninja world now had heard Ebizō's name.
This was also the fault of a certain person in the Akatsuki organization.
Sasori of the Red Sand.
Because Sasori of the Red Sand left Sunagakure, it caused Sasori's grandmother Chiyo to become disheartened, choosing to retire on her own accord.
Ebizō, to accompany his sister, was also in a state of retirement.
Uehara Naraka blinked. He had heard of Ebizō's name, just didn't have much impression of the old man who didn't appear much in the original story.
Uehara Naraka gripped the purple chakra broadsword in his hand, pointed at the Suna puppet master on the ground, "Then do you know where Ebizō and Chiyo are?"
Uehara was just somewhat interested in news about Elder Chiyo.
Because he had several side quests related to Elder Chiyo. According to Uehara Naraka's guess, the rewards for these quests wouldn't be bad.
Most importantly, among them was also a quest to collect the One's Own Life Reanimation technique!
This involved a technique capable of reviving the dead! Perhaps the quest reward would be a chance for Uehara Naraka to get an extra life out of thin air.
Preferably an ancient skill named Rebirth.
Of course, if the system rewarded Uehara Naraka with a Revival Armor not even displayed in the shop, Uehara would certainly accept it gladly.
As for how to collect Kishō Tensei, of course, was it by selling out Sasori of the Red Sand's information, or directly impersonating Sasori?
Isn't that not very good...
Ptooey!
He, Uehara Naraka, was going to be the man behind the scenes of the ninja world! How could he go be someone's grandson [subservient]!
"How do you know Lady Chiyo?"
A look of surprise appeared on the Suna puppet master's face. Immediately, he seemed to fill in the blanks himself and laughed heartily on his own, "Right, Lady Chiyo once repelled Hanzō of the Salamander! Your Amegakure must be afraid of Lady Chiyo coming here!"
"Why do you talk so much nonsense?"
Uehara Naraka looked displeasedly at this foul-mouthed Suna captain, a timely flash of fury crossing his face, "Wrong! How dare you humiliate Lord Hanzō!"
After speaking, Uehara Naraka flicked his sword, sending the ninja's headband flying, "When I'm asking questions, it's best you focus on answering my questions!"
"Hahahaha..."
The Suna captain burst into wild laughter, looking contemptuously at Uehara Naraka, "Lady Chiyo is right behind our squad! She'll arrive here soon, take Hanzō of the Salamander's head, and kill everyone in your Amegakure village!"
"Eh, old lady Chiyo hasn't retired yet?"
Uehara Naraka was surprised. He quietly opened Destiny's panel.
Uehara Naraka fiercely swung the purple chakra broadsword in his hand, plunging it into this Suna captain's chest, cursing aloud, "Still dare to deceive me? Do you know who I am?"
In the entire ninja world, only he had the right to deceive others!
Hearing these words, the remaining Suna ninjas looked sideways one after another. Such a young ninja possessed such great strength; seemed like an extraordinary figure!
One slightly braver ninja stared at the blood dripping from the chakra broadsword in Uehara's hand and asked in a small voice, "Your Excellency, who on earth are you?"
"I am just an insignificant little person."
"..."
How could the Suna ninjas believe his words!
Uehara Naraka didn't care if they believed him or not, just showing a youth's fierceness on his face, "Do any of you others know Chiyo's whereabouts?"
"We don't..."
The Suna ninjas were immediately about to shake their heads.
Uehara Naraka interrupted their words, raising the chakra broadsword in his hand, "Liars have to swallow a thousand needles!"
What the hell kind of punishment was this!
Listening to Uehara Naraka's threat, the Suna ninjas didn't even dare swallow their saliva.
One Suna ninja raised his hand and answered in a hoarse voice, "Lady Chiyo and Lord Ebizō are living in seclusion in an oasis outside the village."
(End of Chapter)
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