thefictionvixens Chapter 32 The Restless Hidden Cloud Village
Chapter 32 The Restless Hidden Cloud Village
As night fell, Tetsuya lay in his room, closing his eyes to meditate.
My own cheat code is really unreliable. Other people's cheat codes involve receiving various rewards and having sudden enlightenment, learning all kinds of ninjutsu and secret techniques in a second.
But this damn husky of mine mostly gives me scrolls.
He still had to learn the ninjutsu on the scroll little by little. Only things like the Evil God's Immortal Body and Fire Release Ninjutsu Enhancement, which are similar to physical enhancements, would be given directly.
Fortunately, he had some talent for learning ninjutsu, and with his long lifespan as an immortal being, learning ninjutsu wasn't too difficult for him.
As long as it's not a bloodline-restricted ninjutsu, theoretically he could learn all the ninjutsu in this ninja world.
"Ok?"
Tetsuya, who was practicing immortal arts with his eyes closed, suddenly sensed an unusual fluctuation of natural energy in the natural world.
He immediately opened his eyes; he knew someone had arrived.
"Heh, so you're upset because of what I said during the day, and now you're worried about letting people investigate?"
Before Tetsuya could even make a move, another figure appeared directly on the rooftop.
It was Izuna; clearly, Izuna had also noticed that someone had ill intentions.
He was a ninja who was active during the Warring States period.
Izuna's perception of danger surpassed that of many others of his time; it was an instinct he had honed in the dangerous and chaotic Sengoku period.
Clearly, those two dimwitted fellows hadn't yet realized that danger was quietly approaching.
Just as Izuna was about to kill the two petty thieves, Tetsuya's voice rang in his ear.
"Spare their lives, control them with illusion magic, and bring them here for a bit of fun."
Seeing that Tetsuya had spoken, Izuna didn't say much. He immediately activated the Body Flicker Technique and appeared directly in front of the two silly thieves.
"Who goes there!"*2
Before the two dimwitted thieves could react, they felt something suddenly appear in front of them and instinctively looked up.
As they looked up, a pair of scarlet Sharingan eyes came into view. Within those Sharingan, the three tomoe swirled, forming a unique pattern.
With the Sharingan genjutsu activated, Izuna's powerful eye made controlling two mediocre ninjas incredibly easy.
"Hmph, you foolish ninjas from the Land of Lightning, who gave you the audacity?"
Izuna snorted and turned to lead the two towards Tetsuya's room.
"coming."
Seeing Izuna enter the room with two masked ninjas, he greeted them with a smile.
"Why keep these two alive if you're not going to kill them?"
Tetsuya tilted his head and smiled.
"Of course we should ask for information! Aren't you a ninja? Don't you know what to do in this situation?"
Izuna pursed his lips.
"Of course I know, but these kinds of people probably don't know any important information. What can you possibly get out of them?"
"Hehe, I know, I just want to experience what it's like to be a ninja, don't you think interrogating people for information is fun?"
"Really? I don't think so."
Izuna said with a hint of smugness.
"No information can be hidden from those eyes."
Indeed, with the Sharingan, a single genjutsu technique is far more convenient than any secret technique of the Yamanaka family for extracting information, unless the opponent is prepared in advance.
Use illusions to control your opponent, then ask them whatever you want to know without fear of being deceived.
However, Tetsuya didn't care and went to the two masked ninjas.
"Who are you? Who sent you?"
The two ninjas answered respectfully.
"We are from Kumogakure. Lord Okai sent us here to investigate Tetsuya Chiba."
"Oh, Okay?"
Tetsuya explored the area with great interest.
"Who is this Okai? Is she that courtesan Mikiko?"
"Yes, Lord Okai is a special Jonin of our Hidden Cloud Village, responsible for infiltration missions. Mikiko is Lord Okai's code name when he infiltrated the Land of Fire."
"Hey, it really is. Izuna, did you hear that? That courtesan really is from the Land of Lightning. You have such good taste."
Izuna proudly raised his chin.
"I've already said it, don't question me. I'm an Uchiha. There's nothing that the Uchiha Mangekyou Sharingan can't see through."
Ignoring the smug Izuna, Tetsuya continued to ask.
"Then why is your Okai infiltrating the Land of Fire? What is your purpose?"
"We're not too sure about that either."
"All we know is that the village has formulated a series of detailed plans that are related to the development and future of our Hidden Cloud Village."
"After the Fourth Shinobi World War ended, because the Second Raikage died, the Second Hokage demanded a large sum of compensation from our Cloud Shadow over the matter of Kinkaku and Ginkaku, which seriously affected the development of our Cloud Shadow."
"To this end, the higher-ups of our Cloud Hidden Sect have formulated a series of plans, including a plan to infiltrate major countries."
These two clueless ninjas, one after the other, revealed all the information they knew without holding anything back.
After listening to what the two of them said, Tetsuya basically understood the Cloud Village's thoughts.
In the First Shinobi World War, the Hidden Cloud Village gained absolutely no benefit. Because of the interference of Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and their own involvement, the surviving Second Hokage slaughtered a large sum of money from the Hidden Cloud Village.
Could those bandits from Kumogakure tolerate this? They couldn't possibly tolerate it at all.
But they've just finished a war, so even if they wanted to cause trouble, they don't have the ability.
However, even if they can't cause trouble right away, it doesn't stop them from making some small moves in advance to prepare for future trouble.
So they devised a series of plans and planted spies in various countries to gather intelligence, in preparation for the next incident, namely the Second Shinobi World War.
"These brutes from the Land of Lightning are really impossible to keep quiet; they always have to cause trouble."
As the second-in-command of the Uchiha clan during the Warring States period and the intellectual backbone of the Uchiha clan, Izuna naturally revealed the other party's purpose.
"The war has only just ended, and they're already planning for the next one."
"That's normal. When has the ninja world ever truly been at peace?"
Before the establishment of the ninja village, the major ninja clans fought each other for years. The first Shinobi World War broke out just over a decade after the establishment of the ninja village.
Twenty years after World War I came World War II, and only ten years after World War II ended, World War III broke out.
After the Third Shinobi World War, the world seemed to have settled down, but this was only a superficial stability. Beneath the surface, undercurrents continued to surge until Naruto, the young master, grew up and participated in the Fourth Shinobi World War.