thefictionvixens Chapter 32 Have you heard of Akatsuki?
Chapter 32 Have you heard of Akatsuki?
Chapter 32 Have you heard of Akatsuki?
Upon hearing this, Uchiha Shisui stood up, walked over, extended his hand, and greeted Shiba Kiyokawa with a smile.
"Hello, my name is Uchiha Shisui, and as you can see, I am a Konoha ninja."
(Uchiha Shisui)
Uchiha Shisui was gentle and polite, clearly a well-behaved child, and didn't put on any airs of a great ninja village or clan, making him very pleasant to be around.
Shiba Kiyokawa walked over and shook hands, saying, "Hello, my name is Aizen, and I am a Rain Ninja."
Shiba Kiyokawa had a good first impression of Shisui, but that didn't stop him from fluently giving a pseudonym as soon as he opened his mouth.
Xiaoyu looked up in surprise, only to have a small dried fish shoved into her mouth by Shiba Kiyokawa in a flash.
"Meow~" Xiaoyu's eyes immediately curved into a smile as she tasted the spicy flavor and forgot all her doubts.
Uchiha Shisui did not notice anything unusual, taking it as just an intimate interaction between the cat lover and his feline overlord.
"So you're a Rain Ninja? Aizen-kun must be really amazing to be accepted by the Cat Village."
Zhi Shui praised sincerely.
He knew that the cats in Cat Village were very picky, and even if they wanted to do business with ninjas, they were unwilling to lower themselves to accept those good-for-nothing ninjas as their owners.
This is probably why the Cat Village has never been well-known in the ninja world.
This was the first time Shisui had ever met a non-Uchiha clan ninja in the land of cats since birth.
"Shisui-kun, you flatter me. I am but a mere Chunin."
Shiba Kiyokawa was very modest, but at the same time he was determined not to reveal any of his personal information.
If he didn't have a headband from another ninja village, he wouldn't even want to admit that he was a Rain Ninja.
Later, through the matchmaking of the one-eyed gray cat shopkeeper, Shiba Kiyokawa and Uchiha Shisui were able to successfully discuss the purchase of ninjutsu scrolls.
Shisui did not agree immediately, but replied, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't make the decision on this matter. I need to go back and ask our patriarch."
Shiba Kiyokawa nodded in understanding, then tentatively asked, "Is the head of your noble family now Uchiha Fugaku?"
Shisui was slightly surprised, and answered honestly and naively, "Yes. I didn't expect Aizen-kun to know so much about our Uchiha clan, even though he's so far away in the Land of Rain?"
"The Uchiha are a famous and prestigious ninja clan in the ninja world, one of the two founding clans of Konoha. Even we Amegakure people have great respect for a prestigious clan like the Uchiha, so it's normal for us to pay attention to them."
One sentence immediately dispelled Shisui's doubts and also won Shisui's favor.
He said sincerely, "I understand, Aizen-kun. Please rest assured, I will definitely convey your needs to the clan leader."
"What an innocent and well-behaved child," Shiba Kiyokawa thought to himself.
At the same time, he quickly considered in his mind the benefits that getting in touch with Uchiha Shisui could bring him.
Given Shiba Kiyokawa's personality, he was destined not to simply intend to befriend Uchiha Shisui, no matter how good their first impression of him was.
The first thing that comes to mind is that Shisui could be used to find out information about Konoha Village, especially about Root and Danzo.
Shiba Kiyokawa is still figuring out exactly how to do it.
Unexpectedly, a week later, before Shiba Kiyokawa could take any action, Uchiha Shisui took the initiative to ask him a question when he asked him to meet him in the Cat Village for the second time.
"Aizen-kun, I have a question that might be a bit abrupt, but since you're from Amegakure, have you ever heard of the organization 'Akatsuki'?"
Shiba Kiyokawa's fingertips trembled slightly, but he remained calm on the surface, continuing to smile peacefully as he slowly spoke.
"I've heard about them. They mainly operate in the southern part of the Land of Rain. They've recently gained the approval of Leader Hanzo and are a very dynamic organization. Why would Shisui-kun suddenly ask about this?"
With a few casual words, Shiba Kiyokawa distanced himself from the Akatsuki organization, misleading Shisui into believing that he was a loyal subordinate of Hanzo the Salamander.
This perfectly matches the stereotypes that most people have about Rain Ninja at this point in time.
Shisui sighed with some difficulty before saying, "Alas, Aizen-kun, you may not know this, but recently many people in our village have been talking about the Akatsuki organization. The head of the clan agreed to your transaction request, but with one condition: he hopes to obtain some information about the Akatsuki organization from you."
Upon hearing this, Shiba Kiyokawa's heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself, "Oh no, could it be that Konoha has already set its sights on us so early?"
Fortunately, his acting skills were superb, and he steadily suppressed his shock, continuing to ask nonchalantly, "Oh? Why is this happening? Is there some hidden reason?"
Only after Uchiha Shisui finished explaining the reason with a worried expression did Shiba Kiyokawa finally breathe a sigh of relief, and almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.
……
Let's rewind to a little over a week ago.
With the outbreak of the Ninja World War, the external intelligence organizations of all the major ninja villages were operating at full capacity and working overtime.
Within Konoha Village, Danzo Shimura, who controlled the massive Root intelligence agency, regained considerable power and enjoyed a smooth and successful life.
But on that very day, a piece of intelligence sent back by his subordinate completely ruined the good mood he had built up over the past day.
That document contains the promise statement made by Minato Namikaze, which was deliberately leaked by Kiyokazu Shiba a while ago.
At the same time, the identity of Minato Namikaze was emphasized, implying that the entire ninja world knew that the next Hokage had been chosen.
Danzo Shimura roared furiously from his Root base: "Damn it! How dare he?! That Minato guy, how dare he?! What gives him the right to represent the village on his own?! And is this the next Hokage, someone he can just appoint himself so easily? Did I approve of it? Did the elders agree?! Does he even respect the village?!"
The Root ninja who delivered the information was a little confused.
At first, he thought that Lord Danzo was angry because the Akatsuki organization from the Land of Rain was so arrogant and dared to spread such a statement without informing Konoha, which angered Lord Danzo.
But I never expected that the reason why Lord Danzo broke down in anger was because of this?
This seems... outrageous yet somehow reasonable.
The next moment, the young Root ninja quickly buried his head deep in his hands, forcing himself to immediately banish this disrespectful thought to Lord Danzo from his mind.
No one was there to appease him. Danzo was only getting angrier the more he thought about it, and the more he retreated, the more he felt he had lost out!
Unable to bear it any longer, he immediately rushed to the Hokage's office and slammed the intelligence scroll onto the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi's desk.
"Danzo, what are you doing again?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked impatiently, puffing on his pipe.
"Hiruzen, look at what Minato Namikaze has done! He's betraying the village's interests! How can Konoha so easily bow down to a small ninja village like Amegakure?"
He would never admit to Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had lost his composure because Minato Namikaze was being called the next Hokage.
Danzo's usual tactic was to first label the opponent as someone detrimental to the village.
Unfortunately, this time, the flustered Hiruzen Sarutobi was in no mood to deal with him.
"Danzo, we are already dealing with two battlefields simultaneously, Sunagakure and Kumogakure. Moreover, Kirigakure and Iwagakure have been making a lot of moves near the border recently, and they could join the war at any time. At this time, we don't have the spare capacity to conquer the Land of Rain."
Moreover, Minato has already explained the situation to me. His main goal was to save his disciple, and I believe he did nothing wrong.
But Danzo had no say in these matters.
Minato did nothing wrong? Does that mean you're tacitly approving of him as the next Hokage?
"Hiruzen, you've been too lenient with Minato! You'll regret it!"
"Enough!" Hiruzen Sarutobi removed his pipe from his mouth and roared, "Danzo, I am the Hokage now!"
Unsurprisingly, the conversation ended with Danzo slamming the door shut and leaving with a "bang."
And so, Danzo remembered the name Akatsuki of the Land of Rain!
(End of this chapter)