Dense forests and heavy rain.
The sky was gray, like a thick cover. Countless heavy raindrops formed a curtain of rain, beating in the forest with the wind, breaking countless twigs and leaves. The biting cold wind was howling, blowing through the forest. A person's clothes send chills down to the bone.
"Hurry up, are you looking for death?"
"Stop dawdling!"
"If you can't reach your destination tonight, none of you will be able to eat!"
The ferocious escorting warriors shouted hoarsely, waving their whips, and kept urging.
On the road in the forest, there is a team of hundreds of ragged coolies. They are pulling wooden carts with human power. The wooden carts are covered with canvas. I don’t know what is under the canvas, but the ruts are very deep. are heavy objects.
It rained heavily and the road was slippery, but the coolies had to brave the wind and rain and move forward step by step.
There were less than ten samurai in charge of escorting them. They were just a small team. Although they were braving the wind and rain, they were wearing raincoats and bamboo hats. They only needed to watch the coolies and did not need to do anything in person.
The wooden cart, which seemed to be overwhelmed, made a creaking sound. The ruts gradually faded away, and the team gradually disappeared into the hazy mist ahead.
Whoosh!
A figure wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat appeared out of thin air on the avenue, looking at the retreating team.
This person is none other than Uchiha Fugaku.
After six months of traveling across the ocean, he finally arrived in the Kingdom of Rainbow in May of the thirty-fourth year of Konoha.
The journey was quite thrilling. When he was anchored in the Kingdom of Water, he even rescued a boy whose arm was almost bitten off by a ferocious sea king.
It can be seen that the king of offshore is not just a boast.
Fortunately, he finally reached his destination safely.
The Land of Rainbow can be said to be the most remote place in the entire ninja world. The land here is barren and people rely on fishing for a living all year round.
Two years ago, a mine was discovered in the Mist Mountains, giving the country a little new life.
However, this country was too backward and did not have much ability to mine. In the end, it had to sell the mining rights of this vein to a businessman named Im.
And assassinating Im is the mission this time.
Three days later.
A short, thin, middle-aged man in shabby work clothes looked at the patter of rain outside the window and didn't know what he was thinking.
This person is none other than Fugaku.
In order to find out Im's work schedule and address, he knocked out a worker three days ago, then transformed into that person and sneaked in secretly.
In his previous life, he was just an honest man who couldn't even speak three sentences on weekdays, so he didn't arouse anyone's suspicion.
"Brother, what are you looking at?"
Hearing the sound, Fugaku turned his head and saw a young man with pointy ears and monkey cheeks looking at him with a smile.
This man was also a miner here. He was sent here to work as a coolie because his family was poor. He was always chirping and talking endlessly. Fugaku got a lot of information from him.
"Look at the rain outside. It's been raining for a month, and I don't know when it will stop."
"Who says it's not the case? In such bad weather, fishing boats can't go out to sea. Now our family relies on my little money to support us. This thief is really going to push us to death."
Hearing the boy's curse, Fugaku just smiled and said nothing, but he couldn't help but cursed in his heart: "What a bastard, what a thief."
The boy sat down next to Fugaku, and the bed made of old door panels immediately made a squeaking sound, making people wonder if it would break.
"Brother, I heard that in a faraway country, it's even more exaggerated than ours. It rains all year round. Do you know?"
Fugaku pretended to be shocked and shook his head, "I haven't heard of it. Who did you listen to?"
The young man said with a proud smile: "The bearded fish seller at the harbor, he used to go out with the fleet..."
The middle-aged man didn't say anything, and the boy wasn't embarrassed either. This old man couldn't even say five sentences a day before, but he's gotten a lot better recently.
"Brother, haven't you ever thought about going out and taking a look?"
Fugaku shook his head, "No..."
The young man sighed: "You are a married man, so your mind will naturally be more stable, but I am just not willing to do so. It would be great if I could go out and see things in this life."
"Everything outside may not be as good as you think..."
Fugaku thought of the civilians who died in the two great ninja wars. These people would probably be willing to trade places with the boy even if they lost everything.
The young man blushed and retorted: "That's better than staying here all the time. I can now see what my life will be like at the age of forty. I'm sorry... I'm not talking about you."
"Then what will happen to the family when you leave? Don't you still have two younger sisters?"
“It’s because of my two younger sisters that I have to go out and work hard, otherwise I wouldn’t even be able to buy them decent clothes.
They both took turns wearing the same set of clothes day by day. Once one wore it, the other could only stay in the house and could not go anywhere. "
Fugaku was silent.
The boy jumped out of bed, took two old big bowls from the table, filled them with tea, and handed one to Fugaku.
"I may leave after a while. There is no wine or anything here. Two glasses of water will be my practice. If I become rich in the future, I will definitely not forget you, brother."
Fugaku did not laugh at the young man who could be lofty and ambitious even if he drank boiled water. Instead, he silently thought of the civilian ninjas in the village.
As the young leader of the largest clan in Konoha, he had never seen those people in the eyes before, and naturally he would not have too much contact with them. Now that he saw the boy, he inexplicably thought of them.
It shouldn't be too easy for these people to become ninjas, right
The tea bowls touched each other, Fugaku drank it all in one gulp, and then stood up.
"Brother, what are you going to do?"
"I'll go to the latrine and be back in a while."
After saying that, he pushed open the wooden door and walked directly into the rain curtain.
… …
The camp in Mist Mountain is very huge. It is mainly divided into three parts. The north side accounts for about half of the area. It is mainly used for mining and smelting and the area where workers live and rest. There are rows of simple wooden houses. There are thousands of coolies working alone. .
Of course, not all workers live in camps, most still live in mines. Their lives are not valuable, and no one cares if someone dies in a mine collapse.
The southern area is slightly smaller, but it is still enough to accommodate hundreds of people. Most of the people living in the southern area are private soldiers under Im.
There is also the core area. In the middle of the southern area, there is a mansion. Im's master guards, that is, the samurai and ninjas, all live in the mansion with him.
At this time, Fugaku, who said he came out to use the toilet, was hiding in a big tree, looking at the brightly lit house, and stretched out his hand to quickly perform the seal.
"Boom boom boom."
Under heavy rain, a series of explosions erupted from the mine to the north.
"There was an explosion in the mine."
"Come quickly, help me"
Seeing the guards leaving to save people, Fugaku took out a kunai.
"If this mission goes well, let's take that boy to the Land of Fire."
With this thought in mind, he rushed into the house in an instant.
… …
(PS I originally wanted to write two chapters at once, but I’ve only written half of the other chapter. I’ll update it together tomorrow) (To be continued)