Chapter 120: The Cursed Rain Shinobi
As its name suggested, the Land of Rain was a country where it rained all year round.
His name was Ōta Kōtaka, a shinobi from the Land of Rain.
Later, he was moved by Lord Yahiko's ideal of creating world peace without relying on extreme violence and decided to abandon Hanzo and join the Akatsuki.
However, after Yahiko's death and the successive downfall of the Akatsuki's members, he received orders from his superiors to temporarily hide somewhere else to avoid attracting attention while earning some funds for the organization.
Half a year passed.
Clutching the money he had earned working in the Land of Fire, Ōta resolutely embarked on his journey back to his village.
But as he approached the border of the Land of Rain, Ōta noticed a small depression in the ground.
Remembering a rumor he had once heard in the Land of Rain, he followed the sound of barking dogs ahead.
Although he knew his reasoning was absurd and that the woman might not agree, he had to give it his all for the sake of the organization.
With that thought, he looked at the furious woman before him and said,
"Although I know you may not agree, I still beg you to give me a chance."
"Fang Over Fang!"
After dodging yet another attack, he looked toward the Inuzuka clan member who had flown behind him and continued shouting,
"Give me a chance to become your husband!"
The Inuzuka clan member abruptly stopped.
A ferocious expression appeared on her face before she suddenly stomped her foot and launched herself toward the traitor once more.
"Die!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the sky, two tornado-like attacks continuously came from the front, back, left, and right, attempting to crush this unruly young man.
At that moment.
Asuka looked up at the sky.
Watching the young man, whose origin was completely unknown, nimbly dodge the attacks from Fang Over Fang, he couldn't help exclaiming,
"I was wondering why he wasn't afraid of the four of us. Turns out he's pretty skilled."
As he spoke, he turned toward the Akimichi clan member beside him and chuckled.
"Do you think this unknown jōnin is lucky or unlucky?"
"You could say he's extremely lucky. Very lucky, in fact. He was simply walking along the road when he happened to encounter the protagonist of a simple love story from the Land of Rain."
"For an ordinary jōnin, encountering the heroine of his love story along with her three teammates might actually be quite unlucky."
"Please stop joking. This man dared to attack us so openly. He must possess some special ability."
The Akimichi clan member clearly didn't share Asuka's relaxed attitude.
"Don't worry. Captain will take action."
"Tch!"
Nanaka pouted and looked up at the battle in the sky again.
She had no intention of helping whatsoever.
She would let her teammate vent her anger first.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
After dodging two more waves of attacks, Ōta scratched his head somewhat sheepishly.
"I'm a jōnin. Although I don't have a name in the shinobi world, I'm still quite powerful."
"You can't hit me."
With that, his gaze fell upon the three people behind him.
Ōta was also a shinobi who paid little attention to matters outside his village. Still, he was familiar with the appearances of some of the famous shinobi from the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
If he encountered one of those renowned shinobi, he wouldn't deliberately cause trouble. But after looking at the few shinobi passing by in the distance, they all appeared to be ordinary Konoha shinobi. There wasn't a single particularly famous figure among them.
None of them matched the kind of person he needed to be wary of.
In the past, whenever he encountered shinobi from a powerful nation, he would avoid them whenever possible as long as he wasn't on a mission, doing his best to avoid any conflict with them.
That was also the main reason he had remained unknown.
But now, as he looked at the blushing Inuzuka clan member, a bold idea suddenly appeared in his mind.
"With the Land of Rain vigorously suppressing the organization and squeezing its room for survival, fewer and fewer people are joining it.
"In that case, after we get married and have children, the five of us as a family can join the organization and work hard to maintain peace in the shinobi world."
With that thought, he looked at the panting Inuzuka clan member, then at the three Konoha shinobi in the distance who didn't dare interfere in the battle.
She should be the strongest person here, right?
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As time passed, the speed of Fang Over Fang's attacks noticeably decreased.
However, the Inuzuka clan member's breathing became much heavier.
She looked at the young man before her, whose forehead was beginning to glisten with sweat, and another wave of anger surged through her heart.
Gritting her teeth, she continued unleashing her combination ninjutsu.
"Anger can't be used as chakra."
Asuka sat cross-legged on the ground, resting his chin on one hand.
His eyelids drooped as he glanced at his captain, then turned his attention back to the battlefield.
Is this the shinobi world's version of girls helping girls?
Wouldn't it be easier to simply step forward and beat the opponent up?
Why insist on letting that Inuzuka clan member vent her anger?
Could emotions really be vented just because you wanted to vent them?
That Rain shinobi wasn't completely useless, either.
She's about to collapse from exhaustion.
Hearing the voice of the Akimichi clan member beside him, Asuka nodded.
He stood up and stretched his limbs.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
As the sounds of his joints cracking echoed out, Asuka rubbed his eyes and said helplessly,
"I keep feeling like the captain is deliberately dragging out this pursuit of the missing-nin. Is this mission just for show?"
The moment he finished speaking, the Rain shinobi suddenly appeared in front of the three of them, a kunai in each hand.
He glanced back at the exhausted Inuzuka clan member lying on the ground before turning toward Asuka and the others, his voice carrying a hint of excitement.
"Konoha shinobi, I intend to take her home.
"You should all leave. I don't want to fight with you."
"You're quite brave."
Seeing the handsome Konoha shinobi give him a thumbs-up, Ōta froze for a moment.
Then he noticed that the weather had suddenly become gloomy.
The gentle breeze in the air seemed to have stopped as well.
Is it going to rain?
He noticed that the air had suddenly become stiflingly hot and that the sunlight above his head had been blocked.
He instinctively looked up.
"???"
Huge?
Ōta rubbed his eyes and continued looking upward.
What entered his vision was an extraordinarily enormous giant.
The giant radiated overwhelming power from head to toe, as though it could destroy any obstacle standing in its way.
And the giant was coldly staring down at him.
After swallowing, Ōta instinctively wanted to retreat.
To use the Akimichi clan's Partial Multi-Size Technique to such an extent, the user had to be at least a jōnin.
The next moment, Ōta lightly tapped the ground with both feet.
His figure almost blurred as he prepared to retreat several steps.
Close-quarters combat against an Akimichi clan member was far too disadvantageous.
"Where do you think you're going?"
A mature, confident woman's voice suddenly came from behind him.
Boom!
Hearing that voice, Ōta abruptly stopped.
He quickly turned around.
He looked at the woman blocking his retreat and the two shadow clones standing beside her.
Ōta blinked.
Then his entire body stiffened.
If I'm not blind, she should have already formed at least three different hand seals, right?
The Sarutobi clan?
At that moment, Asuka suddenly appeared beside the Rain shinobi and patted him on the shoulder.
With great interest, he said,
"Hey, which country's jōnin are you? Not only did you sneak into the Land of Fire, you're even trying to steal Konoha's wife?"
"???"
Hearing this sudden teasing tone, Ōta froze.
He stiffly turned his head.
When he saw the red eyes before him, along with the three tomoe within them, he stammered in disbelief,
"Uchiha?"
Ōta shuddered violently.
Another Uchiha jōnin.
The key point was that this Uchiha jōnin already had his arm draped over his shoulder.
Did I just see her Sharingan?
It's over.
I'm going to get trapped in a genjutsu.
Ōta had no idea what was happening.
He couldn't understand why three jōnin from Konoha's three great shinobi clans, along with at least one Special Jōnin from another major clan, had joined forces.
However, he knew one thing.
He probably wouldn't be able to donate money to the organization today.
The war should be over by now, right?
Isn't one jōnin leading a team the standard configuration in the shinobi world?
I know Konoha has a lot of shinobi, but can I really just walk down the road and run into three top-tier jōnin and one bottom-tier jōnin?
Even if you want to waste resources, you shouldn't be this extravagant.
No… Konoha, what's wrong with you?