Chapter 258: The Unskilled Naruto, Orochimaru Attacked
For this period of time, Naruto had been traveling north along the Land of Wind. Along the way, he used his own power to dig wells, repair roads, and cultivate farmland for the ordinary people of the ninja world.
In the northern part of the Land of Wind, the western part of the Land of Fire, and along the way in the Land of Rain, the Land of Birds, and the Land of Rivers, legends of a "golden-haired angel" and his two attendants, one old and one young, began to spread.
And this time, after dealing with Shinnō, Naruto and Gaara first buried the bodies of the innocent people used by Shinnō for human experiments. Then, while helping the people here rebuild their homes, they also rooted out all the remaining ninjas in the Sky Ninja Village who had participated in Shinnō's crimes and purged them.
When Naruto executed these ninjas who were deeply involved with Shinnō, he showed no mercy. As long as there was evidence confirming their participation in Shinnō's kidnapping of civilians for human experiments, Naruto would expressionlessly send them to the Pure Land with a Rasengan.
Jiraiya, seeing this, wanted to stop Naruto.
"Naruto, since the ringleader has already been punished, let's spare these people," Jiraiya stood out and wanted to stop Naruto when he was dealing with the first person.
"Grandpa Jiraiya, what are you talking about? Didn't you see the piles of bones in Shinnō's base before? Although these people were not the masterminds, they also have a share of the guilt in those bones. If we just let them go like this, what will the families of those who died think?"
"Naruto, haven't you thought that they also have families? Killing will only let hatred continue," Jiraiya said.
"Then let them hate me," Naruto said. "When they find out that they can do nothing to me, this hatred will come to an end."
"Naruto... you..." Naruto's words left Jiraiya stunned on the spot for a moment. In these few months of traveling the ninja world, Naruto had always been doing things to help others with his own power. So Jiraiya hadn't thought much of it, only thinking that this child's character might indeed be a bit unsuitable to be a ninja whose profession was killing and who was born to bear sin.
But when Naruto truly showed his determination at this moment, Jiraiya finally realized what he really wanted to do.
"Naruto, all the civilian survivors of the Sky Ninja Village have been rescued. I've settled them in the north of the village, but the remaining food and heating supplies in the village might not be enough for them to last until the village is rebuilt," at this time, Gaara walked over and reported to Naruto.
"Food and heating supplies, right? I'll figure out a way for that. How long can the current supplies last everyone?" Naruto asked.
"There are about 1,000 people left in the Sky Ninja Village now, but most of the supplies were destroyed by the Zero-Tails in the battle just now. The remaining supplies are only enough for everyone to last for a week," Gaara said.
"A week's time?" Naruto's brows furrowed deeply upon hearing this. This season, the farmland around the Sky Ninja Village had just been harvested. And Shinnō, of all things, had stored most of the village's grain in his underground flying base, which had been blown to smithereens by his and Son Gokū's Tailed Beast Balls in the battle just now. So, if Naruto wanted to save these civilians, he would have to get enough food for these 1,000-plus people to last until the next harvest within a week.
"Um... I've saved up some royalties over the years. Buying food for them to last for half a year shouldn't be a problem..." Jiraiya took the initiative to speak up at this time. His idea was simple: if spending some money could lessen the hatred Naruto had to bear, then as this child's grandfather, he was duty-bound.
"Grandpa Jiraiya, you should keep that little bit of royalties for your own retirement," Naruto said after waving his hand. "I'll figure out a way to get their food myself."
"What way could you have?" Jiraiya said hurriedly. "Listen to me, I'm an old bachelor with no descendants. In the future, all my things will be left to you anyway. Just think of it as using it in advance."
"Really no need. I've already thought of where to get them grain and supplies," Naruto said.
"Really?" Jiraiya said doubtfully.
"Really!" Naruto nodded.
...
That night, in a nobleman's mansion in the Land of Rivers.
Naruto and Gaara took down the guards in the mansion one by one. After exchanging a look, they prepared to enter the bedroom of the master of this mansion. At this time, Jiraiya, who had found the two missing in the middle of the night and followed their tracks, hurriedly pulled the two back from behind.
"What are you two doing?" Jiraiya asked in disbelief. He really hadn't expected that after Naruto finished his training on Mount Myoboku, he would run out in the middle of the night instead of sleeping to do this.
"Grandpa Jiraiya?" Naruto looked back at Jiraiya, then shrugged. "What else could we be doing? Getting grain, of course."
"This is your method of getting grain?" Jiraiya pointed at a squad of guards who had fainted not far from the two and asked anxiously. "You're not planning to get grain by robbing, are you?"
"What else?" Naruto shrugged.
"Naruto, how could you do this? This is someone's private property," Jiraiya said.
"This is not any private property. Every brick here is the lifeblood of the villagers of the Sky Ninja Village," Naruto said seriously. "Grandpa Jiraiya, don't you find it strange? That guy named Shinnō built such a large military fortress deep in the mountains and old forests, yet it didn't attract anyone's attention at all."
"I asked the survivors of the Sky Ninja Village. Nearly half of the income and grain they get from farming and working needs to be paid as taxes to Shinnō and his minions. And of this income, another half needs to be offered up to the nobles of the Land of Rivers. I think it's these nobles who are helping Shinnō cover up his actions," Naruto said.
"This is just your guess..." Jiraiya said.
"Yes," Naruto nodded. "This is of course just my guess. However, the far-above-average amount of grain that those villagers usually hand over, a not-so-small portion of which is sent here, is also an indisputable fact."
"The farmers in the Land of Fire only pay 9% tax now, but the Sky Ninja Village has to pay nearly half?" Naruto said. "So now the people of the Sky Ninja Village have no food to eat. If I don't get grain from them here, where else can I get it?"
Jiraiya was speechless in the face of the reason Naruto gave. However, as an older generation ninja who had spent most of his time wandering the ninja world looking for inspiration, he was less influenced by Uchiha Douhuan. He still felt that directly robbing nobles was a bit outrageous.
If it were the top brass of Konoha's Guard Unit here, the kunai would already be at this noble's neck.
"Can't you just talk to them properly? I think after they learn about the current situation of the Sky Ninja Village, they will also..." Jiraiya originally wanted to say that these nobles might just help the survivors of the Sky Ninja Village. But the more he spoke, the less confident he became. What kind of character these nobles who sucked the blood of the farmers were, he had some idea after wandering the ninja world for so many years. Help rebuild the Sky Ninja Village? It would be good if they didn't drive away these survivors and seize their land.
While Jiraiya was lost in thought, Naruto and Gaara had already strode into the bedroom.
Naruto and Gaara's actions of taking down the mansion's guards were extremely swift. So at this moment, the master of this mansion was still in his sleep, his snores thundering.
Naruto and Gaara stood by the window, looking at the figure lying on the bed. After exchanging a look, a trace of bewilderment also appeared on their faces.
When Naruto was in class with Sasuke and Neji at Uchiha Douhuan's place, Uchiha Douhuan had analyzed for them what to do in similar situations. But at that time, Naruto had gotten sleepy after listening for a little while. So, at this moment, Naruto only knew that in this situation, he could go to the financial magnates and nobles to get loot, but as for how exactly to get it, Naruto only remembered that the ramen he ate in his dream that day seemed to taste pretty good.
And Gaara was even more bewildered. If it were just about killing this fat pig in front of him, he had countless ways. But now what they wanted was to get money and grain from the other party.
After the two exchanged a look, Naruto spoke first, "How about we wake him up first?"
Gaara neatly grabbed the collar of this pig-like noble, pulled him up, and then gave him two loud slaps.
The noble, who was forcibly woken up, opened his eyes with some confusion. Seeing the figures of the two youths before him under the faint moonlight, he was first stunned, then roared in anger, "Insolence! Who are you? How dare you break in here!"
Upon hearing this, Gaara's eyes instantly turned cold. A kunai was immediately placed on the other's neck, which had a full 3 layers of fat. At the same time, the killing intent that had been gradually restrained during this period condensed again.
This pig-like noble instantly became obedient and said, trembling, "G-good sirs, spare my life. There are still 500 million ryō in banknotes in the safe in the bedroom. You can take it all. The password is 175612!"
"Five hundred million ryō? You take us for beggars?" Naruto's brows furrowed slightly.
"There's more money in the underground vault. The key is in the safe. Good sirs, please spare my life!" This noble, facing the kunai at his neck, immediately said obediently.
Naruto and Gaara exchanged a look. The loot dropped just like that? This doesn't seem so hard.
"Ahem, not just money. In this manor of yours, there should be a lot of grain, right?" Naruto asked, putting on a stern face.
"Yes, yes. In the granary in the northwest corner, there are still 300 tons of grain," this noble said obediently to save his life.
"Three hundred tons... if we eat sparingly, it should be enough," Naruto nodded. After knocking him out with a chop of his hand, he turned and found the safe in the corner of the room.
After getting the cash and key from the safe, Naruto and Gaara went to the vault and the granary again. They had a great harvest this time. But facing the mountain of wealth and grain before them, the two began to stare at each other again.
For no other reason than that between the two of them, the one with the highest proficiency in sealing jutsu was the tanuki in Gaara's stomach.
"Sigh, I'll do it," Jiraiya, who had followed them, came forward helplessly, packed these things up with sealing jutsu, and then handed them to Naruto.
"Thank you very much, Grandpa Jiraiya," Naruto said with a satisfied smile, and then left the manor.
...
Two days later, Uchiha Douhuan, in his office, received an S-rank mission request from a nobleman in the Land of Rivers. The nobleman of the Land of Rivers, Daisen Ryōjin, requested Konoha to send ninjas to investigate and kill the two ninjas who had snuck into his manor to rob him two nights ago. The mission reward offered by the other party was one hundred million, almost enough to buy three Asumas on the black market.
Combining this with the news Uchiha Douhuan had received earlier, that the Sky Ninja Village's Zero-Tails was jointly killed by three Jinchuriki and that the Sky Ninja Village had become ruins, it was self-evident who these two who had snuck into the noble's manor at night were.
Seeing this, Uchiha Douhuan had someone call both Neji and Sasuke to his office.
After both had arrived, Uchiha Douhuan handed the request from the Land of Rivers to the two of them.
"Was it Naruto and that One-Tail Jinchuriki he abducted from the Sand Village who did it?" Sure enough, it didn't take long for Sasuke and Neji to guess the truth of the matter.
"What is he doing? Direct robbery? This isn't like his style in the ninja world for the past half year," Neji couldn't help but frown.
"About three days ago, Naruto, together with the Four-Tails Jinchuriki who was wandering outside of Iwagakure, shattered the conspiracy of the Sky Ninja Village's leader, Shinnō, who had been plotting a war for a long time. However, in their battle, the Sky Ninja Village was almost completely blown into ruins," Uchiha Douhuan said.
"That explains it. He must have done this to help the civilians of the Sky Ninja Village rebuild their homes. This also matches the intelligence we've gathered during this period," Neji said.
"However, this move of his..." Neji wanted to say more but hesitated.
"That guy really is an idiot!" Sasuke cursed directly. "How to get resources from financial magnates and nobles, didn't Teacher already teach us? How could he still do this so crudely? And even let the other party have the guts to find someone for revenge?"
"Uh... Sasuke, do you think there's a possibility that guy didn't understand much at all?" Neji reminded.
To be honest, if it were either him or Sasuke handling this, it would be impossible for them to give the other party a chance for revenge afterwards. If it were them, after getting the loot from the noble, the noble would have to thank them.
"So, Teacher, have you finally agreed to let me go and capture him and bring him back to the village?" Sasuke at this time looked up at Uchiha Douhuan.
"I guess so," Uchiha Douhuan nodded. The intelligence that had come from the Land of Lightning these past few days made him very concerned. The current Land of Lightning already clearly had the signs of complete militarization. Therefore, the timing of the war in the ninja world might be a little earlier than he had initially planned.
However, just at this moment, a messenger snake from Ryuchi Cave suddenly appeared on Uchiha Douhuan's desk with a puff of smoke.
Uchiha Douhuan frowned slightly, took out the scroll from the messenger snake's mouth, opened it, and his face instantly changed.
[Orochimaru attacked and killed]
(End of chapter)
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