Chapter 324: Ōnoki Leaves the Village
Iwagakure, Ōnoki proposed at a high-level meeting that he wanted to take a trip out of the village.
Ishiro knew that Ōnoki wanted to go to the gravity space near Uzushiogakure and agreed without a second thought.
But who knew that Ōnoki would say, "This time when I leave the village, not only do I want to go to Uzushio, but I also want to walk around and see the ninja world."
"These years, I have always stayed in the village. Apart from war and meeting the Daimyo, I have basically never left the village. And every time I left, it was always in a hurry."
"Now that the village has you young people, I can take this opportunity to go out and have a good look around."
Ishiro hadn't expected that Ōnoki, at such an old age, would still be thinking: "The world is so big, I want to go and see it."
"Lord Third, are you going out alone? Why not arrange for a guard squad?" Ishiro said.
If Ōnoki was just going to Uzushiogakure with a purpose, then he actually wouldn't need a guard because he would be in a state of alert the whole time.
But if Ōnoki was thinking of traveling the ninja world to relax, then it was very necessary to arrange for a guard. Because a ninja's body is very fragile, after losing their vigilance, a single robber might unexpectedly take your life.
Kitsuchi also quickly said, "Father, let me accompany you!"
Ōnoki glared at Kitsuchi and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? You have to stay in the village to watch the house. Besides, there are still several children at home who need you to take care of them."
"It's enough for me to take my three disciples."
Ishiro quickly said, "Captain Kitsuchi doesn't have to follow, but a guard team is absolutely necessary. Deidara and the other two are too young; they still need you to take care of them."
At this moment, Ishiro suddenly understood the mentality of the other high-level advisors every time he went out. The current Ishiro was very worried that something would happen to Ōnoki.
Ōnoki nodded and said, "Then let's arrange a guard squad. Pick a squad composed of young people. I can also guide them a bit when I have time."
Ishiro nodded, thought for a moment, and then said, "Let Takuhiro Uchiyama go with you. Coincidentally, you are going to Uzushio. See if you can take him in to experience it."
"Akio Wada can also be counted as one. His talent is good, and he also needs to go out and see the world."
"The third one will be Shinya Matsutani. This guy is getting lazier and lazier. Now he doesn't even want to do missions much. His ninja cat also needs to lose weight. It's a good opportunity to go out for a walk."
"The last spot will be for Natsuki. The little girl wants to go out and play all day long, but her teammates' strength is average, and they rarely take on missions that leave the Land of Earth. She has also been cooped up for too long."
"The four of them will form a temporary squad, with Akio Wada as the captain."
Ōnoki recalled the four people Ishiro had mentioned in his mind, then said, "Alright, let it be the four of them, plus my three disciples."
Then the meeting discussed the division of labor in the advisory council after Ōnoki's departure.
The next day, at the gate of Iwagakure, Ishiro carefully explained the precautions for this trip to the four members of the guard team.
"Alright, big brother, stop being so long-winded. We're about to set off," Natsuki said with an impatient face. She couldn't wait to leave the Land of Earth to see the exciting world outside.
Helpless, Ishiro had no choice but to stop his nagging. Then he walked to Ōnoki's side. On Ōnoki's other side, Mei, Saka, Ikura, Kitsuchi, and Shiden, who was holding Kurotsuchi, were saying goodbye to him.
Seeing Ishiro arrive, Ōnoki stopped teasing little Kurotsuchi and said to Ishiro, "Ishiro, the village is in your hands. Be careful in all your actions."
Ishiro nodded and said, "I understand."
Then Ōnoki left Iwagakure with the seven of them.
"Grandpa Third, where are we going first? Are we going directly to the Land of Whirlpools?" Natsuki asked, moving closer to the carriage Ōnoki was riding in.
On this trip, Ōnoki did not plan to use chakra unless there were special circumstances. So he did not run like a ninja but traveled in a carriage like an official.
Ōnoki shook his head and said, "First, we'll go to the Land of Snow."
"The Land of Snow?" Natsuki quickly took out a map of the ninja world and looked at it, then said doubtfully, "Grandpa Third, the direction of the Land of Snow is completely opposite to the Land of Whirlpools."
Ōnoki said, "That's right. First to the Land of Snow. There's no hurry for the Land of Whirlpools."
In fact, Ōnoki's trip this time was not entirely on a whim. He had had this idea for a long time. But he had never been able to get away. Before, the village couldn't leave him; later, the ninja world was not at peace.
Only now, with the younger generation having grown up and the ninja world having entered a rare period of rest and recuperation, did he finally have time to go out for a walk.
But Ōnoki was not wandering aimlessly; he had a goal.
He wanted to visit some of the ruins that the previous Tsuchikage had visited.
Because of the Rinnegan, coupled with Ishiro's subtle influence, Ōnoki also felt that the figures from ancient mythology might have existed.
And the origin of the ninjutsu collected in their Iwagakure's Scroll of Seals also made him curious. According to Ishiro's analysis, these ninjutsu might be related to figures from ancient mythology.
It was just a pity that the Second Tsuchikage, Mū, had died too suddenly in battle and hadn't had time to explain much to him.
It was only in recent years, while sorting out the notes and relics of the First and Second generations, that he had found some suspicious places.
Ōnoki planned to conduct an inspection of these places to see if he could find any useful intelligence.
And his first stop was chosen to be the Land of Snow.
...
Ōnoki's departure actually didn't have much of an impact on Iwagakure. After all, he was no longer the Tsuchikage. In addition, his departure was not announced, so the affairs in the village continued as usual. Most ninjas and villagers did not know about this.
Ishiro didn't plan to go out and have fun during this period either. He planned to properly guide his three disciples and conduct an intensive training session.
Speaking of which, the level of attention Ishiro had given to these three disciples was actually far less than the previous few batches, mainly because there were too many things to do.
Although Ishiro, as the Tsuchikage, was a hands-off manager, regular meetings were unavoidable. Although the number of documents to be processed had decreased, he still had to read a lot of materials.
Compared to his time as an advisor, Ishiro was still much busier.
In addition, the various major and minor events that had occurred in the ninja world recently had left him with no time to guide his disciples.
Even his own training had been somewhat delayed. It was indeed time to calm down and sort out the changes in himself.
Recently, Ishiro's state of mind had fluctuated quite a bit, and his spiritual power had improved significantly. Both his chakra amount and chakra level had increased.
These improvements required Ishiro to experience and understand them; otherwise, problems would arise in a major battle.
...
On the training ground, Ishiro was studying the scroll for Sasori's high-pressure water gun.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique... Multiple Shadow Clone Technique..." From the distance, the shouts of Riori's training could be heard from time to time.
Kiyoshi was learning a new Water Release ninjutsu. Akino was researching sealing jutsu, analyzing space-time ninjutsu through sealing jutsu.
The fingers of Ishiro's hands moved quickly, forming seals at a speed of about 6.5 per second. After nine seals, Ishiro cast his original A-rank Water Release ninjutsu: the Water Cutting Technique.
A line of water streaked across five earth walls thirty meters away, easily cutting them all in two.
"Huh!" This was Ishiro's first attempt. He hadn't expected the number of hand seals for the A-rank Water Cutting Technique to be reduced so much.
With this number of seals and this seal speed, Ishiro expressed that it could already be used in Kage-level combat. Previously, Ishiro rarely used five-element ninjutsu in Kage-level battles because powerful ninjutsu took too long to cast, and weak ones were not of much use.
After thinking for a moment, Ishiro felt that this was the result of a combination of multiple factors. First was the progress brought by Madara's ninjutsu notes, then the enhancement of his spiritual power from the two changes in his mentality, and finally, Sasori's research on the high-pressure water gun.
This change made Ishiro very happy. Next, Ishiro practiced all the ninjutsu he knew once. Only after he had completely adapted to his new power did he stop practicing.
After Ishiro stopped, Kiyoshi walked over. He asked carefully, "Teacher Ishiro, can you let me have a look at this scroll?"
Ishiro looked at Kiyoshi, then at Sasori's water jutsu scroll. "Anyway, I've more or less understood the high-pressure water line this scroll produces. It doesn't matter if I give it to Kiyoshi." So he said, "It's yours."
Kiyoshi took the scroll with a look of joy.
There was something very magical about Sasori's water jutsu scroll. This scroll was different from a normal ninjutsu scroll.
As a sealing master, Ishiro had made many scrolls, but these scrolls were all physical objects, requiring special paper and special ink. After being used, the scroll would not disappear, but would just become an ordinary paper object, having lost its special function.
But this scroll from Sasori was different. This scroll didn't seem to be a physical object; it seemed to be just an energy body, similar to the existence of chakra.
It was just that Ishiro had never seen anything that could solidify chakra. A ninja's use of chakra was very simple: first, generate chakra in the body, then cast it through ninjutsu.
Even passing one's own chakra to others was something few people could do.
As for storing chakra in objects, it was even more difficult. The most common method was sealing, but the chakra that could leave the body to be sealed was very special, such as that of a Tailed Beast, or the Dragon Vein.
A normal ninja's chakra could not leave the body to be sealed and stored. To be able to store chakra on one's forehead with the Yin Seal like Tsunade was already remarkable.
This scroll of Sasori's seemed to be made of a special chakra itself. Even with Ishiro's discerning eye, he couldn't tell what kind of chakra this was.
Seeing that Kiyoshi seemed to be interested in this scroll, Ishiro simply let him tinker with it. This child's feeling for the water attribute was somewhat different from a normal person's. Perhaps something could be discovered with the scroll in his hands.
After taking the scroll, Kiyoshi did not directly cast the high-pressure water gun like Ishiro but held it in his hand, constantly probing it with his own understanding of the water attribute.
Ishiro was curious and was about to ask him what he felt.
Poof, poof, poof, poof...
A continuous series of smoke puffs sounded.
Then Ishiro turned his head in astonishment and looked around.
In his line of sight, there was only one red-haired figure after another—that was Riori Uzumaki.
"Eh? What's wrong?" Riori's dorky voice came from the crowd.
"Akino, Akino, there are so many clones! Did I succeed?"
Riori reached out and poked the nearest Shadow Clone, then pinched her face.
But that Shadow Clone slapped Riori's hand away and said angrily, "Don't touch me! I'm not your toy!"
"That's right! We're not your toys! The original is so annoying!"
"Yeah, yeah! The original is so annoying!"
Riori was furious, "You're the annoying ones! You're the annoying ones!"
Then, in front of Ishiro and the others, Riori and her Shadow Clones staged a grand battle of one against a hundred.
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