Saving Uchiha starts from being the patriarch

Chapter 246
The Arasaka family is considered a well-known gangster group in Konoha. The reason why a mere gangster group is used as "famous" is because the Arasaka family has a good backer, from Arasaka Rokuro's father, Arasaka Katsumasa, to the Daimyo Prefecture's special envoy to Konoha Since then, the Arasaka family has become the dog horse of the special embassy, ​​which can be regarded as a half-open secret of Konoha.

For the sake of the special envoy sent by the daimyo, and the fact that the Arasaka family also knows how to keep a low profile and only rely on the special embassy to do some small business in the gray area, the new special envoy often needs such a local snake to help get familiar with Konoha.

So as long as the Arasaka family don't cross the line and don't go too far, whether it's the police department or the Anbe, they've always turned a blind eye to them.

"Hearing what you said, it was the Arasaka family who forced you to do this kind of thing, and the responsibility was completely shirked."

Uchiha Toranojiro looked indifferent.

It would be good if one of the old woman's ten sentences was true, but the only thing that is certain is that the Arasaka family must be involved in the disappearance.

"How dare you deceive Mr. Ninja." The old woman sighed heavily, with a helpless bitter smile on her face, "We weak women are like reeds by the water. There is no choice, we dare not refuse Lord Arasaka Rokuro's request, and we dare not refuse to answer your question, Lord Ninja, disobedience, deceit, these actions will bring us disaster, all we can do is obey."

these words,

That's very interesting.

Toranojiro Uchiha raised his eyebrows, even though he knew that this was the words of the old woman, but seeing those ordinary-colored wandering girls trembling with fright like quails, he mustered up the courage to lean out from behind the door frame When he looked at him and the pharmacist carefully with his head, the not so strong thoughts of looking for trouble in his heart were completely dispelled.

To embarrass these wandering girls who are at the bottom,
I really can't get rid of this face, if this gets out, I will have no face to meet people in the clan in the future.

"Take me to see! How did you make people disappear?"

Uchiha Toranojiro didn't talk about responsibility anymore, but asked about the details of the disappearance.

"My lords, please follow me."

The old woman looked very winking.

In the conversation with Uchiha Toranojiro, she never asked questions, not even the names of the two, but tried her best to answer the questions raised by Uchiha Toranojiro and meet his requirements. She walked in front and led Uchiha Toranojiro I went with the pharmacist to a room full of low-quality perfume and smoke.

This terrible environment made Uchiha Torajiro's nose feel a little uncomfortable, and his brows frowned slightly because of this, but the pharmacist's face remained unchanged, as if he was not affected in any way.

"It's right here."

The old woman walked to the bed and pushed away the light and cheap dresser without much effort, revealing an obvious trap door on the floor, she reached out and grabbed the handle above, opened the trap door to reveal He came to the entrance of the underground passage, "People from the Arasaka family will come here every night to choose the target of the center, we will put things in the tea, and when the target faints, the people from the Arasaka family will put the target Take it away from here, this is why the number of people entering and leaving does not match."

"Authentic...Although it is very old-fashioned, but if you are not careful, you will be deceived."

Uchiha Toranojiro walked to the entrance of the tunnel, his eyes turned scarlet, his sharp knife-like gaze fell down, looking at the environment in the tunnel, "Where does this tunnel lead to?"

"The vegetable shop across the alley."

"vegetable shop?"

"I heard that the vegetable store is owned by the Arasaka family. They deliver a large amount of fresh vegetables to the Arasaka family's mansion every day. I think that's how the missing people are sent away."

Uchiha Toranojiro stared at the old woman for a few seconds, and this aged woman met Uchiha Toranojiro's sight frankly, and did not avoid those red eyes. "You know a lot of things!"

"It is my honor to be able to help the two adults."

The old woman said humbly.

Uchiha Toranojiro snorted, turned to look at Yakushi Tou, "Dou, did you find anything?"

"This tunnel should have been opened up with ninjutsu." Yakushidou stood beside Uchiha Torajiro, looking down. When he heard Uchiha Toranojiro's question, he directly stated his discovery, "And it can To use the earth escape technique to open up such a regular passage, the caster is at least a ninja."

"That's right, this tunnel was not dug out with a hoe and a shovel." Uchiha Torojiro frowned, looking unhappy.

Yakushi's ability to discover clues is the reason why he is as careful as a hair, and Uchiha Torajiro's discovery is because of his good eyes, he saw something wrong, and realized that this not-so-short tunnel was someone who used patience. The technology was developed without disturbing the pedestrians and residents on the ground.

Uchiha Torajiro knows what this means,
this discovery,

This made the disappearance case even more complicated.

Because this is Konoha, no matter how famous the Arasaka clan is, it is still a gangster group. Even if the Arasaka clan gives a very generous reward, they still cannot recruit people. According to Uchiha Toranojiro’s understanding, The Arasaka Clan doesn't have any official ninjas among them.

That is,

The person who performed the spell is likely to be different from the Arasaka clan.

"When did this tunnel appear?" Uchiha Torajiro rubbed his eyebrows and continued to ask.

"Seven days ago, Mr. Arasaka Rokuro came to our store in disguise, followed by a man wearing a black hooded trench coat. I didn't see his face, but this tunnel was probably created by that man. As for the trap door, look The old guy at the door had learned his craft from a carpenter before, so he installed a trapdoor to hide the hole."

The old woman explained in detail.

Toranojiro Uchiha pondered for two seconds, and realized that he didn't seem to have anything to ask. He glanced at the pharmacist's pocket, and silently asked if his subordinates had any other questions?
"Captain, I think it's almost time to report our findings to the Ministry."

The pharmacist said softly.

"Aren't you planning to go down and have a look?"

"There is no need for that, as long as it is confirmed that it is related to the Arasaka family, the biggest problem now is not to verify whether the other end of the tunnel is a vegetable shop, how to deal with this is the biggest trouble, Captain, what do you think?"

Pharmacist remembers one thing,

Ten days ago,
Huo Daimyo sent a new special envoy to Konoha. At that time, many villagers took this opportunity to have a lot of fun, so that Yao Shidou still remembered it vividly, and it happened that Arasaka’s family was backed by the special embassy, ​​which made it hard not to Link the two.

"······well!"

Toranojiro Uchiha sighed, "Let's retreat for the time being! After waiting all night, I won't be able to return empty-handed. First, pass back the intelligence and news collected so far!" As for how to deal with the Arasaka family, this kind of Leave the troubles to the big shots above.

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The special embassy, ​​this is a very special place in Konoha.

Different from the hotel used to entertain other countries and other ninja villages, the special embassy located at the junction between the central area of ​​Konoha Village and the Xinjian District is the permanent site for the special envoys sent by the Daimyo Prefecture of the Fire Country, sending special envoys to Konoha , and is also a resident special envoy, which sounds strange, but in fact, after understanding it, you will understand that it is not surprising at all.

Nominally, Fire Daimyo is the supreme leader of the Fire Nation, but Konoha, the strongest military group in the Fire Nation, has maintained its own system of governance from the very beginning.

For this,

How did the fire daimyos of the past dynasties view Konoha Village?
The reporter who used to take advantage of the loophole to ask this question in front of the former Daimyo Higumi probably had his bones rotted, and regardless of whether the reporter's bones were rotten or not, the Daimyo Hirigami always answered the reporter's question with a smile. Question, he said that the one country, one village system is the foundation of peace in the ninja world. The Daimyofu and Konoha are best friends. Whoever dares to provoke this relationship is the enemy of the Fire Nation.

The purpose of Huo Daimyo arranging special envoys to go to Konoha is very simple. It is to keep an eye on the troubles in Konoha Village, and immediately report to Huo Daming through emergency channels as soon as there is any news. Before dispatching special envoys in the past, Huo Daming could only be passive Waiting for Konoha to take the initiative to contact and report information,

Especially during the period when the Second Hokage was in power,
The first Ninja World War broke out because of the death of Senju Hashirama. At that time, the fire daimyo did not receive the news report from Senju Hashirama, and was still thinking about what kind of news the death of Senju Hashirama would bring to the world. Waves, before he could come up with a reason, the war had broken out for more than three days, and Huo Daming knew that the war had broken out!

Afterwards, someone was sent to ask the Second Hokage, but the envoy was sarcastically said, "What's the use of telling you? Can you resurrect my elder brother? Or can you stop the outbreak of this war? I'm busy! I don't have time and You talk nonsense!" After speaking, he drove the messenger out.

This indifferent second-generation Hokage is the main reason why Hikage Daimyo sent special envoys to actively collect information. Unlike the first-generation Hokage who is gentle and unrestrained but does not make people feel rude, the second-generation Hokage’s love for Konoha is more important. Even more extreme, in his opinion, Konoha is more important than the Daming Mansion.

Just because he was fed up with always finding out what happened to Konoha after the fact, so there is such a thing as a special embassy, ​​which can let Huo Daming know what happened to Konoha earlier.

"Boom! My lord?"

"It's Liulang! What's the matter here?"

"My lord, the goods have been shipped back."

"Is it time for the goods...?" The hoarse voice in the house seemed a little surprised, the footsteps came from far to near, and then there was a "bang", the door of the room was pushed open vigorously, and he stood at the door The man stepped back two steps early and was not accidentally injured.

Walking out of the door was an old man who looked about sixty years old. His pale hair was slightly thinning, and his gray beard was messy and unkempt. The old man raised his head and squinted at the rising sun, murmuring Said: "It's great to have a healthy body! I don't feel tired after staying up all night. Sure enough, there is nothing more precious than a healthy and strong body in this world!"

The man standing at the door bent down and lowered his head, pretending that he was a wooden man, neither heard nor saw anything.

On the back of his neck, you can see the corner of the evil spirit tattoo. This humble man is none other than Rokuro Arasaka, the second-generation head of the Arasaka family, succeeding his father Katsumasa Arasaka. The dignitaries of the embassy followed suit.

"Things are still sent to the old place."

The old man instructed, "Check to see if Ogasawara is around when you go. If he is there, ask him to come and look for me. If not, forget it."

"Yes, my lord."

Arasaka Rokuro agreed in a deep voice.

The old man in front of me is called Hiramiya Qijing, he is the confidant of the current fire daimyo, and he is also a nobleman of the "Heiramiya family", a noble family with a long history in the land of fire. , a cold and fierce man.

"By the way, my lord, I met Mr. Kazuma when I came here."

Arasaka Rokuro said cautiously.

Sure enough, upon hearing this name, the old man frowned, "Why are you so careless?"

"It's because the subordinates are not doing their job well."

Arasaka Rokuro didn't dare to defend himself, he just bowed his head honestly and admitted his mistake.

"Hema...that fake monk who pretended to be a fake monk didn't find the goods, did he?"

"Probably not. I met Mr. He Ma at the door. I just greeted Mr. Ma and went out."

"Forget it, that's it! That guy... don't worry about him, as long as he doesn't come to provoke you, try to avoid that rude guy in the future."

"Hey! Mr. Heimiya, I'm not as miserable as you said, am I?"

The voice came from the wall.

The old man looked up suddenly, and saw a man sitting on the wall with long white hair, holding a tin rod in his hand, and wearing a nondescript monk's robe. Staring at the man sitting on the wall, "He Ma! When did you come here?"

"Don't worry, don't worry, Mr. Heimiya, I just came back from eating ramen, and I heard you scolding me outside the wall, so I couldn't help climbing up the wall to explain a few words, I really don't know what the hell you've been doing recently, before You have arrested almost 20 people before and after, right?" He Ma had some uncertain interrogative sentences.

"He Ma! You bastard!"

The old man was startled and angry.

The guy Hema really found out his secret, and he was in a state of confusion. He thought about rushing up to kill the guy Hema, but his reason told him that he might not be the opponent of Hema. The top two masters among the "Ninja Twelve".

Although I have an unbelievable secret,

But this secret does not give him the power to defeat Kazuma.

"Don't worry, Mr. Heimiya, I'm not interested in your secrets. I just want to remind you, don't go too far. This is Konoha, not the territory of your Heimiya family. If something goes wrong Come to discredit Daming, no matter who it is, I will not forgive him."

After Hema dropped these words, he turned over and jumped off the wall, and his figure disappeared from the sight of the two of them in an instant.

(End of this chapter)