332. Amegakure

"Did you put all the posters?"

"Yes, boss. All of them." Douglas, Berry, and Hats saluted.

"Okay, let's go now. We are close to this Ame. They say it rains there all day every day. Must be a pretty depressing place." Alexander remarked.

For the past few days, Alexander tried to find Dobby and Ragnarok, by accioing them, by calling them on phones but nothing worked. So, he went old school and started putting up missing posters.

He knew the two were monsters in strength so he was not worried about them as much as he was worried about the tailed beasts.

They proceeded and entered the Land of Rain, It had already started to rain.

"Ah, I hate this already, my feathers are getting wet," Berry complained and flew to Alexander's shoulder and sat down under his invisible umbrella.

"BeBe..." Yalo was also sitting on the other side and played with Berry.

"Haha, this environment is too depressing, I will send you to Olivia now," Alexander said while looking at Yalo.

They finally came to Amegakure. The shinobi village of Rain Country. He could see the tall buildings of the city. It looked too modern as compared to the rest of the world. He also knew why.

Amegakure and its country often served as battlefields in wars between Konoha, Suna, and Iwa in which surely various smaller villages suffered the most. He guessed that this led to many people moving to Amegakure itself to seek protection under Ame's shinobi.

This influx of people led to the village's population expansion but it's also the truth that smaller villages are easier to defend than the large ones. Therefore instead of building new houses which led to the expansion of the village's size, and Amegakure's buildings rose to the sky

"Halt, state your business and identity." A guard at the bridge entrance stopped them.

Alexander played his old man traveler act, "Ahaha... I am just an old trader."

"What are you trading? I don't see any goods." The guard questioned. Suspicion was clear on his face.

"Oh, I and my mentally retarded son are here to sell these two. They are very unique animals." Alexander pointed at Hats and Berry.

The two were already prepared and when the Guard came to check them they acted.

Hats barked like a dog, "BOW! BOW BOW BOWWWW BITCH!"

Ame Shinobi scratched his head wondering if he really heard the cat barking and called him a bitch.

~This is the lowest I could ever fall to. What has my life turned into?~ Hats self loathed for barking.

*ROAR*

Berry started making Lion roars.

The guard was shocked, "They are indeed very unique. Okay, you can go in, old man."

"Uncle, are you a princess? Can you kiss that toad and make him a prince?" Douglas started acting his part of being retarded but he was just having fun messing.

The guard looked at an ugly toad on the sidewalk and made a distasteful face.

"Ah, forgive him. He's not proper in the head." Alexander said with his eye twitching and quickly dragged Douglas and others into the city/village. Once a distance away, they all started to laugh.

"Ahahaha, why did you bark, Hats? I thought dogs were your enemies." Douglas asked.

"I wasn't planning on barking but I couldn't decide who to mimic and my mind went blank and a bark came out automatically." Hats clarified.

Alexander patted his thick furry head, "Haha, that Bark was very good, I nearly thought you were a dog wearing a cat's costume."

Hats' tail fell down hearing that. It was a disgrace to him.

They entered the city/village and looked around for any signs of conflict. But except poverty, disease, and sadness he couldn't find anything.

"This is what constant war does, the city is pretty developed but the population is too big for it to efficiently manage. Plus the constant danger outside, no one goes out to work." Alexander remarked.

"But why do these big countries fight each other?" Douglas questioned.

"Because they are dumb and also because of natural resources. In the past wars, all these countries poured their resources. Without realizing that no matter what happens they won't gain much.

"Fire country is filled with forests, a warm climate, and other natural resources. While Earth country is a rocky place and Wind country is a desert country. They want to take a piece of Fire country to make lives better. And when these countries fight the remaining ones jump in just to take advantage." Alexander explained to them.

Hats scoffed, "That's so dumb. They could live in a peaceful world if they had a working economic and trade system. Each country has something to offer to others that can be used to trade. Why fight?"

"Arrogance maybe. All these Shinobi villages don't want to be seen weaker than the others." Alexander replied.

They soon headed to the market area to gain some knowledge about what was happening there. There were many shops but not many buyers.

This time he didn't let Hats and Berry go anywhere.

"GET YOUR FULL-SIZE STATUE MADE, ONLY 1000 RYO"

Alexander turned towards the Hawker. The economy was really messed up if people even made statues for 1000 Ryo which were about 100 dollars.

"I want one." Berry suddenly voiced and flew to the boy.

The shopkeeper heard Berry and was shocked that a bird spoke.

"Okay, I'm gonna ignore the fact that you're a talking bird. Do you have money?" the teenage boy asked.

Berry shook his head, "Will gold do?"

Nobody rejected gold, so Berry went in to get himself a sculpture made. Alexander also followed in out of interest.

Inside the shop, he saw dozens of different statues made of different materials and styles.

Then he saw the boy making the sculpture. He was so fast that normal eyes couldn't even see his hand movements. And it seemed he was carving it with a kunai, which showed that he was probably a Shinobi too because normal civilians don't bother learning to wield it.

Alexander also noted that the boy was imbuing his chakra with each cut. Soon, the statue was completed. Then the man did some jutsu and the Statue got colored and started to look exactly like Berry.

"That was... Beautiful, kid. Are you a Shinobi? Why are you making sculptures?" He asked.

"Oh, they think my area of expertise is useless so I had to find another way to make money." The boy replied.

"And what is your area of expertise?" Alexander asked out of interest.

Suddenly Berry's statue started moving and mimicking Berry. "I can make sculptures turn to life. Though this only lasts as long as I have chakra to supply and I am very weak in that area."

"Hahaha, that is a very nice ability. The possibilities are endless."Alexander praised him.

"I know, that's what everyone says, but I am not strong enough to do much with them. At most I can make a life-sized man and make it walk," he explained.

"Hmm, what is your name, kid?" Alexander asked.

"Well, I was an orphan and had no name most of my life. I just picked random letters and made Umar my name." He introduced himself.

"I have seen a lot of orphans in Ame on my visit," Alexander muttered.

"Oh, that's thanks to constant war and lack of resources for Ame to care for the orphans. Most of them either die or somehow survive off on the streets." Umar sadly explained.

"Okay, Umar. I have an offer. How about I make an orphanage here and you be its warden. You will receive money to take care of them. For this, I will also teach you how to improve your Statue animation technique." He offered. He had checked Umar's sin percentage and it was under 30 percent, he was a good man.

"Why would you do that? There is no benefit for you in this." Umar suspiciously asked.

"Haha, I just have too much money, don't worry kid. I am not a bad guy. One of my people will contact you later about where I have set up the orphanage. You can start packing your stuff." He said.

"How will you make me stronger?" Umar asked further.

"I have my ways, now, can you tell me where I can find the elder of this village?" Alexander asked.

"Oh, that would be Lord Hanzo, he is the leader of this village and also the strongest Shinobi, he lives and works in that tall building over there."

"All right, I'll be on my way, then. See you later, kid." He said and dropped a tiny gold coin for Berry's statue.

He will return later to officially train him. A man who could make an army of men for himself was a talent that shouldn't go wasted. (Umar is an original character and not from Naruto)

But it was already night so he rented a room in a nice place for the night. Berry and Hats went ahead and goofed around in one of the rooms with their board games while Douglas took out his gaming console.

~*Sigh* What is wrong with this generation?~

Next day he would look for this Hanzo man and start looking into the libraries of the village for more information.

...

Sakumo Hatake had been relentlessly following the lead and came to Ame. He could not ask for help from Ame's shinobi as they were neutral in all the conflicts for now. So he had to search for the old man on his own and it was not easy.

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