79 79. Infiltrating Amegakure
Izuna walks out of Hokage Office to prepare for his departure.
'This infiltration mission is going to take some time. I will depart after meeting with Naruto.'
Izuna flickers towards Senju compounds. He enters Senju compounds and enters Tsunade's house.
"Naruto… Naruto…"
"Naruto had just left the house. He is out in the playground to play with his friends." Shizune walks out of the house and answers to Izuna.
"Thanks, Shizune-san!" Izuna thanks Shizune.
"Kid! Come here. I need your help." Tsunade shouts from inside.
Izuna and Shizune shake their head, and Izuna enters inside the house.
"Kid! you are quite rich. You have done plenty of S-Rank missions. Loan me a few million Ryos for a while, I will repay you in the future." Tsunade gestures Izuna.
"Tsunade San! You have yet to return the previous ten million Ryo. I won't lend any more money to you. Why don't you stop gambling and choose something else as your hobby?" Izuna questions her.
"You are no fun, kid. You don't know the thrill of gambling. Betting money on an uncertain outcome and then excitingly wait for the result." Tsunade hypes up.
"There is no thrill when you know the outcome already. No matter what, you will lose every single gambling match. Why don't you gamble with your money?" Izuna rebukes Tsunade.
"I have to take care of Naruto with my money. My expenses are too high and Naruto is a growing kid. Poor me!" Tsunade sulks.
"You and poor! Not in a billion years. You received the Senju clan's inheritance. That's a lot of money and you get a hefty salary from Konoha's hospital. I will take custody of all of your expensive 'Sake'." Izuna stands up and kicks the nearby floor.
A wine cellar popped up. There are many expensive Sakes and Wines lined together in the cellar. Izuna sucked all of them in a storage scroll. Tsunade looked at him with teary eyes.
"This is my installment for the Ten million Ryo. Tell me if you have more money to repay me. I will take my leave then, I have a mission to do." Izuna walks out of Tsunade's residence.
Tsunade sits in a corner of the room and draws circles on the floor with her finger.
"Tsunade-sama! Don't sulk over this matter. You should save some money." Shizune tries to comfort Tsunade.
Sob… sob…
"My premium Sake. I just imported it from Land of Honey. I haven't even taken a sip of this sake. I even hid it underground to prevent Izuna from noticing it." Tsunade continues to sulk.
Shizune continues to persuade Tsunade.
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In the playground,
Naruto is taking a ride on the swing. Nearby, Sasuke is surrounded by lots of girls who pester him to play with them. I hid my presence with 'Light Cloak' and silently watch their interaction.
One of the civilian kids throws a stone at Naruto. Naruto avoids the stone by somersaulting from the swing.
"Hey! What's your problem? Why are you throwing a stone at me?" Naruto frowns and questions the kid.
"Give my father back to me? You killed my father Nine-tails. I won't forgive you."
Another civilian kid joins him and throws pebbles and stones at Naruto. Naruto avoids most of them but is still hit by a few stones.
Sasuke pushes back the girls and walks up to the civilian kids.
"Stop! If you dare lay even a finger on Naruto, then I will beat you up." Sasuke threatens them.
One of the civilian kids ignores Sasuke and throws a pebble at Naruto. Sasuke gets angry upon seeing this. He balls his small hands into a fist and punches the civilian kid in the gut.
The civilian kid faints from this punch. The nearby kids start to attack Sasuke, but he man-handles them.
'That's Sasuke for you. So, there are still rumors about Naruto. I have to talk to Hiruzen about this matter.'
Izuna silently walks behind Naruto and heals him.
'Guess Sasuke will take care of Naruto and it will form a bond of brotherhood in between them.'
Izuna flickers away from the playground towards Konoha's exit.
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Two days passed by,
Izuna has successfully infiltrated the Land of Rain, and he is on his way to Amegakure.
Izuna stares at the distant Amegakure with his Sharingan. Various sky-high metal towers are pointing towards the sky. The whole of Amegakure appears to be more industrialized and developed than the rest of Hidden Village. It is continuously raining inside the village.
He activates his 'Eye of Insight' to look at the rain. Small droplets of Chakra appear in his vision.
'So, that's how it is. 'Rain Tiger at Will Technique'- the technique that allows Nagato to monitor the entire Hidden Rain Village.
By infusing his own chakra in rain, he allows it to fall on the village. If any outsider enters the village, it will warn the Pain of the arrival of the intruder.
Quite a handy technique to use on the unsuspecting intruders. I don't have to be afraid of pain. I am capable enough to fight him.'
Izuna slowly walks towards the village and enters the village. The rain droplets fell upon his body and detect his Chakra signature.
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Inside one of the metal-pipe tower,
A man with short spiky Orange hairs with many black-piercings through his body opens his eyes. His eyes are purple with many concentric circles covering the entire eyeball. He wore a large black cloak with red clouds.
"Konan! A very powerful Chakra Signature just entered the village. I just detected his presence with my Rain Tiger Technique. Locate him and relay his features to me."
Many paper butterflies combine to shape into a woman. The newcomer had short, straight blue hair with a bun, amber eyes with lavender eye-shadow, and a labret piercing.
"Pain, I will relay the feature of intruder immediately." Konan closes her eyes and sends some butterfly-shaped papers in the direction pointed by Pain.
She soon spots Izuna walking along the streets of Amegakure. Izuna notices the paper butterfly but ignores them.
'So, they are scouting for my identity. I have to see how high of a threat I am to them?' He continues to walk along the streets.
Konan opens her eyes and relays the feature of the new-comer to Pain.
"Pain, it is a problem. The newcomer is Izuna Uchiha, 'The Silent Shinigami'. He has infiltrated our village.
In Madara's list of people to stay from, he comes at the top. We can't fight and win against him. We have to find a way to drive him away from Amegakure." Konan warns pain.
"Shinigami or not, he has intruded into the territory of God. He will suffer God's retribution for that. Konan, intercept him, I will activate other Paths of Pain shortly and send them to help you." Pain orders Konan.
"Pain, are you sure about engaging him in a fight? Madara has warned us against it?" Konan tries to convince Pain.
"He isn't aware of my abilities, which gives me a huge advantage in a fight against him. Today, the Shinigami shall know pain." Pain interrupts Konan and walks away inside the tower.
Konan's entire body and clothing turned into multiple paper sheets, which folded into many butterflies and flew towards Izuna's location.
Meanwhile, Izuna is inspecting the buildings of Amegakure.
'They sure like to use lots of metal. Even their houses are made of metal. I can't find a single building made up of wood. This rain will decompose wood easily.
I guess that's why they are using stainless metal to construct their houses. But why is everything in the shape of huge metal pipes? What's with this design aesthetic?'
Izuna walks up to a nearby food stall and picks up the freshly fried Takoyaki.
"Obasan! How much for this Takoyaki." He picks up a tray with six golden Takoyaki in them. Drool leaks from his mouth as he gulps his saliva.
Izuna is in his original appearance but has removed the Konoha forehead protector to adopt the style of a traveler.
"That will be a hundred Ryo." The old lady replies.
Izuna takes out a hundred Ryo coin and hands it to the Old lady.
"You aren't from around here?" the Old lady inquires.
"Well, I am an Orphan who is traveling across the world. During my travels, I will sell my wares, which I bought in another nation. It is my first time in Hidden Rain Village, and I am excited to try its specialties. It sure is peaceful here. Any recommendation Obasan." Izuna warms up to the Old Lady.
The old lady invites him in and gives the freshly fried Takoyaki to him.
"We have been living a hard life. The civil war among the top powers of Ame had affected our livelihood. If you want to try local specialties, then my Takoyaki is one of them. Then there is the special day-to-day appliances built here in Ame. Our Ame is one of the most industrialized nations. You will find all kinds of machinery here." The Old lady explained everything to him.
"Hanzo-sama has taken good care of Amegakure to develop to this extent." Izuna tests the Old lady.
The old lady snaps at Izuna and throws things at him.
"Get out!...get out right now. I don't want to hear that name again. He executed my husband and family. Get out…" The old lady throws random things at Izuna.
Izuna quickly runs out of the shop. Many passersby stare at Izuna with an unfriendly expression. Izuna scratches his head and walks into a nearby alley.
