Chapter 49: The first day in the Ninja World in Rain Village finally welcomed its first batch of trainees.

Chapter 49: The first day in the Ninja World in Rain Village finally welcomed its first batch of trainees.

"The border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain is indeed vastly different," Kenichi remarked as he looked at the border line before him, sighing with emotion.

Here in the Land of Fire, the ninjas were quite casual, some even chatting and smoking, showing no sign of being on the border of the Land of Fire.

In contrast to the casual and lax ninjas of the Land of Fire, the ninjas of the Land of Rain were visibly nervous, not even daring to glance towards the Land of Fire.

Kenichi probably knew the reason; it was likely because the pillar of the Land of Rain, the demigod Hanzo, had died, losing contact, which is why the ninjas of the Land of Rain were so anxious.

However, this had nothing to do with him. He held his pass and smoothly went through the border inspection, then entered this small country that bordered the Land of Fire.

Not long after entering, Kenichi noticed that the environment in the Land of Rain was indeed different from the Land of Fire; the towns here were much smaller.

Moreover, the towns here had one characteristic: the walls were built quite high, at least much higher compared to those in the Land of Fire.

"It's almost like expecting a thin piece of cloth to preserve one's integrity," Kenichi shook his head. Facing the nearby three great nations, what good were these walls?

Even if they were as high as the walls inside the giant cities, they were useless against the ninjas of the ninja world.

This was probably the way for the people of small countries to give themselves some psychological comfort.

But he had no intention of lamenting for others. Instead, he arrived at this small town, quickly dealt with the goods he had on hand in exchange for funds, and then left.

In the Land of Fire, using the identity of a merchant was just to avoid possible troubles on the road, but now that he was in the Land of Rain, it didn't matter.

Kenichi put on a fox mask he bought from a small stall and then quickly ran towards the location of Rain Village.

While running, Kenichi also checked his new research target.

[Current Research Subject: Chakra Parasite]

[Research Progress: 0.05%]

After deciding on the research subject, Kenichi chose to study the parasite in the amber with the excitement of opening a blind box. To prevent the ridiculous situation of researching the amber itself, he even melted the amber.

After deciding on the research subject, Kenichi learned the name of this parasite, the Chakra Parasite.

It reminded Kenichi of the Yamanaka clan, but the Yamanaka clan's parasites did not look like this, which made him look forward to this parasite.

After all, just by the name, it seemed to have some relation to chakra, so it probably wouldn't just parasitize ordinary people.

It looked like it might take some time, and he hoped it wouldn't be too long.

The Land of Rain was not very large, at least compared to the vast Land of Fire, and soon Kenichi arrived near Rain Village, where he stopped.

Because he found that it was raining in Rain Village.

Rain in Rain Village didn't seem like a problem, but Kenichi could feel the extremely faint chakra in the air, which became clearer when he activated his Sharingan.

Otherwise, ordinary ninjas would probably not notice it and would just think it was a normal rainy day.

This must be Nagato's Rain Tiger at Will Technique, a very secretive surveillance ninjutsu.

If he just barged in now, Nagato and Konan would probably come to invite him for tea soon.

"Leaf ninja, what is your purpose in coming to Rain Village?" However, at this moment, Kenichi realized he seemed to be surrounded.

Tendo Pain, Konan, as well as Hell Path and Hungry Ghost Path, four people stood in four positions, surrounding Kenichi in the middle.

Kenichi's mouth twitched; this was indeed a grand welcome. However, he hadn't even touched the rain curtain, so how did Nagato and Konan find him?

"First of all, I am not a ninja from the Leaf," Kenichi took off his mask, probably because they saw his Sharingan and were sure of his identity.

But thinking of the merchant's face he was still wearing, Kenichi tore off that face, revealing his true appearance.

He believed that the Akatsuki organization definitely knew his face, after all, information about rogue ninjas was not a secret in the ninja world.

"This face," Konan frowned slightly, then quickly found the corresponding target in her mind.

"Leaf's A-rank rogue ninja, Kenichi." Konan called out Kenichi's identity, and upon hearing it, he immediately nodded, proudly holding his head high.

Yes, he was the Leaf's A-rank rogue ninja!

Too bad he wasn't S-rank.

Tsk, as long as it wasn't C-rank from the start. But some bald big devil started from C-rank, so thinking about it, if it was C-rank, it might not be so bad.

Eh? Wait, are there C-rank rogue ninjas?

"Leaf's rogue ninja, state your purpose for coming to Rain Village," the leading Tendo Pain looked at Kenichi and asked again. He also knew of Kenichi.

However, he was more interested in the S-rank rogue ninja Orochimaru, who could contribute to his plans.

"May I ask if the Akatsuki organization is recruiting? My teacher—Leaf's S-rank rogue ninja Orochimaru has heard of the Akatsuki's reputation," Kenichi revealed a smile, then asked expectantly.

Konan and Nagato visibly paused for a moment, clearly not expecting this Leaf's A-rank rogue ninja to want to join the Akatsuki right away.

Although Nagato did plan to recruit some elites after cleaning up the trash Hanzo to prepare for subsequent plans, they hadn't started recruiting yet, so how come someone was already coming to them?

"We are recruiting, your teacher's strength is sufficient to join the Akatsuki," Nagato spoke after a moment of silence, confident in himself.

Under these eyes of God, he was not worried about Kenichi and Orochimaru doing anything detrimental to them.

"Then may I join?" Kenichi was somewhat hopeful; he knew the Akatsuki seemed to have rings, but those rings seemed to be limited in number.

". Fight me, and if you win, you can join," Hungry Ghost Path stepped forward.

Kenichi glanced at Hungry Ghost Path; he recognized this guy.

The scene where Pain destroyed the Leaf Village in Naruto was often used for memes, with various phrases like "how many floors can a bag of rice carry" and "QQ biting mud" being common.

So Kenichi really knew what Hungry Ghost Path's ability was, and he remembered it was quite easy to deal with.

Hmm?

Kenichi paused for a moment. Right, this guy can absorb chakra, so couldn't he practice Sage Jutsu boldly and confidently?

(End of chapter)