Ruri's parents

"There won't be any missions for a while. You can move around freely, but it's best not to relax too much and maintain combat readiness."

"Yea!"

After the three of them had lunch, Sakumo found the three of them, had a few words, and came back.

Naturally, Shiraishi and Ruri returned to the Uchiha clan mansion.

Having not returned to the village for several months, Baishi walked the streets of Konoha and felt that he had changed, and at the same time it felt like nothing had changed.

"Ruri, what are you doing tomorrow?"

The time to rest won't be too short, but it won't be too long either. It is estimated that in about half a month, the next difficult task will begin.

"Training."

Ruri replied tersely.

"It's really like your style. I've had some new ideas in my mind for a while, and after several months of quests, I think I can make some practical accessories to help in battle."

"Like what?"

Ruri seemed very interested in this.

"Although the smoke bomb is good, it is easy to contain by wind-type ninjutsu, and the duration is not very long, but it can be used as a surprise attack. Even if the enemy uses the wind to blow away the smoke, if it is poisoned, they will inhale some of the poisonous gas, and the strength will be greatly reduced."

Shiraishi expressed her thoughts and thought it was feasible.

"Ninjas are generally more or less resistant to poisons, especially sand ninjas. If the toxicity isn't strong enough, it won't have much effect on the ninja."

"No matter how good the poison resistance is, there are limits. But if you want to fight with poison gas, you need to make an antidote in advance so that you can take it in advance to avoid accidental injury."

"Suitable for small-scale operations, large-scale combat effects can be counterproductive."

Baishi agreed with Ruri's sharp vision.

In large-scale battles, the number of antidotes produced is an issue, and poison gas is used with smoke bombs. Even if the antidote is used to survive the poisonous gas, the view of the smoke will be blocked in no time.

However, Shiraishi did not intend to promote this tactic.

After so long, Baishi has long understood that his team is mainly to carry out some dangerous and important secret tasks, and it is very necessary to develop special tactics suitable for the Sakumo team.

Back at the long-lost mansion, as I approached, I suddenly saw a man and woman standing in the doorway, waving this way.

No, to be precise, they were waving at Ruri, looking very happy and excited.

"Do you know them?"

Shiraishi hasn't met these people in the last two or three years he's lived here.

"my parents."

Ruri replied calmly.

"!?"

Shiraishi was a little uncomfortable.

It was the first time I saw Ruri's country. He'd already heard Ruri speak of them, but this would be the first time he'd met them in person.

But by the way, since Baishi temporarily stayed at Ruri's house, he never saw Ruri's parents come home.

Even during the New Year, they just send each other a few pictures and letters. Ruri's birthdays and New Year's gifts are also very simple, a notebook.

The passbook has a 1 at the beginning, followed by many zeros.

There are the birthday and new year gifts that Ruri receives every year, simple and boring.

"It's been a long time, Ruri, do you miss Mom and Dad?"

The woman was wearing a beautiful and noble dress, her hair was tied up tightly, and there were many ornaments on it.

It looks a little over the top, but it doesn't give people a tacky feel.

What should I say, it seems she was born with this temperament.

As soon as she arrived, she hugged Ruri in her arms and rubbed her face hard, causing Ruri's small face to wrinkle. Baishi was afraid that Ruri would spit out a fireball at this point and end up with his mother.

"It's so loud, I've said it many times, don't put your spit on my face."

Ruri's face was tense as if she was seriously teaching her mother.

"Don't say that Ruri, your mom hasn't seen you in a long time, just like when you were a cute kid..."

bang!

Shiraishi held her forehead back.

I knew this could happen.

The wall of the mansion next door was crushed by a fireball and smoky.

Ruri's mother's face was covered in a cold sweat at the moment, her neck was mechanically rotating as if she was rusty, and the smile on her face turned extremely stiff.

"Little Ruri doesn't want to be as well behaved as when she was a child, obviously before..."

"Do you want to be thrown away by me? Or burned by fire? You might as well think about being flooded."

Ruri's forehead jumped as if she was pushing her patience to the limit.

The woman in the beautiful clothes sighed and had to give up the idea of ​​continuing to torment Ruri in her arms.

Such a cute daughter can't do this or that.

The daughter is not well.

"My dear, how about giving her some space, she's grown up so she doesn't need Mom and Dad anymore."

"You are no good, you also know that Ruri has grown up."

The man who was observing the harmony between mother and daughter seemed to scratch his head in distress.

My daughter has had a very good personality since she was a child. As a father, he's used to this sort of thing.

"Ah, you're the little friend Baishi that Ruri always mentions in her letters, right?"

The beautiful woman finally noticed Baishi.

"Ah yes yes."

When he was finally noticed, Shiraishi quickly approached and bowed politely.

"Don't be nervous, it's rare for Ruri to find a good playmate. When she was a child, little Ruri would often chase a large group of boys to fight alone."

Hearing what the beautiful woman said, Baishi had already conceived such an image in his mind.

If it was Ruri, it could be the case.

"By the way, when are you two getting married? A boy must be born around this time because I suddenly think boys are a little more fun than girls."

the beautiful woman asked with a smile.

"..."

The topic was a little nervous, causing Baishi's brain to freeze directly and become a paste.

Ruri didn't speak, and the seal began.

bang!

◎

Ruri's mother is called Miyoko Uchiha. She's 28 years old. She loves luxury items and wears beautiful and luxurious clothes, like a princess.

And Ruri's father is Uchiha Sosuke, 36, a mature-looking uncle dressed in a decent formal dress, looks much more serious than his wife Miyoko, and looks more responsible.

But thinking that Ruri was twelve this year, and her mother Miyoko was only 28. In other words, when Miyoko was pregnant with Ruri... he was only fifteen, he was a minor.

Shiraishi looked at Uchiha Sosuke's honest face and didn't feel that Sosuke was honest.

Because the two of them had no talent to be ninjas, they still only had chūnin strength... By Ruri's standards, chūnin strength is still not good enough.

Over the years, the two have worked hard on their careers. With some of the connections built up by the Uchiha clan, in the words of the two, business is doing very well.

In recent years, the two of them haven't come back to see Konoha because of the busy business outside, they've only met Ruri at the entrance to Konoha village and left in a hurry.

This also led to why Baishi didn't see the two of them at Ruri's house.

When Ruri and her parents reunite, Baishi has no fascination with the past. Joining in on the fun in the past will only add to the embarrassment.

Shiraishi returned to the underground laboratory. As he was leaving to run errands, a lot of experimental equipment was transferred in advance, but some of the less important ones were left behind.

The basement and equipment have accumulated a lot of dust, Shiraishi wants to clean it.

When the cleaning was done, there were footsteps on the stairs leading up and Ruri went downstairs.

"Why, did you end communication between relatives so soon? Don't be so eager to come."

"It's okay to remember the old days."

"Looks like Uncle and the others are going to be in the village for a long time this time. Is it because of the war outside?"

Shiraishi asked what he thought.

"They don't do business around the fire country, but in the far west of the continent, so the war here won't affect their business."

"They don't use their real names, right?"

"Well, they use aliases. They know a little about ninjutsu, but the information isn't known to Konoha, and some clan elders operate behind them so they can feel free to do business outside. These years, they've been away, they hired many respectable bounty hunters, both samurai, and ninja, to protect their safety."

No matter what, it's a wealthy family with hundreds of years of heritage. The Uchiha's background and connections are not trivial.

For example, the Uchiha clan's ninja equipment was never purchased in the Land of Iron or the village but purchased by the Psychic Beast of the Ninoma clan.

In many cases, the Ninoma clan will act as the delineator of the Uchiha ninja and gather information.

This is the Uchiha's network.

As for allies like the Ninoma clan, there are likely many more, and it's extremely difficult for Konoha to get that information.

The same goes for the Hyuga clan. Only the highest authority in the clan knows how many connections there are in secret.

True giants are not just power and heritage, but also terrifying contacts.

After that, Ruri used psychic techniques to summon some ninja cats. All these ninja cats carry some scrolls. There is a lot of large research equipment sealed in the scrolls, and they just need to be opened and reconnected to the line.

Shiraishi, Ruri, and the cats began to work together, placing the research equipment in its original position and connecting the lines as they were.

It was two hours after finishing work, Ruri let these ninja cats back. Before leaving, the cats showed resentful human eyes until Ruri said they would prepare good cat food for next time. So they came back in a better mood.

Shiraishi looked at the huge research room at this point, really wanting an assistant to come.

But don't think about that sort of thing just yet. Many secrets here cannot be divulged and can only be carried out secretly.

Fortunately, this is the land of the Uchiha clan, and the Anbu have no right to investigate here, after all, the strength of the Uchiha clan's garrison cannot be underestimated.

There are many special ninjas in the clan. As long as the people of the clan get into a ninja unit, their strength after adulthood is Chūnin and above, which is a very terrible proportion.

Especially after awakening the Sharingan, an Uchiha ninja's strength will increase dramatically.

And the next research objective, Baishi has already figured out.

Fusion of highly toxic smoke bombs and corresponding antidote.

Of course, research into natural energy will also continue. Although this time in Konoha is not very long, we should not waste this precious time.

Just as Ruri was about to leave, leaving Baishi here alone, Baishi suddenly said, "By the way, Ruri, can I ask you one more thing?"

"Let's talk about it, do you need to replace it with new equipment?"

"Oh, that's not necessary, that's been enough for a long time."

"What is that?"

"Human experience."

Shiraishi simply said those four words.

Ruri's pupils shrunk a little, and then she gave Baishi a serious look, who also looked at her calmly.

"Do you know what that means?"

"Human experiences are not entirely bad."

As far as Shiraishi is aware, many prohibited techniques are products developed based on human experiments.

The most famous of these is Konoha's predecessor, Tobirama Senju.

It could be said that the characteristic Konoha ninjutsu that many ninjas are learning these days originated from this second Hokage.

Ruri nodded thoughtfully and said, "I'll deliver what you want tomorrow."