"Jiraiya-sama, you've traveled so much in the ninja world, can you tell us about what kind of place the water country is?"

"Yes, yes, when I came out of the house, my father and mother told me that if there is something I don't understand outside, it is best to ask for advice from an elderly person like Jiraiya......

"I heard that after the four generations of Mizukage ascended to the throne, Kirigakure has been committed to changing the stereotype of 'blood mist' in the eyes of outsiders, but if the time is so short, will their style of acting still be the same cold and cruel as before, Jiraiya-sama?"

……

Probably because the exchange team has reached the border of the Fire Country, the ninja school students, who were still able to maintain their relaxed mentality of traveling in the mountains and rivers, almost invariably gave birth to a series of complex emotions such as worry, curiosity, fear, and nervousness.

In order to make sure that they don't make any annoying mistakes when they step into the territory of the water country and come into contact with the ninjas of the Fog Hidden Village, they gather around Jiraiya and begin to ask the battle-hardened Konoha veteran about their concerns.

I have to say that although these ninja school students may not be so talented in being ninjas, they can be selected by the family as the first batch of exchange students, and they still have some commendable things in terms of observing words and colors and communicating with people.

Just like now, even though Uchiha Itachi is the youngest child in the team, and he hasn't had much contact and communication with the other students in the team since he set off, they also called Uchiha Itachi when they came to Jiraiya for advice, instead of treating him as air.

"Uh, that's it......

Zilai also touched his nose, and said to the curious babies in front of him with some embarrassment:

"I'll tell you the truth, although I've traveled to many countries in the ninja world, I'm just like you in the land of water, it's the first time I've come here."

"Huh~How can this be!? Even one of the three ninjas, Lord Jiraiya, doesn't know much about the fog?"

Hearing such an exclamation from a student, Tsunade, who was also accompanying him because of a deal specially proposed by the fog, took a sip of the sweet rice wine and replied lazily:

"Looks like you're often distracted in class, little girl...... When talking about the situation in the ninja world, the teachers of the ninja school should all mention the knowledge point that the fog is the most closed country among the five ninja villages, right?"

"Uh......" The girl who was clicked by Tsunade blushed and pointed her fingers embarrassedly, "Yes, I'm sorry, Tsunade-sama, I, I didn't mean to get distracted in class......

"It's not a big deal," Tsunade waved his hand casually, then turned his gaze to the Uchiha Itachi, who was particularly prominent in the crowd, and said casually, "Hey, Uchiha boy, if it were up to you to answer the reason why Kishigaku was able to achieve such a level of self-isolation, what answers could you think of?"

Uchiha Itachi, who was suddenly named by name, was stunned for a moment, he looked at Tsunade with a little examination meaning, nodded thoughtfully, and after sorting out his thoughts a little, he said in a calm tone: ....

"First of all, it's because of the location, right? The Water Country is the only maritime country among the five major powers, and the geographical advantage of the surrounding seas and the fact that Wu Yin is particularly good at water escape ninjutsu naturally forms a situation that is difficult for foreign enemies to invade."

"And then there's the Foggy Tradition? From the second generation of the Mizukage period, the fog began to implement the secret policy, and in the third generation of the water shadow period, this policy was also continued, the land of water's own geographical advantages and the strategy of the fog hidden village, so that the fog hidden village naturally became the most closed of the five ninja villages."

"Final Words...... Probably the person who has controlled three generations of Mizukage with the Sharingan, and is suspected of being Madara Uchiha, deliberately reduced the possibility of others discovering the fog hidden anomaly through the strategy of closing the country?"

The Uchiha Itachi's previous two answers had already given Tsunade a pretty good first impression of his level of knowledge, and he had a slight understanding of what the Uchiha clan would make him number one

The reason for the exchange of students, but when Uchiha Itachi said the third point, whether it was Tsunade or Jiraiya, or the surrounding ninja school students, all of them changed their faces because of this.

Jiraiya flashed to the side of Uchiha Itachi in one step, protected him with the lion hair technique, and then turned his head slightly, and said helplessly to this child, who was not even a teenager:

"It's not something you can just say, boy......

"But if you want to discuss why Kirigakure closed itself off and gradually became 'Blood Mist', then this opinion that has been publicly expressed by the four generations of Mizukage is a topic that cannot be bypassed."

Uchiha Itachi shook his head and replied very seriously:

"Brother Zhishui told me before leaving Konoha to go to Loulan on a mission that about the three generations of Mizukage's *** control, it is not a taboo topic in the fog, on the contrary, the fourth generation of Mizukage also specially organized a group of scholars to study how the person who is suspected of being Uchiha Madara transformed the relatively enlightened Mist of the second generation of Mizukage into 'Blood Mist's Sato, and how it made the people of Mist accept this fact without any feelings and opinions."

"He also said that if it weren't for the fact that he had a task that he couldn't shirk, he would have actually wanted to join that project team for a period of time...... Jiraiya should also know that we've always wanted to figure out why Brother Zhishui chose Wuyin without hesitation."

"Tsk, I forgot that there is a guy in your family who has a very delicate relationship and status in the fog."

Hearing Uchiha Itachi mention Uchiha stopping water, Jiraiya's expression relaxed suddenly, he and Tsunade, who also put away his nervousness, glanced at each other, and took advantage of the situation to untie the protection of Uchiha Itachi, and then sighed and reached out and touched his little head, and asked with some curiosity in emotion:

"But in that case, you Uchiha clan can be regarded as the one who knows the most about the information of the fog in Konoha? If that's convenient, can you tell us something more noteworthy?"

"Well, this is ......."

Uchiha Itachi hesitated for a moment, and a few interesting things about the fog that Uchiha Shisui had jokingly mentioned flashed in his head, and after confirming that none of this information should be classified as confidential, he nodded and whispered: ....

"Then, I'll simply tell you what Brother Zhishui revealed to me...... That's it,The fourth generation of Mizukage-sama,It's been trying to popularize high-end ninjutsu.,Commercialization.,It's said that a series has recently completed pre-development.,It's being drawn from interested ninja school students and lower ninja to receive corresponding training.。

According to him, if this project can be successfully promoted, the annual income should easily reach more than 70% of the annual mission income of Wuyin......

"Seven, seventy!?"

Jiraiya and Tsunade glanced at each other, and at the same time saw a look of surprise and disbelief in the other's eyes.

As the high-level of Konoha Village, they naturally know how huge the money that a large ninja village can earn through task entrustment, even if it is said that the mission resources and manpower of the fog hidden cannot be compared with Konoha, they are still one of the five major ninja villages in the ninja world, and the income obtained by completing the task in the entire village is more than 50% of Konoha in any way.

Even at the lower limit of 50 percent, the economic value of the industry mentioned by Uchiha Itachi is suffocating.

"Then, did he say that this kind of ninjutsu that can be commoditized is profitable?"

After holding it for a long time, Jiraiya asked Uchiha Itachi for advice with a solemn face.

"This, Brother Zhishui didn't elaborate," Uchiha Itachi scratched his head embarrassedly, "But judging from some of the information mentioned by Brother Zhishui, the target audience of this ninjutsu should be the entire female group in the ninja world?"

"Women?"

Tsunade raised his eyebrows, and just as he wanted to say something, he suddenly sensed that a rather large chakra source was approaching this side from the sea, and as soon as his eyes froze, he was about to send a warning to the surrounding Konoha ninjas-

"I mean, you're moving a little too slowly, Konoha guys! I'm waiting in the sea to be pickled."

Wow.

The huge waves crashed on the shore, followed by a rather sunny and energetic female voice, the ninjas on the Konoha side looked in the direction of the waves, and what caught their eyes was a black-haired female ninja who was standing on the head of the psychic snake, and was wearing cool clothes almost like a one-piece swimsuit, and her face was not unfamiliar to some of the Konoha ninjas on this trip, and it could even be said to be familiar-

"Red ...... Bean ?!?"

Hearing Kakashi Hachiki, who was squinting, let out such a puzzled self-talk, Tsunade, who hadn't been back to Konoha for a long time, didn't react, and Jiraiya, who had been in the village all along, instantly widened his eyes and asked Kakashi Kakashi eagerly:

"Kakashi? Which red bean are you talking about? Is that Mitarai Red Bean who used to be a student with Orochimaru?"

"It should be, it's her."

After losing the Sharingan, Kakashi's eyesight naturally decreased a lot, but this did not affect his ability to analyze intelligence, looking at the huge psychic snake that was by no means something that a single person could afford, and the contours of the other party's vaguely familiar face, Kakashi Hachiki nodded, which was considered to confirm this. ….

Then, Jiraiya immediately appeared next to Mitarai Azuki in an instant, grabbed her wrist, and asked in an eager tone:

"Where's Orochimaru!?"

"Huh? Huh!?"

Mitarai Red Bean, who didn't expect to be a surprise attack, was taken aback, but when she heard the content of the other party's eagerly question, she originally planned to activate the Heavenly Curse Seal to give the other party a ruthless lesson, and she immediately calmed down, and then put on a harmless expression, and greeted Jiraiya helplessly:

"It's been a long time, and I'm a man...... But even if you have a concern for me, you don't need to get so close as soon as you come up, do you? You're my elder, and I don't care anymore, but Tsunade-sama over there might not be too happy, right?"

"That kind of thing will be said later! It's a big deal to be beaten up by Tsunade! I just want to know now, has Orochimaru stayed on the side of the fog after he left Konoha and disappeared!?"

Jiraiya didn't let go of his grip on Mitarai Azuki, but asked with a persistent expression.

"Not really," Mitarai Azuki shook his head, "Orochimaru-sama was active in the land of Tanokuni in the north of the Fire Country after he first left Konoha, and it wasn't until a few months ago that he came to the Fog Hidden because of a collaboration project with four generations of adults, and has settled down here ever since."

"Is he still in the fog?"

"Yes, yes, if you have anything to say to him, when we get to the Fog Hidden Village, I can take you to visit him when he is free, now, can you let me go?" It hurts ......."

The words have come to this, and Jiraiya finally let go of Mitarai Red Bean's wrist, took a few steps back awkwardly, and apologized to her:

"I'm sorry, but I was a little too excited to see that the person who came to pick us up was your relationship...... However, what a change you have made in the past two years, Red Bean."

"Well, of course, if a girl in the development period can eat whatever she wants unscrupulously, she will naturally develop very well~"

Mitarai Azuki proudly patted his increasingly exaggerated pectoral muscles, and then commanded his psychic snake to crawl forward in front of Konoha's communication team, jumped down from the head of the big snake, and came to the side of the unkind eyes of Tsunade with a cheerful step, and took her hand very enthusiastically and said:

"This is supposed to be Tsunade-sama? When we first met, I was the leader of the Misty Ninjutsu Development Department and the Spell Seal Group, and if nothing else, I should be the one in charge of docking with you for the next few days."

"Ninjutsu Development Department? Spell Seal Group?"

Tsunade frowned, looking at the heavenly spell on Mitarai Azuki's neck that resembled a snake's bite

Yin, I couldn't help but feel a strange feeling that I couldn't explain.

"The spell you spoke of...... Isn't it the one on your neck that continues to consume your life force and chakra?"

In the face of Tsunade's question, Mitarai Azuki shrugged his shoulders indifferently and smiled casually:

"That's just the most primitive, Heavenly Spell Seal used for battle, and I basically don't use it much anymore...... Of course, if there is a need, you can still burst into the second stage in one go, just like the seven of the Ninja Blades."

「…… Aren't you worried that your life will be swallowed up by this thing?" Tsunade asked with a complicated expression.

"There's nothing to worry about, Tsunade-sama."

Mitarai Azuki shook his head, and said in a slightly raised tone:

"The curse mark will devour life or something, this kind of problem has long been perfectly solved by the four generations of adults, rather, it is precisely because we have mastered the ability to suppress the degree of this side effect that it can become the first ninjutsu of the fog to embark on the path of commercialization."

"Commoditized ninjutsu? That's it!?"

Tsunade first turned his head to look at Itachi Uchiha, who didn't know what was going on, and then turned back to look at Mitarai Red Bean, and asked with a frown:

"It's not a funny joke, Mitarai Red Bean."

"It doesn't matter if you don't believe it, when you get to the Fog Hidden Village, I will work with the four generations of adults to convince you that we are capable of doing this."

"Now, I'll take you on a boat first, and the four generations of adults have been looking forward to your arrival for a long time...... Especially you, Uchiha, Itachi."

Mitarai Azuki looked at Itachi Uchiha, whose expression suddenly became serious, and laughed wickedly.

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