Chapter 232
The geographical location of the River Country is between the Fire Country and the Wind Country. It is a hilly country with dense mountains and forests and crisscrossing rivers.
This is a country with extremely rich resources, but unfortunately, it is precisely because of its geographical environment that it is extremely chaotic internally.
Not only was it oppressed by the Fire Kingdom and the Wind Kingdom, but because of the terrain and environment, it also became a hiding place for many rebellious and wandering ninjas.
Underground black market bounty offices are spread all over the country of Sichuan.
In name, they are all under the jurisdiction of the Daimyo of Kawa-no-kuni, but in reality, the Daimyo of Kawa-no-kuni cannot truly govern the interior. Again, there are too many good and bad people inside.
Because of the rich resources, many big countries have also turned their attention here and supported some nobles and agency forces.
It is possible that the real identity of a certain traitor or wandering ninja is actually an Anbu spy from a powerful ninja village.
The Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Fire are the two countries that have the greatest influence on the Kingdom of Rivers. The Kingdom of Rivers, sandwiched between the two, does not even have an officially recognized and incorporated ninja village.
In peacetime, River Country can provide a large number of tasks for the ninjas of Konoha and Sunagakure. During the recovery stage of war tacit understanding, it will be sucked dry by a large amount of blood to alleviate its internal losses.
A chaotic River Country is, at least for now, in the interests of the Sand Village and the Konoha Village.
Because of the chaos, if the merchants and nobles of River Country want to do business, they must issue missions to Konoha and Wind Country and hire ninjas from the two major ninja villages for escort and protection.
Because of the abundant resources, the nobles and merchants of the River Kingdom have a great demand for trade and contact with the outside world. The Fire Kingdom and the Wind Kingdom also have a great demand for the resources of the River Kingdom.
The ninjas from the two villages who were aware of the complex situation within the Kingdom of Rivers were well aware that during their mission to the Kingdom of Rivers, they would most likely encounter ninjas.
Asuma didn't care about this. Having experienced the Ninja World War, although only at the end, Asuma and Itachi were able to remain calm in ordinary ninja battles.
Perhaps the only one in the team who has not experienced the baptism of real combat is Kabuto Yakushi. But Kabuto is also a child who has witnessed many deaths, and his role in the team is a medical ninja, so he only needs to protect himself when a battle occurs.
"There is a ninja ambush one kilometer ahead."
After entering the territory of the River Country, while on the road, Hizashi would occasionally open his Byakugan to make sure the surroundings were safe. He was also very aware of the dangers within the River Country.
Not only ninjas, bandits, and some inexplicable sects, but even ordinary people and the poisonous insects and wild beasts in the dense forest may be dangerous.
The three children in the team all have extraordinary identities. Even Kabuto has the support of Tsunade's right-hand man, Yakushi Nono.
"Is it coming for us?" Asuma immediately took out his weapon. Itachi and Kabuto were also ready.
“Don’t be so nervous. There aren’t many roads in this area. The enemy may have targeted the caravan on this road.
If there is no conflict of interest, they may not be willing to conflict with us.”
Hinata Hizashi glanced at Shikagawa and saw that he had no intention of speaking, so he took the initiative to comfort the three children who were a little stressed out. Unless they accepted a mission and were eyeing the money and goods of the caravan, not all ninjas who lived on the edge of a knife were willing to fight with Konoha's ninjas for no reason.
All they need to do is make sure they retreat on their own initiative after noticing them, and they can determine whether the other party is hostile to them or not.
Facts have also proved that those ambushing ninjas did not take action until they broke through the encirclement, and after seeing their forehead protectors, they fled away quickly.
"I thought there would be a fight." Asuma put away his weapon and breathed a sigh of relief. Although having a powerful teacher around can give people a sense of security, when going out of the village to do a mission, any accidents can happen.
Neither he nor Itachi were the kind of people who liked fighting and killing, so it would be better if they could reach their destination safely.
"It is true that battles are taking place here all the time. There is even no order in many places, only chaos. But except for some lunatics and people with ulterior motives, people generally try their best to avoid meaningless battles. Especially the ninjas from Konoha and Sand Village who are active here."
Hyuga Hiashi explained to Asuma and the others that the Hyuga clan also had noble friends and big merchants in the River Country with whom they had traded, so he was somewhat familiar with the situation in the River Country.
A few days later, Lu Nie and the others finally arrived at their destination.
It was a village near the coast of Kawanokuni. They were greeted by an Anbu of Konoha and a fat merchant with a gold ring on his finger.
"Why are there children?" The merchant looked at the three children in the team and said with a somewhat dissatisfied tone. "Forget it, let's talk about the mission requirements!
I need you to help me take that mine, and I can share the profits with the Fire Nation. Because you are late, my competitors may find that mine earlier than me."
"Don't worry about these, Mr. Karan. Before that, can you let me see more of that kind of ore?" Lu Nie stepped forward and said to the merchant.
This is a big businessman supported and recruited by the Fire Country in the River Country. He is also a partner who provides long-term escort missions to Konoha Ninja every year, so it is not that he is completely ignorant of him.
From the information, besides being arrogant like most of the big businessmen and nobles in this world, he is also very skillful. Or in other words, he is ruthless enough.
"Give it to him." Kalan waved his hand, and a wandering ninja behind him immediately placed a thumb-sized stone on the ground in front of Lu Nie.
Lu Nie leaned over and picked up the stone, using his chakra to carefully feel the inside of the stone.
A familiar energy immediately emerged from the stone and entered his perception. It was a huge and restless force.
Natural energy?
No, it's more like a product of change after being infiltrated by natural energy and chakra. In other words, it's chakra with certain characteristics!
"What do you think? After I found the possible mineral veins here, I immediately came to your Konoha." Karan asked with greed in his eyes when he saw the stone in Lu Nie's hand emitting a bright chakra light.
He was not one of those small businessmen who knew nothing. He knew too well the huge profits contained in this kind of ore. So at the first moment, he took the initiative to find the Konoha Village in accordance with the rules.
(End of this chapter)