Becoming the Tsuchikage in the Naruto World

Chapter 306: Quite a Commotion

Standing near the Hyuga clan's territory and looking at the empty streets, Ishiro sneered inwardly, "They're courting death."

After wandering around Konoha and confirming that no one was following or monitoring him, and confirming that Konoha really hadn't dispatched Anbu to stand guard, Ishiro completely let loose.

In the original story, the Cloud ninjas made their move at night. This should not change in this life.

Anyway, since he was idle, he was idle. Ishiro planned to properly understand Konoha's culture.

The yakiniku restaurant, the dango shop, the izakaya—Ishiro visited them all. He was somewhat disappointed that he didn't meet any familiar ninjas from the original story.

Finally, Ishiro arrived at the entrance of Konoha's most famous shop: Ichiraku Ramen. Before entering the shop, Ishiro fully activated his Mind's Eye's perception to sense the surroundings first.

As expected, Ichiraku Ramen was the most popular.

The small shop was full of people, with more ninjas than civilians. There was even one Jonin, though he didn't know if he had appeared in the original story.

Ishiro no longer hesitated, lifted his foot, and walked in, saying to Teuchi, who was busy making food, "One miso ramen."

The young Teuchi looked up, gave Ishiro a confident and sunny smile, and said, "You got it! Please wait a moment."

Ishiro looked around, pretending to be looking for an empty seat, but was actually quickly scanning the faces of the ninjas.

Although he didn't see some of their full faces, Ishiro was sure they were all extras. Hmm, probably not even extras.

Ishiro was a little disappointed. He casually chose an empty seat and waited boredly for Teuchi to make the ramen.

Teuchi moved quickly. In a short while, he brought a steaming bowl of miso ramen to Ishiro, smiled, and said, "Please enjoy."

Ishiro also returned a smile.

The noodles tasted good, and the soup was also delicious. It made Ishiro somewhat envious. Konoha was really lucky; even a specialized talent like Teuchi was willing to settle down in Konoha.

Speaking of which, the trade and commerce of the Land of Earth had been booming these years, but very few people were willing to settle in Iwagakure.

Thinking of this, Ishiro looked up at Teuchi. Teuchi happened to be free as there were no new customers.

So Ishiro asked, "Senior Teuchi, did you grow up in the village? Where did you learn your ramen-making skills?"

Teuchi was stunned; few people asked him this. But he didn't think too much about it and said, "When I was young, I grew up in the capital, and I also learned to make ramen there."

"Then why did you choose to settle down in Konoha, Senior? Why not go back to the capital?" Ishiro asked.

"Haha, because Konoha is warm. Konoha is like a big family. Living here gives one a sense of pride, a sense of belonging," Teuchi replied with a big laugh, his tone as if it were a matter of course.

Ishiro was silent. "Warmth, a sense of pride, a sense of belonging?"

To be honest, when Ishiro watched the original story from Naruto's perspective, the Konoha he saw, apart from a few bright spots, was dark. Their rejection and isolation of Naruto made Ishiro have no good feelings for Konoha.

The Konoha in Ishiro's eyes was full of internal strife, with various interest groups competing. The higher-ups were corrupt, and the ninja clans and civilians were completely opposed. The mediocre would be used as cannon fodder by Hiruzen, while the talented would be dealt with by Danzō.

All the major and minor events that happened in Konoha were filled with the taste of conspiracy. Towards a child like Naruto, no one was willing to show even a little kindness.

But Teuchi's words made Ishiro change his mind.

Without a good overall environment, where did those bright lights surrounding Naruto come from? If Konoha was truly dark, why did none of the villains who jumped out to cause trouble have a good end?

Why could Danzō only ever stay underground?

Ishiro decided that in the afternoon, he would take another good look at Konoha, observing it without any prejudice.

Just then, a youth wearing a ninja vest, with a head of white hair and a forehead protector covering one eye, walked in.

The youth said listlessly to Teuchi, "One miso ramen."

Seeing the newcomer, Teuchi laughed loudly and said, "It's Kakashi! You haven't been here for a long time. I'll give you a 20% discount today. Remember to help me call Guy over next time."

"Yeah." A ripple flashed through Kakashi's lifeless eyes, and then they returned to silence.

This scene was completely taken in by Ishiro. Ishiro suddenly had some enlightenment. Teuchi felt the warmth of Konoha, so he joined it. Now he was a part of Konoha, and he was also using his warmth to melt away the coldness of others.

Although Teuchi's enthusiasm only caused a slight ripple in Kakashi, if Konoha had many, many Teuchis, Kakashi's dead heart would sooner or later be melted.

The original story was just like this. When the protagonist appeared, Kakashi was already no longer the same as he was now. In addition, the protagonist was naturally a great source of light, able to melt the surrounding ice, which was why Kakashi could completely walk out of the darkness and become the Sixth Hokage.

"So that's how it is. Passing on warmth, huddling together for warmth? I understand." Ishiro's eyes lit up. He knew what he should do.

In the next moment, an intense chakra fluctuation erupted from Ishiro's body. It was a sign of a stirred heart and spirit, an increase in spiritual power.

This kind of situation, if it happened to an Elite Jonin, would very likely be the opportunity to become a Near-Kage.

For example, in the battle between Kawakita and Mifune, he saw clearly the sword in his own heart, and then he naturally advanced.

Ishiro himself had also had this kind of mental transformation back then on the battlefield when he saw the Iwa army on the verge of defeat have its situation reversed by Ōnoki's Dust Release. At that time, Ishiro had also gone from an Elite Jonin to a Near-Kage.

It was just that the current Ishiro's ninja rank was already Kage-level, so it was impossible to advance again. Ishiro's spiritual power had just become stronger. If this scene had happened to someone from the Uchiha clan, it would mean their Yin Release had become stronger, perhaps an opportunity for their ocular power to improve.

However, Ishiro also had his gains. With this one event, due to the increase in his spiritual power, the chakra he extracted in the future would also be relatively stronger. Of course, this increase would not be too large.

In addition, his chakra control could also be further improved. It might be easier to train in Yin Release in the future.

Ishiro could be considered to have found his own path to change the ninja world and bring peace to it.

But now was not a good time to digest these gains. Ishiro had run into trouble.

Even though he was wearing a cloak painted with a chakra-blocking seal, the commotion from his full-power chakra outburst just now was not small.

Weakened by the seal, it was probably still at the Elite Jonin level. It was impossible for the Konoha sensory barrier not to sense a chakra fluctuation of this level.

More importantly, Kakashi was right beside him. Kakashi was too close; his sensing would surely be more accurate. Kakashi should have been able to feel the pressure brought by a top-tier powerhouse of the ninja world.

Without another word, Ishiro used the Body Flicker Technique and left the Ichiraku Ramen shop.

Fortunately, Kakashi was not in a good state at this time. First, he was in a state of lifelessness, and then being scared by Ishiro like this, he seemed not to have recovered yet.

A few seconds later, Kakashi finally thought: "This person must be the strange ninja who invaded Konoha last night."

By the time Kakashi rushed out of the ramen shop, Ishiro was long gone. But Kakashi had a trump card. He bit his finger, then formed a hand seal: "Summoning Technique!"

Poof. After a puff of smoke, a ninja hound appeared. It wasn't Pakkun; Pakkun probably hadn't been born yet at this time. This was an adult combat ninja hound, entirely yellow, and half a person tall.

"Bikk, track a ninja who just left. The person just ate a bowl of miso ramen," Kakashi quickly ordered, at the same time placing the stool Ishiro had sat on in front of Bikk.

"Woof," the ninken Bikk responded, then began to sniff around for the scent Ishiro had left.

But after a while, Bikk barked again somewhat awkwardly, "Woof."

Kakashi's brows furrowed. "Besides the smell of ramen, there's no other scent? Deliberately eliminating his scent within Konoha Village... he's an intruder, for sure."

It was just that Ichiraku Ramen had a high flow of customers, and miso ramen was everyone's favorite. Several of the customers who had left just a step ahead of Ishiro had also eaten miso ramen.

In other words, Bikk couldn't lock onto Ishiro's position.

Unable to track him himself, Kakashi subconsciously was about to launch a signal flare.

But at the last moment, he hesitated. Although Ishiro's aura was isolated by the seal, Kakashi was close, and that oppressive feeling was unmistakable—the same level as his teacher.

If a ninja of this level broke out into a fight in Konoha Village, even if they could ultimately keep the other party here, the casualties among Konoha ninjas and civilians would be great.

What's more, Konoha was not prepared now. After the signal was launched, the Anbu who rushed over might pay a huge price.

Retracting the signal scroll and dispelling the summoning jutsu, Kakashi rushed towards the Hokage Tower at the fastest speed.

The number of public Kage-level individuals in the ninja world could be counted on one's fingers. Kakashi was the Fourth Hokage's disciple and also an Anbu squad leader. He was very clear about this kind of intelligence.

While running, Kakashi guessed the other party's identity in his mind.

Fourth Mizukage Yagura, Fourth Raikage A, Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer Bee, Fourth Kazekage Rasa, Scorch Release user Pakura, Puppet Master Chiyo, Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, Fourth Tsuchikage Ishiro. Iwa also had an Ikura. Akatsuki's Yahiko and Nagato. The village's rogue-nin Orochimaru. Perhaps also add the Sand's rogue-nin Sasori and Taki's rogue-nin Kakuzu.

Excluding puppet masters, excluding women, no Tailed Beast aura, excluding Jinchuriki. Chakra nature is diverse, not dominated by a single fire, water, or lightning. Excluding the Fourth Raikage and the Fourth Mizukage.

This person feels full of vitality, perhaps also not old. Further excluding the Third Tsuchikage and the Taki rogue-nin Kakuzu.

I'm familiar with Orochimaru's aura, so he can also be excluded. The Fourth Kazekage Rasa is mainly wind attribute; this person's wind attribute doesn't seem strong.

Then what remains are: Ishiro, Ikura, and the two Akatsuki Kage about whom there isn't much intelligence.

"Fourth Tsuchikage Ishiro." Without much thought, just by thinking about his style of action, Kakashi had a judgment. "Damn it, at a time like this, he actually dares to infiltrate the village alone. I must report this intelligence to the Hokage quickly."

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