svetikya Chapter 236: Meeting Okisuke Again
Chapter 236: Meeting Okisuke Again
"I'm Hyuga Kumoyu from Konoha. I've fought against the Kumo Ninjas with Okisuke before, so we can be considered comrades-in-arms. This time I came here to ask him for help." I didn't want to cause any misunderstanding, so I told the truth.
The guard at the city gate was very surprised. I looked only about 15 or 16 years old. To be able to fight alongside Oshisuke, I must have at least the strength of a jonin. But seeing that I looked calm and didn't seem to be lying, he still pointed the way for me: "Sir Oshisuke usually follows Lord Mifune and works in the city lord's mansion. Sir Oshisuke's own residence is also next to the city lord's mansion. You will know when you see him."
I nodded and stepped through the city gate, entering Sakura Castle again, and walked along the main road towards the city lord's mansion.
The Iron Country is naturally not as powerful as the Five Great Countries, not to mention compared with Konoha, but its business is indeed developed, with all kinds of shops on both sides of the road, selling food, jewelry, and weapons.
Especially when it comes to weapons and ninja tools, the Iron Kingdom is the largest and best weapons manufacturer in the entire ninja world. Relying on such an industry, the prosperity of the entire Iron Kingdom can be maintained.
After a while, I arrived at the most important building in the Iron Kingdom, the City Lord's Mansion. As the residence of the head of a country, the guards are naturally very strict. In addition to the patrols and guards in the open, there are also many secret sentries in the dark, who of course cannot escape my contempt.
According to the city gate guards, Okisuke's residence is near the city lord's mansion. I looked around and found a long banner with Okisuke's surname - Fuji.
However, as speculated, Oshisuke should be with Mifune at this time. There is no one in this house. Oshisuke himself is not from a prominent family, and he is not married or has children, so he has always lived alone.
I am not in a hurry and there is no need to go into the City Lord's Mansion to report the request for an audience. I will just wait here patiently. Chongjie will definitely come back in the evening.
As expected, after it got dark, Okisuke returned to the house and saw me standing at the door in standard Hyuga clothing.
"Yunyu? Long time no see. You've changed a lot." Chongjie was quite surprised. First, we haven't seen each other for three years and he didn't expect to see me here. Second, as a strong man, he felt that he could no longer see through my strength.
"It's been almost three years since we last met, Okisuke." The last time we met was also our first time, during the Second Shinobi World War, at the border between the Land of Iron and the Land of Lightning. I was ordered to support the Land of Iron when I was only twelve years old.
At that time, I already had the strength of a jonin, and was on par with Oshisuke, the second best fighter in the Land of Iron. After three years of training, Oshisuke had made some progress, but there was still a big gap compared to me who was on the rise.
"What do you want to talk to me about?" Okisuke asked the purpose of my visit as he led me into his house. After all, although Konoha and the Land of Iron are not hostile forces, as a Konoha jonin, my appearance in the Land of Iron still needs to be taken seriously. The destructive power and deterrent power of a jonin are too great.
"I came to ask you for help. I want to go to the Water Kingdom. I thought there should be a Chamber of Commerce fleet from the Iron Kingdom and the Soup Kingdom to the Water Kingdom. I want to take a ride on it." I didn't beat around the bush and directly stated my needs.
While we were talking, the two of us entered Okisuke's house. As the current second-in-command of the Iron Kingdom, Okisuke's residence can be said to be plain and unpretentious. After all, without the ties of family and home, a two-story building is enough for Okisuke's daily life.
Okisuke took me to a seat in the living room, made a cup of tea, and slowly said, "There are not many caravans heading to the Land of Water. I only know a few. It just so happens that our City Lord's Mansion also operates a chamber of commerce, the Sakura Chamber of Commerce."
"It belongs to the official chamber of commerce of our Iron Country. It is relatively large in scale and powerful. It also has sailings to the Hot Spring Country and the Water Country. However, the specific time needs to be confirmed with the person in charge of the caravan." Okisuke introduced.
"It's getting late today. Tomorrow I will take you to the Sakura Chamber of Commerce's headquarters to see when the voyage to the Land of Water will depart." Given Okisuke's status in the Land of Iron, this was naturally a trivial matter.
"Okay, thank you very much." In fact, Chongjie and I are just acquaintances and we don't have a very close relationship. I am very grateful that he can help me enthusiastically.
After talking about the main business, Chongjie spoke again and asked with interest: "Three years ago, Yunyu, you were already a jonin, and now you should have made further progress."
"It's just normal training. My title is still Jonin. You know, the further you practice, the harder it is to improve." I waved my hand to indicate that I was making average progress.
"The title is the title, and the strength is the strength. You are so young, and without special circumstances or major achievements, Konoha should not allow you to become an elite jonin. But your strength is naturally not weaker than that of an ordinary elite jonin."
Okisuke himself has the strength of an elite jonin and can sense my approximate strength. He feels that he may not be able to defeat me if he fights with me.
Okisuke's feeling was not wrong. Under normal circumstances, I have the strength of an elite jonin. When the Eight Gates are unleashed, I can also fight against Kage-level opponents to a certain extent.