Avengers of the Whirlpool Family.

Chapter 144 Takigakure Village (Part )
In the original work, Naruto and his crew entered the village directly through the waterfall.

But Menma learned from the people in the surrounding areas that on the hill on the other side of the waterfall, there is a winding path that leads to the interior of Takigakure Village. That is the real road for Takigakure Village to receive outsiders.

After all, we can't really allow every outsider, especially ordinary people, to cross the waterfall and enter the village, that would be really funny.

"Let's go, the main entrance is in another direction, and we need to change our appearance."

This time we are here to investigate, not to do anything else.

Of course, one's own appearance needs to be hidden.

Not to mention that he is now above the ninja world and is ranked at the top of the "wanted seed" of the ninja villages in various countries. God knows whether the Takigakure Village has received his accurate information. Menma does not want to cause a big commotion as soon as he enters Takigakure Village.

"Ok!"

Xianglin also nodded in understanding.

"Transformation Technique."

The two of them also used the transformation technique synchronously, each changing into the appearance of a young man in his twenties or thirties, and then they flew towards the main gate of Takigakure Village one after the other. Menma had no intention of hiding his identity as a ninja.

Because that is the stupidest behavior. Any ninja village, unless it is as small as the Hidden Star Village, is unlikely to have perception type ninjas. Other ninja villages that are slightly larger will have perception type ninjas. The levels of these perception type ninjas are of course very different.

But no matter how bad the perception ninja is.

It is also possible to detect the chakra aura of other people within a certain range.

If Menma pretends to be an ordinary traveler, then Chunchun is just deceiving himself.

The road that detours past.

Just a few minutes later, we saw the winding path. It must be said that from an ordinary person's perspective, the geographical advantage of Takigakure Village is really exaggerated, whether it is the entrance to the waterfall or the entrance to this path.

Of course there is no problem with normal entry.

But if there is an invasion by foreign enemies.

As long as the difference in strength is not too great and the Takigakure Village has made preparations in advance, no one can break into the heart of Takigakure Village.

This is the same as the defense of the narrow passage in the Sand Village.

If it weren't for the assistance of the insider arranged by Scorpion - Yura Jonin, no matter how powerful Scorpion and Deidara were, they would not have been able to invade the Sand Village silently. The same logic can also be applied to the Iwagakure Village, the Kumogakure Village, and the Mist Village. These ninja villages almost all have their own unique defense strategies.

It was only when Konoha was established that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were too strong, so strong that they didn't need to care about these details at all. Konoha was established on a large plain, which was well connected. Later, they could only rely on a large-scale perception barrier, but this could only be used to search for the enemy, and could not be used as a defensive measure to resist foreign invasions.

Although this was the first time that Menma came to the territory of another ninja village in this life, he had a relative understanding of the terrain of each major ninja village when he read the original work in his previous life.

When seeing the geographical location of Takigakure Village, one could not help but reveal a look of amazement. The natural terrain advantage, coupled with the well-placed garrison personnel, made it difficult for anyone to invade unless their strength exceeded the dimensional gap.

"Hmm? Who are you? What's the matter with you coming to our Takigakure Village?!"

Menma and Karin did not hide their tracks, and the Taki ninjas who were guarding the path immediately locked onto their locations. If they were just ordinary people, these Taki ninjas would have let them go.

But now it was obvious that the two were ninjas, and since it was unclear which ninja village they were from, the Taki ninjas would of course show up to intercept them.

"Oh, we are envoys from Lord Tsuchikata, the Left Minister under the Lord Daimyo of the Land of Fire. We have a mission to issue to your village. Please, the leader of your village, meet with us."

Facing the scrutinizing gazes of the two Taki-nin who flashed in front of him, Menma smiled gently, and calmly took out from his arms a token that had been prepared long ago and was obviously made of special metal. After showing it to the two Taki-nin in front of him, he spoke in a calm tone.

This was the identity Menma had thought of for himself long before he came here.

Ninjas are not exclusive to ninja villages.

In the five major countries, the daimyo and some of the highest-level nobles also have a group of ninjas serving them. These ninjas are either trained since childhood or recruited from outside. The most famous are the Twelve Guardians of the Fire Country Daimyo. Generally speaking, these ninjas directly obey the orders of the daimyo and nobles.

This can also be considered a confrontational strategy at the national level.

But in fact it is very weak.

Because the ninjas under their command are either very weak (at most only at the level of Chunin).
Otherwise it's not so pure.

For example, the twelve guardian ninjas just mentioned.

Asma was once one of them.

But what is Asuma? The son of the Hokage, whose side do you think he will sit on?
Obey the orders of the Daimyo? That's a joke.

The bloody fight between the twelve guardian ninjas mentioned in the original work is the best proof of this.

Therefore, it is generally difficult for the ninjas under these big countries to perform well, but their identities must be more or less recognized and respected by others. This can be regarded as a nominal courtesy. Although Menma's identity is forged, the token is real.

Because it was taken from Orochimaru.

This snake uncle didn't even ask Menma what he wanted to do with it. He gave it to him very generously. Or rather, in Orochimaru's eyes, this was a trivial matter. How important was it to have an identity token of a national noble?
The answer is obviously no.

"!? So you are the distinguished guests from the Land of Fire. Please come in. We will report to the leader immediately."

The green-haired Taki ninja on the left certainly couldn't tell whether the token was real or fake, but he didn't care.

This thing called identity.

To put it bluntly, it's just a symbol. Ninjas are more concerned about real issues.

This Taki-nin gestured to another Taki-nin next to him.

"Ah."

Following from that.

He personally led Menma and Karin towards the interior of the village. Along the way, he seemed to be reminding them, but in fact he was warning them in a tone not to wander around after entering the ninja village, because some places were off-limits to outsiders and there were special traps set up inside.

(End of this chapter)