Konoha: Uchiha, I get stronger by causing trouble.

Chapter 31 Chiga: Let's lighten the mood!

Seeing Kushina's expression, the village chief Katsumi, who was constantly observing her, immediately asked, "Sir ninja, do you already know what this beast is?"

Kushina nodded, then said, "Old man, if it's alright, could you please leave first? My disciple and I need to discuss something."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you!"

Village Chief Keshi nodded and led Qiren out of the house.

After the two left, Kushina said to Chiga, "This time we're in trouble!"

"How serious is the trouble?"

Chiga was already prepared from Kushina's unpleasant expression.

Kushina explained, "This beast is called the Red Rock Boar, and it's a summoning beast of a small clan in the Hidden Stone Village of the Land of Earth."

"Summoning beasts? The Land of Earth?"

Upon hearing this, Chiga's expression also turned serious. This place was not far from Konoha Village, and the appearance of a summoning beast from Iwagakure Village made the matter much more serious.

The appearance of a summoning beast unique to Iwagakure here means that a group of Iwagakure ninja is nearby.

Ninjas usually act in small teams and rarely act alone.

But if someone comes alone, it's even more troublesome, because it means that person is extremely powerful!

"Judging from the size of this Red Rock Boar in Takato's description, it should be at the Chunin level, so its owner must be about the same."

Kushina has already ruled out the possibility that Iwagakure is a single person.

The strength of most summoning beasts is linked to the strength of the ninja himself. Naruto's ability to summon Gamabunta while still a genin is simply cheating!

"Damn it, what are those ninjas patrolling the border doing? A squad of Iwa ninja managed to sneak into the heart of the Land of Fire without a sound."

Kushina slammed her hand on the table and yelled.

"A bunch of useless trash! The enemy is already at the village entrance, and they haven't even reacted!"

"When I get back, I'm going to make sure those three generations of old men have their entire year's salary deducted!"

Kushina berated the border ninjas for a full half hour, and also dragged Minato, who was on the border of the Land of Lightning, into the rant, vowing to teach Minato a lesson when she got back.

Chiga had reason to believe that Kushina was using this as an excuse to make trouble. Minato was in a hurry to leave the village because of the urgent mission and didn't have time to apologize to Kushina, which made Kushina angry for a long time.

During this time, Chiga had already become familiar with the crow in his arms and was feeding it dry food.

Seeing that Kushina was still angry and wanted to say a few more words, Chiga whispered:

"Kushina-sensei, now is not the time to scold them. The key question is, what should we do next?"

"Phew, you're right." Kushina calmed herself down, resting her chin on her hand as she pondered, "What we need to consider now is their purpose in coming here through all this trouble—assassination, sabotage of supplies, or intelligence gathering?"

Although the war has ended, the Land of Earth and the Land of Fire have not yet restored diplomatic relations. If ninjas from either country appear in the other's country and are discovered, they will have to bear the consequences themselves.

"Could it be..."

Chiga was also pondering the purpose of this group of Iwa ninja. After thinking for a long time, she exclaimed in surprise, "Could they be lost?!"

"Idiot, don't talk nonsense and disrupt your teacher's train of thought!"

He had initially thought his disciple had made a discovery, but to his surprise, the answer was so perfunctory that he punched Qianhe on the head.

"Isn't this just to lighten the mood?"

Chiga grinned, rubbing his forehead. Seeing that Kushina was about to hit him again, he quickly said, "Information! They've come to collect information!"

During the half hour that Kushina was swearing at him, he had already thought a lot.

Kushina lowered her fist, looked at Chiga in surprise, and asked, "How did you know?"

"First of all, the supply disruption can be eliminated; there's no need to go to the heart of the Land of Fire, so close to Konoha."

"As for the assassination, according to our mission, the village saw the Red Rock Boar five days ago, so we can conclude that they have been here for at least five days."

"Five days without any activity in this secluded mountain clearly indicates they're not planning to infiltrate Konoha for an assassination. Therefore, they must be waiting here for their intelligence agents to infiltrate Konoha!"

"You've got some skills!"

After hearing Chiga's explanation, Kushina suddenly looked him over carefully, as if she were meeting him for the first time.

"What's wrong, Kushina-sensei?"

Seeing Kushina remain silent, Chiga asked in confusion.

Just then, Kushina suddenly turned murderous, her hand moved, a cold light flashed, and the next moment a kunai was held against Chiga's neck.

Sensing the chilling aura on his neck, Qianhe froze.

The crow in his arms was startled, then cawed softly, seemingly warning Kushina.

Kushina said coldly, "Speak quickly, who are you, and what have you done to my lovely disciple?"

"Stop fooling around, Kushina-sensei!"

Chiga rolled her eyes in annoyance and shoved Kushina's kunai away.

If it weren't for the sly glint in Kushina's eyes, he would have been completely intimidated and almost knelt down, begging, "Your Majesty, spare my life! I am truly your beloved disciple!"

"Haha, I was just trying to lighten the mood." Seeing that Chiga had noticed, Kushina patted Chiga's head familiarly and teased, "I saw your legs tremble a little!"

Chiga: "...Not only are my legs shaking, you almost scared me to death."

Seeing that Chiga seemed a little unhappy, Kushina quickly praised her, "But I really didn't expect that you could analyze so many things, Chiga. Very good!"

Chiga, his face dark, slapped Kushina's hand away and muttered, "Kushina-sensei, if you used your brain more and didn't focus all your attention on Minato-senpai, you could figure it out too."

It's really simple; it's just that Kushina, who doesn't like to think, couldn't have thought of it.

"Now that we know their purpose, it's time to think about what to do!"

Ignoring Chiga's sarcasm, Kushina fell into deep thought once again.

If it were just her alone, she wouldn't think about any of that. She would just rush over and fight, regardless of whether it was one or two teams of Iwa ninja. If she couldn't win, escaping shouldn't be a problem.

But now she has Qianhe with her, her first disciple, and besides, she quite likes this disciple.

"Kushina-sensei, there's one more thing I haven't mentioned yet!"

After being startled by Kushina, Chiga almost forgot about another important piece of information.

"What else do you know?"

Kushina was stunned when she heard this. She was already surprised that Chiga could figure out why they came, but she didn't expect there was more to it.

"I also know that the opponent might not be that strong!"

"Oh? How did you determine that?"

Kushina was a little skeptical about this.

That's strange. Why are there so few investors? Do you all have no faith in my business?

(End of this chapter)