"So that's how it is?"
Itachi seemed lost in thought, with an expression like "Master, I've understood!"
"So, why is a six - year - old kid like you thinking about these things? A child should act like a child. These profound topics have nothing to do with you," Kiyosuke complained.
At this age, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were still skipping stones!
You're actually thinking about these things?
"I just want to know," Itachi said, lowering his head.
"I'm not blaming you. It's just that you shouldn't think about these things. They're meaningless to you. What you need to do now is to study hard and make progress every day."
"Okay, I understand."
It seemed that he had figured something out. Itachi held his younger brother and smiled. Seeing his brother smile, Sasuke also smiled.
Kiyosuke had another meal at Itachi's place and then left. In a while, Naruto would come to live with him. Well, let Rin take care of him for a while.
Thinking this way, Kiyosuke left the Uchiha clan area. Before leaving, he looked around. It seemed... they were surrounded.
Konoha was under reconstruction. Several new high - rise buildings were built near the Uchiha clan area. Seemed normal,but in fact, they were surrounded. These were used for surveillance. Those old guys in Konoha still didn't trust the Uchiha clan.
But since it was just surveillance and they didn't do anything excessive, he decided to let it go.
He should tell Fugaku Uchiha to hold fewer clan meetings. Holding too many of them wasn't good for their family.
It was enough to hold one or two meetings during festivals or when there were important matters. They couldn't hold clan meetings every other day. It would easily draw the attention of those old guys.
To them, the Uchiha clan was still a potential threat to the village, and they couldn't let their guard down.
...
After the mission against the Cult of the Evil God, Kiyosuke took the reward for that mission and used it all to buy exploding tags. Then he stored all the exploding tags in a cool and dry place in Ryuchi Cave. It was convenient for storage, and he could summon them directly when needed.
Using the Mutual Multi - Shadow Exploding Tag technique really hurts the wallet!
Who can understand that pain?
With a sigh, Kiyosuke was walking on the street when someone shouted from behind, "Big brother!"
He turned around and saw Anko, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. "What's up?"
"Teacher is busy recently. Can you accompany me on a mission?" Anko asked excitedly.
"Is it still a C - rank mission?"
"No, I've been promoted to chunin. With you around, we can take on B - rank missions," Anko said.
"Ah? You've been promoted to chunin? When?"
"Oh, you were on a mission those days, big brother. It was during that time. Seriously, big brother, you don't pay any attention to your little sister's situation!" Anko puffed out her cheeks and said angrily.
Kiyosuke poked her cheek, deflating her. "We can take on a B - rank mission, but it has to be tomorrow. I just got back and need a good rest."
"Okay, remember to get up early tomorrow morning. I'll come and wake you up."
Having her big brother as a helper, this mission would surely be a piece of cake.
Every time she went on a mission with Kiyosuke, they would complete it as quickly as possible. Unless it was an escort mission that took a long time. Of course, Kiyosuke wouldn't take on escort missions casually. They were really troublesome. The employers would order you around, and if they were unreasonable, Kiyosuke would want to slap them in the face.
Unless... they paid a lot!
After going home and resting for a night, he started the mission with Anko.
The mission requirement was to assassinate the daimyo of a small country. Since it was a small country, it was only a B - rank mission.
After notifying the Uchiha clan, he left Konoha with Anko.
That small country was really small, only about the size of a city. It was right next to the Fire Country. It was said that the daimyo of this small country was related to the daimyo of the Fire Country, so it hadn't been destroyed.
The two of them arrived at this country in the afternoon. The surrounding residents were emaciated, lacking vitality, and having no hope for the next day. Anko said, "Because the daimyo of this country oppresses the people too harshly, the common people have suffered a lot. But they're powerless against the daimyo's men. So some of them saved up some money and went to Konoha, hoping that Konoha ninjas could kill the daimyo."
Kiyosuke stroked his chin and said, "Are you sure we need to assassinate?"
"Yeah," Anko nodded.
"Tsk, got it. We'll do it at night."
"So soon? Don't we need to scout the place? We're going for an assassination, big brother," Anko asked in surprise.
"Yeah, it's an assassination. What's the use of scouting? Sneaking in is unnecessary. We'll be discovered anyway. It's better to just charge in and kill all the witnesses. That's a perfect assassination," Kiyosuke said matter - of - factly.
"Ah, well..." Anko was speechless. She felt something was wrong, but she couldn't tell exactly what. And somehow, it seemed to make sense. Worthy of my senior fellow,he could easily do things she couldn't.
"Just kidding. Don't take it seriously. Although we're ninjas, we definitely can't act recklessly and kill innocent people. I'll charge in tonight to draw their attention, and you go and assassinate that guy," Kiyosuke said softly.
"Got it, big brother. But won't that guy have a lot of bodyguards around him?"
The daimyo usually had some powerful bodyguards around them. For example, there were people like Asuma around the daimyo of the Fire Country. Now, the title of the Twelve Guardian Ninja was starting to emerge. They wholeheartedly protected the safety of the daimyo of the Fire Country.
The daimyo of each country had ninjas or samurai to protect them. The daimyo of such a small country were usually protected by samurai.
After all, a small number of samurai were cheaper than ninjas!
And if used well, these people were loyal and would never betray. So although the samurai had declined, some forces still kept some samurai at home to protect themselves.
"I'll take care of all of them."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you, big brother."
"Okay."
Kiyosuke nodded. When it was late at night and everything was quiet.
The two came to the daimyo's castle. Anko sneaked over the wall from the side. Not long after she entered, there was an explosion. She wiped the sweat off her forehead and muttered, "Big brother's fighting style is still so simple and brutal. He doesn't even try to hide himself."
At the castle gate.
The thick wooden door was blown away by Kiyosuke. With a changed face, Kiyosuke strode forward and said to the samurai, "Come on!"
Chakra appeared on the samurai's swords, and then they shouted and charged at him.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
A water dragon condensed beside him and rushed towards the samurai.
"Ah!" "Ah!"
Screams rang out. The samurai guarding the city gate were all taken care of by the Water Dragon Bullet Technique. They fell to the ground one by one. Kiyosuke held back. These people were all unconscious, at most, some of them had a few broken bones.