Naruto the Genius

Chapter 40 Important Information

The two men suddenly appeared in a stronghold, turned to look at Naruto and said: "Is this the legendary Flying Thunder God Technique?"

Naruto said: "It seems that you two have some knowledge. Your status in Iwagakure is not low. Since you want me to let you go, you must answer my questions honestly."

Naruto called Sagi Mori over and said, "Sagi Mori, lock them both in different rooms. Ask them to answer the questions I ask separately. If the two give different answers, you know the consequences."

The two men were so frightened that they quickly knelt down and said, "We dare not lie. We only ask for your lives to be spared."

Seeing the expressions of the two, Naruto couldn't understand how they graduated from the Ninja School, or maybe most people wouldn't be so open-minded when really facing death.

First, Naruto asked the first question about their status in Iwagakure. They both gave the same answer: they were both jonin, but they had not been promoted to jonin for long, and their talents were not particularly good considering their ages. Slowly, Naruto began to ask more in-depth questions, and their answers were basically the same. It seems that when a person gives up his beliefs, everything before is no longer important.

After two days of interrogation, Naruto had a general understanding of the Land of Earth and the mysterious Iwagakure Village. First of all, the Land of Earth is surrounded by mountains and rocks, and the terrain is very complex. If a war breaks out, it will be very disadvantageous for enemies who are not familiar with the terrain. At the same time, transportation in the Land of Earth is not very convenient due to the influence of the terrain. The Iwagakure Village is built on natural barriers such as mountains and solid rocks. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as a few exits are guarded, it will be very difficult for enemy troops and even spies to invade. At the same time, if the ninjas of this village want to defect from the village, they can only fly over from the sky. Most of the ninjas in the Iwagakure Village are good at earth escape, which is very beneficial for fighting in the Land of Earth. They can use various terrains to launch many advantageous ninjutsu, and their joint combat capabilities are also relatively strong.

The upper echelons of the Land of Earth are even more powerful. In addition to a large number of jonin, there are also many outstanding talents among the jonin, such as the other eight ninjas who participated in this mission. If it weren't for Naruto's lightning escape that specifically restrains earth escape and adopted a tactic that is beneficial to him, it is estimated that Naruto might not be able to kill them now. In addition to these, there is another person that Naruto least wants to meet, the Tsuchikage, the only surviving bloodline eliminated ninja. Although he is very old, his ninjutsu can ignore all defenses and has a very large range. Naruto can't find a way to deal with it for a while.

Fortunately, Naruto’s mission this time is not to assassinate the Tsuchikage, but to assassinate the daimyo. However, the daimyo must be protected by a large number of ninjas, so it would be very difficult for Naruto to sneak into the daimyo’s mansion.

However, during this interrogation, Naruto also obtained a very meaningful piece of information. The Daimyo of the Land of Earth must go out to hold an important sacrifice in half a month. At that time, it must be held by the Daimyo personally, and many important people will be present. This is a great opportunity for Naruto.

Interrogating these two people not only allowed Naruto to obtain such important information, but also to understand their ninjutsu. Although it was not a particularly valuable ninjutsu, Naruto might be able to use it in the future. After obtaining all the information, Naruto still ruthlessly killed them.

Sagi Mori, who was watching from the side, felt a little reluctant and said, "Sir, they have already surrendered and provided you with important information. Why do you still want to..." Naruto said, "First of all, they are no longer of any use. Secondly, they also know a lot of information about me. If it is leaked out, it will be very disadvantageous to us. In addition, we don't have facilities like prisons for the time being, so we can't imprison them well, so we can only kill them."

Naruto put his hand on Sagi Mori's shoulder, looked at him meaningfully and said, "This is the best ending for both of them. They just made the stupidest choice in the ninja world when facing death. Sagi Mori, you must remember that even if you choose to surrender, it is difficult to escape the ending of death. On the contrary, you may face more terrible consequences. This is why you almost never see ninjas surrendering."

Sagi Mori was originally a kind person, but after experiencing his uncle's betrayal, he began to appreciate the ruthlessness of this world. Naruto's words made him understand more deeply and made him realize what he should insist on.

Naruto looked at Sagi Mori's expression, knowing that his words had gradually changed Sagi Mori's concept, and nodded secretly. Although Sagi Mori was just an ordinary person, he was very talented. Although he didn't know how talented he was in practicing ninjutsu, he would definitely become a useful talent.

After doing all this, Naruto began to prepare for this dangerous trip to the Land of Earth, from the basic plan to the clothes he wore. Originally, Naruto wanted to pretend to be a ninja he had killed to go to the Land of Earth, but although this was relatively easy to enter the Land of Earth, the risks were too great.

If they were discovered by the sensory ninjas of their country, they would be at risk of being besieged. Even if there were no sensory ninjas, Naruto suspected that the Iwagakure had already learned of their deaths, so there would be no point in doing so.

After preparing some necessities, Naruto quickly passed through the Land of Grass and headed for the border of the Land of Earth. Naruto carefully checked and found that there were indeed a large number of guards at the entrance of the Land of Earth. Although the border of the big country is relatively long, the rest of the Land of Earth is basically some steep mountains that you can't see the end of at a glance. Even if you climb over this one, you don't know if there is another mountain behind it, so there is no need to send people to guard it.

Naruto watched all this and thought, "No wonder the Land of Earth is so confident. As long as they guard the important places, this complex terrain is really not something that ordinary people can get through. Even ninjas may get lost after entering. If we hadn't received accurate intelligence before, it would have been difficult to enter the Land of Earth."

Fortunately, Naruto had obtained a simple map based on the description of the two ninjas. Based on this map, Naruto found a relatively weak link. To say it is weak is actually to climb over a 7,000-meter cliff, and it is a very hard and smooth cliff. After climbing over it, you can reach a village by crossing a river without people. After reaching the village, the guards are almost gone, and you can smoothly go to the prosperous town. This is the shortcoming of the guarding method of the Land of Earth. And Naruto is now ready to take this route.

(End of this chapter)