Sansho Granny's son was originally a somewhat weak homebody who was sometimes bullied by others in the village.
Ever since Guy and Rock Lee passed by the shop while training, Sansho Granny often said to Karako, if you could be as energetic as them, you wouldn't be bullied in the future, right?
Then, perhaps she said it too much, and the kid impulsively ran off and joined the Hakkaku Clan.
Sansho Granny's request wasn't much, and Kakashi readily agreed. Then, the four of them sneaked to the foot of the mine at night.
Naruto snatched the task of gathering information because he hadn't done this kind of work before, so Naruto was eager to try it out.
Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura waited in place. About 10 minutes later, Naruto returned, carrying a person in a black robe.
"I've gathered the information, Kakashi-sensei." Naruto threw the person to the ground and continued,
"The leader here is indeed called Hakkaku Raiga, and his weapon is a very peculiar pair of swords, said to be able to control lightning. The Hakkaku Clan, including this guy, has a total of twenty-two people. Ordinary members uniformly wear black robes and use Sleeve Swords as weapons.
Every night, ten people stand guard and patrol. Their residence is on the mountainside, a short distance from Raiga's house.
In addition, Hakkaku Raiga's hobby is to hold funerals for others. If no one dies, he buries people alive and then holds one. He's a complete neurotic killer."
"The information gathering is very detailed, but..." Kakashi first nodded, then pointed to the bruised and swollen person on the ground and asked, "What's wrong with him?"
"I beat him up." Naruto said as a matter of course, "Isn't gathering information just beating him up and then listening to him tell the information?"
"Is that what the word 'gather' means?" Kakashi slapped his forehead. "How exactly did Iruka teach you the common language of the ninja world?"
Sakura waved her hand: "No, Iruka-sensei definitely didn't teach it that way."
Sasuke nodded in agreement, the wife sings and the husband follows.
Kakashi squatted down and asked, "So, what's your name?"
"Kar... Karako." The young man lying on the ground shivered.
Could it be such a coincidence? Naruto felt like he just grabbed a random tongue like in a TV series, and he caught Sansho Granny's son?
Kakashi was also puzzled by the kid's luck: "Do you know Sansho Granny?"
Karako panicked: "I, I just took revenge on the people who used to bully me. Please don't attack my mom, she doesn't know anything!"
Kakashi stared at him for a while: "He's still salvageable. Send him back to the curry shop."
"Okay, I'll let a clone go."
No. 001 came out and gave a salute: "Uzumaki Express, guaranteed delivery!"
After the clone left, Kakashi said:
"Let's subdue Raiga's subordinates first, and then figure out how to deal with Raiga."
Naruto nodded, clear the small monsters first and then fight the boss, I understand that.
The four people were each responsible for one direction, finding all the patrolling people, knocking them unconscious, and tying them up. After all, not everyone deserves to die, let the villagers identify and deal with them later.
The ten people on night watch were quietly piled at the foot of the mountain. These people were only slightly better than the ordinary soldiers of the Land of Snow, not enough to be seen by Team 7 at all.
The four people sneaked into a small house not far from Raiga's residence again. The twelve people inside were miserably kidnapped in their sleep. Finally, Naruto was responsible for carrying them, he was familiar with this.
When they finished dealing with these miscellaneous soldiers and walked out of the house, the four of them stopped at the door, because a black shadow slowly walked over a hundred meters ahead, and they could vaguely see the pair of swords in his hand by the torchlight.
"He exposed himself, huh." Kakashi raised his Forehead Protector, wanting to give the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist enough respect.
"Hatake Kakashi? Rokosuke and the others really found a good helper. I treated them like family, yet they do this to me, it's so heartbreaking." Hakkaku Raiga stopped not far away, squeezing out a few tears, "Looks like I have to hold a funeral for them, so I can remember the good they did when they were alive."
The four stared at him intently, thinking in their hearts at the same time that this was simply a pervert.
Kakashi stared at him, questioning, "Raiga, as one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, why are you doing this kind of thing!"
Raiga didn't answer, but instead took a big step to the side, stepping on a high rock, causing Naruto's Water Dragon Bullet, which he habitually used to launch a sneak attack during trash-talking sessions, to miss.
"What's going on?" Sakura was seeing for the first time an enemy who could avoid Naruto's sneak attack in advance.
Kakashi analyzed, "It's like someone is reminding him. Although it's not obvious, he tilted his head slightly, and his eyeballs also moved for a moment. This is the reaction when suddenly hearing someone speak."
Sasuke was a little unconvinced in his heart. He even had the Sharingan, yet Kakashi, an outsider, actually used it more delicately than him.
Naruto added, "I sensed two kinds of Chakra at his location, which means he's carrying someone on his back. It should be a sensory ninja."
Ranmaru, possesses special abilities, his clairvoyance and observation skills are even stronger than Neji's Byakugan, and he can create illusions, allowing the Byakugan to see meridians that look just like real people in places where there is no one.
Ranmaru's experience was similar to Haku's, because his special power was feared, and he was eventually adopted by Raiga.
Because Ranmaru's body was very weak, even weaker than Kurama Yakumo, Raiga had been carrying Ranmaru on his back since he defected, relying on Ranmaru's prompts to grasp the opponent's movements and position during battle.
Ranmaru regarded himself as Raiga's eyes and ears, and his whole body was shrunk in a specially made bag, which was covered with Raiga's cloak.
By the way, Ranmaru is a very cute little shota.
They, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, seemed to have a strange common point: Zabuza adopted Haku, Raiga adopted Ranmaru, Kisame was particularly concerned and respectful to Itachi, and Biwa Juzo, the previous wielder of Zabuza's Executioner's Blade, even slapped the Tailed Beast Ball with his sword to protect Itachi... It was truly touching friendship.
"Ninjutsu: Hidden Mist Technique!" Raiga released Kirigakure's signature Ninjutsu. The visibility was already bad at night, and now he was completely invisible.
"Despicable guys, I won't hold a funeral for you if you die!" Raiga crossed his twin swords, and blue arcs of electricity jumped on the blades, "Lightning Release: Lightning Feast!"
Four thick currents of electricity gathered from the swords, forming like pythons and rushing towards the four along the mountain!
With a bang, a large pit exploded where the four were standing, and bursts of thick smoke rose.
Raiga turned his head and asked, "How is it, Ranmaru?"
"Raiga is strong, but they are not dead. They hid in the house in an instant."
"Body Flicker Technique?" Raiga didn't have Naruto's information. He was hiding here as a mountain bandit, so he could only recognize people like Kakashi who had become famous long ago.
Inside the house, Kakashi said in a serious tone, "The thick fog and night are unfavorable to us. We have to deal with the sensory ninja on his back first. We'll do this..."
Naruto didn't object. Although Ranmaru's background was pitiful, everyone was enemies now, and holding back out of sympathy during battle was the stupidest behavior.
Problems unrelated to the battle should be discussed after we beat you down.
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