Chapter 15: Mission to the Land of Rain, Upgrading to the Two-Tomoe Sharingan

Awakening the Sharingan required an emotional trigger.

In the end, the reason Izumi had awakened her Sharingan was not because the genjutsu had been realistic, but because the overwhelming pain and emotion she had experienced at that moment had been real.

"So you’ve been afraid all this time..."

Reiji looked at the little girl sleeping in his arms.

Her petite body was curled into a ball, making her look extremely insecure.

In the original story, Izumi’s father died during the Nine-Tails’ Night, and she awakened her Sharingan at such a young age.

However, because Reiji was a transmigrator who knew the future, Izumi’s family had avoided the disaster of the Nine-Tails’ Night.

But when she saw that her home had become a ruin the next day, Izumi was still left with lingering fear.

She would even occasionally have nightmares, dreaming that her parents and Reiji had all died during the Nine-Tails’ Night, leaving her all alone.

It was precisely because of this lingering fear and anxiety, combined with Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique reminding Izumi of the Nine-Tails’ Night, that she had experienced the emotional stimulation necessary to awaken her Sharingan.

There was still another disaster waiting for the Uchiha in the future.

Without sufficient strength, how could they survive it?

Why did he train so hard day after day?

Wasn’t it because he had been worried since childhood that he would be taken out with a single slash by that unfilial son in the future?

Not only did he have to increase his own strength and strive to survive the clan massacre, he also had to find a way to protect Izumi’s family.

Afterward.

When Izumi woke up, Reiji seriously reminded her several more times not to reveal her Sharingan awakening to anyone else.

It would be troublesome if Danzo took notice of her and secretly made a move.

After Izumi awakened her Sharingan, Reiji increased the amount of her daily training considerably.

Izumi also seemed to have become much more serious about her daily training after seeing the scene she feared most in the genjutsu.

...

Outside the Hokage Tower.

Might Guy leaped out and found Reiji waiting outside. His expression was filled with excitement.

"We received an escort mission to the capital of the Land of Rain! How about it? Aren’t you excited? This is our first mission outside the Land of Fire!"

However.

Reiji could not help frowning.

The Land of Rain?

It could be said to be the most dangerous place in the current shinobi world in his mind.

Within Amegakure, there was the demigod Hanzo.

Outside Amegakure, there were the Six Paths of Pain.

Tobi might even be lurking somewhere nearby.

They could even run into Kakuzu, the money-making tool of the early Akatsuki.

Or Sasori of the Red Sand, who might be out searching for suitable materials for his puppets.

Both of them were early members of the Akatsuki.

The first three could basically be considered some of the most untouchable people in the current shinobi world.

The latter two were also Kage-level powerhouses.

"...Guy-sensei, can we switch to another mission?"

Reiji spoke somewhat unwillingly.

The Land of Rain was far too dangerous. Couldn’t they just carry out a normal B-rank or C-rank mission in the Land of Fire?

"No way!"

Might Guy flatly refused.

"Youth does not permit us to retreat when faced with difficulties! Besides, the Hokage must have fully considered the difficulty of the mission and our abilities when assigning it."

After persuading him several more times without success, Reiji finally gave up.

Forget it.

The Land of Rain it was.

Hanzo and Pain probably would not bother with an insignificant nobody like him.

Outside Konoha, they met up with a merchant caravan.

The client was a slightly plump merchant, the leader of the caravan.

"The mission I commissioned is B-rank."

The caravan leader frowned when he saw Might Guy and Reiji.

Clearly, he thought the two of them looked rather unreliable because of their appearances and ages.

One green-suited kappa and one seven- or eight-year-old kid.

He had paid for a B-rank mission, and Konoha had sent him these two?

"Guy-sensei, you forgot to put on your Jonin vest again."

Reiji spoke helplessly.

With the two of them together, it was only natural that the client would feel uneasy.

"Huh? Sorry, sorry! I forgot again. How about I go back and get it? I’ll be back very soon."

Might Guy scratched his head and smiled sheepishly.

"So you’re a Jonin, sir!"

The caravan leader immediately changed his attitude, putting on a warm and friendly expression.

"No, no, there’s no need. Since you’re a Jonin from Konoha, I naturally trust your strength."

He had hired shinobi escorts several times before, so he quickly understood the situation with this particular team.

Clearly, it was a newly graduated Genin being accompanied by a Jonin instructor on a mission.

This was actually the kind of team clients liked the most.

Although the Jonin instructor would generally let the team member handle the enemies, if there was an opponent they could not deal with, the Jonin instructor would still step in.

They only had to pay the price of hiring an ordinary shinobi team, yet they also had a Konoha Jonin providing backup.

However you looked at it, it was a great deal!

The caravan soon set off.

During their conversations along the way, Reiji learned that this caravan was transporting supplies to the daimyo of the Land of Rain.

"What kind of enemies might we encounter after entering the Land of Rain?"

Reiji asked.

The caravan frequently traveled between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain, so its leader understood the situation even better than some shinobi.

"Mostly bandits and thieves. There might also be attacks from rogue shinobi, or even shinobi from Amegakure."

Rain shinobi?

Reiji and Might Guy exchanged glances.

Shinobi from Amegakure attacking a caravan within the Land of Rain?

"Aren’t these supplies being delivered to the daimyo of the Land of Rain? If they tell them that, shouldn’t the Rain shinobi leave them alone?" Reiji asked in confusion.

"That might have been the case before."

The caravan leader sighed.

"In the past, Lord Hanzo of Amegakure could keep his shinobi under control. But now... I heard that Lord Hanzo spends most of his time inside his residence in Amegakure and doesn’t come out, and he’s also lost control over his subordinates."

"And as long as those Rain shinobi kill everyone, who would know that they attacked a caravan delivering supplies to the daimyo?"

Reiji and Might Guy clicked their tongues and shook their heads, looking as though they had learned something new.

After entering the Land of Rain.

It was already late autumn, yet there was still plenty of rain throughout the Land of Rain.

The cold rain fell upon their bodies, bringing a biting chill.

Even so, plenty of bandits still came out to rob caravans.

"...There are way too many bandits in the Land of Rain, aren’t there? There are even more than in the Land of Fire."

Reiji easily defeated a bandit group, shook the blood from his kunai, and complained.

He had thought that there were already plenty of bandits and thieves in the Land of Fire.

He had not expected that compared to the Land of Rain, they were completely insignificant.

"If people have nothing to eat, won’t they naturally resort to robbery?"

The caravan leader tightened his clothes and said,

"Besides, Amegakure only pays lip service to the daimyo’s orders to eliminate the bandits. And even if they took it seriously, they couldn’t wipe them all out anyway."

Reiji glanced at the large quantities of food and luxury goods among the supplies being transported and could not help mocking,

"The people of the country are poor enough to become bandits, while that daimyo is living quite comfortably."

After he said this, however, no one dared to agree with him.

Even the caravan leader fell silent.

Seeing this, Reiji’s disgust toward daimyo grew even stronger.

Suddenly.

Cool chakra surged into his eyes.

Without even needing to look in a mirror, Reiji knew that his Sharingan had evolved to the Two-Tomoe stage.

He was just about to deactivate his Sharingan when he noticed two faint chakra signatures approaching in the distance.

He quietly warned the people in the caravan,

"Someone is approaching. They’re shinobi."