I was called into the hokage office by the hokage for a new mission ,it's been 4 months after Orochimaru's attack on Konoha that time prevy old man and I ,we had to take care of the snakes attacking the village.
I entered the room as a *sealing jutsu* took effect to take care of prying eyes. 3rd said "Nikasu I have a mission for you and it is a pretty important one at that ,we received information from our source that in a village known as *Kurki* many sound shinobi have been spotted and the local landlord is a accomplice of Orochimaru and is providing him with more people and resources so that he can continue his research."
"Even though I have sealed his arms that is not going to stop him in the long run so I want you to investigate the landlord's property and gather all the information regarding orochimaru and his plans ,send it to us so that we can provide proof to the Diamyo and then you can take care of him."
(3rd has not yet retired as this was the last mission he gave before retiring ok guys I don't want you guys saying that tsunade had already became the hokage till now blah blah.).....
I nodded seriously. 3rd handed me a scroll has he said "This scroll contains all the information we have managed to gather about the landlord ,his routine ,behaviour ,where he goes ,how many family members he has ,etc."
"Remember this task has to be carried out in utter secrecy as you have to acquire info and send it to us ,DO NOT engage we can assault them without permission from diamyo after all that man is a landlord." warned 3rd in a serious tone.
I replied calmly "Don't worry I learned gathering information and sneaking around from Prevy old man so this wouldn't be a problem."
(Jiraiya was famed to posses unparalleled skills in these kinds of work.)
3rd finally sighs in relief as he understood what I meant. I said "I shall be on my way then."
{Woosh} I disappeared
I left to visit Ichizu as I made my way to the Uchiha compound which was now very quite than before also only I was allowed to enter the compound ,all other people were not allowed the compound after the 'Massacre'.
I entered as the formation scanned myself or my soul to be more specific. The formation that ichizu and I ,we both layed scans the soul of the person who is requesting to enter the compound. We have enlisted some people other than Uchihas and me who are allowed to enter .Due to the formation no one is able to intrude the premises and also no one can disguise themselves and fool the formations those who are not listed will be repelled upon trying to barge in.
The amount to repelling force is equivalent to the amount of force applied while trying to barge in without permission. A perfect counter so to say.
After entering I moved towards Ichizu's home ,I looked at the walls at my right ,clean and shining. I still remembered the day the massacre happened the while place was littered with corpses and blood splashes on the walls. I thought "It must have hurt ,seeing the people whom you loved and treated as a family get killed by your own brother who him self was being controlled by others ,knowing all this but still couldn't do anything to prevent it from happening that helplessness he would have felt ,the despair all these feelings that would have overwhelmed anyone but him. Even in this world he is having things rough ,previously I didn't have the power to repay Ichizu for all he has done for me but know in this world i am capable of doing so ,I will make sure to repay his kindness by any and all means."
Unknown to me when I arrived at the front door of his house. I collected myself as I knocked the door after sometime I could hear sound of footsteps inching close to the door.
{Kchak} the door open as the handle rotates. A beautiful black-haired woman came into view. I greeted her "Hello Aunt Mikoto" she is the mother of ichizu in this world and also a good friend of my mother when she was 'alive'.
She smiles and says "Ohh.... Nikasu come
.. come ichizu is inside washing the dishes if you were a tad bit faster ,we could have ate together you know even your Uncle Fugaku and little sasuke is also at home today."
She wasn't surprised to see me as she knew that she eldest son trust me the most and she could too ,so it wasn't a problem.
I entered the house and made my way to the kitchen ,I could see Uncle fugaku reading a newspaper ,I went forward and greeted him while bowing "Hello Uncle Fugaku.." he nodded and said "You should come here to eat with us ichizu would be happy if you do so."
I smiled and nodded ,I moved towards sasuke and ruffled his head as he cutely pouted and said "How your training coming along sasuke???."
He replied with great enthusiasm "I learned all the *fire style jutsu* of our clan which I can perform and also am close to mastering all the stances in Uchiha taijutsu manual."
I nodded in satisfaction and turned towards Ichizu and said "I will be leaving for some time I have been given a mission by 3rd and it may take quite some time."
He replied with a nod "Same here I too while be going to search for tsunade-san and it will also take quite some time you know what I mean right.???".
"Hmmm.....be careful and also stay on alert there has been some movement in the organization you know what I mean right????."
"Yes!!" he replied ,we couldn't talk much openly as there were people present in the room so we just contacted each other though the link.
With everything being said and done I teleported at the village gate and dashed off to the *kurki* village located at the outskirts of the land of fire.