Seeing Uchiha Tonan looking confused, Naraku paused and continued, “It was midsummer when Seimei sensei came to the Fire Capital. I can boldly guess that you killed the real Abe Seimei and thoroughly dealt with his corpse and the clothes on it. Before leaving, you changed into his appearance. For insurance, you also took a cloth from the wardrobe and …

Seeing the other contestants come closer, Naraku had a satisfied smile on his face. He turned around and sat on his seat, gently waving his hand. The maids walked over with a low table full of melons, fruits, and wine, and put it down in front of him. He picked up the wine glass from the table and placed it …

Early in the morning the next day, Uchiha Tonan was taken to the arena accompanied by a group of city guards. At this time, he learned that the venue of the Honorary Chunin Competition was not within the city but out. Moreover, by coincidence, the site was Zhifu Mountain. The Fire Capital had been cloudy these days. At this moment, …

Thinking that there was an expert guard in the Daimyo Residence, Uchiha Tonan also gave up the plan to pry for information using the white pigeon or the Byakugan. Powers such as visual jutsu were very strange and had no chakra fluctuation. But experts had perennial instinctive vigilance and could detect them. This was perhaps because the level of the …

While Uchiha Tonan was safely put at his residence at the Fire Capital under the watchful eyes of the guards, at the Daimyo Residence, Naraku was soaking himself in a green liquid. His face twitched from time to time as if he was eating something unpalatable. There was a group of maids next to him, one of whom was carrying …

Amid the loud cheering of the guards of the Guardian Residence, the train pulled into the station, slowly bringing with it the gloom of dark smoke clouds. Inside the carriage, Uchiha Tonan casually took off his cap and threw it on the table. He then retrieved the Leaf ninja forehead protector from his ninja bag and put it on. He …

At around the same time when Uchiha Tonan was subduing the vagrant ninjas, things were happening at the underground palace below the Fire Capital’s Daimyo Residence. The underground palace was as large as a football stadium, and it had three floors in total. The bottom floor was filled with various kinds of torture instruments. There was also a circular platform …

When the vagrant ninja said his group only looted but not killed people, Uchiha Tonan chuckled lightly and his expression became indifferent instantly. “Are you sure you want to still keep pretending in front of me?” Without giving him a chance to reply, Tonan flicked his finger and an air bullet pierced through the scar-faced ninja’s forehead. The ninja barely …

At this time, the train gradually moved to the bottom of a hill. The hill was green with plants grown all over making the scenery look pleasing to both the eye and the mind. But on the roadside rocks and trees, a group of vagrant ninjas was standing with hideous grins on their faces, watching the slowly approaching train. They …

Two days later, on a plain near the Fire Capital, the white clouds in the sky were floating slowly. The warm southern wind blew, bringing in along the fresh breath of springtime soil. Wu~wu~clang~chi~clang~chi… A pitch-black steam train slowly traveled through the fertile fields. Uchiha Tonan was sitting in a carriage, wearing a hunting cap and drawing on a board. …