Hokage: Ryo’s Path

Time flies, before Yamanakato and Shikamaru have left Konoha for more than half a year.

In the past six months, apart from going back to Orochimaru base every month to replenish Xiaolin's natural energy, and to visit Sasuke by the way, the group of four traveled around half of the ninja world.

All kinds of unprecedented things opened the eyes of Shikamaru and the three.

Today they came to the country of iron, which is also the last stop of this tour.

The Kingdom of Iron is not within the Five Great Nations, it is closer to the Kingdom of Earth and the Kingdom of Thunder, and borders on the Kingdom of Fire, the Kingdom of Taki, and the Kingdom of Tian.

There are no ninjas in the Iron Country, but there is a profession called samurai. During the first generation of Hokage, the Iron Country and the Five Great Ninja Villages reached an agreement and always remained neutral. The covetousness of technology agreed to the request of the Iron Kingdom. ,

Because of this, the Iron Country has escaped three Ninja World Wars, and the Iron Country has been developing and maintaining itself silently when the wars are raging outside.

As soon as the four of Yamanakato and his party stepped into the Iron Country, they found that the people here, whether they were civilians or samurai, were wearing samurai swords, and some people even had several swords around their waists.

Not to mention Shikamaru and the others, it was also the first time for Yamanaka Ryo to see such a scene, and he seemed a little curious.

Just as everyone was looking left and right, a loud voice sounded behind them: "Yo! Everyone, is this your first time in the Iron Kingdom?"

Yamanaka Ryo glanced back at the tall, bald man who was speaking and showed a harmless smile: "Well, we are Konoha ninjas, and we came to play in the Iron Country."

"Oh, so it's Konoha's distinguished guest. My name is Mifune Nanami, so you can call me Nanami."

Yamanaka Ryo frowned when he heard the surname Mifune, he remembered that the ruler of Iron Country was named Mifune.

Mifune saw what Shan Zhongyuan was thinking, and said with a smile: "Guests don't have to worry, the surname Mifune is very common in the Iron Country. There are at least a few hundred people with the surname Mifune on this street. If everyone agrees with that Your Excellency has something to do with it, the Iron Country has long been messed up."

"Haha, that's the way it is. I'm sorry I was a little worried. My name is Shan Zhongyuan, and the three of them are my juniors."

After Sanfunan heard the name of Yamanaka Ryo, the smile on his face froze, and his expression was a little uncomfortable.

Shikamaru glanced at Mifune Nanami's expression, feeling a little vigilant in his heart, and at the same time looked at Yamanaka Ryo with some puzzlement. He didn't understand why he would say his real name directly?

No matter where they went for the past six months, they have always pretended to be civilians, and their names have not been revealed. Why are they so abnormal today?

But since Yamanaka Ryo has revealed his real name, they have nothing to hide. Shikamaru took the lead and said, "Hello, my name is Nara Shikamaru."

"Hi, I'm Ino Yamanaka."

"Well, I'm Choji Akimichi."

Mifune Nanami's expression became more rigid, and it took a long time before he said in embarrassment: "Shikamaru, Yamanaka, Akimichi? Konoha's Inokacho clan? It seems that they are really distinguished guests! I don't know if the four are coming to Iron Country Is there something wrong?"

"It's nothing. We've been traveling in the ninja world recently, and today we passed the Iron Country, so let's take a look." Yamanaka Ryo said.

Mifune Nanami relaxed a little after hearing the words, and then said: "That's right, I thought you were also here to participate in the Forging Festival of the Iron Country!"

"Forging Festival? What kind of festival is this?" Shikamaru asked.

"Eh? Don't the guests know?"

The group of four looked at each other, then shook their heads.

"Then let me explain to you! The Forging Festival is a festival that our Iron Country has held for hundreds of years. On this day, the famous forging masters in the Iron Country will show up and compete for forging in the central square of the Iron Country.

At the same time, blacksmiths from other parts of the country will also open furnaces to forge weapons on this day. As long as you have precious materials and money, you can harvest the most suitable weapons at the forging festival. "

Yamanakato nodded: "So that's the case, then it seems that we have really caught up with the good times. Speaking of which, I really want to build something."

"Haha, the Forging Festival is just three days away. Please wait patiently. I still have something to do, so I'll leave first. There are hotels and restaurants on the street in front of it. I wish you all a happy stay in the Iron Country." After speaking, Mifune Wave turned and ran away.

As soon as Mifune Nanami left, Shikamaru asked Yamanaka Ryo, "Uncle Toto, why didn't you hide your identity in the Iron Country? That guy obviously had a problem when he heard your name just now. Should we be careful?" Some?"

"The reason why I said my real name is actually very simple, because the country of iron is a neutral country and will not be hostile to any ninja village, and the identity of Mifune Nanami is not simple. I deliberately revealed my identity to let him report to the Three ships."

"Uncle Toto, how do you know that Mifune Nanami's identity is unusual?" Ino asked curiously.

"Do you know Shikamaru?" Yamanaka Ryo didn't answer but looked at Shikamaru and asked.

"Probably because of the calluses on his hands, and Chakra!"

"Calluses on hands? Are you talking about calluses from sword practice? But everyone in the Iron Country has samurai swords pinned to their waists, so it's not surprising that there are calluses on hands!"

Yamanaka Ryo shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily the case, Ino, if you carefully observe the passers-by, you will find that most of these people's hands are very clean, and only a few have calluses.

And people with cocoons, if you use your secret technique to perceive, you should find that there is basically no chakra, so those with cocoons on their hands and chakra fluctuations on their bodies are probably subordinates of Mifune, the leader of the Iron Kingdom. "

Ino still had some disbelief, so he tried what Yamanaka Ryo said, and found that it was indeed the case.

"Then Uncle Yuan, why did you let Mifune know that you are in the Iron Country?" Ino then asked.

"It's very simple, because I have something to do with him, but after learning about this forging festival, it doesn't matter if I see him or not.

Well, you three, don't be so nervous, come on, let's taste the food of the Iron Kingdom as before. "After speaking, Yamanakato took the lead and walked towards the street with hotels and restaurants that Nanami Mifune mentioned just now.

At the same time, in an attic in the center of the Iron Country, Nanami Mifune and Mifune sitting on the main seat were reporting about Ryo Yamanaka.

Mifune looked very serious after listening to the report, Yamanaka Ryo's reputation is also very loud in the country of iron, especially recently, the five major ninja villages all acquiesced that Yamanaka Ryo is the strongest in the ninja world.

When such a person came to the Iron Country, Mifune couldn't help being nervous. After hesitating for a while, Mifune said to Mifune: "Nang, please go down for me. No one should disturb Shan Zhongyuan, don't follow, don't monitor, and don't have anything to do with him." Conflict, according to what you just said, he should just want to forge something at the forging festival."