Naruto：Immortality and the Eight Inner Gates[Double agent]

Time flew by, and twenty days passed in the blink of an eye.

During these ten days, Rinjin first left the border of the Land of Rain, taking a detour through the Land of Grass, the Land of Waterfalls, the Land of Iron, and the Land of Sound. He circled around the northern part of the Land of Fire, finally arriving at the Land of Hot Water, located in the northeast of the Fire Country.

The reason for taking such a long detour was that Rinjin was, after all, an undercover agent, a mole, a double agent.

If he had brazenly entered the Land of Fire from the Land of Rain and walked into Konoha, his background would have been investigated.

The people of Konoha would see that he came from the Land of Rain and would undoubtedly associate him with the recent paralysis of the Rain's covert network system.

Upon further consideration, the suspicion of Rinjin being a Rain spy would greatly increase.

Moreover, Kanda's smug idea of using a child as an undercover agent might just be considered a basic operation in others' eyes.

If Rinjin were to be suspected and sent to the Yamanaka clan for mind probing, his secrets would be exposed, and all would be lost.

It would truly be a case of being unable to live or die.

Most crucially, the current Hokage of Konoha was none other than the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, known for his love of research!

Therefore, Rinjin would rather take a longer route than risk even the slightest danger!

Walking along a small path in the Land of Hot Water, Rinjin wore a straw raincoat and hat, holding a scroll in his hands, reading it with great interest.

It was the palm-sized scroll that Mizuguma had secretly given him.

It contained a secret jutsu of Amegakure, called the Slippery Demon Technique.

Without even guessing, it was clear that Mizuguma had taken an enormous risk in giving him this secret jutsu.

"Heh~ What a meddlesome fellow!"

Despite his words, the slight upward curve of his lips betrayed his inner gratitude.

Putting away the scroll, Rinjin tightened his backpack and continued forward.

In the distance, where the earth met the sky, a wisp of smoke was slowly rising.

"Hey~ Good things really do come in pairs! I've learned a secret jutsu, and there's a house ahead. Finally, I won't have to eat cold, dry rations anymore!"

Muttering to himself, Rinjin quickened his pace, stepping into the sunset, advancing towards the direction of the smoke.

...

As the sun set, darkness enveloped the land, and the smoke drifting in the air was hidden in the blackness, no longer visible.

However, Rinjin still managed to find the village thanks to his excellent sense of direction.

When Rinjin was less than a kilometer away from the village, he gradually sensed something amiss.

"This!" Looking at the sea of fire before him, Rinjin's brows furrowed sharply as he belatedly realized.

It turned out that what he had seen was not cooking smoke, but the thick smoke billowing from houses engulfed in flames. It only appeared thin due to the distance, bearing a seventy percent resemblance to cooking smoke.

Rinjin, his mind racing, quickly realized that this was an opportunity.

At present, the village was eerily silent, seemingly devoid of any survivors. If he could impersonate a child from this disaster-stricken village and concoct a plausible story, it might reduce the obstacles to infiltrating Konoha.

No sooner said than done, Rinjin found a hidden patch of grass, concealed his backpack containing dry rations and luggage, and crouched as he made his way towards the burning village.

"Ox - Rabbit - Snake, Secret Technique: Slippery Demon Jutsu!"

After forming the hand seals, Rinjin slowly moved through the waist-high grass towards the village.

Closer, even closer!

Suddenly, Rinjin's gaze towards the village sharpened, his pitch-black pupils contracting to pinpoints.

In his line of sight, the burning village was strewn with corpses, crimson blood soaking every inch of soil. Men, women, the elderly, children - none were spared.

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The village wasn't large. Near the central clearing, four people sat around a bonfire, laughing and talking loudly. Among them, Rinjin spotted a familiar face.

It was a boy around twelve years old, who had once attended Mizuguma's undercover training with Rinjin.

Rinjin had overheard that this boy, along with another boy around ten, would be sent to Kirigakure in the Land of Water.

Originally, Rinjin had been quite friendly towards the children in this training class, after all, these kids were merely sacrificial pawns in politics and war. Now, he no longer thought that way.

Slowly rising, Rinjin walked step by step towards the village center; the firelight flickered, casting shadows across Rinjin's extremely gloomy face.

Soon, Rinjin reached the village center and sat down expressionlessly beside the four people.

Strangely, the four showed no reaction to Rinjin's approach; moreover, whenever their gazes swept over Rinjin, it was as if they were looking at a common roadside stone, their eyes passing over him without pause.

Slowly sitting down, silently marveling at the power of the Secret Technique: Slippery Demon Jutsu, Rinjin's gaze swept across the faces of the four.

The twelve-year-old boy was the one Rinjin knew best.

The remaining three were ninjas, whom Rinjin had seen near Hanzō's office building before.

At present, these three weren't wearing Amegakure headbands, and their bodies were covered in fresh blood, as they chatted and laughed.

Although Rinjin was angry, he didn't intend to do anything to these people. After all, this was an era where people preyed on each other;

Killing and being killed were merely the most common ripples in the river of time.

Before him, the four continued their animated discussion.

"I'm telling you, Aron, you're young, but you've learned to be bad pretty quickly! You kill more efficiently than I do."

Beside him, the twelve-year-old boy pouted.

"Brother Buyuki, that's not fair. The big dummy who taught the undercover course said not to hesitate when killing. I'm just following his teachings."

Hearing this, Rinjin sneered.

It was clearly meant to be applied when one's identity was discovered, to prevent exposure if possible, not to turn the blade on defenseless civilians.

If Mizuguma knew he had such a student, he'd probably die of anger.

Heh! Big dummy!

Beside him, the conversation continued.

The Ame ninja named Buyuki picked up on the boy's words, speaking with a sarcastic tone.

"Following the teacher's instructions, huh? Did that big dummy teacher of yours teach you not to get 'distracted' while killing?"

Hearing this, the four burst into lewd laughter.

Another ninja joined in, teasing the boy named Aron, "Aron, now that you've had a taste, I bet you'll be dying of frustration when you get to Kirigakure. There won't be any villages for you to burn or pretty girls for you to ravage there."

The three ninjas roared with laughter again.

The boy named Aron snorted defiantly.

"When I become a Kiri ninja, I'll bring my underlings out to burn more villages. Then, I'll do it openly and grandly! What's wrong with that?"

"Alright, alright, you're the best. Just don't forget about your big brother here when the time comes."

"But speaking of which, for such a remote village, there sure were a lot of beautiful women!"

"That's right, after all, this is the Land of Hot Water, a place known for producing beauties. We really scored today, brothers. To play with women like these in the village's 'flower district', it would cost at least 100,000 ryo per night!"

As they spoke, their expressions became increasingly lewd and ugly.

"But we didn't get to play with the prettiest one, that's a bit of a shame," Aron smacked his lips.

Beside him, Buyuki sneered.

"Hah~ You wanted to play with the prettiest? Let me tell you, only Lord Kozuka has the right to play with the most beautiful ones!"

Seeing this, Aron lowered his head somewhat defiantly, muttering, "What's so great about that? Adults play with the big ones, can't I play with the little ones? Do they have to hog them all?"

Listening to their conversation, Rinjin's face grew increasingly gloomy.

It seemed these guys not only killed people but also did quite a few outrageous things!

"Hehe~ You really are scum, aren't you?" A somewhat dejected voice suddenly sounded among the four, startling them.

The next second, the four suddenly realized that a person wearing a straw hat and raincoat had appeared among them without a sound.

"You! Who are you?"

"Oh? Have you forgotten me so quickly?" Rinjin said leisurely, casually taking off his straw hat.

"Kohei Iwai!"

Aron's pupils suddenly contracted, blurting out Rinjin's alias.

The other three ninja quickly reacted.

Although they hadn't met Rinjin, they had heard of the famous Kohei Iwai, Hanzo's disciple.

However, as Kanda's subordinates, they also knew that Rinjin was just an annoying brat who couldn't use ninjutsu.

"Weren't you supposed to be in the Land of Fire? How did you end up here?" Aron questioned rudely.

In the undercover training class, he was the oldest, and like in any other school, older children always had an inexplicable psychological advantage over younger ones.

Rinjin ignored him, instead looking curiously at the other three ninja.

"Where's your boss? I have some business with him."

"What business?" one ninja asked in a deep voice.

The way Rinjin had suddenly appeared was quite eerie, making them somewhat wary.

"I want to borrow his life."

"You're asking for death!" Buyuki, the hot-tempered one, glared fiercely.

"Kid, I don't care who you are. Since we're all from Amegakure, get on your knees and apologize now! Otherwise, even if I kill you, no one will know it was us!" Buyuki roared threateningly, his arrogant voice echoing far into the empty night.

"Hehe~ Trying to signal that pig? Let me teach you a lesson!"

Saying this, Rinjin clasped his hands together, about to form seals.

Seeing this, Buyuki was the first to throw a kunai, shouting loudly, "Attack! This brat's asking for death!"

Faced with the kunai, Rinjin neither dodged nor evaded. He quickly clasped his hands together, forming an unfamiliar seal.

"*Magnet Release: Thousand Mechanisms Murder Technique!*"

The next second, countless glinting senbon burst out from the ninja's pouches, instantly enveloping the area around Rinjin.

The magnetic force controlled the light and stealthy senbon, sending them flying at a speed ten times faster than the thrown kunai.

The senbon explosion indiscriminately penetrated everything within range, including Rinjin himself.

In less than a second, all five people, including Rinjin, were pierced full of holes.

Instant kill!

Rinjin formed seals again, manipulating his 'magnetic' chakra to retrieve all the senbon. Looking at the four people writhing in pain in pools of blood, the corner of his mouth curved slightly upward.

"Gentlemen, how does it feel to have your hearts pierced by thousands of arrows?"