Naruto, this game world seems a bit real.

Chapter 55 The Stingy Village Chief

The group arrived at Tianyuan Village.

"Teacher, why is there no one here?"

Although Hongdou is a bit carefree, she immediately noticed that something was wrong here.

"Let's go into the village first and ask around," Orochimaru said calmly, his expression unchanged.

"Yes, Orochimaru-sensei," the three replied in unison.

Upon entering the village, there was no one on the main street; everyone was hiding inside their houses.

Uchiha Ye noticed that there were still traces of attacks by wild beasts in the village.

That makes sense. It's the busy farming season, but on the way here, the plowed fields had no green at all.

"A ferocious beast attack should be a D-level mission, so how could it be an E-level mission?"

After entering the village for a while, an old man with white hair and some wrinkles on his face finally came out of a house.

"Are they ninjas sent by Konoha Village?"

"Hmm," Orochimaru responded indifferently.

The old man looked at Orochimaru with some nervousness and said, "I am Tian Qing, the village chief of Tianyuan Village, in charge of all affairs, big and small, in the village."

As the employer, he didn't need to be so humble, yet the presence of this ninja standing beside him filled him with a sense of fear.

"You issued this mission, right? The situation we see here seems to differ from the mission description," Orochimaru asked calmly.

The calm narration, on the contrary, made the village chief feel unprecedented pressure, and he blurted out, "I'm sorry, due to poor harvests in recent years, after handing over a certain amount of grain, the remaining grain is only enough to feed ourselves."

"Unexpectedly, when we were about to start cultivating the land this year, a large wild beast attacked the villagers."

"Although there were no casualties, villagers were attacked whenever they went to the fields. Last night, they even came to the village."

"Even if we pool all the resources of the entire village, we can only raise enough funds to issue one E-level mission."

“If you keep this from us, we can refuse this mission,” Orochimaru said expressionlessly, ignoring the pleading look in the village chief’s eyes.

Hearing the refusal, the village chief steeled his heart and said fearlessly, "Since you accepted the commission, you have to complete it. As long as you plant the rice seedlings, you will have completed the task."

Despite his fear, he was willing to risk everything for the sake of the village.

Orochimaru's expression instantly turned cold; it had been so long since anyone dared to speak to him like that.

"Teacher, getting angry makes you age faster!"

"It's just planting rice seedlings, we'll go now. Orochimaru-sensei, please find a place to rest and wait for us," Uchiha Ye said amicably.

"Ye, what happened to you...?"

"Uchiha Ye, you actually made this decision without even asking our opinions," Itachi and Anko said at the same time.

"Relax, relax."

"You all go and rest, and watch my performance," she said nonchalantly, shrugging her shoulders.

"Grandpa Village Chief, could you please tell me where the rice seedlings are placed?"

"Little girl, you can't handle that beast by yourself." The old man advised the child, but his eyes were fixed on Orochimaru.

"Grandpa Village Chief, you must have misunderstood. I only said we were planting rice seedlings, I didn't say we were going to deal with that beast!"

"Please pay extra if you need more; we don't do business at a loss," Uchiha Ye said seriously, before reaching out his hand to ask for money.

Tian Qing, the village chief of Tianyuan Village, immediately looked very unhappy. He pointed in a direction and went back to his house, not even arranging a place for them to rest.

"How stingy!" she thought to herself, then turned and walked toward where the rice seedlings were being planted.

Itachi immediately followed, "Yo, I'll go with you."

"Hey...you two, wait for me!" Hongdou called out as she chased after the two as they walked further and further away.

Orochimaru watched the three figures leave, a strange light flashing in his eyes. "This child seems to have discovered something else."

The three of them arrived in the fields.

"So many fields, how long will this take to complete!"

"Can the three of us really finish within the allotted time?" Instead of continuing to criticize Uchiha Yo's presumptuous actions, Anko was somewhat worried that they wouldn't be able to finish.

"Of course you can, but you should eat something to fill your stomach before you start working!"

After saying that, Uchiha Ye took out some food from his bag.

"Hey, how did you know I like glutinous rice balls?" Red Bean mumbled, chewing something.

"Please, your self-introduction yesterday almost pierced my skull, I'm not deaf." Uchiha Ye replied with a forced smile.

"By the way, Sister Hongdou, the teacher hasn't eaten yet today. Could you take some over there first, and then come back?" Seeing that Hongdou had eaten her fill, Uchiha Ye immediately instructed.

"Okay, I'll be right there." Hongdou agreed without hesitation.

"Ye, why did you send Anko away?" Itachi Uchiha asked, puzzled. Wouldn't it be faster to finish with someone else?

"Because it's a secret!"

"Itachi, you won't tell anyone, will you?" Uchiha Ye said with a serious expression.

"secret?"

"What secrets could there be in planting rice seedlings?" Itachi's doubts deepened, but since Ye said that, she must have her reasons. "Ye, I will definitely not tell anyone."

Uchiha Ye suddenly turned to look at Itachi, a smile spreading across his face. "Itachi, I'll leave the rest to you."

"You're asking me to do this?" Itachi looked even more puzzled.

Uchiha Ye leaned close to Itachi's ear and said, "Itachi, do you see that person hiding under the big tree? Create an illusion that makes a wild beast walk in his direction."

Although Itachi didn't understand, he nodded nonetheless.

Hiding behind a big tree, the village chief saw a wild beast coming in his direction and ran away as fast as he could.

With no one watching, Uchiha Ye used his 'Object Control Technique' to keep all the rice seedlings in front of him suspended in mid-air. With a slight movement of his fingertips, the seedlings in the air scattered into the field like raindrops.

After repeating this process several times, a large area of ​​farmland was cleared out by Uchiha Ye.

"Fortunately, Lone Star learned 'object manipulation' just in time, otherwise it would have been really tough."

Uchiha Itachi froze on the spot. Not far from them, in a corner, a small white snake showed a human-like look of shock, flicked its tongue, and slithered away.

Uchiha Ye glanced at Itachi out of the corner of his eye, then dragged the stunned Itachi away.

Upon returning to the village, Uchiha Ye went straight to the village chief's house. "Grandpa Village Chief, the task you entrusted to me has been completed." She conveyed this message before turning and leaving.

"This is absolutely impossible, I don't believe it." Tian Qing suddenly said excitedly. How long has it been? The beast has reappeared, and the two of them still look clean. How is that possible?

Uchiha Ye knew he wouldn't believe her, but she was just there to let him know; whether he believed her or not was up to him.

"Itachi, let's go, don't pay any attention to him."

Suddenly, a roar came from the direction of the field.

"Could it be that Hongdou encountered a real beast?" The two exchanged a glance and hurried over.

Fortunately, the distance wasn't far, and we arrived at our destination quickly.

"What a huge tiger!" The tiger's claws were about to grab Hongdou.

With a 'clang', the claw was blocked by a fan. Hongdou reacted immediately and jumped to the side.

The fan that had flown out returned to Uchiha Yoh's hand.

"Sister Hongdou, you've been training under the teacher's side for a while, yet you can't even beat a tiger."

"Hmph... I was just caught off guard and it took advantage of my weakness."

"Don't you dare lay a hand on it! Watch how I deal with it!" Red Bean said, somewhat indignantly. "Shadow Serpent Hand!"

The next second, they were all cut down by a fan.

"Uchiha Yo, what are you doing!" Kurenai asked, looking completely bewildered.

"Don't be angry, Sister Hongdou. We've already completed our mission. This tiger isn't within our mission scope. Besides, didn't you notice that this tiger seems to be asking us for help?"

"Thinking back to how it attacked you, it doesn't seem like it wanted to hurt you."

Upon hearing this, Hongdou turned to look at the tiger and saw a hint of pleading in its eyes. "Could it really be as Uchiha Yoh said?"

"Sister Hongdou, we can't beat them. Let's leave here first. Anyway, the mission is already complete."

Uchiha Ye gave the two a wink, then leaped away, seemingly unable to defeat the beast.

Red Bean and Itachi didn't know what Leaf was planning, but they still left without hesitation.

At this moment, the village chief of Tianyuan Village, who was hiding behind a rock, looked gloomy. When his eyes fell on the tiger, he was so frightened that he shrank back.

"Do we really have to pay more to kill this tiger?"

Leaving the fields, Hongdou arrived at their campsite where they planned to rest that night and couldn't help but ask, "Ye, what exactly do you mean? We could have helped Tianyuan Village kill that tiger and restore peace to them."

“Peace? You’re overthinking it. As long as that village chief is still in office, they will never have peace.”

Uchiha Yo offered a rare explanation.

"What do you mean by that?" Hongdou immediately pressed.

"Itachi, I'm sleepy." She ignored Anko's words and turned to Itachi.

"Ye, wait a moment, I'll go set up the tent."

Although Itachi was also curious about the meaning behind Ye's words, Ye's matter was more important at the moment.

"What an obedient weasel!" She rested her chin on her hands as she watched him busy himself. He didn't seem like the kind of person who would wipe out his clan at all!

Uchiha Ye was a little confused, but since the game insisted on following the storyline, she decided to let her handle it this time!

Since her hands were already stained with too much blood, she didn't care about this one.