Chapter 216 The Kingdom of Elephants and the Void Ring (Ch 216)

“The story began a year ago.” Peacock said slowly: “Let me start with the background. I don’t know if you know that the production level of ninja tools in our country of craftsmen is world-class; our special forging technology has been passed down for nearly a thousand years.”

Naruto nodded: “I have heard this from many people. I heard that the five major countries have purchased your ninja tools.”

“It’s good for you to understand. About a year ago, a wandering alchemist came to the Kingdom of Craftsmen. His name was Xinnong.”

“He is a very good doctor and a very kind person. Most importantly, he understands the technology. According to him, he has traveled to many countries and visited many mountains. He is familiar with most of the forging techniques in the world.”

“After his research and comparison, he found that the forging technology of our country of craftsmen can be regarded as the best in the world in all aspects.”

At this point, Kong Que showed an expression of pity on his face: “The craftsmen in the Kingdom of Craftsmen are all rough people who only know technology and don’t know the ways of the world. They were naturally very happy to hear Xin Nong’s flattery. Gradually, the craftsmen became less wary of Xin Nong, an outsider, and gave him more and more power.”

“And Xinnong also took advantage of the trust of the craftsmen and asked them to make him a complete set of military equipment. Then, he and his army occupied the Kingdom of Craftsmen.”

“Wait a minute.”

Hearing this, Naruto suddenly interrupted Peacock. He recalled what Peacock had just said and concluded, “To put it simply, there was a guy named Xinnong who cheated you of equipment and weapons, and then used those equipment and weapons to turn around and deal with your own people. Is that right?”

Peacock nodded, but Naruto became even more confused.

“Wow, Xin Nong is a pure swindler. No matter what, you people from the Craftsman Country are too careless. Didn’t you feel weird when you made weapons for Xin Nong?”

Hearing this, Peacock suddenly became embarrassed.

“Well, the people in our country do have a bit of a rough character… And, in order to conceal his motives, Xin Nong deliberately disguised his drawings. And we only found out later that those special equipment were used for combat.”

“At first, he lied to us that it was just transportation.”

“Moreover, during Xinnon’s rise to power, it wasn’t that no one saw through his scheme. Unfortunately, those guys were scum of the Craftsman Country. They chose not to expose Xinnon’s conspiracy, but to join him and help him seize the Craftsman Country.”

Having said this, Peacock stopped talking, and Hongdou, who was standing beside him, continued, “Not long ago, I received a mission to investigate the Kingdom of Craftsmen.”

“In fact, the replacement of the leader of the Land of Craftsmen is not something Konoha should be involved in. But this new leader, Shinon, and his men have been harassing the surrounding countries since they took office.”

“After I actually sneaked into the Country of Craftsmen, I discovered that the entire country had transformed into a complete war machine. All the craftsmen were producing equipment day and night and reinforcing the village, trying to turn the village into a complete war fortress.”

“They have given up normal external exchanges and trade, and it is difficult for an outsider like me to get close to the core of the village. However, by chance, I came into contact with Peacock and brought her back from the Kingdom of Craftsmen.”

After saying that, Red Bean patted Naruto’s shoulder hard.

“I was originally having a headache about how to continue the mission, and then you came. Now, with you two kittens included, our strength should be enough.”

“Enough for what?” Naruto shrugged: “You don’t want to, just the three of us, to fight against the entire Kingdom of Craftsmen? Even if we can do it in terms of strength, I’m a little bit morally…”

At this time, Sasuke also shook his head vigorously.

“I don’t dare to do something like slaughtering a country.”

“Tuguo?”

Hearing this word, Peacock was suddenly shocked. She looked at Hongdou and reached out to grab the other’s hand.

“No, Sister Hongdou, you can’t be so cruel.”

After spending a long time together, Peacock knew the strength of Red Bean, a special jonin of Konoha. If Naruto and his two men were as strong as Red Bean, then in Peacock’s opinion, the three of them did have enough military power to destroy a small country.

At least, the original country of craftsmen could not stop these three people.

“What do you mean by slaughtering a country? What are you thinking? Am I Hongdou such a person?”

Assistant Sa said as he deserved: “That’s not necessarily true. How can someone who is so close to Naruto be a good person?”

Hearing this, Red Bean couldn’t bear it anymore, and stood up and gave Sasuke a heavy hammer. After the fight, Red Bean shook her fist and said to Naruto: “You kid, even your teammates are so annoying.”

Naruto bent over and flattered: “Sasuke is like this, he deserves a beating! Please take a look, old man, how about a couple more hits?”

“Forget it. I’m not in the mood.”

After sitting back down in her seat, Anko pointed to the scroll on the table.

“After my investigation over this period of time, I found that Xin Nong was leading a group of bandits called Sky Ninja. Their strength is average, but their mobility is quite good, all thanks to the flying equipment built for them by the Country of Craftsmen.”

“Sora-nin?”

When Naruto heard the name, he finally understood. He turned around and glanced at Sasuke quietly.

“I originally thought that this trip was to perform the ‘Sasuke Chase Battle’ scene, but in the daytime, it turned out to be a ‘Bond’ scene. Air Ninja… So, there is also a ‘Zero Tail’ scene?”

Naruto was thinking calmly, while Anko was still talking nonstop:

“This mission involves multiple countries, and it could easily get out of hand if we’re not careful. Besides, the original craftsmen from the Country of Craftsmen are all innocent, so I don’t plan to use force.”

As she spoke, Hongdou sat up and said mysteriously, “I plan to use strategy.”

“oh?”

Naruto raised an eyebrow, “What do you mean?”

“Hehe, Kong Que recently contacted an insider who can let us in. After we enter the Country of Craftsmen, we will get as close to Xinnong himself as possible, and then–” Having said this, Hongdou raised her hand and wiped her neck.

“Give him a decapitation!”

“Tsk, this is still using force.” Naruto shrugged: “I thought you could come up with some clever ideas.”

“Nonsense!”

Patting Naruto’s crisp head, Hongdou put away the scroll on the table.

“Do you have any objections? If not, you can prepare now. We will take action in a few days. This incident has been delayed for too long. The sooner it is resolved, the better.”

Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other and then shook their heads. Apparently, they had been beaten enough and chose to surrender to Red Bean’s fists.

“No.”

“No.”

“very good!”

Hongdou raised her small fist and said proudly: “We must do a good job in this mission and impress Master Orochimaru!”