Chapter 356: The First Target

Naruto chose the heads of the three clans as his targets, because it was these old people who were the most respected representatives of their families. While one was the current Kage at all.

Interestingly, in addition to the three “Great” clans, there were several other families in the village, as insignificant as, for example, Maito or Hatake in Konoha. It was from such small clans that the people who influenced the current world in the Hidden Rock came out.

There were only two of these. Great Elders are strong and highly respected by the entire village. It was this pair that Naruto decided not to include in the list, because he did not see the point in wasting time on those who might not fit at all. He chose the three clan leaders because he had no doubts about the possibility of getting subjugation points for them. In the event that it turns out a hundred, then the theory will be confirmed, and Kakashi can be left alone. At least don’t think about it. Naruto didn’t originally intend to make a puppet out of him, even if he could give him obedience points. What’s the point? He didn’t even know how the jutsu would end up working. If it’s perfect, it doesn’t matter. Subdue everyone in your path? An interesting step, but incredibly boring…

The most useless people fell under the jutsu, and Naruto had no intention of showing mercy to them. These three strangers from the Rock are the perfect candidates. In other cases, he planned to choose a more complex method. There is no interest in brainwashing people. It’s much more pleasant to break them gradually …

Anyway, since the goals are set…

That night, the Hokage easily slipped through the Hidden Village’s security and then chose the first target. According to calculations, the application of the jutsu should take no more than ten hours. But, it all depended on the strength of the candidate, so he chose the weakest. At least Naruto thought so, based on the quantity and quality of his target’s chakra.

Yagura Akarui was honored to be the first.

The Hokage stepped into the shadows, hovering high in the sky.

– Hm? Something like Hidden Rain…

Only slightly surprised at the brightly lit metal city below the mountain, he located the most dangerous enemies.

Even without the sun, life flourished in this place. The number of people was nothing compared to Konoha. Although, a couple of thousand could definitely be counted.

A mountain several kilometers high completely covered the huge city. Dozens of huge columns rested far in height, supporting the mountain from the inside. Huge chimneys of smelters could be seen in the distance, and even further away one could see a real forest! The lighting in that place was distinguished by a bright ultraviolet glow reflected on the lush green branches and the smooth surface of a distant underground lake.

An impressive sight.

Everything is pure metal, except for a few buildings. The city was held together by both hanging bridges and ordinary winding roads, ideally lit by bright lanterns.

Ishigakure was divided into four areas, markedly different from each other. The main one was occupied by the Kage residence – it was the center of the city, and the other three were separated by metal walls, hundreds of meters long and tens of wide. The clans were separated from each other like separate cities…

Huge steel structures, bases, skyscrapers, factories, overhead railroad tracks. Incredible place.

Because of the multi-colored reflections of neon signs on steel buildings, this place resembled some city of the future.

– Decent… It seems I was not mistaken.

In the data received, Naruto already roughly imagined a similar picture. But reality still gave him a vague sense of deja vu. An underground shining city, saturated with the smell of smoke and steel… It’s rare to see something like this…

With skills in sensory skills and terrifying stealth, the Hokage could easily operate undetected, as well as find the right targets even among thousands of people. Since this village was not protected or hidden by barriers, it was even easier to operate.

Naruto had no intention of negotiating or meeting anyone, introducing himself or showing off, but on the contrary, maintaining caution, he slipped into the residence of the head of the Akarui clan.

— Wow, just look… What a cute scene.

The gray-haired old man slept in the same bed with his mature wife. She looked well into her fifties, but the gray had just begun to touch her dark hair. Unfortunately, all beauty has long been hidden under numerous wrinkles.

If she were younger…

“Ha… And what am I thinking about?”

Finding a woman to your liking here is definitely not the best idea …

The residence of the head of the Akarui clan turned out to be quite impressive. Even Naruto’s house was three times smaller!

This old man is doing well. Lots of servants, guards and quite a decent security system. Instead of barriers and fuins, there are alarms and electronic traps. In fact, this residence served as an entire research complex and, in combination, a huge base for the entire clan, in the center of which, surrounded on all sides, protected by metal fortifications, stood the house of the head of the clan.

The village itself was a fortress, and here is a real military base, with hundreds of armed masked shinobi. Only an S rank ninja or someone very capable could really penetrate here. For Naruto, of course, all these security measures were like childish tricks, but he was still impressed. Such protective devices were not inferior to the main Anbu base in Konoha, although there, in addition to technology, Fuin barriers were also used. However, it was not worth being surprised, the shinobi of the Hidden Rock clearly took a different path of development. They had no connection with the Uzumaki, and in the absence of the opportunity to develop fuin, they had to get out, and they did it quite well.

Yagura was snoring lightly, completely carefree, turning away from his wife.

Beside the bed lay a scabbard with a straight blade and a silver guard. As a precaution, but it is unlikely to help him …

Since no one noticed Naruto, he made his way to almost the most secure place in the village and all that remained for him was to start acting. And he started with the basics…

First, decontamination.

“Heh…” With a wicked smirk, he sharply manifested his Byakugan, and then delivered a few precise needle jabs right at the old man’s head! Yagura did not even have time to react, as his entire body was paralyzed! He failed to regain consciousness, he remained in the realm of dreams, having lost his freedom forever.