Kazekage
Konoha 46th year.
Land of Wind, Sunagakure Village.
Rikuya stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his face expressionless. His eyes were fixed on the landscape outside the window.
All that greeted his eyes was an endless expanse of yellow sand. The dry air was suffocating, and grains of sand blown by the hot wind relentlessly hit the window panes, creating a monotonous creak.
After pondering for a long time, Rikuya finally shook his head slowly. At this moment, he wasn't sure whether to feel happy or not.
Thrown into Naruto's world and takes over Rasa's body.
That amount was no less than his previous salary of only eight hundred and ninety-six per day, and he still had to voluntarily sweep the floor for more than ten minutes after work. Four days off a month, a monthly salary of less than six thousand yuan. How could this be better?
After all, there are many beautiful women in Naruto.
Logically, Rikuya should be jumping for joy.
However, happiness was reluctant to come to him.
Why?
Thinking about it, Rikuya lowered his head, looking at his thin, calloused hands. Especially the callus on the middle finger of his right hand, a result of faithfully holding a pen for over a decade.
Yes, Rikuya has just arrived in the Naruto world and replaced Rasa's position.
Although in everyone's eyes, he is Rasa.
And whether it was visual memory or trace of a record, Rasa's image had completely transformed into Rikuya's image, even his name had changed.
However, most crucially, Rikuya did not inherit Rasa's magnetic sand powers.
With his physical condition still wrapped in the mentality of a modern office worker, even a ninja academy student could easily tear him into ten pieces.
And until now, Rikuya has not felt even a shred of the presence of the "golden finger" that is said to always accompany transmigrators.
Although his passion burned in his heart, the fear of death also gripped him tightly. Faced with such a situation, enthusiasm was definitely not his reaction. Unless his life was completely guaranteed, only then would he consider anything else.
"Knock, knock."
A sudden knock on the door interrupted Rikuya's thoughts.
He didn't open it right away like he usually did on Earth. Rikuya took a deep breath and asked in a heavy voice:
"Who?"
"Mr. Rikuya, it's me."
Hearing the young woman's gentle voice, Rikuya secretly let out a sigh of relief.
It turned out to be her sister-in-law who—well, she should have been the sister-in-law that had crossed Rasa's mind.
Rikuya pulled the door open and a wave of heat hit him. He squinted, adjusting for a moment before looking down slightly, looking at the woman in front of him.
A beautiful blonde-haired girl, looking around sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a Sunagakure ninja forehead protector. Her skin was fair, her body slender. A faint worry was visible between her delicate brows.
Rikuya stared at the girl, then subconsciously glanced at her feet.
Pushing away all the uncertain thoughts that suddenly invaded his mind, Rikuya smiled faintly and said softly:
"Rei Yasha, what's wrong?"
Yes, Yashamaru in his original memories was a man. But in the world he now lives in, that figure is a woman.
And a beautiful woman who is almost perfect.
After taking over Rasa's identity, Rikuya receives an influx of Rasa's memories prior to his arrival.
Naruto's world was generally not much different from what he remembered, but there were some "little details" that had changed drastically.
For example, the person in front of him was once a man, but has now transformed into a beautiful woman named Rei Yasha.
Another example, in the storyline that he knew, currently Rasa and Karura should have been in a romantic relationship.
But in the new memories he gained, Rasa in this world was not interested in romance at all. His focus was only on ninjutsu training.
Rasa in this world was a more extreme ascetic than he had imagined.
Although his strength was slightly superior to Rasa's in the same period in his memories, he was also about two years younger.
However, his interpersonal skills were far, far tens of times lower than Rasa in the same period in the storyline he was familiar with.
Knowing all this, Rikuya felt a little more at ease.
Rei Yasha looked at Rikuya curiously. His tone and gaze felt much gentler than usual?
The thought only flashed for a moment, before Rei Yasha said in a formal tone:
"Lord Rikuya, Elder Chiyo and Elder Ebizo are looking for you. They want you to go to the Kazekage's office immediately. There is urgent business, they said."
Elder Chiyo? Kazekage's Office? Important business?
Rikuya quickly rummaged through Rasa's memories in his mind, but found no clues regarding the recent important events.
Even so, the feeling of restlessness still gnawed at him.
The reason was simple, it was Chiyo who sent someone to tell him.
Usually, no matter how big a problem was, it would be the Third Kazekage who would call him.
However, Elder Chiyo, who should have been semi-retired, ignored the Kazekage and sent a messenger to summon him to the Kazekage's office.
Rikuya was shocked when he thought about it. He already had a rough estimate of what might have happened.
Rei Yasha saw Rikuya's originally calm expression turn a little strange. He hesitated for a moment, but finally asked in a worried tone:
"Mr. Rikuya?"
"It's okay. If it's an emergency, let's go."
Rikuya waved and walked towards the Kazekage's office according to his memory.
Rei Yasha immediately followed behind him, keeping a distance of three steps.
Superiority and inferiority are inevitable laws, especially in the ninja world where strength is everything.
Rei Yasha, who is currently only a Chunin, of course has no right to walk alongside Rikuya, who is already a Jonin and a student of the Third Kazekage.
Rikuya hurried towards the Kazekage's office, not forgetting to nod in return to the greetings of the villagers and ninjas he passed.
More than ten minutes later, Rikuya finally arrived at the Kazekage's office. Without waiting for Rikuya to knock on the door, Rei Yasha stepped forward and knocked while stating his name.
After confirming that Rikuya had entered, Rei Yasha closed the door slowly and stood around like several other ninjas on guard duty.
Rikuya stepped into the office with steady steps and looked at the people sitting there naturally.
There weren't many people in the room, only about twenty.
Rikuya, who had absorbed Rasa's memories, easily recognized everyone present. It could be said that the more than twenty people sitting here were the strongest among all the Jonin remaining in the village.
The old woman sitting in the office chair, looking to be in her sixties but with fewer wrinkles than she should have had a dozen years later, was of course Chiyo. The old man standing next to her was none other than Ebizo.
Rikuya's gaze suddenly stopped on a beautiful and graceful woman, dressed all in green, with a tall and sexy body.
The woman had a green bun and orange bangs. Such a hairstyle would definitely look strange on an ordinary person.
But on this woman, it doesn't look odd at all, in fact it looks very normal and eye-catching.
The two large bumps on his head were even more prominent. Rikuya knew that they were so high that he would probably need to cover them with both hands to be able to grasp them.
Rikuya's gaze lingered on him for two or three seconds, before he shifted his gaze elsewhere.
This woman was none other than Pakura, the Scorch Release user who only appeared for a few minutes during the Edo Tensei at the end of the world war.
As expected, the female characters in animation are exaggerated when faced with reality. They are probably at level E.
After observing everyone present, Rikuya walked towards the empty seat next to Pakura.
There were only twenty-one chairs in the office, and only the one to Pakura's right was empty. Rikuya had no choice.
After Rikuya sat down, Chiyo, who had not said a word, but with an expressionless face, immediately moved her left hand slightly.
In an instant, all the open doors and windows were tightly closed!
At that time, the office which was originally dimly lit, now became even darker.
Chiyo's half-closed eyes slowly scanned everyone, especially staring at Rikuya for a second longer.
After scanning the entire room, Chiyo said in a hoarse and old voice without the slightest emotion:
"The Third Kazekage and his left and right guards have been missing since this morning. The Anbu have been secretly searching the entire village but have been unable to find them."
As soon as Chiyo said that sentence, the gloomy atmosphere in the office immediately melted away.
Except for a few people, the other Jonin opened their eyes wide, looked at Chiyo in surprise, then started whispering to each other.
But Rikuya didn't show any surprise. He just sighed softly.
It turned out to be as I suspected.
This explains why the retired grandmother Chiyo suddenly appeared and directly, without further ado, bypassed the Third Kazekage.
Ask the senior ninjas living in the village to gather in the office and discuss this matter.
During this period of time, other than the Third Kazekage's disappearance from their memories, what else could have caused these two brothers to act like this?
The disappearance of the Third Kazekage was the trigger for the Third Great Ninja War.
Pakura also looked at Chiyo in surprise at this point, but she quickly turned her attention to Rikuya who was sitting next to her.
He found that Rikuya didn't show the slightest expression of surprise. He also didn't look at Chiyo like the others, but just stared straight ahead calmly.
Pakura immediately became curious. Could it be that Rikuya already knew about the Third Kazekage's disappearance?
Pakura was about to ask Rikuya, but she hesitated. After all, "Rikuya" was the Third Kazekage's direct disciple, so he would definitely know him.
However, because "Rikuya" is basically quiet, unless there is a big matter or mission to be carried out, he spends the rest of his time training hard.
And he himself was on missions all year round, so their interactions were minimal. Their relationship was at most just a passing acquaintance.
But Pakura's hesitation only lasted a few seconds, before she whispered to Rikuya in a cool, mature voice:
"Lord Rikuya, looking at your expression, it seems like you've known about this for a long time."
Rikuya was thinking about various possibilities in his mind, when suddenly he heard a cold female voice that sounded familiar yet foreign calling his name.
He immediately woke up from his daydream and looked at Pakura who was staring at him.
Rikuya ignored the faint scent that wafted into his nose and subconsciously wanted to smile, but he quickly realized that smiling was not the right response at this time. He immediately said calmly:
"No, I just thought that the retired Chiyo-sama completely ignored Master and called us directly. Maybe Master had an accident, maybe he was seriously ill, but I didn't expect that the accident was more serious than I thought."
After saying this, Rikuya immediately turned around and lowered his head, not wanting anyone to see his expression.
Pakura sighed inwardly seeing Rikuya's appearance.
I think Rikuya is probably feeling sad right now. After all, the Kazekage and his guards suddenly and inexplicably disappeared for a whole day, and it's anyone's guess what the meaning behind it is.
However, Rikuya's sadness was not for his stingy master.
He suddenly lowered his head at this time, just to prevent others from seeing the shocked expression on his face.
To others, Rikuya was just staring at the floor. But in reality, his eyes were fixed on the interface that suddenly appeared in front of him!
There is only a short line of words on the interface, a system of extraordinary impressions.