Naruto: Long Live Hokage's

Chapter 83: The Hot Spring

“I did not expect to find such a place.” Masahiko lay comfortably in the hot spring.

After leaving Konoha, Masahiko went all the way to the north and reached a country called hot spring.

Of course, in order to ease the journey in the shinobi world, Masahiko made some adjustments to her appearance. Now he was disguised as a brown-skinned young man in his early twenties. Well, she would have looked like a normal person if she had not chosen that blonde hair, but no one really paid attention to her.

“This is not a country.. This place is heaven..” Masahiko shifted his position inside the hot spring slightly and then narrowed his eyes comfortably.

It has been half a month since Hashirama died. The news had reached the entire world, with everyone feeling that this was the calm before the storm.

But a day ago, when Masahiko arrived in this country, he was surprised to find that the villagers here were not as nervous as others. Instead, tourists have fun everywhere, and traders conduct their business peacefully as if it were a true paradise.

And like the namesake of this country, hot springs are everywhere. Masahiko has been in the water ever since and begins to feel that his fatigue is finally gone.

“So next, how about I go to Lightning Country?” Masahiko moved again, then muttered to himself.

That's right, Masahiko's final destination was to travel to the Land of Lightning. In fact, her new appearance was for the sake of this trip. Most of the people there had this type of skin, and he felt that he would get a warmer greeting this way.

The reason why he chose this golden hair, was also related to the purpose behind his trip to the Land of Lightning, he wanted to learn their secret Ninjutsu, Lightning Chakra Mode. He believed that having this golden hair, while releasing the Chakra Mode, would give him the experience of becoming a Super Saiyan.

Taijutsu Masahiko was relatively weak, even though he studied the eighth gate, he did not have any matching techniques he could use with it. He could naturally use the Front Lotus and the Reverse Lotus, but these two techniques were not very useful. He had tried to develop the Morning Peacock and Day Tiger, but he had not been able to achieve any progress. His talent in Taijutsu was not so good, always timidly waiting for Kenichiro to come up with something new. This time he was eager to learn the Lightning Chakra Mode. He hoped this would be his shortcut to making rapid progress in Taijutsu.

“I don't really know how many stages does Lightning Chakra Mode have.. If there are four stages, the color of my hair will not match.” Masahiko muttered to himself, actually, the color of my hair will not match, being a Super Saiyan is more important to him.

Masahiko chose to travel to the Land of Lightning for one important purpose as well.

Two major events occur in Masahiko's memory when he recalls the First Shinobi World War. The first was the death of the second Mizukage and the second Tsuchikage. The second occurred during an alliance ceremony between Konohagakure and Kumogakure, when the Kinkaku Army killed the second Raikage, then pursued Tobirama and his six students. The show ended with Tobirama being killed.

Therefore, Masahiko's top priority was to save Tobirama this time, so he planned to go to Kumogakure and merge himself in the Cloud Village, or even with the Kinkaku Army, and end them…

“Last time I couldn't save Hashirama. It was all because of Black Zetsu's interference. If Madara really dies now.. I'll have a chance..”.

“Let's do this..” Masahiko takes a deep breath and then steps out of the bathtub. He then got dressed and prepared to leave.

Masahiko has a scroll in his bag with an urn sealing artifact, which Mito has sealed Yang Kyuubi's Chakra inside.

“If I have the chance, I will also be able to finish the missing parts of Kyuubi Chakra..” Masahiko knows that Kyuubi Chakra is incomplete. Thinking about it, the missing piece should be in the bodies of Gold and the Silver brothers.

“It would be troublesome to do things haphazardly ..”

“So, the first step is to think of a way to blend in Kumogakure..” Now the Shinobi world is restless. Five large villages were preparing for the imminent war. So entering the hidden village would be quite difficult.

Of course, Masahiko could easily sneak in, but what happened afterwards would be a challenge…

After thinking for a moment, Masahiko still has not found a good way, “Come out first..”.

“Master, please come back again!” Masahiko left the hot spring under the warm welcome of its owner.

Walking aimlessly on the streets, he walked for hours looking for answers, but not much he got. Except for hot springs, hotels, and restaurants, there is nothing in the country.

He took a closer look, “Kantur Recruitment Office?”

He scratched his head and walked in.

Inside, there were several tables on display, and behind one of them sat a fierce-looking middle-aged man, with a long knife in his arm, and a long scar on his face.

“Come to apply? Samurai or ninja?” scarface said.

Masahiko looked around and saw that there was no third person inside. He said: “What place is this?”

Scarface said, “Outside, yes?”

He then explained to Masahiko the origin of the so-called “Kantor Recruitment Guard.”

It turned out that the Hot Water Country had many merchants, and they dealt a lot with Kumogakure. The road was very dangerous for them to cross, so they needed guards to protect themselves.

In the past, most traders entrusted Konoha with escort missions, but in recent years, relations between the major villages went south, and Konoha began to shut down these missions, so “Keeper” Recruitment Office was established.

After listening to her explanation, Masahiko secretly felt happy; she finally found a way to get into Kumogakure. As for what he would do after he entered, he left the item for later.

“Is there a requirement to join the rank of guard?” ask Masahiko.

“I need to record your information,” Scarface said faintly. “You must be a ninja... What is your origin and name?”

Masahiko hesitated, “My name is Masa.. Masajuro, I am a wandering samurai from Iron Country.” Since the Iron Country was still in a civil war, many of their samurai roamed the world looking for.

(T/N: Masa*Juro: In traditional Japan, “Juro” is usually found at the end of Samurai's name.)

Scarface squinted and straightened his sitting posture, “Masajuro? What's a strange name?”

Masahiko silently pouted…

“And...” Scarface continued, “So what's your level, Samurai?”

Masahiko was dripping with cold sweat, “What do you mean?” Masahiko then thought to himself, “Did they even mention something about their ranking in Original Anime?”

Scarface's face flushed red, “Of course, why did I ask instead? Judging from your cheap armor, you must be low-level.”

Masahiko shook his head, “No, I am a high-level samurai.”.

Scarface unsheathed his sword, “This is enough.. Tell me master of high-level samurai, why don't you have your katana?”.

Masahiko became embarrassed, “Ah now that you mention it, I must have left it in the hot spring... I'll take it!” Masahiko then disappeared without a sound.

Scarface leaned his back on the chair, and muttered to himself, “He's sure so fast, is he really a high-level samurai?”