Shota and Shisui separated from the rest of the joint squad after travelling to the Land of Water through a merchant ship.
The two young Jonin blended in with the regular passengers and kept their chakra low during the entire sea journey.
The six other shinobi from both Suna and Konoha took a different route to Kirigakure and would reach the town of Gimeka which would be the rendezvous point for Shisui and Shota after they managed to infiltrate the village and get the intel they required.
The larger group would stay outside and prepare safe paths for escape while the two of them handled the dangerous work inside.
As they approached Kirigakure, Shisui who was making Shota get a headache with how much the man talked kept asking questions and sharing stories without pause.
Shota had thought that all Uchiha were serious and quiet and Shisui was a living example of that being not true. Shisui was like Naruto but much more annoying and talkative.
Shota sometimes wished the Uchiha would save his breath for the mission ahead.
Shisui asked another question with curiosity. "So what is your secret of being so strong at such a young age?" He looked at Shota as if waiting for a grand answer about some special training.
Shota replied in a completely serious voice. "I take my naps at the right time and use my mission money to buy the best beds available in the market."
Good rest mattered more than most people admitted.
Shisui blinked in surprise. "Huh never thought of spending money on beds. Well if you want one, you could commission the Uchiha clan beds. Our brand's beds are knitted and made by our clan's ninja cats." He began to describe the soft materials and the careful work of the cats with clear pride in his clan's product.
Shota asked the practical question at once. "How much for one?" He already liked the idea of a high quality bed waiting for him back in Suna.
Shisui answered with a slightly embarrassed tone. "One hundred thousand ryo. It is on the expensive side but..." He tried to explain the high price and the special features yet Shota interrupted him before the full sales talk could finish.
"Done deal. You do not have to explain to me why a good bed is expensive." Shota said the words quickly and with complete acceptance.
The price meant nothing if the bed truly helped him sleep better and more comfortably.
Shisui soon returned to the topic of abilities and spoke with open admiration. "Man I am jealous of your Dojutsu. To erase any person's ability to use chakra. That ability is so preposterous. No matter what Kekkei Genkai the other person has it becomes useless in front of you."
He shook his head as if still trying to understand how such a power could exist. The idea of turning off every jutsu, bloodline and every technique with a simple look felt unfair in the best way.
He continued the praise without stopping. "And then there is the fact that you could erase chakra of all the people in your vision sight rather than only one person. It is just wow. You really are blessed by the Sage."
The multi target version of Erasure impressed him even more. Most Dojutsu worked on a single enemy at a time yet Shota's eyes could silence an entire group. Shisui laughed and added a joke that made the compliment even lighter. "Did you sleep with the sage or something in your previous life? Because that kind of gift does not come to normal people."
Shota only rolled his eyes. 'So Konoha also now knows about my ability to erase the chakra of more than one person. And who is telling me about broken Dojutsu when he himself had the Mangekyō Sharingan with the most broken genjutsu ability.'
They continued to travel and as they went closer to Kirigakure the mist increased in density. The thick white fog rolled in from the sea and covered the trees and the paths.
Kirigakure's founders had chosen this island specifically for this reason. The mist here was a unique phenomenon that would not disappear and even blocked sensory jutsus to some degree.
And the water and moisture in the air was perfect for water release jutsus and thus they decided it to be a perfect village which would be difficult to be attacked. The natural defenses made open invasion almost impossible. Any large force would lose sight of each other and walk straight into prepared traps.
Shisui asked the question once the village walls became visible through the fog. "So how do we infiltrate the village?" He kept his voice low even though the mist already hid them from distant eyes.
Shota gave his plan in a calm and clear voice. "Let us reduce our chakra to genin levels and enter the city as civilians from the main gate without any transformation jutsu."
Shisui looked at him in surprise and answered with honest worry. "I do not know about you Shota san but I am too young to die." The thought of walking straight through the front gate of the Bloody Mist Village without any disguise felt close to suicide.
Shota rolled his eyes and explained the logic behind the plan. "The city lives in mist. They do not know the faces of everyone in the village. And the guards that usually know about the faces of shinobi from other villages should be dead from the Kaguya attack. And the sensors would be more focused looking to people trying to infiltrate the village from other areas rather than people entering from the main gate."
The recent clan massacre had left holes in the usual security. New guards would not recognize foreign faces as quickly and most sensors would watch the forests and the coastline instead of the busy main entrance.
Shisui nodded after some thought. The explanation made sense once he considered the current state of the village.
Shota added one more reason. "Besides if we are found out it would be easier to run for the gates themselves."
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