Chapter 62 - The State of Peace

                                    

                                          
Naruto: Tales of Ashihara
Kakumei – Arc 3: Naruto Next Generation
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Chapter 62 – The state of peace
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The  4th Tsuchikage Kurotsuchi, with her assistant Akatsuchi and her advisor  and father Kitsuchi. The 5th Kazekage Gaara, with his bodyguard and  brother Kankuro and his advisor Baki, and joined by his elder sister and  ambassador of his land Temari. The 5th Raikage Darui, with his  bodyguard Omoi, his assistant Samui. The 6th Mizukage Chojuro, with only  his advisor Mizuno. And finally, the 7th Hokage Naruto Uzumaki, with  his advisor Shikamaru Nara and his assistant Shizune Hatake.
These  are all the people united in the council room of the Hokage's mansion,  in Konoha. After they all sat down, they opened the debates and  discussions with Naruto and Chojuro's reports of all the matters that  have to do with Sasuke Uchiha's constantly on-going mission. Not much  was said about it since the wanderer didn't present any investigation  result in over 4 years. They cloud only speak of the few things he  privately provided as indicative intel to the Minamoto family and his  own.
To stay in the topic of threats and major worries after this,  they spoke about the growing mercenary orders and illegal networks that  are threatening peace and the villages as organizations. While the  Mizukage and Kazekage, most knowledgeable on this topic, are bringing up  the code names of the most infamous bounty hunters, one name catches  the Hokage's attention.
"Wait, so the same Killin' Kiss you were  already talking about with Kakashi-sensei 15 years ago is still out  there, and recently confirmed to be at most 25 years old?" the Hokage  wonders. "How is that possible?"
"Good question. I don't think a  10 years old girl would be given such a name." Kurotsuchi remarks.  "Could be some eternal youth, or body switching stuff? You should ask  this to Orochimaru."
"I don't think he'd agree to help us on such matters." suggests Gaara.
"It's  already nice of us to not have him locked up or executed." argues  Darui. "He really wouldn't be allowed to decline a demand. Beside, about  Killin' Kiss, it's likely to be a title passed down to different people  through time. We have the something similar in the leading hierarchy of  Kumo. It's one advantage to using code names."
"Sorry to  interrupt, but this Killin' Kiss, even though she has such a reputation,  isn't our biggest problem." says Chojuro. "She's actually been less  around the last few years. Meanwhile the amount of identified illegal  bounty hunters and hit men has still been going up incredibly. Among  them, someone nicknamed White Claw is the only one since Crow to have  been reportedly in activity across all our nations, and even outside the  continent."
"Crow, huh?" asks Kurotsuchi, about the more  well-known mentioned name. "He's been around for almost as long as  Killin' Kiss. But we do know a lot about him. We even know his skills  and typical jobs."
"The fact that we know so much of him, but  still can't get him down is the reason why he's been made the number one  target of out hunters." Darui interrupts to give details, before  getting curious about the other mentioned alias. "And about this new  White Claw guy? What do we know of him so far?"
"For now, nothing  other than his name." answers Chojuro. "He, or she, even killed some  targets in bright day light on guarded or crowded spaces many times, but  was never even just seen. We got to know his name and jobs only by  finding notes and activity reports from people who apparently employed  him. And even in these documents, nothing more than his nickname.  Besides that, we don't know anything about his abilities."
Naruto  listens to the discussion and chuckles a bit. These mercenaries are sure  growing fast, and working against their order and peace, but there does  not seem to be anything more to do than what is already in place about  it. Special units to hunt these guys down, more or less important  depending on the country and the estimated level of the threat, is the  only relevant to take action. Instead of staying focused on this, the  Hokage's mind is occupied by inner worries, including one tiny problem  that he has to face, but shouldn't share at this council.