A night in Misui Town.

It passed "magnificently".

Many villagers only felt that they were wandering on the edge of life and death. Then, just after dawn, everyone rushed to the shrine to find trouble for the owner Kuraki——

"Is it just a promise to scare those outsiders?"

"Why do you want to scare us too?"

"Priest Kuraki, what else have you arranged?!"

"My mother was almost frightened and fell ill last night! Who will be responsible if she really gets sick?!"

"Priest Kuraki, what on earth is going on?"

"Yeah, our Meisui Town isn't really haunted, right?!"

…

Priest Kuraki picked up a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his head, while answering repeatedly -

"I'm not, I'm not, don't talk nonsense."

"I really didn't deliberately arrange for anyone to scare you."

"Haunted? How can there really be ghosts? There are no ghosts in this world! Oh, of course, there are still gods, such as our 'God of Peace'."

"Everyone knows that there are no ghosts, right? Otherwise we wouldn't conspire to pretend to be ghosts to scare those foreigners!"

…

At this moment——

"I've said it."

"Well, I said it."

"In other words, Priest Kuraki, there is no so-called 'haunting incident' in Misui Town, right?"

"Deliberately lied about the mission, issued a false commission, and coaxed the Konoha ninja to come. Priest Kuraki, you don't need me to tell you, you know the consequences, right?"

Hatake Kakashi walked in slowly from the door and asked with a smile as he bent his eyes.

Following him were his three disciples and two cats.

By the way, everyone changed into their own ninja uniforms and wore Konoha forehead protectors.

Hatake Kakashi stood still, with one hand in his trouser pocket, his expression became a little more serious, and he looked at this client seriously. There is no doubt that as a ninja, he is very dissatisfied with this kind of client.

Hi. This kind of disgust is somewhat similar to the feeling of hating "reporting false police". When they are coaxed by Priest Kuraki for such boring reasons, they may miss other clients who are more in need of help.

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The three little ones standing behind him——

Haruno Sakura put one hand on her hip, Uzumaki Naruto folded his arms, and Uchiha Sasuke, like his teacher, had one hand in his pocket and a grim look on his face.

Shisui Meow and Weasel Meow looked at each other, then silently sat on the left and right sides of the three little ones, taking the initiative to act as guardian beasts.

Young Sasuke: "..." I really don't want to stand with this group of people.

So he silently walked to the door and acted as the door god.

I have to say that after last night's "haunted incident", when the villagers saw the black cat, they were indeed heartbroken and not feeling well.

Priest Kuraki: "………………………………………………" It’s over.

"...Ninja?"

"Look at the clothes these people are wearing, are they ninjas from Konoha?"

"Priest Kuraki, what is the commission they are talking about?"

"We...were scaring ninjas before?"

"We actually did such a terrible thing?!"

…

There was chaos, and Priest Cangmu raised his hands with despair on his face: "I'll attack! I'll attack them all!"

in short--

This is a sad story about trying to develop the village economy.

As Jiraiya and Hatake Kakashi said, Meisui Town is a good place, surrounded by mountains and water, with a beautiful environment. The crops and agricultural and sideline products produced are also quite delicious, but because it is not too superior,

Due to the geographical environment, there have never been many tourists coming here to spend money.

Seeing that the lives of the townspeople are always in poverty, sometimes they have no money for medical treatment when they get sick or injured, and they can only wait to die...

Kuraki, the priest who is worshiped by everyone, wants to change this.

However, it was basically impossible to rebuild roads by himself, and he couldn't afford to hire ninjas to do it. After reading a horror novel he bought in a bookstore, he suddenly had a good idea -

A terrifying story that happened deep in the mountains and forests.

A village and town haunted by ghosts.

A shrine that connects Yin and Yang.

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For some curious and courageous special enthusiasts, it is simply the best bait.

As long as more tourists come to Misui Town, the economy of the village and town will naturally develop. When everyone has money, the tragedy of getting sick and injured without money for medical treatment will naturally not happen. They can also save money together to connect with the outside world.

Repair the roads.

With this idea in mind, he invited the villagers in the village to discuss it carefully. As Hatake Kakashi said before, Anwa Shrine is very popular in Misui Town, and everyone also agrees with what the priest Kuraki said.

Would love to hear it.

First of all, this is also to develop the village economy; secondly, there is not much that everyone has to do, which is to cooperate with the shrine to tell lies and act; finally, if this thing is really done, life will be easier in the future.

Driven by this mentality, something that seemed impossible to the outside world actually happened - the whole village became "complicit".

After some "daily training"...

Priest Kuraki felt that it was almost time to start soliciting customers.

However, it didn't seem right to rashly tell the outside world, "Our place is haunted, come and take a look." So he came up with another idea - that is, to publish a message to Konoha that seemed unreliable at first glance.

A C-level commission with a very, very low remuneration.

Generally speaking, the ninja who can accept this kind of commission is basically not very powerful. Of course, the specific situation depends on the person he actually sees. If the person who comes looks very powerful, then they should keep a low profile;

If it seems normal, then execute the plan.

In this sense...

The three little ones were underestimated.

Of course, Priest Kuraki never intended to do anything bad. He really intended to let the ninjas successfully catch the ghost and send them away without hesitation. Then the promotion could begin——

Meisui Town was haunted, and the powerful Hidden Leaf Village sent ninjas to hunt it down, and finally succeeded in capturing all the ghosts.

However, due to a mistake in sealing the Anwa Shrine, it seems that another ghost has escaped and is wandering in the villages and towns day and night...

Things that were not very reliable at first seemed to become reliable instantly once Konoha's name was added to them, right?

Commonly known as, spending money to gain popularity.

However, because the villagers went astray out of fear, he had no intention of telling them from the beginning that "outsiders are actually ninjas". This was also the main reason why he asked Team 7 and a group of people to change their clothes when they entered the village.

It is precisely because of this that when Team 7 performed this mission, it felt a bit like "playing a horror game" - the villagers driving away tourists, the strange eyes in the dark, the steamed buns with hidden notes, the shrine hiding secrets, all crazy things.

Outsiders and...

After all, the priest Kuraki really wanted to give tourists a "home away from home" feeling, and hoped to treat the encounter in Misui Town as a "large-scale horror game", so every detail was carefully arranged.

"In other words, everyone is colluding, including those two 'foreign lunatics'?"

"...Yes, they are actually locals. They just live here and pretend to be crazy. Of course, there is absolutely no abuse. They just have to dress dirty and messy so they can eat and drink for free at the shrine every day. They are quite happy.

of."

"Then," Haruno Sakura asked, "why did you want us to be mikos at that time? Since there are no ghosts at all, there should be quite a few people willing to come, right?"

"...The main reason is that there are no beautiful girls of the right age in the village." Priest Cangmu rubbed his hands and said with some embarrassment, "Since I decided to do this, I have also carefully studied many horror novels, horror comics, horror movies and horror films.

For the game, I feel that not only the horror atmosphere should be full, but also some benefits should be provided to the tourists appropriately, such as handsome priests, beautiful priests and witches in the gloomy shrine..."

Haruno Sakura: "..." Why did you suddenly forgive him?

"And if you are willing to take photos of us, it would be good to make posters or promotional pictures and put them in brochures or at the entrance of the village, with 'Welcome to Meisui Town' written on them, right..."

"...You are really careful about your budget." Uzumaki Naruto couldn't help complaining.

"Anyway——" Priest Kuraki suddenly got off his seat, "I'm really sorry!!!!! But please believe that although I used unfair methods to invite you all from Konoha, I really didn't

No bad intentions! I definitely never thought of hurting anyone."...Being scared doesn't count, ninja...shouldn't be that timid, right?

Hatake Kakashi raised his hand and grabbed the broom head, then looked down at the disciples: "What do you think of this matter?"
To be continued...