"You did that big battle in the col outside the city, right?" The young samurai didn't answer Aoki's question, but asked. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Yes, are you going to avenge those guys?" In Aoki's impression, this young samurai was in league with the robbers.

The young warrior shook his head and said, "What does it have to do with me that a bunch of fools are killing themselves, I am not all the way with them. ”

"And where are you? What are you doing here? Aoki asked, "You can't be here to see the moon, are you?" The young samurai's answer was somewhat unexpected by Aoki.

"I'm a mercenary." The young samurai said lightly.

Aoki frowned, this trip is really interesting, not only did he see the samurai, but he could also meet the mercenaries.

Since the world of Naruto has always been in a state of constant big wars and small wars, there are armed forces rising and falling all the time, but no matter how these forces change, there are always some people with force or intelligence who are active in it, they do not belong to any force but can be used by any force as long as you can afford it. They are mercenaries.

Different from ninjas, the composition of mercenaries is very complex, including wandering samurai, ninjas of declining clans, and strategists with a strong mind, basically people with a certain amount of force or intelligence, among which the strong can be called heroes, these mercenaries are also entrusted by all parties or hunt wanted criminals from various countries or people with black market bounties to earn commissions, the number of these people is not much, and because of the existence of major ninja villages, they can receive very few commissions, but they also have their own advantages.

Each ninja village will form alliances with certain big countries in order to develop, so that these ninja villages have a certain political color, and many tasks are inconvenient to take over, but mercenaries are different, although they are neutral, they can also wear the robes of any force to fight for them when needed, so in some missions, some people prefer to hire these mercenaries rather than ninjas.

"What are the mercenaries doing here?" Aoki asked, secretly preparing for battle, maybe his mission would conflict with the mercenary's mission, in that case, a fierce battle would be inevitable.

Seeing Aoki's fighting intent, the young samurai hurriedly waved his hand: "First of all, I don't have any hostility, although your ninja squad interfered with our mission to a certain extent, but it was an accident, there is no way, and the impact is also within the acceptable range, so we have no conflict of interest, I am here mainly for personal reasons." ”

"What is the reason?" Aoki remained on his guard.

"I told you last time, I want to fight with you and have a fight." The young samurai said seriously.

"Uh," Aoki never expected that this guy was actually a martial arts idiot, and he came here in the middle of the night to challenge.

"I'm sorry, I'm on a mission right now, if you want to talk to me, just wait until the mission is over to find me in Konoha Village." Aoki said lightly, and there was no longer so much hostility in his tone.

"And when are you going to end your mission?" The young samurai asked.

"Probably ......" Aoki was about to say, but a crescent moon voice came from the earphones: "Stupid, don't leak the content of the mission." Aoki secretly shouted that it was dangerous, although the young samurai may have asked unintentionally, but he couldn't say anything himself.

"Well, I'm sorry, I can't tell you anything about the mission." Aoki changed his words.

"Forget it, I'll wait until that time and take my leave." The young samurai shook his head as if regretful, "You don't mind telling me your name, do you?" ”

"Aoki Feng." Aoki said with a bow.

"Shoichi Kuroba (the most annoying name or something)." The boy performed a standard samurai etiquette.

After seeing Kuroba Masaichi leave and disappear from the white eye's field of vision, Aoki and the crescent moon who was secretly planning returned to the station, and Genma didn't hear their conversation in the forest due to distance restrictions, but Aoki, who always felt a little strange, still relayed the content of the conversation to Genma.

Genma thought for a while and then said, "You said that the young man was a mercenary. ”

"Yes," Aoki nodded.

"It stands to reason that since the mercenaries of our ninjas can not receive many tasks, each mercenary attaches great importance to the task and will not let others know, and of course will not inquire about other mission content, so it is very strange for that young man to ask you about the content of the mission." Genma noticed a problem.

"Could it be that he is just curious, or like to hurry up and fight with Xiao Feng?" Sota is always reluctant to think too badly of people.

"It's not impossible if you change the time," Genma analyzed, "Do any of you find someone to duel in the middle of the night?" Without a prior agreement, this would be unfair to the challenged party, and a samurai who values a fair duel would never do that. ”

"And what is the purpose of his here? Assassinate us? But isn't he too big for himself? Crescent Moon asked, puzzled.

"I think he's listening to our itinerary, the caravan's destination to be exact." Aoki, who had been pondering, said suddenly.

"The caravan's destination?" Xinyue said naturally, this is not something that is knowingly asked and easy to see.

"Teacher... The gift... We—" Aoki thought back to the content of the mission and thought of the gift he had sent him not long ago, and suddenly his mind flashed.

"Ah, I know what you're trying to say." Genma also figured out the contents.

"And are we going to continue the mission?" Xinyue also figured out what it was and asked, "I'm afraid it will be very troublesome to go on." ”

"We have to go on, although the employer has played a language game, but nothing has gone beyond our previous understanding of the content of the mission, so we have no reason to terminate the mission." Genma thought for a moment and said.

"What are you talking about?" Sota still didn't understand.

"Think about it, what you thought before, let us escort the caravan to the country of waves, and also protect their trade smoothly." Aoki explained, Sota nodded clearly, and then Aoki continued: "The first half is fine, but the latter sentence, to protect their trade normally, how is this trade defined?" ”

"Isn't it just buying and selling things? At most, it's to protect them from buying their stuff. Zong Tai thought for a while and said.

"That's right, but the key is the goods, the gift sent today is part of the goods, although the description of the goods is cloth, but that's just an accessory or a cover-up, the real thing should be those high-end women's products." Aoki said.

"Those are not cheap things, they are not things that ordinary people or even ordinary rich people will not necessarily buy, most of them are things that ordinary people can't afford for a lifetime, and they are basically exclusive to the royal family." Crescent Moon sighed, as if feeling how hot the gift she had received.

"If it were usual, these things would be nothing, but in this period, the domestic situation in the country of waves is unstable, and the royal family actually purchases such things that cost the people and money in this sensitive period, it can be said that there is nothing to do, or it may be deceived or simply a conspiracy, and we are very likely to have been involved in the political struggle of the country of waves." Aoki frowned and said, "Politics is dirty in any dimension.

Sota listened to everyone's explanations and gradually felt that things had become troublesome, but he wasn't too worried, since Aoki could find the suspicion from such a small clue and analyze the problem, then he must have a solution. ps: Today is Christmas Eve, and I wish all readers a safe and happy Christmas Eve, and thank you for your support to me, thank you!