Chapter 34: The Shadows
This sleep lasted until the early morning, when Parker woke Amber up.
"The sand ninjas just left the inn, should we continue to follow them?" asked Parker.
"Yes. Amber rubbed her eyes, washed her face with some weakness and said, "Since there is a smell left, don't worry, let's go to the Konoha office here first, there are too many people on the other side, and we must ask for support." ”
Amber and Parker arrive at the office in Yubu City, where two peripheral shinobi are stationed and are responsible for liaising with Konoha Village, normally only helping the locals issue tasks to Konoha Village, and can also be used as a point of contact in case of emergency.
The office was small, the size of a restaurant, and a middle-aged ninja sleeping sat at the counter.
"Hello, I'm Konoha Shinobu Ueno Amber, and I have extremely important information that needs to be transmitted back to the village. Amber said, tapping on the countertop.
"Hmm, do you want to post a message? Fill out a form first. The middle-aged ninja rubbed his eyes and said in a daze.
"Bang!" Amber slammed his fist, waking up the middle-aged ninja before repeating what he had just said.
"You...... Are you a Konoha ninja?"
"Konoha Shinobi. ”
"So, what information are you going to deliver?" the middle-aged ninja asked.
"I've already written the information, you can send it out for me, and I want to use the fastest contact eagle. Amber handed the middle-aged ninja a sealed envelope, and the text inside had been encrypted with the cipher code of the front line, so there was no need to worry about leaking.
"Okay, I see, come with me" The middle-aged ninja took the envelope and took Amber to the backyard, where the Liaison Eagle was locked in two cages.
After sealing the envelope, the middle-aged ninja released the Liaison Eagle, turned around and said, "This is the fastest Liaison Eagle here, I can reach Konoha Village in about the evening, is there anything else I have to order?"
"No, I'm sorry for you. Amber shook her head and led Parker out of the city, continuing to track down the nine sand ninjas.
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At night, Konoha Village is lit up, a prosperous and peaceful scene.
In the Hokage's office, Shiina Ueno is reporting to Miyo on the preparation of the ninja equipment.
"Bang!" Suddenly, the door to the office was pushed open, and a ninja hurriedly came in and said, "Three generations of adults, Tsunade-sama has sent a message, using the emergency contact channel. ”
"Oh? The three generations stared, took the scroll and opened it, and read it quickly. The emergency contact channel is a special contact method of Konoha , the basic principle is to rely on the toad psychic beast of Jiraiya, let the toad swallow the letter and return to Miaomu Mountain, and then another contact frog will return to the Miaomu Mountain Spirit Spring in Konoha Village through the technique of distant water, as long as ten minutes can transmit information regardless of distance, but the price offered by the toad clan is expensive, so only extremely important emergency information will be transmitted in this way.
After reading the letter, the three generations said with a somewhat unnatural face: "Shinai, your grandson is really powerful, this time he has made a meritorious service." ”
"Uh-huh, is it Amber? He's doing something bad again. Ueno asked with a glare.
"Haha, don't worry, it's not a bad thing, you go back first, I have to stay up late again. The third generation said with a smile.
"Isn't that really a bad thing?, when did that kid change sex?" Ueno Shiina walked out of the office in confusion.
After Ueno Shina left, the three generations turned serious and ordered someone to invite the three elders, and then picked up the letter and pondered.
Soon, the three elders arrived.
"What's wrong, Suncut. Koharu asked.
"See for yourselves. The three generations handed the letter to the three elders.
Soon, the three elders passed on the letter, and their faces were all ugly.
Danzang squinted his eyes and said coldly: "Is this the one who intended to assassinate the daimyo a few days ago? This shinobi named Amber guessed the result very likely, which is very consistent with the information we got before." ”
"Are the four great powers besieging our Fire Country, and how should we deal with it?" asked Miyo.
The three elders were silent for a while, and Tuan Zang, who was the best at conspiracy, spoke: "Let's plan it, we don't have so much strength to defend the border, it's better to pretend to be in the middle of the plan and then set up an ambush in secret, and first destroy the vanguard forces of Tuyin, Yunyin, and Shuiyin." ”
"Do you mean to ignore those civilians, so many detonation charms will kill and injure at least a few thousand people!" said Miyo, staring at Danzang.
"You're just being too kind to get to where we are today. Tuan Zang said unceremoniously.
The three generations looked at the other two elders with a bad face and said, "What do you think, Xiaochun, Menyan." ”
"It's really not appropriate to have too many civilians killed and wounded, and it will be very troublesome on the daimyo's side, and if we let it go, if there is a real large-scale panic, we will have to fall into the scheme. Zhuan Xiaochun shook his head and said.
"That's right. Mito Menyan answered, "I think it's better to dispose of those detonation charms as soon as possible and send elites to hunt down those sand ninjas." ”
"Hmph, we are facing the siege of the Four Great Powers!" Tuan Zang glanced at the two elders and said, "Even if the hidden danger is cleared, what will it be? It's just a small trouble for the Four Great Powers." ”
"This ......" turned to Koharu and Mito Menyan to have no idea, after all, the two of them are not good at strategy.
"So be it. The three generations thought for a while and said: "We must solve the hidden danger as soon as possible, there can be no problems in the country when the big war is imminent, there are Tsunade and Zilai on the side of the sand ninja, don't worry, the remaining three major countries ...... Tuanzang, you sent people from the roots, create trouble for the other three countries, find a way to split them, as long as they don't attack at the same time, we don't have to worry, what do you think?"
The three elders pondered for a moment, looked at each other, and nodded in approval.
"That's it, I'll let the dark department be responsible for eliminating hidden dangers, Tuan Zang, you ......"
Before the three generations could finish speaking, the door of the office was slammed open again, and it was still the same ninja just now.
"Right...... Sorry to bother me. ”
"What's the matter?" asked the third generation with a frown.
"We received an encrypted message from the Tongucheng office from a shinobi named Amber. The ninja said quickly.
"Amber again?!" Miyo took the translated envelope and read it carefully, with a relieved smile on his face.
"What's going on?" asked Danzo.
"Amber is really ......" The third generation shook his head with a smile and said in admiration: "He actually analyzed the law of Sha Shinobi's movements, found out the specific number of people, and tracked them, asking for support from the village as soon as possible, which is really very good." ”
"Oh, it saves us a lot of trouble. Tuanzang's half-squinted eyes opened slightly, obviously a little surprised.
"I'll leave the rest to the three of you. Miyo said.
After the three elders left, the three generations ordered someone to inform the dark department to gather, and he sat at the desk, with a smile of relief on the old face, nothing made him happier than seeing the successor of the village he loved.
After a while, several detachment leaders from the dark department arrived, and the content of the task was very simple, the first team quickly dealt with the detonating charm that had been placed, and the second team caught up with Amber as fast as possible, taking over the task of exterminating the sand ninja, and at the same time investigating the situation of the upper ninja god Tsukinomie Inoue.
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It's been two days since the information was sent, and Amber is still slowly hanging nine sand ninjas from a long distance, and the tracking liquid can last at least five days, enough to wait for Konoha's support, so Amber doesn't dare to get too close, in case she is dumpled by the other party like last time, Amber will be very dangerous.
"Amber, when the mission is over, let's go to the hot springs. Parker said.
"Pets are not allowed in the spa. Amber replied with a tired face, she was already very tired after tracking for so long, and she had to stay vigilant.
"It's okay, I can go over the wall and I don't shed, don't worry. Parker said.
"Okay. Amber nodded, this time Parker was a great help, and he should have met his request, otherwise he would have to bleed profusely if he asked for help.
At this moment, Parker shrugged his nose, turned his head and said, "Amber, someone has caught up behind, and there are quite a few of them, there are twelve of them. ”
"Twelve, is it support?" Amber glanced back, warily pulling Parker into the bushes, waiting for someone to come.
After a while, twelve figures appeared in the clearing not far away, all black cloak animal masks, clean and neat hands, obviously the dark part of Konoha.
"Come out, Amber Ueno, we're the Hokage-sama sending support. One of the cats said darkly, looking at where Amber was hiding.
Amber walked out of the bushes in amazement, and the eyes of the twelve black holes suddenly fixed on Amber.
"You're Shinobu Ueno Amber?" asked the Dark Force Leader with some surprise.
"Yes, I'm Amber Ueno, and this is Parker, Kakashi's tracking ninja dog. Amber gestured to Parker, who was lying on his shoulder.
"Very good, thank you for your hard work, the next thing will be handed over to us, the three generations of adults want to see you, you just go back to the village." The Dark Force Commander said.
"Understood. Amber nodded, handed the remaining half bottle of tracking liquid to the Dark Force Commander, and led Parker towards a nearby town.
"It's finally time to get some rest. Parker said limply as he leaned on Amber's shoulder.
"Yes, I've worked hard for you, and I can relax in the hot springs in a while. Amber said with a smile.
Wandering, a man and a dog came to the town, it was the middle of the afternoon, there was no one in the hot spring, and there was no need to worry about Parker being kicked out by the boss.
"It's so comfortable!" Amber jumped into the warm spring water, and her muscles relaxed, as if all the fatigue had melted into the spring.
Parker grinned even more, floating on the water from time to time to roll and gouge twice, which was not too cool.
"Parker, how did you become Kakashi's psychic beast?" Amber asked, leaning against the smooth stone, squinting her eyes.
"No, I grew up in the No. 14 Rare Beast District of Konoha Village, because I was born with a high IQ and can speak, so I participated in the ninja dog training class, and then became a ninja dog in the making, and then I was assigned to Kakashi's father, Hachiki Sakumo's subordinate, but unfortunately Hachiki Saun died, so I transferred to Kakashi. Parker said as he swam.
"Ninja Dog Training School, what the hell is that?" Amber asked, wondering.
"Anyway, it's like your ninja school, but the ninja school is run by the Inuzuka family. Parker said.
"And this kind of institution...... "Amber is the first time I've heard of Konoha having such an institution.
"Actually, besides me, there are seven ninja dogs who signed the psychic scroll with me, but those guys are so stupid that I broke my heart for that. Parker grumbled.
"Yes. "It's no surprise to Amber that Kakashi's eight ninja dogs are very popular in the manga.
"Shouldn't I get a psychic beast?" Amber rubbed her chin and thought, she knew very little ninjutsu, most of them were attacking, and if she could have a psychic beast to help in the auxiliary side, she would be able to make up for her shortcomings, but ......
As he was thinking about it, suddenly, countless subtle sounds piercing the air came, and if it weren't for the fact that the hot spring was very quiet, it would not have been audible at all.
Amber's face changed, and without saying a word, he picked up Parker, who was still blowing bubbles, and threw it out of the hot spring, and the next moment a dense thousand burns fell from the sky.
"Amber !!," Parker shouted anxiously as he got up from the ground.