Chapter Ninety-Three: The White Stone Mine
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The sky was gray, not the slightest blue could be seen, and countless bean raindrops formed a rain curtain, which was slanted and splashed in the forest with the wind, breaking many twigs and young leaves, and the biting cold wind was whistling, blowing through people's clothes, making people feel cold to the bone.
"Hurry up!"
"Don't grind!"
"If you can't make it to your destination tonight, none of you want to eat!"
The vicious escort ninja was hoarse, brandishing his whip and urging constantly.
On the road in the forest, there is a team of hundreds of ragged coolies, who pull wooden carts with human power, and the wooden carts are covered with canvas, and they don't know what is under the canvas, but the ruts are very deep, and they pull heavy objects.
The rain was heavy and the road was slippery, but the coolies had to brave the wind and rain, one step at a time.
There are less than ten ninjas in charge of escorting, just a small team, although they are also brave the wind and rain, they are wearing robes and hats, they only need to watch this group of coolies, and they don't need to contribute in person.
The wooden cart, which seemed to be overwhelmed, creaked, and the ruts faded away, and the team gradually disappeared into the mist and rain ahead.
Whoosh!
The figures of the three people wearing robes and hats appeared on the avenue out of thin air one after another, looking at the team in the distance, it was Li Tong, Tsunade, and Jiraiya.
"What are they transporting?" asked Li Tong.
"Mine, there are three iron mines and one copper mine in the vicinity, and there is a high probability of iron ore. Jiraiya replied.
"Do you think they're pitiful?" Tsunade tilted his head to look at Hitomi Li.
"To each man has a life. Li Tong replied.
This is the Land of Rain, and this is the afternoon of the second day that Li Tong and the three of them entered the Land of Rain.
Along the way, Li Tong is really a poor person who has seen too much, not as simple as poverty, but enslaved and oppressed, however, the country of rain is such a chaotic country, the country is not large, but the power is divided, and there are endless wars all year round, this is a paradise for criminals, and a hell for ordinary people.
There are too many poor people!
Not to mention that Li Tong is not the kind of person who cares about the world, even if he is, he can't control it for the time being.
After entering the Land of Rain, Zilai also told Li Tong why the Land of Rain was so chaotic.
The first is because of the rain ninja village, the system and environment of the rain ninja village will attract the evildoers to come, the second is because the rain country is rich in resources, war, and it is also a conflict of interests, and the third is that the geographical location of the rain country is too special, and in the entire ninja world, it is a strategic place, bordering the three major countries of the country of wind, the country of earth, and the country of fire.
The three major countries and the three major ninja villages do not want the unification of the rain country, which is an extremely troublesome thing for the three major ninja villages.
This is also known as the "demigod" of the rain ninja leader Hanzo, after more than ten years after taking the throne, he was unable to calm the war in the country of rain, the chaos of the country of rain, behind the three major ninja villages to fuel the fire, and it can even be said that the five ninja villages all hold this idea, they don't want the sixth force in the ninja world to appear.
"Let's go, try to get to the White Rock Mine before dark. Tsunade said quickly.
The three of them hit the road again, and Zilai also took Li Tong with him, making the overall movement speed of the three of them very fast.
"Little ghost, are you really not going to let me make a move? You still have two requests that are useless, don't waste them. Tsunade said, tilting his head as he ran.
"No need, thank you. Li Tong once again rejected Tsunade, and along the way, Tsunade had mentioned the matter many times.
Tian Feng Sadaji, one of the behind-the-scenes financiers of the assassination of Rain Ninja Village, if Tsunade personally took action, the difficulty of the task would be greatly reduced, and with Tsunade's strength, he should not miss.
However, this did not do Li Tong any good.
Li Tong is not killing people for the sake of killing, nor is he killing people to complete the task, but for killing people and exploding cards, although Tian Feng Zhenci is an ordinary person, but he has the strength of the upper ninja by his side, and only if Li Tong kills them with his own hands, can he be rewarded.
Moreover, Li Tong let Tsunade make a move, and he had to waste a request that he won, which was not cost-effective.
"Little ghost, is there anything valuable in the underground around here?" Tsunade suddenly spoke again, in a very money-obsessed tone.
"You're so annoying, you said that my finger pinching is not working from time to time, and you have to feel it. Li Tong replied impatiently.
A few hours later.
The night quietly descended in the drizzle.
A moonless night, extremely dark.
Shiraishi Mine, a famous silver mine located in the south-central part of Yunin Village, is actually called Shiraishi Mountain, but because of the mining of silver ore, it was renamed Shiraishi Mine, and the south slope of the mine is the area that has been mined, and it has been mined for many years, so the vegetation on the south slope has been cleared up for most, and the exposed outside is a mine hole in addition to the mud and rock.
The silver ore that can be mined is mainly concentrated on the southern slope of the mountain, so the northern slope has not been mined, the natural environment has not been destroyed, it is a forest.
Li Tong and the others climbed Baishi Mountain from the north slope, all the way to the top of the mountain, found a mountain with a wide view, and looked at the mine camp on the south slope.
On the edge of the cliff, on top of the towering trees.
Li Tong held the tree with his hand, stared at the camp that was still busy with bright lights in the distance in the south, and observed carefully, but he couldn't see it clearly at all, although his true pupil could see far away, but the camp was too far away, and the rain curtain had an impact on his vision, so he could only see a rough idea.
He can't roll his eyes in front of Tsunade and Jiraiya.
On the left of Li Tong is Tsunade, and on the left side of Tsunade is Jiraiya, and the three of them are standing on the same extremely thick branch, the shadow of the canopy shrouds them, and the branches and leaves of the trees hanging down in front of several people have been removed.
Jiraiya took out the monocular goggles from his baggage, stretched them out, looked towards the camp, and after observing them for a while, he said, "The garrison is about 5,000 people, all ordinary soldiers, ninjas, and samurai...... There are hundreds or so of them that can be seen, and among them are likely to be ninjas from Rain Ninja Village...... The mansion at the heart of the camp was on fire...... Tian Fengzhen should be here tonight. ”
After speaking, Jiraiya also handed the lookout to Tsunade.
Tsunade picked it up and looked at it, but without saying anything, he handed the lookout glass to Li Tong.
Li Tong got the lookout glass, first put it in his hand to observe it, and gave a comment in his heart that it was "shoddy", and then he picked up the lookout and looked at the camp.
Before this mission, Li Tong had gone to the street to buy some essential items for ninja missions, he saw the goggles, but he didn't buy them, because he had white eyes, and the effect of the goggles in the ninja world in this era was too poor.
It is not very advanced, and it is still poor in Li Tong's eyes.
But now it can only be used.
Holding the lookout glass, Li Tong slowly scanned.
The camp is very huge, mainly divided into three parts, the area of the north area accounts for 60%, this is enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people for mining and smelting, living and resting area, there are rows of simple wooden houses, at present, Li Tong can see the working coolies, there are thousands of people, and according to intelligence, the number of laborers in Baishi ore is close to 30,000.
Not all the laborers live in the camps, most of them still live in the mines, their lives are worthless, and no one cares about the death of people in the caves.
The area of the southern district is slightly smaller, but it is also enough to accommodate thousands of people, and most of the people who live in the southern district are private soldiers under Tian Fengzhenci.
There is also the core area, in the middle of the southern area, is a mansion, and the master guards under Tian Feng Sadaji, that is, those samurai and ninjas, all live in the mansion with him.
After taking a closer look at the overall environment of the camp, Li Tong began to observe the core mansion repeatedly.
You can see samurai holding hands everywhere, and you can see ninjas patrolling.
The mansion is divided into three courtyards: front, middle and back.
It can be seen that those samurai and ninjas are guarding the middle courtyard, and the building in the middle courtyard is not a bungalow, but a large wooden building with three floors, and it can be inferred that Tian Feng Sadaji lives in the middle courtyard.
At present, the location of Li Tong's three people is a high mountain cliff, although it is a few kilometers away from the camp, it can be regarded as looking down on the camp, this perspective, coupled with the assistance of a lookout scope, can make Li Tong observe very clearly and in detail.
Li Tong watched it for a long time.
Because he found something wrong!
The power to protect Tian Feng Sadaji, far beyond what the intelligence expressed, this is just an A-level assassination mission, not an S-level, normally speaking, this kind of task can be completed by three ordinary ninjas, that is to say, the powerful opponents that may be encountered should not exceed three upper ninjas!
And it was written in the intelligence that there was no upper ninja to protect Tian Feng Sadaji, and his personal guard was a samurai with the strength of upper ninja!
However, now, Li Tong observed that there were at least five Shangninas patrolling inside and outside the mansion, and they were all rain ninjas!
Yunin Shangnin actually came to patrol Tian Feng Zhenji?!
Ninjas of their level, even if they come to protect Tian Feng Sadaji, they should be close protection, living next door to Tian Feng Sadaji, patrolling this kind of thing, it is enough for the middle ninja, the lower ninja or a samurai of equal strength to do it!
It's unusual.
Li Tong suddenly had a very tricky feeling, there are five Shangninas who can be seen, but what about those who can't be seen?
"Chirp!" suddenly resounded in the sky with a crisp birdsong.
A cyan bird with a wingspan of nearly a meter glides over the White Rock Mountain, its dark eyes scanning below.
"This voice! hidden!" Zilai also heard the birdsong, and stopped his hands to both sides, and the three of them shrank back at the same time, and he immediately waved his hand again, and the wind blew, and the branches and leaves of the trees that had been removed before hung down again, covering the three of them.
The three of them were completely hidden in the lush foliage of the tree.
"What?" asked Li Tong, turning his head.
"It's a rain falcon!" replied Tsunade.
"This is a bird ninja beast unique to the Land of Rain, capable of flying in torrential rain, and possessing super farsightedness and night vision. Jiraiya explained in a deep voice, and was a little puzzled, "The number of rain falcons is very rare, and at present, only the rain ninja village has rain falcons, how could this kind of ninja beast with great reconnaissance ability be sent here?"
Wrong!
Tsunade and Jiraiya just felt that something was wrong.
Li Tong felt that something was very wrong!
Because he is the only one who has the pupil of true vision, only he can see the identity data of those patrolling ninjas and samurai in the camp.
The power to protect Tatoyo Sadaji has been strengthened?!