Chapter 5: Before Dawn
In the deep darkness of the night, a small army of ninjas in strong suits was speeding forward, and the sound of air being squeezed and exploding in both directions was filled with the sound of air surging in both directions. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 The dew that had condensed on the leaves of the trees due to the low temperature was knocked down by the previous person, and before it could reach the ground, it was smashed by the latter person, and it immediately splashed in all directions, and it was like a broken bead under the moon.
This team of ninjas who are running under the moon, numbering more than twenty people, is the subordinates of the Shui Wuyue family that has been allocated to Shui Wuyue Qi this time, including two upper ninjas, four middle ninjas, and more than a dozen lower ninjas. This is the subordinate that Cang Dou chose for his son, if nothing else, most of these people will become the team of Shui Wuyue in the future.
Of course, the two shinobi were the first to be loyal to the patriarch. Ninja level ninjas, even in a wealthy family like Shui Wuyue, are heavyweights, and at this time, Shui Wuyue Qi is not capable of ambushing ninjas of this level.
In addition to the Battle Ninja, the team is also staffed with Medical Ninjas, Illusion Ninjas, and Ninjas who are proficient in traps, reconnaissance, and other skills.
According to the information, the only shinobi of the Mukaida clan is already old, and it is estimated that even if he can still participate in the battle, it will be difficult to exert the strength of the shinobi. Therefore, in terms of strength alone, Shui Wuyueqi's team can easily destroy the other party.
It's just that this mission is also an investigation of the water without a moon. The two shinobi who accompanied the team not only needed to protect Shui Wuyueqi, but also shouldered the responsibility of evaluating Shui Wuyueqi's performance in this mission and reporting it to the patriarch.
Therefore, unless it is a last resort, Shui Wuyue Qi will not order these two Shangninas to take action in person. Of course, the best-case scenario is that he doesn't have to make a move, and he can complete the task with his command ability alone. As a genius who awakened the blood of Bing Dun at birth, no one would doubt his combat power, and strategy was the focus of this investigation.
Mizuki Achiki was in the middle of the speeding team, one of the two shinobi was at the front of the team, leading a ninja who was skilled at reconnaissance to clear the way for the team, and the other stayed by Mizuki Ake's side, responsible for his safety. Ninjas who are less able to deal with emergencies, such as medical ninjas and illusion ninjas, are also with Mizuki and stay in the middle of the team.
While running with the team, Shui Wuyueqi was thinking about the information he had obtained.
When the Xiangtian clan fled the village, they took a lot of savings with them, so they only needed to find a secret place to live in seclusion, and occasionally send people out to buy some supplies. Coupled with the vague protection of some of the big names in the Fog Hidden Village, according to common sense, they should not be to the point of becoming the target of the Shui Wuyue Family's trial mission.
But judging from the information obtained now, the current financial situation of the Xiangtian clan is obviously not optimistic, and they have begun to rob and plunder wealth through the hands of bandits. In fact, it was precisely because the local Mizuna country garrison officials were so unbearable that they spent a lot of money to hire ninjas from the Mist Ninja Village to fight this "bandit". And the investigators of Wuyin Village came to investigate, and the Xiang Tian clan was exposed.
The Mukaida clan was originally a member of the Mist Hidden Ninja Village, so they naturally knew that their actions and the others were likely to expose themselves, but they still chose this method to raise money and supplies.
Shui Wuyueqi's eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, it seemed that there must be something wrong in the Xiangtian clan. If you go to the place and investigate carefully, it is very likely that you will be able to find the weaknesses of the Xiangtian clan and destroy the other party in one fell swoop.
Thinking about it, more chakras accelerated towards the soles of their feet, and the speed increased again.
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The station of the Mukaida clan.
It is a small mountain valley, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the only exit is buried by the Muda clan with a defensive technique. Of course, these defensive techniques only serve as early warnings. The other three directions were arranged by the Xiangtian family with several low-level gods, which also played an early warning role.
After the Xiangtian clan decided to settle here, they killed all the men in their families, whether they were in the prime of life, young children, and elderly women, to prevent leaking information about themselves and others. As for the young women and girls, they were all adopted as handmaidens by the Xiangtian family.
In this world, ninjas who wield supernatural powers, as well as daimyos and officials who wield power, do not think that the lives of civilians are worthy of respect.
In the five major countries, even though incidents of killing and injuring civilians are still frequent, the daimyo with great authority has been doing his best to prevent civilians from being killed indiscriminately in order to protect his income. Of course, if a civilian fled into the mountains to avoid tax servitude, he was automatically disqualified from protection.
And those who live in small countries whose territory is sandwiched between the big powers, the danger is even greater, because the daimyo of the small country does not want to offend the ninjas of the big country when they have no last resort.
There is no need to elaborate on the differences between small countries and the difference between small countries in terms of ninja villages, and because of this, there are differences in national treatment.
"Hahaha, Father, we have gained more this time. With hearty laughter, the young master of the Xiangtian clan, Xiang Tian Shouyi, strode into his father, Xiang Tian Zhen, the head of the Xiang Tian clan, with an excited smile on his face, and said excitedly: "This time I robbed the Sui Gong that the garrison mansion offered to the daimyo, and this action can support the life of the whole clan for half a year!"
Xiangtian Shouyi, the young master of the Xiangtian clan, was only seventeen or eighteen years old at the time, and his cultivation talent was very good, and now his strength is equivalent to that of an elite Zhongnin.
The harvest this time is so big, Xiang Tian Shouyi is ready to lend it to his father as a "surprise".
Although Xiang Tian Zhen is a ninja, he was severely injured when he escaped from Wuyin Village, and he was hit by the huge mental blow of the death of his eldest son on the way to escape, and his body has not been good for many years. In the long run, although Xiang Tian Shouyi still has a reverence for his father, his ambition to officially take over as the patriarch is also burning.
Because of this, although Xiang Tian Shouyi did not dare to clash with his father head-on, he has been telling the clansmen by harvesting more and more raids, and also telling his father who can bring a better life to the clansmen.
But Mukai Shouyi didn't see a happy or gloomy or uneasy expression on his father's face. In fact, Xiang Tian Zhen has been looking at his son expressionlessly since he heard his son's words, yes, just looking at him expressionlessly.
Facing his father's terrifying gaze and the dangerous aura that slowly spread in the air, although Xiang Tian Shouyi kept telling himself in his heart: It's nothing, it's nothing, he's old, I don't have to be afraid of him anymore.
But in the end, Xiang Tian Shouyi's waist still collapsed slightly, trying his best to imitate the innocent tone when he was a child when he was coquettish to his father, and Xiang Tian Shouyi's voice trembled and said, "Father?"
Although there was unconcealed fear in his voice, he was still trying his best to maintain his indifferent posture.