Chapter 54: Visitors at Night
When night fell on the first day of leaving the village, the members of the eighth class, who had been on the road all day, set up a makeshift camp in the woods in the wilderness, and settled down.
The distance from Konoha Village to the south bank is not too far, if there is only the eighth class, I am afraid that it will not take a day to reach, but due to the relationship with Mr. Noriaki, their travel speed has become extremely slow, at least three or four days of walking.
"Ahhh
When he got his sleeping bag ready, he sighed against the blazing bonfire, his face full of exhaustion and wonder.
To be honest, when he first came out of the village, Ya still attached great importance to this C-level escort mission, and even took a bunch of high-quality "beef-flavored military food pills" from home at the risk of being beaten up by his father, but he didn't expect a chance that seemed to be useless.
Today, for the whole day, they just walked forward, walked, walked, walked...... Except for some villages and some travelers, not even a little wolf or dog was encountered on the way.
"It's a good thing that nothing happens, and the safety of the client is the first element."
Shino was much calmer than his energetic fangs, and he was placing the "parasite" on the many trees around him, so that it could be used as a simple reconnaissance barrier to prevent thieves or wild beasts from sneaking attacks.
Because they have all received the standard training of ninja schools (Goyuki:?) At this time, when resting in this campfire camp, the members of the eighth class also chose a very particular place to rest, just to ensure that the client, Mr. Dianming, would not be attacked suddenly.
However, at this time, the client, who claimed to be a fisherman, but did not know what he was doing, Mr. Dianming, was cooking porridge by the campfire.
"Hum, hee, hee, almost, almost cooked."
As Mr. Dawn's spoon kept stirring in the small pot he carried with him, a strange smell slowly wafted out of it.
Since this porridge is boiled with some wild vegetables freshly dug around the millet that Dian Ming carried with him, it is called Dian Ming porridge, as for the taste...... At least Goyuki didn't want to drink it at all.
"Are you really not going to have some?"
"No, thank you, we have dry food to carry with us."
What, I really don't know the goods...... After being rejected by Sunset Red, Dian Ming drank the Dian Ming porridge he had boiled.
"Teacher Hong, have you ever been to the sea on the south coast?"
At this time, Yu Xing was nibbling on dry food while chatting with Teacher Hong next to him.
"Been there once or twice...... The southern part of the Fire Country, especially the area near the sea, is a remote area that is rarely inhabited, let alone the ninjas of Konoha, and even merchants who do business rarely go there. ”
"Huh? Wouldn't you be able to meet any more decent opponents? ”
After hearing Teacher Hong's words, he also sat by the campfire and ate dry food, and put on a stinky face, after all, he was looking forward to a strong man to fight.
"Of course, the C-rank mission will not fight with the ninjas, and if the characters involved in this area are at least B-rank, so what you have to deal with is nothing more than some robbers or hooligans."
"Cut, robbers are robbers, watch Uncle Ben directly fly them all!"
"Just you guy with a hairy face, don't be scared to pee your pants then."
"What! Stinky old man! Don't think you're the principal and you're ......"
In the dark and silent forest, a group of figures of different shapes are gathering around the fire, spending this rare quiet time, while chatting and laughing with their companions after tea and dinner.
As the night deepened, the moonlight, which was still looming, seemed to have given up its last struggle, leaving the space obscured by the dense foliage and branches into almost invisible darkness.
And after a long day's work, almost everyone got into their sleeping bags and fell into a state of refueling sleep.
However, it was "almost" that everyone went to sleep, not "all".
After making sure that there were few other creatures outside, an elderly figure slowly crawled out of his sleeping bag and felt lightly towards the outer area.
Call...... When sitting at a lake almost two hundred meters away from the camp and looking up at the starry sky overhead, Dian Ming couldn't help but sigh deeply.
At this time, Dianming was not at all like the usual heroic and rugged old man, but like a sentimental scholar, and he was so preoccupied that he couldn't sleep at all.
But at this moment, a young voice suddenly sounded beside him.
"What, I can't sleep, so I came out to look at the moonlight?"
"Hey, hey, hey!"
After being startled by this voice, Dian Ming hurriedly turned his head to look, only to find that what suddenly appeared was the most special one among the three teenagers who was responsible for protecting him, it seemed to be called ...... Hinata Goyuki is coming.
Yes, in Noriaki's opinion, although Ya and Shino are also very special, even they are far from being able to compare with this young man who looks gentle as jade, but can feel that his heart is full of courage and perseverance.
It's not that the person who shouts is brave, it's not that the expressionless face is called fortitude, and the person who really has these two things that are more precious than gold can feel a kind of peace even just by standing there, a peace that seems that as long as he is here, he doesn't need to worry about anything.
"Sure enough, it's a professional, I'm afraid you would have found out if I hadn't come along."
"That's right, except for the stupid guy with a hairy face called Tooth, hahahaha!"
"Poof! I didn't expect you kid to look gentle and elegant, but you are quite poisonous when you speak. ”
"Well, by the way, you cooked good porridge tonight, but why are you pretending to be a fisherman to issue a mission?"
"Well, actually, I'm just suspicious...... Hey? ”
In an instant, the smile on Dian Ming's face suddenly stopped, and the whole person even stiffened.
Due to the fact that the tone of the Yuxing speech just now was so natural, he didn't even notice that the young man suddenly changed the topic in the middle of speaking, and it was such a sensitive topic.
After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Dianming tried to continue to pretend to be casual and said with a smile: "No, no, no, what are you talking about?" I'm obviously a ......."
The pads of the thumb of the right hand, as well as the side of the index finger, the calluses in these two places are called "flip book cocoons", which are only available to people who have been turning the pages for a long time, and if they are fishermen, because of the relationship between pulling the net and pulling the rod for a long time, the position of the cocoon should be in the palm of the hand. ”
At this time, Goyuki pointed to Noriming's right hand, most of his right hand was very clean, only the thumb and index finger were a little thick.
This guy ...... It's quite observant.
At this time, Dian Ming had no choice but to spread his hands, put on an expression of "I have a story, do you have wine" and said: "Actually......
"Wait, you don't have to talk about it yet."
However, just when Dianming was about to explain his past experience and what happened with humiliation, hardship, selflessness, and unsightliness with a handful of snot and tears, Yuxing reached out and pulled him up.
"Hello? What do you mean? ”
"Didn't you just say you were suspicious of something? Now it seems that you can get rid of the word "doubt" because what you suspect is true nine times out of ten. ”
“...... How do you know? ”
"Because...... Your life shouldn't be worth so much, and you need to use such a big battle to kill you. ”
What the! Before Dian Ming could figure out what Yu Xing's words meant, a few slight wind-breaking sounds suddenly came from around his body!
The sound of the wind breaking was so subtle that it was hard to hear even in the darkness, but it was clear that something was flying towards it!
But in the next second, I saw Yu Xing's right hand move around Dian Ming's body like lightning, and those flying props that were barely visible in the darkness seemed to suddenly disappear into thin air.
"Although I don't know who you are, but it's all at this time, isn't it good to get out and die?"
As Yuxing's right hand slowly lifted and then his five fingers parted, more than a dozen "blow arrows" that were almost as thin as a hair slipped down from between his fingers......