After running around in the forest all day, the three of Aoyagi finally collected all the mission props, and as long as they reached the meeting point, they had completed today's survival drill perfectly.

Because they had basically completed today's task, the three of them relaxed a little and slowed down slightly.

As they approached the meeting point, the sun had already begun to set, and the temperature was slowly dropping and slightly cooler.

"Something isn't right." Aoyagi motioned for the two behind him to stop, closing his eyes and feeling the distance carefully.

Bai Qiu and the two stopped, a little puzzled, but seeing that Aoyagi seemed to be investigating, they didn't bother.

After a while, Aoyagi opened his eyes, his face a little solemn, "There should be our meeting point ahead, but in my perception, there are quite a lot of chakra fluctuations there, and they are all relatively powerful. Some of the fluctuations give me a stronger feeling than Sugimoto-sensei's, and it's probably Shangnin. ”

"It's unlikely that these ninjas came to assist the teachers in their survival drills. If they were here to help, it didn't make sense for so many people to stay at the assembly point, they should be scattered in the forest to prevent accidents. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Aoyagi made up his mind: "I'll go ahead to investigate, I hope there is no problem." If I don't come back after half an hour, you should rush back to the village and report the anomaly here. ”

If you just run away because of some anomaly, this is not good, at least you have to investigate and find out the situation. Besides, even if there is danger ahead, it is not a reason not to go and investigate. The battle in the future is inevitable, and it will be quite tragic, it is indispensable to face danger, it is useless to blindly escape, or start to adapt slowly from now on.

It's just that taking risks is not playing with life, making decisions decisively and bravely, and implementing them carefully and prudently, is the right reason.

Bai Qiu and Zi Jin nodded and agreed.

When Aoyagi finished arranging the ninja equipment on his body and was ready to leave, Bai Qiu looked at him with some worry on his face and said, "Be careful yourself." ”

"If there's something going on, don't go too deep." Sumire reminded Aoyagi.

"Okay. Be careful, too, that while I go to investigate, go farther and hide in the dense forest we have just passed. If I haven't come back after half an hour, don't go to the meeting point. Also be careful on the way back and try to cover up your tracks. When the time comes, it's up to you to find someone to save me. ”

Ninjutsu, the art of concealment

Aoyagi hid his voice, smell, and chakra fluctuations, and tried to lighten his movements as much as he could, lurking forward. It's a pity that the Hidden Breath technique can't eliminate the external sounds caused by the action, and can only cover up the sound of one's own breathing and talking, which is a small flaw.

However, after hard practice, Aoyagi had greatly reduced his voice when he moved, and when he moved, Bai Qiu and Zi Jin beside him couldn't hear the sound.

After entering the latent state, Aoyagi scurried around the forest like a ghost in the sun, but silently. The various plants and trees did not fluctuate drastically due to Aoyagi's actions. From a distance, they all looked as if they were just swaying slightly from the breeze.

If it weren't for watching Aoyagi run in with his own eyes, Bai Qiu would have had a hard time believing that someone was moving quickly inside this dense forest.

It was only about a kilometer away from the meeting point, and although the speed was reduced to reduce the noise, Aoyagi soon approached the meeting point.

Hiding in the dense bushes, Aoyagi looked around, and suddenly found that there was a ninja hiding in the bushes more than twenty meters away, and the breath on his body was very meager , whether it was the smell or the sound of breathing, Aoyagi couldn't feel it.

Aoyagi's heart lifted, and he was secretly glad that because this ninja hid his chakra fluctuations well, Aoyagi couldn't detect him by perceiving the chakra, and even now when he got closer, he still couldn't sense the chakra fluctuations on his body. But his good eyesight allowed him to spot the enemy before they even found him.

Fortunately, he has been very careful to hide his body and not appear directly in his sight, and his light movements also reduce the disturbance of the plants next to him when he moves. And because of the art of concealment, he couldn't find himself in any other way.

And now that I've found him, it's easier to avoid detection.

Upon closer inspection, the ninja was masked and wore no signs on his forehead.

While he was looking elsewhere, Aoyagi secretly backed back some distance and hid out of his sight.

After hiding herself, Aoyagi hesitated, and now that it was clear that there must be something wrong with these unknown people. So do you go back now, or do you continue to investigate?

If you retreat...... Could this be one of the tests of the survival drills set up by the two teachers? Send someone to ambush us on our way to the rendezvous point and test our combat effectiveness?

After all, Konoha Village is still quite powerful, and the possibility of being infiltrated by hostile ninjas is relatively low. Maybe you're too sensitive? Those ninjas at the rendezvous point just completed their mission and were resting?

Aoyagi is a little distressed, thinking too much and not being smart enough has this disadvantage, being able to think about various possibilities, but not being able to determine which possibility is the most realistic, but making people undecided.

Not willing to retreat like this, and the successful lurking just now gave Aoyagi confidence, he decided to get closer, and it was best to figure out the situation at the meeting point. With his ability to hide, he should be able to get out of the way.

Picking another path, Aoyagi bypassed the vigilant ninjas, and evaded the gaze of two ninjas in succession, before finally approaching the meeting point.

Hidden behind the bushes, Aoyagi showed only one eye, looking at the situation at the meeting point.

The meeting point is a large open space, about the size of half a football field. There were already a few people tied up in the clearing, sitting back to back on the ground in a circle. Looking at the figure, it should be other students participating in the exercise, and around, there are several masked ninjas looking around and watching, and the momentum on their bodies is not weak.

Aoyagi was shocked in his heart, something really happened! Why are there so many unidentified ninjas in Konoha Village? What did they want to do kidnapping the students of the ninja school? And what about the teachers, where the hell are they?

Aoyagi, who felt bad, secretly moved around the assembly point for a short while, roughly figuring out the enemy's situation, and now there are ten hostile ninjas in the assembly point, judging from the chakra fluctuations, there are at least two or three upper ninjas, and as for the ones who are sentry outside, he has already encountered two or three just now.

I almost had to go, and it had taken twenty minutes from the time I set off until now. There is no point in staying any longer, and it is dangerous.

Suddenly, there was a faint whistling sound in the air, and Aoyagi peeked in. Two ninjas each carrying a child landed in front of a tall ninja at the meeting point.