The sparkling sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves and sprinkled on the face of Aoyanagi, who was sleeping against the trunk of the tree.

After her eyelashes fluttered, Aoyagi opened her eyes and stood up. After a short rest, the energy expended in the morning has almost recovered, and it is time to go.

After tidying up the things and the temporary camp, and covering up the traces, the three of them set out again on the road to find the mission props.

According to the instructions of the map, the three of Aoyagi hurried quickly in the forest, and after rounding a small hill, Aoyagi carefully looked at the map in his hand and said, "Things should be around here, but there are no obvious signs, let's scatter and look for them." Also, watch out for traps. ”

After saying yes, the three of them scattered, each looking for a direction, and carefully searched the surroundings.

After about ten minutes, Bai Qiu's somewhat joyful voice sounded in the forest: "Qingliu Sang, Liang Cen Sang, come and see!" I found a box. ”

When the voice reached Aoyagi's ears, it was already relatively small and a little vague.

Aoyagi pushed aside the grass and trees that stood in the way and walked in the direction where the sound came. When he came to Bai Qiu's side, he was standing outside a cave. The cave is not big, and even children like Aoyagi have to hunch their waists to get in.

Seeing Aoyagi coming over first, Bai Qiu pointed to the cave and said, "The box is in the hole." ”

The cave is deep and a little dark inside, but you can still see the outline of the chest inside.

Aoyagi looked around the cave for a while, and decided to use the earth to get something. During the lunch break, he reflected on what he had done in the morning, and found that he didn't need to use dirt walls, just control the dirt and turn things out. Doing that in the morning wasted some chakra and time.

Dirt and earth.

The earth under the box shook and began to move slowly forward.

After a while, Zijin also rushed over and stood aside to watch Aoyagi move the box.

Until the chest is removed from the cave, no traps are triggered.

The box was about the size of a backpack and was securely locked. The three of them surrounded the box, occasionally tapping with kunai, making a crisp sound.

"Looks like we're going to have to open this box, it's not easy to move with it." Aoyagi thought for a moment and said, "This should be a test of our ability to pick locks." ”

Pulling out the wire, Aoyagi sat down on the ground, lifted the box slightly, and began to try to pick the lock. After the wire stirred inside for a while, Aoyagi roughly figured out the structure inside the lock, relaxed his breath, closed his eyes, and leaned his head closer to the box, stirring the parts inside the lock with his senses.

After repeated attempts, the lock on the box finally clicked open.

Aoyagi, who had been trapped by the trap in the box, was cautious, and after putting down the box, he beckoned the other two to walk into the distance.

Thinking back to the ninjutsu he developed, Aoyagi found a ninjutsu that was more suitable than the shadow clone technique.

The hand of the earth spirit.

On the ground near the crate, an adult forearm made of dirt broke through the soil and swung it in the air like a whip, shaking off some of the dirt. After stopping, its five fingers closed into a fist and opened again, then approached the box, and violently lifted the lid, then reached into the box and fumbled it, and took out a small box.

After making sure that there was no danger, Aoyagi stepped forward, took the box from the palm of the Earth Spirit's hand, and gently patted the back of the Earth Spirit's hand to express his gratitude.

This Earth Spirit Hand is rough overall, but it has the shape of a forearm, and the surface is not smooth.

After being patted by Aoyagi, the Earth Spirit's hand seemed to be more excited, and began to dance around in the air again, before retracting into the hole that came out of it after a while.

This is a ninjutsu that Aoyagi experimentally developed after combining autonomous consciousness and earth escape configurations, as well as referring to ninjutsu such as earth stand-in techniques, and the initial purpose was only to verify the correctness of the combination method and the cognition of each chakra structure.

It consumes less chakra than the Shadow Clone Technique, but it is suitable for opening chests. In addition to opening chests, it can also be used to grab the enemy's ankles and interfere with the enemy's movements, and if the enemy is moving at full speed, its interference may also destroy the enemy's center of gravity and create a flaw.

In the future, you can also combine the heart decapitation technique, and let the hand of the earth spirit pull the enemy into the dirt and control it.

This has the advantage of being able to control multiple enemies (summoning a few more Earth Spirit Hands) and not having to lurk under the enemy.

After all, if you encounter someone who can strike a powerful blow to the ground (such as Tengu's foot) and hide in the ground and use the Mental Decapitation Technique on him, it is likely to be hit by him, and in that case, it is difficult to avoid the attack, and it is almost a live target.

Well, it's just that the ninjas are very good in physical fitness, and they can't control the enemy for long when they are buried in the soil, so maybe you can study how to harden the ground at the same time, so that the ability to imprison is stronger.

As long as the enemy is pulled into the ground and controlled, it is a good opportunity to attack, and it is likely to be able to kill the enemy directly. That's a good idea.

Aoyagi immediately took out a small notebook and pen from his pocket, recorded it, and then thought about and studied how to achieve it when he returned.

Bai Qiu and Zi Jin, who were watching all the way, were dumbfounded, and there was still this kind of operation? After summoning the hand of the earth spirit from the Aoyagi seal, they had been staring at it with wide eyes, and the spiritual performance of the hand of the earth spirit made them feel very wonderful, and they forgot to close their mouths that were slightly open in surprise.

Seeing that the hand of the earth spirit was retracted, Aoyagi didn't know what he was writing after getting the props, and the two walked over.

"Hayakawa-san," although he was a little embarrassed, Bai Qiu was too curious, he pointed to the place where the hand of the earth spirit came out and asked, "I'm sorry, I want to ask, what kind of ninjutsu is this?" ”

Sumire also looked at Aoyagi curiously.

After quickly recording and stuffing the small notebook back into his pocket, Aoyagi replied, "The hand of the earth spirit is to summon an arm made of earth, nothing special, it is good to open the box." ”

Bai Qiu glanced at the ground a few more times, Aoyagi said it so lightly, he couldn't satisfy his curiosity, but it wasn't good to ask questions, he changed the topic, "Hayakawa-san, what are you recording?" Did you find something related to the mission that needs our attention? ”

"No, I'm just jogging down some thoughts."

"Oh, that's right," the atmosphere was a little awkward, Bai Qiu couldn't find any other topic for a while, and forcibly asked, "We got the mission props like this, right?" ”

"yes, let's move on to the next place."