Chapter 13: The Bandits

There are three people in the hot spring, all of them are middle ninjas, and their captain is a young man named Iwanamizuru.

In this era, the task of the lower ninja needs to be led by the teacher, and there is no need to do so after the team members are promoted to the middle ninja. After all, it is a very long process from middle ninja to upper ninja, and those who lead the team can't always accompany the students to do tasks.

Since there are two groups of people, the way of escorting is about to change, and after some conversation, Chiyo and Iwanami Crane determined the arrangement of personnel: Yushinobu in front, Chiyo and them in the back, all in a triangular shape.

The next few days were uneventful, as it was in the Land of Fire. When we reached the national border, the situation was immediately different.

Chiyo looked around, and although he didn't see a human figure, he could sense the enemy hiding in the forest in the distance. This is already the third batch, and according to the experience of the first two times, these people will leave after observing for a while, thinking that they are bandits and the like.

With a movement of his ears, Chiyo suddenly turned and crouched down, and then looked at his raised right hand, where he was clutching an arrow. Standing up and looking at the arrow with an expressionless face, Chiyo and Yunin, who rushed over when he noticed the movement, explained a few words, and then rushed to the place where the arrow came from with Moth and Dai.

Soon, a group of people who looked like bandits were intercepted by Chiyo and them.

Judging by the weapons they were holding, these people were indeed bandits. But they also looked miserable, unkempt and ragged, like a group of beggars who had changed their ways.

"And he's a beggar with his family in tow." Chiyo thought as she looked at a few of the children in the crowd.

Seeing the three Chiyo standing in the tree, the bandits were skillfully divided into three teams, and the two teams composed of young people fled from the left and right respectively, while the remaining old people and children knelt on the ground very decisively, crying and begging for forgiveness.

Looking at the flower moth and Dai who came over, Chiyo pointed left and right and made a motion to wipe his neck. The two men then chased after the fleeing bandits, while Chiyo stayed behind and waited for them.

In less than a minute, the moth and Dai returned.

As a ten-year-old child, after killing a group of people, he did not have any reactions such as vomiting, but had a calm face, which is unimaginable in some ordinary worlds.

But this is the Hokage, and you can understand this phenomenon by thinking about the education of ninjas in the major ninja villages. Ninja Village's education for ninjas is that ninjas exist to complete missions. Then in the book, he lists the measures to deal with when encountering enemies: Kill! Therefore, in the eyes of the moths, it is a matter of course to kill people for the sake of a mission.

Chiyo jumped down from the tree, walked over to the group of kneeling people, and motioned to the person at the front to explain why he was attacking.

In fact, there is no need to explain, just look at their appearance: first they were so hungry that they couldn't do it, and then they were hungry from their hearts, and evil was born to their guts, so they attacked Chiyo and them in such a reckless manner. As for ninja guards? Anyway, if you're going to starve to death, it's better to fight, with so many people in it, maybe you can grab food and get out smoothly.

Let people talk about it just to confirm, and after the other party finished speaking, and found that it was unexpected, Chiyo looked at him: "You mean to let me let you go?" ”

"Ninja-sama, we were forced, the people who attacked you just now were those who escaped, we old men and children were just used by them to fill the numbers, we have no combat power at all, please let us go!" Then there was a flurry of cries.

Chiyo looked around the group of old people and children, focusing on their hands holding weapons, and then beckoned to Moth and Dai, motioning for them to come down, and then turned to look at the leader: "So you were just forced to hold weapons, and you didn't actually use them to fight?" ”

Seeing that everyone nodded, Chiyo finally asked, "Is it that everyone hasn't fought?" ”

Maybe Chiyo's repeated inquiries made them a little inexplicably panicked, this time it was no longer a uniform nod, but after lowering their heads and looking at each other, they all nodded one after another in confirmation.

Chiyo looked at Moth and Dai: "Kill all the adults." ”

The scene suddenly fell silent, and the moth nodded, then rushed to the crowd.

Watching the chubby little girl kill the first few people without hesitation, the luck in the hearts of these adults disappeared without a trace, and then ran around crying, not at all like an old man. But the child didn't run away, and still knelt in place.

Unlike the moth, Maite Dai was obviously a little hesitant, he had heard all the conversation just now, so he felt that these people were indeed innocent. Of course, he must be unmerciful to the enemy, but he really can't do anything to these innocent people.

"Dai, didn't you hear my orders?" Chiyo looked at Maite Dai with a blank face, but she didn't force him, just waited for his response.

"But Chiyo, these people are innocent, why should we kill them?"

Still with that expression, Chiyo stared at Dai like this: "I'll repeat it again, kill those adults." ”

However, Chiyo's words didn't shake Dai's thoughts, but they only made him more entangled, but fortunately, he still knew the rules of the squad and didn't stop the moth, otherwise Chiyo would have to educate his teammates by force.

Until the moth returned from killing people, Maite Dai still didn't move.

Chiyo glanced at Dai, then walked over to the corpses on the ground, flipped over them, and then beckoned to Maite Dai: "Come here, I'll tell you why you killed them." ”

Pointing to the calluses on the corpse's hands, Chiyo asked Dai, "Do you know how to use a knife?" No, then you know what it is? ”

To Chiyo's surprise, Dai nodded, his tone a little depressed: "The calluses left behind by often using knives are in a different position than those left by doing other things, so they are easy to identify, judging from the thickness, this person should be a veteran." ”

Then Dai bent down and bowed, and his attitude was very sincere: "I was wrong, Chiyo, I shouldn't have questioned you without understanding something." ”

"So it's no wonder that Dai will be a 10,000-year-old shinobi in the comics.,It's impossible for him to be a shinobi in his life.," such a thought flashed in Chiyo's mind, but now that Dai is his teammate, let's mention it to him.

"Dai, you didn't realize your real mistake."

Looking at Maite Dai, who raised his head and was a little puzzled, Chiyo was expressionless and continued: "For a squad, the most important thing is teamwork, which you have already understood in the lower ninja test. So what exactly does teamwork mean in Ninja Squad? ”

Without waiting for the other party to answer, Chiyo gave the answer: "That is the trust in the captain!" No matter how much you question it in private, in the mission, you have to trust the captain unconditionally. So you don't need to figure things out, you just do what I say like a moth, and discussion and questioning are after the task is completed, and at that point, you can question as much as you want. ”