"It's been half a month since I came out of Konoha. We haven't even arrived in the Land of Bears, and it won't be a month before we go back. ”

Aoika lost the excitement she had when she left Konoha and was still lively when she was in the Land of Fire, but when she arrived in the Land of River, she was lucky enough to find a small village to rest in, and most of the time she had to pitch her own tent and camp in the wild. Every ninja who graduated from school has been trained for wilderness survival, but never for so long.

Sword Shadow didn't say anything about sleeping in the wilderness, the only thing he was annoyed about was the speed at which the convoy was walking, swaying, swaying, watching the convoy porter wielding his whip listlessly, he could only attribute everything to bad luck.

Naruto's first C-class mission was to the country of waves, as a small country near Konoha and five-sixths of the way through the territory of the land of fire, the bustling towns dotted around the road, and there was no need to bother to get to the inn where you could rest.

But as for him, the journey within the Fire Nation was only one-seventh of the entire trip, and this trip abroad was much farther than Naruto's.

Akino Ida was a stingy businessman, and for the sake of speed, he would rather let them sleep in the wilderness than take a detour to the town to rest, and there were already two porters in the team who were unwell, but he didn't care, and let the patients walk in the convoy with force.

Seeing this situation, Aoika, who already hated each other, didn't have a good face for this dead fat man, and she told Mike Kay what she was thinking, but in this matter, Mike Kay embodied the qualities that a ninja should have in the mission - even if he didn't like his employer, he couldn't let the relationship between them stiffen.

Sword Shadow opened the map, took a closer look, and said to Aoika: "Judging from the map, it is not far from the country of bears, and you can leave the country of wind in two days." ”

Akido Nagata followed him weakly, and when he heard this, he asked Jian Ying, "Do you know where there are shops nearby?" I want to buy potato chips, and I want to eat barbecue, and meatballs, and ...... Anyway, I want to have a good meal, and in this hellish place, except for the sand, there is sand, and I don't even have a mouthful of hot soup to drink. ”

"I want to take a shower, I haven't taken a shower for half a month, it's so uncomfortable." March Aoixiang, who has not experienced the passion of life and death, still maintains the habit of girls loving cleanliness, not to mention her, Jianying also feels unbearable.

Most of the country of winds is desert, and the temperature rises quickly during the day, reaching 30 degrees at every turn, but dropping below 10 degrees Celsius in the evening. Sweat soaked your clothes and pants, and you feel colder and colder at night, which is the reason why everyone gets sick. It is no wonder that in the eyes of ordinary people, going abroad to do business is to fight with their lives, in addition to various man-made accidents on the road, the biggest test is the natural environment.

Of course, this should not happen in a caravan of Akino Ida's size, but the dead fat man is stingy and ignores the porter's life and death for the sake of profit.

"Don't complain, it's not us who assign the task, if you receive this kind of task next time, you have to follow it." Seeing that Aoika Mitsuki and Akido Nagata barely realized that the C-rank mission was likely to be attacked by bandits, Kenkage had to remind them, "You'd better not forget that as a C-rank mission, the convoy is likely to be attacked, this is a rare experience for us, don't mess up." ”

Since they protect the caravan, in addition to the goods, they must also ensure the safety of the people in the caravan. Although the dead fat man must choose his life as the first object of protection when he is in danger, in Jian Ying's vision, his first C-level mission must be completed perfectly, and no matter how much he hates the other party, he can't bring his feelings to the mission.

In the distance, the figure of Kai appeared on the hill, and as the only shinobi in the team, he took the initiative to take on the role of a scout with excess energy. Kenkage would also sometimes go out with Mike Kay, acting as a scout to ask very practical questions about how to fight back in the event of an encounter in the location.

Mike Kay's experience is a treasure trove, but his thick nerves force Kenkage to carefully absorb the knowledge, and if the whole class copies it, he doesn't know how to die.

"Teacher—is there a situation ahead?" Seeing Mike Kay return to the convoy, the three of them immediately ran forward, and when they got closer, they noticed the seriousness on Mr. Kai's face.

Mike Kay bowed to the three of them: "There is a gang of robbers in front of me, I have been observing them for a while, and I am sure that there are samurai in this group. The three of you are on alert, and I'll go explain the situation to Ida. ”

After Mike Kay went to Akino Ida, Kenkage began to assign tasks, but he hadn't encountered this before, so he could only recall what the teacher had said in class.

"Everyone carries a smoke screen and uses it to call for help in case of danger. Remember, our task is to observe, discover the situation of the enemy and return immediately after the route, everything is waiting for Kai-sensei's plan. ”

"Yes."

"Let's go, then!" The figures of the sword shadow and the other two disappeared in an instant, causing the mouths of those walking in the group to see this scene open wide.

After more than half a month of contact, their attitude towards ninjas has changed from awe at the beginning to curiosity, except for the energetic and a little neurotic shown by Mike Kay, in their eyes, ninjas are no different from ordinary people. So seeing the three of them disappear suddenly, it is difficult to maintain peace of mind.

It is precisely because the three of them are too down-to-earth as ninjas that ordinary people have less fear of ninjas.

If it is a villager of Konoha, as a family member, ninjas naturally do not need to remain unusual in the eyes of outsiders, but in this world where more than 90% of people cannot become ninjas, the difference between ninjas and ordinary people naturally requires a mysterious aura to deter.

The art of shadow clones!

Separated into two clones, Sword Shadow maintained his vigorous energy and walked forward quickly.

If he was in the forest, he could still jump between the trees, but it was sandy, and even a ninja could only honestly step on the ground.

"It's finally time to say, it's been almost ten years, and I don't even know the exact opening conditions of the twelve pieces of equipment in my body, what an unqualified traverser. This time, you have to seize the opportunity, otherwise you don't know that it will be the Year of the Monkey. ”

After knowing that the other party was a robber, Sword Shadow didn't care about killing them, and there was no one who was not ruthless when he was a bandit in the desert. Not to mention other things, as long as the victim's mount and hydration bag are removed, even if no personal injury is caused, it will be difficult for the victim to get out of the desert alive.

This is a natural place where bones are buried, long yellow sand, and who knows if the sand that passes through his heels is the bones of a man.

"That's the front." Every time he came to a sand dune, the sword shadow would approach cautiously and observe the terrain from this vantage point. This time was the same, the only difference was that he saw a figure on the opposite sand dune, the other party was alone leading a horse, dressed like the inhabitants of the desert.

Since Teacher Kai said that there were robbers in front of him, Jian Ying naturally would not suspect it, so the guy he saw now was a member of the bandit gang.

"Acting as a scout here? Looks like I'm going to have to take a detour. Having made up his mind, the sword shadow retreated a certain distance, and then ran in a semi-arc along the spot where the enemy was found, preparing to bypass the opponent to the side to observe the situation behind the sand dune.

"It would be nice if I learned to escape, and I didn't have to worry about being discovered by the enemy all the time." When it comes to stealing and eavesdropping, the first thing that comes to mind is Jeho, a guy with a primordial cell who can sneak through any matter, and even blend into trees to enhance his senses.

Detouring to the enemy's side, Jian Ying finally saw the others, one horse each, but their number was not quite right, since it was a bandit gang in the desert, in the era of cold weapons, counting the scouts on the hills, it was too few to count only eight people!

"Is it hard that they're separated?" Jian Ying thought in his heart, but he looked at the sand sea around him, "Even if it is a native living in the desert, how can it be guaranteed to besiege a caravan at the same time?" That's right! They have samurai, and samurai can also use chakra, although the way chakra is used is completely different from ninjutsu, but it must have its uniqueness, I'd better be careful, but there can't be a bloody plot where the teacher dies before he can get started. ”

The enhancement of physical skills makes him sharper, and the increase in mental power makes his perception wider, and the sword shadow who senses that something is wrong takes out the shrunken scroll from his left shoulder, this kind of scroll that can be shrunk is a one-time, not only can it not be restored to its shrinkage form after it becomes larger, but even the spell on it will disappear after use, and the runes engraved in the scroll are to summon specific items stored elsewhere to the user.

Of course, you can also use another way to seal the item into the scroll, this method will consume a lot of chakra at the beginning of storing the item, and I didn't feel it when I read the comics, but I found out that every day in the twelve little strong, her chakra is more than many of them.

It's a pity that the use of chakra every day is very poor, she can't do Xiao Li's squeezing of the physical limit, and she doesn't have Ning Ci's precision with the assistance of the white eyes, with ordinary physical fitness, she releases chakra every day by storing forbearance, and then recovers chakra, and gradually expands the total amount of chakra through the release and recovery every day.

Because of this, the eruption state that ninjas who can't practice physical arts every day often have, and the steady and constant chakra release speed is her characteristic. If you put it in the game, it is a character with a thousand blues, and the skills it has are spells that only cost ten to twenty points when casting. It is completely incomparable to those characters who only have 500 magic points, but a skill costs 300 mana, and is completely offensive in terms of offensiveness: although they have the characteristics of persistence, they lose the ability to decide the victory or defeat of the battlefield.

On the storage scroll, Sword Shadow knew more about the way of summoning, and he didn't understand the real basic principle, but he had already drawn inferences. The use of stored items can only be copied and copied, and there is no clue. Because the storage class requires very little chakra to open, and it is faster, he stores the auxiliary items in the form of summons, and the offensive objects in the storage class.

A desert camouflage-colored camouflage cloth that Kenkage took out of the scroll had never appeared in the ninja world, but had only spent a year making it based on the memories of his previous life.

Pure handmade doomed digital camouflage to become the standard equipment of ninjas, and in ninja duels, the outcome of the battle is often determined by high-end forces, so it is difficult to promote.

It's just that for the sword shadow at this stage, this thing can make up for the shortcomings of its own lack of concealment ability.

Wrap the digital camouflage cloth around your body, and then twist your body like a worm to hide yourself under the sand, with the digital camouflage cloth, even if the wind direction changes in the desert, you can increase the concealment of yourself hiding under the sand.

Five minutes later, Sword Shadow heard a series of footsteps. Unlike the sound of stepping on solid ground, the sound of walking in the desert has the unique sound of wind and sand. He judged that the men should be on horseback, otherwise the voice would not have been heard so clearly.

“…… Three, four......,...... Five or six ,......"

Listen and calculate the units of each step.

"There were eleven people in total. These guys are really separated, and since they haven't attacked, they have to go back and listen to Mr. Kai's plan first. He didn't act rashly, even if he was confident that he could deal with these bandits, but the ninja's goal was to complete the mission, no matter how many enemies he defeated, once the mission failed, the success of other aspects could only be a weak appeal.

He was very careful during the retreat, and when he approached, he was not discovered, but showed his horse's feet when he retreated, and he could not accept such a thing.

When Kenkage returned to the convoy, Aoika and Mike Kay were already together, except for Nagata, and there was no sign of him around.

"Judging by the time, I should be back soon!" As long as the enemy is found, it is fine, but because this group of robbers seems to want to surround the caravan, it is inevitable that there will be deviations in time during the movement all the time.

Sure enough, Nagata didn't even come back for five minutes, and he brought back a piece of news that surprised everyone.

"I saw them split into two groups, one directly to our left and the other behind us."

Mike Kay combined what the three of them said and carefully analyzed: "So, they want to surround us." It seems that this is not only the case on the left, but also on the right, Nagata said that there are six people on the left, and seven people who are facing behind. ”

"Yes. There were thirteen people in total. ”

Mike Kay set his eyes on Aoi Kao, who immediately said, "When I found nine people, they were heading towards our right back. ”

The result was obvious, and Mike Kay looked serious, "There are forty-one people in total." It's a bit of a tricky one, we have to do it first, and if we get them closer, we won't be able to take care of everyone. ”

Forty-one people, this really surprised the three of them, the most important thing is that there are samurai who can use chakra in this group, if they are allowed to entangle the four of them, the outcome will be difficult to control.

"It's getting bad, I've got to talk to him, and you guys wait and listen to me." This kind of thing must be made clear to Akino, when the three of them didn't come back, he and Akino had already quarreled.

Because this group of desert bandits is not composed of ordinary people, there are orthodox samurai who can use chakra, and in terms of strength, they can already be regarded as a team composed of lower ninjas and even middle ninjas, and the task level is beyond the difficulty of C-level tasks.

The result can be imagined, the miserly Akino Ida argues with reason, but what he says is of no use to the rough-witted Mike Kay.

Eventually, when Akino doesn't want to change the difficulty of the mission, he convinces Mike Kay to take another look at the situation - Akino Ida wants to try the mall first, as long as the price paid does not exceed the value of the goods of the two four-wheeled carriages, it is within the scope of affordability.

It can be seen from here that there is a difference in the price of B-level missions and C-level missions, and ninjas will not be in danger of their lives in the face of ordinary people 90%. But if you face a ninja or other professionals with ninja strength, it may be life-threatening, even if the enemy's strength is only a lower ninja, if you don't pay attention, even the upper ninja may be on the road.

The protection commission for a multinational caravan like Akino Ida is equivalent to a quarter of the cargo of a four-wheeled carriage entering the territory of Oninokuni, but when the mission reaches Rank B, the cost is more than the total price of the goods loaded in two four-wheeled carriages.

The price gap is more than eight times, and it's no wonder that Akino is reluctant to admit that the mission is going to rise to the B level, and it is difficult to choose between life and money, so he hopes that the fourth class will not leave for the time being, but he can't upgrade the mission level - the dead fat man doesn't shed tears when he doesn't see the coffin, that is, Mike Kay, if other ninjas encounter this situation, I'm afraid they will turn around and lead the team away.

The reason why ninja missions are divided into levels is to prevent innocent people from being sent to death, not only Konoha, but other ninja villages are extremely hated by such employers who conceal the level of the mission, even if Mike Kay leaves with the three of them, the village will not blame them.

"If I hadn't seen through the stingy nature of this guy, I could have characterized this as targeting the enemy who ambushed the Konoha ninja and killed him." If you are not afraid of a god-like opponent, you are afraid of a pig-like teammate, and now this pig teammate has become the object of his own protection, and there will be no surprise if there is any result.