Sword Shadow, who maintains the title of first place, arrives with his companions to the destination marked on the map.

As you get closer, the desert fades away, and you don't see it for the next 100 kilometers. Along the way, although there are no green mountains and green waters, it is rid of the barren and barren environment.

The three of them saw the sign of the Sand Ninja camp on the top of a pine tree when they were climbing over a mountain peak, and looked at the Sand Hidden Village badge that stood out in the bonfire, and Sword Shadow quickened his pace.

It's just that he was vigilant, and in order to be precautionary, he divided several shadow clones to scout the surroundings to prevent fraud.

The sand ninja in the camp spotted the trio early in the morning, and after they entered the camp, a ninja appeared in front of them.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time. Let's go there and pick up the mission! ”

Maybe because of the long wait, the ninja who stayed here was somewhat impatient after the candidates didn't come for a long time, not to mention that the first ninja to arrive here was not a sand ninja, and the tone was not friendly.

"Okay."

The camp is not big, but the sign erected is very conspicuous, there is a huge camp tent in the center of the camp, I don't know if it is the place where the sand ninja chief rests, around it is a steel wire that pulls the detonation charm, and the layers are densely covered around it.

Seeing this, the sword shadow pupils shrank, and the shadow clone sent the news back, and there was no abnormality around. The reason for this analysis is because there are sand ninjas all around, if it weren't for the fact that the candidates' information was all in the vigilant sand ninja's mind, I am afraid that the three ninjas would be killed as soon as the sword shadow approached.

Even if Yanagi Kenkage believed that his strength was at the forefront of the candidates, he didn't think that he could survive under so many middle ninjas and upper ninjas.

They received the task and simple, and after entering the camp, a female sand ninja handed the task scroll to the hands of three people, not one but three.

"It's three maps, it's three tasks, and every candidate has to have one. Follow the map to the mission location, complete the tasks assigned by the examiner there, the examiner will give you a score, and then you return to the village of Sand Ninja. Keep in mind that once a battle is fought inside the entrance to the Sand Ninja Village, the candidate and the group the candidate is in will be disqualified from the exam. At the same time, once a candidate enters the Sand Ninja Village, and the other members of the candidate's group do not enter the village to join him for the next five minutes, the team will also be disqualified from the exam. After entering the village, the three teams returning the task scrolls with the examiner's score are considered successful, but we only take the top 50%, and the other teams will be disqualified. ”

In front of the table of the female sand ninja, a middle-aged sand ninja told them the rules of the exam, he didn't have the slightest expression when he spoke, and he couldn't allow the sword shadow to think, and saw the three Konoha ninjas still standing in place, and opened their mouths to drive away: "You can go." ”

The other party sent himself away so rashly, and the sword shadow was not ambiguous, and directly turned around and left with his companion.

"Let's take a look first!" Leaving the camp, the three of them did not leave the camp, and drove for a whole day, although it was not as difficult as the rainforest, but it was a great test of human strength.

Opening one of them, the three of them looked up at each other, and then opened the other two.

The sword shadow closed the scroll with a "snap", frowned and said, "We're going to separate." ”

"Separated? You're referring to the task here. Nagata agreed, "The three tasks, each in three different directions, should be received and completed in the shortest possible time." It's true that you want to separate us, but Sword Shadow, can your shadow clone do that? ”

"Yes, yes, but it's not safe, you know the characteristics of shadow clones." As he spoke, the Sword Shadow Seal split into a shadow clone, and then let the clone go away before the two of them could react, "That way, my other clones will know what happened to me here." ”

Notify the other clones of the situation by the deactivated shadow clone, if it weren't for the fact that Sword Shadow had a blood essence stone that could restore chakra and vitality, ordinary people would not dare to let the shadow clone leave their body for so long. Especially now, in a situation where a major crisis is likely, it is even more unlikely.

After a few seconds, Sword Shadow got a reply.

"The clones have given me a reply, come," Kenkage opened the scroll to draw a map, which was much clearer than what he had drawn at the entrance of the Sand Ninja Village before, and he pointed to a place, "Let's go here, it's the best place for the three of us to separate." ”

Three missions that require three members of the squad to go to different places to accept and complete.

Although they didn't give a follow-up, Jian Ying and Nagata also knew that time was the most critical, and the current situation was also the most dangerous. Each ninja group considers the complementarity of its members first when they are combined, and they may be able to take care of each other and defeat strong opponents when they come together, but once they are separated, they can even be defeated by weaker enemies.

"You don't have to worry, I'll follow you with a clone. If you're not worried that my clone will be scattered along the way, it's best to use a shadow clone to complete this task. ”

After receiving the next task, the scattered shadow clones once again separated into a clone to tell the main body the information they knew and the plans they were about to make, and combined with everything they knew, the sword shadow chose the location of the three of them.

It was not a good thing to walk in the woods at night, and although the moonlight was like quicksand scattered on the ground, the three of them could not step on the branches and jump forward as they did during the day, and besides, at the end of the day, they were tired and slowed down by most of the time.

Sword Shadow hadn't forgotten the people he had offended, so the chosen location wasn't the shortest place to be from the three mission objectives. In the upper, middle and lower parts of the map, Sword Shadow's target is downward, and their separate position is between the middle and upper levels, which will make the distance he has to travel farther, but ensure the safety of his companions.

Anyone who approached them on the road would be sensed by the sword shadow and then avoided it, much to the resentment of those who had also rushed to their destination and were ready to intercept the trio.

"I can only send you to this place, and any further progress may delay the overall progress of the mission."

In the place where the three of them were scheduled to be separated, Sword Shadow's face was serious, and the first test not only tested the speed of each ninja group, but also measured each other's combat strength. Even if he couldn't judge what was going on with the ninjas from other countries who were following them, Yanagi Kenkage had to think about it with the most cruel mentality, imagining the corpses that had fallen in the desert, and the brutal elimination had already begun.

Nagata also understood what the three of them were going to face, and nodded solemnly: "The test ahead is the overall combat strength of the group, but everyone should be very restrained." But as the first to reach our destination, we will definitely be hostile to everyone. Now it's fighting alone......"

"No big deal. Kwai incense. ”

"What?"

"If it's really dangerous, wait for us at the destination, and then we'll talk about it." The sword shadow has to take the accident into account, and if it encounters an irresistible situation, there must be a backup means.

For example, the same case where the scroll was handed over to three different places, some people went together separately, and some groups worked together to conquer them one by one. It would not be good if any of the three of them met with such a group and clashed again.

"You have to be careful, too. Sword Shadow. Nagata looked at him worriedly.

Sword Shadow looked stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "Be careful, you should be careful, but I don't think there is an opponent here who can kill me." Even if you can't beat it, you can run. ”

Unexpectedly, Nagata shook his head, he seemed to want to say something, but he didn't say it.

Jian Ying is not used to forcing people to speak, the two are friends who grew up together, since they find it difficult to express, they naturally will not force it, he smiled and said to Aoika: "Yongtian and you are close, if there is really a situation, first meet with Yongtian and think of a way, if it really doesn't work, just like what I just said, don't be hard, wait for me to come over." ”

"Be careful, too."

The two of them headed towards their destination, and the sword shadow turned around and sped in the direction he was going. Judging from the map, the location he was going to was close to the sea, and in terms of distance, it was more than twice as long as before.

Yanagi Sword Shadow didn't run far this time, he had been on the road for a day and a night before, and even with the recovery of the Blood Essence Stone as a support, his energy began to run low. I don't know what I'll encounter next, but the most important thing is to ensure my own combat power.

After only two hours of sleep, the sky was bright, and Yanagi Jianying only got up after the sun rose to hurry, and the scorching sun also affected him, but he couldn't rest under the scorching sun like ordinary people, and he didn't get up until ten in the evening to hurry.

This time he ran a kilometer, and Yanagi Jianying suddenly thought of something and stopped.

"No, wait..."Sword Shadow recalls what the sand shinobi who gave him the task in the camp yesterday said. … These are three maps and three missions,...... If the other members of the candidate's group do not join him, the team will also be disqualified. After entering the village, as long as the three members of the group return the task scroll with the examiner's score, it means that they have passed the exam......"

"If I didn't go on a quest, I just intercepted the ninjas who completed the quest at the village gate and got a graded quest scroll from them - I would have passed the exam!"

This worry could easily come true, and Jian Ying slammed his head and looked back behind him, "It's too late now." It seems that the real battle will follow. ”

The distance between the previous destination and the Sand Ninja Village was much closer than the mission location he was going to reach, and now that he turned around, he was afraid that someone had already set up an ambush at the village gate.

I knew that I was not good at fighting intelligence, so I only had a strong worry in addition to being unhappy. If Aoika Nagata completes the task first and rushes to the gate of the village, she will face the siege of other candidates next.

"I can't help it, let's hurry up and complete the task and go back before they go to the village gate."

Sword Shadow once again uses the shadow clone to pass on the information he has learned to others, which is used to remind Nagata and Aoika, who are following the shadow clone.

The front of the road is still a desert, and behind the desert is the Gobi, which used to be a desert.

Sometimes you can see an oasis that is inhabited, with merchants and traveling caravans, and this gathering place is indispensable for the soldiers of the Land of Wind and the sand shinobi stationed here.

He didn't stay here long, he rested for the night and continued on his way.

Two days later, Kenkage came to the seaside, a long coastline similar to Chile on the map of South America in the previous life, only this place has a green view.

"If I hadn't known I was a ninja, I would have been in East Africa." Although there are green accents, the place where he is is is full of stones, and the scene in his mind is the scene of the helicopter flying along the coastline in "Black Hawk Down", two different worlds, but the same scene on the seaside.

The difference is that the country of winds is a big country, and Somalia is a weak and small country.

He took out the scroll and determined the exact location of the place he was heading to.

"It should be estimated to be ten kilometers below." The coastline was full of reefs as far as the eye could see, making it easy for him to run and jump.

Just as he was excited about rushing to the mission site, a huge wave suddenly erupted from the sea level in the distance, because it was far away, and the wave was only the size of a teacup in the eyes of Yanagi Sword Shadow.

However, Yanagi Jianying stopped in fright because of this, the distance was far away, and the size of the target he saw naturally became smaller, but he was not deceived by the naked eye, from the distance calculation, the wave of that height should actually exceed a hundred meters, or even two hundred meters is possible.

Immediately after that, Yanagi Jianying opened his mouth wide in surprise, "This-that thing is not ......" He almost couldn't close his mouth, he didn't expect to come here after not seeing him for a month.

Yes, it was the giant shark that had disappeared in Hornfish Town that appeared above the waves.

Jian Ying hesitated for a while, intellectually speaking, this matter has nothing to do with him, and he should complete the task of the Zhongnin exam first; But emotionally, Sword Shadow is very interested in this giant shark that can cross the equivalent distance of two oceans. What is it that drives it to run from so far to the sea?

It's impossible for such a huge shark to rely on the coastal fish to get enough food, and it's only been a few months since the town of Hornfish encountered it, so the question is, what is it here for? Don't hurt people, just target the sea boat.

A simple beast would not run thousands of miles to crash into a ship, and in the high waves, the sword shadow could vaguely see a large fragment of a wooden ship.

This is not the Empty Country Peninsula, how can such a big movement not attract attention.

More than a dozen waves appeared on the sea in the distance, and when he looked at it, it was the pioneer of the sand ninja, which made the sword shadow sure that the position marked on the scroll was nearby.

“… Let's go ahead and have a look. In any case, it is also a kind of fate to meet again in a foreign land. ”

Even if it was a bad fate, Jian Ying couldn't suppress his curiosity, and finally followed.

It's just that his movements are quickly stopped by Sand Shinobi.

The sand shinobi who found him immediately sent a ninja to stop him. "Konoha ninja? Examinee?! ”

At first, I thought that the Konoha ninja who had trespassed into their country, but after seeing the immaturity on the face of the sword shadow, he was sure that the other party was a candidate for the middle ninja exam.

"Yes. I saw ...... over there just now, "There are so many people on the other side, and the sword shadow doesn't want to pull hatred."

Sand Shinobi was not interested in listening to him, and said directly: "That's not your business. You're here to get the mission! Go below. It's not for you to be a part of—" He looked back at his companion in the distance, glared back at the sword shadow, and turned to chase after him.

"Look at this situation, it's a psychic beast. It's a pity that your efforts have been in vain. Kenkage wondered what the beast's expression would be after it crashed into a fishing boat in the waters of the Land of Winds.

“…… It is estimated that it is difficult, and the empty country peninsula is also foreign, and the environment there is very poor, and the inconvenience of message transmission is an important reason. This is the territory of the Land of Winds, and if it rages here, tsk, I don't know if it will survive. ”

The power of the spiral pill is indeed powerful, but more than a dozen or twenty ninjas use various ninjutsu to pile up, and the effect produced is not comparable to the spiral pill in its primary form.

What's more, the spiral pill in his hand was only a little bigger than a billiard ball, and the spiral pill that was almost the size of a room in the later stage of the Hokage appeared in his brain, and the sword shadow felt numb in his spine.

Since he was rejected by the other party, Jian Ying stopped and went up to smoke the excitement, and ran another kilometer, and the scene of the sea and sky line was insulated from him, until a Gundam building like a lighthouse appeared in front of him.

Looking at the sand ninja markings on the pillar-like outer wall, Kenkage was sure that this was the place he was coming from.

Looking back at the vanished giant shark and the sand ninjas, Sword Shadow silently thought in his heart: "I hope you can survive!" ”

After death, he can travel to the Hokage world, and bring the equipment of the druid and the spirit bear so completely, such things have happened, and those ethereal things have to be guarded against even if he doesn't want to believe them.