"Miss, this is the information that the Lei Guangtuan just sent."

Located in a relatively quiet factory building of the factory, this is temporarily used by Kazuhime as his office location.

A shinobi from the Oni Country knocked on the door and entered, presenting a piece of information to Ichchihime.

"In other words, has the identity of the rat who forged the name of the Purple Moon Crowd and launched a sneak attack on the factory have been clarified?"

Kazuhime raised her head, put down the book in her hand, and looked at the visitor.

"Yes, this is the process of the Thunder Light Regiment's temptation of them. Moreover, the guy who was caught before, under interrogation, also revealed something. They weren't bounty hunters of the Purple Moons, but they were part of the underground black market, but they were hired to raid here. Only the leading shinobi is not a bounty hunter. ”

Oni no Kuni Kamishinobu replied.

Yiji nodded slightly, then picked up the information and began to scan, her pupils dilated slightly.

"Cloud Hidden ...... Tailed beasts. ”

Above is the news that the leader of the Thunder Light Regiment, Qian Nai, learned from the other party not long ago.

In the process of fighting, although it was only for a moment, it showed the ability to be immune to the blood dragon's eye illusion, and showed the condensed tail of Chakra, which was undoubtedly a tailed beast.

And the power of the tailed beast was manipulated by the other party as he wanted, and there was no rampage.

Coupled with her status as a woman, it is easy to associate who the other party is.

Yunyin two-tailed man pillar force - two wooden people.

Unlike Yunyin's Eight-Tailed Human Pillar Force Kirabi, although the two Yugi people have also practiced the Perfect Human Pillar Force, there have been no rumors that the other party has become a Perfect Human Pillar Force.

It may be that Yun Yin secretly strengthened himself in order to hide his clumsiness, not exposed.

Or, the other party really didn't become a perfect human pillar like the eight-tailed human pillar force, and it was still a lot worse than the real perfect human pillar force.

But there is no doubt about being able to communicate with the tailed beast in depth.

The visual illusion of the blood dragon eye is not inferior to the writing wheel eye, and it has stronger aggression than the writing wheel eye.

Even this level of illusion was instantly cracked by the other party, and it was obvious that the two tails in the other party's body had initially recognized the will and strength of the human pillar force.

In addition, it can materialize and manipulate part of the Tailed Beast's body freely, which is the precursor to becoming a perfect human pillar force.

"Miss, what should I do next?"

Ghost Country Shinobu looked a little worried.

After all, it's a perfect human pillar force, or a ninja who tends to be close to the perfect human pillar force.

In terms of pure destructive power, it is also above the current Five Shadows.

If the other party is allowed to mess around in a small place like the country of waves, this kind of small country is not enough to toss.

Although they were not afraid, ordinary people could not stand the blow of the tailed beast's power.

What's more, knowing that they have a ninja with a writing wheel eye on their side, Yun Yin also sent the two-tailed human pillar force over, and it is obvious that the two-tailed human pillar force is not afraid of the so-called writing wheel eye illusion.

"No, the more forces mobilized, the deeper the defense will be on Konoha's side, and maybe it will be bad."

In the country of waves, the biggest threat is the Konoha Ninja Village.

This place is too close to the country of fire, whether it is the country of ghosts or the country of thunder, it is actually very far away from here.

If any unplanned change occurs, it will be beyond the reach of the whip.

If you deliberately transfer troops for the sake of Yunyin's people, it will only stimulate the sensitive nerves on Konoha's side even more.

"However, if this is not the case, with the strength of our side, we can only say that we can only say that it is reluctant, if Konoha intervenes again......"

"Don't think about it, Konoha will definitely interfere."

Kazuhime interrupted Kaminobi's words and said affirmatively.

If you let go of such a good opportunity, it will be difficult for Konoha to attack the country of ghosts next time.

Therefore, when Yun Yin takes action, Konoha will definitely take corresponding insurance measures.

Although Konoha didn't know that the bounty hunter who disguised himself as the Purple Moon was a ninja on the Yunyin side.

"Really, it looks like we're going to have to get serious this time. Go and call Kado over, and in addition, inform the Thunder Light Regiment and reveal the traces of the Cloud Hidden Ninja disguised as the Purple Moon Crowd to Konoha side. ”

"Tell Konoha?"

I was very surprised by Kazuhime's decision.

"Anyway, it's useless to hide it, the purpose of Konoha and Yunyin is us, so let's use this opportunity to let the Thunder Light Group further deepen cooperation with Konoha."

"Yes."

"I'll take care of it myself when the two-tailed human pillar force arrives. So be it. ”

"I see."

The Ghost Country Shinobi nodded, he knew that Kazuhime's strength was not inferior to the contemporary Five Shadows, and having such a powerful ninja in charge was also the confidence for them to dare to operate under the noses of the Fire Country.

After all, a ninja at the level of the Five Shadows could not be dispatched easily.

And a five-shadow-level ninja like Ichihime, who can act at will, is a deterrent with the same strength as a tailed beast.

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"Haha, what a stupid person, I've studied for so long, I can't even tread water!"

Chino, who was sitting on the railing, saw Naruto's extremely slow progress in treading water, and when the other party fell into the sea again and turned into a soup chicken, he couldn't suppress a great laugh.

"Damn! What do you say, you dwarf? ”

Not to be outdone, Naruto fought back.

"I'm telling the truth, obviously your teacher has already told you the trick of treading water, and the result is still the same as just now, without the slightest change, is your brain super dull?"

"Damn!"

With another abominable scream, Naruto was a little out of words.

Because what Chino said was that Kakashi told him the trick, but as a result, the practice of treading water was still progressing very slowly.

If it weren't for his willpower being enough to identify, he would have been unable to raise his head by Qiannai for a long time.

"Are you really a Konoha ninja?"

"What?"

"Since the past, Konoha has always been known to outsiders as the cradle of genius, with many elites. But now, I'm a little skeptical of this rumor. ”

"One day, I will also become the elite ninja of the village."

Standing on a small fishing boat, Naruto raised his head and looked at Chino sitting on the railing of the bridge, and said seriously.

The fishing boat was a nearby fisherman's boat and was borrowed by Naruto to use.

"Really? If you can also become an elite ninja, then Konoha is probably going to be finished. ”

Chino said to herself, but Naruto's voice was still read.

Naruto glared at Chino and didn't make a move.

Tell him directly that it is not a wise move to do it with Chino.

And as long as he doesn't die, it is estimated that Kakashi and Sasuke will not help him.

He went up alone, just asking for his own hardships.

So, enduring Chino's mocking gaze, Naruto began to tread water again, and then with a pop, he fell into the water.

There was a loud laugh from the railing, satisfied with Naruto's clumsy and funny appearance.

Taking the failures of others as a source of happiness, this short man's character is really bad! Naruto thought so in his heart, but in order to try to prove his ability to Chino, he didn't yell at Chino anymore, but silently endured the ridicule and focused all his attention on treading water.

"I said you, you have a bad personality. This kid is going to be beaten to death by you. ”

Fengxin appeared next to Chino at some point and said to her.

"Nothing, just to pass the time of boredom."

Chino didn't look back and said such a sentence.

She shook her legs slightly, keeping her eyes on Naruto, and seeing that climbing onto the boat again and again, and then falling into the water again and again, was much more interesting than being in a daze.

"This kid has a lot of willpower, and if he can persevere, he might become a good ninja."

Kazeshin also looked at Naruto and made such an assessment.

"Oh, your vision is too bad, this kid is stupid. After an afternoon of practice, there was no growth at all, and the progress was slower than that of a turtle. ”

Chino disagreed.

Feng Xin shook his head, he just said casually, he didn't plan to dwell on this kind of topic with Chino.

"There's a letter from over there, asking us to share the information with Konoha."

Fengxin whispered, and only Chino alone could hear it.

Chino suddenly stopped shaking his legs, turned his head and glanced at Fengxin, expressionless on the other side.

Chino turned, jumped off the railing, and patted the dust on her ass that didn't exist.

"In that case, then I'll take a few people to explain to the person in charge of Konoha over there, and the protection work here will be handed over to you."

"Okay, leave it to me."

Fengxin nodded in agreement.

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The sun was setting, and the twilight scene made the sky quickly darken.

The construction site also began to stop and end the day's work.

"Sasuke, Naruto, you two stay tonight and keep vigil here at the construction site. Someone will bring it later. ”

Kakashi commanded.

"Me and Sasuke?"

Naruto was still wet because he had just finished treading water, and he looked at Kakashi in surprise.

Sasuke's face was emotionless, and he acquiesced to Kakashi's orders.

"Yes, because the night may be a little unpeaceful, although the people of the Thunder Light Regiment will also assign some people to keep vigil here, but they have too much work to do, and they may not be busy. Now that we are paid, we have to do our due diligence on the task. I have already discussed this matter with the people of the Thunder Light Regiment. ”

Kakashi said.

As for Sasuke and Naruto's safety, Kakashi wasn't worried.

There are also many upper ninjas and dark escorts in the shadows, even if there is any accident, it is enough for him to come back.

After all, the construction site is not far from Dazna's house.

"Got it, I'll leave it to Naruto and me."

Sasuke nodded.

"Then please, Sakura-chan, let's go."

"Yes, Kakashi-sensei."

Sakura followed in Kakashi's footsteps and left with the workers.

"Really, it would be nice to have a vigil with Sakura."

Naruto began to delusional there.

Sasuke didn't say much about this, as Kakashi said, since the country of waves has paid for the mission, then they, who are ninjas, should be loyal to the mission.

Even if it is to pay with one's life for this, it is the fate of a ninja.

"Don't practice at night, take care of your spirits, Kakashi isn't here, and we don't know when the battle will happen."

"Yes, I see, I'm dying of exhaustion after an afternoon of practice. I'll go take a break first, and remember to call me when the meal is served. ”

Naruto waved his hand and stepped aside.

There are simple dormitories on this side of the construction site, which are for Naruto and the ninjas of the Thunder Light Regiment to rest.

Even if it is a vigil, it is impossible to sleep directly outside, otherwise it is easy to catch a cold in this season.

……

After dinner, Sakura helps Dazna's daughter, Tsunami, wash the dishes there.

Kakashi rode the moonlight to the clearing outside and walked towards the nearby woods.

The moonlight was faint, with very little moonlight shining into the trees.

In the dim light of the moonlight, a figure had been waiting there for a long time.

"Minister."

The ninja of the Shadows took off his mask and looked at it with the help of the moonlight, it was a male ninja a few years younger than Kakashi, who was none other than Tenzo, the current acting minister of the Shadows.

A wooden ninja who inherited the original Hokage Blood Inheritance Limit.

Like Kakashi, in the shadows, he serves as the right and left hand of the three generations of Hokage.

For Kakashi, the dedicated Minister of the Shadows, he also recognizes and looks forward to it.

With this as the goal, we will spur ourselves to grow.

"Is there something coming to me at this time, Tianzo?"

Kakashi put his hands in his trouser pockets and spoke casually.

"In the afternoon, the leader of the Thunder Light Regiment came to me, and she revealed us a shocking piece of news."

Tenzo's face was serious.

"Amazing news?"

"Yunyin's two-tailed human pillar force has come to the Land of Waves, and is posing as the bounty hunter of the Purple Moon Clan."

“…… If so, that's amazing news indeed. ”

Kakashi frowned.

Yun Yin's two-tailed man Zhu Li, he doesn't know much about it.

But he also knew that the ninja who knew that there was a chakra on this island was still sent here by Yun Yin to carry out a mission, which had already proved one thing - the other party had gone far on the road of perfect human pillar power.

There is a fundamental difference between Naruto, a human pillar force who has not yet grown up.

What's more, to be able to subdue the tailed beast, the strength of the human pillar force itself should not be underestimated.

Sharing the same heart with the tailed beast is a model of a strong alliance.

"The purpose of Yunyin is ......"

"Eighty percent of them are here for the things in the Oni no Kuni Arsenal. Other than that, I can't think of anything else that would attract the Cloud Hidden Ninja to come over. ”

Tenzo said.

As for the things in the Oni Country Military Factory, not only Yun Yin, but even their Konoha Village are very covetous.

However, after all, such a thing as 'stealing' cannot be arranged on the surface.

It is precisely because of this that there is this joint operation of the dark and the roots.

It is precisely in order to deal with these shady things that the root department has set up a special department organization in the dark department.

This time to steal the secrets in the Oni Country Arsenal, supplemented by the dark part, the root ninja is the mainstay.

But now that the ninja of Yunyin has also come to intervene, the original plan needs to be changed temporarily.

Fortunately, the Ghost Country's side is still investigating the specific identity of the bounty hunter who disguised the Purple Moon Clan, and their side determined that the fourth force was Yun Yin earlier than the Ghost Country through the Thunder Light Regiment.

Konoha, who was the first to learn this information, can use this in turn to make a profit.

Tenzo's mind has long been seen through by Kakashi.

But Kakashi didn't point out that his work here, according to the orders of the three Hokages, was more deterrent than practical. Unless it is absolutely necessary, there is no need to participate in the formal action.

In order to avoid further conflict with the country of ghosts, Konoha deliberately planted a deterrent weapon in the territory of the country of waves in the name of a C-class mission.

"Did you get notified from the roots?"

"Notification has been made. At present, we are working together to make changes to the original plan. Probably tomorrow night there will be results. ”

"Then I'll trouble you, I have a lot of involvement here, and I can't act rashly."

Kakashi nodded.

Tenzo nodded in understanding, and then dived into the earth and disappeared.

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The next day, in the morning.

Kakashi and Sakura arrived at the construction site early in the morning, only to find only Sasuke here, but Naruto disappeared from here.

"Where's Naruto?"

Sasuke was eating breakfast and swallowing the food in his mouth before he said, "He's gone somewhere else to practice treading water." Claiming to surprise the little man. ”

As he spoke, he looked vaguely in the direction where the thunder light group was.

Chino, the leader of the Thunder Light Regiment, is still sitting on the railing of the bridge as he did yesterday, looking out at the endless sea.

Kakashi understood.

Even a nervous person like Naruto would feel uncomfortable with the contempt of others.

What's more, in a way, Naruto is also a sensitive-minded child.

Chino's incessant taunts yesterday aroused a strong unwillingness in Naruto's heart.

That's why Naruto would leave here early in the morning and go somewhere else to tread water.

It's really a simple and easy to understand child.

"Forget it, let him go, anyway, he's such a big person, and he won't disappear. When it's time for the meal, just bring him food. ”

With the elite Kamishinobi from Konoha secretly following, Kakashi had no worries about Naruto's safety.

Instead, he stepped aside and began patrolling around with Sakura.

Sasuke didn't sleep much from the second half of the night to the early hours of yesterday, and after breakfast, drowsiness began to hit, and he walked to the simple construction site dormitory, and began to close his eyes and rest.

……

"Can't use force, can't use force, can't force ......"

In the woods, at the lake location, Naruto muttered on the shore before stepping on the water.

With a pop, he stumbled and fell into the water.

Kakashi had warned him that his chakra was too large and that it was more difficult to control the chakra than a normal ninja.

Whether you're climbing a tree or treading water, the trick is not to use force.

For the average ninja, this is nothing. Because the amount of chakra is moderate, even if you want to consume a large amount of chakra, you don't have the capital to consume it.

And Naruto is different, every time he treads water, he consumes a lot of chakra, and it is easy to say that he tries to reduce the chakra on the soles of his feet, but Naruto does it very difficult.

For Naruto, who has to do everything he can, cutting down his chakra usage is not a trick that can be learned in just a few days.

Therefore, this failure did not hit Naruto's self-confidence, but aroused the obsession with success in his heart.

For Sasuke, who was ahead of him every time, Naruto became more and more anxious in his heart, wanting to catch up.

And Sasuke is not inferior to him in terms of hard work, if he stagnates here, he will only be thrown farther and farther by the genius of Sasuke.

If it doesn't work once, then a hundred times, and a hundred times it doesn't, then a thousand times.

Naruto didn't believe that he would not succeed if he tried again and again.

The morning passed slowly, and the sun slowly rose high into the sky, and the sun became intense, shining into the sky over the lake that had lost its shade, and a somewhat tired Naruto began to sit on the shore to gasp, basking in the warm sun.

"Hehe, I've finally got some tricks......"

A morning of training is not really fruitless.

How to reduce the amount of chakra used by himself, Naruto felt it with his body in the midst of repeated failures.

What he has to do now is to get the body to remember this feeling, and then form the body's instincts.

If you continue like this, you can learn how to tread water in less than a few days.

At that time, it will definitely surprise the little dwarf of the Thunder Light Regiment.

"I'm a little hungry and don't want to go back, so let's just catch some fish."

As soon as he wanted, Naruto began to take off his wet shirt and pants, wearing only boxers, ready to jump into the water to catch fish.

At this moment, the center of the lake suddenly rippled with water, and a white streak appeared there.

“！？”

Naruto could clearly see that the white was a living person dressed in white.

"Oops, is someone drowning?"

Before he had time to think, Naruto instantly jumped into the water and swam towards the center of the lake, grabbing his opponent's arm.

The palm of his hand was cold, colder than ice, making Naruto shiver instantly.

But in order to save people, Naruto didn't care, and directly hugged the unconscious cold body and swam towards the shore.

Once on the shore, Naruto laid the man in white flat on the dry grass.

Judging from the other party's appearance, it should be a few years older than him, about fifteen or sixteen years old.

Behind his back, he also carried a long-handled object wrapped in a white cloth tape.

On the white cloth belt, the painting is very terrifying, like a living thing.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Naruto always felt that the eyeballs on these cloth bands were glancing at him like nothing.

The other party had white broken hair, and his face was pale, almost indistinguishable from the corpse.

But the strange thing is that when Naruto is lying on the opponent's chest, he can hear a strong heartbeat, proving that the opponent is still alive.

Naruto scratched his head, not knowing what to do with the other party.

"Forget it, let Sakura come over and have a look. She's a medical ninja and should know ......"

Just as Naruto was thinking this, the young man in white suddenly opened his eyes.

The light of the snow-colored eyes was released from the pupils, and the emotion was indifferent, and then he suddenly sat up straight from the ground.

"Ahh

Seeing the other party suddenly sit up straight, Naruto was startled, took a step back, and almost fell.

Hearing Naruto's shout, the white-clothed young man Mu Ran turned his head, glanced at Naruto, and didn't speak, as if thinking about who the person in front of him was, as if he wasn't his acquaintance.

"Well, are you alright?"

Naruto swallowed, always feeling that something was wrong with the boy in white.

But what exactly was wrong, Naruto couldn't say.

In short, strange.

“……”

“……”

The two continued to look at each other, staring at each other with wide eyes.

The atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.

"You ......"

The young man in white spoke, then was dumbfounded, and did not continue.

"Me? What's wrong with me? ”

Naruto's face looked puzzled.

The young man in white looked down at his stomach, then raised his head and said with a serious face:

"I'm hungry."