The afterglow of the setting sun is as vivid as blood, sprinkled in the wilderness and forests.

More than a dozen horse-drawn carriages stopped at the lake, and the crowd gathered in several groups, and several wisps of green smoke curled into the air.

"It smells so good!"

Hinata Zero salivates as she stares at the roasted pheasant with golden skin in Watanabe's hand, and her two clear white eyes are full of joy.

I saw Watanabe skillfully turn the branch that ran through the pheasant's body, set it on the fire to heat it evenly, and occasionally sprinkled a few grains of salt, and the three of them, Jiri, Hinata Zero, and Beiruhu, gathered around him in turn, waiting for the meal to be served.

"Watanabe-kun is unexpectedly capable, even the barbecue is so powerful." Hinata Zero complimented.

Jiri nodded imperceptibly, this guy does have something, if you let yourself come, it will be very good if you don't bake the chicken, it is impossible to bake him so fragrant.

"Zero doesn't know yet, Watanabe's greatest skill is not ninjutsu, but cooking." He joked that after three days of dry food, he was glad to finally be able to taste it once tonight.

"I tried Watanabe's cooking once, and it was all dishes that I had never eaten before, and it was even more delicious than the restaurants outside."

"Really?" Hinata Zero showed a surprised expression very cooperatively, and begged, "Watanabe-kun, can you cook for me next time?" ”

You're a bit pretentious......

Watanabe wanted to complain about her, but refused directly: "No." ”

"Huh, why?"

"Because you didn't pay."

Hinata Zero did not hesitate: "Then I will give all the rewards this time to Watanabe-kun." ”

Watanabe scolded her: "If you don't give it to me, you're a dog." ”

"Giggles, Watanabe-kun is so humorous, how can I be a dog?" Hinata Zero's laughter was crisp, like a silver bell ringing, and Watanabe still felt that she was contrived when she listened to it.

After a while, the finished roast chicken is finally baked, and Watanabe first tears off the fat and oily chicken thighs and gives them to Jiri, and then divides the rest with Hinata Zero and Hiroku.

The dinner was small, but it was delicious, and everyone was satisfied.

It has been three days since Watanabe and the others escorted the caravan out of Konoha that day.

The journey of these three days was not smooth, on average, every dozen kilometers forward will meet a wave of bandits, some of the bandits are just composed of homeless people, and some of the bandits have ninjas inside, which shows how chaotic the world outside is.

It's okay to encounter bandits composed of homeless people, and they can often scare them away by just showing them Konoha's ninja forehead protector, but if they encounter bandits with ninjas joining, it will be very troublesome, and those who are rebellious ninjas are so powerful that they usually ignore threats and forcibly attack the caravan.

Every time it comes to that time, it is Watanabe, Hinata Zero, and Hiruyu who come forward to kill the traitorous ninja, and Jiri only made a move once on the second day of departure, and the number of rebels who attacked the caravan that time was too many, there were nine of them, and the strength ranged from upper to lower ninja, which was beyond the limit of Watanabe and others.

Strictly speaking, Jiri was not actually a shot that time, but rather an eye-catcher, because she only glanced at the gang of rebels with her writing wheel eyes, and the rebel ninjas were like demons and frantically killed each other until they were completely wiped out.

The incredible picture, watching the Uzumaki Heiji and other merchants constantly gasped, calling the Merci to escort their caravan was the most correct decision for them.

"Lord Governance, it's still early, do you think we can go some more way?"

Uzumaki Heiji also finished dinner not far away, and respectfully came over to ask Jiri for instructions.

It's so dangerous outside, they are now at the junction of the country of fire and the country of vortex, and they can't go to the village or the store, and Uzumaki Heiji wants to return to the country of the vortex as soon as possible.

Chiri had no opinion and let him arrange it.

Soon after, the convoy set off on the road again, and the sunset gradually sank into the horizon, and the sky and the earth were shrouded in a layer of darkness.

As the carriage drove through a dense forest, Ridge seemed to sense some kind of crisis, and suddenly spoke:

"Stop!"

The eighteen carriages stopped in a straight line in an instant, and Uzumaki Heiji and the others looked at Jiri in disbelief.

"Ruler, what's the situation?"

Jiri didn't answer, his eyes stared at the two small puddles in the middle of the road ahead, and said coldly: "Come out." ”

The three Watanabe immediately went on alert, and with a hook of their fingers, they picked up kunai from their waists.

"It seems that he is not a simple person who can see through our disguise."

There was a burst of playful laughter, and then two puddles of water in the middle of the road twisted and morphed into two men with gas masks on their faces.

"It's a pity you're out of luck." The man on the left sneered as he kept his eye on Jiri.

"When you meet us, even if you are not simple, you are destined to die here......"

"Stop talking nonsense." The man on the right interrupted in a deep voice, "Kill them all with your own hands." ”

The man on the left nodded, "Okay, then...... Do it! ”

The words fell, and the two jumped up at the same time.

Watanabe, Hinata Zero, and Hiruku were about to block it, but the next second they were suddenly stunned.

I saw that the two men jumped up and did not attack, but decisively turned their heads and fled, and in just a short moment, their figures disappeared into the night.

"This!"

Beiliu was stunned and didn't react to the situation.

The whirlpool Heiji and the others in the back also looked at each other, thinking that they had met a fool?

He said he was going to kill someone, but he actually had the idea of running away?

"They've gone to gather their accomplices."

Ridge said solemnly, after all, she has a lot of experience and makes a judgment quickly.

The two men were not stupid, on the contrary, they were very smart, and after being seen through the disguise, they knew that they were not opponents, so they broke away and fled.

"Retreat, retreat to a place with a good view and set up camp, and don't go again tonight."

Jiri orders Uzumaki Heiji and others.

Although she didn't think that the traitorous ninja who fell into the roadblock and robbed the money would be strong, it was always right to be careful, not to mention that the night was dark and windy, and if they were ambushed in a small area, the team was likely to suffer casualties.

"Okay!"

Uzumaki Heiji and the others hurriedly agreed, obeyed Jiri's command 100%, turned the direction of the carriage, and retreated towards the road from which they came.

But not long after they retreated, there was a cacophony behind them, accompanied by the sound of staccato talking.

"They were just here......"

"Definitely ran away...... Chase ......"

Hinata Zero opened his eyes to scout the rear, and the green tendons on both sides of his temples bulged.

"They caught up, there were a lot of them, more than thirty." Hinata Zero reported, his tone was rare and calm, without the slightest bit of his usual sweetness and artificiality.

"They all wore the same gas masks on their faces."

Watanabe, Uryuhu, Uzumaki Heiji and others were all surprised when they heard this, and the more than thirty ninjas were undoubtedly the most powerful bandit gang they had encountered along the way.

"How can there be so many ninjas?"

Ridge frowned, with an ominous premonition.