On the evening of July 13, Konoha 43, the sun was setting and the night was approaching.

After 2 days of traveling, the dark team led by Shimizu has arrived at the border of the three kingdoms of Fire, Rain, and River, and after some planning and a few hours of arrangement, they decided to enter the mission area at night.

"All the supplies have also been placed according to plan, and we are lightly armed, and after 9 p.m., we enter the target area and search until 4 a.m. before withdrawing here." Only the forehead and cheeks were red, and the rest of the place was white with a cat-faced mask, and the ninja whispered, he was wearing a hooded black robe.

This is April Shimizu's dark costume.

"Understood!"

"The Grey Eagle takes the lead, and it has to be white-eyed all the time. Don't worry about the consumption of chakras, be sure to avoid all suspicious targets, we won't actively fight anyone tonight. ”

The ninja in the purple-striped dog-faced mask nodded, "Yes." "This is a ninja of the Hyuga family.

"Spark is second, responsible for the back of the gray eagle." Qing Shui gave orders in an orderly manner.

"Understood. Be sure to complete the task. The ninja in the clown mask replied.

"Lanhu is third, pay attention to the back of Xinghuo, and gesture in time if there is a situation; My Highness will be responsible for your safety. ”

"Yes." The female ninja in the fox mask is a medical ninja.

"Tonight's task is just to thoroughly investigate how many suspicious ninjas there are, we just need to understand the situation, and if we can, we won't do it, and we must not startle the snake."

Qing Shui's original intention was to observe how many ninjas were active in this area for the first two days, but for two whole nights, he didn't see a single ghost. It's not that you don't believe in the gray eagle with white eyes, could it be that the other party has stopped acting?

If that's the case, then you'll have to go out during the day on the last day to find out where the ninja is. As long as a considerable number of ninjas have been active here, it is inevitable that there will be no traces of erasure, because it is impossible for all ninjas to be ninjas.

Sure enough, on the afternoon of the third day, they found clues, and a sudden stop gesture from the gray eagle meant that they had discovered something.

"Captain, here's the whereabouts of the ninja!" Gray Eagle explained, "A few kilometers ahead, there are a lot of such traces, it seems to be a group of middle ninjas and lower ninjas, and the number will not be less than two squads." ”

"It's strange, there is no trace of the surroundings, but this area is so obvious that there are two squads of middle and lower ninja? Could it be that the other teams are all upper ninja and middle ninja? ”

"It's not so much a flaw as a deliberate trace."

Qing Shui has an unusually sharp combat cultivation and awareness.

"It feels like we're fishing, but we're the fish."

"Captain? What about us? Gray Eagle asked, he was the most depressed person, he didn't find anything for two and a half days, and this time he found that it was such an obvious flaw, it was like meat sent to the door. was analyzed by the captain like this, and it was obvious that there was a ghost.

"It's impossible to just go back and give the job. Gray Eagle you follow the traces, ready to fight at any time, and the rest of the people fight in formation and scatter; If anything changes, follow the plan! ”

"Yes!" x3

The change here refers to the situation that cannot be defeated, in this case, according to the plan, the three of them will evacuate to the three supply points, and then return to Konoha according to the planned route, and Qing Shui will be broken, which is the duty and consciousness of being the captain!

The so-called battle formation is that Qing Shui is the outpost of the charge, Starfire is the right wing, Lanhu is responsible for the left flank, and the gray eagle is in the middle and rear of the entire team, and the white eyes inform the direction of all enemies. After walking in this formation, we reached the edge of the forest, and a few hundred meters further on was a lake, and not far away was a waterfall.

"The traces are broken here." Gray Eagle said.

So they went into the water? How can it be?! Qing Shui carefully observed the surrounding terrain, and the traces were broken, which meant that he must have taken the waterway. But where can the waterway go here? Going down the river again? Or swim against the current? But is that a waterfall? Looking closely at the waterfall again, Qing Shui finally felt something strange, as if the flowing water at that height hit the surface of the lake, and there should not be only a little splash.

"Gray Eagle, look at that waterfall, is there any problem. Look closely. ”

"Yes!"

But what's wrong with waterfalls? Since the captain emphasized it so much, the gray eagle gathered a large number of chakras, meticulously executed Qing Shui's orders, and did not let go of any problems that could arise in the waterfall.

"There seems to be a cave behind this waterfall?" Gray Eagle said with some uncertainty, "If I go any further, I can see better." ”

"Forward." Shimizu decisively ordered.

The observation distance directly in front of the white eyes of the gray eagle is about 1600 meters, that is, within a range of 1600 meters, the white eyes of the gray eagle can achieve perspective. This is also an extremely considerable observation distance among the Hyuga family, and the patriarch of the contemporary Hyuga family is estimated to be about 2,000 meters of observation distance.

"See clearly! It is really a cave, and it clearly has traces of man-made, and the waterfall above hits the top of the cave, weakening the impact of the waterfall, which is to make it easier for people to enter and exit. ”

"No one?" Qing Shui wondered.

"Nope!"

"Let's go, go over and have a look."

Soon, the four of them crossed the waterfall and came to the entrance of the cave, which was obviously a cave dug out by hand, but I don't know when this cave existed, what is its purpose? And what forces dug this cave, and from the mouth of the gray eagle, I know that the scale of this cave will not be smaller than the Hokage's office building. This is no small project!

"Starfire is guarding the entrance to the cave, and Lanhu and Gray Eagle follow me in to have a look. It is expected that the cave will be searched in fifteen minutes, and the detonation charm will be set up at the same time. If the three of us didn't show up on time, Starfire, you had planned to do it; Also, if there is a situation outside, the detonator notifies us. ”

"Yes!"

Entering the cave, the trio quickly dispersed and began to search the entire cave as fast as they could. Suddenly, he saw some fine sand left on the ground, squatted down, and rubbed it with his hands, which was the effect of ninjutsu.

"Is it the Land of the Wind?"

Qing Shui was shocked in his heart, realizing that he seemed to have unearthed a terrible secret: this cave was obviously not for people to live in, but for storing materials, both in terms of design and environment.

And the materials of the volume of an entire Hokage building? How much does this have to be? So this is the place where military supplies are gathered! At this position, on this scale, the target of the war is obviously not the country of rain in turmoil or the country of rivers that has no ability to resist, but only the country of fire.

War!

There was a thunderbolt in my heart.

"Boom!" The explosion of the detonator. This is from the entrance of the cave, something happened to Xinghuo!

Qing Shui rushed to the entrance of the cave as fast as he could, his pupils shrank, and he saw that the ninjas of the two squads had appeared at the entrance of the cave, while Xinghuo was half-kneeling on the ground. This is the real Konoha Shinobi, and the winner has been decided in less than a minute?!

"Captain, they're Sand Shinobi!" Starfire was holding his abdomen with his left hand, apparently severely traumatized, and it looked like even retreat was a problem.

Gray Eagle and Arashi Fox also rushed to the entrance of the cave in time, and the white eyes of Gray Eagle looked into the distance, and said heavily: "Captain, there are three squads of ninjas 1.5 kilometers away who are approaching here......"

1.5 kilometers to form a siege here, at least more than 1 minute.

"Lan Hu saves people, Gray Eagle responds, I will contain them. Prepare to retreat! ”

"Yes!"

"You're alone, and you want to contain 8 of us?! It's really ......" What else did the sand ninja led by the sand hide want to say, Qing Shui's side has already completed the seal, and the first ninjutsu has been launched.

Water escape, water rush!

This is a high-level water escape ninjutsu that summons a large amount of water like waves to hit the opponent in an instant, first the water rotates around you, and then all of them rush to the enemy, and all attacks and defenses are controlled by the caster.

In the face of the sudden strong current, the 8 sand ninjas cured the edge and chose to retreat, and taking advantage of this gap, Lanhu stepped forward to start treating Xinghuo, while the gray eagle guarded the two, their white eyes were wide open, and they were always watching each other's sneak attacks.

"The second group is going to kill the ninja over there, and the second group is going to deal with this ...... with me."

Water Escape: Water Array Wall!

A wall of water rises from the ground, rotating in a cylindrical shape to enclose the six sand ninja and the clear water. Originally, this ninjutsu can form a defense without dead ends, and the amount of water and the length of time can also be changed according to the user's will, so it is a very good B-grade defensive ninjutsu.

But Shimizu uses this ninjutsu here as a wall to block the way of the sand ninja, so that the gray eagle only needs to face two sand ninjas.

Although he needs to face is 6 people.

"Kill him!"

Needless to say, the goal of the sand ninja is to kill Qing Shui first, but at such a close distance, there are still two sand ninja who choose to seal first and cast a ninjutsu attack.

Instantaneous! In an instant, he came behind a sand ninja who had made a seal, and although the seal was about to be completed, the sword also pierced his heart.

“？！” From the sight of the sand ninja who was killed, he only lost the trace of Qing Shui for a moment, and then a sharp blade grew in his heart.

The first sand shinobi falls to the ground.

"How is that possible?!" This is the voice of all the other 5 sand ninjas, how can it be so fast?!

Without pause, Qing Shui had already come to the back of the second caster, who was obviously alert and had already cast the teleportation technique in advance and left the place.

However, it is still not fast enough.

Qing Shui performed the instantaneous technique almost without any intervals.

In the next moment, he still appeared behind this sand ninja - this sand ninja who had just escaped death a second ago had no time to breathe a sigh of relief, and the scarlet blood was already splattered in the air.

"This is my blood?" This sand ninja just had such a thought, and his eyes gradually drifted and he fell to the ground.

Wind Escape: Wind Blade! The Wind Blade is a kind of wind escape ninjutsu that gathers the rapidly rotating wind in the hand as a sword, and it is a very lethal A-class ninjutsu.

The sand ninja led by him launched his first attack, but before he could touch Qing Shui's black robe, Qing Shui's instantaneous technique made him come behind the third sand ninja.

"Mita! Be careful! ”

The third Shinobi, named Mita, was already wary of Shimizu's uncanny speed.

Stand-in!

Qing Shui's sword also slashed at the other party at the same time, but this sand ninja only turned into a puff of green smoke in the end. In the final moments, the opponent used a stand-in technique to escape his fatal blow.

Wind Escape: Big Breakthrough! Another sand ninja unleashed his ninjutsu, this ninjutsu is to spit out a whirlwind from the mouth, which can blow away the enemy and achieve the effect of containment, and the jutsu itself is not too lethal.

But for the sand ninja, it is enough for Shimizu to be able to affect high-speed movement. In this small space, once the movement speed is limited, the speed advantage of winning is lost.

The defense range of the water array wall is not large, so the space that Qing Shui can move is also very limited, once the speed is limited, then Qing Shui's disadvantage will be infinitely magnified.

Wind Escape: Vacuum Jade! Another sand ninja took advantage of the moment when Qing Shui was restricted and completed his ninjutsu. I saw several waves of wind and light spewing out of his mouth and attacking Qing Shui.

Wind Escape: Wind Blade! The sand ninja led by them also attacked Qing Shui at the same time, and their tacit cooperation was smooth, which is only a group that has cooperated for many years can have such a perfect performance.

Konoha Ryu Swordsmanship: Dance of the Three Days and Moon. This ninjutsu is the mystery of the Konoha flow swordsmanship created by the second generation of Hokage, and it is even a deadly move that can kill the enemy with one hit, specifically the caster needs to use three doppelgangers (not a shadow clone, just a phantom similar to the doppelganger) to launch a surprise attack on the target at the same time, and then the main body observes the opponent's dead corner on the side and slashes it down, so as to obliterate the opponent, which is a lightning attack that cannot be avoided.

This trick was taught by Shimizu's teacher, Maru Sei Kosuke.

It can be said that in this short moment, the doppelganger technique, the instantaneous body technique, and the lightning attack swordsmanship of the sword killing move were completed at the same time. Even at this moment, Shimizu didn't just dodge the attack, he still chose to kill the sand shinobi who had just escaped his fatal blow using the stand-in technique.

The sand ninja's vacuum jade and the Split Blade easily passed through Qing Shui's three clones, and at this moment, the sand ninja realized that Qing Mizu was not in place at all.

"When?! Worst! ”

The sand shinobi led by him turned back sharply, only to see that Shimizu's sword had cut off Mita's right arm.

"This ......" Sand Ninja's heart was shocked beyond measure, from the time the other party performed the first Water Escape Ninjutsu, to now, in just 40 seconds, he has killed his two senior middle ninjas, and also cut off the right arm of one of the upper ninjas.

Such terrifying combat power, this is really just a Konoha dark department?!

"After the treatment, Starfire is ready to act!" Accompanied by the voice of the medical ninja Lanhu, Qing Shui decisively withdrew the water array wall and maintained this B-grade ninjutsu, and the consumption of chakra was amazing.

"Withdraw!" Shimizu ordered again.

On the other side, the gray eagle who was still fighting decisively gave up the two sand ninjas in front of him, and the three of Konoha Shadow moved towards the entrance of the cave at the same time.

"Stop them!" Shinobu yelled.

"Boom-boom!" There was a violent continuous explosion inside the cave, which was the detonation charm.

In the chaos, a sand ninja saw a blue light, from far to near, and instantly appeared in front of him - "Sale be careful! ”

But the sand shinobi, who was called Saraku, couldn't hear anything, his ears were filled with the hiss of a thousand birdsongs, and his vision was occupied by infinite blue light.

"This is ninjutsu?!" It was his last thought.

"Get out of the way!" The sand shinobi led by him roared loudly.

Originally, several sand ninjas who wanted to stop the dark part of Konoha all spread out to the side and quickly gave way to the sky.

Qing Shui carried this indomitable blue electric light to make a way out for his three subordinates.

Water escape, water rush! The huge current of water rushed towards the remaining sand ninjas, and the sand shinobi could only avoid their edge again and retreat into the distance. Shimizu turned around again to perform this A-rank ninjutsu, in order to prevent the remaining sand ninjas from chasing, so as to buy as much time as possible for their departure.

"Damn!" The sand ninja led by him was angry, starting from the team where they found Konoha and luring the enemy deeper little by little, and finally sealing the other party in the cave, their complete two elite groups, in the case of injuring one person first, made a fantastic start, I thought it was a great achievement, but I didn't expect to be turned over by a person on the opposite side, how aggrieved this is.

He then gave the order: "Iketani stayed and took care of Mita; Tell Commander Sang Dai Cheng that we need his perception squad to track down Konoha's shadows, and then ask him to bring the ninjas of the 5th Brigade stationed here to support us; In addition, inform the 2nd Dark Brigade at Base 2 that we have caught a big fish and now need their help. We don't act rashly until everyone gathers to arrive. But Stronghold 1 must not be exposed! Can't let go of any Konoha ninjas! The rest come with me! ”

"Yes!" The sand ninjas collectively responded.

The leader of the sand ninja is named Daro, a sand ninja who is about 30 years old, and the two sand ninja groups he leads, there are a full 3 upper ninjas and 5 middle ninjas, which are a complete configuration of two elite groups. Unexpectedly, he was killed by one person on the opposite side, and he also cut off the right arm of one of the upper ninjas.

All this in just a minute.

Daro recalled the scene just now and was a little afraid, if it was him, he encountered the unknown ninjutsu of the blue electric light at the end, it would be dead.

However, being able to perform such a powerful ninjutsu means that the other party is by no means an unknown person in Konoha. If you catch him, you will make a great contribution to the village!

"The battle for the rise of our Sand Hidden begins at this moment!"