Early the next morning, the morning light was faint.

The Gongdao team and Yujiro left the market town and continued north, rushing to the Holy Soul Village.

The uneventful journey lasted a week.

When night fell, the five of them finally arrived at the Holy Soul Village.

From afar, the village is built on the edge of the mountain and water, with a slight fire in the village and a simple wooden fence on the perimeter, giving people a sense of peace and tranquility against the backdrop of the night.

On a low watchtower at the entrance of the village, a simplely dressed villager yawns and waves a fan to ward off mosquitoes.

It wasn't until the five of them walked close and made clear footsteps that he noticed the movement, stared at it with wide eyes, and then turned his head and shouted: "Yujiro is back!" Come out, everyone! ”

"What? Are you sure? ”

"Did he get a ninja? What does a ninja look like......"

"Mom, I'm going to see a ninja ......"

Suddenly there was a commotion in the calm village.

Mu Mu Gongdao frowned slightly, his eyes showed a fierce light, stared at Yujiro and said:

"What's going on? If such a big disturbance is discovered, it will definitely increase the difficulty of our mission. ”

Yujiro broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead.

After following the Konoha ninja for nearly ten days, he has initially adapted to the ninja's style, and he feels like a cold machine, reliable and terrifying.

He thinks the hire should be worth it, but he forgets that when he left the village, his mind was no different from that of the villagers, and they were all curious about the mysterious ninja.

"Captain Gongdao, this is my mistake." Yujiro hurriedly apologized:

"Our village is relatively poor, and the money for hiring your team this time is made up by everyone, so it is really difficult to keep it secret. Sorry! ”

"Xiao Tian, you tell everyone to go back first......" he immediately instructed the young guard.

It's a pity that it was late, and after a few breaths, a large number of people gathered at the entrance of the village.

The villagers gathered around an old man on crutches, and many children hid behind their parents, poked out their little heads, and pointed at Ginta and the others to discuss, "Look, those ninjas are only a little taller than me......"

Yujiro couldn't help but hold his forehead: "Father, ninja-sama doesn't like such a scene, you hurry up and let everyone go back to the house." ”

The old village chief shouted at the top of his voice, "Why? We paid so much money that we weren't even allowed to see it? ”

"And we've got food and drinks ready, as well as the best place in the village, just waiting to entertain the ninjas......"

"I'm sorry, I'd like to interject." Gong Dao said expressionlessly, "We are ninjas, not wandering samurai.

According to the rules of the ninjas, we cannot accept your hospitality. ”

"Plus, we just have to live there." Gong Dao pointed to a simple thatched hut by the wall.

The villagers fell silent for an instant.

"Captain Gongdao, that's the stables in the village that haven't been repaired yet......" Yujiro reminded in surprise.

Gongdao nodded: "That's right, if you can." ”

“……”

Seeing the four ninjas walk into the stable, the old village chief and a large number of villagers looked at each other, but it was not good to be cheeky enough to surround them.

The crowd quickly dissipated, and a few children and youths peeked at the hut for a while, and found that the ninjas had not moved, and finally left bored.

"There's no one around."

Kira, who has the strongest night vision, jumps off the railing and whispers.

Seeing that the three of them were ready to obey orders, Gongdao sat on the edge of the stone platform, tapped his fingers on his thighs and said:

"Okay, from now on, you find a way to complete the task as soon as possible, I'll wait here."

“…… Hey, you're too easy for this ninja, aren't you? Ebisu complained.

"Such a simple C-level task still needs me to take action, so what's the use of you shinobi?" Gongdao began to close his eyes and recuperate:

"One more thing, you probably don't want to stay in this kind of place for a long time, so I'll score it by the efficiency of task completion."

"The higher your rating, the sooner I'll teach you ninjutsu. How's it going, are you suddenly motivated? ”

"What are you waiting for, let's go!" Ebisu changed face instantly.

Yintai was speechless: "You must be too anxious, what if the bandits are not on the mountain at night?" Or maybe the target number is not right, and the employer is not satisfied, do you want to kill him? ”

Ebisu's body stiffened, and he felt that Ginta's words seemed to have some truth.

"What are your plans?"

Ginta thought for a moment and said, "Although Mr. Yujiro has provided a lot of information, it is definitely not as reliable as our own investigation. ”

"So, Kira and I will go out to investigate, and you will be in charge of monitoring the village. Once you find someone going out, just arrest them. ”

"You're worried that there are spies of bandits in the village?" Ebisu pushes his sunglasses.

"That's right, but now the fire is bright, people come and go, and it's easy to be spotted when you go out over the fence, and if you want to act, you probably have to wait until late at night."

Ginta had carefully observed before entering the village, and the village had only one main gate, and the fortifications were relatively complete, so it was not easy for ordinary people to slip out.

"OK, let's go!"

The three of them carefully observed the situation outside the house, and when no one was paying attention, they climbed over the fence and disappeared.

……

The hill to the west of the Holy Soul Village is called Wolf Head Mountain, and the highest point is about 500 meters, and the slope is not steep.

The mountains are densely wooded, and they appear silent and dark in the night.

After Yintai and Kira slipped out of the Holy Soul Village, they decided to explore the area around Wolf's Head Mountain first.

The bandits coveted and took over the fruit groves...... often plundered the impoverished Holy Soul Village...... As long as you think about it simply, you will find that Yujiro's words do not stand up to scrutiny.

But as a ninja, since you have taken on the mission, you must complete it cleanly and beautifully.

The fundamental purpose of intelligence gathering is also to be quick and accurate when it is done later, so that the employer cannot find fault with it.

The two of them began to jog around the mountain, and after about ten minutes, they stopped in front of a slope.

I saw another village appear hundreds of meters ahead, looking at the scale, it was smaller than the Holy Soul Village.

Ginga was worried about being seen, so she immediately made a gesture and hid in the nearby woods with Kira.

"Could it be that the bandit in Yujiro's mouth is a villager in this village?" Kira whispered this highly probable hypothesis, guessing:

"Or is it that these two villages have a conflict of interest because of some kind of interest, and after the Holy Soul Village has fallen into the wind, they plan to ask the ninjas for help?"

Yintai nodded: "That's probably the case, the specific situation needs to be further investigated, let's take a closer look." ”

The two of them were silent, swimming through the woods, and soon came to the edge of a small cliff, looking down at the village.

At this moment, a team of more than ten people came down from the side mountain road.

Four of them, two in front and two in the back, carried machetes and sandwiched 10 men carrying burdens in the middle.

When they passed through the village gate, they did not encounter any obstacles and entered the village without any obstacles.

Kira took out her binoculars and, with the help of the moonlight, could roughly see what was inside the flat poles.

"It's not fruit, it's like a stone."