Chapter 50: The Rhythm of the Shadows
After Yichen joined the 18th squad, the pace of life was much faster than before, and the frequency of missions in the dark department was much higher than when he was in the fifth shift. Yichen started his first mission on the second day after joining Team 18, which was to patrol the borders of the Land Country and the Wind Country.
In peacetime, this kind of task is relatively easy, in a big country like the land country, the border is guarded by ninjas, and the patrol of the dark department is just an additional guarantee, and the patrol route of the 18th squad is not fixed, and it is often decided temporarily after the captain Zidian arrives at the place.
There is no fixed patrol route, which also makes the whereabouts of the shadows more hidden. However, in times of peace, when peace agreements have been signed between countries, such blatant invasions are still rare.
Generally, there are two kinds of missions to enter other great powers, one is a regular mission, such as escorting a caravan from the land of earth to the country of fire. Under the premise that the two countries sign a peace treaty, this kind of ninja who does the task, the Fire Country will not be embarrassed. Another kind of espionage, assassination and other tasks that cannot be put on the table, this kind of mission, under normal circumstances, will not wear ninja costumes and play the trick of sneaking in the middle of the night, but will make up and transform, and enter as an ordinary person.
Therefore, the focus of Yichen's mission is not to find enemies who are hiding their whereabouts, but to screen ninjas from other countries who are pretending to be ordinary people or wandering ninjas.
In the past, the 18th squad generally chose this kind of mission very small, they were a combat squad, and they generally took on combat missions. In addition, the black cat has a certain tracking ability, so it will also take on some chasing and killing tasks.
But when Yichen introduced his abilities before, the perception ability mentioned made the other three people in the team shine. This skill is good, and it can save a lot of things when performing tasks.
So the 18th squad took over the patrol mission, as a newcomer, Yichen is still quite taken care of, in the time when they just set off from the village, everyone took care of Yichen's speed, and later saw Yichen practicing the instantaneous technique, while hurrying, as an expert in this area, Zidian also pointed out the essentials of Yichen's instantaneous technique many times. It's a pity that in the middle of the mission, Yichen didn't dare to squander the chakra too much, and only practiced a dozen times before stopping.
On the contrary, after coming to the border, the 18th team seemed to be idle. All they had to do was occasionally check back and forth near the border to see if there were any pedestrians.
If there is a pedestrian, then the 18th team will call Yichen to use perceptual ninjutsu to investigate, and at the same time, Xiaoshi will also teach Yichen how to tell if there is a spy among pedestrians if he does not use perceptual ninjutsu.
This kind of patrol mission, the general dark part is a month, if there is no special discovery, it will be added back after a month. If an anomaly is discovered, a battle is likely to occur, and after the battle, whether or not you need to continue the mission will depend on the state of the team.
Twenty days have passed, and the 18th class has found nothing, but it is Yichen's instantaneous technique, which has improved by leaps and bounds under the guidance of Zidian, an agile Shangnin.
It's only been a little over a month, and Yichen has been able to simplify the seal of this C-level ninjutsu to two, and the amount of chakra consumed has also been reduced to 1.5C. The most important thing is that under the guidance of Zidian, Yichen has been able to achieve one seal and two instantaneous. This is a lot of leaps, and it can be said that achieving this step is equivalent to the introduction of instantaneous body art.
You must know that Tian Nai learned instantaneous surgery at that time, and it was about a year and a half before this step was achieved, Yichen clearly remembered Tian Nai's excited expression at that time.
It turns out that he is so suitable for the cultivation of the instantaneous technique? This is Yichen's second emotion after perceptual forbearance.
However, after careful analysis, Yichen denied this speculation. It's not that the instantaneous technique is suitable for me, but the current self is completely different from the self who just learned ninjutsu, and I remember that when I first learned the transformation technique, I could only perform it once a day. And now, even if you have to set aside most of your chakra to deal with emergencies, you can do it more than ten times a day.
And I also have a very proficient Shangnin as a guide, which is even more rare, and I have saved myself a lot of detours at once. This reminded Yichen of the feeling he had when he was learning the Tulong Gun and developing the art of the waterline, and he was taught by someone at that time, so his cultivation speed was very fast.
In addition, Yichen's chakra control ability has also far exceeded that of the past, and the chakra flow, which used to require a lot of energy to control, is now as flexible as an arm's fingers.
In addition, the experience of learning ninjutsu many times, simplifying ninjutsu, and developing ninjutsu has improved Yichen's ability to learn new ninjutsu a lot.
The combination of so many factors made Yichen learn the ninjutsu of the instantaneous body technique in just twenty days.
At the same time, this experience also changed Yichen's positioning of himself, he was trapped in the scarcity of chakra before, and Yifa's consistent impression was that he was too slow to learn new ninjutsu, but in fact, Yichen's chakra is not too small now. Coupled with superb control, shouldn't you consider learning a few more ninjutsu to defend yourself?
After all, his current attack and defense methods are still too simple.
Yichen's performance surprised the three of them a little, although they expected it, but they didn't expect Yichen to learn ninjutsu so quickly, especially Xiao Shi, as a sword ninja, if he used the instantaneous technique well, his strength would be greatly improved. It's a pity that his ninjutsu talent is average, and although he has learned the instantaneous technique, he can't use it in wartime.
The white cat is good at instantaneous techniques, but her fighting style does not match the instantaneous technique, so the purpose of learning instantaneous techniques is similar to Yichen, which is simply to save her life.
In the 18th squad, only the captain Zidian can master the instantaneous technique very well, Yichen has seen Zidian's instantaneous technique, and he has been able to cast an instantaneous body with one seal, and after casting, he can achieve 4 consecutive instantaneous movements. This is naturally nothing compared to the fact that any god who comes out of the original book can perform the Imprint Instantaneous Body Technique, but in the entire ninja world, it already belongs to the top handful of people.
Today, Yichen sensed that a caravan passed through the border as usual, but an accident appeared, and this caravan openly invited a ninja squad to escort it, that is, there were only four ninjas in this caravan, and the other dozens of people were ordinary people. But in Yichen's perception, there were eight chakra fluctuations.
After carefully distinguishing it, Yifa said: "Captain, there is a situation, in this caravan, there are eight ninjas, one of them is an upper ninja, four are middle ninjas, and three are lower ninjas. ”
Hearing Yichen's report, the team, which was originally a little loose, immediately became nervous.
The white cat preemptively said: "Eight ninjas, it should be two squads, a team on the surface, led by a middle ninja and three lower ninjas." A squad in the shadows, a shinobi leading three shinobi. ”
After a pause, the white cat continued: "One upper ninja with three middle ninjas, there is no doubt that the other party is also the same dark as us, captain, it seems that this will be a tough battle." As he spoke, he looked at Zidian, waiting for her decision.
At this time, Xiao Shi said: "No, we did find out about the other party's situation, but the other party didn't know, this is different from the situation we encountered in the past, we don't need to make a move now, we can first recruit some companions, and then use absolute strength to make a move together." ”
The white cat was stunned for a moment, looked at Yichen, and said, "Yes, we are a thousand meters away from them, and they may not even know about our existence." ”
Zidian nodded and said, "Don't be in a hurry to keep up first, so as not to be discovered, I will be alone in a group, Xiaoshi, you take the white cat and B in a group, we will go separately to contact the dark parts on both sides of our patrol area, and then return to this place to converge, and then go to track." ”
Everyone nodded, and after the caravan was far away, the 18th team began to move in two groups. Yichen and the others were slow, and went to a patrol area of a dark team that was closer, and the group got in touch with the other party smoothly. After all, as a patrol department in the adjacent area, there is often some exchange of information between each other, and it is common for each other to connect with each other.
After receiving Yichen's notice, the other party did not hesitate and came directly to act with the 18th team.
By the time Yichen and the others returned to the place where they started, Captain Zidian had already arrived early with another team. After the three squads converged, Zidian acted as a temporary captain and greeted the white cat, with the black cat as the main force of tracking, and a group of twelve people chased in the direction of the caravan.
The caravan was not moving fast, because it was not known that it had been exposed, so the dark team had not left the caravan yet.
It didn't take long for Yichen and his party to catch up with this caravan. After stopping, Yichen reconfirmed the whereabouts of this dark part through perceptual ninjutsu. Yichen said: "The other party is still there, judging from the position of the other party, the four people of the dark team are a wind and fire dual attribute upper ninja, a water attribute middle ninja, and two fire attribute middle ninja." The other team should be a water attribute middle ninja, and the three lower ninjas have not yet cultivated attribute changes. ”
Then Yichen said the other party's position again.
After everyone nodded in understanding, Zidian began to assign tasks.
Yichen has three squads, two of them are ninjas, and one is a special ninja. The three of them were in charge of dealing with the rival Shinobi, while the three members of the Yichen team and the three members of the other squad were dealing with the remaining three Shinobi in the shadows. The three shinobi of the remaining squad dealt with the mission team on the surface.
After the division of labor was completed, Zidian directly issued the order to act. After the order was given, the twelve people divided into three action groups, without the slightest hesitation, launched a direct attack on the caravan. As for whether it will injure civilians by mistake, this kind of thing, as a dark department, no one cares.