"Teacher, do you mean that the reinforcements of the Vortex Country sent me alone?" Xue Hui asked uncertainly.

"Yes, it's enough for you to come alone, I have my own arrangements, and it's not good to have more." We're already thinking about how to deal with those who oppose it.

Seeing the appearance of the door, he also understood something about the familiar Xue Hui between the doors, and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, I see, I'll come alone when I get notice." Xue Hui agreed.

The next day, with a 'boom', the mountain gate collapsed and was completely sealed, and because it was located in the deep mountains of the Fire Country, no one noticed the movement here except for a lot of birds.

……

A month later.

As usual, Kazuma was in the Hokage's office, handling the affairs of the village.

"Urgent! Hokage-sama, the ninjas patrolling at the junction of the Land of Thunder have been attacked! A dark figure appeared at his desk in the doorway, kneeling on one knee to report.

Suddenly, he quickly stood up.

"Is there a detailed report? Get it now! ”

"One of the shinobi escaped with injuries and is now rushing here while receiving treatment." The dark part is reported truthfully.

It didn't take long for a young shinobi with several bloody bandages wrapped around his body to be escorted by the Uchiha garrison, signaling the two Uchiha to stand down, and then he looked at the person who was said to be the only survivor.

"I remember you, a boy with good talent, how about you, can you tell me everything that happened?" With his excellent memory, he recognized this dim-looking shinobi with a slight memory, after all, the ninjas who were sent to the border realm during this special time period would not be too weak.

Who knows, as soon as he opened his mouth, the young Shinobi who was sitting weakly on the ground here couldn't help but shed tears.

"Hokage-sama, I, it's all my fault, it was my proposal that killed them, and I survived, I really, really ......"

The young Shinobu cried and spoke intermittently, while also constantly hitting the ground with his injured hands, completely ignoring the wound that burst again, and letting the blood infect the bandage again, as if the physical pain could relieve the pain in his heart.

"There is no need for this, ninjas have to be prepared to face these situations, not to mention, they must have actively chosen to let you live, didn't they, Kosuke."

Kazuma walked to Shinobi's side and bent down, put his hand on the other party's back, patted it gently, and comforted the other party.

"Alright, now tell me the situation, if you still want to avenge your companion." Seeing that Kosuke had eased up, he stood up and asked.

"Yes, Hokage-sama, I'm sorry I lost my temper. Here's the thing......"

Kosuke wiped away his tears and stood up strongly, holding his crumbling body to report key information.

Two days ago in the evening—

The Konoha side's guard station on the border of the Land of Thunder.

"The arrangement for tonight is like this, you go to Route 1, you go to Route 2......"

A middle-aged shinobi with a pineapple head pressed one hand on the map, clearly assigning the patrol route for tonight.

"Also, the usual dark whistle, Array One, no problem, right?"

"Leave it to me, Yoshino." Yamanaka replied with a smile.

"The defense of the station is still taught to you, take the roots." Nara Yoshino patted his somewhat tired head and said to Akimichi Taru on the side.

Seeing that Akimichi took the root and nodded, Nara Yoshino stretched his waist and said to the middle ninja who was about to go out on patrol in front of him:

"Although there has been nothing abnormal in the past few weeks, don't take it lightly, what happened in the battlefield of the two big ninja villages over there, I think you all know from the report sent by Konoha, don't feel cruel, this is war, on the battlefield either you die or I forget, in the past we are used to these methods. Okay, don't think it's annoying for me to repeat the reminders every day, you also know that I myself am the most afraid of trouble, now, let's go! ”

"Yes!" After the middle and lower ninjas got up and answered, they left the station according to their respective squads.

"Captain, I didn't expect to change the route again today." After leaving the camp, Kosuke spoke in the midst of a team of four.

"This is the power of Nara's shinobi, don't complain, the plan he has set must be the most suitable." Among the two middle ninjas, the short-haired middle ninja, who was the captain of the team, patted Kosuke on the shoulder.

"Hopefully tonight will be safe too." The only woman on the side, Shinobi, who was in charge of perception, held her hands in prayer.

"Don't worry, we're here, you say yes, Kosuke, you should be able to become a middle ninja after this mission is completed, right?" Another shinobi with a sword on his back comforted.

"Haha, that's right, you can rest assured that we are here! But if I want to be a shinobi, I have to work harder to make a difference! Kosuke scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and then replied with an energetic face.

"Well, good, keep it up, keep it all up now!" The calm voice of the captain, who was scouting the way ahead, came.

The three of them hurriedly ended their conversation and hurried away.

Walking along the route, except for the sound of footsteps passing by the weeds and the chirping of insects at night, the four of them did not hear any other movement, so they did not know how long they walked, only to see the full moon hanging in the sky also came directly above.

"Wait!" Just when Kosuke felt a little bored, the attentive female shinobu called out to several other teammates.

"What's wrong?" While quickly setting up a circle of guard, the captain asked softly.

"It's okay, there's no one around." The female shinobu first reported the situation around her, and then said the results of her perception.

"On the right side of our path ahead, about a few hundred meters away, there are two chakra reactions."

The captain of the middle ninja who remembered the patrol route found that there were no Konoha ninjas arranged there, even if it was a secret post, there could be no two people, and they would not be discovered by the team's lower ninja so easily.

So the captain signaled to continue to be vigilant, and at the same time confirmed the detailed information to the female shinobi:

"There are only two people on the other side?"

"It should be, there are no other chakra reactions around." The female shinobu pressed her hand on the ground, felt it carefully again, and then shook her head and replied.

"What about strength?"

"Judging from the chakra feedback, at most it is a middle ninja, or a relatively weak one." The female shinobu said.

The captain of the middle ninja frowned, this situation is the most difficult to do, the two ninjas who suddenly appeared, other information is unknown, and they have deviated from the patrol route, according to the patrol, the other party's strength is not strong, you should go over and take a look. But now is a special period, thinking of the reminder of Nara Kaminobu just now, it is safest to return to the report directly.

For a moment, the captain of the middle ninja frowned, in a dilemma, this is the lack of experience that has not experienced the baptism of war.

"Captain, I think we should go and see, with the strength of our team, as long as we are careful, the other party will have two ninjas with the most mid-ninja strength, and there will be no problem!" At this time, Kosuke, who wanted to make a meritorious contribution to the middle ninja quickly, opened his mouth to propose, and there was still a trace of expectation on his face.