"How many supplies are left?"

Seiji Uchiha, who was in charge of the first team of the Shogunate Exploration Team, asked.

"There is still a month's standard amount of dry food, but the fresh water is only enough for half a month......

The staff officer ninja who accompanied the team replied.

"What the hell is this!"

Even the resolute Seiji Uchiha couldn't help but curse.

"It's no wonder that since the Warring States period, all the nations of the hundred tribes have just nested in the ninja continent and fought around, it turned out that this wild place is really fucking desolate!"

"It's better than the hellish Desert of the Land of Winds, at least there is an oasis in the desert!"

Seiji Uchiha scolded and scolded, pouring out his inner uneasiness.

It has been more than twenty days since he led his troops into the wilderness, although he has not encountered any enemies along the way, let alone the imaginary wild monster attack, but every day when he opens his eyes, he is faced with the lifeless dry rocks and rocks of white flowers, this extreme emptiness and dead silence makes him and his subordinates feel very uncomfortable.

Even because there was a barren rock as far as the eye could see, the team under his command had unknowingly deviated from its direction three times, and although it didn't take long for them to realize it and return to the established direction, it also wasted a lot of time and materials.

And that's not the point.

After going deep into the wilderness, the exploration team found that the water vapor in the air was actually thinner than the desert of the Land of Winds!

As a direct result of this, the amount of fresh water carried was seriously exceeded, and even the ninjas from the exploration team fell to the ground directly, and as a last resort, Uchiha Seiji had to let the members of the same sluggish rain ninja return the same way with the fog.

Before they reached the location of the preset Myoki Mountain, and did not encounter any enemies, the exploration team was indirectly reduced by one-fifth, and the supplies they carried were even less than half!

"I don't know what happened before antiquity......

The staff ninja looked at the barrenness in front of him and couldn't help but sigh: "A good continent has become such a wild land, and it seems that it can't be transformed into fertile soil for farming......

"Hell knows!"

Seiji Uchiha is still thinking about his mission, and he is not in the mood or interested in thinking about this history that has been sealed for I don't know how many years.

"If we continue to speed up the march, will we be able to sustain the supplies?"

"The food is fine, but the fresh water may be ......"

The Staff Ninja hesitated.

"No matter!"

Seiji Uchiha angrily kicked a dead rock on the ground to pieces, "If we continue like this, we won't be able to reach the end of the world at the preset time!" ”

"Compliance...... Hey! ”

The Staff Ninja was bowing his head in response, but suddenly let out another exclamation.

"What are you yelling at dogs!"

Seiji Uchiha glared at him disapprehended, then followed the staff ninja's gaze to his feet.

"it!"

I saw a broken humanoid fossil under the rubble!

Seiji Uchiha hurriedly released the chakra to sweep away the surrounding dry rocks, and then, a humanoid fossil was rediscovered......

Panicked, calm, dazed, and even some of the fossil heads in good condition can be seen on their lips before they can be retracted......

But without exception, these "people" all lost their lives in the sudden shock, and survived the remains of the power of time, and became fossils in front of people who did not know how many years had passed before stepping into this wild land......

The members of the exploration team, who were resting not far away, heard the captain's exclamation and hurried over, and then they were also shocked by the fossil remains in front of them.

A solemn wave of history came to the face.

"I see!"

Seiji Uchiha suddenly said thoughtlessly.

“…… Captain? ”

The staff ninja was still in shock, and he couldn't react for a while.

"I see the significance of our exploration!"

Seiji Uchiha said.

……

"The Expeditionary Fleet hasn't found a trace yet?"

In the Konoha Governor's Palace, Uchiha Tokumitsu asked again.

“…… I haven't heard back yet. ”

The Uchiha stopped wiping a handful of sweat and replied in a low voice.

Konoha sent exploration teams to the extreme wilderness in the east and west, but the fleet that was supposed to be the safest lost contact after a storm, and the Shogunate Fuba Castle Naval Headquarters received a telegram from the Expeditionary Fleet that a hurricane was about to be encountered.

At first, the Fubo City Navy Headquarters thought that it was just that the fleet was still in a storm and the communication had been affected, so it didn't care, but then it received a secret report from the ninja cat clan, saying that the contract ninja cat had lost contact with the Uchiha clan who served as the commander of the fleet, and the naval headquarters panicked.

The navy red deer did not dare to hide such a big event, so they sent an urgent envoy back to Konoha to report the matter to Uchiha Tokumitsu, and also dispatched a team of speedboats to brave the wind and rain at sea to rush to the coordinates before the fleet's disappearance.

However, when they arrived at the area where the incident occurred, they only found that the 'Storm Sea' that had been marked in the foggy sea map had been completely obscured by the super hurricanes that had been in the sky for several days, and the wind pillars collided back and forth and the power was enough to set off huge waves, and the speedboat team was almost overturned by the ships just from a distance, and the hurricane tornadoes spread so widely that even the white-eyed ninjas could not see their heads, and beyond the route were full of reef eddies, making it impossible to sail at all......

Uchiha Tokumitsu naturally didn't want to see his fleet disappear like this inexplicably, so he ordered a small artificial island to be backfilled from the reef area outside the wrecked sea, and built an observation post, and then installed a high-power Tailed Beast Chakra telegraph base station, which sent out search signals day and night.

But for several days, there was still no news from the fleet.

"Hurricane ......"

Uchiha Tokumitsu couldn't help but sigh with his forehead.

"Teacher ......"

The Uchiha stopped talking and stopped.

He wanted to say something comforting like the fleet must be carefree, but he couldn't say anything.

"Let the Seal Squad, the Shogunate Engineering Academy, and the Konoha Research Institute jointly send personnel to study the formation principle of this hurricane wall!"

After thinking about it for a long time, Uchiha Tokumitsu made a very difficult decision: "As for the search team, let's come back first!" Lest there be a sudden increase in casualties! ”

With that, Uchiha Tokumitsu slowly closed his eyes, and his expression was a little unspeakably sad.

Although the cost of stationing personnel and maintenance equipment outside the ocean is astronomical, and even his own heart feels that the fleet is unlucky, Uchiha Tokumitsu still can't let go of those missing ninja troops.

"Obey ......"

Uchiha's eyes were slightly red, and he bowed and left.

"Knock knock!"

After a while, there were two knocks outside the door, and then Makoto Uchiha pushed the door inside.

She didn't say much, just came to Uchiha Tokumitsu and squatted down in front of her, burying her head in her lover's arms.

"Alas......"

Uchiha Tokumitsu let out a long sigh.

……

“…… Dear Staff Officer Yile, haven't you received a signal yet? ”

In the command cabin of the fleet's flagship, which was struggling to move forward in the wind and waves, Uchiha Rumbu, who was the commander of the shogunate's ocean-going fleet, said in a somewhat yin and yang tone to the fleet's chief of staff Uzumaki Kazuraku, who was sweating profusely and tinkering with the radio.

"Not yet...... Perhaps it was the interference of the wind and waves, and the signal sent by the radio station has not been returned. ”

Chief of Staff Uzumaki, who has the same name as Konoha's famous Ichiraku Ramen, said timidly.

"What the hell is wind and wave interference!"

Uchiha Rumbu muttered, the anxiety on his face could no longer be hidden.

"Even the magnetic field in this sea area is completely chaotic, and the nautical compass will not work at all......"

Uzumaki said with a wry smile.

Uchiha Rumbu is a very rare Uchiha clan to specialize in the Shinobi, belonging to one of the Uchiha Tokumitsu's old team of the Red Reserve, so he was also able to serve as the commander of this expedition fleet, but he is not very familiar with the principles of the various equipment that the Shogunate Engineering Institute has concocted, so there is nothing to be done about the equipment that fails inexplicably and the wind and waves are too big to even lose direction.

It's just that, judging from the so-called maintenance action that Uzumaki Yile only dared to shoot around the periphery of the radio station and did not dare to disassemble the shell, in fact, he didn't know how to repair it!

"Telegraph communication between ships has been fine, but the headquarters cannot be contacted......"

The Hinata ninja, who was in charge of communications, also interjected: "Plus the ...... who has been floating around the sea"

"So, we don't know where we've got, do we?"

Uchiha Rumbu was even more irritable: "It's been seven days! It's been seven days! Still can't get in touch with the Navy Headquarters! Will Tokumitsu-sama think I've defected? ”

The subordinates were speechless.

However, the command cabin is full of Uchiha rumbu's cronies, and there is no need to pretend to be calm and calm like in front of his subordinates.

"The little ghost of the Nara family! Usually your brain spins so fast, and there is no good way! ”

Uchiha Rumbu asked Nara Staff Officer who was nestled in the corner again.

“…… I beg your pardon for being incompetent. ”

Staff Officer Nara reluctantly answered the routine again.

Since the third day of losing contact, this conversation has been repeated countless times.

But fortunately, the ninjas in the fleet are all carefully selected ninja elites, and the ninjas at all levels are all shogunate elders, so there is no need to worry about the military heart.

"It's really ......"

The Uchiha Rumbu shook his head and slammed the door out of the command cabin.

"That's right! I'm just venting, and you don't have to take it to heart! ”

Before leaving the door, Uchiha Rumbu turned around and said one more word.

"The ...... We Know"

His subordinates have long been accustomed to the style of their superiors.

"When I go back, I will definitely be scolded to death by Lord Tokumitsu!"

Seeing that the mental state of his subordinates was still as stable as ever, Uchiha Rumbu scolded and left.

As soon as he reached the top of the deck, another wave came towards the bow of the arrow, and then the wave was broken up by the solid impact angle, and the sea water poured like a heavy rain on the deck.

A strangely shaped fish landed at the feet of the Uchiha Lumbu with the waves, and even though it was out of the water, the strange fish still jumped violently, trying to bite the Uchiha Rumbu.

“…… There are sashimi delivered to the door again. ”

In this regard, Uchiha Rumbu was also not surprised, and said that his spirit was very stable at this time.

"Poof!"

A shuriken was flung out of his hand, pinning the strange fish to the deck.

"A fish wants to bully me too! I really don't know whether to live or die! ”

Uchiha Rumbu scolded viciously.

The busy ninjas on the deck have also long been accustomed to the moodiness of the commander and are indifferent to it.

Then, a ninja ran over, picked up the slain fish, and then randomly formed a seal and cast a jet of water to wash away the blood from the deck.

At the end, the ninja also nagged, "Command Rumbu...... Can you not use forbearance to kill fish in the end, so the deck is very ugly with potholes, and the fish you killed is too bad! ”

"I'd love to!"

The Uchiha rolled his eyes, then continued to walk around the deck with his hands behind his back.

Although the words seem very arrogant, but in fact, Uchiha Rumbu is still very popular with naval ninjas, and everyone likes the boss's dead arrogance, even to the point where they feel uncomfortable without being scolded for a day.

The fleet has a total of ten ironclad battleships and ten ironclad cruisers, and they are fully loaded with supplies before going to sea, including a lot of fresh water, and the battleships are also equipped with a chakra desalination system, so there is no problem with water supply.

As for the food......

With another wind and waves, a fat salmon was thrown onto the boat.

Either from that point of view, the fleet is free of the possibility of food shortages.

"Go! Sashimi! Right now! ”

Uchiha Rumbu picked up the salmon on the deck and handed it to the passing naval ninja.

"Okay~"

The lucky Navy ninja immediately happily took the salmon and ran towards the kitchen with a puff of smoke.

"What the hell is this place......

Only when there is no one around, will the Uchiha Rumbu show the tiredness that has been well concealed.

Looking up at the sky obscured by dark clouds, I couldn't see the stars at all.

But Uchiha Rumbu's mood is getting worse and worse!

Because he accidentally saw the stars in the sky once when the dark clouds were blown away—completely different from what he had seen in the ninja world!

But he couldn't confirm that he wasn't dazzled, as it had been cloudy and raining since the last time he saw the starry sky.

But one thing is certain......

"There is still no natural energy at all!"

Uchiha Rumbu's teeth creaked.

As an Uchiha Shinobi, he also received the immortal seeds given by the lord, although he failed to refine the immortal chakra, but he can better perceive the existence of the omnipresent natural energy in the void!

But since he was caught in a hurricane and caused him to get lost, during a spiritual practice, he suddenly found that he could no longer feel the natural energy!

Moreover, judging from the situation of the immortal magic seed in his body, it was not that his perception was out of order, but that there was no natural energy in the outside world at all!

How can there be a place in the ninja world where there is no natural energy! It's just a matter of being rich or thin!

Uchiha Rumbu felt a terrible headache.

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Cheeky begging for a ticket...... Ask for a monthly pass~

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