"Chen Majun, the downstream perception work will be handed over to you."

In the Land of Rain, in the rainforest where you can't see the light of day all day, a team of ninjas surrounds a section of the river, which is to supply and scout the surrounding environment.

Some dog-fearing dogs keep barking in their eyes, but they are quiet, and even when their paws fall, they are careful, and the meat pads next to their paws ensure that they will not make a sound when they step on wet leaves.

These ninja dogs are constantly sniffing the smell around them, and even a humanized frowning and contemplative look can be seen on the dog's face, as if they are distinguishing the type and source of the smell.

Beside each ninja dog, there is a ninja of the Inuzuka clan, who is lying next to the ninja dog, doing the same action as the ninja dog, the ninja is like a dog, and the dog is like a ninja, which can be seen in this clan.

On the side, there are also some ninjas wearing long raincoats and hoods with extremely low drawdowns, and in the gray rainforest, all wearing sunglasses, are constantly emitting special insects from their bodies.

Next to a pair of silver-haired and blonde teenagers, an oil-girl ninja wrapped up tightly was talking to the silver-haired Tatsuma Sakamoto in a low voice.

Tatsuma nodded, and then came to the river, forming a seal with both hands, and then changing the mudra with his right hand, the thumb and tail finger touching, and the other three fingers relaxed.

This is also a special mudra, and it is systematic, called the handprint system of the seal, which emphasizes that each finger has a chakra element, which is more and more similar to Tatsuma's previous life.

The thumb represents fire and the tail finger represents water, but the mudra is called the water mudra, which means that water and fire are both good, symbolizing communication and openness.

It was so clean that even the ninja dog's right hand, which was a little distrustful of the lack of taste, was plunged into the river by Tatsuma, and his chakra attached to the water as the water passed between his fingers.

The perception speed of this perception technique is not fast, or the perception speed depends on the water flow, of course, the water flow is not too fast, one is that it may splash and break the stream, and the other is that the chakra may not be able to adhere tightly and implicate each other.

Fortunately, it's September, and the rainforest flood season is late, but it's not completely over, so the rivers here are much faster than usual.

The oil girl ninja also knew that Tatsuma's perception efficiency was not fast, but it was better to be safe, and if there were also sentient ninjas among the enemies, then whether it was a ninja dog, an insect, or even the perception of the ground or air, it was possible to be detected.

But there are hardly any ninjas who care about whether or not chakras are attached to the constant flow of water, because it is too difficult to find, and few people have summed up this method.

As a latent support team, Tatsuma has no shortage of time, so they need this safest way to sense the situation at a distance, and they need to make sure that they don't find themselves.

After nearly half an hour, Tatsuma withdrew his hand from the river and said, "Five kilometers downstream, there is a ninja chakra remaining, it should be walking on water, and the direction is further downstream. ”

The oil girl ninja nodded and said, "It's still the same cautious, these ninjas of the Rain Country, even in their own territory, will be so cautious to cover their whereabouts..."

As he spoke, he shook his head and said, "But since the direction is further downstream, then our whereabouts in the short term should not be discovered, let's rest here first, and I'll contact the other teams." ”

The frequency of patrols in this kind of rainforest cannot be too high, let alone a small country like the Land of Rain, even if it is the five major countries, there are not so many ninjas who use them for daily border patrols.

Especially recently, because Konoha and Sand Hidden Village have expanded the battlefield to the Land of Rain, the center of gravity of the ninjas in the Land of Rain is definitely biased towards the battlefield side, followed by the center of gravity area, and the frequency and intensity of marking against these uninhabited rainforests will definitely decrease.

Once a week or two patrols, it is estimated that it is already the limit, so in the short term, they will have no problem camping here.

Tatsuma stepped aside, constantly rubbing his right hand, which was a little itchy, these river waters, not so pure, and during the flood season, maybe some things that had been silted in the rainforest for an unknown amount of time were washed into the river.

Therefore, it is necessary to clean it in time, after rubbing his right hand with the gauze stained with alcohol, Chenma's heart is a lot more settled, at this time, the water gate is collected and filtered on behalf of the labor, and the water with effervescent disinfectant tablets is packed in the kettle and handed to Chenma.

"Thank you."

With a small sip, Tatsuma put the kettle back in his backpack, and Mizuto shook his head and said, "It's just a good deal." ”

"Do you want to learn that way of perceiving just now?"

Tatsuma whispered to the water gate, in fact, in a large group of perceptual ninjas, it was useless for Tatsuma to whisper, but after this attitude was expressed, the surrounding Inuzuka and oil girl ninjas tacitly stayed away.

Shuimen showed an embarrassed expression and said, "Not very good? I heard that it was Tsunade-sensei who gave it to you, or the research results of the second generation Hokage-sama. ”

"I've asked before parting, the teacher has no opinion, and I can't stand soaking in the river every day, you can help me share it when you learn it."

Chenma directly hooked up on Mizumon's shoulder, Mizumon thought about it, nodded too, and then said: "Then if I have any ninjutsu in the future, I will share it with you." ”

Shuimen felt that he had lost a lot of money Chenma, especially when he was communicating with him in the past few days, after learning the causes and consequences of his learning the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, he bluntly said that without Chenma, he would not have learned this ninjutsu so early.

And the clever Mizumon, after a few words of Jiraiya, understood the risk of Tatsuma's opinion on Sarutobi in the Hokage's office at that time.

If Sarufei Ri Slash was dissatisfied with this matter at that time, then Tatsuma's behavior was to invite credit for himself, that is, fortunately, Sarufei Ri Slash was optimistic about the future of the two and was willing to teach them personally.

Otherwise, they will get a ninjutsu scroll at most, and as the person who makes the request, Tatsuma may also reap the evil feeling of ape flying and slashing, and the risk is borne by Tatsuma, but Mizumon accepts the benefit unknowingly.

And Shuimen also remembered that he was on the battlefield before, and Chenma also took care of him, and even suffered many injuries for this, and the more he thought about it, the more he owed Shuimen, at this time, seeing that Chenma was still so generous, he couldn't get paid, so he could only overdraft his future.

Hearing Mizumon's promise, Tatsuma just waved his hand, after all, in a short period of time, Mizumon couldn't get what he needed, after all, the most important talent for ninja throwing, time and space, perception and ninjutsu development, Tatsuma had already been taken down from Mizumon.

Even the spiral pill that Watergate will develop in the future, Chen Ma has quietly come out, but he has never had the opportunity, and it is reasonable to expose this technique, which can only be used as a hole card.

Shuimen feels indebted, and Chenma is not like this, but Chenma absolutely owes Shuimen the purity and sincerity of the friendship between them, and now he wants to make up for more.

Tatsuma didn't bring out the notes from the door, but he had an excellent memory and memorized the contents of the scroll, so it was not difficult to write directly to Mizuto.

For the next period of time, Chenma was not only responsible for water perception, but he was also teaching water gate perception, but unfortunately, but what Chen Ma expected was that Water Gate had a poor learning talent for water perception.

It's not just water perception.,Ground perception is also stumbling.,And Chenma, who can be initially used after reading the notes, is no longer on the same level at all.,After all... Water Gate does not have the properties of water and earth.

However, the blow to the water gate was not enough, when he heard that there was still a skill to sense the air, he just wanted to learn, but the progress of learning... It's really hard to put into words.

The air in the Land of Rain is too humid and heavy, and when the chakra is placed in the air, it is often blocked by water, which even Tatsuma did not expect, after all, his chakra is not blocked by water.

"Sure enough, my talent is still too bad compared to you Tatsuma."

For more than three months, Mizumon, who had memorized the notes of the door like Tatsuma, summed up the past year on the first Chinese New Year's Eve spent outside.

The perception skills of the five attribute chakra cooperation, because there are no two kinds of chakra of earth and water, there is no way to learn it directly, and the perception skills of the wind attribute chakra coordination are greatly limited in the country of rain, and the water gate does not know how well he is practicing.

As for fire and thunder... Except for the forest fire that needs to save people, Watergate can't think of the scenario where the former is applicable, and as for the latter, unless he is in the Land of Thunder, it is difficult for him to have a chance to capture the opportunity to practice.

Hearing Mizumon's emotion, Tatsuma, who was also reminiscing about his experience in the past year, came back to his senses, and Tatsuma felt that Mizumon's words were full of slots, after all, Mizumon's joke that his talent was not good, second only to Naruto saying that he couldn't preach.

But for the year... In the first quarter, both of them were practicing, in the second quarter, Chenma was indeed much more dazzling on the battlefield than Watergate, and in the third quarter, he was practicing in the village, and Chenma was also leading.

And the last quarter... Watergate is about to be closed by the perception skills that can't be learned.,So Watergate finally came to this conclusion.,Tatsuma can suddenly understand.,But... This is not the truth.

Tatsuma patted Shuimen on the shoulder and said, "The environment of the Land of Rain is not suitable for cultivation, and since we came to the north of the Land of Rain recently, hasn't your perception improved a lot?" ”

Now in the depths of winter, they are gradually approaching the junction of rain and Turkey, and the air humidity has decreased a lot, not only the clothes on their bodies are finally no longer wet all day long, but the perception of Watergate can actually expand a lot.

It's just that in just ten days, in front of the whole year, the proportion is too low, and Watergate didn't notice it.

After hearing Tatsuma's words, Mizuto barely smiled, and he felt that his friend was comforting him.

"It's New Year."

Just when most people were silent, the oil girl ninja who led the team suddenly made a sound, and when they heard him say this, a smile appeared on everyone's faces.

Although in such a ghost place, there is no sense of New Year's atmosphere at all, and the wet stickiness on the body always makes people feel that it is the rainy season, but... It's been another year.

"Let's all make a wish."

The captain also smiled and said to everyone, a ninja of the Inuzuka clan trimmed the hair on his ninja paws, and said, "My wish... Let's hope the war will stop this year. ”

His wish was recognized by many people, but the smile on Tatsuma's face was very reluctant, if his memory and calculation were not wrong, not only would this year not be able to end the war, but it would even evolve into a second ninja war that would affect the entire ninja world.

It's just that... He is too insignificant, even if he knows something, he can't stop this general trend, let alone him, in the current situation, the shadows on either side of the wind and fire want to end the war, they are powerless.

Because this battlefield is no longer the will of the two shadows, but the will of the two countries, it is something that the noble class such as the daimyo and the grassroots such as the commoners want to continue.

There was still some temporary pleasure here, and further north, in a cave, Tsunade put away his hands, sweat on his face, and lay down like gritted teeth, obviously not lightly injured.

Tsunade stuffed a soldier food pill into his mouth, regained his strength, and at the same time looked at the big snake pill guarding outside the cave, and said: "Orochimaru, let's ask for help, Jiraiya's current injury, we have no way to hide our whereabouts well." ”

Hearing this, Orochimaru glanced back at his old teammates in the dim cave, and there was some confusion in his eyes, but after a while, he still shook his head and said:

"Hold on a little longer, with the distance we are now from the support team, they will have to rush at full speed if they want to get there, and then their insidious behavior for the past few months will be meaningless.

Let's go a little further south and let the team pick up, and we can't let the Rain Nation know that we have a large number of ninjas lurking in the Rain Country, and that you are so strong now that we can hold on. ”

Hearing Orochimaru's words, Tsunade raised his hand and touched his forehead, the mark under his forehead that had accumulated for a year to have some appearance was almost invisible at this time.

Her mighty... It can't go on any longer.

Zilai also opened his eyes at this time, took a few breaths and said: "Haha~ Don't be so pessimistic, I'm fine, if I really get caught up..."

He pressed his abdomen, still in pain, he gritted his teeth and said, "After breaking it for you, there is still no problem." The most important thing is to send the information out, and I also support Orochimaru's statement that he will not ask for help. ”

Orochimaru didn't speak, and the face on his face suddenly became ugly, and said, "Shinobu Iwa is approaching, Tsunade, can you bring Jiraiya?" ”

Tsunade tried to clench his fist, then shook his head and said, "You take him for a while, I'm going to take a break." ”

"Okay."

Orochimaru didn't talk nonsense, he directly picked up Jiraiya, and then left the cave and headed south, Tsunade followed behind the two of them, gritting his teeth and making a decision.

When Orochimaru and Jirai didn't find out, Tsunade took out the communicator in the ninja bag and pressed the button for help.

Immediately, she stuffed the communicator, which was constantly flashing with a signal light, back into her shinobi bag.