Konoha Thief

Chapter 18 Disguise
When the mournful refugee appeared, Natsuki noticed it. After all, the refugee was not a ninja, and he couldn't even do basic disguises.

Seeing this scene, Xia Shu didn't show up, but retreated into the wild forest. With the speed of the refugees, it took a long time to arrive here, but his cautious character prevented him from relaxing his due time. vigilance.

The figure was hidden among the lush leaves, Xia Shu leaned against the trunk, and formed a shadow clone, asking him to look for Kuno Heiyu.

As for Aoki Gennosuke and Maruyoshi Kosuke, although the two are above the positions of other divisions, they must have noticed the scene of undisguised refugees pouring in. Even if they did not come to join him at this moment, they still Already ready.

Within a few minutes, the sound of footsteps reached Xia Shu's ears, and it was the shadow avatar who arrived with Kuno Heiyu.

The shadow clone is automatically released, and the memory returns to the original body. This feeling is quite wonderful, and the shadow clone training can't help but float in his mind. This is undoubtedly a good way to shorten the training time and increase the training speed, but it is a pity that he has not had time to apply it , and the incident in front of me happened.

That's right, Xia Shu didn't think the appearance of these refugees was simple, it wasn't an intuition, he never believed in that kind of illusory things, but in recent days, Aoki Gennosuke's inadvertent solemnity and special perception Yoshihiko Shirai of the secret technique was transferred from the Hirano team, and a trace of suspicion arose from this.

In addition, these refugees appear in groups, which is also suspicious.

Although the war between Konoha and Sand Hidden initially broke out in the territory of the Kingdom of Kawa, and then was pushed all the way into the Kingdom of Wind by Konoha, in fact, most of the affected places of the Kingdom of Kawa are near the west, but this place is the extreme point of the Kingdom of Kawa. On the eastern border, sporadic refugees might be considered normal, but it seems quite unreal to see such a mess at this moment.

"Natsuki? What happened?"

Kuno Kuroyu climbed up the tree, eyes shining on his immature face, he didn't know whether it was nervous or excited, in short, he had already grabbed a kunai from the ninja bag when he asked, as if he was ready to enter the battle at any time attitude.

"Don't worry, look over there."

Natsuki raised his eyebrows and glanced at Kunai in Kuno Kuroyu's hand, and then led the latter's gaze towards the distance.

"Huh? That is?"

Kuno Heiyu was stunned for a moment, then his face collapsed, and he shouted, "What! It's a group of refugees!"

With a disappointed expression on his face, he exhaled and curled his lips, his face full of meaning.

"Just refugees?"

The corner of Xia Shu's mouth curled slightly and glanced at him.

"Huh? Not a refugee?"

Kuno Kuroyu frowned, showing a look of surprise.

"Ha ha!"

Xia Shu pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled and said no more. It would be nonsense to talk to this kind of IQ who seldom goes online.

"Hmph! If you don't say it, don't say it!"

Kuno Kuroyu curled his lips and didn't say much. He frowned and looked at the slowly approaching refugees, muttering something in his mouth, 'what's wrong? ' Such words.

The atmosphere became quiet for a while.

The refugees were getting closer and closer. At this moment, they had already reached the bottom of the gentle slope. Xia Shu's eyes swept quickly. The mournful breath permeated the dirty faces of most of the refugees, and a look of despair was faintly visible.

This discovery made him frown slightly.

According to common sense, if a refugee is fleeing, even if he is in a difficult and dangerous situation, he can drag his family to travel, and he must have a glimmer of hope. However, Xia Shu can't help but see the dawn on these refugees. The general hope, but saw extreme and madness.

Only hopeless desperation can make willfulness breed such an appearance, terrifying and ferocious!

Seeing the refugees bending over and climbing up the gentle slope, Xia Shu grasped the handle of the ninja knife on his back, pondered for a while with downcast eyes, and planned to hide for the time being, waiting for Aoki Gennosuke to show up.

Soon, the refugees climbed up the gentle slope at the front and approached the wild forest.

If it is an enemy, this distance is enough to pose a threat.

As if aware of this, suddenly the sharp weapon pierced through the air, and with a sharp chirping sound, a Kunai stuck in the way of the refugees.

The silent threat made the refugees' footsteps stagnate, and a flustered emotion only floated for a moment, and then froze strangely.

"Ahem! Is it Master Ninja?"

At this time, a hunchbacked figure walked out from the refugee group, with a deep-grooved and distressed face under the gray hair.

The cool wind blowing up from the gentle slope is blocked by the human wall, making this place extraordinarily quiet, even the rustling of leaves is very faint, but the more so, the more dull the atmosphere here.

The reason why it was so heavy and dull was that the person who threw out the suffering did not pay attention to the words of the hunchbacked old farmer. A gentle gust of wind passed by, rolling up fallen leaves and flying in the air, but he did not even appear.

However, this attitude also filled the air with a murderous aura like a knife.

"What's going on? Where's Mr. Aoki? Isn't it good to keep these refugees here?"

Kuno Kuroyu frowned, his face full of melancholy.

"Stop talking, watch more!"

Xia Shu glanced at him and said solemnly.

He moved his gaze slightly to the white-haired middle-aged hunchback who stood up to represent the refugees. He held the handle of the ninja knife, his body tensed, and he was ready to strike.

Even if some people make the best disguise, it is difficult to conceal their essence, such as the police, such as fugitives, such as judges, and in this ninja world, perhaps all ninjas can change their appearance through transformation, but they can hide themselves Temperament, but only a few who specialize in infiltration and espionage. After all, ninjas in this world are not so much assassins as warriors.

So obviously, a hunchbacked middle-aged man who exudes evil spirits after being treated coldly and ignored is not in that category.

It's just that at the same time, Xia Shuye couldn't help but wonder what the intentions of the enemy who couldn't even pretend to be in place.

Just as he lowered his eyes to ponder, Kuno Heiyu suddenly rushed out beside him, the sound of his feet stepping on the branches woke Xia Shu up suddenly, when he looked up again, he saw that Kuno Heiyu had rushed to In front of the refugees who stopped.

"Are you... Master Ninja?"

The hunchbacked middle-aged man looked at the short boy in front of him with some hesitation, as if he was very unfamiliar with ninjas, so that when a ninja of Kuno Kuroyu's age appeared, his face showed doubts and astonishment at the right time.

"Old man, I'm just a ninja, hehe!"

Pulling out the kunai from the ground, Kuno Kuroyu was a little shy when he was called an adult, scratching his head and said.

"Oh, just be patient."

The hunchbacked middle-aged man murmured in disappointment.

(End of this chapter)