Konoha's Embrace of Shadows

Because the distance was very close, as the two of them moved forward rapidly, they arrived at the village where the mission was issued in half a day. .

As soon as they arrived at the village, Kushina and Genji were warmly received by the village chief.

An old man with an old face and white hair, supported by a middle-aged man, quickly came up to him and said politely:

"You two adults must have accepted the mission issued by our village! I am the village chief here, Yoshioka Kazuma. I welcome you two."

"Hello, Chief Kazuma, I am Uzumaki Kushina, Jounin of Konoha, and this is my disciple Genji Kamiya! It is the ninja who came here under the commission of your village."

Kushina replied in a neither humble nor condescending manner.

As the mayor of the same village, Kushina had never been so polite to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

In Konoha, that's Kushina's home, no matter how much you mess around, it doesn't matter.

But outside, Kushina is Konoha's ninja, and her behavior represents Konoha's majesty and etiquette.

"Please come in!"

While leading Kushina and Genji, Kazuma said: "It's not too early. We have prepared a room for the two of you. The village is simple, so I will ask the ninja to make do with it for one night."

"It's really troublesome. If possible, we would like to get some information about that beast now!"

Kushina followed behind and looked around. This was a very poor small village with a small population. If a powerful beast really appeared, it would be impossible to resist.

"Okay, there happened to be a young hunter in the village who escaped from the wild beasts. I will send someone to call him over now."

Hearing what Kushina said, Kazuma's face lit up and he hurriedly glanced at the person supporting him.

The man immediately turned around and trotted away into the distance.

Kazuma took Kushina and Genji to a small house, chatting and waiting.

After a while, a young and strong young man, about twenty years old, came to the house.

"This is Keito Yoshioka, my grandson." After Kazuma briefly introduced him, he said to Keito, "Keito, tell these two ninja masters the information about the beast."

"it is good!"

Qiren nodded and described the information about the beast.

"You mean, it looks like a huge wild boar, but it's wrapped in solid rocks?"

After listening to Keito's words, Kushina was silent for a while and then asked.

"Yes, its fangs are very long and sharp. It stabbed my companion to death in one go. It can even breathe fire."

There was a trace of fear on Qi Ren's face, and he said happily: "I happened to be in a pool at the time, and that's how I escaped the beast."

Hearing this, a trace of surprise flashed across Genji's calm face, and he couldn't help but look at Kushina.

According to this description, this is no ordinary beast.

At this time, Kushina's face didn't look very good. She glanced at the embarrassed Kazuma and said coldly: "Old man, this is different from what you described in the mission!"

After saying that, the aura of the Jonin suddenly rose and he pressed hard on Kazuma.

How could Kazuma and Keito, who were just ordinary people, be affected by this momentum? They were sweating and trembling all over.

"I'm sorry, Kushina-sama, our village really doesn't have that much money to issue a B-level mission, so we chose to hide it."

Kazuma suppressed the fear in his heart and said tremblingly: "Five young and strong hunters have died in the village. If this continues, our entire village will perish!"

Seeing Kushina who didn't answer, Kazuma turned pale, gritted his teeth, and was about to kneel down.

But at this moment, Kushina regained her momentum and waved her hand: "We will talk about what you are hiding later."

Kushina was now more concerned about the intelligence of the beast than the level of the mission. She took out a blank scroll and quickly drew on it.

Genji looked at Kushina's behavior strangely, took a look at it, and immediately said with disgust: "Kushina-sensei, you really have no talent for painting!"

"Don't be noisy!"

Kushina ignored Genji's complaints and concentrated on drawing without looking away.

Genji's face hardened, and he stopped disturbing Kushina. If Kushina could take it so seriously, it seemed that this mission was not so easy to complete.

A few minutes later, Kushina finished drawing the strange creature on the scroll and let the young man look at it and said, "Is this what it looks like?"

Keiren looked at it for a long time, then pretended to be impressed and said, "Yes! You are indeed a ninja-sama, the painting is exactly the same as the real one!"

"shameless"

Genji looked at the young man who opened his eyes and told lies, and couldn't help but murmured in a low voice.

Kushina's face also turned red: "Don't be perfunctory, this is very important!"

Hearing what Kushina said, Keito said awkwardly: "Although there are some differences, they are indeed similar!"

When Kushina heard this, her expression suddenly changed a lot.

Kazuma, who was always observing Kushina's face, saw Kushina's appearance and said immediately: "Master Ninja, do you already know what this beast is?"

Kushina nodded, and then said: "Village Chief, if possible, could you please go out first? My disciples and I will discuss it."

"Okay, I'll bother you then!"

Kazuma nodded and led Keito out of the house.

After the two left, Kushina said to Genji: "This time we are in trouble!"

"How big of a problem is that?"

Genji had already been prepared from Kushina's ugly expression.

"This is called Red Rock Pig, a psychic beast belonging to a small family in the Rock Ninja Village of Earth Country."

"Psychic beast? Earth Kingdom?"

When Genji heard this, his expression suddenly became serious. This place was not far from Konoha Village, and the psychic beast from Iwa Ninja Village actually appeared. This matter was much more serious.

The presence of the unique psychic beast of Iwa Ninja Village here means that a team of Iwa Ninja is nearby.

Ninjas all operate in teams and rarely act alone.

But if a person comes alone, it will be even more troublesome, which means that this person is extremely powerful!

"Judging from Keito's description of the size of this red rock pig, it should be at the chunin level, so its owner's strength is almost that of a chunin."

Kushina had rejected the possibility that the Iwa-nin was a person.

The strength of most psychic beasts is linked to the strength of the ninja itself. For example, when a genin like Naruto can summon the Toad Boss, it is simply cheating!

"Asshole, what do those ninjas at the border do for a living? A group of Iwa ninjas were able to reach the heart of the Fire Country quietly."

Kushina couldn't help but slap the table and yelled.