The Six Paths of Konoha

Hong showed the mission card to the guard and left the village with Chiba.

On the way, Hong kept telling Qianye some precautions.

Since it was his first mission, Chiba studied extremely seriously.

According to Hong, Yoshida Village is not far from Konoha and can be reached in an hour at most. After completing the task, you can still rush back for dinner in the evening.

The two people jumped between the tree trunks and quickly approached their destination.

I don't know why, Qianye always has an uneasy feeling in her heart.

"I shouldn't encounter any ninjas on a C-level mission. Maybe it's my first mission and I'm too nervous." Chiba thought.

No matter what happens, he can still activate the reincarnation chakra mode, and ordinary elite jounin will certainly not be able to do anything to him.

Of course, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, Chiba must be vigilant at all times.

Soon, the two came to the forest not far from Yoshida Village.

Hong suddenly stopped on a tree, looking at a mark on the trunk with a thoughtful expression.

"This is the secret code used by Konoha ninjas to communicate with each other. It is usually used by ANBU, which means there is danger in the forest." Kurenai said to Chiba.

Chiba also came over to check the signal and found that the signal should have been engraved a day ago.

"What is the specific danger level?" Chiba asked.

"This signal means there is danger, but the danger is inexplicable and the level is inexplicable. That's probably what it means."

"It seems that we are not the only ones, there are other ninjas in Konoha Village who are searching here." Kurenai guessed.

In her opinion, this signal should have little to do with Yoshida Village where they were going to perform the mission. The other team of ninjas should be searching for something in the forest outside Yoshida Village.

"Let's go, let's get out of here as soon as possible." Hong said.

This forest seemed to be filled with a cold atmosphere, which made Hong feel very uncomfortable.

She and Chiba sped up and finally left the forest and arrived at Yoshida Village.

Yoshida Village is a village with a population of several thousand. There are hotels in the village, and there are often some caravans using the village.

The Konoha ninjas were received at the village office building. Chiba and Kurenai crossed a street where someone was selling something.

"Hey kid, do you want to buy a 'Thor' suit? It's very cheap." A vendor stopped Chiba.

The so-called Thor suit is a black thunder mask and a black robe.

The black robe has a good design, with dense patterns and ancient writings on it. It looks comparable to the robes of the "Akatsuki" organization.

"Let's go, that's all a lie." Hong saw that Qianye wanted to buy something and was about to pull him away.

"How much?" Chiba asked.

"Three thousand taels, not expensive." The boss showed his big gold teeth and said with a smile.

Chiba ignored Hong and bought it.

"The black clothes will be suitable for sneaking when the time comes, and will be useful when looking for that beast." Qianye explained.

In fact, he just thinks it's cool. If he encounters a strong enemy, he can put on this robe and activate the Tsengangan chakra mode, not to mention how cool it is.

"Let's go." Hong was speechless and pulled Chiba to the Yoshida Village office.

The head of Yoshida Village is an old man with gray hair and wrinkles on his face.

There is a long scar on the old man's face, which is extremely conspicuous. The scar trembles when he talks.

After confirming the identities of Qianye and Hong, the old man said with some excitement: "Two adults, five children have been lost in the village in the past three days. They were all lost unknowingly at night. The father of one of the children It seemed that he had discovered the beast and just called out, but..."

The old man looked sad and angry, and said: "As a result, the beast bit off his neck..."

"Are there any other clues?" Hong asked.

Yoshida Village is surrounded by dense jungles. It is normal for giant beasts to appear, but the fact that they kidnapped children shows that this beast has certain intelligence.

In the ninja world, strange beasts with certain intelligence are very common. They can even refine chakra, and can sign contracts with ninjas to become psychic beasts.

The village chief shook his head.

"Take us to the scene to have a look." Hong requested.

So, the village chief took Chiba and Hong to the homes of several farmers who had lost their children.

Because several farmers had lost their children, when they saw the Konoha ninjas arriving, they all knelt down in front of Chiba and Kurenai, begging them to find a solution.

"Don't worry, everyone, we will definitely find out the truth." Hong promised.

As the investigation deepened, Hong's face gradually became serious.

She checked around each house, but found no trace.

This beast seems to be very intelligent and can hide itself perfectly.

"Sir, the village guard said they heard an explosion in the forest and found a cave. They have gone in to investigate."

Just when Chiba and Hong had no clue, the village chief suddenly ran over and said.

The ninja's intuition told Hong that the two incidents were related, so she took Chiba and immediately rushed towards the location of the incident.

This is a dense forest. Normally, except for ninjas, civilians would not come to this kind of place.

Arriving at the site of the incident, several villagers were gathered in front of a deep pit and began to clear the landslide caused by the explosion.

Chiba and Hong stopped, and Hong said: "There are barrier seals around here, and the explosion was also caused by the detonating talisman."

"That means the ninjas built a base here?" Chiba asked.

"It should be that this is an era of war, and this base should have been established by other ninja villages." Hong replied.

As the villagers dug deeper, the rocks and soil at the entrance of the cave were barely cleared away, revealing a small cave.

Inside the small cave, there was an extremely cold atmosphere coming from inside.

"The owner of this base left in a hurry. He seemed to know that the base would be exposed sooner or later, so he blew up important items." Hong analyzed.

"Since it was just blown up, should we pursue the owner of the base or explore this base?" Chiba asked.

Hong glanced at Qianye and didn't pay attention for a moment.

If it is a pursuit, then this mission goes beyond the scope of ordinary missions, and you will encounter powerful ninjas.

If he doesn't pursue him, then ninjas from other countries may have stolen Konoha's information, which may cause heavy losses to Konoha.

Both Hong and Qianye understand this.

At this moment, a shrill scream came from the cave in the deep pit, followed by footsteps approaching quickly.

Several villagers in the pit were frightened and crawled behind Qianye and Hong.

I saw a small figure, probably a child, with an extremely ferocious face and a whole body filled with the smell of decay, running out.

"This is the child of the Jingguchi family!" Some villagers recognized him.

Ah!

The child screamed miserably, and his rotten body began to surge. Almost instantly, countless white snakes emerged from his body.

The white snake's eyes are all red, and when it sees everyone, it starts attacking directly.

shhhhhh!

Qianye and Hongdui threw several kunai, directly nailing all the white snakes to the ground.

The child in front of him seemed to have had all his internal organs eaten by the white snake, leaving only an empty skin with green amniotic fluid lying on the ground.

Although he did not encounter any danger, Chiba's heart was in his throat and his heartbeat was speeding up rapidly.

When things developed to this point, he finally understood who was behind the scenes.

One of the three ninjas, Orochimaru!

call out!

Not far away, a sharp sound rose into the sky, and then fireworks exploded.

It's a flare!

"That's the ANBU's help bullet. They seem to be in danger!" Hong's face changed instantly.

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