Konoha's Way of Death

An "old man" about 45 or [-] years old, carrying an iron pot on his back and often squinting his eyes, came out, smiled at Hatake Sakumo and said, "Yes, Sakumo-sama, I will be careful."

At this age, there is no problem in calling him "Old Man" in the ninja world.

Although the average life span of ninjas has increased after the establishment of major ninja villages, it is still a world where life is at a loss. Being able to live to 50 years old is already an advanced age.

If you look carefully, you can see scars on his eyelids.

On the surface, Hatake Sakumo asked Sarutobi Shinnosuke, a jounin, to be the team leader, but everyone knew what Hatake Sakumo said next, and it was the old man Maruhoshi Kosuke who relied on him.

Everyone knows this, including Sarutobi Shinnosuke.

As the son of the Sandaime Hokage, he naturally knows the true face of this elderly "genin".

Shinnosuke waved his hand, and Wakato, Kakashi and Maruhoshi Kosuke immediately jumped into the woods with him.

As a reconnaissance team, they not only need to detect whether there is an ambush on the road, but also check whether there is anyone snooping or ambushing around.

If you encounter a crisis, you need to send a signal as soon as possible to let the large forces behind know.

In this way, even if someone blocks you, you can take precautions immediately to reduce damage.

Wakato followed Shinnosuke and was speechless all the way, but his eyes would glance at the old man Kosuke Maruhoshi from time to time.

It is said that he had noticed this old man when he was still in Konoha Village, and he seemed to look familiar.

In addition, he was carrying an iron pot with him, and kitchen utensils seemed to be vaguely visible between him and the iron pot.

But he didn't pay too much attention.

After all, the ninja world is so big that there are all kinds of ninjas. Most ninjas are very popular, but there are always some who are unique, so he doesn't care too much.

But when Hatake Sakumo called out the old man's name, the memory hidden in the fog suddenly became clear.

Maruboshi Kosuke, a legendary name.

Konoha genin, as famous as Matt Dai.

Even so, the two are quite different.

No one knew Matt Dai's true strength before he fought against the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure Village in the Land of Water.

Except for people like Hatake Sakumo who could vaguely look at him, even the Sandaime Hokage only regarded him as a diligent genin and respected him but did not value him.

Countless Konoha ninjas even used "Ten Thousand Years Genin" as a nickname to mock him.

But Kosuke Maruhoshi is different.

He has gone through the second and third generations. If history does not change, he will even go through the fourth, fifth or even sixth generations.

As early as the Second Generation Hokage period, he already had the strength of a Jonin at a young age.

But just because he was too young, for fame and fortune, he was eager for quick success and quick success, which led to the death of his companions.

This devastated him so much that he knelt in front of his companion's grave and swore to the Second Hokage that he would remain a genin for the rest of his life and would never be promoted.

During World War II, he stabbed Hiruzen Sarutobi in order to save the life of the Third Hokage, causing an eye injury.

Later, the Sandaime Hokage wanted to promote him, but he also rejected it.

"I have committed too many sins in my life. Because of my eagerness for quick success and quick success, I let my companions die, which makes me feel guilty forever. As a jounin, I will lead the team, and I can no longer do it."

Therefore, although he is also known as the "Ten Thousand Years Genin", even ninjas who don't know the truth will laugh at his age, but the senior officials and high-end combatants who really know the truth will never underestimate him.

Ruoren was a little lost as he recalled the information related to the old man.

If one's eyes stay on the old man for too long, it will be difficult for the old man not to notice.

So Kosuke suddenly asked: "Are you Edogawa Wakato? I saw you staring at me for a long time. Is there something wrong?"

Gu Jie's voice brought Ruoren back to his senses. He smiled apologetically and said, "Ah, I'm sorry, old man. I just heard people talk about your deeds, so I was a little distracted."

The old man didn't care at all, and warned with a smile: "It's mission time now, it's better to focus on it."

Ruoren nodded and said, "I understand, please, sir."

At this moment they were about three kilometers ahead of the main force.

Along the way, they walked quickly through the forest, and then the thick branches of the tall trees jumped up and down as fast as monkeys. ,

Occasionally, if I find something is wrong, I quickly go to check it out with vigilance.

Or check whether the road section is safe.

Just when they thought the road would be safe, a strange spot on the road caught their attention.

"stop!"

Shinnosuke waved his hand, and the four people stopped immediately. They gathered their horns around the trees to protect each other, and at the same time looked around cautiously.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke glanced at Kakashi, and Kakashi immediately understood.Jump down from the tree and approach the road.

Wakato drew out a few shurikens and was ready to cover Kakashi's retreat.

After getting close, Kakashi did not approach directly, but took out three kunai and shot them.

The kunai was inserted in a strange place in the shape of "pin". Seeing no response, he nodded to the three of them.

Shinnosuke, Wakato, and Kosuke also leaned over.

Kakashi pulled out Haruyuki and gently peeled away some damp soil on the ground.

The strange thing is here. The weather has been sunny and rainless these days, and there are no traces of animal activity around. It shouldn't be wet here.

"Be careful, it feels like you are deliberately exposing yourself to attract attention."

Ruoren reached back with his other hand and pinched the handle of Qiu Shui's knife, ready to pull it out at any time.

Kakashi cleared away the dirt bit by bit, while retracting the kunai. Finally, a round sphere was exposed to everyone.

After the dirt was cleared, the sphere suddenly jumped up and was exposed in the air.

Under everyone's gaze, the sphere spun around, and the original bottom was suddenly exposed at the top.

Under the sunlight, the whole sphere burst out with extremely dazzling light.

The four people quickly turned around and stood back to back to alert the surroundings. At the same time, they drew their swords and kunai, ready to fight at any time.

The intense light caused the four people to temporarily lose their vision, and they could only rely on their own intuition.

"Be careful, someone wants to cause trouble."

As the captain, Shinnosuke did not panic. He raised his arm to cover the front of his eyes to prevent someone from taking his head so he could resist faster.

At the same time, he took out a firework with his other hand, bit off the rope tail with his teeth, and suddenly a firework jumped into the air and exploded.

Gu Jie held the sword in both hands, and the blade was gently waving in the air like a willow branch swaying in the wind.

At a certain moment, if a person feels that the entire right arm is cold, cold hairs stand up instantly.

"right!"

He shouted, and Kakashi on his right had already formed a seal, opening his mouth and spitting out a huge fireball.

There was a crash, followed by a raging wind. It was obvious that the collision between the high fire ball and some kind of ninjutsu caused a shock wave.

At this moment, Ruoren felt a tilt to his left, and Gu Jie, who was leaning next to him, separated from him. The sound of gold and iron clashing could be heard continuously, and it was obvious that he had already joined hands.

Only Shinnosuke was leaning behind him at this moment, and he disappeared the next moment.

If a person only feels that he is in darkness, surrounded by undetectable beasts, ready to tear him apart at any time.

He gritted his teeth and shouted: "Old man, Shinnosuke, Kakashi, don't get too close to me until your vision recovers!"

After saying that, he breathed out gently and gave his body to his body.

The "critical" state is fully activated and he no longer controls his body.

His body will be under its own control, and as long as it senses high danger, it will automatically respond immediately.

At this moment, he suddenly encountered a situation that he had been worried about.

He was once worried that when encountering an enemy, his body would react unconsciously in order to survive, but would expose his companions behind him to danger.

At this moment, he had given control over his body, and the only thing he could do was to remind his companions.

The next moment, if the person suddenly formed a seal quickly, his body would turn like a spiral, and countless waves of air would come out of his mouth.

"Wind Release·Vacuum Jade!"

The air waves rotated with his body like bullets, forcing back the crisis that his body sensed.

Then he changed his posture and sprayed a huge amount of water waves in a certain direction.

"Water Release·Exploding Water Wave!"

The huge amount of water rushes forward with strong pressure and spiral force, forcing everything in front of it to retreat.

At this time, his vision began to recover, but he still couldn't see clearly like a fog.

He felt that there was danger hanging over him, but he didn't come close, as if he was looking for a weakness.

So he used the last technique.

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

The water sprayed out by the explosive water was gathered together and surrounded him like a waterspout.

What has been accumulated over countless hours is the application of this technique as skillfully as the second-generation Hokage.

The water flow slowly dissipated, and the last thing he saw were a few fleeing figures, wrapped in thick windbreakers. At a certain moment, someone turned around, revealing a mask full of patterns.