Konoha's journey to find eternal life

The employer of the team arrived late, one old and one young, plus a carriage carrying goods, both of them were dressed in standard traveling business outfits.

When the old man Keijiro first met Ryoichi and the others, he was obviously dissatisfied.

But when he learned that Asiya, who led the team, was a Konoha Elite Jōnin, his attitude changed 180 degrees again.

The reward he gave was only enough to hire Chunin guards, but he never expected that there would be elite Jonin who would accept his commission.

The child next to Keijiro is his granddaughter Feng Reiko disguised as a man.

If it wasn't for his introduction, Ryoichi wouldn't have recognized her as a girl, but thought she was a handsome boy.

In the 52nd year of Konoha, the Kingdom of Fire was relatively peaceful, but the surrounding small countries have not been peaceful.

The destination of Keijiro and Feng Lingzi's trip is the country of tea, a neighboring country of the country of fire.

Ryoichi searched desperately for information about the country of tea in his memory.

The country of tea belongs to the peninsula country, rich in fishery, and does not have its own ninja village. Every 4 years, the ceremony of Saite Lugi Shrine will be held.

The country of tea is also like its name, in addition to rich fishery, it is also rich in tea.

Since there is no ninja village in the country of tea, there are often wandering ninjas in this small country, or rebellious ninjas living in seclusion.

In addition to the wandering ninjas, there are also many thieves who spy on the wealthy traveling merchants in the country of tea.

Because of this, the level of Ryoichi and the others' sending missions this time will be B-level missions.

"set off!"

After getting to know each other and exchanging basic information, Asiya walked to the front of the carriage, stretched out two fingers, and pointed towards the outside of the village gracefully.

Shenyue Izumo immediately came up to communicate with Asiya, while Goko Tetsu carefully checked the items on the carriage.

Both of them are still a little immature at this time, and they are obviously less energetic than when they appeared in the Naruto plot.

"Senior Asiya, I'm really sorry, the higher-ups have explained that they must strictly investigate the past traveling merchants, so..."

Kamizuki Izumo explained to Asya in embarrassment.

Kinoshita Ryoichi still doesn't know that Konoha's strict investigation of the traveling merchant all stems from the lie he told Mitsuko and Keiko that day.

The instigator who didn't know the truth secretly despised the gatekeepers Shenyue Izumo and Gang Zitie as watchdogs.

"Ryoichi...you must listen to the teacher's instructions outside..."

After the investigation, when the team slowly set off, Ryoichi's familiar call came from the village.

Without looking back, Ryoichi also knew that Mitsuko and Keiko couldn't resist coming.

"understood!"

Ryoichi didn't look back, trotting behind Asiya, raised a small hand and waved behind him.

"Ryoichi-kun, are they your parents?"

On the carriage, Feng Lingzi asked Ryoichi who was running behind the carriage with a curious face.

Perhaps it was because the two were about the same age, after introducing each other, Feng Lingzi would ask Ryoichi from time to time.

"Ah."

Ryoichi replied with some headache.

When he was in the ninja school, Yano Nami scared him, and now there is another one hundred thousand why.

It's just too uncomfortable!

"They must love you very much and care about you, right?"

Fulingzi rested her chin on her hands, prostrated herself on the deck of the carriage, stared at Ryoichi longingly and asked again.

"Ah."

Ryoichi responded softly again.

Ryoichi felt deeply uncomfortable about the waste of physical training in the laboratory all these years.

Asiya, who was leading the way, left the team from time to time to investigate the situation ahead.

Uchiha Temple Kin and Senju Shiori who were running on both sides of the carriage were as relaxed and happy as walking.

Only Ryoichi felt a little out of breath after running for a while.

"I'm so envious of Ryoichi-kun, Feng Lingzi hasn't seen her parents for a long time..."

Feng Lingzi pouted, her little face was full of envy and sorrow.

"Where are your parents?"

Senju Shiori was on the other side of the carriage, and couldn't help but ask.

"Mom and Dad went to the Land of Wind to do business the year before last and haven't come back yet. Grandpa said they established a sales base for our village there, and they can't come back now..."

Senju Shiori fell silent after hearing the words, and stopped talking.

How could a traveling merchant leave his family and go to another village to establish a stronghold? That's just the hope placed on Feng Lingzi.

Ryoichi heard Fulingko's slightly expectant answer.

He raised his head and glanced at Keijiro who was driving the carriage, the corners of his eyes were clearly shining.

"When the sales base is up and running, you won't have to run around so busy, and you can stay together quietly as a family!"

Ryoichi weaved a bit of language, followed Keijiro's lie, and once again painted another layer of hope in good faith.

When Keijiro heard this, he turned his head and looked at Kinoshita Ryoichi who was running beside the carriage.

After throwing a grateful smile, he turned around and concentrated on driving the carriage.

A traveling merchant, as the name suggests, is a merchant who is always on the go.

They may have a fixed residence, but most of their time is spent on never-ending journeys.

Usually they bring all their wealth and life with them, including Qian Er and family members.

It is precisely because of this feature that they will always be noticed by various thieves.

If the trip is profitable, they will hire ninja or samurai escorts.

If there is no profit after a trip, the fate waiting for them will be very rough.

Of course, even if there are ninja or samurai escorts, the ruthless thieves may not dare to do it.

Therefore, the stronger the ninjas hired, the more secure their personal and property safety will be.

"Today we're camping ahead!"

In fact, it was still very early and the sun was still high in the sky.

But when Asiya turned over and returned to the team, he directly gave the camping order.

Keijiro stopped the carriage, he did not question Asiya's order.

After the handover, the ninja decides the team speed and itinerary, which is a rule known to traveling merchants.

Keijiro found a hillside depression where he could avoid the strong wind, took the tent from the carriage and started to build it.

After stopping to run, Ryoichi sat down on the ground, panting heavily.

Looking at Uchiha Temple Kin and Senju Shiori, he saw that the performance of the two of them was the same as his own, so Ryoichi had a lot of psychological balance.

Good guy, the expressionless look you two had before was all just pretending!

I have been running since I set off, at least forty or fifty kilometers.

In the body of the grandfather from the previous life, Liang died early in the morning foaming at the mouth.

After his physique has been improved, even though his seven-year-old body has not undergone much exercise, his physical strength and endurance are still much stronger than ordinary people!

"Ryoichi-kun, please eat this."

Feng Lingzi jumped out of the carriage, held a box of candy and handed it to Liangyi coquettishly, blushing a little shyly.

"Ryoichi, thank you soon."

When Ryoichi didn't know how to refuse, he saw Uchiha Terakin approaching him, picked up the candy box in Fulingko's hand without saying a word, and put it in Ryoichi's arms.

Uchiha Temple Kin you precocious guy.

Looking at the weird smile on Uchiha Terakin's face, Ryoichi knew that this guy was thinking about something unhealthy.

"Thank you Feng Lingzi, as a gift in return, please eat this!"

When ninjas are outside, most of the time they eat unpalatable military rations, usually compressed biscuits.

What Ryoichi gave to Feng Lingzi was the rice ball that Keiko made by himself before leaving.

There is only one box, which is only enough for one meal.

After giving Feng Lingzi, Ryoichi can only eat military ration biscuits for the rest of the trip.