On the application of plant zombies in the world of Naruto

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The ninjas built a fire in the clearing in the forest. The Thousand Hands ninja also made a simple tent with branches and leaves for the old and frail (and troublesome) chief priestess.

Kyojuro was amazed and asked if such a nest could be built on a branch.

Senju was quite proud. "Of course, this is Senju's signature skill. If you want to learn it, I can teach you a few moves. Of course, the basic inspiration must come from birds' nests. Uchiha has a lot of ninja birds. You can observe carefully and try to replicate it. It's fun."

The witch was sleeping soundly in the tent, and occasionally her snoring could be heard.

The ninjas took turns to keep watch in three shifts. Each team consisted of more than half Uchiha and a few Senju. Regardless of whether the monsters could be completely eliminated this time, the Uchiha and Senju had taken the first step in the cooperative mission.

Thank you for sacrificing your life for the peace between the two races.

At the same time, it was time for the people in the shrine to change shifts. After the head priestess left, the overly quiet first half of the night made them relax their vigilance.

"So even if there's no one guarding the ruins, nothing will happen."

The guard who was transferred back from the ruins complained to his friend who had just changed shifts, "I really don't understand what I was guarding there. It's a desolate mountain, and I can't even find a bird's egg."

At this time, Huang Quan was quietly approaching the witch's bedroom along the corner of the shrine.

The demon in his body felt ashamed, "When you asked me to improve my physical fitness to deal with the witch, I didn't say to use such a low-level method."

Think of him as a monster with countless puppets under his command. Even if he is sealed, there are people who thirst for power who will take the initiative to find ways to resurrect him. One move will bring eternal night to the world and one stomp of his foot will cause mountains to collapse and the earth to split. He has always been synonymous with grand scenes.

Now I am forced to follow my collaborator and sneak into the witch's bedroom in the middle of the night!

They even had to avoid the guards for fear of being caught.

This generation of collaborators sucks!

'My power is ten thousand times greater than these mortals!'

Huang Quan was frightened by the voice of the monster in his head and accidentally made some noise in the bushes. He hurriedly held his breath and listened. After a while, he made sure that there was nothing unusual before continuing to move forward.

"Master Wuliang, our goal is the shrine maiden. This is just a means to achieve the goal. Those who achieve great things do not care about small details."

Huang Quan rolled his eyes secretly.

What an old antique who cares so much about his reputation. Even after his stone puppets were taken away by the witches, he was still thinking about the big scene. No wonder he was sealed by a little witch.

As his eyes moved, he suddenly caught sight of a half-open window.

That's it!!

Huang Quan climbed over the wooden outer wall and entered the window, picked up Anian who was sleeping soundly in the middle of the bed, and turned around and ran away.

"who!!!"

Ling, who lived in the room outside Anian, suddenly woke up. She opened the shoji door and saw Huang Quan carrying Anian with one leg across the window frame. The two looked at each other and Huang Quan quickly flipped out of the window.

"The witch has been kidnapped!!!"

With a scream, the entire shrine instantly lit up, and now everyone could see Huang Quan carrying the shrine maiden and running away.

Huang Quan thought to himself that something was wrong and immediately released snake-shaped chakra to guard himself in front and behind, while he himself focused on escaping quickly.

The guards fired several rounds of arrows, but none of them hit Huang Quan. With the power of the monsters, Huang Quan ran exceptionally fast, and the chasing team was left far behind in a short while.

"Master Ling, what should we do now?!"

Ling's hands tightly grasped the railing, "Send the fastest team to inform the great miko and ninjas who left. The rest of you... come back."

"But Master Anian..."

"The Great Priestess will find a way!" Ling's voice cracked for a moment, but then she gathered her emotions and said calmly, "That person is not someone you can fight. The Great Priestess is with the ninja, so go ahead."

"……Yes."

……

When the first rays of sunlight in the early morning penetrated through the layers of leaves and reached the ground, activities began at the temporary base.

It was the first time in Qianshou Buddha's life that he cooked mixed rice while on the road, and his heart was filled with the absurdity of being screwed.

The ninja patrolling nearby seemed to have discovered something and moved in one direction.

Kyojuro followed the great shrine maiden to wash and exercise.

"Did you sleep well last night?"

"Okay, oh haha, I haven't slept so well in a long time, and thank you for your little mushroom~"

"It's great to be of help to you, so should we delay any more today?"

The Great Witch smiled slyly, "There will be news later."

Kyojuro asked, "Do you know everything?"

Maybe the witch has some predictive ability.

"No, I can only understand some of the words of the stars. As for the rest, well, if you read more books, you can be like me."

Uchiha Tajima, who had been guarding them, taunted, "Are you as good at lying as you are?"

"It's better to cheat than to be cheated. Besides, what I'm selling you is the real thing. Young man, don't be too calculative."

"Sir!!! Miko-sama!!!"

A shout broke the relaxed atmosphere of the temporary station, and everyone looked for the sound and found that it was a shrine guard who was shouting loudly on the back of a patrolling ninja of the Senju family.

The guard had obviously been traveling all night, and his clothes were still wet with dew.

Before he could even stand firmly on the ground, he rushed to the side of the Great Witch, "Master Anian has been kidnapped! The kidnappers can summon purple-black snakes!"

Hearing this, the witch raised her hand and placed it on the head of the guard who was kneeling in front of her. "I understand. You have done a good job. You can rest now."

"Yes."

The guard let out a long sigh, then fell to the ground with a bang. Uchiha Tajima checked his breath and found that the man had fallen asleep.

Kyojuro finally understood what the great miko had said earlier.

So the witch was waiting for someone to kidnap Ah Nian last night? But why?

Was this also what the stars told her?

"Thank you all, we need to reach the Swamp Country before dawn tomorrow."

This is not difficult. As long as there is no one blocking the way, they can rush into the swamp country by dusk tonight.

But all the ninjas present fell into an inexplicable silence, only Kyojuro was still following the chief shrine maiden, and by the way, he served himself and the chief shrine maiden a bowl of zojiru that Senju Butsuma had cooked all morning.

"When can you tell me?"

While eating breakfast, Kyojuro suddenly asked without any context.

The great witch smiled as she drank the simmered rice, "Young man, don't be impatient~"

"Okay," Kyojuro imitated the miko's posture to hold the bowl, "then may I ask why it must be the Swamp Country?"

"Because the shrine of Swamp Country is at the crater~"

The chief priestess drank the last mouthful of the porridge, returned the bowl to Senju Butsuma, and slowly climbed into the backpack.

If...all else fails, the volcano will be the final killer move.

……

After holding back for a whole night and having a weird breakfast, the ninjas were obviously running out of patience. They sprinted at full speed with the great priestess who finally stopped looking for trouble on her back. Sure enough, before the sun had completely set, they could already see the mountain where the shrine was located.

The chief witch stretched her waist slowly, she felt like she was about to be torn apart.

"Where is the ancestral hall?"

The great witch pointed to a place on the top of the mountain, and then said, "Only the four of you can follow me. The rest of you please hide between the top and the foot of the mountain. No matter who you see, don't stop them."

None of the ninjas obeyed.

Uchiha Tajima spoke up, "Just do as she says. Form teams of two and stay hidden. Teams should be in positions where they can support each other and be alert at all times."

Thousand Hands Buddha: “Yeah.”

"Yes."

After the other ninjas left, Uchiha Tajima, Senju Butsuma, and Kyojuro followed the chief miko to a hunter's hut in the nearby forest.

"No way, you want to sleep again now?"

The chief witch ignored the questioning of Thousand-Handed Buddha and knocked on the wall of the hut with the walking stick she brought.

With a "click" sound, the floor of the cabin suddenly cracked, and a square hole appeared in front of the four people.

"Well, let's go, young man, tut tut."

The chief witch shook her head and was the first to go down the cave.

The three of them looked at each other and went in one after another.