Naruto's Great Trick

ding ding ding~

The sound of swords clashing continued to ring out. That's right, after completing the last mission, Kazama, who had learned new swordsmanship, could not wait to come to Kanwang's house to ask for advice. Of course, his multiple shadow clones were still undergoing hard training with Orochimaru.

"time up!"

"Huh~" Fengjian let out a sigh of relief when looking at the 31 sword marks on his body. After a 5-minute duel, he had 21 sword marks. Although he didn't hit Kan Wang once, it was much better than before. Although Fengjian was very talented, Kan Wang's talent was not bad either. Moreover, he had decades of experience in killing people, which was incomparable.

"You are making rapid progress. If you have time, you can come more often. It's a good opportunity for me to practice swordsmanship."

Hearing this, Kazama's eyes lit up: Because Kanou was not Kazama's master, Kazama would only occasionally practice sparring with Kanou when he came to Kakashi's house and Kanou was around. In the previous one year of his Genin career, the two of them had only sparred four or five times.

"Thank you very much!"

For the next few days, Fengjian would come to ask for swordsmanship lessons for a few hours every day, and his level was rising sharply, 21 times, 19 times, 17 times, and every time he asked for advice, he made some progress.

swoosh~

A masked figure in a black robe appeared, but neither Kanwang nor Fengjian paid any attention to him and focused on the fighting.

"Ahem," seeing this, the Anbu coughed twice to show his presence, but - the two still ignored him...

"Cough cough~"

"cough~cough~"

"Cough-cough-"

"cough!"

"Are you done yet? Why don't you just say it directly?" Fengjian jumped back, put away Muramasa, and looked at the Anbu in front of him fiercely, "If you don't say anything, how can we know what you are doing here? We don't even know who you are looking for, who will pay attention to you?"

"Um, I'm here to see you, Konoha Chuunin Kazama Ruri, summoned by the Hokage."

"Oh," Kazama nodded expressionlessly, "Then I'll go over first and come visit you again when I have time. Thank you for your help, Uncle Sakumo." After saying that, Kazama bowed to Sakumo, and then disappeared in an instant - to be honest, Kazama was really not used to the etiquette of bowing.

"Grandpa Sandai, you're looking for me~" Kazama walked into the Sandai's office - the Hokage's office, after all. He was a little nervous the first time, but he got used to it after coming here many times.

Eh? Why are there so many ninjas here? A jonin, two chuunins, and a Hyuga clan member without a vest or forehead protector... What are they doing? Hiss - why does this jonin look like he has kidney deficiency?

"Oh, you're here. Now we're all here. I called you here because I have a mission for you."

"We just received news that the intelligence team sent by Kirigakure has obtained some intelligence about our Konoha through some unknown method. They are currently fleeing to the border of the Land of Fire and are returning to Kirigakure through the Land of Hot Springs or the Land of Waves."

As he said this, the Sandaime looked at the ninja in front of him.

"My mission for you is to stay in this intelligence unit. It's best to capture them alive. If you can't capture them alive, kill them. Don't let them return to the Hidden Mist Village alive." Then, the Sandaime looked at the jonin.

"Moonlight Oden, you will be the team leader for this mission. You must complete it!"

"Hi!"

The man who looked a little kidney-deficient answered.

Moonlight? Kazama's expression became a little strange. He knew this. This was the Hayate who died in Shippuden. Was this "Oden" from Moonlight's family?

Wow, this family’s genes are really strong!

"I am the jonin Gekko Oden, the team leader for this mission. Now, let's go!"

The group jumped out directly from the middle of the window.

The Hidden Mist Village is located in the Land of Water, due east of the Land of Fire. Since there are no good ports in the Land of Fire, the route from Konoha to the Hidden Mist Village basically passes through the ports of the Land of Hot Springs or the Land of Waves.

On the way, Kazama and others also learned the details of this mission - the secrets of Konoha's research department were stolen, the Kirigakure ninja was discovered when he left after obtaining the information, and committed suicide directly, and the information disappeared... But my goodness, no wonder three sensory ninjas had to be dispatched, Inuzuka, Yamanaka, Hinata, plus half of Kazama... Tsk tsk.

Along the way, no one spoke. The captain asked for information from the entire team and made formation arrangements. Then everyone continued on their way in silence.

In fact, this is the daily routine of ninja missions - traveling for half a day, and the process only takes a short time, especially this kind of tracking mission, which is the most troublesome. It was not until the next day that everyone found the clue in the Land of Hot Springs.

"Stop!"

The leader, Gekko Oden, looked at the soil beneath him, picked up a little and looked at it carefully, then carefully looked at the surrounding bushes and branches and leaves scattered on the ground.

"Two o'clock direction, White Eye scout!"

Upon hearing this, the Hyuga clan member immediately opened his Byakugan and said, "There is a trap left by the ninja at 1250 meters at two o'clock. It contains kunai and shuriken."

"Okay, let's go! We are close to the enemy, stay alert at all times!"

This is the function of the Byakugan. Although it looks unpresentable in anime, it is really powerful, especially for a team of ninjas. Having a Byakugan means it is almost impossible to be ambushed - when you feel something is wrong, just open your Byakugan and take a look.

And because of the special function of the Byakugan, Fengjian and others avoided many traps along the way. These traps would be very troublesome if they stepped on them carelessly, especially since some of the traps had detonating talismans tied to their kunai...

Even though this thing is known as the "non-killing technique" in Naruto just like the Fire Release, this thing can kill more than 90% of ninjas. Ordinary ninjas, even jonins, will be blown into pieces if hit by the detonating talisman at close range.

Kirigakure Intelligence Unit Department——

"Has the trap we left been triggered?"

"No, it looks like Konoha isn't chasing us."

"That's impossible. Konoha's current strength is the strongest in history. There's no way they wouldn't send people to hunt us down."

"Then why didn't any of the traps we left behind be triggered? Konoha can't be that strong, right?"

"I don't know. Anyway, it's better to be careful."

Just as he finished speaking, the ninja suddenly felt a palpitation. He turned his head sharply and a kunai flew out, hitting his cheek, leaving a hint of bright red on his face.

"Oh, that's great, you managed to dodge it. You guys from Kirigakure were pretty quick. You found the intelligence unit so quickly and protected it. I praise you."

Several figures suddenly appeared in front of the Kirigakure ninjas. Everyone in Kirigakure immediately drew out their kunai and looked vigilantly at the Konoha ninjas that suddenly appeared. There were two in front, a jonin and a chunin, and three chunins behind. The chunin who spoke was the child in front of them who looked only 7.8 or years old - the child actually gave them a thumbs up.

"Baiyan? Damn it! You go first, the four of us will hold them back!" The four Kirigakure ninjas roared, then drew out their shurikens and threw them at Kazama and the others without hesitation, while the other Kirigakure ninjas turned around and ran away.

Tsk tsk, this is the sadness that comes with encumbrance, or rather, the sadness of ninjas - the force sent by Kirigakure to protect the intelligence unit is not small, two jonins and six chunins, while Konoha only has two jonins and three chunins, yes, the one from the Hyuga family is a jonin. If they were to fight head-on, the result would be unknown, but because Kirigakure has to protect the intelligence unit, they can only leave, and they must leave enough people to protect it, otherwise if something goes wrong with the intelligence unit. Even if they kill all the Konoha ninjas, the mission will still fail. The same is true when Kazama and Kosuke stayed behind to cover the retreat last time.

"Heh, how long do you think you guys can delay?"