Civilians in Konoha, forging their own paths

On the day when Class 11 gathered again, the team leader, Kurama Heiji, brought good news.

The corpse of the bandit brought back from the last mission was confirmed to be a Chunin from the Sand Village. The reason for gathering the bandit gang was that they were instructed by the Sand Village to lurk in the Fire Country to cause sabotage. In addition to him, many Sand Ninjas also lurked in the Fire Country to carry out the same mission. Based on the intelligence investigation of the corpse, several accomplices have been identified, and commandos and Anbu have been arranged to eliminate and investigate them.

Since Team 11's mission involved Chunin, and the bodies brought back contained relatively important intelligence information that would help Konoha to remove the thorns from the Sand Village, this mission was rated B.

"Wow! So the first mission we completed was actually a B-rank mission!" Inuzuka Yoru was stunned by the sudden surprise and danced excitedly with the little guy Ranmaru.

Dihuangwan and Kurama Feiyun were also very happy. They were able to complete a B-level mission for the first time. Not everyone can achieve such a record.

"Next, I will explain the content of our second mission, which is to escort the merchants from Tian Kingdom and their caravan back to Tang Kingdom. The client is already waiting for us at the gate of Konoha. Let's get going and don't keep the client waiting for too long." After explaining the content of this mission, Kurama Heiji led the three people out of the mission hall and walked towards the gate.

The Land of Rice is located to the north of the Land of Fire and borders it. There are no ninja villages in the country. The Sound Village founded by Orochimaru in the anime is in the Land of Rice, but that was nearly fifty years after Konoha.

After meeting up with the caravan at the gate and handing over the mission commission to the person on duty at the Konoha gate, he set off with the caravan towards the north of Konoha.

This time, because there is a caravan, the entire journey is by horse-drawn carriage and we basically take the main road, so the mission cycle is also longer.

The difficulty of the mission lies in the robbers, wandering ninjas and wandering samurai along the way.

The closer to the border, the more chaotic it becomes, because there are many small countries to the north of the Fire Nation, and it is also a battlefield for the game between big countries. Therefore, ordinary merchants will basically lose both their money and their lives if they do not entrust ninjas to escort them!

Not long after leaving Konoha, Kurama Heiji gathered the three of them to discuss the mission action plan.

"Dihuangwan, we don't have to rush for this mission, it will take a long time, don't let your guard down, escort missions have never been smooth sailing!" Kurama Heiji reminded.

"Yes, I understand, Mr. Heiji. Ye, you and Ranmaru will be at the front of the team. Keep abreast of the situation around the caravan and give the alarm immediately if you find anything!" Dihuangmaru nodded and said to Inuzuka Ye.

"I am the strongest and fastest. I am at the end of the caravan to prevent the enemy from attacking from behind or outflanking. Mr. Heiji and Feiyun are hiding in the caravan and are always in sync with the caravan." Dihuangwan said again.

Kurama Heiji nodded, indicating that he would do as Dihuangwan said. Dihuangwan and Inuzuka Ya immediately flew to their positions, and this mission officially began!

Sure enough, with the encumbrance of carriages and supplies, the team moved very slowly. According to Dihuang Wan's calculations, even if everything went smoothly on the road, it would take five days to escort the caravan to its destination in Tian Country!

However, the journey was not boring. On the second day, they encountered robbery bandits and wandering samurai, and Inuzuka Yoru dealt with them all by himself.

On the fourth day, when they were approaching the border between Konoha and Ta no Kuni, they encountered a small group of Iwagakure harassing the Konoha border, including two Chunins and three Genins.

The Iwagakure ninjas went deep into the rear of Konoha and, short of supplies, set their sights on the supplies of the caravan escorted by Team 11.

Inuzuka Ye smelled the danger for the first time and immediately sounded the alarm!

Seeing someone giving the alarm and the caravan retreating, the leading Iwa Ninja immediately realized the presence of sensory ninjas in the caravan and immediately ordered an attack on the caravan to seize supplies!

Dihuangwan saw Inuzuka Ye's warning and immediately came to support. Inuzuka Ye said, "There are five people on the other side, all ninjas, including two Chunins!"

Dihuang Wan was also shocked after hearing this. He didn't expect that the robbery gang this time was so luxurious. They must have encountered a small enemy force.

Because he often communicated with Might Guy, Dihuangwan was very familiar with the current situation in the border area of ​​the Fire Country and knew that he should have encountered enemy harassment troops.

"Don't think too much, prepare to fight immediately!" Kurama Heiji's voice came. He knew that it would be difficult for Team 11 to deal with the enemy harassment this time. This time he had to take action himself, otherwise there would be serious losses and casualties on his side.

As soon as he finished speaking, dense stones came towards the caravan from the woods. Dihuang Wan immediately used the water array wall to block all the stones.

Just after this round of attack, the five attackers showed up!

"It's Iwagakure!" Dihuangwan and his companions immediately understood the identity of their opponent.

"I never thought such a large caravan would be escorted by a few little brats. If you run into us, you'll die!" said the leading Iwagakure ninja viciously.

As a result, just as he finished speaking, he heard a voice saying "Ninjutsu, Naraku-ken no Jutsu!" and the five Iwagakure ninjas were instantly trapped in an illusion. It turned out that it was the elite jonin Kurama Heiji who personally took action.

After succeeding, Dihuangwan reacted quickly and several kunai and shurikens flew towards the Rock Ninja. The leading Rock Ninja reacted quickly after being hit by the illusion and immediately bit his tongue to escape from the illusion, but was also hit by a kunai and immediately dodged backwards. The other four were not so lucky and were killed by Dihuangwan!

The leading Iwa Ninja saw that four of his men were killed by the enemy in a single encounter and he himself was also injured. He immediately realized that the situation was difficult to control and fled decisively.

Dihuang Wan immediately chased after him!

"Feiyun, Ye, the two of you stay here to protect the caravan and keep watch. Dihuangwan and I will go after the enemy!" Kurama Heiji instructed Kurama Feiyun and Inuzuka Ye.

"Yes, Mr. Heiji!" The two nodded in agreement.

The Rock Ninja was deeply hit by the kunai. Although he was a Chunin, his speed was somewhat affected. Dihuangwan had a high level of physical skills and quickly caught up with the opponent. He fired several kunai in succession, blocking the Rock Ninja's route, forcing the Rock Ninja to stop and face him.

"Little brat, you're looking for death!" Seeing that he couldn't escape, the Rock Ninja immediately used Earth Escape, and the Earth Lung Spear and the Stone Spear stabbed out from the soil. Dihuang Wan quickly dodged.

At the same time, he used the Water Style Water Cannon, and a water ball containing chakra flew towards the Rock Ninja. Seeing this, the Rock Ninja dodged and threw a kunai with an explosive tag wrapped around it towards Dihuangwan!

Dihuang Wan immediately cast the Water Array Wall, and the kunai pierced into the Water Array Wall. Then, there was a loud bang, and water vapor was blown out of the Water Array Wall, slightly blocking his vision.

Seeing that the attack failed, the Rock Ninja tried to turn around and run away, but Dihuangwan immediately threw a few more shurikens, which hit the Rock Ninja's back this time, and the Rock Ninja fell down with a scream.

Seeing that he had succeeded, Dihuangwan wanted to move to the side of the corpse, but suddenly he felt a sense of crisis and stopped abruptly. Dihuangwan, who was aware of something, once again used the Water Style Water Cannon. This time, the Water Cannon hit the body of the Rock Ninja, but the Rock Ninja's body instantly turned into dirt and stone!

'Sure enough, I wonder where this inexplicable sense of crisis comes from! It turns out that the other party has already used the earth clone to ambush me!' Dihuangwan was secretly shocked. 'As expected of a Chunin who can join the harassment team, he is indeed experienced in many battles! Rich in experience!'