Civilians in Konoha, forging their own paths

'I didn't expect that he was just a kid, but he was so cautious. When he grows up, he will be a serious threat to our Rock Ninja Village!' The Rock Ninja hid behind a big tree. Seeing Dihuangwan being so cautious, he made up his mind, 'It's worth it to exchange my life for the life of a Konoha genius!'

Then, he used the Earth Style Tsuchigumo Spear again. Dihuangwan, who was mentally prepared, immediately dodged and shot several shurikens in the direction of the Iwagakure's attack.

The Iwa Ninja dodged the shuriken and thought to himself, "Even if I die, I can't be defeated by a few shurikens!"

At this moment, something strange happened. A shuriken suddenly exploded with a bang, and disappeared in a flash of white mist. Dihuangwan appeared behind the Iwagakure, and the Iwagakure was shocked!

At such a close distance, the Rock Ninja had nowhere to escape. "Konoha Great Cyclone!" The Rock Ninja's body was kicked at close range, and the big tree next to the Rock Ninja was kicked down. The Rock Ninja died before he could even scream!

This time, Dihuang Wan was still very cautious. After spitting out a round of water cannon, he saw that the body of the Rock Ninja had no other reaction, so he moved closer to lick the bag.

As a result, when he flipped the Rock Ninja's combat vest, an explosive talisman burst into flames with a hissing sound. Di Huangwan secretly said, "Oh no!" and immediately formed a seal!

With a loud bang, the Iwagakure's body was blown to pieces, and Dihuangwan disappeared.

Kurama Heiji, who was watching the whole battle between Dihuangwan and Iwagakure not far away, said inwardly that something was wrong and immediately appeared. When he was feeling anxious and blaming himself, a voice was heard.

"Teacher Heiji, you showed up too late! I was almost killed!" Dihuangwan coughed twice and appeared from behind a big tree not far away.

It turned out that Dihuangwan's sixth sense came into play again. The moment the detonating talisman was activated, he formed seals and performed the substitution technique, successfully avoiding the attack of the detonating talisman.

"This Iwa Ninja is so insidious! He has tricked me twice in this battle!" Dihuang Wan cursed!

Seeing that Dihuangwan was fine, Kurama Heiji was relieved. "You little brat, you are indeed a promising talent. An ordinary Chunin would probably be killed by this Iwagakure. Dihuangwan, I think you are qualified to be a Chunin!"

"Also, your tactic of transforming into a shuriken and attacking the enemy's rear is simply amazing. I have never seen such an operation before. Dihuangwan, you really surprised me!" Kurama Heiji exclaimed.

After hearing this, Dihuangwan blushed and smiled foolishly, thinking to himself, "This is a classic tactic of Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke. I'm just borrowing it!"

Kurama Heiji looked at the smirking Dihuangwan and shook his head, "No matter what, he's just a little brat!"

"However, this battle was indeed dangerous. I can now understand a little bit how dangerous the ninja world is!" Dihuangwan said.

Yes, a Chunin is so difficult to deal with. Just because you have watched anime, you can't really think that only Jonin and above are worthy of attention. You can't look down on everyone in the world.

At this moment, a whooshing sound was heard, and seven or eight figures appeared. Dihuang Wan was startled and immediately prepared for battle!

"Dihuangwan, don't be nervous, we are one of us!" Kurama Heiji stopped him.

It turned out to be Konoha's border patrol team, who heard the fighting here and came to check the situation.

After Kurama Heiji communicated with the patrol team, the patrol team checked the scene again. After confirming that there was no problem, they followed Kurama Heiji and Dihuangmaru back to the location of the caravan to recover the bodies of the remaining four Iwagakure ninjas.

An hour later, everything was done and the caravan set off again, heading towards the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Field.

No ninjutsu scrolls were obtained in this battle, but a lot of ninja tools were obtained. Six detonating tags were also obtained, which were divided equally among the three people, with two each. The ninja tool bag was almost full. It was a pity that the body of the last Rock Ninja was blown to pieces, and all the items on his body were scrapped.

The rest of the journey was uneventful, with only a few groups of bandits blocking the way, but they were easily captured and dispatched.

Finally, six days after leaving Konoha, the caravan was safely delivered to its destination in the Land of Rice. After signing the mission completion letter, the members of Team 11 strolled around the town, tasted the local specialties, and then set out on their return journey.

The journey home was much smoother without any accidents, and the group returned to Konoha in three days. After handing in the mission, it was once again rated as a B-level mission, and the group went to have a barbecue to celebrate.

After this mission, Kurama Heiji gave the three another three days to rest, and said that these three days would be the last days of peace, so the three could relax and be mentally prepared, because he was going to take on the mission of patrolling the border, which usually took months.

Dihuangwan knew it very well, because Might Dai had already accepted three border patrol missions, the shortest of which lasted two months. The most recent one was just accepted a few days ago and went to the western border of the Fire Nation. He just didn't know which direction of the border he would go to this time.

In the next few days, Dihuangwan learned a new water-style ninjutsu, Water Prison Jutsu, to enrich his tactics.

At the same time, his Tai Chi practice has not been neglected. The amount of chakra in his dantian has reached the level of performing 30 C-level ninjutsu. It can be said that Dihuangwan no longer needs to consider the amount of his chakra in battle.

Time passed quickly, and the 11th team assembled again. Kurama Heiji said to the three people, "Border patrol missions do not have mission levels. They are rated based on patrol time and combat merit. In simple terms, the longer the patrol time and the more enemies killed, the higher the rating."

"Normally, a patrol mission will be assessed as at least five C-level missions. As long as there are repulsions and killings of Chunin, B-level missions will be awarded according to the number of battles." Kurama Heiji added. "So, this is why border patrol missions are dangerous, but there are still many ninjas who flock to them. The greater the risk, the greater the reward! Come on, boys! This is the only way for you to become stronger!"

In the mission hall, Kurama Heiji accepted the patrol mission of the eastern border. The eastern border is the sea. The Kingdom of Waves, the Kingdom of Whirlpools, the Kingdom of Water, the Kingdom of Craftsmen, and the Kingdom of Thunder are all adjacent to the Kingdom of Fire in the east.

The Land of Whirlpools is Konoha's ally, and there are no ninja villages in the Land of Waves and the Land of Artisans. This means that the ones we need to be wary of are the Land of Water and the Land of Lightning. These two are among the five great countries, and the second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, even died in the Land of Lightning.

The eastern coast of the Land of Fire is Dihuangmaru's hometown. Dihuangmaru's father, Octopusmaru, moved to Konoha from a fishing village on the eastern coast. This time, during the eastern patrol mission, Dihuangmaru has the opportunity to experience his hometown. Moreover, in his two lifetimes, Dihuangmaru has never been to the coastal area and has never seen the sea.