[Hokage] Summer Festival

[Sneak into Yunyin Village, kill the ninjas on the list, and burn their support materials that are about to be transported to the battlefield. 】

I read the mission scroll from Orochimaru, and before I had time to worry about the unknown danger, I heard him say nonchalantly:

"Go back and get ready. Let's gather at the gate of the village and set off in an hour."

Even the greetings with new teammates are omitted, and only briefly reporting their names to each other during the non-stop rush is considered a greeting.

"Hinata Xiu."

"Natsuko Kato."

Yunyin Village belongs to the Kingdom of Thunder, and the Kingdom of Thunder is located in the northeast of the Kingdom of Fire, separated by the Kingdom of Tang and the Kingdom of the Moon.

When I first read "Stories of Customs of Various Countries", in order to avoid common sense mistakes in the future, I put in a lot of hard work and memorized it together with the world map by heart.

Orochimaru chose the land route, and most of the distance he passed was remote woods and mountains. Although it was difficult to walk, it was extremely concealed, and it was perfect for ninjas who needed to cover their tracks at any time.

Xia Zi's body is not bad, at least I can keep up with their pace.The surrounding scenery is generally reflected in the peripheral vision of the corner of the eye, and the wind whistling by the ear all the way.

We didn't stop for a rest until we left the border of Tango Country.Orochimaru clasped his arms and closed his eyes lightly, Hinata Xiu was gulping water, and I stood not far from them, leaning against the rock and studying the Bingliangwan in my hand.

Such a small pill is said to be enough to cover a day's food intake.I just don't know if there will be side effects if I eat too much.

I put one in my mouth, chewed it, swallowed it, and the feeling of hunger disappeared immediately.

But really hard to eat.

Someone's footsteps and voices gradually approached.Orochimaru opened his eyes, winked at Hinata Osamu and me, and we followed him to the tree to hide ourselves.

It was a caravan passing by, of which the elderly, women and children accounted for half of the number, and there was no ninja escort.

It is a very ordinary caravan with families, and it is estimated that they are not carrying any valuables.

A young woman sang, a lilting melody, and a lovely voice.

The child clapped his hands and circled her, raised his face and laughed.

However, the singing stopped abruptly in the next second, her head flew out, and blood gushed out like magma.A large knife flew across the sky, the blade sank deeply into the tree trunk next to it, and bright red blood dripped from the blade to the ground.

Time seemed to be frozen at that moment. The sudden bloodshed made the people around them stunned and remained motionless. After reacting, screams echoed over the valley.

Several men sprang out from the woods, using ninjutsu like cutting carrots, beating the caravan people to death or injury.How can these unarmed ordinary people be their opponents, no matter how hard they struggle, they are just fish and meat on the anvil, ready to be slaughtered.

In the blink of an eye, there was a blur of flesh and blood on the road, and the strong smell of blood stimulated the sense of smell, making it extremely disgusting.

I watched the whole process from the tree, until I felt uncomfortable to breathe, and then suddenly realized that I had held my breath for a long time without knowing it.His right hand was tightly clinging to the branch of the tree, and he felt pain. Looking down, it turned out that his left hand was clenched tightly at some point, and the nails were sunk into the flesh of the palm.

Unlike when I woke up among dead bodies, this was the first time in the two worlds I experienced, and the first time I witnessed a living person being slaughtered in an instant.

How could it be indifferent.

Everything is fast as magic.

This is magic that can never be undone.

The screams under the tree lingered. After the adults were killed, the children cried and ran to escape instinctively.

Probably in a panic, a child bumped into the trunk of the big tree where I was, and fell heavily to the ground.

He raised his head, and I saw nothing but terror and despair on his immature face, boundless despair.

The trees here are lush and leafy, which is completely different from the trees in Konoha that have almost lost their leaves. Surprisingly, they seem to be completely unaffected by the depression of winter, and the branches and leaves are coiled and interlaced, layered upon layer.

I don't know if he saw me too, but a gleam of light flashed through his big empty eyes, and he stretched his little hands upwards, shouting as if desperately grabbing the last straw on the edge of desperation:

"help me!"

The child's voice, which has not yet entered the voice-changing period, is hoarse as if mixed with sand, and it is so shrill that it is moving.

The man who carried out the massacre walked over step by step, I gritted my teeth, and my ten fingers began to seal.

Suddenly he couldn't move his hands, and his wrist was tightly entwined by a slippery snake, unable to exert force, the seal was forced to be interrupted.

I froze for a moment, then turned my head to look at Orochimaru on the tree next to me.

There was no ripple in his golden eyes, as if what he saw was nothing more than a trivial matter, but there was a hint of indifference and deterrence.

I see.He doesn't approve of what I'm about to do.

After this delay, there was suddenly no sound under the tree.

When I lowered my head, I saw a Kunai sticking out of the child's neck, and blood was still flowing slowly on the skirt of the shirt.His arms were hanging down, but he still kept his head up, his wide eyes seemed to pop out of his sockets accidentally.

His last gaze was fixed on the direction of the tree, and it was clearly visible that it was full of fear, despair, and resentment.

I couldn't help shivering, feeling a sense of sadness in my heart.

I am sorry.

The man frowned and looked up the tree. I held my breath and carefully observed his expression through the gaps in the leaves.

Concealing body shape and aura is the most basic practice of ninjas. I practiced for several months with Natsuko's residual consciousness, and I was finally able to deal with it without any mistakes.Of course, the ninja instinct of the body is indispensable.

The little snake left my wrist and crawled down the tree trunk.

The man glanced at it, strode past the child's body disapprovingly, and walked back to his companions who were searching for valuables in the caravan.

Boxes were overturned one by one, and the goods and belongings of the dead merchant were scattered.More than a dozen corpses of different shapes fell on the road, and many of them were dead.

The robbers didn't seem to have gained much, and they scattered the stolen goods cursingly, and disappeared after a while, and their voices gradually faded away until they disappeared.

I jumped down from the tree, and the landing position was only one step away from the child's body. The moment my heels softened, I almost couldn't stand still.

I'm not uncommon with dead bodies, but never before have I felt my heart beating like this.Even the first time I followed the professor into the dissection room many years ago, I was much calmer than now.

Whether he really saw me, or whether he was too frightened to call for help unconsciously, the child did indeed ask for help at the last moment of his life.

If I had stretched out my hand to him without hesitation, the kunai wouldn't have landed on his neck.

But I am a terrible adult who will not save me.

Awful.

"Let's go."

Orochimaru said as usual, turned around and continued on his way to the Land of Thunder.

Hinata Osamu's face was calm, obviously he didn't think what happened just now was a big deal, and he followed closely without saying a word.

I took one last look at the dead child, closed my eyes, and followed them.

Ninjas are used to seeing life and death, maybe even their feelings have cooled down.

Doctors are used to seeing life and death, but I have seen some doctors cry because they couldn't save the lives of patients.

I have studied medicine for eight years, but I have never been a doctor for a day. Now I am trying to learn to be a ninja.

***

The second rest on the way was in the Kingdom of the Moon, a small town bordering the Kingdom of Thunder.

As dusk draws near, the sky gradually turns orange red, and the clouds are piled up in the distant sky.

Orochimaru said that as soon as night falls, you will enter the Land of Thunder.

The resting place is still a forest, with a brook gurgling by, and ice blocks that have not yet melted floating on the water.

I sat on the big rock by the stream, and I felt that this deep and beautiful scenery could not make people feel peaceful.

The child's protruding big eyes, and the despair and resentment in his eyes kept swirling in his mind.

Even running all the way couldn't get rid of that immature face.

A snake crawled out from behind the tree, spitting out a letter and wrapping it around the arm of Orochimaru, as docile and docile as a dove.If you don't look carefully, you can easily mistake it for a blue-brown bracelet.

I thought of the little snake wrapped around my wrist just now. I don't know if it was a psychological trick, but I always felt that my wrist was still cold and wet.

It is it that interrupts the seal.

I looked at Orochimaru, the legendary genius ninja looked at snakes more kindly than people.

People say that the heights are too cold.Is it true that ordinary people are as insignificant as ants to a genius who is used to standing on a high place?

And for ninjas, except for the companions in their own country and village, the lives of other people are insignificant.

That's why he looked on coldly when faced with a killing that had nothing to do with him.

"It's really easy to deal with a few wandering ninjas, but it's still unnecessary to cause extra problems at this time."

The hoarse voice suddenly said such a sentence, his eyes still fell on the snake on his arm.

Hearing this, Hinata Osamu, who was filling water by the stream, also turned his head, and said on this topic:

"Right now the countries are at war, and the wandering ninjas take advantage of the chaos to frequently loot the caravan's property."

It turned out that those robbers were wandering ninjas.

It is recorded in the book that non-orthodox ninjas who are not affiliated with ninja villages travel between countries and secretly learn other people's ninjutsu, and they often engage in stealthy activities, killing people and stealing goods.

What's the difference between this and thieves and bandits.

But if the purpose is just for money, why kill the entire caravan, including the helpless elderly, women and children?

During the war, none of the ninja villages had time to accept the entrustment of non-native caravans that had nothing to do with the war. It is understandable that the wandering ninjas wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, but why did they have to use the lives of innocent people as a foreshadowing.

"All feelings that have nothing to do with the task are superfluous, especially the ridiculous pity and sympathy."

When Orochimaru said these words, his eyes turned to my face, and the indifference and disapproval in Jintong's eyes were just like before.

Seen by his eyes, I always feel that I am also a dead body.

The child's face appeared before my eyes again, with a lingering expression of despair.

"Some people don't need to die," I said.

He hissed and laughed, his snake-like voice was inexplicably creepy.

"Is this your first day as a ninja?"

The sarcasm on the lips became sharper and crueler with the upward arc.

"Thousands of people have died in the war. Which ones are necessary and which ones are unnecessary?"

"Everyone whose life is taken away is because they are too weak."

The sky is getting darker, the sun's afterglow has disappeared, the moon has not yet appeared, and the entire sky is empty, allowing darkness to spread from all around.

It's time to enter the land of thunder.

I followed behind Orochimaru, and suddenly I heard Hinata Osamu next to him say a word:

"The destiny of a ninja is to perform tasks and be loyal to the village, not to be a savior."