In Konoha, Ashura Chakra is dropped at the beginning.

Chapter 82: The man who fought with the God of Ninja, Yagyu's speechlessness

"I'll trouble you from now on, Lord Yagyu."

"No, this is my duty."

Yagyu exchanged a few pleasantries with the noble's steward, then they handed their village exit certificates to the Chunin guarding the gate, and left Konoha again after many days.

From beginning to end, Yagyu had never seen that nobleman, and the other party seemed not to want to meet Yagyu.

After some observation, Yagyu also realized that it was not the noble who specifically asked Yagyu to escort him, but the shrewd butler who proposed it.

The other party is obviously good at collecting intelligence. He must have received the recent news and knows Yagyu's identity.

In other words, he had witnessed Yagyu's strength during the official Chunin Exam and knew about the Illusion Body Flickering Technique.

It is also possible that he knew that Yagyu's Team 8 and Team 3 had the Byakugan, so he directly entrusted the two teams.

Or even all three!
Otherwise, that nobleman wouldn't be so ignorant of the ways of the world.

Therefore, Yagyu was no longer curious about why the other party chose him to be the captain. He commanded the third and eighth teams to stand on the two sides closest to the carriage, opening their Byakugan from time to time, or sending out insects for long-range and close-range perception.

The Kingdom of Birds is one of the neighboring countries of the Kingdom of Wind.

According to the map of the Ninja World, to its north is the Land of Earth, to its east is the Land of Rain, to its south is the Land of Wind, and to its west is the Land of Bears.

There are three routes from the Land of Fire to the Land of Birds.

One is to go through the country of rivers, the second is to go through the country of rain, and the third is to go through the country of grass.

If you choose the first route, you will need to cross mountains and hills.

The third route requires crossing a large grassland and passing the border of the Rain Kingdom or the Earth Kingdom.

So the most suitable route is to go through the Rain Country.

The nobles who were anxious to return to the Land of Birds directly asked Yagyu and others to choose the second route.

Yagyu did not refuse. After all, the customer is God. As long as he is not a scoundrel like Dazna who has no money, lies about the level of the mission, and then uses moral blackmail after being exposed, it will be fine.

So, Class 8 started their boring walking journey again.

The speed of the carriage was very slow. Even though the terrain of the Fire Kingdom was very good, if one wanted to go to the nearest River Kingdom, one had to not stop anywhere and had almost no rest during the day, and it would take three days to leave the Fire Kingdom.

For example, the caravan of Class 8’s first C-level mission.

The caravan had a huge amount of money on board and was in a hurry to return to distribute the money to the villagers of the iron ore village. They were also afraid of encountering any accidents on the way, so they did not stop at all.

But the nobles of the Bird Kingdom are obviously not people who can endure hardship.

In this world without concrete roads and with bumpy rides on horse-drawn carriages, the nobles of the Bird Kingdom only need to take a break after a few hours.

Whenever we passed by a more prosperous town, we would stop to buy something, or even stay in the town when it was getting late.

Class 3 and Class 8 were very helpless, but they didn't say anything.

Fortunately, the nobles of the Bird Kingdom were quite generous, and they covered the food and accommodation expenses for the third and eighth classes.

Every night, the eighth shift and the third shift take turns to keep watch.

It took the caravan ten full days to leave the Land of Fire, which was more than three times the time it took the caravan from the Iron Mine Village in the Land of Rivers.

The thought of having to cross a rain country and walk some distance in a bird country made Yagyu feel like vomiting.

I’m afraid I won’t be able to help but have a stress reaction when I hear about escort-related missions in the future.

He would rather assassinate the Five Kage than do this kind of mission.

But the torture has just begun!
The Ninja Continent is a very unique continent.

Each part of this continent has its own unique climate and topography.

The countries and ninja villages established in these places will be named according to the characteristics of the place.

For example, the characteristics of the Kingdom of Wind are deserts and strong winds.

The characteristics of the Land of Earth are rocks and mountains.

The characteristics of the Land of Thunder are the towering mountains and the sounds of thunder.

The country of rivers and mountains.

The Rain Country, as the name suggests, means it rains all year round and all four seasons are rainy seasons.

It’s not so bad across the country, there are still quite a few sunny days in a month.

The Hidden Rain Village ruled by the Akatsuki organization is truly outrageous.

Except for Sunday when it will be sunny, the remaining six days will be shrouded by Nagato's Yuhu Jizai Jutsu.

However, the luck of Yagyu and others was obviously not very good.

Not long after the convoy entered the Rain Country, the sky became overcast and soon it began to rain heavily.

When rainwater and yellow mud mixed together, the ground became like a swamp and carriages could hardly move.

The already slow pace became even slower.

From time to time, the wheels would drive into potholes filled with water and get stuck for a while.

The third and eighth classes, wearing raincoats, looked at each other in silence.

Then the kind-hearted Xiao Li couldn't help it and took the initiative to help push the cart.

By the time the convoy left the Rain Country, it was five days later.

It was just a small country, but it took five days.

It has taken a full half month from setting out from Konoha to now.

This further strengthened Liu Sheng's determination to never accept escort missions again.

Just as Yagyu and others entered the Land of Birds and were slowly heading towards their destination.

On a deserted forest road in the Kingdom of Birds, voices of complaints were coming from a teahouse built on the roadside.

"Brother Kakuzu, we're only a short distance away from returning to the Land of Rain. Do you really need to take on another job?"

"Where do you get the money if you don't work? Who paid for your food and drinks along the way?"

"Even if that's the case, there's no need to work while looking for prey, and then continue working on the way back, right?"

"You said your religion could make money, so I teamed up with you. But your religion didn't make a penny. If your head wasn't worthless, I would have taken it off and sold it on the black market."

"Hey, hey...you're going too far. Didn't I give you all the money I earned from working and hunting?"

"If it weren't for this, I would have killed you, a guy who only knows how to waste money!"

"But Brother Kakuzu you are quite principled. You didn't even kill the boss."

"His head is worthless, and he will give me money when he comes back. I might have a chance to work for him in the future. It's not worth killing him."

"..."

The scene zooms in, showing a young man with a grey slicked-back hair, wearing ordinary clothes, a white apron in front of him, and a towel on his shoulders. He is sitting at the door of the teahouse, looking for topics to talk about out of boredom.

The person who was talking to him was a middle-aged man wearing shopkeeper's clothes, a black mask on his face, and his eyes did not look like a good person.

However, this middle-aged man who looked ferocious was diligently wiping the table and cleaning the teahouse, which was full of contrast.

These two people are none other than the immortal duo of Akatsuki - Kakuzu and Hidan.

"Hey... Brother Kakuzu, someone is coming."

At this moment, Feiduan, who was picking his nose, suddenly seemed to have discovered something and shouted hurriedly.

"Go out and recruit customers. We get commissions from the money we make."

"I know, I know."

Hidan immediately walked out the door and waved his towel at the convoy coming from the front.

"Master Yoshikawa, there is a teahouse up ahead. Would you like to take a break?"

When the steward of the Bird Country nobles saw this scene, he immediately asked the nobles in the carriage for instructions.

"Well, let's stop and take a rest."

After receiving the response, the butler immediately gave the order: "Pull over and rest for a while."

"Yes." The coachman and ordinary guards immediately stopped the carriage next to the forest road.

The pot-bellied nobleman got off the carriage with the help of his butler and walked towards the teahouse.

The third and eighth classes followed closely behind.

Seeing the forehead protectors on Team 3 and Team 8, Feidan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and thought to himself, "Is this forehead protector from a ninja from Konoha?"

On the surface, he greeted them warmly: "Welcome, dear guest, please come in, please come in..."

I have to be enthusiastic, otherwise I will be scolded by Kakuzu again.

"Welcome, what would you like to eat?"

After the nobles took their seats, Kakuzu came over with a pot of tea and asked very politely.

However, when he saw the third and eighth teams standing behind the nobles, especially Hinata with a forehead protector hanging around her neck and a smooth forehead, a gleam of brilliance suddenly flashed in the depths of his green eyes.

On the surface, he handed a menu to the noble and waited for his order.

"Please give me some snacks. I don't like other pig food."

The noble just glanced at it and said with a look of disgust.

"Ok."

Jiao didn't say anything, but turned and left.

Looking at his departing back, Hyuga Neji frowned slightly, then made several gestures to Yagyu, which were all communication codes taught in the Ninja School.

The meaning of Hyuga Neji's gesture is very simple, which is to remind Yagyu that the person is not simple.

Yagyu also responded by changing his gestures continuously, indicating that he knew that the owner and employees of this teahouse were not simple people. They had a very strong chakra in their bodies, so he must not act rashly.

At the same time, Yagyu was also guessing the identities of these two people.

Unlike Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame, whom he recognized at first sight, Yagyu did not recognize the immortal duo.

After all, they were not wearing Akatsuki uniforms, nor did they have the rebel ninja's forehead protectors.

But the chakra in their bodies is extremely powerful, not inferior to elite jonin such as Sarutobi Asuma and Hatake Kakashi.

Their strength is at least that of an elite jonin, and there are two of them.

Why would such a strong man appear in a teahouse in this small country?

Could it be that he was tired of the disputes and chose to live in seclusion here?

Yagyu didn't know, but just like he reminded Hyuga Neji, he shouldn't act rashly.

Since the other party has no hostility, just pretend that you don't know their identities.

Otherwise, if we take action here, it would be easy to kill the client, which would be a serious dereliction of duty.

Not only did he waste half a month, but he also didn't get a penny. When he returned, he might even get a verbal lecture from Tsunade and get a big bad review on his battle record.

Yagyu didn't want such a stain to appear when he led a team for the first time.

So, Yagyu perked up and was alert to Kakuzu and Hidan.

At the same time, he also secretly turned on his red eyes to see if the horns would poison the food.

But fortunately, the other party seemed to be a strong man who lived in seclusion here. He did not tamper with the snacks and served them out quickly.

The nobles of the Bird Kingdom ate snacks and drank tea, and also asked the butler to buy several pots of tea and a large amount of snacks and send them to the grooms and guards.

Then he invited Yagyu and the others to sit down and eat something, but they refused.

As ninjas, when they were on missions outside, they basically only ate Bingliang Pills unless they were sure to rest, in order to avoid health problems that would delay the mission.

The nobles of the Bird Country seemed to know the nature of ninjas and did not force them.

More than half an hour later, the rested convoy of nobles continued on their journey.

"Take care, dear guest. Welcome to visit us next time."

Feidan waved a towel to see them off, then returned to the bench at the door and sat down, exhaling, "I'm so tired, it feels like working is more tiring than killing people."

"Is there any job in this world that makes money without being tiring?"

Kakuzu suddenly pulled out two packages from under the counter, threw one of them to Hidan, and said, "Hurry up and put on your clothes. It's time to get to work."

"Eh?"

Feiduan was slightly stunned and asked in confusion: "Are you not working anymore?"

"Now that we have found the prey, why do we still need to work?"

As Kakuzu put on Akatsuki's clothes, he said in a deep voice, "The Byakugan of the Hyuga clan's main family is worth a fortune. It is a rare treasure even in the black market."

"The White Eyes of the Souji family, are you talking about those two white-eyed Konoha ninjas?"

Hidan took off his apron and put on his uniform as well, asking curiously, "Why didn't you attack them just now?"

"Nonsense, I'm an employee here. If I destroy this place, not only will I have to pay compensation, but I won't get paid. Wouldn't it be a waste of my work these few days?"

"Brother Kakuzu, you really are obsessed with money."

"..."

At this time, Yagyu, who had already left the teahouse far away, suddenly changed his expression.

He quickly formed a seal with one hand: "Shadow Clone Technique!"

There were two "bang" sounds, and white smoke filled the air.

After creating two shadow clones, Yagyu suddenly said to the butler: "The enemy is coming, you speed up and we will hold them back from behind."

"Okay, please."

The housekeeper's face suddenly changed slightly, and he nodded quickly, urging: "Speed ​​up!"

"Yes!"

The driver responded and hit the horse's butt with a whip, and the speed of the carriage immediately increased.

Yagyu's two shadow clones followed, while Team 3 and Team 8 stayed where they were.

whoosh-

Almost ten seconds after they stopped, a sharp sound of breaking through the air immediately reached their ears.

Hyuga Neji, with veins bulging on his temples, immediately shot out a large ball of twisted air in the direction where the sound of breaking air came from.

"Bagua·Kongzhang!"

With a clang, a red three-section sickle with a chain connected to the end fell to the ground.

Then, a figure appeared next to the scythe and picked it up.

Another figure appeared on the other side of Class 3 and Class 8 at some point, and the two of them blocked the forward and retreat routes of Class 3 and Class 8.

Seeing these two people, Hyuga Neji and Hinata, who had already opened their Byakugan, seemed to have discovered something and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

The carefree Xiao Li and the lively Tiantian also became extremely serious.

Obviously, they all sensed the dangerous aura.

The expressions of Yagyu and Aburame Shino also became very solemn.

Seeing this uniform, Yagyu recognized the identities of Kakuzu and Hidan.

He was speechless about this.

The first time he performed a C-rank mission, he encountered Raiga Kuroko, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

The second time he left Konoha openly, he met the strongest duo of Akatsuki.

Now that he had left Konoha for the third time, he had once again encountered the Immortal Duo.

What kind of luck is this?

Could it be that he released Ashura's chakra from Naruto, and also released his protagonist aura? Is he so attractive?

The point is, the accidents Naruto encountered while on missions were not as outrageous as his!
(End of this chapter)