My ninjutsu is not right

Chapter 129: The Collapse of the River Country
Three days later, at the border of River Country.

The carriage moved forward slowly, followed by three armored warriors.

Link stood on the edge of the carriage and leaned against the rear carriage. He was wearing a green vest that was quite conspicuous in Konoha Village, and his forehead protector was worn very standardly, not crooked or tilted.

"Since we left Tansho Street, someone has been following us..."

Gaara, who was following beside him, suddenly asked, "Do you want to kill them?"

"No." Link rejected his subordinates' idea and said, "Let them follow for now, and we'll finish them off in one go when the time comes."

Due to the chaos in River Country and the purpose of this trip, the daimyo's son could not find any ordinary followers willing to follow him into the war zone. Only three River Country samurai followed him, which looked much more shabby.

But because of this, their target is much smaller, with a carriage and seven guards, and the daimyo's son only needs to stay in the carriage.

Even the roads in the Land of Fire are still basically dirt roads sandwiched between forests and wilderness. Potholes are common, and it is impossible for a carriage to increase its speed comfortably.

Of course, no matter how dilapidated the road is, it is still a proper road that can be driven on. Horse-drawn carriages pass by back and forth. Most of the road looks normal, and occasionally you can see civilians from the River Kingdom fleeing to the Fire Kingdom in panic.

After all, the Kingdom of River has already entered a state of war at this moment.

After about half an hour, the carriage finally wobbled past Kikyo Castle. This was once the place where the Sand Village and the Hidden Leaf Village fought, leaving behind a large number of war orphans. This castle, which was originally used as a defensive fortification, was abandoned in peacetime.

It's similar to Tansho City.

People in the Naruto world seem to have long been accustomed to the days when peace is complete peace and war is complete war.

Since the abandoned Kikyo Castle has no residential function, basically only the patrolling Anbu are stationed here.

It was just around ten o'clock in the morning, and the group did not stay here for long. Not long after leaving Kikyo City, they stepped into the territory of River Country.

In fact, there is not much difference. There are large tracts of forests, rivers and mountains.

Is there no one patrolling the border at all?

Link thought that for small countries, the borders were not as fixed as those on Earth, especially where they bordered big countries, there would often be a missing piece inexplicably, but symbolic deployment was necessary.

We may be unable to stop the infiltration, but if there is no defense against a serious invasion, the country will probably be destroyed soon.

Oh, indeed, the current situation in Kawanokuni is no different from a destroyed country.

Anyway, the previous few times I entered the Kingdom of River, I could feel that there were ninjas from the Kingdom of River watching me, but this time it was like entering an empty land.

After passing through a forest, the group crossed a canyon and arrived at the city closest to the border.

"A lot of people are coming." Gaara covered one eye with one hand and said calmly.

Are you planning to set an ambush in the canyon?
Link wasn't surprised, he just said, "I'll leave it to you, is that ok?"

"Yeah." Gaara responded and disappeared instantly, attracting the wary gazes of the three samurai.

After a few minutes, while the carriage was still dangling in the canyon, he returned unscathed. He didn't know where those people came from, but if they had bad intentions towards the client, they could be killed.

Link looked at his subordinates and nodded. Even if Shukaku was not available, Gaara's strength should not be underestimated. He was at the level of a special jonin in terms of ninjutsu and seals, and his chakra was huge enough. If he was not too biased, he would not be unable to defeat even a shadow.

After the group calmly left the canyon, they arrived at the town at noon.

"Crack~"

From a distance, one could see smoke coming out of some houses in the town, and there were no civilians in sight.

Compared to the wars between ninjas, such civil unrest undoubtedly caused the most serious damage to the lower classes. Gangs, ronin, and criminals were the most ruthless towards civilians. On the contrary, the ninjas with the highest martial power were more like ignoring civilians. Even in war, they rarely left the war zone to kill in other towns.

Link asked the daimyo's son and decided to bypass the town. It was already like this, and there would probably be no officials who could receive him or any temporary accommodation.

After taking a short detour, we found ourselves in an open space near the town where a raging fire was burning. The unpleasant smell of burnt corpses, clothes and some plastic products filled our nostrils.

Two monks sat on the ground, clasped their hands together, faced the flames, and muttered something.

They are monks from the Ninja Temple. It seems that due to the war, many monks from the Ninja Temple have begun to appear here. They should all be from the Land of Fire.

This also explains why there was a smell of blood everywhere but no corpses were seen. They must have been collected and cremated.

After Link's eyes met with one of the monks, he nodded in respect and walked away along the edge of the clearing.

The three warriors obviously looked much more depressed and serious. After all, this was their homeland. Even at the border, this situation had occurred. What about other places...

The carriage sped up a bit at the signal of the daimyo's son, but by evening they still hadn't reached the next town and had to camp in the forest.

The main reason was that the warriors had been walking in armor for a whole day and were obviously very tired. They definitely could not hold out if they continued on their journey at night.
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At this time in Konoha Village, in an empty building.

"Orochimaru doesn't dare to come to see me?" Shimura Danzo's tone was quite cold. After recently receiving a large amount of financial support and political bargaining chips, he gradually regained the feeling of darkness in the ninja world many years ago.

Yakushi Kabuto took off his hood, threw the scroll in his hand over, and said, "Long time no see, Master Danzo..."

"It's you." Danzo Shimura laughed, "I didn't expect that you are Orochimaru's man now." The Root member next to him took the scroll and stepped aside.

He already had murderous intent in his heart. The other party had once been a sharp knife in his hand and possessed too much information that was unfavorable to Konoha.

Following his gaze, members of the Root were gradually walking out of the shadows, surrounding Kabuto Yakushi opposite and the hooded man behind him.

"According to the transaction content..."

Kabuto Yakushi seemed to be completely unaware of the killing intent, and asked himself, "Next, Lord Danzo, can you continue to provide information about Link-kun as agreed?"

Danzo Shimura's expression did not change, and he was slow to call on his subordinates to attack the other side. The content about the curse seal provided by Orochimaru really made him envious. Should he tear up the fragile agreement with Orochimaru for the sake of the village?

(End of this chapter)