My ninjutsu is not right

Chapter 68 Testing
[A guy with oil paint on his face and a puppet on his back, a boy with a gourd on his back, a love character on his forehead, and dark circles under his eyes...]

Link glanced in the direction Temari came from, and saw two people on the other side of the corridor, one on each side, leaning against the wall with their arms around their chests, looking at this side with cold eyes.

[Kankuro, and Gaara? ]

Temari was slightly surprised and asked, "Isn't it Nara?"

Link looked at her very coldly, with no desire to continue talking. This kind of thing should be just thought about in the mind, saying it out loud would have a purpose.

Is it to gather intelligence or...

Temari looked like she had asked for trouble, and retreated back to her two companions without any change in expression.

Time flows quietly, and the ninjas on both sides are clearly divided. In fact, according to the treaty, the ninjas of the two countries cannot easily cross the border. However, as the Sand Village is weakened, more and more Konoha Village ninjas cross the border to perform missions.

Because the Daimyo of the Wind Country thought it was more cost-effective to hire Konoha Village while cutting military spending, the Wind Country took the initiative to break some of the agreements in the treaty, and the Fire Country had no reason to refuse.

Only the Sand Village has had a very difficult time in recent years, otherwise there would be no need for the Kage of the entire village to come in person to meet with a wealthy businessman.

"Click~" the door opened, Maki went out first, followed by the Fourth Kazekage who put on his hat again.

After Maki went out, he took a special look at Link, and stood with the three Genin from the Sand Village. The Fourth Kazekage walked straight to the stairs and left.

"The negotiation with the Fourth Kazekage went smoothly." Nara Yushiro was the last to go out, and said to his three subordinates in a relaxed tone, "Maybe after the negotiation with all the gold merchants is finished tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, we can return early."

He added, "From now on, the ninjas from the Sand Village will take over the task of escorting us—"

"Until the client leaves the Kingdom of Wind."

Over there, Maki was also communicating with the three Genin from the Sand Village, but judging from their expressions, none of them seemed surprised.

Nara Saltwater put a hand on Link's shoulder and said, "Try to avoid any conflict."

It's 'as much as possible' rather than 'absolutely'.

After saying that, he nodded, signaling the three of them to disperse and stand guard.

The three Genin from the Sand Village opposite have already taken action. Temari, who was carrying a fan on her back, waved her hand, and turned around and went downstairs with the painted man who was carrying a puppet.

The young man who looked like Gaara and was carrying a gourd was the last one to fall behind. He turned his head and glanced at the three people from Konoha Village with eyes full of twisted murderous intent, then disappeared at the end of the corridor.

"That guy's eyes..." Iris was stunned, "It's as if he really wants to kill us."

Xia patted his back and said, "Don't be nervous. He has no reason to attack us, and there is no way we can be killed by him."

「If I’m careless, even I’ll have trouble facing Gaara if I don’t transform...」

Link thought silently but didn't say it out loud.

Nara Yushiro didn't pay attention to the murderous look from the Genin from the allied village.

It would be strange if he thought his subordinates would be influenced by a Genin.

The three people from Konoha Village also took action and quickly dispersed in the hotel to provide alert, while two senior ninjas from different villages stayed around the wealthy businessman from the Land of Fire.
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Night, hotel rooftop.

"Whoosh~" The moon is bright tonight, the sky is cloudless, and a bit of cold wind is blowing, whistling some indistinguishable sand and dust in the air.

Although it is already spring, it is hot during the day but the temperature is almost in the single digits at night. This is very different from the Land of Fire where it is spring all year round and the Land of Rivers where there are distinct four seasons.

Link stood at the edge, quietly on guard, and the chakra in his perception was very clear in the hotel. Since he learned the fine extraction technique, the first half of the chakra perception skills made him almost a qualified perception ninja, plus the existence of the shadow.

His perception range was not very large, but it could cover a hotel without any problem. Even if he did not use chakra to actively perceive, abnormal chakra fluctuations would directly alert him, so he did not need to guard anywhere in person.

In this case, being in a high place makes it easier to provide support at any location at any time.

"Sand~"

Under the cover of the wind, a ball of sand quickly condensed not far behind him.

"I hate... the look in your eyes during the day." The boy with a gourd on his back, who appeared on the rooftop using [Sand Instant Body], said in a strange tone.

"Really?" Link had already noticed the guy's chakra fluctuations. He had quietly completed the use of the clone technique and the transformation technique, turned around and looked over, saying, "I hate the look in your eyes, too."

On the ground illuminated by the bright moonlight, another almost overlapping shadow appeared next to the shadow behind the boy carrying the gourd.

[Testing... Konoha's Chunin...]

The word "mission" flashed through the mind of the boy carrying the gourd, and he raised his right hand.

"Swish~" The shadow stood up, without attacking, just standing behind him.

"Sand~" The gourd instantly turned into sand, forming an oval eggshell that mostly wrapped him.

Link still didn't move. Although the [Sand Shield] looked very strong and activated automatically, but -

[Unless you are a completely enclosed shield that sticks to your skin, for a shadow...]

Just before the boy with the gourd on his back was about to grab something, a shadow flowed into the shield from the gap.

"Bang!" The young man flew sideways, his sand shield was broken directly, and he hit the ground, bounced and fell to the ground.

The shadow that kicked him away turned into two dimensions and fell down after the attack, and was not caught by the sand that suddenly gathered and tried to kill it.

"Crack~" The boy carrying the gourd slowly got up after falling to the ground, and there were some cracks on his cheek where he was kicked.

Link hung his hands, not even taking out a kunai, his expression remained calm.

Just because he looked at me during the daytime, he wanted to kill me. This was too illogical. Even if it was——

Well, the person opposite is Gaara, the Jinchūriki who was almost tortured into a lunatic by Shukaku, so it seems reasonable for him to do this.

No matter what, save chakra, don't reveal too much information, avoid conflicts as much as possible, and don't use large-scale ninjutsu...

"Kill you..." the young man carrying the gourd murmured, bloodshot eyes flashing, and he stretched out his hand to attack.

[Too slow…]

Perhaps Link was used to fighting with jonin, and at this moment he subtly felt that Gaara, who had shown absolute dominance in the Chunin Exam in the comics, was attacking a little slowly.

The speed of Shadow's movement in two dimensions depends on his main body, and after more than two months of special training, he is now considered strong among Chunins just by relying on physical skills. Less than a second is enough for Shadow to move over again and launch an attack to interrupt the boy with the gourd on his back who is about to launch an attack.

"laugh!"

(End of this chapter)