Konoha's lexicon of ninjas

Chapter 25: Taking Action! (Please vote with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets to follow this story)

Under the moonlight, by a river.

The two wandering ninjas finally made contact with someone.

Inside the forest, Hoshino and her three companions watched silently.

The contact person didn't have any obvious Sand Village characteristics; instead, he seemed like a wandering samurai.

The distance was too great to hear what the two were saying, and Hoshino Shuichi didn't know how to read lips.

The connection was completed in less than 5 minutes.

The wandering ninja returned, and Hoshino Shuichi and the others immediately hid.

In the darkness, Minato Namikaze used hand gestures to send out coded messages.

Track down the contact!

However, the contact, who resembled a wandering samurai, was very cautious and actually traveled downstream on the river.

Hoshino and the other three followed along through the forest.

After walking nearly 10 miles, Minato Namikaze once again used hand gestures to convey his command.

Shot!

They were still divided into two groups. One group, consisting of Hoshino Shuichi and Namikaze Minato, went around to intercept them. The other group, consisting of Uchiha Shisui and Kurama Sanyou, went into the river to pursue them.

Upon receiving the order, Uchiha Shisui and Kurama Sanyou immediately changed direction, bursting out of the forest and rushing diagonally into the river, speeding across the surface to catch up with the wandering samurai ahead.

The wandering samurai naturally sensed it, and turned back to look in the moonlight: "Konoha!"

"Two little devils?"

The wandering samurai immediately realized that someone else was very likely to bypass him and intercept him.

"You underestimate me, don't you?"

The wandering samurai sneered and turned to charge at Uchiha Shisui and his companion without hesitation.

He needs to deal with these two brats first.

In the forest, Minato Namikaze immediately led Shuichi Hoshino out to fight their way out.

Uchiha Shisui and Kurama Sanyou immediately stopped.

shhhhhh!

Uchiha Shisui threw out his shuriken, while Kurama Sanyou quickly formed hand seals.

The wandering samurai nimbly dodged the flying shuriken, but Uchiha Shisui suddenly pulled with his right hand, causing the thin steel wires on the shuriken to snap. The three shuriken quickly changed direction and trajectory, flanking the wandering samurai from three different directions.

Almost simultaneously, Kurama Sanyo completed his ninjutsu.

Illusion - This is not the magic I'm talking about!

This is an illusion that affects the enemy's vision, making what the enemy sees not the real scene.

At this moment, Kurama Sanyo wanted to disrupt the trajectory of the shuriken that the wandering samurai had seen.

The wandering samurai drew his sword, cut the wire, and knocked away two shuriken in succession, but he missed the third one.

puff!

The shuriken was stuck in the wandering samurai's right arm, and blood flowed, staining the river red.

The cries of pain from the departing samurai were unusually loud even in the silent night.

"hateful!"

The genjutsu was dispelled, and the wandering samurai roared, the river beneath his feet burst open, and he leaped into the air, slashing his katana down at Uchiha Shisui.

"retreat!"

Uchiha Shisui and Kurama Sanyou decisively retreated.

The wandering samurai missed his attack and was about to give chase when he heard a whooshing sound.

He turned his head and saw a kunai flying towards him. His pupils dilated, and he staggered as the kunai almost grazed his face.

But before he could rejoice at having dodged the attack, a figure appeared in front of him and grabbed the kunai.

"you……"

The wandering samurai was shocked. He had just opened his mouth when Minato Namikaze punched him so hard that he swallowed his words back. His feet left the river and he flew backward. Just as he was falling, Hoshino Hide arrived and lashed him with a whip kick. He crashed into the river with a thud and was completely knocked unconscious.

Xingxia Xiu pulled the person out of the river and quickly brought them ashore.

The interrogation was then led by Uchiha Shisui.

Although it's only a single-tomoe Sharingan, his mastery of genjutsu actually surpasses that of Kurama Sanyou.

After being beaten, the wandering samurai's willpower was weakened, and in less than 10 minutes, Uchiha Shisui obtained the information.

This guy is indeed a Sand Village ninja, and a Chunin at that, named Ryo Togawa.

Furthermore, he wasn't the only one carrying out this mission; it was a four-person team.

The other three consist of one Jonin and two Chunin.

That Sand Ninja Jonin was a senior Jonin, while both Chunin were Sensory Ninjas.

The bandits, led by wandering ninjas, were their source of intelligence.

And the purpose is roughly the same as what Hoshino Shuichi had previously speculated.

The two wandering ninjas had been enslaving that small mountain village until they were found by Toukawa Ryo and his group. They then recruited the able-bodied men from the village as laborers, and with information provided by the Sand Ninjas, they crossed the border into the Land of Fire to commit crimes.

After just one time, the young and middle-aged men in that village became completely addicted.

So the two wandering ninjas moved into the village and abandoned their base on the mountain.

The Sand Village's goal was to use this band of bandits to sow discord between the Land of Fire and the Land of River, and then take the opportunity to steal the Land of River's mission load.

The bandits will strike again tomorrow, but this time the information from Sunagakure is wrong. They will run into a border patrol team from Konoha.

Then a battle broke out, the bandits were defeated, their hideout was discovered by the Konoha ninja, and they took revenge by massacring the village.

Even if Konoha and the Land of Fire manage to restrain themselves, they will inevitably hold the Land of River accountable.

Of course, Sunagakure faces the risk of being exposed during this process.

Therefore, tomorrow, Deng Chuanling and his group will also take action, kill the two wandering ninjas in the chaos, and take their bodies away.

"Sunagakure is awful!"

Anma Shanyang angrily said.

Hoshino Shuichi and Uchiha Shisui both nodded in agreement.

This plan is indeed extremely malicious.

Moreover, the effort is minimal while the returns are substantial.

The plan is not difficult to implement.

The situation in the ninja world is relatively calm now, and Konoha's patrols along the border of the Land of Fire are not very heavy, making it relatively easy to exploit loopholes.

Minato Namikaze looked at Ryo Togawa on the ground for a moment, then looked up at Shuichi Hoshishita and the other two, asking, "What are your thoughts on the next move?"

Kurama Sanyou immediately said, "Minato-sensei, we should capture this guy's companions as well, preferably alive."

"And notify the border patrol squad to leave those two wandering ninjas alive."

"In that case, this evidence can be sent to the Daimyo of the Land of Rivers, so that he knows the ambitions of Sunagakure and will completely side with Konoha."

Minato Namikaze looked at Shisui Uchiha.

Uchiha Shisui then said, "Minato-sensei, I agree with Sanyo's opinion. If Togawa Ryo doesn't return in time, the Sand Village will definitely notice something is wrong."

Minato Namikaze nodded, then looked at Shuichi Hoshino one last time.

Hoshino Hideichi had already prepared a plan, so he said, "Take down the Sand Ninja team, notify the border patrol team, and report the situation to the Third Hokage. Please make a decision, Third Hokage."

"This mission involves the Land of Rivers and Sunagakure, and only the Third Hokage can decide how to handle the relationship between them."

Minato Namikaze's eyes showed admiration, but he didn't show it. He said, "Now we'll split into two groups. Shisui, Sanyo, and Shuichi, you take Togawa Ryo back to the border of the Land of Fire and assist the patrol team in capturing those two wandering ninjas and bandits. It would be best to capture them alive."

Kurama Yasunari was startled: "Minato-sensei, you're all alone..."

Hoshita Hideichi smiled and said, "Sanyo, let's obey Minato-sensei's orders. We should trust in our teacher's abilities."

Minato Namikaze smiled and said, "Alright, it's decided then."

As he spoke, he took out a specially made Flying Thunder God kunai and handed it to Uchiha Shisui, saying, "Shisui, take this. I will rush back as fast as I can."

(End of this chapter)