Konoha: I have a gravity training room

In the evening, the fifteen young men went to BBQ Q to have dinner together to celebrate their promotions.

A few Genin saw that these people were already wearing the uniforms of Chunin and Jonin, and tears of envy flowed from their mouths for a moment, and then they showed off their barbecue as a way to vent their anger.

The five teachers, Kakashi, Gai, Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi and Aoba Yamashiro, were sitting at another table, all smiling slightly.

All of their students were promoted, which made them very happy.

But I still envy Yamashiro Aoba more. This guy has one student directly promoted to jonin, and one student became Tsunade's apprentice. It's like a winner in life. However, it seems that this is what Yamashiro Aoba deserves. After all, there is an outstanding student like Xia Mu in the class. It feels like winning is not a problem.

"I don't know what tasks Lady Tsunade will assign to me next."

Shikamaru had a bad feeling, he didn't think being promoted to Chunin was a good thing.

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Being promoted means more work to do and more responsibilities to bear, which is very unfriendly to a lazy person like him.

Shino said, "Now that I'm a Chunin, the missions will be C-rank at the very least. I'm more concerned with how the team is divided."

Tiantian agreed, "The missions we're doing are more advanced, but also more dangerous. It's naturally impossible to go on a mission alone, so we'll be reassigned to a new team. I'm afraid it'll take some time to adapt."

Sasuke, however, looked confident: "Since he is a Chunin, he should have the adaptability of a Chunin. Unlike Genin, he does not need a long period of adjustment to form combat effectiveness. In other words, even if a Chunin temporarily joins a new team, he will adapt as quickly as possible. Not only must he not be a drag, but he must also play his due role. Otherwise, he is unqualified."

Everyone nodded in agreement with Sasuke's words.

Only Naruto curled his lips. He just didn't like seeing Sasuke stealing the show.

Chapter 154 New Mission (I will try to update more today)

Neji, on the other hand, was full of anticipation for the mission.

Because, to go on a mission, one naturally has to leave the village, and once one leaves the village, one has the opportunity to look for clues outside.

However, a Chunin still has to team up with others, which makes it somewhat inconvenient to move freely. It would be better for him to be promoted to a Jonin as soon as possible, so that he may be able to go on missions alone.

Xia Mu was actually curious about Tsunade's next plan.

Logically speaking, the current focus should be on guarding the safety of the village. After all, without the Uchiha Guard, the village is like a sieve, with spies sneaking in from time to time. Who knows if there will be another collapse.

However, given Tsunade's personality, it is obviously impossible to make all the ninjas hide in the village.

In addition, how to resolve the diplomatic issues with the Sand Village in the Wind Country is also a top priority.

Although Orochimaru was the mastermind behind the collapse of Konoha, the Sand Village was also an accomplice. If they were to let them off lightly, it would be difficult to convince the public. However, the Kazekage of the Sand Village also died at the hands of Orochimaru. It is clear that the Sand Village was also a victim, deceived and murdered by Konoha's S-rank traitor.

This is very troublesome. It is difficult to decide whether to fight or make peace.

In the eyes of other villages, Konoha would definitely attack the Sand Village, but those people underestimated Tsunade's courage.

Not only did Tsunade not choose to go to war, she also re-established friendly relations with the Sand Village and released the Jinchūriki back, making the relationship between the two villages closer.

Xia Mu knew the result, so he couldn't guess how Tsunade would arrange the task.

Fortunately, with his current strength, he can easily complete even S-level tasks. If things really don't work out, he can use Flying Thunder God to escape, so he has nothing to fear at all.

After the barbecue, everyone went their separate ways.

Natsuki and Tenten walked to the ninja tool shop, said hello to the owner, and left to go to Natsuki's home.

However, not long after he got home, someone knocked on the door. When Xia Mu opened the door, he found a ninja wearing an animal mask, who must be an Anbu.

"Hokage-sama asked me to give this scroll to you." The Anbu ninja handed over a scroll and then disappeared.

"Could this be..." Xia Mu thought of something, smiled in surprise, and quickly closed the door, "Tenten, come quickly! Lady Tsunade has sent someone to deliver the scroll!"

"Really? That's great!"

Tiantian ran straight into Xia Mu's arms, and then they both opened the scroll together.

Looking at the first sentence of the scroll, "The Technique of Mutual Multiplication of Explosive Talismans", the two of them smiled widely, quickly opened the scroll completely, and began to read the contents.

The technique of multiplying explosive talismans involves summoning more explosive talismans upon detonating them, and then continuing to detonate until all targets are destroyed. This requires engraving a summoning rune on the explosive talisman and setting it to trigger the summoning. This allows the explosive talisman to activate the summoning technique upon detonation, summoning new explosive talismans.

In addition, this technique is very dangerous and requires the detonator to observe the explosion at all times and be able to interfere with the explosion process at any time.

If the explosion is interrupted, the detonator can continue to cast the spell to detonate it. If he feels that the explosion is almost over, he can also cast the spell to stop it. It can be said to be very flexible.

That is, you may be accidentally affected by the explosion.

Tiantian didn't care: "This is easy. I will use a shadow clone to detonate it, and then leave two more shadow clones. Anyway, I have a chakra battery now, so I don't worry about not having enough chakra."

Xia Mu scratched her nose and said, "That's true, so I got this for you."

"Hehe, then I'll thank my future husband!"

"You can't just thank me verbally. Show me how to wear the fishnet clothes!"

"Oh, you're so bad!"

"Hehehe! I'm much more evil than you think. Look at my Eighteen Hands..."

The next day, Xia Mu and several newly promoted ninjas were called to the Hokage's office again. Unexpectedly, Kakashi and Kai were also there.

Tsunade didn't delay at all and started assigning tasks directly:

"Right now, we're entering the negotiation phase with the Sand Village. Other large villages might take advantage of the situation and rob us. I need you to go to the border to provide support. Kai, you take Neji and Tenten to the northwest border and keep an eye on the movements of the Iwagakure Village. Kakashi, you take Sasuke and Shino to the northeast border to guard against an attack from the Cloud Village.

Shikamaru, you are smarter, you will assist in the negotiations with the Sand Village. During the negotiations, you will be responsible for dealing with Gaara, Kankuro, Temari, Maki and other hostages."

Shikamaru immediately showed his dead eyes: "What a hassle, I am actually responsible for the most critical matter."

Everyone knows that the most critical thing at the moment is the negotiations between Konoha Village and Sand Village. If the negotiations fail, war may break out, so the responsibility of this matter is very heavy.

Tsunade smiled and said, "Shikamaru, I believe in your wisdom, so don't underestimate yourself."

Shikamaru could only nod: "Okay then, I'll try my best."

The most painful thing for a salted fish is to work hard, but Shikamaru really can't refuse. At most, he can only complain a few words, and he still has to do the work he has to do.

Tsunade finally looked at Natsuki: "Natsuki, you are responsible for investigating the Land of Rice. You once defeated Orochimaru, and it is said that you have learned Flying Thunder God, so I am most confident in you going."

You actually asked me to go to Tianzhiguo?

Xia Mu couldn't help but be surprised, but Tsunade's reason was right. Perhaps it would be most reassuring for him to go.

So he nodded and said, "I understand. What do you need me to investigate?"

Tsunade said seriously, "Orochimaru is a venomous snake. Once he sets his sights on something, he will never give up easily. You must pay attention to the movements of the Sound Village, especially investigate Orochimaru's actions. If there is a chance, you should also investigate Orochimaru's laboratory. He is a huge threat and is still entrenched in the neighboring countries of the Fire Country, which makes me feel uneasy. You should first investigate as much as possible and find as much valuable information as possible. One day, Konoha will take action against the Sound Village!"

Xia Mu nodded in agreement, and then several people immediately left the office.

The task was quite urgent, and Xia Mu didn't have time to tell Tiantian anything. He just looked at Tiantian, and everything was said without words.

After returning home, I quickly prepared what I needed and headed straight for the door.

"Hey! Our Konoha Demon Sword is here! Is he going on a mission alone? You are worthy of being the new Jonin who is highly regarded by Lady Tsunade!" The duo of gate gods greeted with a smile.

"Well, hello, seniors. I'm going on a mission, please register." Xia Mu signed quickly.

"Senior, you're too polite. You're a Jonin now, and we're still Chunin. Besides, we can only guard the gate."

"A senior is a senior, it has nothing to do with status. I'll be leaving first."

After registering, Natsuki left the village immediately. Even though he was already a jonin, he still maintained the image of respect for his elders, and would only be rude if he truly disliked someone. For example, Natsuki didn't show that much respect for Jiraiya. Even though Jiraiya was powerful and a true hero, his behavior of peeping into the women's bathhouse was highly criticized.

Chapter 155 Scouting the Land of Fields

"Psychic art!"

Bang! A giant eagle appeared, but it was not Badora.

This is an eagle much smaller than Badora. It can only carry one person, but it has good speed and endurance.

Badora's injury is no longer a problem, but its body is too large and it will easily attract attention, making it unsuitable for traveling secretly. Besides, Tiantian might need Badora.

Xia Mu jumped onto the giant eagle's back and patted its back.

The giant eagle immediately let out a long cry and soared into the sky, flying towards the north of the Fire Nation.

The ninja world actually doesn't seem to be that big. According to the distance calculation in the original work, it only takes three days at the fastest to get from Konoha Village to Sand Village, and the distance from Konoha Village to the border of the Land of Rice is half the distance from Konoha to Sand Village. In addition, Natsuki is riding a super-fast giant eagle, so it takes less than a day to reach the border of the Land of Rice.

Xia Mu was not in a hurry to enter the Land of Fields, but flew twice along the border between the two countries.

After confirming that there were only ninjas from Konoha Village stationed there and no trace of Sound Ninja, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It was getting late, so he found a secluded place to eat while thinking about a strategy.

Although the original work mentioned Orochimaru's base many times, the location was not detailed, and there was even little description of the Sound Village, so it was a bit difficult to get information from the original work. At most, some information about the Sound Five was written down, and the Crystal Release Crimson Lotus created by the animation were all relatively threatening enemies.

As for Orochimaru's base, we can only go and find it.

The next morning, Xia Mu once again circled the border between the two countries on the giant eagle, and only flew into the Land of Fields after finding nothing.

The country of fields is not big, and Xia Mu plans to fly along several routes. He sits on the back of an eagle and uses the telescope technique to achieve a low-profile aerial photography effect.

I don’t believe that we can’t find Orochimaru’s strongholds!

Xia Mu was also lucky. After flying for more than an hour, he took aerial photos of a hidden cave. Traces of human activities were clearly visible at the entrance of the cave, and there were snake-like carvings on the cave door.

That's clearly saying: This is one of Orochimaru's strongholds!

Xia Mu did not stop immediately, but continued to let the giant eagle fly forward to avoid being monitored by someone on the ground. After flying for a distance, he had marked the location on the map, and then quietly jumped off the eagle's back and landed on the ground silently.

"Earth escape technique!"

Xia Mu dived into the soil and quietly approached the cave entrance, trying not to leave any trace.

After arriving at the cave entrance and seeing that there was no one around, he took out his Polaroid camera and took some pictures of the cave entrance. This was all intelligence and should be counted as part of his achievement.

After doing all this, Xia Mu continued to use the earth-hiding technique to quietly enter the cave.

There were signs of recent human activity in the cave, and when he reached the depths he could hear people talking, so Xia Mu became even more cautious.

He was not afraid of being discovered, nor was he afraid of losing the fight, but he kept his investigation mission in mind. He only needed to get the information, and Tsunade would naturally take care of the rest.

It is not a good thing to alert the snake. What if Orochimaru is not here? What if Orochimaru hears the news and moves away directly? Then it will be even more difficult to find the poisonous snake. Xia Mu will not do such a stupid thing.

After some investigation, it took a whole day.

The main reason was that there were people in the cave, so Xia Mu didn't dare to make too much noise, and he was also looking for an opportunity to take pictures.

This is obviously an experimental base of Orochimaru. Many people who are used as experimental subjects are imprisoned here, and there are also many samples soaked in green potions. It's creepy just to look at it.

Xia Mu took photos of most of the things he saw, attached notes and maps, and summoned a smaller eagle to send a message back.

The investigation ends here and Xia Mu continues forward.

What Natsuki didn't know was that when Tsunade and Shizune received the information the next day, they were shocked by his efficiency.

"Shizune, how many days have passed since Natsuki went on the mission?" Tsunade asked in disbelief.

"Uh, it seems like it's only been three days..." Shizune was stunned.

"I heard that his and Tiantian's summoning beast is a giant mountain eagle that flies at an extremely fast speed. It seems that he rode the giant eagle to the Land of Fields. No wonder it was so fast. Having such a subordinate is really reassuring!"

Tsunade couldn't help but sigh, and quickly opened the information to look at it, her expression suddenly became ugly.

Jingyin leaned over to take a look and immediately gasped, because among the photos sent back by Xia Mu, many were scenes of human experiments. Even though Jingyin was a doctor, she was shocked by these scenes.

"Damn Orochimaru! What does he think of human life!"

Tsunade punched the desk, but being angry was useless. Only the desk and the financial staff were injured, and it was of no use to Orochimaru.

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Shizune took a long time to recover and asked hurriedly: "Tsunade-sama, what are you going to do next?"

Tsunade, however, had regained her composure and shook her head, saying, "Let Natsuki continue investigating. I believe he will soon be able to locate all of Orochimaru's bases in the Land of Rice. We must quickly conclude the negotiations with the Sand Village, and then gather our forces to annihilate Orochimaru in one fell swoop!"

In the following days, Xia Mu discovered a stronghold every few days, sneaked in quietly, and obtained a lot of intelligence without being discovered.

Every time we get intelligence, an eagle will be sent back immediately.

I have to say that Orochimaru is really speechless. In such a small country like the Land of Rice, he actually has ten experimental bases. There may be more that have not been discovered in secret, but those are very difficult to find.

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It is impossible for Xia Mu to find everything, that would be a waste of time. The first thing is to find Orochimaru!

The main person Konoha Village wants to eliminate is Orochimaru. As long as Orochimaru is defeated successfully, it doesn't matter how many experimental bases Orochimaru has. After all, the biggest threat has been eliminated. These experimental bases can be destroyed slowly, or simply ignored.

Time flies. It has been about a month since Xia Mu left the village.

Most parts of Tianzhiguo have also been photographed from the air.