Naruto: I'm Not a Pokémon

Several people marched quickly and arrived at the territory of Tang Country without stopping.

I originally thought that since I had evolved to the third level, I should be able to continue evolving.

But the third one is even harder and more tiring.

I really want to play games and lie down and read novels!

Chapter 97 Hiruzen! I am

Within the borders of Tang country.

None of the eight people wore the Hidden Mist Village forehead protectors, and their attire was just that of ordinary samurai.

These three little young warriors looked a little strange.

Zabuza was constantly adjusting the short sword hanging on his waist. He always felt a little awkward without the weapon on his back.

"Teacher Qing, the town ahead should be where the mission contact person mentioned in the intelligence is located."

Jianchuan Ju looked around vigilantly and spoke to Qing to confirm.

After landing on the coastline of Hot Spring Country, several people rushed all the way here, and unexpectedly encountered ninjas from the Hidden Cloud Village twice along the way.

Fortunately, thanks to Qing's advance perception, they were able to avoid the opponent without any danger. However, everyone still decided to change into the warrior costumes prepared in advance and less disguise.

Although the eight-man samurai team was somewhat conspicuous, the daimyo of each country would often send their own samurai out to do business, which would ultimately reduce some trouble.

The Cloud Village is now dispersed, they must be gathering some information. From what some town residents heard, the importance they attached to a group of samurai passing by and a group of ninjas passing by must be different.

"Let's talk about it first, there seem to be some Kumogakure ninjas in the town."

Qing still maintained his perception ninjutsu. Although Qing's perception ninjutsu could not specifically distinguish too detailed information, it had the advantage of having a very large perception range.

But they must enter the town, so they can only act carefully at this time.

"The people of Kumogakure are really arrogant. They conduct investigations so blatantly in other countries." Kizuna Shingetsu commented with his fangs bared.

Jianchuan Ju looked at his sharp teeth and really wanted to say "Shut up", for fear that others would not know that you are from the Water Kingdom, right?

Fortunately, he didn't need to say anything more, as Ken smashed Gui Deng Xin Yue's head with another punch.

"Shingetsu! Shut up! Or you can learn from Zabuza Momochi and wear a mask!"

After Xinyue's mind recovered, she smiled awkwardly and stopped talking.

"I'm so sorry, Ao Jonin."

After punishing his own team members, Ken still pressed Xinyue's head and bowed to Qing to apologize.

Qing didn't care about these and still answered the other party's previous question.

"There is a huge difference in status between the five major countries and these small countries. What surprises me now is that Konoha, which is fighting with the Hidden Cloud Village, actually ignores the other side's small moves behind the battlefield."

"Indeed, the commander in the territory of Konoha Yu-no-Kuni is the 'An Shinobi', right? As a representative of the Konoha hawk faction, he doesn't seem like the type who would tolerate such a thing." Ken also raised his own doubts.

"That's something we need to investigate."

When Qing Jian approached the town, he raised his hand to signal everyone to shut up and stop the topic.

However, after listening to the thoughts of the two senior ninjas, Jianchuan Tachibana had some guesses.

'Danzo is not just a hawkish radical. He may do something incomprehensible to relieve the pressure on Konoha's front battlefield. After all, with the strength of the AB combination, plus two or three hundred ninjas deployed together on a battlefield, it is possible to directly determine the outcome of a war.'

After they walked into the town, they immediately saw a team of Kumogakure ninjas coming towards them.

However, the other party just glanced at the appearance of everyone, and walked out of the town without any follow-up action.

Several people looked at each other and couldn't help but doubt their previous speculations.

Is the Kumogakure ninja really here to search for something? Why does he look so casual?

However, the most important thing is to meet up with the intelligence personnel in the Kingdom of Tang, so the few of them did not go into details.

Everyone stopped in front of an ordinary sushi restaurant in the town.

If the shabby decoration and the bleak appearance of the store with few customers are considered rare, then perhaps this place is not so ordinary.

After the group walked into the store, the slovenly middle-aged boss behind the counter half leaned on the countertop, showing none of the fear and avoidance that ordinary civilians would have when seeing a samurai, and spoke in a bored tone.

"The ingredients are used up. Guests, please go to another restaurant. Two hundred meters to the left is Dayan's sushi restaurant, which is good. The ingredients are fresh and delicious." Qing looked at the man hesitantly, but still took out a special small scroll from his arms and threw it to the other party.

Who would have thought that the middle-aged man, who had already lowered his head and continued to lie down, would be hit on the head by the scroll without any reaction.

"Hey, what are you doing? I told you there's no ingredients."

The sloppy middle-aged man stood up cursing, but his expression immediately turned serious when he saw the thing that hit him.

With one hand, he easily climbed over the counter and rushed to the door of the store.

He was clearly just an ordinary person without any chakra, and he didn't even react to the scroll that was thrown at his head.

At this time, he was very agile and flexible, and his speed even impressed several ninjas present.

The man rushed to the door of the store and looked around. His expression was still indifferent and his movements were agile, but his mouth made a very discordant, casual and lazy sound.

"Alas~ This nice weather is still suitable for sleeping~ Guests please go back~ Close the shop~ Close the shop~"

It was not until the store door was closed that the man came respectfully to the crowd and bowed politely.

"My lords, are you here because of the matter of the Hidden Cloud Village? We will talk about it later."

After coming to their senses, everyone followed the man's guidance and entered the backyard of the shop.

Jianchuan Ju couldn't help but sigh.

'This ordinary intelligence officer is more like a ninja than any ninja present.'

Just as several people met with the intelligence personnel to understand the situation.

On the other side, in the command tent at the front camp of the Konohagakure Village troops.

A ninja wearing a Konoha Anbu mask knelt on one knee respectfully, holding a scroll in both hands and said.

"Master Danzo, this is the information sent back by the bait team."

Danzo Shimura, with his hands behind his back, slowly turned around, took the intelligence scroll and opened it to check.

"Three dead? But as long as the bait is still alive, there's no problem."

"Pass on my order, tell them to hold on. They are not allowed to leave the southern part of the Land of Hot Springs before receiving orders."

A jonin from the Nara clan nearby spoke hesitantly.

"Master Danzo, should we launch the general attack early? Otherwise I'm afraid."

Shimura Danzo simply waved his hand to interrupt the other party's words.

"Everything is going according to plan. I believe they can hold on. This is all for Konoha!"

At this time, another Anbu Jonin also gritted his teeth and tried to dissuade him.

"Danzo-sama, the Third-sama has sent two letters asking for the termination of the plan. Do you think it is right?"

Danzo Shimura, who was already a little impatient at this moment, slammed the table in front of him hard, shocking all the ninjas present and making them quiet down temporarily.

Danzo Shimura stared at the ANBU ninja who had just spoken with his intact eye, and spoke word by word.

"Then tell Hiruzen! I'm the commander on the front line!"

Chapter 98 Return Point

After the introduction by the intelligence officer named Fujie, everyone also had a general understanding of the current situation in the southern part of the Kingdom of Hot Springs.

Currently, all of Konoha's ninja forces are in the northern part of the Land of Hot Springs, and even the logistics transportation routes go directly from the Land of Fire into the northern part of the Land of Hot Springs.

The more than 200 Kumogakure ninjas led by the AB combination have no rivals in the southern part of the Land of Hot Springs.

Although the Ninja Village of Yu-no-Kuni, Yugakushi Village, is located in the southern region, unfortunately, due to its consistent adherence to the concept of peace, this village is more of a tourist attraction than a ninja village.

At present, even the Daimyo of the Land of Hot Springs can only ignore the existence of these Kumogakure ninjas and pretend that the country is still peaceful and prosperous.

Of course, the two countries of Leihuo were fighting each other within the borders of Tang Country, so they couldn't do anything even if they wanted to.

According to Fujie's intelligence channels, this Cloud Hidden Village force seems to be looking for the Konoha ninja lurking here.

However, it is unknown how many people there are on the other side and why they are lurking here.

At the same time, although this small army did not cause undue trouble to the people of Tang Country, after all, the main force of Yunyin was still fighting on the front line, and it was inevitable that some ordinary people would be affected.

Therefore, the people of Yu Country currently have a strong resistance to the ninjas of Kumogakure and Konoha.

There are even rumors that a part of the civilians of Hot Spring Country have formed an opposition force. Although they cannot cause damage to the main forces of the two villages on the front line, they are sparing no effort to attack the Cloud Hidden Force in the southern part of Hot Spring Country.

This also led to an increasingly serious conflict between the two sides. Not only did the resistance forces suffer heavy casualties, but it was even rumored that many ninjas in the Hidden Cloud Force were also killed or injured.

"Can a resistance army composed of civilians actually cause casualties to the Hidden Cloud Army?" Qing immediately raised the question.

If only one or two Hidden Cloud Genin were killed or injured in the surprise attack, it could be understood as carelessness, but Fujie meant that the rebels had already suffered relatively obvious casualties.

This made the Hidden Cloud Force treat these civilians even more cruelly.

"It seems that some secret method has been used to give civilians a certain level of combat power, but I don't know what it is." Fujie replied without any emotion.

"Could it be that Konoha is secretly supporting the civilians of the Land of Hot Springs?" Ken expressed his guess.

"It shouldn't be. If Konoha really wants to attack these Kumogakure troops, there is no need to borrow the name of the people of Yu-no-Kuni. Besides, even if Konoha wants to hide itself, if these civilians don't have the ability to kill Kumogakure, they won't get Konoha's support."

"Tachibana is right, but this is also a good thing for us. If the Hidden Cloud Village continues to search without any hindrance, we will not have a good opportunity to conduct an investigation."

After Qing finished speaking, he turned to Fujie and asked.

"Do you know the current trends of AB Group?"

"Yes, ninja-sama. A day ago, the other party appeared in the small town of Si Gu in the southwest near the border of the Land of Fire, and it was only these two who acted alone."

"But the enemy is too fast. When we had intelligence about them a few times before, one day was enough for them to run to any place in the Land of Hot Springs. So we are still not sure whether this news is delayed."

Fujie rubbed his brows after saying this. It seemed that dealing with all this ninja-related information was not easy for him.

"Ao Jonin, are we going straight to the AB team now? I heard that AB is the strongest person under the Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village."

"Crack~"

The head exploded again.

"Sorry, Ao Jonin." After recovering, Kizuna immediately bowed and apologized.

Ken found that his disciple was becoming more and more shameless. He actually directly questioned the team leader's decision. He felt a little ashamed and apologized along with his own disciples.

What surprised Jianchuanju was that Fujie, an ordinary person who saw this situation for the first time, did not show any emotion on his face.

Qing nodded to Ken and the other man, not caring about the doubt in Gui Deng Xin Yue's words. "It's not certain that the AB team is still in Si Gu Town. We may be able to find some clues by going to the places they passed by recently. If the two are still in Si Gu Town, we have to go there. There must be some important reason for them to stay there."

After explaining to several subordinates, Qing patted Fujie on the shoulder and said.

"Thank you for your hard work. I'll trouble you to continue the investigation. We may need intelligence support."

The three little ones couldn't help but hold their foreheads when they saw Qing's increasingly serious leadership style.

However, Jianchuan Ju continued to speak.

"Teacher Qing, can I send Lanzai here? It will also make it easier to pass on information later."

Because they wanted to pretend to be samurai, it was not appropriate to carry summoning beasts, which were obviously symbols of ninjas.

Jianchuan Ju simply stopped the psychic technique and sent Lanzi back to the village.

Since Lanzai doesn't have a fixed home like 'Myobokusan' or 'Wet Bone Forest', every time he cancels the spiritual communication, Lanzai will return to the location of the 'spiritual communication scroll' given by the system.

As long as Jianchuanju lets Lanzai be summoned holding the 'Spiritual Scroll', it will be equivalent to changing the 'return point'.

After that, it will be much easier to communicate with the intelligence personnel here, and it can also reduce the risk of exposure of this intelligence station.

"Okay, this way it will be more convenient if there is anything you need to know later."

After seeing Qing agree, Jianchuan Ju bit his finger and summoned Lanzai.

Lan Zai, who had just been summoned by the spirit, was still holding an apple. Perhaps he felt the spirit, and he dropped the apple and entered an alert state the moment he landed.

"Quack! (σ｀д′)σ"

However, after looking around, he found that there was no fighting, and hurriedly picked up the apple on the ground with heartache and brushed off the dust.

Jianchuan Ju awkwardly took Lan Zai aside and whispered something in his ear.