"Humph, let's see if this kid can keep up with me!" Thinking this, Ashita suddenly had blue chakra appear under his feet, he sprinted forward and followed Haryu. Then he deactivated the chakra under his feet. "Tenryū, we have to hurry, or we won't catch the bandit massacre!" Saying this, he accelerated, relying solely on his physical fitness, he forcibly left Haryu behind.
Haryu didn't rush to catch up, but calmly turned his head back to take a look, his tone calm as he asked: "Can you guys handle the acceleration?" Maybe Yomi wouldn't be able to handle the high speed, but at this moment, she clearly knew that this was about Captain Tenryū's face, it wouldn't be good to unintentionally help Ashita's arrogance in front of her.
"Hmm, it's okay." As soon as the words left her mouth, Yomi kicked off the ground first. She was worried that she wouldn't be able to keep up with the three of them if she lagged behind.
"Okay." Seeing this, Tsuki also accelerated without blinking.
"Hmm. Then let's adjust when we get there." Haryu also kicked off the ground, but he forcibly surpassed Tsuki, who had left a little earlier, and with another step, he surpassed Yomi.
"Hmm? As expected of our captain. So young, but his physical fitness is definitely qualified. But Ashita in front is way ahead." Yomi saw Tenryū pass by her side, and while she was surprised, she was also a little worried.
"It'll take about half a minute to catch up. Hmm, this speed can be sustained for a long time, and I don't have to worry about stamina." Haryu calculated the distance between him and Ashita, and the time it would take, so he chased after him calmly, his eyes under the mask stared straight ahead, and there… was no sign of Ashita.
Half a minute later, the distance between Haryu and Yomi behind him had widened to one hundred meters, and Ashita, the fastest one, had also been left ten meters behind.
Slap!
Haryu suddenly kicked the side of the tree branch in front of him, then used the recoil to leap back, and landed in the bushes.
The three team members behind him also made the same move at the same time. But Ashita, because he had consumed too much, missed his footing, and fell in an arc towards the front.
"Crap, the captain stopped, there must be danger ahead, brother…" Tsuki's heart was burning, he watched Ashita fall, but there was nothing he could do.
"Water Release: Water Stream Whip!" Haryu lay on the ground, quickly forming hand seals, and immediately increased the amount of chakra in the jutsu, extending the Water Stream Whip he had just released to ten meters, this was a length he had never used before! He swung it upwards, grabbed Ashita's ankle, who was about to fly over his position, and then pulled him back behind him.
"This, whew. I'm saved. Hmm? It's actually this kid?" Ashita thought secretly, but he still didn't let up: "Why did you suddenly stop, don't think that just because you saved me, I'll…" Haryu heard him still arguing, so he used the Water Stream Whip that hadn't been deactivated to cover his mouth.
"There's an enemy ahead." Haryu whispered to the team members around him: "Tsuki and Ashita are preparing to assassinate."
The events had happened a little too quickly, and they hadn't heard Tenryū's instructions for a moment. "Tsuki?" Yomi patted his shoulder, reminding him.
"Ah, hmm. Let's go, brother." After reacting, the face under his mask showed a slightly apologetic smile towards Tenryū. Unfortunately, no one could see it.
"Let's finish it quickly."
Fire Release: Blazing Burn!
After Tsuki leaped onto the left side of the road, with a five-meter distance between them, they used the combination jutsu they had used against Haryu before.
A chain of flames connected the palms of the two, cutting everything it touched, charging towards the bandit outpost at the front of the mountain pass.
"Brother, there's someone in front of you!" Ashita was very considerate of his brother, even though he knew Tsuki must know, he still couldn't help but remind him.
"Hmm, move a little towards me, let's quietly take out a few first." Tsuki looked up and observed, then nodded, pulling Ashita towards him. Their jutsu attack range was limited to the space between them, they weren't very strong in a head-on confrontation.
Ashita leaped diagonally, passing through the open road with a single step, the fire chain in his hand soared and flipped with his body's movements, the air crackled as it whipped. Then he dived into the grass, and walked side by side with Tsuki again.
"Boss, did you hear any sounds?"
"Sounds? What kind of sounds could there be in this deep mountain forest? Are you stupid? Or are you lonely? Keep a good eye on the road! If there's no one, there's no problem! Don't shout, I still have to sleep! You keep a good watch, I'm telling you." On the ground, a bandit who was sleeping on a reclining chair heard the impatient voice from the lookout tower, he didn't care about the content, he directly cursed, and the lookout tower was instantly silent.
But it wasn't because the kid up there had learned his lesson.
Sshh! A faint sound of tearing through the air.
It was Tsuki who heard the shout, he wanted to eliminate this hidden danger, so he casually threw a shuriken, accurately hitting the guard's carotid artery, silently sending him to his death.
"Brother, good technique!" Ashita looked at his brother's proficient shuriken technique, excitedly jumped again, and after two seconds, he forgot about the near miss of being discovered.
"Alright, focus on the mission. The sooner we finish, the less danger there will be." Tsuki's eyes were still a little heavy. The guard at the gate was too lax, not at all like a gang that had occupied the mountain for several years. "Could it be, this gate is fake?"
Although he was talking to himself, Ashita still heard it. "Brother, what do you mean? Could the gate be fake? If this gets out, how will this bandit gang survive?" Ashita didn't think any further, he just blurted it out without thinking.
"No, no. A cunning rabbit has three burrows, this can't be the important place. I'm afraid that when we attack, we'll cause a big trouble." Tsuki patiently explained.
"Aren't we supposed to kill them all, whether they come at us together or one by one? As long as it's a gate, we just charge in. Just a bunch of bandits, what can they do to us, the Anbu of Konoha?" Ashita didn't want to stop, he was eager to prove that he was stronger than Haryu, they were already at the entrance to the stronghold, how could he stop?
"Ashita! Don't be reckless, it can't be that simple."
"Good thing you guys stopped. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to catch up." Haryu, in the distance, closed his eyes lightly, controlled a clone to come to the two of them. It seemed to be a relatively peaceful Water Clone.
"Captain Tenryū, I feel like there's something fishy here." Tsuki, seeing Captain Tenryū send a clone, expressed his concerns. Seeing his brother so serious, Ashita didn't make trouble anymore.
"Hmm, I think so too. The guards here are too careless. Let's use my Water Clone to test it out first." A low voice came from the clone, and after agreeing with Tsuki's opinion, he immediately moved towards the gate.
The Water Clone crawled slowly through the grass, inching towards the guard who was resting on the reclining chair. "How slow, you have to be so cautious with a little thief like this? I'd rather be captain!" Ashita turned his head away and muttered softly, even though he was wearing a mask, Tsuki still noticed him.
"Did you say something?"
"No… nothing, nothing."
Two minutes later, Haryu had reached the gate, standing upright in the shadows beside the gatepost, observing the movement inside. Although Haryu couldn't see the situation directly through the clone, his inexplicable perception told him that this gate was indeed empty.
He saw the clone turn around, face the gate, and with lightning speed, use the Water Stream Whip, quickly pull away the bandit who was lying down, then roll and tighten the surrounding corners, pulling the bandit in with him. The rest was out of sight.
Haryu, with Yomi, suddenly charged forward, joining Ashita and Tsuki at the front. "Now, we'll just wait for the information my clone can get. We'll make further plans after we get the intel." Haryu squatted down and said to his three teammates.
"Yes." Yomi and Tsuki agreed in low voices.
"Tch."
In the distance, in the stronghold, a thick fog rose from the center.
"The intel is here. Hmm, it seems these bandits have gone out to plunder. Let's find a place to wait for them." Saying this, Haryu released a Wind Clone, used Transformation Technique, and turned him into the same appearance as the person on the lookout tower, preparing to use him to lure the bandits, then his team would kill them.
"I'll put the clone into the center of the bandits, Yomi, it's best if you stand on the tree in the distance and use a genjutsu barrier, Ashita and Tsuki, ambush in the grass, be ready to use your combination jutsu at any time, I'll be the rearguard, stopping the fleeing bandits. Get ready, it shouldn't take too long."
"Ah! Help! Run, run, run!"
"They're here already? Although I said it wouldn't take too long, it shouldn't be this fast, right?" Ashita was a little surprised, Tenryū had just said their situation, but the shouts came so quickly? They didn't even have time to set up an ambush.
"Help! What kind of monster is this!"
"They seem a little off." Tsuki heard the shouts and was a little confused.
"Run! Ah!"
Pshh.
"It seems like someone is chasing them." Yomi also heard the miserable howls, it was easy to distinguish.
Wipes!
Pshh!
"They… someone is killing them?" No matter how indifferent Ashita was, he could still tell what was happening in front of him. "Let's make a move too?"
"Wait, let's go in after they leave." Haryu didn't want to cause any trouble, he just wanted to do his duty well, he didn't need to get involved in other people's business.
But the group, when they were about to enter Haryu's line of sight, suddenly stopped, then there was no more sound of bandits being killed, and the howls were much fewer.
"What's going on? Never mind that. Let's make a move." Haryu gave the order, he jumped onto the tree branch first, quickly circled around to the back of the bandits, while the Wind Clone immediately rushed into the bandit group. At this time, disguise was no longer necessary, the Wind Clone directly appeared in its original form.
"How come there's another one?" The bandits were all panicked, looking at the masked person in front of them, the fear that had subsided a moment ago rose again.
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