Uchiha clan land.
Uchiha Shisui, who was leisurely feeding crows at home, suddenly looked up at a group of crows flying over and couldn't help but smile: "Shuichi has sent another letter."
Because the team was disbanded and each team was carrying out their own missions, they were often unable to meet each other, so he and Hoshita Shuichi often sent messages via crows.
They either chatted or talked about ninjutsu, such as the fire Release technique that Hoshita Shuichi was proficient in, or the illusion technique that he was proficient in.
Hmm?
Uchiha Shisui was stunned for a moment, watching the flock of crows falling and gathering into a silhouette, then smiled and said, "Shuichi, you always have so many ideas."
Hoshita Shuichi, who turned into a crow, smiled and said, "It is developed because it is needed."
"But I feel this technique is suitable for you, and the principle is not very difficult, especially for you."
"Project your own chakra into the crow's body, or host it in the crow's body. Then use this part of the chakra to perform the Shadow Clone Technique."
Of course, the prerequisite is to be able to communicate with these crows, but this is beyond doubt for Uchiha Shisui.
Uchiha Shisui understood as soon as he heard it, and accepted the kindness without any hesitation.
The two chatted for a while, and then Hoshita Shuichi turned into a crow and flew away again.
Uchiha Shisui watched the crow fly away, but he was thinking in his heart how to give a return gift.
"Then let's compile some experience on illusion!"
Uchiha Shisui smiled to himself: "Although we have discussed a lot before, it is not a systematic one after all!"
Sometimes, the missions from the Anbu always come suddenly.
Hoshita Shuichi's vacation had not yet ended, and before the competitive eating contest began or Uchiha Shisui's return gift came, he had to leave Konoha Village to carry out a mission.
"I'm sorry everyone, the village is a little short on manpower, and this mission is very important."
On the way, Sarutobi Shinnosuke apologized to everyone.
Akimichi Shigeiwa smiled and said, "It's okay to carry out the mission. The only regret is that I couldn't attend the opening ceremony of the big eater competition, which I organized and planned."
"And Flame."
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said: "I can't attend the opening ceremony, but I should be able to make it in time for the competition."
"If you feel regretful, try again next year."
Under the mask, Akimichi Shigeiwa's eyes lit up: "That makes sense!"
"Well, we have to hold it again next year, and I'll host it myself then!"
After chatting for a while, Chihiro brought the topic back to the mission: "can you tell me the mission information?"
Hoshita Shuichi and others immediately listened attentively.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke said: "The target this time is the Bird Country, and the target of the mission is the third son of the Daimyo of the Bird Country."
"The Kingdom of Birds has always been an ally of the Kingdom of Earth and the sphere of influence of the Hidden Rock Village. However, such small countries generally do not express their political inclinations too clearly."
"But the third son of this daimyo is a war fanatic, and he is encouraging the Bird Country to fully support the Earth Country's eastward expansion."
"Moreover, the current Daimyo of the Bird Country is already critically ill, and this third son is valued and supported by the Land Country."
Hoshita Shuichi listened thoughtfully and speculated: "This daimyo's third son may not want to start a war and expand eastward. It is very likely that someone in the Land of Earth is using him or the Land of Birds to start a war."
"If we expand eastward, the first choice is the Land of Rain. It just so happens that the Land of Rain has been in a state of chaos since the last Ninja World War."
"Of course, this should not be the ultimate goal."
"If it is true that the Land of Earth is hiding behind the Land of Birds, then the target should be the Land of Grass. The resources of the Land of Grass are better than those of the Land of Rain."
"Also, although the Rain Country is in chaos, the strength of the Rain Village cannot be underestimated. After all, the demigod of the ninja world is still there!"
Sarutobi Shinnosuke couldn't help but praise: "Flame, your vision is really accurate."
"That's also the analysis made by the village's top leaders."
Nara Satoshi: "The Land of Earth has always had plans for the Land of Grass, and the Rock Village has been infiltrating the Land of Grass. The death of the previous leader of the Grass Village was related to the Rock Village. Now this leader is very inclined towards the Rock Village."
"The Land of Earth doesn't dare to attack the Land of Grass directly, lest it provoke the Land of Fire and our Konoha, so it borrows the Land of Birds."
"If the Bird Country is invaded, hiring Iwagakure will have a much smaller impact."
Yamanaka Shinichi sighed and said, "It has been less than ten years since the end of the last Ninja World War, and these ambitious people can't help but get restless again."
Akimichi Shigeiwa muttered, "The first Hokage should have wiped out all these guys."
After hearing this, Hoshita Shuichi couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke said in a deep voice: "The village is short of manpower, not only because of the increase in the number of tasks, but also because the major ninja villages are taking frequent actions, and other ninja villages are also expanding the number of ninjas."
"Especially the Iwagakure."
Akimichi Shigeiwa asked, "Will killing the third son of the daimyo prevent the war?"
Sarutobi Shinnosuke shook his head: "I don't know, but this is not something we need to consider."
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said: "If killing one doesn't work, then keep killing."
"If all those who want to start a war die, there will be no war."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
Chihiro didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Flame, you think it's too simple."
"Also, although your idea is good, it is a bit extreme!"
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said: "After all, I am less than 10 years old!"
"But solving problems does not necessarily mean directly addressing the problem. It is entirely possible to address the person who created the problem, as we are about to accomplish now."
"Of course, not directly enough."
"The most direct way is to kill the fighting faction of the Land of Earth!"
Sarutobi Shinnosuke was at a loss whether to laugh or cry: "En, your idea... well, although it does make sense, the fighting faction of the Land of Earth is the mainstream, and the current Third Tsuchikage is one of them."
"This is almost equivalent to us declaring war on the Land of Earth and the Iwagakure."
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said, "If that's the case, then let's not think too much about it."
"Go ahead and kill that daimyo's son, then go back to the village to participate in the eating contest. I can't wait any longer!"
Everyone couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, and the heavy atmosphere that was previously there was swept away.
The group left the Fire Kingdom, then passed through the Rain Kingdom, and entered the Bird Kingdom at dusk the next day.
After resting for a night in the cave and recovering to their peak condition, Hoshita Shuichi and others used transformation techniques to transform themselves into ordinary merchants and entered the daimyo's mansion in the Land of Birds.
After checking into a hotel, a waitress soon entered the suite reserved for Hoshita Shuichi and others carrying a lunch box.
"The root of darkness!"
The waitress said something that startled Hoshita Shuichi.
Yuan FeiKokorozhisuke was not surprised and said, "Hiden Leaf!"
The waitress nodded, opened the lunch box and took out the food. At the bottom was a map. "This is the map where the target person is. It is marked with guards."
"The back side shows the target person's activity habits."
"However, it should be noted that yesterday, a four-member Rock Ninja team entered the target's residence. We have not yet obtained any intelligence on this Rock Ninja team."
"But one of them is suspected to be the elite jonin of the Rock Ninja, Lao Zi."
Sarutobi Shinnosuke was shocked when he heard this: "Lao Zi?"
"Are you sure?"
The waitress shook her head: "Only once."
Sarutobi Shinnosuke nodded: "Thank you for your hard work!"
The waitress nodded slightly, picked up the food box and turned to leave.
Hoshita Shuichi watched silently: "I didn't expect it to be a spy sent by the Root."
"The former dean was the same. As a medical ninja, he quietly collected intelligence in other countries and other ninja villages..."
At this time, Sarutobi Shinnosuke said: "I'm afraid this mission will be a bit troublesome."
Nara Satoshi asked: "Captain, is it because of that lao Zi?"
Sarutobi Shinnosuke nodded: "This guy is not simple, he is the Four-Tails Jinchuriki!"
Everyone was shocked. It was another Jinchūriki!
Akimichi Shigeiwa couldn't help but said helplessly: "It seems that we have a connection with Jinchūriki!"
Everyone smiled bitterly.
Hoshita Shuichi asked: "Captain, do you have any information about Lao Zi?"
Sarutobi Shinnosuke nodded: "In fact, Minato-senpai and Jiraiya-sama have fought against the Jinchuriki of the Iwagakure before."
"Although Lao Zi is not as perfect as Killer Bee of the Cloud Ninja, he is actually more dangerous."
Yamanaka Shinichi asked, "Captain, are you saying that the Jinchūriki is out of control?"
"good!"
Sarutobi Shinnosuke said: "Once the power of the tailed beast is fully released, it will be very terrifying."
Nara Satoshi thought, "Then we have to split into two groups, A and B. One group will lure the enemy, and the other group will assassinate them."
Sarutobi Shinnosuke unfolded the map and said, "Group A, Kokoro, Flame, and I will sneak in first, lure the enemy in, and kill and lead away as many Iwagakure and guards as possible."
"After this, Force, Deer, and Heart, you will be Team B and be responsible for the assassination."
"Retreat immediately after you are done. There is no need to wait for us."
"The meeting point is set at the border, in the cave where we rested yesterday."
Nara Satoshi, Yamanaka Shinichi, and Akimichi Shigeiwa all nodded, "Understood!"
With the guards being transferred away, whether one sneaks in to assassinate directly or carefully controls the people around the daimyo's son to take action, it will be much safer and smoother.
The next step is to familiarize yourself with the intelligence and the map terrain.
As for going out to investigate personally, Sarutobi Shinnosuke did not make such arrangements.
The Iwagakure Village has already made arrangements. The more they do now, the greater the risk of exposure.
Time passed little by little, and soon it was night.
It was quiet late at night. After recuperating, Hoshita Shuichi and his companions quietly left the hotel, walked in the darkness, and finally looked at the target house across the street.
As the son of a daimyo, even if he is the son of a daimyo of a small country, the place he lives in is very large.
But Hoshita Shuichi and others had already memorized the map.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke made a gesture, and Nara Satoshi and the other two stayed behind, while Hoshita Shuichi and Chihiro went straight in with Sarutobi Shinnosuke.
Yes, enter from the front.
They were meant to lure the enemy.
If they could kill their way directly to the target, there would be no need for Nara Satoshi and the others to take risks.
Chihiro hypnotized the guards and knocked them down one by one, and Hoshita Shuichi caught them accurately and placed them gently on the ground.
The three of them rushed into the courtyard and then suddenly stopped.
"From Konoha?"
"Or the Rain Village?"
A figure on the roof spoke.
Hoshita Shuichi looked up and saw the man on the roof with his hands clasped across his chest. His purple hair and purple beard were extremely conspicuous in the moonlight.
It is indeed the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Lao Zi!
At this moment, an Iwa Ninja appeared on the left and right sides, and on the roof at the back.
Surrounded!
Hoshita Shuichi immediately realized that the other party also had a perceptive ninja.
"withdraw!"
Sarutobi Shinnosuke shouted the order.
Swish!
Three figures suddenly jumped up.
Lao Zi did not move, but the other three Iwagakure ninjas rushed out. Six figures clashed in the air, fire flew everywhere, and the sharp sound of metal clashing broke out.
Immediately afterwards, an Iwagakure ninja flew backwards and crashed into the house with a bang, raising a cloud of dust.
At this moment, Lao Zi, who had not taken any action, made seals with his hands, opened his mouth and spit out huge balls of magma flying towards Hoshita Shuichi and the other two.
Lava Release: The Technique of Burning River Rock!
Boom!
The fire lit up the dark night.
Hoshita Shuichi avoided Lao Zi's attack in the air, and as he swung his sword, blue flames surged. From more than 20 meters away, the Azure Flame Waterfall Sword chopped down towards Lao Zi on the roof.
"Um?"
Lao Zi was very surprised to see Hoshita Shuichi standing in the air. Then he clasped his hands together and his body was quickly covered by orange and red lava.
Molten Chakra Mode!
Looking at the falling giant sword, Lao Zi soared into the sky and punched out, colliding with the falling giant sword.
Boom!
The Azure Flame Waterfall Sword was blown apart by Lao Zi's punch. Balls of light blue flames flew everywhere and quickly turned into flower buds.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Chihiro, who were familiar with Hoshita Shuichi's moves, immediately withdrew from the atrium.
Lao Zi, who was falling from the sky, noticed something was wrong and shouted, "Be careful of these flames!"
Before he finished speaking, flames burst in,and in an instant,the entire atrium was engulfed in a sea of fire.
The two Iwagakure ninjas who had just jumped up to chase Sarutobi Shinnosuke and his men were blown away by the waves of fire behind them before they could react.
However, Hoshita Shuichi's body was divided into three parts, with blue light flashing, leaving afterimages and distorting the air light.
The two Iwagakure ninjas just stood up when they were faced with a swift attack from the three Hoshita Shuichis. They had no time to form hand seals and could only fight back with swords.
But their Sword missed.
Hoshita Shuichi's speed was too fast, and the high temperature of the Sword distorted the air and light, and with a little bit of illusion, the two Iwagakure's swords all missed the target.
Phew!
The two Iwagakure slumped to the ground with their eyes wide open.
Shuichi under the three stars did not stop at all and chased after Sarutobi Shinnosuke and the others.
Then, Lao Zi's angry shout came from behind: "Damn it, don't even think about escaping!"
Hoshita Shuichi looked back and saw an extra tail. Lao Zi, still covered by lava, was chasing him rapidly, faster than him.
Lava Release: The Technique of Burning River Rock!
After getting close to a distance, Lao Zi opened his mouth and spit out seven or eight huge balls of magma flying towards Shuichi under the three stars.
But Hoshita Shuichi didn't even look back.
Boom!
The water flow surged, blocking all of Lao Zi's attacks.
Immediately afterwards, a long, thin stream of high-speed water shot out, accurately hitting the pursuing Lao Zi and blasting him away.
Water Release - Water Break Wave!
"As expected of the Four-Tails Jinchūriki..."
Sarutobi Shinnosuke sighed secretly, then shouted: "Retreat!"
He and Chihiro immediately jumped up to catch up with Hoshita Shuichi and continued their retreat.
And behind him, Lao Zi quickly caught up.
Although Sarutobi Shinnosuke's Water Break Wave had hit accurately before, it did not break Lao Zi's molten armor, but only knocked him away.
Hoshita Shuichi couldn't help but smack his lips.
If he was hit by the water breaking wave, he would either be pierced or cut in half.
Bloodline limit and Jinchūriki are just strong!
The two sides quickly passed through Daimyo Prefecture and left the town, one after the other.
After they left, Nara Satoshi and the other two immediately set out and sneaked into the residence of the daimyo's son.
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