Zhi Yujing, this old man who had spent his entire life for the Hidden Hot Water, in the end, what he couldn't let go of was still this village he had single-handedly founded. Logically speaking, he had already done enough. But there was always a dark cloud in his heart that would not dissipate.
The three jonin in the village besides himself had all been recruited by him. The length of time varied. The longest was Watanabe Mousse, who had been with him for more than ten years. Their relationship was extremely close, and he was also wholeheartedly devoted to the village. The other female jonin had joined his Hidden Hot Water for eight years. Zhi Yujing could feel that she had also long since integrated into this village.
Only the other person... always made him feel wary. And that was Zuo Xun.
...
At this moment, a Yugakure ninja knocked lightly on the door outside, then walked in.
"Lord Leader, your subordinate has already found out. This morning, besides Team Keyaki and Team Yoru who took on missions in the mission hall, only Jonin Zuo Xun entered the mission hall. He also issued an escort mission for Watanabe Sheren and Tianfeng. After that, he also left."
Zhi Yujing's brow furrowed tightly. He stared fixedly at the ninja in front of him and said, word by word, "Where is he now?"
The ninja was a little nervous from being stared at by him and said in a panic, "Someone saw him leave the village..."
Zhi Yujing suddenly clenched his fists, his eyes slowly closing. Seeing Lord Leader's gloomy expression, this ninja couldn't help but ask, "My lord, did something happen?"
Zhi Yujing shook his head powerlessly, but thinking that these two were his trusted subordinates, there was no need to hide some things. He said with a bitter voice, "I'm afraid... Zuo Xun thought I was going to pass the position of the next leader to Watanabe Mousse, and this time he's going to make a move on him."
The two ninja's expressions changed drastically at the same time. They said in horror, "How is that possible! Jonin Zuo Xun is such a straightforward person. How could he make a move on a comrade from the village?!"
"Yes! And that's Jonin Watanabe! With that one's strength, he alone couldn't possibly do it, right?!"
Zhi Yujing shook his head and said slowly, "You don't understand. A jonin who has only joined our village for two years... his performance in the village is too perfect. His popularity is also extremely good. But it is precisely this perfection that makes me feel that his ambitions are great. And what is there in my small Hidden Hot Water that is worthy of his plotting?"
Zhi Yujing's expression grew uglier and uglier. "It's nothing more than this position of leader of mine!"
Seeing that the two trusted subordinates still had some disbelief on their faces, Zhi Yujing only felt his heart was blocked. "Sometimes, if you want to kill a person, you don't need to do it yourself..."
...
Southern Land of Fire. Outside Twilight Blade City.
It was already almost late at night, but Shangguan Mo's convoy was still on the road. Ten li ahead was Twilight Blade City. Through the moonlight, he and the others could already see the dark shadow of a densely built city faintly emerging under the moonlight.
"We're finally almost there! These half a month of eating in the wind and sleeping in the dew has really been a bit uncomfortable for me!" Shangguan Mo's face was a little numb. Smelling the musty smell on his body, he had the feeling of wanting to die. Not having bathed or changed his clothes for half a month was a kind of torture for him, a modern person. Now he just wanted to go to Twilight Blade City, take a good bath, change into a clean set of clothes, and lie on a soft, big bed for a good night's sleep.
Just then, he suddenly received a wave of information from an exploding fly ahead.
"There's..."
This thought only expressed one word before the mental link with him was broken.
"Over there!" He suddenly sensed a place two li ahead. One of his exploding flies that had been sent out had suddenly broken its faint mental link with him. The disappearance of the exploding fly came too suddenly, and was very brief. It was as if... he had just been dazed from sleepiness.
But the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. "I did feel an exploding fly disconnect just now, but..." He looked at the pitch-black forest in front of him. In this extremely quiet world, not only was there no flash of an explosion, but besides the muffled sound of horses' hooves and the rolling of wheels on the ground behind him, he did not feel any other abnormal sound.
"The exploding flies are not very intelligent. They will definitely self-destruct when they encounter danger. Even if the power is not great, for there to be no flash or sound of an explosion at all... this is too wrong!"
Thinking of this, he quickly shouted in a low voice to those behind him, "There's a situation!"
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
Three figures arrived one after another. It was the Watanabe father and son, and Tianfeng.
"What's wrong?" Mousse frowned. Then he quickly turned around and raised his hand.
The coachman at the front of the convoy had a reluctant look on his face, but he didn't dare to disobey the will of this ninja-sama. He quickly pulled the reins and controlled the horses to stop. Before long, the entire convoy had stopped, and a fat figure quickly came from the middle of the convoy to the front.
After this person met with the coachman at the front, a few extremely dissatisfied curses were heard.
"Damn it! We're almost there! Who told you to stop?!"
"You dog! You don't want this money, do you?! Ah, it's one thing to disturb my rest, but to delay the journey, can you afford to compensate for my losses?!"
After being scolded head-on, the coachman's voice was so wronged it could make even an emotionless killer feel pity. "It wasn't me, boss! It was those few ninja-sama in front who spoke..."
That person was taken aback for a moment. He took a deep breath and suppressed the full heart of annoyance, then hurried a few steps forward. The fat figure gradually became clear in the dim moonlight. He came before Shangguan Mo and the others.
"Lord Watanabe, did something happen? Why did you suddenly stop the convoy?"
Faced with them, Hebian Pu no longer dared to show any displeasure, even though he was very dissatisfied in his heart. Today was the last day of the deadline. There were still people waiting for him to deliver the goods in Twilight Blade City. And now, it was almost twelve o'clock at night.
...
Shangguan Mo and Watanabe Mousse were discussing countermeasures in a low voice. Neither of them had the time to bother with this fat man. Only Watanabe Sheren turned his head and said to him faintly, "There's a situation ahead. I don't know if it's aimed at your convoy."
"Ah!" Hebian Pu cried out in alarm. The hazy moonlight instantly dyed his fat face a frosty white.
...
"Then what do we do now?" On the other side, Shangguan Mo asked in a low voice. Unlike before when they encountered the Jashin cult ninja in the wild, where they only needed to consider whether to fight or not, he had no experience in dealing with sudden situations in this kind of escort mission.
It was Watanabe Mousse who made a decisive decision and said in a deep voice, "Have the convoy retreat. First, find out if those people are really aiming for this convoy."
"Alright!"
Until now, Mousse hadn't even thought that these people might be coming for him.
"Have the convoy retreat quickly!" Shangguan Mo turned his head and said coldly to Hebian Pu.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Hebian Pu nodded with a trembling voice and hurriedly ran backward. Now he was afraid just seeing Shangguan Mo. Originally, he had felt fearless because of Yugakure's economic plight, and the village indeed had to curry favor with these rich people like them. So besides a few well-known jonin, he completely disregarded the other Yugakure ninja.
But Shangguan Mo was different. Hebian Pu could clearly feel from the coldness in his eyes that if they disagreed, he might just kill him.
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