Naruto's water escape is the strongest

Return to the Country of Fire along the border between the Country of Rain and the Country of Kawa, then turn due north, walk through the fields of the Country of Fire, and go straight to the Country of Taki. The distance is about the same as the distance from Konoha to Sand Ninja. About three days.

Leaving Shinobi villages and towns and walking in the countryside is like returning to the feudal era from the modern world. The dilapidated villages, dusty and bumpy roads and the bustling towns and spacious and flat streets are like two different worlds. The existence of the world.

The uneven development of the ninja world is evident. It is no less than the gap between the rural areas in the western mountainous areas and the north, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen in the previous life.

Because these areas cannot afford the remuneration for task orders, they are undoubtedly a transparent person with no sense of existence in the eyes of the Ninja Village.Bandits and bandits are usually active in places like this, and they are endlessly suppressed and exterminated. This phenomenon is not just because of poverty. The reasons behind it are worth pondering.

Haruno Sakura had previously led her class on a mission to eradicate mountain bandits. Neither the Ninja Village nor the ninjas had received the mission requirements, and it was impossible to receive the rewards for the mission from the poor villagers, so this was considered an obligation after all. Whether labor or the Ninja Village fulfills its duty to protect the people is also a very delicate matter.

Sakura knows very well that the current relationship between the country and the village is very distorted.

Taking herself as an example, although she considers herself to be from the Land of Fire, her identification with the village is obviously stronger.Basically, ninjas are much more loyal to the Ninja Village than to the country. Many Konoha ninjas even equate the Country of Fire with Konoha and several nearby big cities, and don't care about these remote places.

On the other hand, in fact, the people who really hold the power and can decide the direction of the country are the Ninja Villages who have the vast majority of ninja power.Taking Konoha as an example, the twelve guardian ninjas who protect the daimyo are basically the ninjas of Konoha. The army belonging to the daimyo has no fighting power when facing the ninjas.

When she and Gaara talked about the world situation, they never considered the Daimyo's position. The original intention of establishing the Ninja Village system was that Ninja Villages belonged to the country. In fact, how could a Ninja Village with power be controlled by ordinary people without power? The fact that the ninjutsu daimyo was not controlled by genjutsu was a great honor to them.

Some small countries with Ninja Villages simply do not have a daimyo, and the top leader who leads the country is directly the "shadow" of the Ninja Village. This is the case in several countries around Konoha.

Taki no Kuni is a typical example of Takikage serving as a daimyo.

Distorted relationships cannot last long, and the village system must eventually be reformed to adapt to the situation where the village is strong and the country is weak.

A few days later, Haruno Sakura and the two entered the country of Taki.The two of them deliberately slowed down their pace and traveled in a way that conserved energy and did not rush forward.Gaara's reminder is not unreasonable. There is a possibility of encountering Akatsuki members on this trip, and it is very dangerous to expend a lot of energy on the road.

Fortunately, the journey was uneventful, and Sakura safely entered the territory of Takino Country. The quiet villages and towns here seemed unable to see that Akatsuki's shadow had already hung over them.

In the country of Taki, in front of a huge waterfall.

The water pouring down from the extremely high cliffs blocks the only entrance to Takinin Village, forming a natural barrier.

Takinin Village is hidden behind the waterfall and is located in the valley behind the cliff. The entrance to the village is through a natural underground river in the cave behind the waterfall. It took a lot of effort to find such a hidden place to build the village.

"No matter how hidden the entrance is, it is impossible to hide it from the detection of ninjas." Sasuke stood in front of the waterfall and said disapprovingly.

No matter how hidden it is, there will still be clues left behind.The ninjas of the Inuzuka family can distinguish the footprints and smells left by their comings and goings. Byakugan and Ninja Eagle can see the valleys and villages behind the mountains. Even an ordinary ANBU can track these ninjas from small countries to their villages.

In the ninja world, it is almost impossible to hide a huge village.As long as you have contact with the outside world, you will leave traces and expose yourself.

"And the Ninja Village is too hidden. How can we attract clients to entrust tasks?" Haruno Sakura also shook her head and said a little speechlessly, "People who want to entrust tasks can't even find where to find them to issue tasks. Taki Ninja Village I will never receive a task order in my life. This kind of place is not bad for seclusion, but it is really clever to use it to build a ninja village."

"Excessive pursuit of safety is putting the cart before the horse." Sasuke snorted at this.

However, maybe Taki Ninja Village likes such a leisurely life without tasks. Anyway, the country of Taki is under their control, and they use taxes to support a group of idle ninjas.

It's just that without mission training, it's a mystery how much combat effectiveness the ninjas raised in this way have.

In short, in the end, they neither succeeded in hiding themselves nor in making the village strong.

The only good thing is that because their village has little fighting capacity and the country of Taki has little oil and water, it has been protected from many threats of war.

"Let's go." The girl said nothing, chuckled, and rushed into the entrance behind the waterfall.

Dive into the underground river from the cave passage behind the waterfall. Under the acceleration of Sakura's water escape, the several miles of underground journey passed in an instant. Soon the two of them emerged from the water and appeared on the lake beside Takinin Village.

What comes into view are the old wooden buildings of Taki-nin Village and the Taki-nins.

"Welcome, envoys of Konoha." Takiying stood on the shore and said with a complex expression, "You came on time."

He said he was welcoming, but from his eyes and tone, Sakura could only feel that he was perfunctory.

The unwelcome attitude of the Taki ninjas was literally written on their faces, and their vigilant and nervous expressions showed their distrust of Haruno Sakura and Sasuke.

Fortunately, Sakura's appearance was still very deceptive. Seeing that the visitor was just a beautiful girl, the Taki-nins unconsciously softened their expressions.

It seems that she is just a weak girl with little fighting ability.

Yu Taki-nin thought so.

What they don't know is that Haruno Sakura is silently evaluating how long it will take her to capture the village.

One hour

or less

Anyway, it seems that these ninjas are not the best among ninjas in terms of vigilance, strength or observation ability, probably because they have experienced too few life and death battles.It is normal that the long-lasting peaceful Taki Ninja Village cannot produce any powerful ninjas.

In short, they are all a bunch of weak chickens.

The girl walked over gracefully, came to these weaklings, shook hands with Takikage and said, "Hello, Lord Takikage."

Takiying nodded, the expression on his face was still noncommittal, and the girl's hand broke up as soon as it touched, and then led the two of them to a magnificent building.

Takikage's office.

"Then, what's the point of Konoha coming to our Taki Ninja Village?" Taki Shadow sat high on the luxurious chair and said with a sad face, as if he wanted to send them away early.

Haruno Sakura could probably understand how they felt after discovering that their hiding place was discovered.Judging from their appearance, they probably thought they were perfectly hidden, but they didn't expect that the five great ninja villages could actually find their rat holes at any time as long as they put a little effort.This psychological gap is reflected on the face of Takiying, who is not very deep in the city.

The so-called small temple has a strong wind, but the pool is shallow and there are many bastards.In such a closed village, Takikage was actually able to make such a custom-made backrest chair made of precious wood, and placed it on the steps one level above, giving him an air of superiority, not even the shadow of the five major villages. His airs.

Paired with that squinting look and a strength that was at least as strong as Sasuke's, it was simply laughable.

"This is the invitation letter for the Chunin Examination. This summer's Chunin Examination will be held in Konoha." Sakura said while slandering him, taking out the scroll from her pocket and handing it over with a calm face.

"It's about the chuunin exam, let me see." Takikage squinted his eyes and looked at the girl, glanced at the scroll and said, "Is the limit still three genin and one leader teacher?"

"Then let Shiraishi Ryoko's class go there this year." He pondered for a while and said.Then he closed the scroll and put it aside, and asked: "Weren't the invitations in previous years delivered by Ninja Eagle? Why did your village specially send someone here this time?"

"Yes, because the situation has changed this year." The girl nodded and said bluntly, "Today's chunin exam, the Mist Ninja Village will also join in, and the high-ranking officials and nobles from the Kingdom of Water will also come to watch the ceremony. The scale of the exam will be unprecedented. The country is huge and the competition is quite fierce, so please prepare your village well.”

She deliberately emphasized the words "be prepared", and the implication was not to embarrass herself by embarrassing herself.Otherwise, when the time comes, it won’t be Konoha who is embarrassed.

Takiying understood her subtext, the expression on his face froze slightly, the smile stopped on his face, and replied: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the students in Ryoko's class are all excellent."

Sakura's eyes flickered at him for a few times, and her tone sounded a bit stiff. Could this guy have just thought about sending a class with average strength to deal with it?

Xiao Ninja Village is actually quite embarrassing.

It's not that they don't want to send out outstanding ninjas to show off on the stage of the Chunin Examination, gain the attention of the audience, especially the nobles, and win more task orders for the village.It's just that the overall strength of the genin trained by the small ninja village is weaker than that of the big ninja village. Their outstanding seeds are only at the upper-middle level outside. It is not easy to get a good ranking; if the competition is fierce, Losing soldiers and generals in the Chunin Exam was a serious loss.

Even if you put in your best efforts, it is difficult to achieve good results. On the contrary, if you are not careful, your genius will be lost in other countries.Considering these problems, over time, the small ninja villagers also began to realize that in the chunin exams, they were just accompanying the prince to study, and most of the ninjas sent were just to make up the numbers.The only ones who are truly capable of competing are the genin of the Great Ninja Village.

Haruno Sakura refused to comment on this muddled mentality; the way to survive in Xiaonin Village was probably this helpless.

Seeing things through without telling them, she had no intention of breaking through the screen window paper for something like an unspoken rule.

Takikage could tell from the girl's shifting eyes that she knew what he meant. Although he was a little annoyed, after all, Konoha was standing behind the other party. Even if his tone was a little harsh, it was still the right lesson to teach him.

Resenting dissatisfaction

"Ahem." He quickly corrected his attitude, cleared his throat and said, "Is this the only thing?"

Sakura shook her head: "There is one more important thing."

"Please say."

"I wonder if you have heard that the Akatsuki organization has been active near your village recently." Haruno Sakura stared at him closely, "In other words, after a year of silence, the activities of the Akatsuki organization have revived, and it is very likely that this This time their purpose is no longer limited to gathering intelligence."

Takiying's face really froze this time.

"this matter"

twenty two.There will be another update in the evening.