I started as a pirate and connected to other worlds

As the five major rogue countries in the ninja world, the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Earth are not actually directly adjacent to each other. In order to prevent the war from spreading to the mainland, a large number of small countries are often left as buffer zones between the five major countries, such as the famous battlefield meat grinder, the Kingdom of Rain. , the Country of Grass where Xianglin was born all has this kind of existence.

Life in a small country is really difficult to describe in one word, or it may be more accurate to describe it directly as miserable.

If the scripts in the hands of the five major countries are "Struggle for Hegemony between the Great Powers", then the scripts in the hands of the small countries are at best "The Ideological Awakening of the People in Semi-Colonial and Semi-Feudal Societies", "Escape from This Country", "Les Misérables", "What Do I Get?" Come to Save You", "I Fight for the Great Country" and a series of tragic or sub-tragic literature.

In wartime, small countries are the battlefields of big countries. In peacetime, small countries are the raw material production and commodity distribution places of big countries. Whether it is politics, economy or independent armed forces, all aspects of small countries are held hostage by big countries.

Among the five major countries, perhaps the most ruthless ones are the Konoha Ninja Village and the Country of Fire, which pursue unilateral hegemony and promote the will of fire.

The Fire Nation controls the richest and most prosperous land in the ninja world, has the largest population, and has the least obvious intention of outward expansion. What they want is resources and money, not the barren land and ordinary people of the enemy country.

Therefore, they destroyed infrastructure most thoroughly during the war, and even deliberately damaged some important institutions in an attempt to earn another amount of money for infrastructure reconstruction from those small countries after the war.

As for the best infrastructure and protection of ordinary civilians, perhaps the Sand Hidden Village in the Country of Wind is the best.

The Country of Wind is really too poor. As far as the eye can see, it is all desolate Gobi desert and desert. Except for a few oases, not a single weed can be found anywhere else.

What they lack is not only resources and money, but also land and population. If the infrastructure is damaged, they have no money to repair it.

Unfortunately, limited by national power, the Kingdom of Wind's attempts to expand outwards have never been successful.

In order to avoid Sanshouyu Hanzo's attention and cause unnecessary trouble, Sith and Scorpion did not choose to go to the Kingdom of Rain this time, but planned to enter the hinterland of the Kingdom of Earth from the Kingdom of Birds to the west of the Kingdom of Rain.

"This border is really rich. It's obviously just a small country, but the infrastructure is better than most places in our Kingdom of Wind. Damn it." In the border town between the Kingdom of Birds and the Kingdom of Earth, Sith dressed up in disguise. Fan, let out a sigh.

The place where Sith and Scorpion settled was the famous border town between the Kingdom of Birds and the Kingdom of Earth, and they would enter the Kingdom of Earth from here.

Scorpion hid in a wooden puppet, looking like a bloated old man. This was Scorpion's first attempt at puppet armor to make up for his lack of melee capabilities. The human puppet Fei Liuhu used later, It should be the culmination of this series.

"Hmph." Xie snorted coldly, hiding his whole body under the puppet, and his face couldn't be seen at all.

"What's there to be sad about? This is all our money. The Kingdom of Wind is too barren, and most of the materials our puppet masters need are imported. The Kingdom of Birds purchases ores at high prices from the Kingdom of Earth through border trade. , and then resell it to us, and we can make a profit of three or four times the price difference. If we could change our position with Tsuchigakure, I'm afraid we would have been number one in the ninja world."

Followed by a sneer,

"But that's right, even a loser like Sandai can become a Kazekage and want to enter the Earth Kingdom. It's really a fantasy."

Sith wore a pair of special gas-proof gloves, pulled Scorpion's sleeves, and lowered his voice,

"After all, he is the shadow of the village. You should be more polite. Besides, he can't be entirely blamed for that incident..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xia stopped overdoing it. This was one of the sources of their conflict.

"Trash is trash, even if you become a shadow, you are still trash."

Sith shrugged helplessly, he could never wake up someone who was pretending to sleep.

In a sense, the third generation is really useless. The most useless thing about him is that he was killed by the ninjas of the same village, which then led to the attack of Raiyin Village. However, if he did not bring Luo Sa as a miner, I am afraid that the finances of Sunagakure Village would be in ruins. I can't stand it and he turns into that kind of trash.

The atmosphere between the two of them was a little tense, but the Sith were used to it, and getting along with an aloof genius like Scorpion, unless it was a like-minded lunatic like Deidara, would definitely be full of contradictions, and he was not a lunatic, he was just Being entangled by Scorpion one-sidedly, no matter what others think, that's what he thinks anyway.

Silent all the way, the two men's infiltration went smoothly, with almost no effort except money.

Although there are ninjas from Iwakage Village patrolling the border, in such a place where merchants gather, corruption is often only a matter of time.

"Determine the route again. Our goal is to intercept and kill the demolition troops on the road from Yanying Village to Taki Country." Xie's voice was slightly cold. He was angry and needed to be coaxed.

Sisi rolled his eyes. Except for his sister Ye Cang, no one was qualified to ask him to bow his head.

Going deep into the enemy's country, Sith and Scorpion suddenly lost the coolness and calmness they had in the Kingdom of Birds or the Kingdom of Wind. They were only thirteen years old, technically still children, and their strength and combat experience had not reached their peak. Going too far can lead to death.

Compared with the wartime, the defenses of the Earth Kingdom are not as strict, and there are no fixed patrols after crossing the border, but this does not mean that they are not in danger.

During war, most of a country's ninjas will be centralized and deployed, so except for some important military towns, most places are seriously short of ninjas.

But now is a time of peace. If Scorpion hadn't killed the Third Kazekage, the Third Ninja War would have been postponed for a few more years.

But it is precisely because of this that the ninjas of the Earth Kingdom are particularly scattered.

Once they reveal their true identities, even Tsuchikage Onoki might become a little interested in the heads on their necks.

Precisely because invasion is not easy, this also reflects the superiority of ninjas like Deidara who have the ability to fly.

The Kingdom of Earth has a large land area, is surrounded by rocky mountains, and is extremely rich in mineral resources. Although the population is also sparse, the financial pressure is much smaller than that of Shayin Village.

The ambush location discussed by Scorpion and the informant was in the northeastern corner of the Kingdom of Earth, while the invasion route chosen by the Sith was in the southwest corner. Even in a straight line, it was hundreds of miles away. In addition, the mountain road was difficult to walk. From the beginning, they Be prepared for a protracted war.

Fortunately, the Sith have mastered the Haki of Wisdom and Information. Although they encountered several Iwa Ninja teams along the way, they all avoided them without any risk.

If the Sith hadn't been wary of Scorpion at the same time, their journey would have been smoother.

In this way, after traveling for seven days and eight nights, they finally approached the mission goal.