[Hokage] Terukawa

"...Therefore, if there is no decisive change in the battle situation, except for the part that has already hid in Kikyo Castle, the remaining few personnel have all followed Captain Bobcat and Yamanaka Jonin into the Kikyo Mountain area to hide their actions. Although the overall strength level It's superb, but ... the situation is still very bad."

The psychic lynx named "Mountain Breeze" seems to be calmly licking the bloody scars on his paws, but he obviously forgot to control his short and thick tail - which is now Shaking it back and forth indiscriminately, the silently flying long hairs disturbed the silent restlessness in the room.

I have a more intuitive and profound understanding of a certain fact-as one of the few people who named this bobcat with Chunma when he was just born, few people know better than me what he is really feeling at this moment What is it like.

"In addition, the two rookies in Captain Bobcat's team were also covered during the breakout operation and had the heavy responsibility of bringing out the battle report. If they are lucky enough not to be killed by the sand ninja who is chasing after them, then you will I will get a more detailed battle report from them, "The feline has no shoulders - he can't shrug like the contractor Chunma, so he just shook his missing ear irritably, "After all, I left early, the footsteps Also fast."

"Two newcomers? How is this possible?" Someone frowned when the cabin was neutral, "You—how could he let the two newcomers act alone at such a critical juncture? This behavior is extremely irresponsible!"

The tense atmosphere immediately became a bit tense. I felt that this statement was inappropriate and too arbitrary. I frowned and was just about to stop his accusation when I saw Shanfeng also bared his fangs unceremoniously:

"Any fool knows you can't put all your eggs in one basket. I beg you to use your poor brain the size of a walnut. You must not have thought about a problem. If I acted with those two newcomers However, they were intercepted and killed, and the members who broke through the encirclement and delivered the information were slaughtered by sand ninjas in one fell swoop. Then who should send this urgent battle report back to Konoha? You? Why haven’t I heard of anyone in Konoha who developed it? There is news of a new technique with the function of 'telepathy'? What's more, my contract partner specially allocated a Jōnin to escort them all the way, to be their mother chicken...Damn it! You don't even I know how much manpower and how many percent of our combat power was lost in the previous sneak attack by those sons of bitches of Sand Ninja. I may not know anything else, but I know that level The encirclement can never be planned in two or three days - but we didn't know about it until the moment before we were raided! The consequences caused by the negligence of the scout ninjas are actually borne by us in the end!"

"But that's definitely not a reason to let Anbe newcomers act alone!" The ninja ignored the fierce sarcasm hidden in the language, and just scolded with a cold face, "Besides, one of the newcomers is from the Hyuga clan. , the sword has no eyes and dangers are everywhere on the battlefield, if something goes wrong, do you want to use your cat's eyes to pay for it?"

"Wow, that sounds really noble. But I'm afraid you forgot that for the two newcomers, there are only two choices. Looking forward indefinitely to the reinforcements who don't know where they are, defending to death, and the second is taking risks to save people, and finally being intercepted and killed on the way to deliver information-or to complete the task logically, and respected seniors Let's live together. Now, tell me your answer, big man, if it were you...which one would you choose?" The fierce big cat let out a dull growl from its throat, and its back fur blew up, which made him His back seems to be twice as thick as usual, but in contrast, those sharp and bright cat eyes have maintained a trace of calmness from beginning to end—it is this calmness that allows him to be in a situation that is almost questioning. After growling, he perfectly made his attitude cold and sneering, "Besides, if a member of the Hyuga clan dies so miserably on a battlefield of this level, then he is not worthy of the status he has."

No... The point of the problem is obviously not the identity and status of the member of the Hyuga Clan, but the pair of blank eyes of the Hyuga Clan member that will not be automatically destroyed by the "caged bird".As Haruma's comrade-in-arms, the possibility of Shanfeng not knowing about this matter is really slim, but... considering all the utilitarian, even dark, interests involved, it is obviously not suitable to bring the matter of supercilious eyes to the light Let's talk about it.

What's more, besides the few of us in this mission, there is also the Minato class accompanying us. In this powerful class team, there is also a member of the pupil art family from Konoha.It's a stupid thing to spread this kind of thing in front of an Uchiha, but anyone with a little brain in his head would not do it.

So Shanfeng's move is to force that ninja to shut up...but why?Is it just that he is eager to protect Chunma for a while?

My gaze swept past Namakaze Minato and his three students, who had been silently listening to the information, and I watched coldly as the ninja who raised the question was beaten hard by the sharp-mouthed Yamakaze. Going down to the bottom of the cabin, I provoked Qing who had been pretending to be a fisherman paddling outside the cabin just now (this is a coincidence every time, unfortunately, my unlucky teammate who teamed up with me also failed to fall this time, obviously he only led the team back to the village in the early morning ) bent his index finger and tapped the top of the cabin.

I lowered my head and began to secretly speculate what Chunma's intention was.

Although the ninja's words were ugly and irritating, he had to admit that there was still truth.This team of four other people and I have been sleeping and working together in Anbu for nearly ten years, and our understanding of each other has already been so deep that one finger understands the other four fingers.

It is also because of this that even putting aside the fact that Sand Shinobi has already suffered heavy losses on the frontal battlefield, Tachihayakawa Haruma's seemingly sincere, but in fact consistent, behavioral style will never change easily , not to mention an extremely changeable battlefield.It is not unrealistic to send two Anbu rookies to act alone and join a Jonin-level combat force, but... this is indeed not his usual style, but the appearance of Yamakaze who is only loyal to him just happened from the beginning. It is confirmed from the side that this not-so-safe strategy is indeed from him, so...why?Why didn't Haruma adopt a more secure fighting strategy?Or... what is it that is forcing Chun Ma to make him unable and afraid to practice his first principle called prudence?

That battlefield... Is there something unknown, but it makes Haruma feel vigilant, uneasy... and even terrified?So much so that he, who has always been calm but fierce, tossed and turned, had trouble sleeping and eating, and finally formulated a strategy that could be called "gambling".

Does Shanfeng know?No... obviously not.He didn't know why Chunma made such a strange judgment under that circumstance, but he still chose to believe it.So his words were fierce and sharp, so he used other brains to force the questioning ninja to shut up—he couldn't stand anyone's doubts about Haruma, even if he was blinded by him. A member of the drum does not matter.Perhaps Shanfeng's subconscious has realized that he has neglected some clues, but he still can't grasp the inspiration of that line-because he is ignorant, so he is anxious-after all, in terms of Shanfeng's loyalty, if he knows that he may be on the front line There is a huge threat lurking, so his role will never be just a messenger who hurried away with information—his role will only be a soldier who will accompany the contractor from the beginning to the end, fighting bloody battles until death .

But then again, if it is a threat that is not detectable by the sensitivity of the mountain wind, then naturally the ninjas on the front line needless to say, so another more basic question will arise from this-namely, Haru Is the so-called "threat" that Ma is wary of real?

Perhaps it was precisely because even he himself was not sure where this alert came from, so he didn't mention it to anyone-the vigilance against the unknown out of thin air was nothing but creating unnecessary panic.Although Chunma couldn't compromise on his vigilance, he would never make such a low-level mistake.I don't know how much resistance Haruma encountered when he implemented this strategy in the Kikyo Mountain, where the situation is definitely not optimistic, but I know that the messenger team he sent out against his usual style was already his face. All the backup methods that the unknown threat can prepare... And sending away the new recruits and ensuring the deployment of capable personnel to the maximum is the last guarantee he can make for the arid battlefield.

……I believe in him. ?

I believe in him.

I don't believe in anything else...not even Shanfeng, the sharp and loyal psychic lynx.

I only believe in Tachihayakawa Haruma.

That means...we need a few more safeguards.

"Gentlemen, may I ask - besides the few of us, are there any other people who are rushing to the battlefield of the Kingdom of Wind?"

"Yes," Qing's voice pierced through the wooden boards of the cabin, "A few days ago, I met Master Jiraiya in the Land of Rain... Now he must have received orders from Master Three."

I felt a sigh of relief, and Minato couldn't help but curled his lips.

"Don't pin all your hopes on Jiraiya-sama," he said.

"Master Bofeng is right. In addition," Qing suddenly poked his head in, he stretched out a hand to support his overly wide boatman hat, and under the brim of the hat revealed a pair of eyes engraved with the deepest vigilance. It's raining for reconnaissance...Junin's judgment before was also correct."

Everyone in the cabin came back to their senses.

With the sound of more and more dense rain, the originally calm water surface with few ripples gradually became active, causing the reflections of thousands of creatures on the shore to tremble together—at the same time, there seemed to be something as vague as fog. The misty chakras gathered in the sky, silently and quickly... spread out in the lonely air of the river country.

As insidious as the mist, as difficult as the mist.

Slowly exhaling the turbid air in my lungs, I stood up and walked to the door of the cabin, took off the mask with one hand and put it in Qing's hand, and took the boatman's hat from his head with the other hand.

"Leave it to me, I'm better at playing with water than you," I smiled, "even better than those who play with sand."