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"Why were people from the medical department suddenly placed in the mission?"

Looking at the striking red hair in front of him, Nara Shikaku held his forehead with his hand and complained to Yayoi with a headache.

"Well... Shikaku, don't say that." Yayoi comforted him with a half-smile:

"You are a valuable wise general in the village. Since you are going to be sent on a mission to Kirigakure, isn't it reasonable to arrange for a ninja with superb medical skills and the only skill of the Flying Thunder God to protect you?"

"It's really troublesome..."

After staring at Yayoi's smiling face for a long time, Nara Shikaku instinctively felt that the man in front of him might make this mission extremely troublesome.

"There is no way..." Lu Jiu struggled for a moment, but still did not make the rude move of temporarily changing personnel. "Since it is the unanimous opinion of the third and fourth generations, there is no way I can refuse."

However, he also made a promise to Yayoi:

"However, let me say it first. Since you are now a member of the envoy, you must obey my command. Is that okay?"

"Of course, no problem!" Yayoi agreed.

'Is it really okay? 'Nara Shikaku had some doubts in his heart.

As an upper-middle-class figure in Konoha and a member of the ninja clan, Shikaku had heard a lot of information about Yayoi Uzumaki.

For example, he is one of the only remaining Uzumaki clan members. He followed the Sannin to the battlefield at the age of three. He came to Konoha with Tsunade-hime at the age of six, and is nominally Tsunade-hime's only disciple.

At such a young age, he became the developer and supplier of the strategic material "Healing Potion" and the founder of the extremely expensive genjutsu restaurant "Rabbit Flavor House".

In the following nearly ten years, he gradually gained control over the medical department and had good relations with many clans in the village. It is said that he also had a very close relationship with the Uchiha clan who controlled the police department.

Such a character is not a simple person no matter how you look at it.

Moreover, after Shikaku served as the staff officer of the Ninja Army, he learned that this guy himself had a history of disobeying orders.

When he was still a chuunin, he refused the dispatches of the Third Hokage many times.While on the battlefield in the Country of Grass, he disappeared alone for more than 20 days.

"It's really troublesome..." Nara Shikaku held his forehead again and took a deep breath.

He glanced at the members of the envoy team. In addition to Shikaku himself and Yayoi, there were two ninjas in the team, namely the ready-to-go Jonin Hyuga Tokuma and the special Jonin Aburame Muta.

The two of them also looked at each other with Shikaku.

"Now that everyone is ready, let's go."

Lu Jiu himself was not a sloppy person, so he immediately announced his decision to set off.

"Yes!" x3

After a burst of responses, four figures quickly disappeared from the gate of Konoha and rushed towards the east.

The destination of the three of them was the eastern seaside of the Country of Fire.

There, they will transfer to a sea ship and cross the vast sea to reach the water country composed of islands and reefs.

……

After only one day's journey, the four of them arrived at the destination of their trip, a somewhat old and dilapidated port.

This port is a medium-sized fishing port. In the Shinobi World, a society where normal exchanges between countries are rare and only relying on traveling merchants for trade, this kind of fishing port is equivalent to a trading port.

It can be seen from some traces that this port has been around for some time.

The early fishing port was simple. A stone embankment was built on the beach to become a fishing port. Several square stones were erected on the embankment, which served as cable piles. The fishing boats sailed at high tide and rested on the beach at low tide.

Later, with the private trade with certain places and fishing activities in the open sea, fishing boats became larger and larger, and their number increased.The fishing port expanded outward and built a fishing port on a bay with deeper draft and larger capacity.As a result, the current central fishing port with dozens of fishing boats parked appeared.

There are dozens of fishing boats parked in the fishing port, most of which are wooden sailing boats, and there are also many small sampans. As for the motorized steel boats that appeared later in Naruto, they are not found here.

It was already evening, and the lights in the fishing port were lit up, reflecting the sparkling waves in the fishing port.However, the number of these lights is obviously much less than the number of fishing boats docked in the port.

In the village next to the port, there are several older fishermen sitting on small benches, spreading out their fishing nets, using the afterglow of the setting sun to repair the leaks in the fishing nets.

Even when they saw Yayoi, the four figures dressed as ninjas, there was no reaction on their faces.

Most of the other village households had their doors closed, there were no lights on, and it seemed that no one was living in them.

Seeing this scene, Hyuga Tokuma curiously asked the old man who received them: "Old man, why are there so many vacant houses in your village? Where have the others gone?"

"Oh, you're talking about this..." Old Chuantou narrowed his eyes, "Many of the houses were unoccupied more than ten years ago."

"Don't look at how decayed this place is now. Fifteen or sixteen years ago, when the Whirlpool Country was still around, this was a very prosperous village..."

Listening to the old boatman's explanation, more than ten years ago, relying on the private re-export trade through the Kingdom of Whirlpool, the population of this village was very prosperous.

Many people travel between the Kingdom of Whirlpool and the Kingdom of Fire all year round, conducting maritime trade from the Kingdom of Thunder, the Kingdom of Water, the Kingdom of Tang, etc.

Later, a war suddenly broke out among the ninjas, and the Country of Whirlpool was wiped out overnight. Most of the young villagers who stayed in the Country of Whirlpool died unexpectedly, and the village has declined since then.

"However, the main reason why there are so few villagers now is due to the rumors that the ninjas were going to fight here a few days ago. Most of the villagers who can leave have already left for refuge, and the only ones left are those who can't walk. There are even those who don’t want to leave until they die…”

Hearing this, Nara Shikaku had an idea.

Yayoi also thought thoughtfully: "'Some days ago'..., you refer to Kirigakure, right?"

Shikaku looked at the village with a complicated expression.

'I didn't expect that just being prepared for Kirigakure and confronting each other for a period of time would have such a big impact on this village...'

Since Kirigakure was led by the wise general Nara Shikaku this time, the purpose of the village was obviously not just to send an invitation.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Shikaku further strengthened his determination to support the Third Hokage, sign a peace agreement with Kumo, Iwa, and Sand, strengthen the alliance with Kirigakure, and end this war as soon as possible.

Originally, the old bow was not going to sail in the evening.

However, when Shikaku used the special trick of adding money and four ninjas accompanied him, the old boatman was still persuaded.

He re-planned the route and was ready to set off immediately with the help of the sunset.

However, in this case, they would have to stay for one night at the nearest port of Whirlpool Country Ruins.