The strong man who came out of the fire shadow

At the northern border of Konoha Post, Kudo's team was on patrol, and Aoki followed the team at extremely fast speeds.

Since the last attack on the Takenaka team, there has been no confrontation with the Suna Ninja. It seems that the Suna Ninja began to shrink back and gave up peeking at the Land of Fire.

But Aoki knew it was not the case. For Aoki, who knew the next three battles, this was more like the calm before the storm, followed by the violent storm.

Aoki just wanted to complete the mission quietly and go home safely. After all, he had been patrolling for two months and the mission would be over in another month.

Suddenly, Tetsu Mizuno, who was in charge of sensing at the front, made a gesture, indicating that something was going on. Everyone hurriedly stopped their speed and landed on the nearby treetops.

"How is the situation?" Ryusuke Kudo asked in a soft voice.

"There are two chakra groups three kilometers away. They are rushing here quickly. They are expected to arrive in 15 minutes."

Mizuno Tetsu introduced it to everyone.

Everyone looked at the captain Kudo Ryusuke.

"Spread out, stay hidden, and wait for the enemy to arrive." Ryusuke Kudo didn't hesitate too much and immediately issued the mission of a sneak attack.

With a "swipe" sound, several people dispersed nearby to restrain the chakra fluctuations on their bodies.

Soon Aoki saw the target appear from afar, and two ninjas wearing sand ninja uniforms appeared in front of Aoki.

A middle-aged ninja with a resolute face, with huge chakra surging all over his body, he is as eye-catching as a firefly in the dark night. The amount of chakra is as much as that of the captain Ryusuke Kudo.

He is a jounin, and judging from his aura, he is an elite jounin.

Next to him was a young ninja wearing a tawny hat. Following the jounin next to him, he carefully scanned the surrounding environment.

Just when the two of them approached Aoki and others about 500 meters away, the resolute-faced Suna ninja Jonin seemed to have noticed something, and stopped quickly, while also restraining the chuunin next to him.

The Sand Ninja Jonin carefully observed the surrounding area, but seemed to find nothing, and his face showed some relief.

Just when Aoki thought he had successfully deceived the other party, the Sand Ninja Jounin suddenly took out several shurikens from his arms and quickly projected them in front of Aoki.

When Aoki reacted, a shuriken flashing with cold light was already in front of Aoki's eyes.

〖Dig a hole, old fox. 〗

Seeing this, Aoki couldn't help but cursed in his heart, and hurriedly dodged to the side, and everyone hiding in the grass was also forced out.

"withdraw"

The Sand Ninja was also decisive. After throwing out a shuriken, he immediately called the Chuunin next to him to retreat without seeing the situation of everyone.

"Captain, the opponent should be the Sand Ninja who fought with Captain Takenaka half a month ago. Two of them should have been injured by Captain Takenaka." Ishigaki Ichiro on the side said coldly.

"Chase"

Kudo Ryusuke was also unambiguous and directly gave the order to pursue.

Soon the two waves of people were chasing and escaping in the forest. Kudo Ryusuke was far ahead of everyone. Although he was not a speed ninja, he was a jounin after all. He was gradually approaching the Suna ninja who was lagging behind.

Following Kudo Ryusuke was Ishigaki Ichiro, who was good at wind escape, following closely behind.

Perhaps out of reluctance, the Suna ninja jounin who was running in front slowed down and came to the chuunin's side.

"Iron Sand Jonin, let's go separately. This way we have a greater chance of escaping."

The jounin named Iron Sand was silent for a while, and finally nodded.

"Sasaki, hold on, I'll find support for you."

In the end, the two of them ran separately in both directions.

Finally, Kudo Ryusuke came to the place where the two separated. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to pursue the following people separately.

Kudo Ryusuke and Ishigaki Ichiro, who is good at wind escape, pursue the jounin named Iron Sand.

Aoki and Tetsu Mizuno pursued the chunin. After assigning tasks, they separated.

Aoki and Mizuno Tetsu kept chasing after the Suna Ninja, but Aoki was always a little uneasy, feeling that the other party was hanging on to the two of them.

Every time Aoki and the two of them speed up to approach each other, the other party immediately speeds up and distances themselves from the two of Aoki. This is repeated several times. It is obvious that the strength is not just as simple as shown, and Aoki quickly realizes that something is even more wrong.

"Mizuno-sama, something is wrong." Aoki quickly told Mizuno Tetsu.

"Um……"

Mizuno Tetsu nodded seriously and slowed down, obviously realizing something was wrong.

"Let's go back."

Mizuno Tetsu stopped Aoki, decided not to continue taking risks, gave up the pursuit and returned.

Just when Mizuno Tetsu and Aoki were about to turn around and give up, Mizuno Tetsu violently pushed Aoki away with both hands.

"Be careful~"

After Aoki was pushed away, Aoki heard Mizuno Tetsu's reminder. At the same time, there was a sound of breaking through the air beside him, and several shurikens flew past Aoki's eyes at high speed, shocking Aoki into a cold sweat.

"Swish"

"Swish"

"Swish"

Four figures wearing Suna Ninja uniforms appeared around Aoki and Mizuno Tetsu.

"Since we're all here, why are we leaving?" A slightly teasing voice came from behind.

The expressions of Aoki and Mizuno Tetsu suddenly changed, and then they stood back to back tightly.

〖It’s a trap, it’s a trap〗

Such a thought flashed through Aoki and Mizuno Tetsu's minds at the same time.

I saw the Sasaki Sunanobu who was originally being chased by Aoki and Mizuno Tetsu appearing leisurely behind him. The words just now were obviously what he said.

Then he stared at Aoki closely and said, "Are you the medical ninja at the outpost? How about surrendering to us Suna ninja?"

"Will surrendering to Suna Ninja mean we don't have to fight? When did Suna Ninja become so easy to talk to?" Aoki chuckled.

"Of course, we Suna ninjas attach great importance to medical ninjas. Like that Konoha ninja named Ono, you can cure the poison I took so seriously. You are a talent."

Only then did Aoki realize that Ono's injury was caused by the Suna Ninja in front of him.

"After all, you are surrounded by us now, what are you thinking about?"

"It's a really good suggestion. It makes my heart move. Look, why don't you let me think about it carefully."

"You know that's impossible. If you want to delay time, I advise you not to think about it. Your captain is already being dealt with by our people."

"Oh, Mizuno-sama's plan has been discovered." Aoki teased Mizuno Tetsu.

"Everyone knows it." Mizuno Tetsu shrugged at Aoki.

"Sasaki-sama, why are you talking so much nonsense with them? Let me deal with that kid." At this time, a short and fat ninja among the sand ninja said, with an impatient look on his face.

Aoki said to Sasaki's ninja: "I think I can still struggle. After all, you have such teammates, which really gives me a lot of confidence."

"What are you talking about, kid?" the short, fat sand ninja yelled angrily.

"That's really a pity..."

When the last words fell, Sasaki had disappeared from his eyes, and when he reappeared, he was already in front of Aoki, and the kunai in his hand stabbed Aoki's neck.

Tetsu Mizuno, who was always paying attention to the situation, stood in front of Aoki and blocked Sasaki's attack.

After Sasaki attacked, several other Suna Ninja also attacked one after another. The short and fat Suna Ninja rushed towards Aoki with a loud scream.

Aoki took out several shurikens from his arms and shot at several people. The ninjas who rushed towards him all ducked aside.

Except for one sand ninja who was wearing a black cloak, covering his whole body tightly and with various patterns on his face, he directly met Aoki's shuriken without dodging.

"Clang clang~"

The shuriken cut through the clothes outside and collided with the Sand Ninja inside, making a metallic collision sound.

"what??!!"

"It's a puppet!!"

By the time Aoki reacted, the puppet had already rushed forward, and his right wrist automatically detached itself, popping out a sharp long knife and slashing between Aoki and Mizuno Tetsu.

In order to dodge the long sword, Aoki was forced to separate from Mizuno Tetsu. Then the Sand Ninja, who had just been forced back by the shuriken, took the initiative to attack Aoki, completely separating Aoki and Mizuno Tetsu.