[Naruto·Itachi bg] A clear spring

Konoha 48 December 5.

The window in front of the desk was open, the summer night wind rushed in, and the pages of the book rustled.

I just finished studying "Interpretation of Human Acupuncture Points" last night before I even had time to close it, but the person reading it had already left.

She left suddenly, and the order was given in the middle of the night.

It was a cuckoo that woke her up, and when she woke up, it turned into a puff of smoke.

Without enough time to think or say goodbye, Izumi Uchiha pulled out the specially prepared emergency bag from under the bed and walked to the training ground under the starry sky.

Two shadows in the dark night were already leaning silently against the largest tree in the seventh training ground.

"Uchiha Izumi, return to the team." This was the first time she had seen the teacher summon them in this way.

Sarutobi-sensei and Hayata-senpai nodded at her and said nothing.Although they gathered in the middle of the night, the two people looked natural and seemed to be used to this kind of working mode.On the other hand, she had to stay alert all the time to fight off her sleepiness.

"Hinata Kiyo, return to the team." A moment later, senior Hinata who lived farthest from the training ground also arrived.

"Very good." Sarutobi Kino, the leader of the team, looked at the clothes of the two people. There was no obvious clan emblem. He nodded with satisfaction and handed over two small square boxes. "Have you picked out all the clothes in the package?"

"Yes."

"It has been picked, there is no sign." The teacher contacted them in this way, which means that this task belongs to the shadow branch, and the party who takes the task must not reveal his identity.The obvious identities of Uchiha and Hinata need to be erased.

Revealing your surname is tantamount to revealing your ability to attract covetousness.

"In the box are props for concealing eye color. One pair lasts for 24 hours, and three pairs per box. Use it when you are extremely close to the target and when the illusion is ineffective." Hayata Yu who was on the side began to add in detail.

"So what is the mission this time?" Using such props, it is obviously not an escort mission.

"Hire, assassinate." Sarutobi Kino summed it up succinctly, glancing at the only girl in the team, "Don't be merciful. This mission probably won't require medical assistance."

"Yeah." Uchiha Izumi, who was being watched, nodded lightly, feeling turbulent in his heart. "I see."

"Then we set off in the usual formation and the destination is the Kingdom of Locks."

Lock Country is located at the corner of Kawa Country. It is a small place, but it is famous for Shizen Village, which makes a living by selling intelligence.There, they can gather more information about their mission subjects.

Sichuan Country is located in the south, with abundant rainfall, but it has given birth to a large flat grassland.On such terrain, it is basically impossible to advance covertly.After rushing to a place twenty miles away from the country of Sichuan, they rested for three days, changed their appearance, and entered the country dressed as ordinary merchants.

"The location of Shiqian Village is approximately in the center of the training point. It cannot be entered without a special person leading the team. However, the place for intelligence trading is in the surrounding training points. We only need to inquire in these places. There are 16 training points in total, and each Four people, meet key people within three days and exchange secret messages."

Remembering the instructions before leaving, the girl who appeared to be 12 years old walked on the open grassland with a confused look on her face.

It was already the third day, and this was the last training point. If she still couldn't find clues, she had to return.

It's normal to get lost in an open grassland. You have to kick aside the gravel and identify the direction to confirm that you are not going wrong.But why did she feel like she was going in circles?

There are some large rocks scattered on the flat green land in an orderly manner, which is something that was not found in the previous three training sites.What seems to be irregular actually disrupts her vision.She has tried three times and still can't get out of these stone formations.

He leaned against the stone in frustration, looking like he was about to cry or not. He sucked in the non-existent snot and let out a small sob.Since there is no way to go out, let's attract some people.I heard that the training center in Shiqian Village likes to collect some potential orphans and train them from an early age so that they can steal intelligence.

After she cried heartbreakingly for a while, she still found nothing.Looking at the setting sun, Uchiha Izumi was torn between continuing to cry until dark before leaving or running back now.

"Arnold, are you lost?" A girl's voice came from the side. She turned around and saw a girl with long dark green hair looking at her curiously. "I've never seen you before. Where did you come from? It's getting dark."

Blinking her eyes, before she could think of what to say, another rickety figure appeared next to the girl. "Hua Ling, don't talk to outsiders casually. Let's go."

Seeing that her two grandsons turned around and were about to leave, she hurriedly stumbled to follow them, but as an ordinary girl, she would never be able to keep up with the two people in front of her at such a speed.These two people are definitely trained, they are probably lock ninjas!

"Help me... help me quickly, I, my father and I are lost. Can, can you let me stay for one night? I will continue to look for my father tomorrow." She was out of breath, and her face was pale. famous.

The old man wearing a hat and a cloak looked back at her, and the girl on the side quickly rushed over to give her a hand. "Ah, don't worry, we don't want to leave you. We just..."

"Hua Ling, take her to the wooden house outside to settle her down." The old man's voice drifted along with the sound of the wind, and the last ray of afterglow disappeared with it.

Um?The sky was full of sunset just now, why did it get completely dark after running such a distance?

"Don't be afraid, that's how we do here. What's your name?"

"My name is Hanami."

"Ah, my name is Hua Ling, can we be friends for a few days?"

"How many days?" She raised her eyes and looked at the girl beside her. She was obviously much taller than herself. She had a pair of pitiful droopy eyes, a mole in the corner of her eye, and her amber pupils looked very gentle and lovely.

"Well, we don't keep outsiders here. I haven't had many playmates since I was a child."

In the dilapidated wooden house, the fire was set up, and the warm firelight reflected the other party's gentle and shy expression.She was telling her how a boy of the same age she met two years ago took care of her when she wanted to see her parents but got lost in the wilderness, and brought her back here.

"He said that when you are lonely, look at the clouds. As long as you have hope in your heart, the clouds will respond to you. Do you think this is true?"

Slowly walked to the window, opened the shaky window, and looked up at the sky. He gently turned his wrist hidden in the blind corner of the other person's sight, and the ink marks on his palm turned into a small insect and flew away quietly.

The central contact point is where the old man in a bamboo hat appears.

"But I can't see any clouds at night. The moon is quite beautiful today."

"Well, he's very beautiful." He felt the girl coming closer, "Do you think I can still see him? Although I can't see his face clearly, I always feel that he looks very handsome."

"Yes. As long as you always remember what he looks like."

"Well, he has a gentle smile and is Konoha's forehead protector. Speaking of which, he is easy to recognize. But there must be many people chasing a boy like him, right?"

"Sister Hua Ling is also very beautiful!" She encouraged the other party with a smile, hiding her inner guilt.Tomorrow, teachers and teammates will arrive here, and then...

The two girls who had just met each other affectionately held hands and fell asleep. They recalled that the other party said that she would go on a trip with the old man tomorrow and asked herself to wait in the wooden house.

She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it was the best that she wasn't here.

At noon, there was no one in the cool wooden house.At the contact point not far away, a few rows of thatched huts were empty, and only the diffuse blood revealed an ominous sign.

"Is there anyone else?" Sarutobi Kino, who was sitting on the stone mill outside the house, carefully wiped the blood on the thin blade.

"No more, just these few left." Hinata Qing said helplessly. He looked carefully with his white eyes, and there was no one else.

"No one is willing to say?"

"No, they've been bitten to death and won't let go. Hayata-kun is on trial." Hinata Qing shook his head and could only hope that the root method would make them spit out something.

"The information here is destroyed once a month. They must have what we want here. Have you searched around?"

"Yes, I didn't find the mechanism." Hinata Qing also felt helpless. If he couldn't find the mechanism, it probably didn't exist.

"Lock ninjas are born for information. Torture is of no use to them." After washing the smell of blood from his hands, Uchiha Izumi turned around and replied. "Maybe the information is in their heads."

Sarutobi Kino frowned. Konoha Anbu had always been able to extract fragmented information from the heads of the dead, but this was not what they wanted.To find the ultimate mission goal, the more detailed the information, the better.

"I'll go take a look." Uchiha Quan walked into the room with the strongest smell of blood.There are only a few survivors here.In order to capture him alive, his team also lost the prize.

"Senior, let me give it a try." Looking at the blood spreading on the ground and the people with wandering expressions, she put away her inner discomfort.

"Can you?" A somewhat formulaic smile appeared on Yu Hayata's always gentle face.He seemed to be used to this kind of scene.

"Lift their eyes."

"Woo!" The scarlet blood chakra eyes opened and closed, and it seemed that in just a few seconds, the other party fell into a coma.

After closing her eyes to digest the stolen chaotic memories, she opened her eyes and signaled Yu Hayata to replace him with someone else.

As she used it more often, her eyes became bloodshot and her forehead was covered with cold sweat.

The technique of stealing can steal the memories of people with lower eye power than yourself.But accepting a large number of memories in a short period of time is also a burden for her.When it was the turn of the last survivor, she could barely stand.

"Senior sister, if you can't do it, don't be brave."

"Open his eyelids quickly."

The last person seems to be extremely stubborn and refuses to open his eyes.It took a lot of effort from Hayata Yu to seize the opportunity to focus on her for a few seconds.

Thick memories suddenly poured into the sea of ​​​​consciousness. Unlike others, this person had detailed and organized memories. They did not find the wrong place.

"I found it. The man is in the mountain village a hundred miles north." There are grasslands everywhere in the country of Sichuan. There is only one valley, and the goal is obvious.

At this moment, the young man who was supposed to be in a comatose state suddenly burst out and rushed toward her.

"School girl, be careful!" Yu Hayata was walking out of the door when he saw a thrilling scene.

"Crack--" There was a crisp sound, and the man's neck tilted and his life was cut off.The hand that twisted the other person's neck gradually moved away from the warm body as the other person fell.The thin blade pierced into the opponent's pipa bone slowly detached, and she clearly remembered the contents of "Interpretation of Human Acupuncture Points".I didn't expect it to be so accurate the first time I used it. It wasn't to save people, it was to kill people.

The sun began to set, and her expression changed slightly. "Leave as soon as possible, someone is coming from behind. We have obtained the information."

The flames shot into the sky, and several rows of thatched houses were reduced to ashes in the distant view.

"Why don't you burn down the wooden huts outside?" Yu Hayata's voice rang in his ears as he moved quickly.

"She should accept the truth."

The girl named Hua Ling should not be allowed to remain innocent. She is a spy, so this can be regarded as... her willfulness.

There were no rocks blocking the view behind the contact point, and even the wind seemed unusually loud on the extremely flat grassland.

Those undue kindness and uneasiness were suppressed by the strong wind in my ears.

This is the task.

She does it well.