The main Hokage man will only hinder my speed in making hand seals

Qinghe finally set out alone because Izuna was caught by the great elder as soon as he stepped out of the clan territory.

At such a busy time, the Great Elder was able to catch Izunai accurately. He must have been waiting at the door for a long time.

"Izunai, the business hasn't been settled yet, where are you going?" The Great Elder asked knowingly.

There is no way the Great Elder didn't know what Izunai was investigating using the intelligence network.

"I have already made arrangements. There will be no problem as long as we follow the plan." Izuna explained.

He just wanted to get away quickly. He had finally convinced Qinghe to take him with him. If he delayed any further, Qinghe might change her mind.

The Great Elder was not so easy to talk to. He asked Izunai: "How can you guarantee that the plan will go smoothly?"

"I……"

Without giving Izunai a chance to retort, the Great Elder interrupted him and continued, "You are no longer a child, don't be willful. Since you are sharing clan affairs with the clan leader, you cannot be careless in the slightest."

“…Yes.” Izuna was unwilling, but still admitted it.

He glanced at Qinghe who was still waiting, then turned back to the Great Elder and said, "I still have something to say to Qinghe. Great Elder, you can't be so unlucky as to not give me even a little time, right?"

"Izuna, you should discipline her properly." The elder's face turned cold and he said to Izuna, "Since she is an Uchiha, she should have the awareness of protecting the honor of the Uchiha."

Qinghe didn't expect that the Great Elder was still thinking about her. Does he have possessiveness towards an outsider?

"Grand Elder, you really do seem to be involved in other people's affairs. You have such a strong desire for control. It would be a waste of your talent to stay in Nanhechuan. Didn't the Daimyo arrange a few stars for you to manage?"

"You! Humph, Izuna, what do you think she looks like!"

Every time the Great Elder spoke to Qinghe, he would be choked by her, so now whenever he saw Qinghe, he couldn't help but sneer.

"Looks calm." Qinghe smiled calmly and continued to stir up trouble: "Oh my, is someone angry?"

It was obviously the Great Elder who started it first. She just said a few words to him, and he got angry because he couldn't refute her. This is really not fun.

Haruka: You are both a wimp and a troublemaker:)

"Okay, okay." Izuna seemed to be trying to smooth things over, but in fact he was taking sides.

He smiled and stood between the two of them: "Qinghe is still young, and his words are a bit strange. Great Elder, please don't bother with a child."

"She's still young?!" At this age, which ninja with some ability has not been on the battlefield?

The Great Elder laughed angrily. He didn't want to care about Izuna and Haruka anymore. He planned to wait for Madara to come back and let Madara discipline them both together!

After sending the great elder aside, Izuna walked over to Qinghe and said, "Sorry, I can't go. This is for you."

He pulled out a scroll from behind him, and inside it were some ninja tools sealed in a formation.

"You should follow the convoy first. It's too conspicuous to act alone. Not only do you have to be careful of the tailed beasts, you have to be careful of all outsiders." He reminded.

There would be a period of peace before winter every year because they had to prepare supplies for the winter. At this time, most ninjas would disguise themselves as civilians and go out to purchase supplies.

There is no obvious difference in appearance between ninjas and ordinary people. If the disguise is accidentally discovered by other ninjas, they may be attacked.

"Understood~" Haruhe put away the scroll given by Izuna and prepared to go out.

Izumi seriously suspected that she was just being perfunctory: "Haruka, you're not annoying me and you're not listening at all, are you?"

"I've been listening very carefully. Izuna can do a random check."

If he insisted, she could repeat it.

"That's not necessary. You go now. I should go back too."

If Izunai didn't go back to the clan's land to work, the Great Elder's gaze would almost burn his back.

-

The convoy moved forward slowly.

This is a caravan heading to the capital of the Land of Fire. Mixed in are some ordinary people who have relocated, and perhaps some ninjas like the Uchiha who are pretending to be civilians.

Haruka was sitting on a box disguised as cargo, and with her were the three Uchiha who were in charge of this winter's shopping.

Around noon, the convoy stopped for a while, and it seemed that new people had joined.

After confirming that the other party was not a robber, the leader of the caravan came out to negotiate with the other party: "Are you going to the capital too?"

The leader of the other party was a man in his early twenties, with ordinary looks and a simple personality.

He touched his head and smiled innocently: "Yes, I'm lucky this year and the harvest is okay. I plan to sell it and exchange it for something else."

Soon, a few newcomers joined the convoy and followed behind consciously.

The man who had just joined was greeting others enthusiastically, but when his eyes swept over Qinghe, the smile on his face froze instantly.

"Ah! Door..."

Another ordinary-looking man who was traveling with him immediately covered his mouth and said, "Brother, don't be startled. It's just a flying insect."

Haru and the Uchiha beside him glanced at them without leaving a trace and became silently alert.

"Last time, eh, right? You remember it too, right?" The man asked his companion incoherently for confirmation.

"Okay, big brother, stop it."

Of course Tobirama remembered that he clearly didn't sense any signs of life from her last time, and he never saw her again after that, but now she appeared alive again.

However, compared to a person whose life or death is unknown, Tobirama is more concerned about the people around her, maybe they are Uchiha in disguise.

Tobirama glanced over there and saw Haruka sitting cross-legged on a box, his head supported by his left hand on his leg, looking extremely bored.

Feeling Tobirama's gaze, Haruka raised her right hand and waved gently at him. Obviously, she recognized their transformation jutsu.

Thinking of the last time she teased him, Tobirama immediately withdrew his gaze, but still kept some attention there.

"But, but... could it be, that what?" Hashirama couldn't help but care.

It's a ghost! It's the kind that can't be hit or touched, but it can penetrate any hole and may get close to your face at any time. It's super scary!

Especially now, Haruka was still staring at Hashirama, and Hashirama felt that he couldn't bear it.

"Hey, big brother..." Tobirama was helpless. He couldn't understand why Hashirama was afraid of ghosts, but he still comforted him: "Shut up."

Having been severely hurt by Tobirama's words, Hashirama silently held onto the carriage and became depressed.

The convoy was not moving very fast and had only traveled more than half the distance by dark, so everyone stopped by the roadside to rest.

After it got dark, Hashirama seemed even more anxious. He was so anxious that he didn't even bother to greet other people.

Haruka gave a few instructions to the Uchiha who were doing the purchasing, then left the convoy alone.

"Let's go, brother." Tobirama suddenly stood up.

Hashirama was chewing some dry food. Although he was stunned, he still stood up and asked, "Where are we going?"

Tobirama used his eyes to signal Haruwa to leave, but he said, "Go get some firewood. It's still a bit cold in the fall."

Follow him? Hashirama was shocked. Could it be that Tobirama wanted to kill her?

"I'm not cold."

Hashirama didn't want to go. If it was a ghost, he was afraid. If it wasn't a ghost, Tobirama would turn her into a ghost.

"I'm cold, let's pick it up together, quickly." After saying that, without waiting for Hashirama to refuse, Tobirama hooked his neck and dragged him over there.

The woods were quiet, so quiet that the only sound was the sound of the two of them stepping on the fallen leaves.

The further he walked, the deeper Tobirama's frown became.

This shouldn't be the case. Why is there no trace at all? Didn't she just signal them to follow? Could he have misunderstood?

Hashirama is not afraid of the dark, nor the woods, but he is afraid of the black woods with ghosts: "Tobirama, go back, she doesn't seem to be here."

She better not be here! Hashirama prayed in his heart.

Tobirama sensed his surroundings again, but still found nothing. He had to accept the fact that he might have been tricked again.

"Go back, brother."

Hashirama relaxed and just turned around to return to the convoy, when he saw Haruka standing not far behind him.

Her eyes were like a hunter in the dark, emitting a faint light.

Hashirama knew that she was beautiful, too delicate to be real, but it was this very thing that seemed particularly terrifying now.

"Let's play together?"

The lack of any rhythm in her voice, coupled with the sudden tilt of her head like a puppet when its control strings were released, made Hashirama laugh out loud.

He smiled bitterly, his eyes looking like he was about to cry: "Ha, hahaha, Tobirama..."

Tobirama didn't even bother to look at him. He had never seen a ninja covered in blood being afraid of ghosts. If he wasn't the eldest brother, Tobirama would have scolded him.

But Tobirama still stood in front of Hashirama. He looked at Haruka and asked expressionlessly, "What do you want from me?"

If it weren't for her signal, he wouldn't have bothered to follow her.