I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

"I didn't expect that we would be on a mission together this time. I owed you a meal last time?"

A group of people have left the Fire Kingdom and are now on a ship bound for the Water Kingdom. Asuma, who has nothing to do, walks over to Ye Lan and lights a cigarette.

Ye Lan had no objection to other people smoking. With his body trained by natural energy, the harm of secondhand smoke was not unacceptable to him.

"Asma, you'd better be careful on the road." Ye Lan leaned on the railing on the deck. The sea breeze blew his bangs on his forehead. The bangs floated with the wind direction, making Ye Lan's eyes looming.

"Why do I say that? I feel that the Mizukage is quite sincere." Asuma is not as rough as he appears to be. He is also a delicate person, otherwise he would not have become a boyfriend and girlfriend with Hong.

Ye Lan raised his chin slightly and indicated a direction. Asuma looked and saw a Kirigakure ninja who was some distance away from them, the senior ninja named Shuang. When he saw Ye Lan and Asuma's gazes, he did not avoid them and kept observing Ye Lan's every move.

Even a fool could understand Shuang's hostility towards Ye Lan. Asuma noticed it and said, "What's wrong with this guy?"

Ye Lan actually had some doubts. He was sure that he had never seen this ninja before. Along the way, the Mist Ninja named Shuang had never concealed his malice towards him. What on earth had he done? Fortunately, Ye Lan was not afraid of this open hostility, but just a little surprised.

"The only possibility I can think of is that during the Third War, some Uchiha killed his companions." Ye Lan stated his own conjecture.

"It seems possible..." Asuma then remembered that during the Third World War, the main force of the Uchiha was responsible for the battlefield in the Land of Water. Even though the Fire Style was suppressed by the Water Style, the performance of the Uchiha on the battlefield was still impressive. Many masters of the Kirigakure died at the hands of the Uchiha.

"Sasuke, I heard that you joined the Anbu. How is your life there?" Ino didn't expect to have the opportunity to carry out a mission with Sasuke. She kept asking Sasuke questions along the way without any pause.

Sasuke and his team were not wearing Anbu uniforms, just their usual casual clothes. After all, wearing Anbu uniforms to other villages might cause other situations. Kage and his team, as Sasuke's teammates, had been watching the show from the side.

These boys, is this how ninjas play around? Konoha has really fallen. Shuang had a cold look on his face just like his name. Chojuro didn't even dare to say hello to Sasuke and the others, and he just stood beside Shuang.

Frost's gaze kept lingering on Sasuke and Ye Lan. These two were the people he observed the most along the way, especially Ye Lan. Since he left the Water Country, he could hear the title of "The Last Pride of Uchiha" everywhere. It was referring to Ye Lan. What he didn't expect was that Ye Lan was so young. A healed scar on his back began to ache again.

Frost, who had experienced the Blood Mist, had a cold heart and a strong will. He had always been strict with himself and his subordinates. He did not like the Genin of Konoha talking and laughing together. As a Jonin from another ninja village, he had no qualifications to instruct the Genin of other ninja villages. He could only turn around and walk to the bow of the ship, out of sight, out of mind.

"Don't worry, Asuma, for now, the Mist Ninja named Frost is not our enemy." Seeing Frost having left, Ye Lan said.

Personal hatred is not worth mentioning in the face of the interests of the village. If Shuang can't even see this, Ye Lan really doubts the Kirigakure's jonin assessment system.

"Well, I hope it will be easier this time." Asuma threw away the cigarette butt and left Ye Lan.

Shikamaru found a seat on the deck and looked at the materials in his hands with a headache, wondering why he had to deal with such troublesome matters.

"Shikamaru, how about you, have you finished looking at most of the materials?" Asuma walked up to Shikamaru and patted him on the shoulder.

"It's really troublesome. Asuma, isn't this kind of thing something a senior ninja like you should do? Why are you giving it all to me?" Shikamaru complained. These materials were prepared for the negotiations with Kirigakure. Tsunade gave them to Asuma at the beginning, and Asuma threw them to Shikamaru as soon as they left the village.

"Haha, I will take you with me on the negotiations. After all, I agree that you are very smart!" Asuma smiled without blushing. His subordinates had to share the tasks with him properly. He might not be able to finish such things even in Kirigakure. After thinking about it, he decided that it would be more appropriate to leave it to Shikamaru.

"Let me help too." At this time Antelope came over, picked up some documents and began to look at them. As members of the Anbu, they often come into contact with such documents. As for the processing ability, Antelope is the only one in Sasuke's class who can handle one or two.

"Hey, this is too much of a bother for you." Shikamaru couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he saw Antelope coming forward to help, even though he liked to be lazy. He was not familiar with Antelope and felt embarrassed to trouble him.

The salty sea breeze blew away the antelope's scattered hair. The antelope adjusted his hair with one hand, turned around and smiled: "We are all friends from the village, so you're welcome."

Shikamaru had never felt that he would be interested in women. When he saw Antelope's smile, his face instantly turned red and he could only stammer in response twice.

"Hehe~" As an experienced person, Asuma chuckled twice and poked Shikamaru twice. Antelope looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, a little older than Shikamaru, but perhaps this was precisely why he could feel the charm of a woman.

"Sasuke, look! There's such a big fish!" Ino's noisy voice came over, attracting the attention of Asuma and others.

A huge fish over 30 meters long emerged from the sea and was basking in the sun leisurely. From time to time, a stream of air spurted out of its head, and the fountain it brought out surprised Ino.

"That...that's not...a fish." Chojuro said nervously on the side.

"It's not a fish?" Ino looked at Chojuro in confusion. She had rarely been out of the village, and this was the first time she saw this kind of creature. It clearly looked like a big fish.

Sasuke and Choji also looked towards Chojuro, curious about what he would say.

"That's... Whale!" Chojuro said as he was stared at by these people and ran to the side. He was not really used to being with so many people.

Humph, a bunch of ignorant country bumpkins. Shuang couldn't help but feel a little superior when he saw the people talking in the back.

A few black shadows gradually appeared in the distance on the sea level. Ino thought it was some new creature. Not knowing Chojuro's name, she shouted, "Hey! What is that?"

Everyone looked in the direction Ino pointed, and only saw a series of blurry black shadows. Frost, who was standing in the front, gradually showed a hint of doubt in his eyes. As the target got closer, his expression changed from surprise at the beginning to indifference.

"So it's a ship! But why are their sails black?" Ino asked with some doubts.

"It's a pirate!" The shy look on Chojuro's face has disappeared a lot. Once this kid gets serious, he won't think about nervous things anymore, and his expression will become confident.

After hearing that they were pirates, everyone in Konoha turned serious. They had always heard that pirates were rampant near the Water Country, but they didn't expect to encounter them this time.

"Everyone!" While Ye Lan and the others were still thinking about how to deal with this matter, Shuang stood at the bow and said loudly, "There is nothing to be afraid of. These pirates are just a few petty thieves to me. As guests from Konoha, you just stay on the ship. I will deal with those pirates!"