Travel through Konoha and open treasure chests

After discussing for a while by candlelight, I felt sleepy. Three-Inch World .yanqingshu.

After hastily tidying up, several people went back to their rooms to rest.

There were two guest rooms arranged by the old village chief for them. Bai Mingyu and Kimimaro lived in one room, and Quan himself lived in another room. Although the room was a bit simple, it was still spacious and clean inside. Of course...if Quan doesn't mind, Bai Mingyu thinks it would be a good arrangement to let Kimimaro live in a room by himself and he and Quan share a room...

……

That night

mine.

It's late at night, the moon and stars are sparse.

The mountains and forests are lush, and the temperature difference between day and night is large throughout the year. Once it gets late, the temperature often drops several degrees during the day. The whistling sound and the cold mountain wind kept blowing in the woods. The mining workers guarding the mine had already extinguished the bonfires and returned to their tents to rest. After a while, snoring started.

When everyone else was falling asleep, a sneaky figure suddenly got up, lifted the tent tarp, and crept out.

After looking outside the tent for a while, he turned around, bent over and trotted in one direction.

It seemed like I had been running for about ten minutes.

The man stopped, put his hands in front of his mouth and imitated a few bird calls.

Two or three minutes later.

There was a rustling sound in the woods, the shadows of the trees swayed a few times, and a group of strong men appeared in the clearing.

The leader had a scar on his face and looked very fierce.

"Boss Ito!"

The first person who appeared here nodded and bowed.

"Are you here?" The scarred man snorted with a cold face, and said with a bit of anger in his voice: "Let me ask you, what happened today! Didn't you say that in your village? , are they all ordinary farmers? How could a few such powerful imps suddenly appear and cause us to lose so many people...

Mr. Marutetsu is furious now. If you don't give us a satisfactory explanation, you will never want to go back from here today! "

The first person said with a bitter face and an apologetic smile: "Boss Ito, I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen... Those brats appeared suddenly, and I didn't know it beforehand... The name of the leading brat is Esdeath and his two companions, one named Chitong and the other named Ya, are said to be warriors who wandered from other places...

But don't worry, there are only three of them. No matter how powerful they are, they are just a bunch of immature brats. As long as Lord Marutetsu is willing to take action personally, he will definitely be able to kill them easily! "

As he spoke, the dark clouds surrounding the moon gradually dispersed.

The bright moonlight fell down, illuminating the two figures on the ground.

The man with the scar turned out to be the leader of the group of bandits that attacked the village this afternoon.

The young man next to him is wearing ordinary coarse clothes and has a simple smile on his face. He looks like a simple and honest ordinary villager. However, if Bai Mingyu were here, he would immediately recognize his identity. Toshio Saeki who led the way before!

"Hmph, do you think you need to trouble Lord Marutetsu to take action personally for such a small matter?"

After listening to Toshio Saeki's explanation, the scarred man was still angry and said harshly: "Forget it, you don't dare to deliberately trick us... Tell me, what are those little brats capable of, killing us like that?" Brothers, I must make them pay with blood!"

"..."

……

Early the next morning.

After briefly washing up and eating breakfast, Bai Mingyu went to find the old village chief.

Regarding Bai Mingyu's proposal, the old village chief was hesitant at first, because there were not many young and middle-aged laborers in this village. If they were all moved to the mountains for mining, there would only be a few old and weak women and children left in the village. If something like yesterday happened again, In such a bandit attack, the entire village might be slaughtered.

After some persuasion, and with both Izumi and Kimimaro staying in the village to garrison, the old village chief reluctantly agreed to gather a dozen strong young men to mine ore together.

Although this result was worse than Bai Mingyu expected, it was still acceptable.

After breakfast.

At almost ten o'clock in the afternoon, the team of miners began to set off for the mountain.

The whole group was in awe.

The route was the same as the one led by Toshio Saeki yesterday.

Halfway through the journey that took an hour to complete, Bai Mingyu suddenly slowed down while passing through a forest. He looked forward as if he was feeling something. Then, with a thought in his mind, he raised his hand to stop. Gesture, "Stop first."

"...Lord Esdeath, what's wrong?"

Several villagers stopped one after another and looked at Bai Mingyu with some confusion.

"You guys just stand here and don't move around. I'll go ahead and explore the way..."

Bai Mingyu casually warned, covering his forehead with one hand, looking far into the direction of the woods.

There didn't seem to be any noticeable movement in his sight, but Bai Mingyu believed more in his intuition, which he had honed through countless battles. At that moment, he had a vague feeling that something was wrong, and he seemed to instinctively feel that something was wrong.

The source of this feeling seems to be...

So quiet!

It's late winter.

During this season, most animals either go into hibernation or reduce their activity, but there is absolutely no sound in the woods. When he came here yesterday, Bai Mingyu heard a lot of birds chirping along the way, and from time to time he could see some animals such as squirrels or monkeys passing through the dense trees. But now, in the woods a hundred meters apart, Not a sound could be heard.

It seemed as if the whole forest fell into dead silence.

"Could it be..."

Bai Mingyu squinted his eyes slightly, an idea vaguely emerged in his mind, but he was a little unsure.

Did you take action so quickly...?

Thoughts flashed through his mind, and Bai Mingyu strode forward as if he didn't know anything, and stepped into the woods.

The footsteps rustle.

After a winter, the woods have accumulated a lot of dry branches and yellowing leaves. When you step on them, you can still hear bursts of crunching sounds. While walking, Bai Mingyu did not squint, but in fact, he had silently opened his senses. Scanning the surroundings with the corner of his eyes, he could faintly hear the breathing sounds hidden in the woods or bushes.

Sudden……

As Bai Mingyu takes a step forward...

Swish! !

A force of restraint came from under his feet. Between the lightning and flint, the rope hidden under the leaves and loose soil tightened instantly, tying Bai Mingyu's ankle in an instant, and then suddenly pulled him towards the tree trunk!

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