Naruto: Hundred Flowers Niandi

The next morning, at the entrance of Konoha Village.

It was less than 7 o'clock, and the three members of the team had already arrived.

Because it was their first mission, as newcomers, Chiba Mayi and Metkai both arrived very early. After waiting for a few minutes, Meiling also arrived at the meeting place early.

The three of them greeted each other and started waiting silently.

"Hey, not bad, you're here quite early." At 7 o'clock sharp, Nara Shikaku showed up on time with his pass.

"Shikaku-senpai, do you have to step on it every time?" Meiling naturally complained to Nara Shikaku.

"Well, I wasted some time when I received the mission." Raising the pass in his hand, Nara Shikaku said to the three of them: "If there are no problems, let's set off now. I'll tell you the mission details on the way."

"Yes." x3

After showing the pass to the Konoha security team responsible for guarding the gate of Konoha, Nara Shikaku led a team of three people to leave the village.

As soon as they left the village, the group of people moved quickly towards the northwest, silently all the way. After two hours of rapid march, Nara Shikaku, who was at the front of the group, made a stop gesture, and "shuashushushuashushu" the four of them landed together one after another. On the open ground.

"After traveling for so long, let's take a rest first." As soon as he landed, Nara Shikaku turned around and said to the three people behind him.

Considering that Chiba Mai and Metkai had just left the ninja school and were still in school, running for a long time might be too much for them. Nara Shikaku specially observed their status.

Facts have proved that he was overly worried. Metkai has always specialized in physical arts, and his daily training is beyond ordinary people's imagination. This amount of exercise only makes his breathing a little unstable.

As for Chiba Mai, with her daily exercise and the physical bonus of "iron bones", her physical fitness is not much different from that of Metkai, and it is far beyond that of her peers.

But no matter how strong a ninja is, they are still human beings, and they need to rest. Although there is no large-scale war now, there are constant local frictions between countries. Even if they encounter ninjas from other countries on the way, a sudden fight is possible, so maintaining physical strength is important. Very important.

Taking advantage of the rest time, Nara Shikaku explained the goal of this mission: "This mission is to exterminate bandits. According to the mission poster, a group of bandits appeared near Mount Ima in the Land of Grass six months ago. , often burning, killing, and looting several surrounding villages, and the villagers couldn't bear it, so they came to Konoha for help."

"I have a question." Because it was her first mission, Chiba Mai listened very carefully. Nara Shikaku was very simple, but she still had some questions.

"." Nara Shikaku looked at Chiba Mai who spoke out.

"The bandits are in the Kingdom of Grass. Why don't the villagers ask for help from the Grass Ninja Village? Instead, they go far away from Konoha for help." Chiba Mai replied.

"Regarding this, it is said that the villagers did seek help from the Kusakunin Village, and the Kusakunin Village did send three genin, but the mission failed and the genin who performed the mission were also killed during the mission." At this point, Nara Shikaku paused. Looking at Chiba Mai and Metkai.

"Then the Grass Ninja Village just forgets about it?" Metkai was also very surprised.

"That's right, Kusanagi Village did not send any more people and returned the mission, so those villagers turned to Konoha for help." Nara Shikaku said with some consideration of the three people's intentions, but did not elaborate. .

"It's strange, it's so strange. The ninja in my own village was killed, and the Kusaku Ninja Village is so silent?" Mei Ling couldn't understand either.

"I probably know why," Chiba Mayi thought for a while and guessed: "The last ninja war caused a lot of losses to all the major ninja villages, and the country that was caught between the major countries suffered heavy losses. Kusanagi Village is such a ninja village, and the number and quality of ninjas after the war were even lower."

"In this case, the Grass Ninja Village should cherish the few ninjas in the first place. How can we forget it?"

Metkai still didn't quite understand what Chiba Mai meant, Mei Ling also looked at her doubtfully, and Nara Shikaku smiled.

"If they were just ordinary bandits, three genin should be enough to deal with them, but all three of them were killed. Then there may be two situations. One is that there is at least one person with strength above chuunin in this group of bandits, and the other is that there are People from other Ninja Villages were causing trouble." Chiba Mai groped her chin and continued: "No matter what the situation is, the Kusaku Ninja Village, whose vitality was severely damaged after the war, is unwilling to continue to delve into it."

"So that's it, Makoto, you are worthy of being the No. 1 person in the class." Metkai raised his thumbs.

"Mai is good," Nara Shikaku glanced at Chiba Mai admiringly, and then ordered: "After entering the country of Grass, we will observe in secret and collect intelligence. If it is the first case, we will carry out the mission of suppressing bandits. , if there is indeed another ninja village causing trouble, first we need to find out which ninja village it is, and then consider the next move."

"Understood." x3

"I thought it was just to adapt us to the task of killing people, but I didn't expect it," Chiba Mayi sighed secretly.

The losses of the war have made Konoha need more new strength, so usually the first task after graduation is to kill people and adapt to training, so that the genin can grow up as quickly as possible. As for weeding, catching cats and picking up garbage, there is no such thing.

I just didn't expect that these changes would occur when I got here, probably related to graduating early and jumping in line halfway. Thinking of this, Chiba Mai couldn't help but take a second look at Nara Shikaku.

"It's almost time to rest, let's continue on our way."

Seeing that the time was almost up, Nara Shikaku took the lead and the three of them immediately followed.

In the afternoon, the four-person team crossed the border of the Country of Fire and entered the Country of Grass.

After leaving the country, the four of them slowed down their movement. The Country of Grass is no better than the Country of Fire. The Country of Fire is their home territory, so they can attack quickly and unimpeded. When they arrive in the Country of Grass, they leave home, so they naturally have to move in secret.

After reducing their traveling speed and waiting until dusk, the four of them arrived near Mount Ima where the target was located.

The color gradually dimmed, and after the sun set, in a forest at the foot of Mount Ima, four people gathered together to arrange the details of the operation.

Nara Shikaku looked at the rising moon beside him and said: "Because we don't know the situation on the mountain for the time being, for the sake of safety, I will go to investigate the situation alone, and the three of you will go down the mountain to respond. We will make arrangements after we find out."

"Understand" x3

Under the cover of night, Nara Shikaku climbed up the mountain. On the mountainside, he saw the wooden village gate. Two lighting torches were inserted on both sides of the door, and two bandits were standing guard.

The entire cottage is built against the mountain, with mountain walls on both sides, as if embedded in a depression in the mountain. There is only one entrance, the main entrance.

Nara Shikaku picked up a stone and threw it at the stone in front of him. The stone hit with a crisp sound.

"Did you hear something?" The sound successfully attracted the attention of one of the gatekeepers. "I'll go take a look at the front."

"What's there to see? It's probably a rabbit." The other person didn't seem to care. "Even the ninjas in the Grass Ninja Village were killed. Who would be so blind to look for trouble?"

When he came to the place where the sound came from, the bandit suddenly felt unable to move. Then there was severe pain in the back of his head, his vision went dark, and he fell unconscious.

"It's okay, it's indeed a rabbit. You guessed it right." The "bandit" returned to the village gate and continued to stand guard.

After a while, the "robber" said to the other person: "Just keep an eye on me and I'll get some food. It's too hard at night."

"Don't worry, you can go ahead. If you bring more, I won't have enough to eat at night."

The "bandit" wandered into the cottage, walked to a corner, and was completely hidden in the darkness.

In the cottage, there is a building that is obviously different from other houses. Under the dim light, two people are sitting opposite each other. Behind one of them are three young figures.

"Kusora Snaketori, I don't know what you are thinking about."

"I know what you mean. Help me become the leader of the Grass Ninja Village just to use the Grass Ninja Village to deal with the Country of Fire."

"With our help, you can get what you want. As an ally of our Earth Kingdom, dealing with our common enemy is naturally a must."

"Is the Fire Nation so easy to mess with?"

"When the Grass Ninja Village stabilizes, they will definitely hunt you down for failing to seize power. What's the use of this copycat? If you kill Mayfield's son, he won't let you go."

""

"It turns out to be the Kingdom of Earth. This matter needs to be reported to Hokage-sama." Nara Shikaku, who was hiding outside the house, heard clearly and had a suspicion in his mind. The task could not be completed, so it would be better to retreat first.

"" Shocked in his heart, Nara Shikaku couldn't care less about hiding, he jumped up suddenly, "beep beep beep beep" five shurikens flew out of the house and were nailed to the wooden pillars.

“Bad exposure”