The ultimate master of the ninja world

Chapter 38, Spies and Crisis

The crescent moon hangs high, and the moonlight is cold.

In the dense woods, some moonlight shines through the branches and leaves, but more places are swallowed up by the shadows of the trees. It feels as if there is a ghost hiding in it, and it will suddenly burst out at any time, sending chills down the spine all the time.

In silence, Kushina hugged Ah-Dai and hunched her shoulders, wandering around with alert eyes, carefully walking among the shadows of the trees in the direction directed by Ah-Dai.

Suddenly, Dui, who had been shrinking in her arms, let out a low murmur, and began to look forward and to the left. At the same time, his little paws kept patting Kushina's hand, looking a little restless.

"What's wrong?" Kushina whispered, and then she reacted, her face condensed, she stepped lightly, and moved slowly towards the left front.

Suddenly, Kushina heard an extremely small voice coming from the shadows in front of her, and her footsteps suddenly stopped. She knew she had found her target.

The sound was intermittent and unclear. Kushina wanted to get closer, but found that Dui in her arms had his head shrunk, the hair on his body stood up, and he was trembling slightly, as if there was something extremely terrifying in front of him.

Kushina immediately gave up the idea of ​​moving forward, bent her body and carefully hid under the roots of the tree. She glanced at Dumb, who had his ears twitching and his eyes darting around. He gently leaned out and looked in the direction of the sound, only to see that it was in his eyes. There was just darkness and nothing could be seen clearly.

In the shadows under a big tree.

"Suddenly left a code to summon me out. It seems you are preparing to leave."

This was a man's voice. The owner of the voice was shrouded in a black cloak, but his face was wearing a white mask without any pattern, making it difficult to discern his face.

Yukiko Ito crossed her arms and said in a cold tone, "Well, let's stop talking nonsense. You know my mission. Have you brought anything?"

The cloaked man didn't pay attention to Ito Yukiko's direct and unreasonable attitude. Even if he had the strength of a jounin, he didn't dare to look down on this seemingly weak chuunin.

He took out a scroll from behind and handed it to the girl in front of him. He said quietly, "The information inside was obtained at the expense of many of our colleagues. We must bring it back to the village."

The man in the cloak was not worried about Ito Yukiko's strength. He was afraid that she would cause an accident. He couldn't figure out why the village sent her. Even though he had been in Konoha all year round, he knew it through communicating with his colleagues who had met several times. Its instability, or willfulness, in its tasks.

Ito Yukiko reached for the scroll and opened it in front of the cloaked man. After checking it through the weak moonlight, she frowned and said, "I'm sure this information is true."

The man in the cloak nodded and said solemnly, "There is no need to doubt it. After all, I have been lurking in Konoha for so many years as an assassin. It is not impossible to get access to such core secrets. What's more, we have sacrificed many companions for this, but it's not impossible. It is precisely because of this special period that the village needs to use me, and you'd better not have any accidents in the future."

Ito Yukiko put the scroll away, glanced at the cloaked man, and said with a cold tone, "Okay, since this is none of your business, leave the rest to me, don't worry."

The cloaked man nodded, not caring about the other party's disrespect. "Then I'll leave it to you. I'll go back immediately to avoid being suspected."

After saying that, the man in the cloak formed a seal with his hands, turned into a puff of smoke with a soft "pop" sound, and left using the escape technique to teleport away.

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Neither Kushina nor Ito Yukiko noticed that there were two pairs of eyes taking in this scene in the darkness.

Through the faint moonlight, it can be judged from the attire on his body that the owners of the two pairs of eyes are members of Konoha's ANBU.

After the Shiraishi Kei incident, Hatake Sakumo followed the Third Generation's instructions and adjusted the number of Anbu who originally monitored and protected Kushina from one to two, and they were also elite chunin who had reached the special Jonin level. The two teamed up , even ordinary jounin may not necessarily take advantage.

As for why they don’t directly use Jonin to monitor Kushina, one reason is that during this special period, it is difficult for ANBU to recruit even one squad leader level, and also because Hatake Sakumo believes that within Konoha, No one could silently hurt Kushina in the hands of two ANBU elites.

The two ANBU were secretly performing the task of guarding Kushina, but they did not expect that Kushina would suddenly follow Yukiko Ito, causing them to discover this unusual scene, even if they did not hear the cloaked man and Yukiko Ito with their own ears. If so, I understand what's going on.

The two exchanged glances and communicated in sign language under the faint moonlight.

How to deal with it? Judging from the degree of the teleportation technique just used, the man in the black cloak is at least a Jōnin level, and he is very likely to be lurking in the village. The danger is no longer comparable to that of ordinary spies, and it must not be ignored.

It's just that our mission is to monitor and protect Kushina. We no longer need to get involved outside the scope of the mission, but the spy who may be a Jonin is really troublesome.

In this way, one of us will track down the guy in the black cloak, and the remaining one will stay to protect the mission target. The female spy is only at the elite chuunin level at best, not a jounin. If we just protect the target, one person is enough.

Just keep the target safe, no problem.In addition, the female spy may be carrying the village's secrets. If possible, I will solve it together. If it is too difficult, I will find a way to hold her back and make a big noise to attract reinforcements.

After just a few breaths of communication, the two ANBU finalized the plan. One of them nodded, and his figure flickered before disappearing into the darkness.

After the companions left, the remaining Anbu continued to monitor the situation in the field, ready to take action at any time.

Suddenly, the face under the ANBU mask changed. It was obvious that another change occurred in the scene. Without any hesitation, the figure flashed and disappeared in an instant.

Kushina had been paying attention to the voice in the shadow in the distance, and suddenly found that the voice was interrupted, and then it did not continue to come out. Her little face was suddenly startled, have they left, okay?

Kushina quickly crawled out from under the tree roots, leaned out and wanted to get closer.

"You are looking for me, little sister"

The sudden voice behind her made Kushina's heart skip a beat. This voice was the girl she had been following just now. In an instant, cold sweat began to break out on her forehead.

Turning around stiffly, she saw the girl with her hands folded across her chest, looking at herself with a smile. Kushina's breathing began to slow down, and an ugly smile appeared on her face, "Hello sister, I didn't expect to meet you here. , what a coincidence haha"

Ito Yukiko's eyes were playful, as if she was sizing up a toy, and she pursed her lips and smiled, "My little sister has poor memory at such a young age. It must not be a coincidence that she has been with me for most of the day."

Kushina's eyes suddenly froze, and she couldn't believe that she had been discovered so long ago.

Immediately, without any hesitation, he held a kunai behind his back and suddenly threw it at Ito Yukiko.

嗤

The smile on Ito Yukiko's face did not diminish. She tilted her head to avoid the kunai that shot towards her head. At the same time, her slender palm appeared on the path of the kunai without knowing when, and she suddenly clenched it tightly.

"Little sister, you are so naughty, but I like you like this." Her fingers flexibly played with Kushina's kunai, and Ito Yukiko's delicate tongue licked her lips.

But in her sight, after throwing the kunai, Kushina did not hesitate, grabbed Dumb tightly, turned around and ran away.

Her mind was surprisingly calm at this moment. Kushina didn't expect her skills to hurt the opponent at all. The real purpose was just to create a chance for herself to escape.

Ito Yukiko stared at Kushina's quickly moving away, her smile blooming like a rose, her eyes cold and bloodthirsty.

Immediately, he raised his arm holding the kunai and aimed at Kushina's hurried figure.