[Naruto] Raiders of large dogs

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xue put the knife on the belt while the other party was talking, waved and threw several thousand copies with detonating charms on them, hoping to seal Fei Duan's movements, and at the same time leaped forward and took off.However, just as the detonating talisman flew halfway, the tentacles on Kakuzu's body suddenly stretched out, intercepting it halfway, and there were successive explosions in the air.

"Your opponent is me." Kadotsu stood in front of Xue while talking.

"Don't block the way!" Xue, who had always been calm and composed, watched Fei Duan's movements, her facial features crowded together ferociously, and she roared like an explosion.

"Huoyue! Don't be impulsive!" Jiujo wanted to support but was slow to move due to a leg injury, while Akiyama beside him reacted quickly and rushed forward.

Looking at the flying blade thrown by Jiaodu, Xue took advantage of the momentum to sink her body suddenly, and slid forward in a lying posture with the seals in her hands, barely dodging the sharp blade flying over her head.After the knot seal was completed, he put his hands on the ground without panting, ignoring Kakuzu who was close in front of him, a deep crack suddenly burst open in the ground, and rushed towards Fei Duan's feet like a long snake.

"What?!" When the pointed spear was still a few centimeters away from his body, the patterned ground under Fei Duan's feet suddenly cracked, and the originally complete blood formation turned into fragments of mud.

Before Xue could show the joyful expression of her success, she kicked her horns and kicked hard on the girl who was still kneeling on the ground.The force was so great that it almost broke Xue's defensive arm. Fortunately, Akiyama followed the girl who flew out, preventing her from hitting the rock wall again.

"The observation and reaction skills are good." Kakuzu looked at Hiduan who was irritable due to the failure of the spell and praised, "But it would be bad to delay you all."

As soon as Xue, who was kicked so blindly, was gasping for air, she was suddenly strangled by a hand. The huge suffocation made the girl unable to make a sound, and her neck bone was almost broken.

Long tentacles protruded from under Kakutsu's robe, connecting half of his arm with an incomprehensible length, tightly grasping Xue's throat and pulling back, and Akiyama, who was holding Xue, was dragged almost unable to stand Steady pace.

The two detonating talismans stuck on the tentacles along with Kunai, and the violent explosion forced Kakudo to withdraw his hand, and the large amount of air that poured in made Xue cough violently.

"Let's go!" Jiutiao, who was obviously slow in moving, stood in front of the two of them, and countless fireballs slammed towards Jiaozu Feiduan.

Akiyama nodded, picked up the snow and ran away.Before the two of them could run away, the earth wall rising from the ground had put out the raging fireballs, eroding the ground and blocking the way.

"Did you say to let you go?" Kakudo looked at the two who were about to leave, and the invisible force prevented Akiyama from acting rashly.

"My subordinates are not yet your turn to decide whether to stay or not." Kujo stood in the middle holding the only remaining kunai, his leg injury prevented him from moving flexibly, and the expression on his face could not be seen clearly through the mask, but his body was heaving rapidly. explained his condition.

Even so, this strong man who has survived many years of life and death still puts on a fighting posture, without the slightest timidity, but exudes the courage of a warrior who will fight to the death.

"The opponent in the last battle is not bad." The voice under the eagle face mask was calm and slow, as if he had encountered an opportunity that he had been looking for for many years, which made people faintly feel the excitement in the words.

As if forgetting the wound on his body, the dark part of the eagle face swooped forward, and his figure suddenly disappeared from everyone's sight, as if blending into the surrounding scenery, Jiaodu couldn't help but become cautious.

"Blindfolded?"

Before he could find the hidden Jiujo, a kunai stabbed out from the side without warning, with a tricky and vicious angle, like a falcon staring at its prey, and it was ready to kill with one blow.

However, the injury on his body affected the speed that Jiutiao was originally proud of, allowing the enemy to barely dodge, but still cut a bloody gash to the horn that had never been injured.

Kujo, who appeared in the dark, was caught by the tentacles on Kakutsu's body before he could fight back, and his whole body stood in front of Kakutsu, unable to move.

"It's called death for no reason." Jiaodu's voice was as cold as falling into a cold hole, "although it doesn't make any difference to me."

"Not necessarily."

As soon as the words were finished, a figure suddenly appeared from behind Jiaodu, and Kunai stabbed fiercely in his abdomen that had not yet hardened in the future, and the restrained Jiujo disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Kakuzu, who was firmly stabbed in the vitals, swayed a little, and the earth wall in front of Anbu also slumped into fragmented clods. Akiyama took the opportunity to jump out of the battle circle carrying the snow that had not recovered.

"Wait...cough!" Xue, who wanted to stop her, felt a burning pain in her throat, but was unable to utter a word, so she could only grab Akiyama's shoulder and pretend to jump off.

"Don't be impulsive, our task now is to convey information, don't waste the painstaking efforts of the sub-captain, that is our sub-captain, he will have a way." Qiushan pressed the restless wild cat, and went out at the fastest speed run away.

Because the brain is still in a chaotic state due to lack of oxygen, Xue can only lie on Akiyama's shoulder and try to look back, but it is not Kakuzu's defeat that catches his sight, but Kujo's body that suddenly fell, as if broken. The eagle with its wings dropped to the ground in slow motion in Xue's eyes.Not far away, Fei Duan had a spear stuck into his body, and stood on the redrawn blood formation showing a ferocious smile.

The girl opened her eyes wide in vain, hoping to find the traces of Jiutiao's survival, but she felt that her sight was covered with a layer of water shadow, making it hard to see clearly.

"Stop...cough cough, stop!" Her voice was hoarse and hoarse, as if she was being stabbed by a needle. Xue grabbed Akiyama's shoulder fiercely, as if she wanted to bury her fingers into the flesh.

The horns that were hit at the vital point were all chasing towards Qiushan without incident, the tentacles on their body were already faintly showing signs of attack, how could they know that several soil thorns suddenly stood up on the originally flat stone road, and they would still focus on chasing people He pushed hard on the rear.The thorns staggered and blocked the narrow stone road, separating Qiushan from the enemy far away.

"Hey, hey... don't forget that there is me..." Kinoshita, who was placed beside Kujo, laughed like a flash of light, and the hands of Jieyin trembled violently as if exhausting all the strength in his body, "at least report something Xiao Qiu, I made money..."

Through the intertwined soil thorns, Xue saw Kinoshita who was slowly lowering her head. The girl who would not be easily shaken no matter what, at this moment only felt that her chest seemed to be stuffed with a ball of cotton, and the tingling pain from her neck made her feel confused. The brain wakes up.

"Qiu Shan, cough cough, let me down, I'll run by myself." Released Aki Shan's slapped shoulder, Xue resumed her original voice without ups and downs.

Sensing the change of the girl's mood, and confirming that the corner has been left behind, Akiyama put the snow down, two people running separately is faster than running alone.

Stepping forward with some heavy legs, Xue's mind was intertwined with the scenes of childhood training and getting along with the team, the ninja rules and Kinoshita's chattering voices echoed in her ears, and the scene in front of her eyes also became blurred. Only the mechanical function of running remains.

why?

Snow asked herself this way.

It should have been commonplace for teammates to die because of missions, so why is it that I feel so uncomfortable now but have nowhere to vent.

The girl finally realized something at this moment, something more important than the mission. The words Kakashi said in the land of waves seem to have found the answer whether it is correct or not.

Ironically, while discovering the important existence, the girl had to choose to pave the way with the flesh and blood of her teammates, and continue to carry out the mission that this companion exchanged her life for.So heavy, the girl felt different emotions for the first time, not fighting for her own existence, but fighting for something else.

Gripping the short knife bestowed by Jiujo, the girl's somewhat confused eyes brightened again. No matter what, this task must be completed.

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"It's time." Kakashi, who was resting, adjusted his forehead, looked at the hidden entrance again, and still didn't find the familiar figure.

"But..." Xuanma was hesitant with Qianben in his mouth. He didn't forget that he was looking anxiously at Kakashi who had come from the rest just now, apparently worried about the few people who hadn't returned yet.

"The most urgent task now is to escort the target to the Land of Wind... Kai, you will lead the team for the time being, and I will go back and have a look." Kakashi, who did not show any emotion, just cleaned up the traces on the ground neatly, "His Royal Highness , please bear with me for the time being."

"Yuki..." Kinako's face was full of worry, as if she regretted letting Xue go back alone. She never thought that the seemingly omnipotent girl might never come back.

"I'm fine, but Kakashi, calm down. If there's something that can't be solved by Nine Articles, you can't do it alone." Kai adjusted his equipment, "Don't be impulsive."

Kakashi hesitated, although he had confidence in Kujo's strength and the girl's self-protection ability, but the development of the matter had exceeded predictions.

"Are you underestimating our team? There is no need to worry about it. Even if something happens to the team leader, our team can continue the task on its own. What's more, with Akiyama around, we can still run if we can't fight."

Suddenly, Tsuruta's voice came from the dark place, they should not have done such a thing of exposing their position as the guards in secret, but these words can be regarded as a shot in the arm for those present.

Just when everyone hadn't come to a conclusion on whether to stay or not, hurried footsteps came from the hidden entrance of the rest point, and Xuan Jian stepped forward vigilantly: "Who?"

"We." Akiyama's voice relieved the vigilant people, but they became nervous again after seeing the two people in a panic.

"What's the situation now? What about Kujo?"

Akiyama was about to speak, but was stopped by Xue who waved her hand. The girl's voice was hoarse. The conspicuous red mark on her neck and the torn clothes should have been more pitiful, but her taller figure and firm gaze People can't question: "something happened, the team leader can't act, now the team is commanded by me."

"Xue, are you okay..." Kinako looked at the girl covered in dust and scratches all over her body with some fear.The expression on Xue's face was not the calm and breezy look of the past, but a biting murderous intent, and the Anbu all knew that this was the bloodthirsty fire moon during the mission.

"It's okay." Xue cleared her throat and wiped her face casually, "Because of force majeure, I will ask the regular team to assist us in carrying out top-secret missions together. Tsuruta and Kanna, please come here together."

Hearing Yuki's call, Tsuruta and Kanna jumped out of their hiding places and looked at Akiyama with some doubts.Akiyama just shook his head at them, the long-term tacit understanding made Anbu temporarily suppress their uneasiness, and stood behind Xue and lined up.

Kakashi saw that the girl had no other conspicuous injuries except for the serious pinch mark on her neck, so she breathed a sigh of relief, facing the girl and asked, "How can we help you?"

"Our mission is a top-secret mission directly ordered by Master Tsunade. Originally, it was necessary to keep it secret, but now the situation has changed. As the deputy commander, I decided to share mission information after judging the current situation." Xue glanced at the Kinako, "We were ordered to secretly escort something back to the Land of Fire. Although the safest way is for Anbu to bring it back directly, the client's condition is that the princess must carry it with him, so he can only act with the escort team.

Judging from the information revealed by the sudden appearance of the ambush, the purpose of the missions accepted by the visitors is different. The first wave of ninjas should be to intercept the princess, but the two we met later were to snatch the delivered items. "

"What are you escorting?"

"..." Xuehuan looked at his teammates, and then at Kinako.Kinako nodded slightly, took out a palm-sized wooden box from her underwear, and slowly opened it under the watchful eyes of everyone.