Konoha Tatsuno

A week later, at the entrance of Konoha Village, Tatsuno, Shennong and his party embarked on a journey.

This time Shennong is preparing to go to the Kingdom of Wind. In addition to Tatsuno, the accompanying ninjas also have a Chunin team.

This chuunin team accepted the escort mission normally in the mission hall, and Tatsuno joined temporarily at the invitation of Shennong.

Judging from the mission level, this is a B-level mission, and logically it should be led by at least one jonin.

However, since the news of Kumogakure's raid on the border of Fire Country had been sent back to Konoha a few days ago, the village immediately mobilized a large number of ninjas after receiving the news, with Jiraiya and Orochimaru personally leading the team to support.

At the same time, in order to deal with emergencies that may break out at any time, the village's top management has frozen a large number of commissioned tasks in the village, leaving all elite ninjas above chunin in the village.

It is for these reasons that the commissioned tasks issued by Shennong will be taken over by a chuunin team. This is the result of Shennong's vigorous efforts based on the connections and achievements he has accumulated over the years.

The Chuunin team, whose team members were already weak, had no objection to Tatsuno's temporary joining.

Today, among the younger generation of Konoha Village, Akimichi Tatsuno's reputation is almost equal to that of Asuma, Anko and others, second only to Kakashi.

A psychic beast comparable to a Jonin, this is a powerful combat power that no one dares to ignore easily.

However, this also caused dissatisfaction among many younger generation ninjas in the village. Many people believed that Tatsuno got to this point by luck.

Two days ago, Green Snake's injuries had been completely healed.

After the green snake recovered from its injuries, Tatsuno did not dare to leave it with Orochimaru anymore and directly sealed it and took it away.

In this regard, Orochimaru seemed to have obtained enough experimental data and did not stop him at all.

After leaving Konoha Village, the group headed straight to the west. It took them more than half a month to reach the western border of the Country of Fire. If they continued forward, they would enter the territory of the Country of Kawa.

The Kingdom of Sichuan is located between the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Wind, and is a buffer zone between the two great powers.

The geographical environment of the Kingdom of Sichuan is similar to that of the Kingdom of Wind. A large part of the area is a vast sea of ​​sand and completely deserted.

On the day they entered the country of Kawawa, Tatsuno and the others stopped at the edge of the sand sea they were about to enter after traveling for a day.

This is a stone forest with jagged rocks and some yellowish vegetation on the edge of the stone forest. The group is planning to choose this place as a temporary camp.

After setting up traps around a huge stone pillar, the five of them each picked a clean place and sat down silently to start eating.

The atmosphere during the meal was calm. Shen Nong, who was pretending to be an ordinary person, had already pretended to be exhausted and quickly fell asleep leaning on a boulder. Tatsuno and the three members of the Chuunin team also fell asleep with their backs against the stone pillar.

The pain of the Nine-Tails Rebellion has not completely subsided, and the news of Kumogakure's raid is like a huge dark cloud hanging over the hearts of all Konoha ninjas.

On the way, the three members of the Chunin team had been paying attention to the news about the frontline war that they could collect along the way.

In order to respond to the raid launched by Cloud Hidden Village, Konoha directly placed Jiraiya and Orochimaru, both Sannin, on the front line.

Although this move can stabilize the morale of the frontline troops, the situation is still not optimistic enough.

Judging from what is known so far, the Hidden Cloud Village has directly dispatched two jinchuriki, Kirabi and Yukito, in this raid. Even if they are one-on-one, they are as strong as Jiraiya and Orochimaru. It may not be possible to suppress it.

What's more, in a battle with a large number of people in the Ninja Village, the ability of the jinchūriki can even more influence the situation on the battlefield.

It is not easy for Konoha to gain an advantage on the battlefield.

Moreover, what is even more worrying is that with the dispatch of Jiraiya and Orochimaru, there are only three generations of Kage-level masters available in Konoha Village.

Although Uchiha Fugaku, who has activated the Mangekyō Sharingan, also possesses the strength of a shadow-level powerhouse, this news has been hidden by him in secret. With the relationship between the Uchiha family and the village's senior officials, it is difficult for him to take the initiative. Help three generations of them.

As for Shisui, although he had activated the Mangekyō Sharingan early, his young body was not strong enough to support him in a true Kage-level battle unless he used the strongest genjutsu Betajin.

Under this situation, if other ninja villages attack Konoha again at this time, the situation will be really difficult.

Faced with this situation, Tatsuno had to lament in his heart the fate of Konoha.

The unique geographical location not only allowed the Fire Nation to gather a large number of talents and resources, but also forced Konoha Village to face the dilemma of being attacked from all sides.

Boom~

Boom~

Boom~

Just as a few people fell asleep, several explosions in the air broke the tranquility of the stone forest.

Long Ye stood up first and jumped onto the stone pillar behind him, looking in the direction of the sound.

On another stone pillar a few meters away from Tatsuno, the captain of the Chuunin team also jumped up.

The two of them stood on the stone pillar and looked down. They saw a few clouds of smoke and dust suddenly rising from the sea of ​​sand a mile or two in the distance, and a curtain of sand floating down in the sky.

Under the sand curtain, several figures ran out one after another, running straight towards the stone forest where Long Ye and the others were.

Soon, these figures arrived less than a hundred meters away from the edge of the stone forest.

Looking from a high altitude, Tatsuno soon discovered that the person running at the front was a plump and beautiful female ninja.

Judging from the way she was dressed, she should be a ninja from the Suna Ninja Village, but she didn't wear the Suna Ninja Village's forehead protector on her forehead.

The female ninja was obviously seriously injured. As she ran, blood continued to flow from the corners of her mouth, and several spiritual fireballs surrounded her.

"Sunagakure's Burning Release Ninja Hagakura!"

Seeing the person coming, the leader of the Chuunin team on the other stone pillar let out an exclamation.

He recognized the identity of the running female ninja at a glance.

Sand hidden leaf warehouse!

Hearing the exclamation from the chuunin team leader, Tatsuno couldn't help but feel moved in his heart.

This is a powerful blood successor ninja from Sunagakure Village.

Behind Ye Cang, several people chasing after him quickly entered Long Ye's field of vision.

Sunagakure ninja!

Why are they chasing Ye Cang here?

Seeing the costumes of these people, Long Ye's body trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but have a puzzled look on his face.

In the memory of his previous life, Sunagakure Hayakura was the most powerful ninja in Sunagakure Village second only to the Fourth Kazekage Rasa. He was also the hero of Sunagakure Village and had made great contributions to Sunagakure Village many times.

Later, when the Third Ninja War was about to end, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa personally ordered Hagura to go to Kirigakure Village as an envoy.

Because the mission was secret, Ye Cang left the village quietly.

But he didn't want to be ambushed by Kirigakure ninjas when he stepped into Kirigakure's territory. He died tragically at the hands of the enemy and became a political victim.

This is the truce condition that Sunagakure and Kirigakure have already discussed, and Hagakure's death will be used to resolve Kirigakure's hatred.

Now, the Third Ninja World War has ended for more than a year, how come Ye Cang is still alive?

He also appeared here and was chased by a group of Sunagakure.

Is it because of the butterfly effect brought about by his own arrival?

For a time, Long Ye had many thoughts in his mind.

While Long Ye was squatting on the stone pillar thinking about this, Ye Cang, who was running away, had also noticed Long Ye on the stone pillar.

This is a stone forest on the edge of an empty sand sea. It is difficult not to notice Long Ye's figure on the top of the stone pillar.

Seeing Tatsuno, Ye Cang, who was seriously injured, did not hesitate and jumped towards him.