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"What is this? We've run way too far; we're almost in Grass Hidden Village territory."
Inuzuka Kiba complained.
Because many ordinary people had recently gone missing from the border towns, these towns had pooled their money and posted a mission to Konoha Village.
The disappearance of ordinary people on the border didn't warrant a high-level mission, but due to suspicions that ninja battles might be involved, it was classified as B-rank and assigned to Team 8, known for their tracking skills.
As a result, they had been tracking the scent all the way to the border.
Could it be Grass Hidden Village… Yuhi Kurenai's expression was calm and collected. "Hyuga Hinata, use your Byakugan to stay alert."
Grass Hidden Village was notorious for being a fence-sitter. Even though they had signed a treaty with Konoha, they often flirted with Hidden Stone Village, siding with whoever was stronger.
If Grass Hidden Village was involved in the abduction of ordinary people, she felt it could involve matters of national and village importance. They might be walking into an ambush by following the clues.
Hyuga Hinata, upon hearing this, activated her Byakugan, constantly scanning the surroundings.
"Woof woof woof!" Akamaru suddenly arched his back and barked at a white spider on a tree in the distance.
"That's Chakra, a creation of a technique…" Hyuga Hinata's expression became tense. "I've detected two very powerful Chakra signatures rapidly approaching."
"One of them is strange; his Chakra is only reacting in his chest."
"Let's escape," Aburame Shino said, a slight sweat appearing on his forehead. "The insects tell me that the approaching individuals are very strong, even stronger than our teacher…"
"Woof~" Akamaru shrank beside Inuzuka Kiba, whimpering softly to express his fear.
As a reconnaissance team, each of them possessed considerable tracking skills, but facing powerful enemies also created greater psychological pressure.
Yuhi Kurenai drew a Kunai, her gaze fixed on the strange bird gradually approaching in the sky, and the two figures in black and red cloud robes standing on it. Her expression was serious. "I'll cover you. Send a signal to the village for help, and then—"
"Let's escape."
Akatsuki? Such terrifying Chakra signatures… How did Lin Ke manage to defeat such monsters… She too began to sweat.
"How fortunate, we've encountered ninjas from Konoha Village again, Scorpion, my brother." The voice gradually approached. "And a precious Byakugan material. I wonder if she's from the Main Family or the Branch Family, hmm…"
"I didn't expect to find such an extra surprise while tracking Orochimaru. Aburame, Inuzuka, Hyuga…"
Scorpion, wearing a new puppet shell, quietly observed Hyuga Hinata below through the shell. "Capture them alive. I need to replenish some Human Puppets for temporary use."
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—Night, hotel.
"Flutter~"
Lin Ke opened his eyes, saw the messenger hawk perched on the windowsill, and had his shadow open the window.
The hawk was initially a bit fearful, tapping its feet on the windowsill and scanning the room's shadows. As a specially trained communication hawk, it was very sensitive to danger and hesitated to enter the room after sensing the shadow group.
"Chirp!" It chirped briefly before being caught by a shadow.
Lin Ke removed the letter, and after reading it, compared the code and translated its contents: [Grass Hidden Village, Tenchi Bridge, Team 8, support…]
"Click~" The door was opened by sand.
Three fully equipped subordinates were already in position. As ninjas, they were very qualified, having heard the messenger hawk's call and quickly assembled without any delay.
"Temporarily suspend the mission. Target: Grass Hidden Village, Tenchi Bridge." Lin Ke briefly issued the temporary mission, used Body Flicker Technique to the windowsill, and released the frightened messenger hawk.
One by one, shadows from various shadows in the hotel merged into his feet. With a slight stomp on the ground, he jumped onto the distant rooftop.
Temari watched countless black shadows merge into her teacher's feet from all directions, feeling a bit of a chill. As she followed, she asked, "Don't tell me there's one of those things in my room too, uh…"
Thinking about it was quite terrifying. Her living space was surrounded by freely moving shadows, as if someone was watching her around the clock.
Although she was a ninja, she was still a girl.
Land of Grass, Tenchi Bridge, it's right on the border of the Land of Fire, I remember Orochimaru's base being nearby
Lin Ke pondered, leaving Tanzaku Street's city area, refining Chakra, forming hand seals, and releasing—
"Roar!" The Earth Dragon, who hadn't appeared in a long time, materialized from the ground amidst a roar. He took out the special Soldier Pills from his pocket and swallowed them.
A burning sensation spread through his stomach. He had specially consulted Baicao and several Medical Team big shots to create these Soldier Pills that could squeeze the body's potential.
After consuming them, they could slowly restore almost all of his Chakra, but the cost was that the strain on his body would cause slight damage to his meridians. Repeated use would cause irreparable damage, and multiple uses in a short period could lead to sudden death.
They were forbidden drugs.
After the finished product was made, Baicao warned him that similar potent drugs had been developed before, but they were mostly taken in conjunction with the secret techniques or physiques of different ninja clans. Ordinary ninjas who took them would not only find the effects to be mediocre, but the side effects would also be too great.
She advised against taking it.
But for him, it didn't matter.
Lin Ke jumped onto the back of the Earth Dragon, signaled his three subordinates to come up, and then directly cast a Mystical Palm Technique on himself, gradually dispelling the stabbing pain of the meridians pulling at his internal organs under the stimulation of the potent drug.
"Phew!"
After the Sand Ninja Village trio stabilized themselves, the Earth Dragon flapped its wings and flew towards the Tenchi Bridge.
"Be prepared for battle, the enemy is likely to be Orochimaru," Lin Ke said calmly.
With Yuhi Kurenai's level, even if she encountered Orochimaru, she shouldn't have too many problems in a short period. Apart from her strength and Chakra reserves being a little lacking, her overall quality, whether it's ninjutsu, genjutsu, or seals, is quite high, and she wouldn't be considered weak among Jonin.
Paired with three subordinates with strong reconnaissance abilities, entanglement wouldn't be a big problem, unless Orochimaru wanted to use Impure World Reincarnation to deal with a Jonin squad, otherwise the probability of being instantly killed was very low.
Even if the messenger hawk flew from Konoha Village to Tanzaku Street as fast as possible, it would still take more than ten minutes—
Uh, it seems the chances of survival are still very low, it just depends on whether there are any unexpected circumstances.
Sending a message back to the village and then sending a message back here, this time difference is probably enough for Orochimaru to harm Team 8 several times over. The difference in strength is still too great.
Especially since Yuhi Kurenai's biggest problem is her Spirit stat of 4, her Chakra reserves are too low, and once she's dragged into a war of attrition, she'll quickly lose her ability to resist.
However, all of this is based on the assumption that the enemy is Orochimaru. If it were Hidden Stone Village ninjas, they might still be fighting now.
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