Chapter 82: The man who fought with the God of Ninja, Yagyu's speechlessness

"I'll trouble you next, Mr. Yagyu."

"No, this is my duty."

Yagyu and the noble's butler exchanged a few polite words, and then handed the village exit certificate to the gatekeeper. After many days, they left Konoha again.

From beginning to end, Yagyu had never seen the noble, and the other party did not seem to want to meet Yagyu.

After some observation, Yagyu also realized that it was not the noble who specifically asked Yagyu to escort him, but the shrewd butler who proposed it.

The other party was obviously good at collecting intelligence, and he must have received the recent news and knew Yagyu's identity.

Or, he saw Yagyu's strength during the official competition of the Chunin Exam and knew the Phantom Instant Body Technique.

It may also be that he knew that Yagyu's eighth team and the third team had the Byakugan, so he directly entrusted two teams.

Or even all three!

Otherwise, the noble would not be so ignorant of this little bit of human relations.

Therefore, Yagyu was no longer curious about why the other party named him as the captain. He commanded the third and eighth teams to stand on the two sides closest to the carriage, and occasionally opened the white eyes, or sent insects for long-range and close-range perception.

The Kingdom of Birds is one of the neighboring countries of the Kingdom of Wind.

According to the map of the Ninja Realm, it is to the north of the Kingdom of Earth, to the east of the Kingdom of Rain, to the south of the Kingdom of Wind, and to the west of the Kingdom of Bear.

There are three routes from the Kingdom of Fire to the Kingdom of Birds.

The first is to pass through the Kingdom of Rivers, the second is to pass through the Kingdom of Rain, and the third is to pass through the Kingdom of Grass.

If you choose the first route, you need to cross mountains and ridges.

The third route requires passing through a large grassland and passing through the border of the Kingdom of Rain or the Kingdom of Earth.

So the most suitable route is to pass through the Kingdom of Rain.

The nobles who were eager to return to the Kingdom of Birds directly asked Yagyu and others to choose the second route.

Yagyu did not refuse. After all, the customer is God. As long as he is not a rogue like Dazna who has no money, lies about the mission level, and morally blackmails after being exposed, it will be fine.

So, the eighth team started the boring walking journey again.

The speed of the carriage is very slow. Even if the terrain of the Fire Country is very good, if you want to go to the nearest River Country, you must not stop anywhere and almost rest during the day to leave the Fire Country in three days.

For example, the caravan of the first C-level mission of the eighth team.

The caravan is carrying a huge amount of money and is eager to go back to distribute the money to the villagers of the iron ore village. They are also afraid of encountering accidents on the road, so they don’t stop at all.

But the nobles of the Bird Country are obviously not people who can endure hardships.

In this world without cement roads and bumpy carriages, the nobles of the Bird Country only need to rest for a few hours.

When passing by a more prosperous town, they have to stop to buy something, and even see that it is a bit late, so they stay in the town directly.

The third and eighth teams are very helpless, but they didn’t say anything.

Fortunately, the nobles of the Bird Country were quite generous, and he paid for the food and accommodation of the third and eighth teams.

Every night, the eighth and third teams took turns to keep watch.

It took a full ten days for the caravan to leave the Fire Country, which was more than three times the time of the Iron Ore Village caravan in the River Country.

When he thought about having to pass through the Rain Country and walk a distance in the Bird Country, Yagyu felt like vomiting.

In the future, he would probably have a stress reaction when hearing about escort missions.

He would rather assassinate the Five Kage than do this kind of mission.

However, the torture has just begun!

The Ninja Continent is a very unique continent.

Each place on this continent has a unique climate and terrain.

The countries and villages that were established in these places are named according to the characteristics of the place.

For example, the characteristics of the Wind Country are deserts and strong winds.

The characteristics of the Earth Country are rocks and mountains.

The characteristics of the Thunder Country are towering peaks and thunder.

The Land of Rivers is the land of mountains and rivers.

The Land of Rain, as the name suggests, means that it rains all year round, and all four seasons are rainy seasons.

It’s not so bad within the country, there are still many sunny days in a month.

The Hidden Rain Village ruled by the Akatsuki organization is really outrageous.

Except for Sunday, the other six days will be covered by Nagato’s Rain Tiger Freedom Technique.

However, the luck of Yagyu and others is obviously not very good.

Not long after the convoy entered the Land of Rain, the sky became overcast, and soon it started to rain heavily.

When the rain and yellow mud mixed together, the ground was like a swamp, and the carriage could not move.

The already slow speed became even slower.

The wheels would occasionally drive into the potholes with accumulated water, and would get stuck for a while.

The third and eighth teams, wearing raincoats, looked speechless for a while.

Then the kind-hearted Xiao Li couldn’t help it and took the initiative to help push the cart.

It was five days later when the convoy drove out of the Land of Rain.

It took five days to reach such a small country.

It took half a month from Konoha to now.

This further strengthened Yagyu's idea that he would never accept escort missions again.

Just as Yagyu and others entered the Land of Birds and were slowly heading towards their destination.

In a teahouse built on the roadside on a deserted forest road in the Land of Birds, a complaining voice was heard.

"Brother Kakuzu, we will be back to the Land of Rain in just a little while. Do you need to work another job?"

"Where would you get the money if you don't work? Who paid for your food and drinks along the way?"

"Even if that's the case, there's no need to work while looking for prey, and then continue to work on the way back?"

"You said your religion can make money, so I teamed up with you, but your religion doesn't make a penny. If your head wasn't worthless, I would have taken it off and exchanged it for money on the black market."

"Hey, hey...you're going too far. Didn't I give you all the money from working and hunting?"

"If If it weren't for this, I would have killed you, a guy who only wastes money!"

"But you, brother Kakuzu, are quite principled. You didn't kill that boss."

"His head is worthless, and he will give me money after he comes back. Maybe I will have the opportunity to work for him in the future. It's not worth killing him."

"..."

The picture zoomed in, and a young man with a gray slicked back hair, wearing ordinary clothes, a white apron in front of him, and a towel on his shoulders, was sitting at the door of the teahouse, looking for topics in a bored way.

The person talking to him was a middle-aged man wearing the clothes of a shopkeeper, with a black mask on his face, and his eyes did not look like a good person.

However, this middle-aged man who looked fierce and evil was diligently wiping the table and cleaning the teahouse at this time, full of contrast.

These two people are the immortal duo in the Akatsuki organization - Kakuzu and Hidan.

"Hey... Brother Kakuzu, someone is coming."

At this time, Hidan, who was picking his nose, suddenly seemed to have discovered something and shouted hurriedly.

"Go out and attract customers. We get commissions for our money."

"Got it, got it."

Hidan immediately walked out of the door and waved his towel at the convoy coming from the front.

"Lord Yoshikawa, there is a teahouse ahead. Do you want to take a break?"

The butler of the nobles of the Bird Country saw this scene and immediately asked the nobles in the carriage.

"Okay, stop and take a break."

After getting the response, the butler immediately gave the order: "Pull over and take a break."

"Yes."

The coachman and ordinary guards immediately parked the carriage next to the forest road.

The pot-bellied noble got off the carriage with the help of the butler and walked towards the teahouse.

The third and eighth teams followed closely behind.

Seeing the forehead protectors on the heads of the third and eighth teams, Feiduan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and thought to himself: "This forehead protector, is it a ninja from Konoha?"

On the surface, he greeted them very enthusiastically: "Welcome, please come in, please come in..."

It's not good to be not enthusiastic, otherwise he will be scolded by Kakuzu again.

"Welcome, what do you want to eat?"

After the nobles took their seats, Kakuzu also came over with a pot of tea and asked very politely.

However, when he saw the third and eighth teams standing behind the nobles, especially Hinata with a forehead protector hanging on her neck and a smooth forehead, a gleam of brilliance flashed in the depths of his green eyes.

On the surface, he handed a menu to the nobles and waited for their orders.

"Let's have some snacks, I don't like other pig food."

The noble just glanced at it and said with disgust.

"Okay."

Kaku didn't say anything, but turned and left.

Looking at his departing back, Hyuga Neji frowned slightly, and then made a few gestures to Yagyu, which were all communication codes taught by the ninja school.

Hyuga Neji's gestures meant very simple, which was to remind Yagyu that the man was not simple.

Yagyu also responded by changing gestures continuously, indicating that he knew that the owner and employees of this teahouse were not simple, and they had a strong chakra in their bodies, so they must not act rashly.

At the same time, Yagyu was also guessing the identities of the two people.

Unlike recognizing Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame at a glance, Yagyu did not recognize the immortal duo.

After all, they were not wearing the uniforms of the Akatsuki organization, and they did not have the forehead protectors of the rebel ninja.

But the chakra in the bodies of the two was very powerful, not inferior to elite jonins such as Sarutobi Asuma and Hatake Kakashi.

The strength was at least the elite jonin, and there were two of them.

Why did such a strong man appear in the teahouse of this small country?

Could it be that he was tired of the disputes and chose to live in seclusion here?

Yagyu didn't know, but just like he reminded Hyuga Neji, he couldn't act rashly.

Since the other party had no hostility, he should just pretend that he didn't know their identities.

Otherwise, if he took action here, it would be easy to kill the client, which would be a serious dereliction of duty.

Not only did he waste half a month, but he also couldn't get a penny. After returning, he might be verbally educated by Tsunade and leave a big bad review on his record.

Yagyu didn't want to have such a stain on his first team.

So, Yagyu cheered up and was alert to Kakuzu and Hidan.

At the same time, he secretly opened his red eyes to see if Kakuzu would poison the food.

But fortunately, the other party seemed to be a strong man who lived in seclusion here, and he didn't tamper with the snacks, and they were quickly served.

The nobles of the Bird Country ate snacks and drank tea while they ate them. At the same time, they asked the butler to buy a few pots of tea and a lot of snacks and sent them to the grooms and guards.

Then he invited Yagyu and his friends to sit down and eat something, but they refused.

As ninjas, when they perform missions outside, unless they are sure to rest, they basically only take military food pills to avoid physical problems that will delay the progress of the mission.

The nobles of the Kingdom of Birds seemed to know the urinary nature of ninjas and did not continue to force it.

After more than half an hour, the rested noble convoy continued its journey.

"Dear guest, please go slowly. Welcome to visit us next time."

Hidan waved a towel to see them off, then returned to sit on the bench at the door, exhaled and said, "I'm so tired. I feel like working is more tiring than killing."

"Is there any job in this world that makes money and is not tiring?"

Kakuzu suddenly took out two packages from under the counter, threw one to Hidan, and said, "Hurry up and put on your clothes, it's time to work."

"Eh?"

Hidan was stunned for a moment and asked doubtfully, "Aren't you going to work part-time?"

"If you find the prey, why do you still work?"

Kakuzu put on the clothes of the Akatsuki organization and said in a deep voice: "The Byakugan of the Hyuga clan is worth tens of thousands of gold. It is a good treasure that has a price but no market on the black market."

"The Byakugan of the clan, are you talking about those two Konoha ninjas with white eyes?"

Hidan took off his apron and also put on his uniform while asking curiously: "Then why didn't you do something to them just now?"

"Nonsense, I am an employee here. If I damage this place, I will not only have to pay for it, but I will also lose my salary. Isn't my work these days just in vain?"

"Brother Kakuzu, you are really obsessed with money."

"..."

At this time, Yagyu, who had already left the tea house far away, suddenly changed his expression slightly.

I saw him quickly forming a seal with one hand: "Shadow Clone Technique!"

There were two sounds of "bang bang" and white smoke filled the air.

After creating two shadow clones, Yagyu suddenly said to the housekeeper: "An enemy is coming. You speed up and we will hold them back."

"Okay, please."

The butler's face suddenly changed slightly, he nodded quickly and urged: "Hurry up and speed up!"

"yes!"

The coachman responded and hit the horse's butt with a whip, causing the carriage to speed up immediately.

Yagyu's two shadow clones followed, while Teams 3 and 8 stayed where they were.

Whoosh——

Almost ten seconds after they stopped, a harsh sound breaking through the air immediately reached their ears.

Hinata Neji, whose temples had veins popping out, immediately shot out a larger twisted air stream in the direction of the sound of breaking through the air.

"Bagua·Kongzhang!"

With a 'clang' sound, a red three-section sickle with a chain attached to the end fell to the ground.

Immediately, a figure appeared next to the scythe and picked it up.

Another figure appeared on the other side of Class 3 and Class 8 at some unknown time. The two blocked the way forward and retreat for Class 3 and Class 8.

Seeing these two people, Hinata Neji and Hinata, who had already opened their eyes, seemed to have discovered something, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

The carefree Xiao Li and the lively Tian Tian also looked extremely serious.

Obviously, they all sensed a dangerous aura.

The expressions of Yagyu and Aburame Shino also became very solemn.

Seeing this uniform, Yagyu already recognized the identities of Kakuzu and Hidan.

He was very speechless about this.

On my first C-level mission, I met Black Hoe Leiya, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

The second time he left Konoha openly, he met the strongest duo of the Akatsuki organization.

Now leaving Konoha for the third time, I met the immortal duo again.

What kind of luck is this?

Could it be that he exploded Asura's chakra from Naruto's body, and also exploded his protagonist's aura? So hateful?

The point is, the accidents Naruto encountered while doing the mission were not as outrageous as him!