Chapter 235 About Visiting Relatives and Friends [Combined Chapter]

"He ran away..." A thin woman with white hair suddenly appeared from the puddle on the ground with a low female voice. She supported herself on the ground with both hands and looked around. "What an infuriating guy."

It's not like this, but it feels like this

"Did you notice which family he belongs to?" The man who spoke also had silver-white hair and a tiny teardrop mole under his left eye. However, his shark-like sharp teeth were even more eye-catching. "I noticed that he was blind. So how could a blind man run so fast? Is he a sensory ninja?"

"And his swordsmanship is incredibly sharp," another man with light blond hair emerged from the water, with a bloodstain on his face that hadn't healed yet, "Anyway, he shouldn't be a ninja from our Water Country.

The only families in the Land of Water that are good at using long ninja swords are us and Hoshigaki. The Hoshigaki family's appearance is as obvious as our Hozumi family's teeth. That guy must be an outsider, probably a ninja from the Land of Lightning who came in disguise... But the more serious problem is, Aisui, Wei, someone in our family has been blinded by the benefits."

"Yeah, yeah, this is totally unexpected," the man called Wei stepped onto the ground and laughed strangely, "In order to conceal the truth, the clan only told the ninjas in each team their respective positions, and the craftsmen also took good care of them, but we were ambushed so close to them, and the enemy only revealed their whereabouts because of the sudden tsunami...

Let’s not talk about whether the tribe is divided. I want to ask Wu Qing, your detection ability has dropped significantly, right? Oh, by the way, in the end, we were scattered by the enemy, and we didn’t catch up. "

Guideng Wuqing sighed, "Speak some truth, I was woken up by the water while I was sleeping, so if anyone should be blamed, it should be the idiot on duty at the time, right?"

"No matter how those things are—" Gui Deng Ai Sui looked around impatiently, trying to find some trace of the other party, "Can you really not find that guy? Although there is no loss, but he came and went so brazenly, where is the face of our clan?"

"Totally impossible." Gui Deng Wu Qing shook his head. "Just now I was able to track him down with the help of the sea water, but now the sea water has dispersed, and the sky and fog are so bad. In this situation, unless I use a large-scale ninjutsu to force him to expose himself, I won't be able to find him."

"Then let's go back. There's nothing to lose anyway." Gui Dengwei's body began to melt into clear water again. "The sudden tsunami has brought a lot of trouble."

Hearing this, the other two nodded as well, and all of them turned into clear water and merged into the still damp ground. It was not until a long time later that the croaking of frogs and chirping of insects could be heard here again, showing a leisurely atmosphere.

The cicadas in late autumn began to sing loudly, but before they could have their fill, they disappeared again as human figures emerged from the puddles scattered around them.

"Tsk, it looks like he really got away." Gui Deng Ai Sui's light purple eyes looked particularly fierce at this moment, "I thought the aftermath work would be a lot easier."

“There’s no other way—” Ghost Lantern was bubbling in the water, “I can only go back and interrogate them one by one—things like traitors are so annoying. At times like this, I envy those crazy people in the Fire Nation. Not only do they have no traitors, but they always cause trouble for others. I was lucky enough to see this once when I was a child, and that time—”

"That's enough, you chatterbox, shut up." Gui Deng Ai Sui raised his hand and pushed the man back into the water, "Wu Qing, what should we do next?"

Guideng Wuqing frowned, and after a long while he sighed, "Let's go back and deal with the aftermath - we'll probably have to find a new craftsman."

“That’s right—” Gui Dengwei popped his head out from the puddle on the other side again, “It’s not the windy season recently, how come there is such a big tsunami all of a sudden? We are so unlucky—both for us and that little thief, hahahaha—”

Gui Deng Ai Sui rolled his eyes, merged into the clear water and disappeared.

Guideng Wuqing also shook his head, leaving behind a word "idiot" before turning back into clear water.

"Hey hey hey--wait for me!"

With the crisp sound of water splashing, the place returned to silence again. Just when the cicada was about to sing again, Gui Dengwei's voice sounded again, "I say, aren't we a little stupid? Maybe they have gone far away - or maybe we are the ones who are chasing the forked road?"

"You idiot, if I lead you in a team again I will write my name upside down."

The low female voice sneered, "Then I think you should call yourself Qingwu now."

"...That's enough. Let's go back."

"Eh hey hey? No, are you really leaving? Hey! You two! Damn - don't leave me here!"

And when the cicadas chirped again, a sigh was finally heard from behind the bushes only ten steps away from the puddle, and Ling, covered in mud, climbed out of the pit, "... I was really saved by Hong's ninjutsu this time. Being able to implicitly sense malicious intent really helped - cough cough cough cough!"

After spitting out a few mouthfuls of muddy water, Ling supported himself with the help of his cane and sword, "It turns out that we can't just do bad things casually... But I'm a little unwilling to return empty-handed. Well, I'd better find a place to recuperate and wait for Xiaoyou to come back. Hiss - it hurts, it hurts, is the bone broken?"

……

After running along the coastline and dragging ashore all those who were still breathing, Youlu finished his cleanup work and rushed towards the location where Ling was in the psychic mark.

It’s not that it doesn’t want to use chakra to heal these people, but as it told Ling, the chakra of the tailed beast is actually a double-edged sword. People with weak wills may even have their brains destroyed by the malice contained within.

And if it distributes chakra to these ordinary people who have not been trained, have no chakra and are in a coma, then these people can directly take a one-way trip to the Pure Land.

He shook his head, getting rid of all these complicated thoughts, and looked up at the cliff in front of him that was covered tightly by vines. The expression on his face became complicated, "This is really hard to find..."

However, a cat's nose is more sensitive than that of a human. After circling around for several times, Youlu finally found the steel wire connected to the detonating talisman and found the tricky entrance.

But before it had taken two steps inside, it felt something tripped its leg. At the same time as a crisp bell rang, a dazzling flash of lightning lit up in the cave, passing directly in the sky half a meter away from it, making a sharp sound.

Youlu looked up and spoke before the next attack came, "Don't be so nervous, it's me."

"...Xiaoyou?" Ling, who was awakened from his sleep by the trap, slowly came to his senses after getting a positive answer again, and loosened the steel wire in his hand, "Really, don't scare me - don't you have a psychic contract? Use that."

"Because your chakra is very quiet, I don't want to disturb you."

"What are you talking about?" Ling put away his staff and knife, squatted down, and stretched out his hand in the direction where the voice came from. "Family matters are not considered disturbances... Okay, be careful, this steel wire is connected to the detonating talisman trap."

Youlu crossed the hard-to-notice steel wire and climbed up Ling's arm to his shoulder. When he was about to say something, he saw the mud stuck to the roots of his hair. The words on his lips suddenly changed, "Are you in trouble?"

"Well, I ran into a little trouble." Ling tilted his head and rubbed the soft hair of the traveler. His shoulders, which had been tense all the time, relaxed significantly and he yawned slightly. "But it doesn't matter. It's been solved."

Youlu used his tail to gently tap the back of Ling's head, "I told you that you can communicate with me directly if you encounter danger, right? I will respond to you... So, what's the trouble?"

"Well, how should I put it?" Ling walked into the cave and sat down against the rock wall. "The sudden tsunami exposed my position to the enemy ninja, and the enemy had a difficult ninjutsu that could turn the body into water. It can be said that I was chased so hard that I didn't even have time to connect the seals and summon spirits, and my chakra was almost exhausted...

Luckily, the other party only tried twice before leaving, and I had just changed my clothes and found a place to rest not long ago... So when Xiaoyou came to me just now, I thought it was an enemy chasing me, and my reaction was a little too extreme. "

Youlu immediately shifted his gaze——Why are you also a victim?

Feeling the small streams of tailed beast chakra transmitted from Matata, Ling laughed softly, "Thank you, I feel much better now. I have completely failed here. All I have to do now is pay the money owed for purchasing the information and I can leave."

"Failure? Was it fake news?"

"The news is true, but like I said just now, when I wanted to take action, a tsunami suddenly occurred... That Xiaomata, I am no longer a problem, you don't need to give me chakra anymore."

Ling held Youlv in his arms and smiled easily, "I am a ninja after all, not that fragile - by the way, has Xiaoyou's matter been settled?"

"Well, let's just say so..." Youlu slowly relaxed and snored in Ling's arms, "As for the ore, I can ask Sanwei to help you, but you have to show up too."

"Hey... please help the other tailed beasts?" Ling tilted his head and made a long nasal sound, "I'm honored, but I remember Xiaoyou said that they hate humans, right? Is it really okay to take me with you?"

"I'm here, and Sanwei has a good temper, so nothing will happen."

"Then let's go after paying back the money. Tomorrow I have to ask Xiaoyou to take me to the casino to make money." Ling yawned and rubbed his head on Youlv's belly. "After being flooded, there is another nerve-wracking pursuit. I am almost at my limit..."

Youlu couldn't help but shrink his claws when he heard that, and crawled out of Ling's palm and turned into the size of a tiger, letting Ling lean on him. However, he was still a little confused in his heart, "Aren't you nervous about seeing Sanwei?"

"Aren't they Xiaoyou's family?" Ling leaned against Youlv and pulled Youlv's tail to cover his belly. "After all, it's just a normal visit to relatives and friends, plus asking for favors. Why should you be so nervous?"