Chapter 87 Hidden Hands and Attacks

After waiting for about half an hour, when everyone was present, a Konoha jonin stood up.

Qingming knew this man, who was the examiner of the second round of their Chunin Exam a month ago - Tanigawa Maki.

This man was their captain on this trip, leading them back to the battlefield of the Rain Country.

Papapa~

Tanigawa Maki clapped his hands.

After attracting everyone's attention, he said: "Some of you came down from the battlefield of the Rain Country, and some of you went to the battlefield of the Rain Country for the first time, but..."

At this point, he looked around the whole audience, and his voice suddenly became extremely serious, saying: "But, whether it is the former or the latter, I hope you will absolutely obey my orders in the next few days."

"Do you understand?"

Everyone looked at each other, and then responded in unison: "Understood!"

In this trip, in addition to Tanigawa Maki, a real jonin, there were only three special jonin in the team, and the rest were either Chunins or Genins.

The other party asked to obey his orders, so naturally no one would jump out to refute.

What's more, the other party was originally the captain appointed by the village, and they should obey.

However, Qingming inexplicably felt that something was wrong.

It seemed that something he didn't know had happened secretly, causing Konoha to be a little vigilant, otherwise Tanigawa Maki would not be so serious.

In fact, it was true.

In the past half month, the teams that set out from Konoha Village and went to various battlefields had been ambushed and attacked several times.

Originally, when such a thing happened, the village should have sent more people, or temporarily suspended support, and continued after the hidden dangers were eliminated.

But now that the battle has been fought, Konoha is also a little short of manpower, but the front line cannot be short of people, so it can only bite the bullet.

For this reason, Tanigawa Maki was so serious.

Seeing that everyone had no objection, Tanigawa Maki nodded, and then said: "Okay, let's go!"

After that, he took the lead and ran out of the village.

Seeing this, the others immediately followed behind.

Soon, the group left the village.

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At the same time

Root's headquarters base.

In Danzo's office.

A knock on the door suddenly sounded.

"Knock, knock!"

Hearing the sound, Danzo said without raising his head: "Come in!"

Creak~

The door was pushed open, and a Root ninja walked in, kneeling on one knee and said: "Sir, Uchiha Qingming and Uchiha Shisui have set off."

"Oh~"

Hearing this, Danzo finally put down the documents in his hand, raised his head and asked: "Are there any Uchiha Jonins accompanying them?"

"No, sir!"

The Root ninja below replied affirmatively.

"Is that so?"

Hearing this, Danzo murmured and tapped the table with his index finger.

After a moment, he decisively ordered: "Notify the Weeping Rain Squad to take action immediately, everything must be carried out strictly according to the plan, and no mistakes are allowed."

"Yes, sir Danzo!"

After responding, the Root ninja below disappeared.

Looking at the other party's disappearing back, Danzo snorted coldly and muttered to himself: "Uchiha Hum."

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Realizing that the road might not be peaceful this time, Qingming reduced the time of training along the way and always maintained vigorous energy to respond to emergencies at any time.

Facts have proved that his caution is right.

When they left the village and were still in the territory of the Land of Fire a few days ago, everything was normal.

But when they stepped into the territory of the Land of Rain, they were attacked before they went far.

The attackers were none other than a group of Rock Ninjas.

Although the whole process seemed to be just an encounter, Qingming keenly saw the smug look of "there are indeed people here" in the eyes of the leading Rock Ninja.

Looking at their well-founded performance, it is obvious that they were well prepared and knew that someone would pass by here.

Then the question is, the road they took this time is different from the past and is very remote. How did the enemy know?

'There is a ghost! '

A thought suddenly popped up, and Qingming suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

If there really is a traitor, then the traitor is either among them or has obtained the corresponding information from the village leaders.

But no matter which one it is, it means that the enemy knows them much better than they know the enemy.

And the asymmetry of intelligence will inevitably put them in an extremely disadvantageous situation.

In fact, it is true.

After only a few minutes of fighting, they fell into a disadvantage, several people were injured, and some Genin even died.

Of course, this is not only because of the asymmetry of intelligence, but also because the enemy set up an ambush first.

In terms of strength, this group of Rock Ninjas is not necessarily much stronger than them.

After all, although this place is not the core defense circle of Konoha, it is still within the defense zone of Konoha, and the Rock Ninjas can mobilize limited manpower.

Therefore, the current situation is more because they were caught off guard, otherwise they would not be so passive.

In the chaos, Tanigawa Maki shouted to Qingming and Uchiha Shisui: "Qingming, you defend the left wing, Shisui, you keep an eye on the enemy on the right."

After saying that, without waiting for the two to respond, he shouted loudly: "Everyone, follow me to break through!"

Qingming originally wanted to paddle a wave and see the situation first.

I never thought that Tanigawa Maki would directly assign such a difficult task.

After a little hesitation, Qingming finally chose to obey the other party's order.

Anyway, he had seen that although the strength of the rock ninjas present was not bad, they were far inferior to him.

This level was not a big threat to him.

Therefore, it was okay to contribute a little.

The only thing to be vigilant about was the possible existence of the inner ghost, so when you attack later, you should focus on defense and cover.

With this thought, Qingming instantly broke away from the opponent in front of him, and with a "flash body technique", he came to the left wing of the team.

Then, he quickly completed the seal with both hands and performed the ninjutsu - Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Technique.

A large piece of flame was sprayed out by him, and then quickly divided and condensed, turning into a dense ball of fire.

These balls of fire were controlled by him and scattered and hit a group of rock ninjas.

At the front, a rock ninja turned his head to avoid the attack of the fire ball, and felt the scorching heat coming from it, and immediately shouted loudly: "Everyone be careful!"

Hearing this, the others were all shocked and hurriedly avoided the flying fire ball.

Fireballs like Impatiens seeds flew all over the sky, instantly disrupting the offensive rhythm of the Rock Ninjas.

Qingming was like this, and Uchiha Shisui was no less.

He was seen holding a short sword and performing instant body techniques one after another, like a ghost, rushing through the Rock Ninja team, disrupting their formation.

Taking this opportunity, Tanigawa Maki led the team to break through while resisting the attacks of the enemy's jonin.

About half an hour later, Qingming and his team finally broke away from the siege of the Rock Ninjas. Although they had not completely gotten rid of the pursuit, they were not as passive as before.

After a short rest, Tanigawa Maki counted the casualties and made new arrangements for the entire team after confirming that they could not defeat the enemy.

He asked a special jonin to lead the team to continue moving forward, while he and two other special jonins, plus eight chuunins, stayed behind to stop the enemy.

Without any surprise, Qingming and Uchiha Shisui were among the eight people.

Having witnessed the final battle of Qingming and Uchiha Shisui in the Chunin Exam, Tanigawa Maki knew their strength very well and knew that their fighting power far exceeded that of ordinary Chunin, so he naturally wanted to keep them.

Qingming and Uchiha Shisui had nothing to say about this.

It just so happened that Qingming also wanted to find out where the enemy got their route from.

For some reason, Qingming had a vague feeling that this matter was not as simple as he had expected before.

If he didn't figure this out, he would not be able to sleep well.